.“ Locals call it 'the wall that stands by the sea' and believe that it can keep out the bad winds from the sea!

Now, too, they hope that this 'wall' will stop us from marching inland." ”

"Humph! Our soldiers won't let them get their wish! As long as you break through this low wall, which is not much higher than the fence, you will have a flat river ahead! …… Alas, it's a pity that we didn't have airborne troops this time, and if we had landed behind the Japanese positions and then flanked the landing force on both sides, I think the Japanese defenders would have been in a dilemma if they didn't collapse quickly! ”

"Well, that's a pity! Most of the paratroopers who participated in the war went to the Korean Peninsula, and it was too far from our base! ”

"Forget it, let's not talk about these useless things, look, our troops are advancing to the top of the mountain, what a group of brave lads...... Look, Hans, it's on our left, see? White smoke in the woods! That must be the artillery position of the Japanese, damn it! We need to send this coordinate back to the 'Prussia' and ask them to send a bomber squad at once!" ”

"Okay, General, I'll do it!"

While the two senior commanders and their Kiel-long three-seat water reconnaissance and collator aircraft continued to patrol the battlefield, Major Adolf Hitler, a battalion commander of the German 2nd Marine Division, was leading his men towards the woods with white smoke rising.

Just five minutes ago, Adolf and his troops were attacked by artillery fire from that position, although the opponent's artillery was not much, and the power was far less than that of large-caliber howitzers, but due to the close distance and short trajectory, many German soldiers did not have time to hide, and in the first round of shelling Adolf lost more than a dozen young men, fortunately, there were more experienced non-commissioned officers and veterans in the team, and the troops did not become chaotic because of this, and the next few rounds of Japanese shelling did not cause too many casualties, However, the condescending artillery bombardment easily choked the German soldiers' original path.

After sending out the few amphibious vehicles in the camp to attract opposing fire, Adolf took a detour with his infantry. The trick worked, and the Japanese shells continued to fall in waves, but did no more damage to Adolf's infantry. At the same time, the air support called for by the general who was patrolling the battlefield by plane was fulfilled with great efficiency, and four Barracuda-II carrier-based fighters with a bomb load of 1,200 kilograms, torpedo bombers, and three Henkel-IID carrier-based fighters with 200 kilogram aerial bombs arrived one after another, and they quickly found their targets and dropped the aerial bombs mounted under the fuselage - in such a cold and dry season and in such a wooded area, Napalm incendiary bombs are undoubtedly incredibly destructive, but they are sometimes not enough to clear the Japanese from fortifications, caves, and even underground bunkers. - The flames of the great masses even made the hot breeze blow on the faces of the German soldiers from a distance of 100 meters. The lethality of incendiary bombs is now enormous, and the pain suffered by the attackers is so intense that the German soldiers who often witness these tragic scenes will add the phrase "do not be accidentally bombed by your own planes" when praying - accidental injuries caused by aircraft in war are unavoidable, but so far there are few examples of accidental bombing by their own incendiary bombs in the German army, which should have a lot to do with the caution and calmness of German pilots.

Adolf and a few other officers carefully used binoculars to observe the area not far away from the incendiary bombs, where only a few large trees had been ignited, and the situation on the ground was a little more complicated - some of the scorched places were only curling with smoke, others were still burning, and of course, more importantly, the wreckage of a few Japanese mountain guns scattered in the middle and some human remains curled up on the ground.

In the case of a smooth attack. The Japanese did not transfer their positions in time. This was the main reason why they had escaped the massive bombardment of warships and planes before the German landing, and Adolf saw this clearly, and he would not make such a mistake. In this case. He decided to carry out the original order of his superiors - to continue to advance north until the Japanese hill defenses were broken through the Japanese army's hill defenses "Companies, keep moving, but be careful not to be exposed to the open area!" ”

Adolf carefully instructed his subordinates to be careful, including the two companies that had joined temporarily.

For the next half hour, the German Marines came and went as they were caught up and down by cold guns and mines, which were just innocuous little troubles, and they were more concerned about the sound of gunfire coming from ahead, which became clearer and clearer as time went on, and the highest part of the hill looked closer.

"Frankfurt 2 district. Frankfurt 2, this is Berlin, please reply when you hear it! ”

As Adolf's unit was about to cross a relatively intact wood, a murmuring call came from the communications officer's walkie-talkie, and he motioned for the soldiers to move on, while he took the walkie-talkie, "This is Frankfurt 2, please instruct!" ”

After a rustle, the voice on the walkie-talkie became clearer again.

"Frankfurt 2 district. Please report your location! ”

"We are in area 77...... Approaching Area 109, we're heading towards our destination! We also have two companies in Regensburg here, who got separated from their regimental headquarters! ”

After a while, "Frankfurt District 2, please go to Area 108 immediately, Ulm District 1 is blocked by the Japanese there, they have suffered heavy casualties, and they need reinforcements!" Again, please go to Area 108 to support Ulm 1 immediately! ”

Adolf glanced at the map the liaison officer was holding, and Area 108 was to their left, where the gunfire sounded most densely.

"Understood!"

Adolf's answer was simple and concise, but at this time he already had a faint feeling in his heart that it would not be easy for his own troops to force their way through the area that friendly and neighboring troops could not cross, and the casualties might be very large, and even they would suffer defeat, but he did not intend to bow to the difficulties in front of him, let alone give up this mission.

The minute hand of the clock turned forward two more notches, and the stretcher troops transporting the wounded along the way confirmed Adolf's fears, but when his troops successfully joined up with the blocked attack, the situation of the other side, which was also part of the 2nd Marine Division, still gave him some chills. And the same Marine battalion of 1,200 to 1,280 men at full strength had less than 400 combatants and about 80 wounded soldiers left in time to withdraw.

Adolf immediately reported to his superiors that he had arrived at his destination, and his superiors responded directly by appointing him as the commander-in-chief of the 108th Theater, whose task was to lead his troops to capture the Japanese defense line in front of him, and the remnants of the previous attacking troops were temporarily under his command. In this way, the troops, which were born in the hands of the small Austrian major, reached an unprecedented size - 1,600 men, which in the ordinary army units was already more than half an infantry regiment. You must know that the supreme command of this army is precisely the supreme commander, and it was not intended to give this "unpredictable ability" in the first place.

The small man is too conspicuous in his position.

To be precise, it is a military position below the regimental level or a public office not more than the town level.

Either way, Adolf finally had a chance to show off his military prowess.

Without even having some form of transfer of power with the frustrated-looking former commander, Adolf summoned all the commanders above the company level for a simple field meeting. According to the reports of the previous company commanders and his own preliminary observations, Adolf quickly understood the situation in front of him, and the Japanese defense line he wanted to capture was composed of a series of standing fortifications, which may be a bit unworthy of the name, because the length of those fortifications was only 200 meters, and they were single-line positions with no depth to speak of, but the difficulty in capturing them was that they were concrete fortifications half-hidden underground.

Look around. The round or oval bunkers resemble mushrooms half-buried in the earth.

They weren't very large, but they were at one with their surroundings, if it weren't for the square shooting holes on the front and the dirt that had been shot down by bullets. It is difficult to spot them from a hundred meters away, let alone reconnaissance aircraft flying quickly in the sky.

"I called for air fire support four times, but only destroyed one bunker of the Japanese army......" The Major Bell who spoke in front of him was just in his early thirties, and he could be said to be a talent, and it seemed that he had a good future, but he unexpectedly planted a heel here. Listening to his introduction, Adolf calmed down with a hint of surprise. The traces of fierce fighting around the bunkers were indeed visible to the naked eye, and the wreckage of the four armored vehicles remained less than 100 meters from the bunkers, and it was evident that they had been destroyed by Japanese small-caliber artillery. More recently, there was a Type III amphibious tank unique to the German Marine Corps, which was charred and somewhat deformed, and there were even dozens of German corpses within range of the rifle that could not be transported for the time being. Large and small craters were scattered around those bunkers, and judging from the only one that was blown up, the Japanese did put a lot of thought into it - the outermost layer of the bunker was an ordinary layer of earth, and then the inner layer was an alternating layer of sand, earth and concrete, and the innermost concrete layer was half a meter long, at least half a meter, and it was really difficult for conventional shells and bombs to threaten them.

"We've tried everything!" Bell reluctantly said, "60mm mortars, tanks, armored vehicles, and Iron Fist II." But it doesn't work! ”

Iron Fist II is a single soldier rocket launcher that has just been equipped with the German ** team before the war, and its predecessor - the iron fist that uses sub-caliber rockets, Iron Fist II is a disposable bazooka of equal caliber, from sub-caliber to equal caliber sounds like it is weakened in terms of power, in fact, the power of this individual weapon is compensated for by the value in shooting accuracy and range, its caliber and the G-20 mortar commonly used by the German army are the same 60 mm, effective range 200 meters, At this distance, it can penetrate the side armor of any tank in the world and the frontal armor of most tanks, and Iron Fist II is also good at dealing with ordinary fortifications, but today these Japanese bunkers are clearly beyond their capabilities.

"How could the Japanese army set up such a bunker group here? The mountain pass should be the focus of their defense! Adolf was puzzled, but none of the people present could answer the question.

"Major Bell, your people have worked hard, let's withdraw and rest first!" Adolf first said to Bell and several of his company commanders in a calm tone, although they were unwilling, but the fact that they were not angry was in front of them, and they had no choice but to carry out this order to the letter.

After careful consideration, Adolf gave orders to his three infantry company commanders:

"Waterl, Jonahs, Maxi, take your guys up and take them! It's 11:40 a.m., Walter, your company is on the left, at 11:45 p.m. fire on the Japanese line with all its firepower, and 1 minute later throw two platoons into a detour to the opponent's right flank, and the attackers carry more grenades and smoke grenades to attract Japanese fire as much as possible; Joones, your company is centered, fire at 11:46, the more intense the fire, the better, until the ammunition runs out or I order a ceasefire! Maxi, your company was all on the offensive at 11:47, and the Spitfire squad directly under the battalion was also deployed to you, detouring from the left flank of the Japanese army, understand? ”

"Understood!" The three of them replied in unison.

"Good!" Adolf nodded, "Maxi, your company has the heaviest task, but don't be afraid of losses, whether we can succeed depends on your side!" ”

"Don't worry!" The tall Maxi patted his chest and said.

After the three company commanders set off with their respective units, Adolf concentrated his tank company and the remaining armored vehicles in Bell's hands, and these armored units were deployed in the middle of the battle line, and their appearance also reactivated the battlefield that had been in a calm state before, because it was within the range of artillery, the Meiji 41-year 75mm mountain guns deployed in the Japanese bunker opened fire first, and the shells fell on the side of the German position, although as long as it was not a direct hit, They were not enough to destroy the armored vehicles on the German side, but the constant falling shells clearly affected the German preparations for the offensive. Adolf frequently raised his hand to look at his watch, and at the same time arranged for soldiers and vehicles to avoid the attack, perhaps because there was not much ammunition, and the Japanese shelling stopped after a while.