The Japanese side is not stupid, and the Americans are active in the New Guinea region, and they naturally pay attention in this direction.

The Japanese base camp, far on the mainland, not only ordered the remaining fleet of Yamamoto Isoroku to move closer in this direction, but also tried by all means to strengthen the forces on the islands of New Guinea.

In the beginning, the Japanese army only had two divisions and regiments here, and the total strength was only about 20,000 people.

Now the Japanese army has deployed three division headquarters here, with a strength of more than 40,000 people, as well as the support of tank troops, and the firepower can be called strong.

After committing so many troops, Japan also judged the possible landing sites of the United States.

In charge of commanding this elite unit of the Japanese army was General Yamashita Bongbun, who was dispatched and was known as the Tiger of the Malays.

This commander is known in Japanese military circles as a brave commander, who once commanded the Japanese army to raid Malaya, which laid the foundation for the victory of the Japanese army on the Southeast Asian peninsula in one fell swoop.

The commander was transferred to New Guinea, and the Japanese top brass also had the idea of a life-and-death battle: they did everything they could, ready to fight the American army to the death here.

Yamashita Fumi, who took office, was worthy of being a relatively powerful general of the Japanese Army, and he personally surveyed New Guinea and speculated that the main landing direction of the United States was near the Torres Strait!

Therefore, he deployed his troops in the southern plains of New Guinea, built fortifications, and prepared to fight the American army on the beachhead.

In addition, the Navy Combined Fleet under the command of Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku is moving near the Torres Strait, preparing for another battle with the US Navy.

On October 3, U.S. Navy destroyers appeared in the Torres Strait, and the Japanese defenders sounded the alarm for urgent combat readiness.

In the early morning of the next day, the landing battle of the American army began. One transport after another appeared on the surface of the sea, and the Japanese soldiers had never seen so many ships.

It was a landing operation organized almost by the Army, so there were very few ships in the US Navy. Only the Marines followed the Army in attacking.

On the frontal battlefield, more than 20,000 American soldiers crossed the sea and landed, braving Japanese artillery fire, they slowly moved from the transport ship to the landing craft and slowly drove towards the beachhead.

Hovering above them were land-based fighter units, American fighter jets that flew low over the battlefield again and again, giving courage to friendly forces under their feet.

In the slightly icy waters, the bodies of killed American soldiers also floated. At the front, American soldiers were already walking on the beach.

Since the outbreak of the war, this is the first time that the US military has been fully prepared to launch a counterattack, and it is also the first time that young American soldiers have faced their own enemies in a real sense.

"Long live America!" An American soldier who had rushed off the landing craft shouted loudly and rushed to the open beach in front of him.

In front of him, there was an endless emptiness. This is simply the best shooting training ground, and there is no way to dodge bullets fired from a distance.

Before they could lie down, the American soldiers who rushed off the landing craft were knocked down by flying bullets inside the ship, and the sound of cries for help and the sound of bullets hitting steel plates made people shudder.

Many American soldiers had to roll out of the landing craft from both sides, and then got stuck in the water that was not in front of their chests, and could not advance a meter in half a day.

For American soldiers, this landing was no different from suicide. One American soldier after another, they were killed on the beach and in the sea.

The Americans had no intention of backing down, and after committing 20,000 men to the beach, they had 20,000 more valiant soldiers in the back.

The soldiers had to wade through the blood-red waters, trampling on the bodies of their comrades, and landing on the empty sands.

The American warships were roaring incessantly in the distance, and the Japanese Navy warships were busy looking for the American aircraft carrier fleet, and some American destroyers and cruisers who ventured into the theater of operations were desperately supporting the landing operation at this time.

As time went on, more and more American corpses piled up on the landing beaches, and more and more American soldiers came ashore.

The American soldiers, who had taken control of the beach, began to storm in depth, and with the support of their planes and the desire for revenge, they soon broke through the Japanese beachhead defenses.

As a result, the losses of both sides began to approach. The Japanese troops in the position were inflicted heavy losses by the American troops under heavy fire, while the American troops on the other beach sections were easily slaughtered by the Japanese troops.

Losses on both sides were skyrocketing, and in the afternoon, the Americans had just taken control of a small beachhead, and the Japanese had taken control of their main positions, and none of them had been lost.

In a landing area of less than 3 kilometers, the American army piled up the corpses of almost 5,000 soldiers, and the Japanese lost more than 2,000 people.

And this battle is not over, because the American army did not retreat, and the Japanese army did not mean to abandon their positions.

Both sides are still throwing in their troops, preparing to turn this place into hell, into a terrible place that people can't even think about.

In the afternoon, the third batch of American landing troops came ashore, heavy artillery was also unloaded on the beach, and the Japanese had to abandon part of the defensive position in the face of American ferocious firepower.

Subsequently, the U.S. military began to advance into the plains of southern New Guinea, and a Japanese counterattack in the plains was also brewing.

You know, Japan has tank units deployed in New Guinea, and they are called tank troops. These chariot units have strong combat effectiveness on the plains.

Yamashita Fengwen is not a vegetarian, he is nicknamed the Malay Tiger, and the style of fighting really has a bit of the meaning of a tiger descending the mountain.

Especially now, with dozens of tanks in his hands, as well as new German weapons, of course, he has the desire and strength to fight back.

In order to get more American infantry ashore and eat them in one bite, he set the time for the counterattack to be early tomorrow morning, not dinner on the day of the landing battle.

In Yamashita Bongfumi's view, his troops had sufficient reserves and ammunition, so it was worth waiting for the American troops to come ashore before annihilating them.

After all, Yamashita was a general who advocated offense, and his strength was also offensive operations.

Therefore, Yamashita Fumimi worked hard to turn the defensive war of New Guinea into a defensive counterattack war with his own deep imprint, and tried to annihilate a large number of American living forces.

He even arrogantly said to his chief of staff: I want to win a battle here, so that the United States will not dare to lightly land and counterattack in the next year!