Chapter 92: Sneak Attack
Gunshots and explosions soon rang out.
However, this was not fought by the soldiers of the first battalion, but the covering unit of the devils, seeing that the Chinese troops had climbed the mountain first, they fired rows of bullets, shells and grenadiers towards the mountain ridge...... From this point of view, the Japanese army was still very good in the distribution of firepower in this round, and before the troops rushed up, they used warships and seaplanes that were difficult to coordinate to carry out bombing, and when the troops rushed up, they used the infantry artillery to provide fire cover, which not only made the coordination between the infantry and artillery more reasonable, but also saved the limited ammunition of the infantry.
And at this time, the superiority of the Japanese grenadier was manifested...... At this time, the Chinese and Japanese armies were only about 100 meters apart, but the range of the grenadiers was 200 or 300 meters, so the grenadiers were like small mortars, pouring grenades into the mountains in pieces, only to blow up the sand and rocks everywhere on the mountains.
Zhang Chi did not hesitate, and immediately shouted to the communication soldier who was following him: "Call for artillery fire!" ”
"Yes!" The correspondent answered, and immediately shouted into the walkie-talkie.
At this time, the Sino-US coalition forces could not compete with the Japanese in the air or sea in the waters of Kuah Island, but they were ...... on land A few days ago, Halsey had sent a lot of supplies to Kuah Island at Zhang Chi's request, including cannonballs, and now was the time to use them.
After a while, with a whistling, patches of shells crossed the ridge towards the Japanese troops around the ridge.
The Japanese did not expect that the Sino-US coalition forces would have such fierce artillery fire after being bombed and blockaded by the Japanese navy...... Maruyama Masao thought that the waters of Kuah Island had long been blocked by Japanese submarines, and Japanese submarines could be said to have been frequently reported by good news, sinking destroyers for a while and sinking aircraft carriers for a while. Therefore, Maruyama Masao took it for granted that the supply situation of the Sino-US coalition was similar to that of the Japanese army, and it might even be worse than the Japanese army. After all, the Japanese army can now let go of any supply, while the U.S. military has never had such a supply time.
Where would Maruyama Masao have thought that their friendly Japanese submarines are specially selected to attack aircraft carriers and warships, and basically do not attack tanker carriers, if he knew this, he is afraid that he will be so angry that he will not do it.
Tactical mistakes of the Japanese submarine forces...... Now it is once again borne by the Japanese Army, just like what Zhang Chi sees now. The Japanese troops around the mountain range were blown into the air in pieces, and their mortars, grenadiers, machine guns and other fire cover equipment looked so insignificant in front of the US howitzers, and they were blown up in a mess in just a few blows.
However, the Japanese did not give up, and despite the loss of fire cover, despite the heavy artillery bombardment of the enemy, the Japanese troops in charge of the charge still charged towards the mountain ridge with bayonets.
They may have done the right thing, because the Japanese were good at hand-to-hand combat, and if they rushed into the enemy's line of defense and tangled up with them, the enemy's artillery would quickly become useless.
But it's just a good wish......
The soldiers of the first battalion were all veterans from the Burmese battlefield, and they knew to keep the rhythm of their American weapons in their hands to maintain continuous fire. So the Japanese rushed up in rows, fell in rows, rushed up in rows, and fell in rows.
Looking at the Japanese charge, Zhang Chi seemed to understand why the 1st Marine Division, which had never fought in history, could defeat the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army...... Of course, there are also factors that affect the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army's lack of supplies and hunger for a long time, but more importantly, the Japanese army's tactics are rigid and rigid, they blindly emphasize the "spirit" and "bravery" and do not want to charge fatally, but ignore the coordination between the arms, for example, at this time they can cooperate with the attack with water planes and warships: seaplanes can suppress the firepower on the mountains. It was even possible to reconnoiter the Lunga defensive circle and point out the location of the US artillery positions for warships to suppress.
If the Japanese army fought like this, I was afraid that the pressure on the battalion stationed on the mountain ridge would be greater.
In this regard. Zhang Chi also had to thank the discord between the Japanese army and navy.
But it should be said that Zhang Chi still underestimated the Japanese army a little, because the next moment the correspondent hurriedly ran to Zhang Chi's side and shouted at Zhang Chi under the sound of artillery: "Tuanza!" Devils were found in the north......"
"North?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned, looked behind him and said, "What north?" How can there be devils in the north?! ”
To the north is the rear of the mountain range, and if there are devils there, it means that the Japanese have broken through the Lunga line.
"Not the north side of here!" The correspondent shouted: "It's the north of the new regiment position!" ”
Zhang Chi still didn't understand: "Isn't the north of the new regiment position the sea?" How can there be devils there?! ”
"Yes!" The correspondent nodded and replied: "The devil has landed from the sea!" That's a thousand people! ”
Hearing this, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time...... It turns out that the devil still has this trick. They attracted the main force of the new regiment in the front, but in fact it was the landing from the sea and then the attack on Henderson Airfield in one fell swoop.
This is really poisonous, you must know that the Lunga defense circle is actually like an eggshell...... The outside was hard and empty, not to be exact, and it was full of vulnerable engineering units, artillery units, and piles of ammunition and supplies. In this way, a Japanese army broke in, and the Sino-US coalition forces had only one ending: surrender.
"Contact the three regiments immediately!" Zhang Chi ordered: "Let them fill this gap!" ”
"Tuanza!" Staff Officer Liang interjected: "We just received news that the third regiment was bombed by the devil warship and couldn't come up!" ”
Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and now it seems that he has to wait for the devil to enter the hinterland.
At this time, Zhang Chi was a little puzzled for a while...... Historically, this battle was won by the US military, so how could this situation still occur? Could it be that it was because of themselves here that they affected the war situation, and then some uncontrollable factors appeared, which made the Sino-US coalition lose? !
If that's the case, then you're guilty of a great sin.
However, at this moment, the correspondent reported with some surprise: "Tuanza, it seems to be ...... The devil has been blocked! ”
"Blocked? Which force blocked it? ”
"Sapper battalion!" The correspondent replied.
"There are only a few hundred people in the engineer battalion?" Zhang Chi was still a little unconvinced: "How can it be possible to block the landing of a thousand devils?!" (To be continued.) )
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