At the same time that about 200,000 Nationalist troops attacked Honshu Island from the Kanmon Strait, another Nationalist Army, with the assistance of the Navy, launched an attack on Shikoku Island from the southeastern coast of Kyushu Island. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Kyushu Island is the closest island to Shikoku Island, and the Saga Seki Peninsula in Oita Prefecture.

Across the sea is the Sayama Cape Peninsula on the island of Shikoku.

Located on the beach of Cape Sayama, located at the southernmost tip of the Cape Peninsula, it is being hit by the three-dimensional combined fierce fire of the Chinese army from the air and the sea.

More than 20 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, protected by more than 10 Zero fighters, and in coordination with five cruisers of more than 5,000 tons of the Navy, were carrying out the most intense and intensive bombardment of the narrow and protruding coastal beach area of Cape Sayama, which was less than three kilometers wide.

This is a typical hilly terrain of the island, except for the 500 meters of buffer beach near the sea, and the north of the beach is a high slope lined with rocks.

The Japanese not only set up many minefields, barbed wire and other obstacles on the beach, but also built a large number of permanent fortifications on the high slopes.

For example, bunkers, fire bunkers, tunnels, etc.

As early as after the loss of Kyushu Island, Ishihara and other high-ranking officers of the staff of the Japanese base camp expected that sooner or later the Chinese army would continue to attack.

As a result, preparations for the construction of fortifications and the reinforcement of the defense line began along the coast of Honshu Island, such as the Kanmon Strait on Honshu Island and the Cape Sayama Peninsula on Shikoku Island.

Under the cover of the superior firepower of the navy and air force, the first batch of about 400 marines belonging to the first battalion of the first ship of the Chinese Navy landed on the beach.

At that time, in order to prevent accidental damage, naval cruisers, gunboats, and air force fighters and bombers extended their bombing targets to the rear of the Japanese army.

On the high slopes filled with gunsmoke and flames, some surviving Japanese soldiers began to stretch out black muzzles from the large and small pillboxes and fire bunkers.

There are also devils who quickly get out of the underground tunnels. Entered the bombed and shattered position choked by the smoke of gunpowder.

"Brothers, Siguo Island is in front of you, take the high ground in front of you, clear the obstacles for the follow-up troops, long live the Chinese nation, long live Commander-in-Chief Zhang!

Come on! Kill! The lieutenant colonel and battalion commander of the Marine Corps who led the team raised his arms and shouted when he landed on the beach.

More than 400 officers and men shouted in response and rushed forward on the sandy beach strewn with bomb craters.

Due to the bombardment of the air force and navy guns, the minefields and obstacles planted by the devils on the beach were almost completely destroyed.

and did not stop the pace of the Nationalist Marine Corps.

Soon, more than 400 marines in black and white uniforms advanced more than 300 meters with their battle flags held high.

At this time, it was less than two hundred meters from the high ground behind the beach.

The thick smoke that permeated the high ground had been blown away by the sea breeze, and the Japanese fortifications on the shattered high ground were faintly visible.

Say it's too late, then it's too fast. When they looked into the range of one hundred and fifty meters, in one of the most advanced Japanese pillboxes, a devil machine gunner pulled the trigger.

"Sudden ......" A brand-new Type 92 heavy machine gun let out a dull roar.

Dense bullets erupted from the bunker's firing holes like tongues of fire.

The hot bullets whistled in, and the two top marines in the head were caught off guard and fell on the spot.

The flagpole of the battle flag also came out of his hand, and the blue sky and white sun flag fluttering in the wind fell.

One of the soldiers immediately rushed forward two steps, re-grasped the flagpole in his hand, and raised it.

At this time, the dense sound of gunfire had already sounded on the high slope that had been dead silence just now.

"Tutu Tu Tu ...... Da Da Da ...... "Type 92 heavy machine gun...... The unique gunfire of the Taisho 11th type light machine gun and a large number of Type 38 rifles are intertwined, which makes people's scalps tingle and frightened.

A large number of bullets poured down like water in a cross formation, and more than a dozen officers and men of the Marine Corps who rushed to the front were unfortunately shot and died.

The lieutenant colonel battalion commander is obviously an elite veteran who has been through a lot of battles. Immediately waved his hand: "Scattered and hidden, the machine gunner immediately set up a machine gun, and the bazooka and grenadier were given to me to bombard him with a son of a bitch." ”

"Also, call the Navy gunboats. Artillery support is requested. ”

Most of the Marines quickly dispersed and took refuge in craters, while the communications crews who followed them began to contact the naval gunboats.

Machine gunners, grenadiers, and rocketeers, under the cover and cooperation of their comrades, braved the rain of bullets to erect machine guns and artillery.

The devil's light and heavy machine guns continued to roar. There are constantly soldiers of the national army who have been unfortunately shot and died.

After paying a heavy price in casualties, the Marine Corps finally began to counterattack with more than a dozen general-purpose machine guns and more than 20 grenadier canisters and bazookas.

The momentum of the Japanese heavy fire was temporarily suppressed and weakened.

"Boom, boom, boom......" Several shells suddenly whistled and flew down on the beach from the Japanese positions on the high slope, and suddenly there were violent explosions.

Several Marine machine gunners who were firing wildly with machine guns and suppressing the Japanese firepower were blown up on the spot and died in the country.

Since then, Japanese soldiers have continued to shell the beach with grenadiers and mortars.

These guns were hiding in the positions, and because the terrain was condescending, the Nationalist marines on the beach were at a disadvantage and could not effectively suppress the fire, so they fell into great passivity.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and the naval commander, who received the call for help, immediately ordered two small gunboats of the 1,000-ton class to adjust their muzzles and, under the guidance of the marines trapped on the beach, accurately fired a round of rapid fire salvo at the Japanese position.

More than a dozen rapid-fire guns poured a large number of shells on the Japanese positions on the high slopes in a very short period of time, and at this time, two Zero fighters also swooped in from the rear of the Japanese positions.

Heavy fire was opened on the Japanese artillery who were shelling the Japanese positions.

Under the blows from both sides, an earth-shattering explosion came out of the Japanese position, and the shells of the Nationalist Marine Corps temporarily stopped.

The thick smoke also obscured the view of the light and heavy machine gunners in the Japanese bunkers.

The opportunity could not be missed, and the lieutenant colonel battalion commander and the remaining more than 300 subordinates immediately rushed up.

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On the battlefield on the north shore of the Guanmen Strait, although the fighters of the Nationalist Air Force tried their best to strafe and intercept them, they also caused great casualties to a large number of Japanese reinforcements.

But these fearless Japanese reinforcements eventually rushed to the front of the war, and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the advancing Nationalist landing force.

After the two sides met each other and engaged in fierce fighting, in order to prevent accidental injuries, the air force could only suspend air raids in this area and shift the target to the rear of the Japanese position.

At this time, a group of landing transport ships sailed from the south shore to the north shore in time to transport about 50 No. 4 tanks ashore.

As soon as these tanks came ashore, they quickly moved forward.

Soon, it bypassed the Japanese positions and appeared on the flanks of the Japanese army, which was struggling to resist the attack of the Chinese army.

PS: There's one more chapter later, and it's out before 12 o'clock. (To be continued......)