After a day-long bombardment, a large number of Japanese landing ships appeared again in the sea in front of Davao Harbor the next day. In order to ensure the safety of the landing ships, the fighter group of the aircraft carrier formation cruising not far away also escorted the aircraft carrier in the air.

Before the Japanese landing force began to carry out the landing, several Japanese warships still fired several naval guns at the tidal flat position. After confirming that there was no danger in front of the tidal flat position, the Japanese infantry who had successfully landed on the beach also breathed a sigh of relief.

For the Japanese infantry responsible for the attack on Davao City, the first two attacks on Davao City have already buried nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers. If you want to fight again at this time, it is naturally a lie to say that the little devil is not worried at all.

Wait until the infantry has successfully landed on the beach and begin to deploy a guard force in front of the front to meet the landing of the large force behind. Many Japanese soldiers who were responsible for searching the ruins unfortunately stepped on some mines that remained on the ruins of the position.

Looking at these unlucky wounded soldiers, the vanguard of the Japanese army who was responsible for searching for the alert also felt helpless. Before they came, they had heard that the defenders of the ruined city were very fond of using landmines.

With such a large tidal flat position, no one knows whether there are mines under their feet. Therefore, stepping on a mine can only consider oneself unlucky. Fortunately, the number of mines was not large, and in the eyes of the Japanese army, this loss was quite bearable.

Large numbers of infantry poured into the tidal flat positions and soon established forward positions. The transport ships transporting tanks and combat vehicles behind also began to slowly approach the beach, transporting light tanks one after another to the beach to strengthen the offensive power of the infantry.

Although these tanks could not enter the jungle to fight, the Japanese also saw a large open area around Davao City. If you equip a tank wing, it is believed that it will not be easy for the other side to counterattack and retake Davao City.

After all, according to the information available to the Japanese army, the Xinghua Army stationed in Mindanao does not seem to have any heavy weapons. Once they have managed to gain a foothold in Davao City, this tank wing is also the best patrol force.

The Japanese commander, who was staying on the aircraft carrier and watching the landing troops in front of him, also said happily: "Yo, this landing operation seems to be going well!" I thought that the armed forces stationed here would choose to confront us! ”

"General, with our fighters escorting in the sky, how dare they show their heads! Next, what the landing force really needs to pay attention to is to get through the first few nights safely. As long as the fortifications are built, the rebels will not be able to become grandiose. ”

At this time, the Japanese bowl navy was undoubtedly much more confident than before. The success of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor made the Japanese bowl navy soon consider itself a world-class naval power. After all, didn't the British and American navies lose one after another at their hands?

For many officers and men of the Japanese Navy who participated in the war, this time to cover the infantry landing operation was completely 'killing chickens with knives.' With an aircraft carrier fleet guarding by the side, what waves can those rebels make?

After the tank wing also landed smoothly and began to integrate the formation, the Japanese commander in charge of the attack quickly gave the order to march to Davao City. In addition to sending the entire tank wing, an infantry wing was also sent to cover the escort.

The attacking troops, totaling nearly 10,000 people, rushed towards Davao City, which was still in ruins, like a torrent of steel. The forward observation post, which was in charge of monitoring the movements of the little devils, was also a little surprised to see this scene.

Li Pao, who was staying in the tunnel at the moment, received the news from the forward observation post, and said in surprise: "Mother, these little devils really look up to Lao Tzu." Storm the ruined city and dispatch so many troops at once! ”

"Head, what's next?"

"What else can I do! Wait! However, send out the engineer company and have them bury all the stored explosives. Try to connect the explosives into an area, and after the little devils enter the city, they will be detonated one by one. When you go out, let them be careful! ”

"Yes, head!"

After Li Pao gave the order, the engineer company that was staying in the underground passage began to drill out of the ground. I looked at the Japanese fighter planes that whizzed in the sky from time to time, and began to move around the ruins very carefully.

As long as they saw the little devil fighter coming, everyone honestly lay on the ruins and did not move, and when the little devil's plane passed, they began to dig holes and wiring again, and buried boxes of explosives in series into the rubble.

Of course, considering that so many people came at once, the engineer company naturally did not forget to bury anti-tank mines carefully prepared for tanks on some roads suitable for tanks. And on both sides of the road, some infantry mines are also installed from time to time.

At least the soldiers of the engineer company believed that after the little devil entered the city, he would inevitably search the whole city up and down. As long as the little devil's plane does not bomb again, then these mines buried in the city will be cleaned up by the little devil.

Once the little devils enter the city, the snipers of the garrison alone will let these little devils who are responsible for the attack know what it means to have no return. Even if it is unlikely to keep Davao City, it can also make the little devil break his bones.

Just like the order Zhao Tiehu gave to the defenders before, it was not for how long they were required to stop the Japanese army, and everything was mainly to kill and injure the living forces of the Japanese army. At least Zhao Tiehu believes that the little devil's reinforcements can't be endless.

Even if you kill one or two hundred a day, killing for a month will make the little devil tremble. What's more, in the next battle, the real exciting things are still waiting for the Japanese army! This time, Zhao Tiehu really has to give a big gift to the little devil.

At least in Zhao Tiehu's opinion, if the aircraft carrier fleet responsible for covering for the little devils suddenly had something. It is estimated that the little devils will also feel pain, so the Japanese divisions and regiments that landed will also face a dilemma whether to retreat or defend.

After all, the island of Mindanao is not under the control of the Japanese army. To put it bluntly, in today's Mindanao, it is still Zhao Tiehu who has the final say with Xinghua Army. Even if the Japanese army comes, it must avoid three points.

With hundreds of Japanese tanks, it was like a torrent of steel heading straight for Davao City. The sound of explosions sounded from time to time during the march made the Japanese tank men and infantry feel a little frightened.

Although yesterday's bombing did destroy many mines planted by the Xinghua Army earlier. But because of the Japanese bombing, many places looked like a mess. Even if sappers are sent to clear the mines, it doesn't seem to be of much use.

Therefore, there are mines there and there are no mines, and it depends more on personal luck. From time to time, the Japanese tanks that crushed the anti-tank mines could only lie on their stomachs helplessly. And the infantry that followed up often suffered from the fish in the pond.

The sentries who stayed in the underground observation post, looking at these little devil tanks lying in the nest, as well as the little devil wounded by the explosion, also gloated: "This is just an appetizer, and the big meal in the back, I'm afraid that these little devils will also eat it!" ”

The Japanese division, which had already established a temporary rear command on the beach, watched the wounded soldiers who were constantly being carried back from the front. The commander of the Japanese division in charge of this operation also had a headache and said: "Baga, why are there so many wounded?" ”

"Your Excellency, the road leading to Davao and the open land are full of mines. Both our tank units and the covering units suffered losses of varying degrees. However, yesterday the Air Force bombing has cleaned up quite a bit! ”

"Eight Gyalu! It seems that our opponents seem to be intent on turning the road to Davao City into a danger zone. Fortunately, yesterday the Air Force carried out a day of bombing, otherwise we would have suffered even greater casualties today. ”

Compared with the unlucky Major General Tanaka, the commander of the Japanese division who was ordered to command a division to attack Davao this time, still felt that Tanaka, who had failed, still made some contributions. If it weren't for his previous two failures, he wouldn't have had it so easy this time.

After ordering a temporary field hospital to treat the wounded quickly, the commander of the Japanese division also ordered the troops to begin to expand the search area. However, the troops were not allowed to enter the jungle until they were given the order to search.

In the view of the commander of the Japanese division, before entering the jungle to fight, it was necessary to have a large force to coordinate and cooperate. Even if you send a squadron in, many times it will not achieve any effect, but will only increase casualties.

Earlier, on Luzon Island, the commander of the Japanese division who had fought with the armed forces of the Xinghua Army knew very well that the armed personnel of the Xinghua Army were very good at jungle warfare. Therefore, if he wants to fight the Xinghua army, he must move forward steadily.

This time, the Japanese army sent heavy troops to attack Davao City, and it was more hoped to send this division to contain the main force of the Xinghua Army living here. In the eyes of the Japanese army, as long as the Xinghua Army wanted to keep their base camp, it could not easily send troops to other places.

It's just that the Japanese army didn't know that Davao was indeed the base camp of the Xinghua Army. But similar to such a base camp, in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, the Xinghua Army has also established two base camps.

As for the fighting in Mindanao, in many cases, there is no need to rely on external reinforcements. After all, in terms of the number of troops alone, the anti-Japanese armed forces now assembled in Mindanao are only more powerful than the other two base camps.

Knowing that the troops had successfully surrounded Davao City, the commander of the Japanese division was also very satisfied: "Yo! Order the troops to attack in full force, and not let go of any resistance lurking in the city. If you can, try to catch as many captives as you can! ”

"Hey!"

With the Japanese army giving the order to attack, the Japanese troops who surrounded Davao City began to search Davao City in a dragnet style. In the eyes of the commander of the Japanese division, there must have been many soldiers of the resistance lurking in that ruined city.

In fact, it was true that the Japanese army, which had not suffered any losses along the way, was soon hit by the snipers of the Xinghua Army. Even if there is a tank to cover, some special terrain completely affects the firing angle of the tank.

What's more, the sound of anti-tank mine explosions sounded from time to time made the Japanese tank soldiers who entered this ruined city feel a headache. If you continue to bomb like this, God knows how many intact tanks will be left in the search of the entire city!