Almost as soon as they began to assemble their group, there was a rumbling sound on the sea in the distance, and this sound was so clear in everyone's ears that needless to say, they already had a premonition.

For the United States, Midway is a naval aviation and submarine base, and it is not an important port city like Pearl Harbor, nor is it a tightly guarded strategic location, so the United States has not deployed any shore defense artillery here, and now, the planes and submarines in the base have left, and the base has almost no effective weapons for attacking the sea.

Now, the attack of the islanders has actually arrived!

"Quick, pick up arms, guard on the beach, and wait to block the landing of the islanders!" Colonel Lord had already guessed something.

Who would have thought that the main force of the islanders would appear on Midway, and they would definitely land on the beach and try to occupy their own islands, and they would rely on a fearless spirit to stick to the island and wait for reinforcements to arrive!

"By the way, what about our anti-aircraft artillery? Push our anti-aircraft artillery over! Colonel Lord suddenly thought of something.

They did not have heavy firepower, but they had anti-aircraft guns, and as long as it was an airfield, almost all of them had anti-aircraft guns.

The sharp weapon of the US air defense is the M1 anti-aircraft gun, and now, after receiving the order, the antiaircraft artillery is preparing rapidly.

This anti-aircraft gun caliber 90 mm, quite bulky, the total weight of more than 8 tons, the ten people of the artillery squad, with great effort, finally put away the anti-aircraft gun and hung it on the tractor, the tractor roared, the driver stepped on the accelerator and drove the car to the side of the beach.

Just as they were about to unload the anti-aircraft guns, by the hazy moonlight, they could already see the shadows of those black landing ships!

"Fire, fire now!" The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company shouted loudly.

It was too late, they could not even turn the anti-aircraft guns into combat mode, and just on the march, they opened fire.

"Boom!" A 90-mm anti-aircraft artillery shell flew out of the chamber, and at the moment of launch, the entire anti-aircraft gun retreated several meters, and the tracer anti-aircraft shell crossed a line and headed towards the landing ship in front.

"Boom!" It actually hit!

Anti-aircraft guns are characterized by high chamber pressure, high muzzle velocity, in this case the ballistic trajectory is straight, inherently suitable for tank guns, in the sequence of the American army, this 90 mm anti-aircraft gun, and the German 88 mm anti-aircraft gun, is simply the same effect.

And now, with a straight trajectory, aiming is quite easy, almost pointing where to hit.

Although it hits accurately, however, it is not powerful enough.

"Boom!" The shell drilled into the bridge of the landing ship, blew open a big hole, shook the people in the bridge to the ground, and got up from the ground, the captain was not afraid at all: "Forward, let's continue to move forward, fill the back with water, and prepare to press the bow of the ship and land on the beach!" ”

"What about naval guns? Open fire and take out these Yankees! ”

No one thought that the expected sneaky landing would actually turn into a strong attack, but even if it was a strong attack, they would not be afraid, and the army of the island country has always had a beach landing drill, and they are quite proficient in landing operations, not to mention that they still have good landing tools in their hands.

"Tom, tom!" Above the landing ship, 40-mm Bofors tank guns opened heavy fire.

This 40mm gun, it can be said that it has blossomed everywhere, has become a universal German gun, although its caliber is not large enough, but its rate of fire is enough to make up for its shortcomings, because it is a burst weapon!

One after another, the shells flew over, hit the beach, hit the anti-aircraft artillery positions, and the anti-aircraft guns that had not yet been deployed, and the gunners were still nervously adjusting their firing Zhu Yuan, and the terrible shells flew in.

"Boom!" The tractor in front was blown up, the fire illuminated the beach, illuminated the other anti-aircraft guns, and the attack of the island navy became more intense.

In addition to the naval guns on the landing ship, the naval guns of the heavy cruisers guarding also began to fire, one after another, shells pierced the night sky and fired fiercely at the beach.

"Boom!" The 203-mm naval guns opened fire, and with just one shot, a big crater was blown up, and the entire beach position was shaking violently, and they had no idea what consequences they would bring to their own troops, they were digging a hole for themselves!

"Colonel, we can't resist, we have to retreat!" Next to Colonel Lorde, an adjutant shouted loudly, he covered his head with his hands and lay on his side, and not far away, the shells of the 203-mm naval guns exploded, which gave him too much shock.

Under such a bombardment by the islanders, I am afraid that our side will suffer heavy casualties on the beachhead that has no danger to defend.

"No, we have to stand in the way here." Colonel Lord said, "If we can't stop the islanders from landing, then we lose." ”

There are not many troops on the island at all, and only by blocking here and preventing them from landing can they hold the island, and if the islanders come up, they have no other choice but to surrender.

Their shelling was fierce, but it didn't last long, because they were also going to land.

Sure enough, the shelling stopped after only three minutes, and at this time, the landing ship in front of it was already at full speed and rushed towards the beach on this side.

What's going on?

It's unreasonable! Typical landing ships stop at a distance from the beach, and then the sailors will jump into the water and rush towards this side, and while they wade over, it is their best chance to destroy them with machine guns.

But no, at this time the firelight had already illuminated the beach, and when they saw those landing ships, they actually rushed up fiercely, and they were not afraid of running aground!

Rushing to land on the beach and directly sending the troops to the beach can greatly reduce the casualties of the troops during the charge, and this is the meaning of the existence of the landing ship.

The front landing ship quickly brushed the sand and rushed up, the bottom of the ship rubbed against the sand, making a squeaking sound, and then it stopped.

The front hatch opened, and one by one the inner fireboats drove out.

The internal fire boat, that is, the amphibious tank, the main force of the naval equipment of the island country, because it does not need to float on the water and go ashore directly, it does not have a pontoon attached, and after the hatch is opened, they drive out quickly.

Landing on the beach, with tanks, the landing is much easier!

The inner fireboat at the front traveled more than 30 meters, and then, with a bang, it disappeared.