When he first got the news of the Japanese planes, Ron didn't know that their target was no longer the airfield, but the fortifications of Bloodridge. Therefore, he also borrowed all his Vulcan anti-aircraft guns from Van der Rift to protect the airport, of course, things were not borrowed for nothing, and at dusk, Ron not only had to return these anti-aircraft guns to the marines, but also had to lend the anti-aircraft guns originally equipped with the airport to the marines, and by the way, he had to support them with a batch of ammunition for free.

The Japanese fleet arrived in the airspace near Kuah Island at about 10 o'clock in the morning. Their formation is basically the same as before, except that there are a little more bombers. However, this time the situation of their enemy is very different from the previous day, and now the original two fighter runways at the airport have been repaired, and with the addition of a new runway, he now has three runways for fighters to take off and land. Although some of the damaged supporting facilities have not yet been repaired, and the sortie rate of the aircraft is not comparable with that before the artillery bombardment, it is no longer the same as the previous day when there was only one runway.

Now Ron had time to get all his fighters—the remaining 15 P-38s, 13 Wildcats, and 11 P-39s—to take off to greet the unwelcome guests who had come from afar.

Also different from the previous was the division of tasks, previously the P-38 and F4F were responsible for dealing with the Zero, and the P-39 was responsible for dealing with bombers. But this time the Japanese bombers were more numerous, and the firepower of the P-38 also had $1$ book$ read $ novel (.( yb)(d)(u).) The great strides forward -- the Vulcan-equipped P-38 was undoubtedly the most perverted fighter in the world -- allowed her to kill even a target like a Japanese bomber. It would be a shame not to hit bombers with such firepower. So Ron adjusted the assignment to the brothers of the Army fighting bombers, and the brothers of the Navy pestering Zero.

The Navy was a little dissatisfied with this allocation. Someone said: "Isn't this the army eating meat, let's gnaw bones?" But immediately someone from the Navy came to explain to him: "Who has left us with insufficient firepower?" 4 .50 fighting zero battles can kill with one hit, fighting bombers, I'm afraid it will take half a day, the efficiency is too low, and it's no wonder that people. Alas, when will our navy have such a good thing? Little did he know that the Navy's new aircraft would soon arrive, and that the latest F4U Corsair, with its heightened cockpit, was already ramping up production, and unlike in history, the Navy chose it over the F6F due to the Army's stimulus. It was also equipped with 4 20mm high-performance rifled guns produced by the Big Anaconda, in order to not lose to the P-38 in firepower. Of course, this thing has not even had time to be equipped on the aircraft carrier now, and the land-based troops will have to wait patiently......

Against the Japanese aircraft group, the US military still has no new ideas: relying on the altitude advantage, ignoring the interception of the zero war, and directly diving towards the bombers. Unless the Zero dared to play head-to-head with the American planes, they would not be able to effectively stop the attacks of the American planes, but after the P-38 was equipped with the Vulcan cannon, the counterfire was basically no different from suicide. Moreover, even with the use of death-defying fire, it is practically impossible to prevent the P-38 from attacking the bombers, and the most they can do is interference.

This time, the Japanese fighters did not intercept them head-on, not because the Japanese pilots were not brave, but because such interceptions were in fact ineffective. So Ron's fleet smoothly pounced on the Japanese bombers. However, having learned the lesson of being injured by the fragments of a Japanese bomber last time, Ron now said that he would not dare to shoot head-on in a head-on situation. He chose to enter from the direction of about half past ten o'clock. In this way, even if the enemy plane explodes, it is not easy to hurt itself. And now Ron is no longer blindly pursuing to shoot enemy planes into the air. Isn't it enough to shoot down?

Gently pressing the launch button, a short point shot, and a one-shot land attack ignited a raging fire - although it did not crash immediately, the plane was certainly hopeless. Ron looked around and saw that there were no enemy planes that could threaten him, so he pulled up the nose of the plane and began to climb, preparing to attack the next target. Just as he looked down to search for his target, he saw that the people on the plane that he had just caught fire had not parachuted one after the other as he expected. The plane left the group, flew straight towards the Blood Ridge, and finally slammed into the Blood Ridge with a raging fire......

Once again, the air battle ended with a resounding victory for the US military. All 20 Japanese bombers were shot down, 6 of the escorting Zeros were shot down by American fighters, and 4 Zeros were shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The Japanese lost 30 fighters and all the pilots on board. And the US military also had 3 F4F shot down. Two of the three pilots survived, and one was killed after parachuting when he was shot at by Japanese fighters.

Of the 20 downed bombers, 10 tried to ram the Blood Ridge position after the fire, and three of them hit the US defensive positions with bomb fuel, causing dozens of casualties among the US Marines. This lesson also made Ron revise the principle of firing again: if the enemy plane is relatively close to our ground target, it must be hit until it is completely out of control.

The soldiers of the Maruyama Division hid in the jungle and witnessed this one-sided air battle. The downing of Japanese planes one after another made everyone feel painful, and the bomber pilots' fierce impact on the bloody ridge made the Japanese soldiers even more moved. They were all ashamed that they couldn't take the airport in one fell swoop yesterday and were determined to take it down tonight anyway.

Van der Griff, after witnessing the Japanese ramming the position, also knew that tonight, there would be a truly decisive battle. Throughout the day, the U.S. Marine Corps and Army Corps were busy reinforcing their positions, while the Air Force was constantly dropping bombs on any area where Japanese might be sheltered.

As the time gradually came to four o'clock in the afternoon, Vandergreft sent someone to return the Vulcan cannon, and according to the agreement, all the original ones on the Blood Ridge were returned, and the four guns at the airfield were also provided to the marines. But Vandergraft's men were not satisfied, and the captain named Hunter looked at the plane parked in the bunker and asked Ron, "Can you take those planes back to us as well?" ”

"As long as you can find the gun carriage, you can dismantle as many as you want." Ron knew that tonight was a crucial moment, so he didn't bargain with Van der Gravet's men.

In the end, the guy waved his sleeves and did not take away the cloud in the western sky, but took away the entire 12 Vulcan cannons and almost all of the 20mm shells at the airfield. And, on Ron's strong recommendation, they also borrowed a batch of anti-aircraft searchlights.

At 18 o'clock in the evening of October 25, Maruyama's army began to move in front of the Blood Ridge, and Maruyama decided to launch an attack at 18:30 and capture the Blood Ridge at all costs!

But just as the team was approaching the edge of the jungle, a mine suddenly exploded.

The mine was planted by Marine Scouts Tom and Jerry, and they, along with a few other groups like them, had been laying mines on the edge of the jungle at the foot of Blood Ridge all afternoon. These mines are used not only to kill and injure the enemy, but also to warn and indicate targets.

As this mine exploded, more mines exploded. Then the sound of a 105mm grenade piercing the air was heard in the sky...... But this was not the end, just after the howitzer shelling was over, several bombers (anyway, even if the Japanese sent an artillery fleet, it was impossible to arrive at this time, and the runway could boldly turn on the lights to let the planes take off and land) dropped a large number of aerial bombs according to the landing point of the shells.

This burst of artillery fire not only caused at least hundreds of casualties to the Japanese army, but also completely disrupted the Japanese army's plan to launch a surprise attack. Maruyama was not able to organize the first attack until 19:20.

In order to boost morale and at the same time intimidate the Yankees on the other side, Maruyama asked his subordinates to rhythmically pat the butts of the 38-large caps and shout in unison in English: "Repay the blood debt for the emperor!" U.S. Marines! Death by tomorrow! Of course, the Marines are not good babies who can't fight back and scold and don't fight back, so they immediately scolded back: "Ask for Roosevelt's blood debt!" To hell with the Emperor! ”

But, to be honest, the Marines' scolding was too untidy, and in terms of momentum, well, it was really far inferior to the Japanese. However, as an industrial power, there is an advantage in equipment. After a while, a loudspeaker sounded on the American position, and the sound completely overwhelmed the noise created by the Japanese. From there, the Japanese words came out: "The emperor is a dirty, he loves chrysanthemums the most, and he loves others to make his chrysanthemums in the water the most, so his family crest is to make chrysanthemums on the water......"

"What do you mean?" Tom, lying in the trench, stabbed Jerry.

"God knows, I'm not Harry, I studied in Japan. But what can come out of Harry's boy's mouth is certainly not a good thing! ”

"That's, that's!" There were also people next to him who followed suit.

To say these words is really not ordinary vicious. The Japanese were immediately outraged by these words. The Japanese have this virtue and like to stir up trouble, so they have no ability to bear it. So without waiting for Maruyama to give an order, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed out with a wild shout.

Since someone had already rushed out, Maruyama followed suit and ordered: "Assault the whole army!" ”

The open area was illuminated by rising flares, and as soon as the Japanese troops rushed out, the 105 howitzers rang out. As the Japanese advanced, 80-mm mortars and even 37-mm anti-tank guns rang out. But the Vulcan Cannon, which had given them a huge shock last night, had been silent. "Could it be that all of their weapons were knocked out by planes?" Someone thinks so.

But such delusions were shattered in front of the barbed wire. Just as the Japanese approached the first barbed wire, six bright lights shone on them. These sudden lights were derived from the anti-aircraft searchlights that Ron recommended to Henry.

At night, as the light dimens, the pupils of the human eye gradually dilate to adapt to the low-light environment. At this time, once exposed to strong light, the eyes will not be able to see anything in a short period of time when they are stimulated by too much light, and the pupils will automatically shrink sharply to protect the eyes. And after their eyes get used to such a bright light environment, if the light source is removed, their eyes will not be able to see anything because the amount of light is too small. Although in a few minutes, everything will be back again. But on the battlefield, being blind for a few whole minutes is no fun. Now the Japanese soldiers under the searchlight are in such a state, although in later Japanese comics, after the protagonist is deprived of hearing, sight and the like, he often miraculously comprehends the sixth sense, the seventh sense, and even the nth sense. But it is clear that none of these Japanese soldiers today are the main characters of the anime, and the proof is that when they are suddenly deprived of their eyesight, they do not comprehend the nth sense and burst out the energy of the small universe, on the contrary, they are all in a mess.

At this moment, the Vulcan cannon rang out, and in front of the barbed wire, severed limbs and stumps flew all over the sky......

Maruyama's first decisive assault ended in this way with a combination of searchlights and Vulcan cannons. Unwilling to accept defeat, Maruyama launched one more and another decisive assault (it may be more appropriate to call it a death assault). It turned out that an army with enough courage was always able to advance little by little, and the Japanese were able to break through the first barbed wire by gradually reaching the height of the barbed wire by relying on the corpses piled up in front of the first barbed wire. But not far from where they met, there was another barbed wire fence......

In one night, Maruyama launched seven such death-defying assaults, and the heroic Imperial Japanese Army crossed one barbed wire fence after another by stacking corpses. The evil Yankees on the other side were constantly slaughtering the warriors of Great Japan with 105 howitzers, 80 mortars, 37mm anti-tank guns, 20mm Vulcan anti-aircraft guns, and all kinds of other firearms, and now because the Japanese were finally approaching the American trenches, they even began to use flamethrowers.

"Okay! It's just a little bit closer, and with a little more force, it rushes up! Maruyama clenched his fists, secretly cheering for his loyal and brave soldiers.

However, this little bit now seems to be wider than the Pacific Ocean, and countless people have fallen, but no one has been able to really break through the American defenses.

In fact, even if you break through, what can you do? What remains of his sanity tells Maruyama that even if a few people break into the American position, the result will be just like last night. Maruyama looked down at his watch: time was running out, and it was almost dawn. Looking up, he saw that the morning star was already twinkling in the eastern sky. The battle ahead was hot, but Maruyama felt as if his heart was being soaked in a sea of ice.

The gunfire in front gradually subsided, and it was clear that the assault had failed again. His adjutant asked Maruyama for instructions: "General, do you want to rush again?" ”

"What did you say?" Maruyama seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, "Ah, no...... We're running out of time...... It's almost dawn. Maruyama turned around with difficulty, he looked as if he had aged more than ten years all of a sudden. The old man used all his strength to finally give this order: "Retreat...... Retreat - retreat...... Keep going back to ......."

On this terrible night of blood and fire, the elite Maruyama Division lost half of its soldiers and two-thirds of its officers. They don't have the strength to do it again.

Now, the only thing Maruyama can do is to bring back these survivors.