Pacific Alternate 03 Struggle Pacific by Max Lamirande

Author:Max Lamirande [Lamirande, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Alternative History
ISBN: 9798835412020
Google: N1Qn0AEACAAJ
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Published: 2022-06-09T21:00:00+00:00

By the end of the afternoon on September 17th, the planes started to arrive, banging into a hail of anti-aircraft and machine-gun fire. The Japs, busy as they were attacking on the ground, weren’t blind to the airborne troop’s arrival. Inoue’s 2nd Fleet, now quite restricted in its number of targets on the ground for fear of hitting its own troops, gladly turned all their guns toward the approaching horde of transport planes (Dakota’s). The American planes were escorted by a flurry of P-40 Warhawk fighters and, peculiarly, by B-17s flying fortress and their numerous machine guns.

The scene was horrible; several Dakotas were hit and set on fire, the Paras exiting in a hurry into a hail of tracer, and the planes themselves eventually crashed in flames in the sea or even amongst the Jap fleet. The sky was on fire, Paras were being killed and wounded as they descended, and many a plane hit the deck out of control. Japanese zero fighters joined the killing, and the scene above Port Moresby became a chaotic maelstrom of hell.

Slowly but surely, however, the parachutes glided toward the ground. Some men would make it, dead on their feet as they’d been shot at while descending. But even more would survive the ordeal, either landing into Allied lines or amongst the Japanese forces that were already busy fighting on the ground. In many instances, it was simply too much for the Imperial soldiers. Some American paras even started to shoot at their enemy while still in the air, with all guns blazing. Most of the airborne troops had submachine guns, so as they fell to the ground, they sprayed Hyakutake’s men.

MacArthur’s airborne operation dropped 6000 men (two regiments) on that day of September, and the action was what made the difference for the Allies.

Surprised and already having their hands full with fighting the brave men of the Australian 1st and the Marine troops, the Imperial forces staggered. As more and more paratroopers landed either amongst them or in and around the field, trenches, and even in the harbor area, it quickly became obvious that it was a little too much to handle for the Japanese forces.

Hyakutake ordered his last reserves into the battle and hoped for the best. After all, the fleet was still offshore, and a few airstrikes had been called, so were on the way. The Nipponese General understood that the battle had reached a critical time. All of his forces were ordered to charge and to hell with the consequences.

The General had no way to know that worst was yet to come for Japan, as more planes were coming toward Port Moresby, and a fleet was approaching to give battle to Inoue’s ships.

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