Maruyama was extremely shocked by the failure of the assault just now, but in fact he didn't have any good options other than to continue to fill it with human lives. In this moment, he is not alone, he is not alone! Nogi Noshinori's soul is attached to him, and he inherits the glorious tradition of the Imperial Army that he is not afraid of sacrifice since Nogi Noshinori, and decides to launch another surprise attack on the American army. He was not convinced: "Can you Americans have cheaper shells and bullets than the lives of soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army?" ”

But to say, well, the effect of this attack is indeed a lot better than the last one. The reason is on the side of the US military, the soldiers of the US army rarely have the experience of using the Vulcan high-throw strafing ground targets, and this kind of artillery is really cool to sweep, but the use of ammunition is not ordinarily fast. When the Japanese attacked for the first time just now, the anti-aircraft gunners only cared about it, and after repelling the first attack of the Japanese, they bowed their heads: "Damn, the shells are running out!" "In addition, the size of the 20mm shell is relatively large (more than the .50 or .30 bullets), there are not many rounds in an ammunition box, and the rate of deflection is as high as 6,000 rounds per minute. At halftime, each Vulcan cannon fired at least 15,000 shells, and now the average number of shells left in each cannon is less than 100! 100 rounds, move your fingers a little slower, and there will be no more point shots!

Without the suppression of the perverted Vulcan cannon, the pressure of the Japanese army's charge was much less. Although there are still Imperial troops who are constantly being sent back to the Yasukuni Shrine in Kudanzaka by 105 Fire + One + Book + Read + Novel XSTXT guns, M2 machine guns, Browning automatic rifles, Springfield and M1 free plane tickets, they did rush farther than last time. In some sections, the Japanese even stormed into the trenches of the American army.

"Yo Xi!" Maruyama, the division commander who was nervously watching the battle in the back, was so excited that he almost jumped up.

"It's hand-to-hand combat! That's great! Then those beautiful animals will definitely collapse. One of the officers beside Maruyama jumped up.

The vast majority of armies with inferior firepower are hoping for hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and always wishfully believe that the opponent is a coward and will be defeated in hand-to-hand combat.

"Send a telegram!" Maruyama couldn't suppress his joy, "Our department has already captured the airport!" Great Japanese Empire onboard! "It turned out to be an extremely bad telegram.

But the truth is often not as one might think, and especially not as rosy as Maruyama imagined. The scene of the American troops throwing away their armor and fleeing did not appear, but after some time, from the binoculars of Maruyama, those areas suddenly stopped moving—it seemed that all the Imperial troops who rushed forward were shattered in hand-to-hand combat.

"Yaga! Keep the assault! Maruyama gave the order viciously.

Private Hiromichi Fujita was lucky enough to rush to the American position alive. He held on to the 38 big cover with his bayonet on and pounced on an American soldier not far away. The beautiful animals really didn't have the guts, and when they saw the bayonets of the Imperial Japanese Army, the beautiful animals on the opposite side actually dropped the rifle in their hands. "Does he want to run?" Hiromichi Fujita thought.

But the American did not run, and having lost his rifle, he quickly pulled out an M1911A1 pistol from his waist. This .45 caliber high-powered pistol moves reliably and is hugely powerful. Especially in white-knuckle combat, its .45 caliber bullet has a strong stopping effect, and basically hitting the enemy's torso can immediately make the enemy lose the ability to continue fighting. In front of it, even if you are as strong as a governor, you will be knocked down with a single shot. The only drawback of this weapon is that there are too few bullets, only 7 rounds.

But at this time, 7 rounds are enough. The beautiful animal raised the gun and pointed it in the direction of Fujita, "Bang"!

Fujita stared desperately at the enemy's gun, and there was no reason why the enemy couldn't hit him at such a close distance.

"Bang"! "Bang"! "Bang"! "Bang"! "Bang"! The crisp sound of M1911A1's gunfire continued to ring, and the bullets whirred past Fujita, but none of them hit him.

"Hachiman Bodhisattva!" Fujita roared angrily and pounced on him, and now he was only 3 meters away from the enemy! He was already fully sure that he would pick this tall beautiful animal on his bayonet. At this moment, with a "bang" gunshot, Fujita felt as if he had been hit in the chest by a sledgehammer, and the strength of his whole body disappeared at once. Fujita fell, just a step away from the American soldier. In the final moments, he saw the American soldier expertly unload the magazine, and then unhurriedly load his pistol with a new one.

What Fujita didn't see was: behind him, a whole six warriors of the Imperial Army fell.

Time passed minute by minute, but the defense line of the American army was still as solid as a rock. The eastern sky has gradually revealed a pale morning light. Maruyama knew it was time to end. Maybe in a few minutes, American planes taking off from the Kuah airport will come to the rescue, and by that time, everything will be over. He was forced to give the order: "The whole army retreats." At the same time, a telegram was sent to the rear: "It is still difficult for our troops to occupy the airfield. ”

Hyakutake and Masanobu Tsuji, who received the telegram, were dumbfounded. A few hours ago, they had just written a letter from Maruyama that "Our department has captured the airport!" Great Japanese Empire onboard! The telegram was ecstatic, and immediately asked the navy to send ships to reinforce it. After receiving the good news, five destroyers full of soldiers, escorted by one cruiser, immediately marched towards Kuah Island, preparing to provide artillery support to the army and occupy the island in one fell swoop.

These ships have been on their way for some time, and now they are getting this bad news. At this time, the fleet had penetrated deep into the strike range of the Cactus Air Force, and it was too late to go back.

When the sky was dark, the first planes on a reconnaissance mission were dispatched. Soon Ron received a report: "The Japanese fleet has been spotted!" Consisted of one cruiser and five destroyers, without escort aircraft. ”

"Holy! The little devil is crazy? In broad daylight, 6 boats run around like this, when we don't exist! Ron's first reaction when he heard the reconnaissance plane's report was, "That pilot must have seen a mirage, right?" ”

Ron didn't know about Maruyama's report, and he thought, "Although the devil has always been relatively two, but sending such an airless fleet to death in broad daylight is too two, right?" So Ron ordered the troops to prepare for the attack, and at the same time ordered the reconnaissance planes to verify again.

A few minutes later, the verification report of the reconnaissance plane also came. Oh my! There are really two devils. Regardless of why he is so two, you can't stop eating the meat that is delivered to your mouth, right?

A day earlier, the newly built bomber runway had been repaired. Although the runway is still a little shorter, the Army's B-17 can't use it yet, but the Navy's SBD dive bombers and TBF torpedo bombers can already rely on it to take off. These days, because of the runway, the bomber pilots who have been unable to go to the sky have long been suffocated, and when they heard that there was meat to eat, they all became excited. The last group of the most experienced old birds got the chance to eat meat: now is the most critical moment, the old birds must be used, and the rookies should wait.

8 SBD dive bombers and 8 TBF torpedo bombers pounced on the target under the escort of 4 P-38s. Ron himself flew a P-38 in front of him. He also had a 500-pound bomb hanging under his belly: apparently. In the name of escorting, I came to have the addiction of smashing warships with bombs. Ron had just taken out a transport ship with a ricochet, which was a bit of a hit, but he hadn't really smashed a regular warship.

The plane flew steadily at an altitude of 3,000 meters, and as the sun rose, the temperature in the cockpit began to rise sharply. Ron wiped his sweat and regretted a little that he had run out stupidly. Have you forgotten that when playing games, the saddest thing is to go on a bombing mission? Stupidly fly for an hour, then dive and drop bombs, get it done in a few minutes, and then spend another hour flying back. It's fine if the bomb hits, but more often than not, the dropped bomb just makes a huge splash. While Ron was reminiscing about the future, another pilot in the formation reported that he had spotted a long trail in the sea below......

The Army did not tell the Navy about the failure to capture the airfield, and it is not known whether it was too much to forget or something else. Anyway, this fleet, which ran to the vicinity of Kuah Island in broad daylight to find death, was not aware of its situation at all. On the contrary, the people on board were filled with the joy and pride of victory. It wasn't until the lookout's warning of spotting enemy planes shattered their dreams.

The first to attack, of course, were genuine brand bombers and torpedo planes. The P-38 with the bomb hanging on it is still watching. Captain Snyder's TBF attacked first, and the torpedo team warships were far more lethal than bombs, and the dropped torpedoes could seriously threaten the warships, and in order to avoid the torpedoes, their formation would inevitably be confused. This also created conditions for a surprise attack by dive bombers.

Of all the warships, the cruiser "Yura" was the largest and attracted the most attention. But it's definitely not a good thing to get a lot of attention at this time. Not only were most of the torpedoes dropped by TBF aimed at him, but even the dive bombers were diving towards her.

Eight out of five dive bombers dropped bombs on them. Although the cruiser "Yura" put up a hard resistance, it was still hit by one torpedo and two 1000-pound bombs. A fire broke out on the ship, the speed dropped to 10 knots, and the hull began to tilt to the left. She was still floating on the surface, but it was clear that it was only a matter of time before she was sunk. By this time, however, the dive bombers had turned their attention to the destroyers. The remaining three dive bombers, with bombs still on them, began to besiege the destroyer Akizuki, and a near-miss bomb exploded near her stern, damaging her steering gear and propeller. As a result, she immediately lost her ability to exercise.

The other Japanese warships began to turn around and run wildly, and by this time, except for the P-38 and the bombs, everyone had run out of bombs. And to use the P-38 to bomb those fast and nimble destroyers, well, it's really not an ordinary difficulty. At least Ron knew he wasn't at that level. Fortunately, the cruiser "Yura" and the destroyer "Akizuki" have not sunk yet, although they have been paralyzed on the sea. In the spirit of beating the water dogs, Ron ordered to beat these two.

This time Ron and his men played a score that was worthy of their naval peers: 4 shots and 4 hits! (People can't move, bombing with ricochets, can they still miss?) After sending these two unlucky warships to the bottom of the sea. As soon as he returned to the base, before he had time to take a sip of water, Ron was alerted again: the Japanese, who are not afraid of death, are coming to attack again.