After a long wait, the next round of fire from the battleship Tarzan smashed into the positions of the American defenders, and a very sturdy-looking machine-gun bunker was hit by a large-caliber shell, and the entire top was lifted up, and the surrounding fortifications reinforced with reinforced concrete were also destroyed due to the huge shaking, and the corpses of many American soldiers were scattered all around.

"Beautiful! Tarzan! You've hit the target! The other party is completely destroyed! Now, readjust the artillery angle, coordinates, 53, 77! Fire! ...... "One American position after another was patronized by large-caliber artillery, and most of the defense line on Kauai Island had been destroyed by artillery into a pile of rubble.

The main guns of the Taishan and Huashan tilted until the number of high-explosive shells they carried was insufficient, and the shelling lasted a full four hours, and every suspicious military target on Kauai Island was baptized with large-caliber high-explosive shells. The soldiers on the battleship were very puzzled, why did the Americans not surrender yet, under such shelling, even as Chinese soldiers, they would be heartbroken!

The absence of a white flag raised on the island and a signal of surrender from the defenders meant that the fighting was still going on. After the shelling, the transport ship carrying the landing force of the 1st Landing Division approached the coast, and a regiment of soldiers climbed down from the rope net, and they were relaxed and ready to participate in the upcoming landing battle.

The landing craft bounced up and down in the sea, not a single bullet flew to the landing craft, not a single shell exploded on the surface of the sea, a loud buzzing sound was heard, the soldiers looked up, and the HNA bombers flew to Kauai again, ready to destroy all the enemies they could see.

"One minute!" The pilot of the landing craft stretched out a finger and shouted to the soldiers, the soldiers in front of the boat operated two MG42 machine guns to fire fiercely at the beachhead, the chain of bullets trembled violently, the bullet casings flew from the other side, ping-pong fell to the ground, and then fell into the seawater, the machine gunners did not know where the bullets flew, they aimed at suspicious targets, just to suppress the enemy's anti-landing fire - but only the guns and artillery of the Chinese army were firing on the battlefield, and the enemy seemed to have disappeared.

After landing, the front flap of the landing craft was lowered, and the officers shouted loudly for the soldiers to leave, and from this moment on, they were likely to suffer huge casualties.

But the scene in front of us made people laugh and cry, the beachhead was full of ruins of American fortifications, the smoke from the shelling had not completely dissipated, and the enemy counterattack was still not found. The vigilant soldiers captured one US defensive position after another under the leadership of the officer, but found that in addition to the corpses, they were all mentally disturbed soldiers lying in the trenches, and there were constantly normal American soldiers who surrendered to the Chinese army, and finally the first regiment of marines occupied the beachhead bloodlessly, captured 75 American soldiers, landed successfully, and obtained a relatively stable landing field.

The soldiers left the beach safely, assembled at the predetermined location, and without waiting for the amphibious vehicles to land on the coast, they sent two companies of soldiers to the depth, and at a distance of 500 meters from the coast, the soldiers of the 1st Marine Regiment finally met the first enemy.

The counterattack of the American troops still began, and a Chinese soldier who was the first was shot in the chest, and then a large number of bullets came out of the opposite grove, and the infantry of a company of the Chinese army was immediately suppressed in place and could not move.

"Machine gunners, suppress enemy fire, three squads from the left, four squads from the right, up and up!" The company commander immediately gave the order, and the well-trained machine gunner had already set up the MG42 machine gun, and the deputy shooter helped to hold the bullet chain, and with a slight force on his fingers, the sound of gunfire resounded throughout the battlefield.

The battle began without warning, and the Chinese machine guns burst out with a distinctive sound, like a chainsaw, making the sound of tearing linen. The tracer bullets flew in a straight line into the distance, knocking one American soldier after another to the ground, and the distance between the other side was quite far, so the Chinese army only had one light machine gun position to fire fiercely, and after about ten seconds, the bullet chain ran out, and the machine gun began to shift its position. Everything was quiet again, but the American troops did not flinch, and they approached the Chinese positions in groups, little by little.

"There are quite a few enemies, at least 300 people, and the mortars start firing based on the observational data, and then we will talk about one round first!" The company commander gave the order, the mortar man quickly nodded, and then quickly bent down to the open space behind and gave the order to open fire to the shooters of the two mortars, the commander of the company mortar raised a small red flag, and the observation post on the top of the tree immediately gave a gesture. The artillery commander nodded, signaled that he understood, and began to give the combat order: "Parameter 1, fire!" ”

Unlike the Army, due to the constraints of the conditions, the Marine Corps has poor long-range firepower, so mortars are equipped to the company, and together with the MG42 machine gun, they are responsible for long-range fire suppression, and from the current actual combat, the effect is very good, and the mortars and machine guns completely suppress the American Army.

"Tom! Tong! With two dull sounds, four mortar shells flew out of the barrels, and they fell into the enemy position in a graceful arc, causing two huge explosions at once. All the explosions were in the crowd of American attacking soldiers, and the attacking troops immediately became a little confused.

"Fire!" With a roar, the dense fire of the Chinese army swept towards their opponents, and the Americans who rushed in front quickly fell screaming as they clung to the parts of the bullets. And as the attack extended, a second round of mortar shells fell into the crowd, and the American soldiers began to rout backwards.

"Bastard! These damn Chinese marines are too bullying! Much more than our infantry firepower! Seeing the defeat of his troops, Major Haring, the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the U.S. Army in Kauai, cursed with a hint of jealousy.

Major Haring's three regiments were not fully manned, not even half of the required strength, and one more battalion of troops was transferred back to Oahu by Wesley before the war, so he had only two battalions in his hands, less than a thousand men. He expected that the landing ground would be bombarded by the superior firepower of the Chinese army after the war began, so he did not concentrate his forces on the landing site, but left a company there to be responsible for guarding and containment, and he himself took the main force to hide in several underground fortifications 3 kilometers behind the landing site.

His decision saved the lives of most of the defenders, who were struggling in their underground bunkers during the shelling, and the artillery fire of the Chinese battleships extended deep after the shelling of the landing ground, and the fortifications where they were hiding were also covered by the artillery fire. One fortification happened to be hit by a heavy shell, and none of the more than 200 American soldiers hiding inside survived, and the only American soldiers who survived in the end were 610 American soldiers, including Major Haring.

After the shelling, they crawled out of the fortifications and quickly took refuge in a wood, thus evading the search of the Chinese planes. However, they lacked heavy firepower, five semi-underground fortifications were still more than a thousand meters ahead, and two artillery positions were not destroyed. Major Haring ordered the regimental artillery to enter the position and open fire on the landing field, while he himself took the remaining soldiers into the fortifications in front and tried to stop the Chinese attack.

It was also fortunate that they did not enter the fortifications, as they were quickly discovered by the Chinese soldiers and called for the artillery on the battleships in the rear. The fate of the other two artillery positions was also tragic, when they fired the first round of shells, they were discovered by the Chinese planes in the sky, and the bombs fell on the heads of the artillerymen without suspense, and they were blown up into the sky along with six artillery pieces.

So Harlem and the others had to retreat back into the woods again, and waited for their enemy, a company of Chinese soldiers. Haring, who was hovering between surrender and resistance to the end, found that the enemy had only one company of troops, and decided to fight, and his status as a soldier made it impossible for him to make the decision to surrender at the first time, but it also hurt him and many American soldiers.

Harlem, who failed in the attack, fled with his men, losing more than 100 soldiers, but did not pose much threat to the Chinese positions. The death had confusing these former National Guard soldiers, who had been psychologically burdened by the heavy shelling before, and now they had finally detonated.

Never leave your back to the enemy in battle, which is no different from suicide, not to mention the fact that the fleeing American soldiers also threw away the rifles and other burdens in their hands. The pursuing Chinese army did not intend to let go of these American soldiers, and the company commander read the briefing, which said that there should only be about 1,000 troops on Kauai Island, and he was their main force in front of him, and as long as he defeated them, he could win the battle for Kauai Island!

The Chinese soldiers at the beginning of the war were happy, because their enemies were completely unprepared, because there was a huge gap between their enemies and the Chinese army's weapons and soldiers' quality. The pursuing Chinese soldiers aimed their rifles at random, and then shot one after another, one by one the American soldiers fell to the ground, and finally, the fleeing Americans stopped, raised their hands high, and continued to flee There is only one way to die, it is better to simply surrender, and maybe save their lives.

The battle ended after this encounter, and the Chinese army paved the way with a lot of firepower, which made it quite easy for the Marines to not have to attack the strong defensive positions of the American army, and they did not have to exchange casualties for victory, a total of three people were wounded, no one was killed, 225 defenders were annihilated, and 713 American soldiers including Major Haring were captured. (To be continued.) )