Due to the extremely stubborn resistance of the Japanese in Hsinchu and Tainan, Wang Yaowu's 13th Army and Dai Anlan's 17th Army suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, Yan Guang also knew that Taiwan was not so easy to take, and even if the Japanese had no intention of defending Taiwan, it would never be easy to cede Taiwan. Therefore, before the start of the battle, Yan Guang had already gathered a large number of troops in Fujian, and Wang Yaowu and Dai Anlan were just pioneers.

It's just that even so, looking at the detailed losses that keep coming up, Yan Guang and Wang Yaowu and others on the front line will always have a feeling of distress.

So in this case, the air force took turns to come forward and almost razed the Japanese positions to the ground.

However, whenever Wang Yaowu and others thought that the Japanese on the battlefield were dead and ordered to charge, those Japanese grew like leeks somehow...

In the past few days, the casualties of the landing force have already exceeded 10,000.

But again, in the face of the superior air force of the Wehrmacht, the casualties of the Japanese army were definitely not small.

Especially those special 500-kilogram aerial bombs, although only the H-3 strategic bomber can carry them, but for this kind of 500-kilogram aerial bombs, the so-called bunkers and reinforced concrete batteries of the Japanese army are nothing...

Of course, this is not to say that the 500-kilogram bomb is really powerful, at least it is still not as powerful as the large-caliber naval gun. For example, the 406 mm naval guns equipped with the [Iowa-class battleships] not only have a range of 38 kilometers, but also can fire shells weighing up to 1 ton, which can penetrate 9-meter-thick concrete fortifications.

For such naval guns, batteries of the general degree. It's just papier-mâché...

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"Air raids! Take cover!!! ”

When the piercing air raid sirens sounded across the battlefield, Saburo shouted to the people around him while holding on to his steel helmet.

In fact, there is no need for him to shout, after so many days of bombing, the Japanese troops on the beach have long been accustomed to the bombing of Chinese bombers, so after hearing the screeching sound of air defense sirens. The Japanese soldiers on the position had already begun to search for bunkers and bomb shelters to hide.

The same is true for Saburo Shimoshita, and after alerting the people around him, Saburo Shimoshita also hurriedly ran towards the nearest bunker.

At present, Saburo is very smart, and he will never easily leave the cover too far when fighting, so he has survived the previous air raids.

It was at this time. At present, Saburo suddenly heard a whistling sound.

Saburo, who has already experienced this situation several times, knows very well that this is the Chinese bombers who have begun to drop bombs. However, at this time, the bunker was still more than ten steps away from him, but he had no choice but to rush towards the entrance of the bunker.

A few seconds later, Saburo rushed into the bunker, and at this time, a loud explosion sounded outside the bunker.

"Whew, it's dangerous..."

After a few rolls in the space inside the bunker. Standing up, Saburo listened to the explosion outside, first rubbed the place where the stone had been placed when he rolled, and then found a corner to hide.

However, Saburo had just found a corner to stop, and a sound that was more violent than other explosions had already arrived, and Saburo had not yet reacted. He already felt that his ears were already buzzing, and the bunker he was in vibrated even more violently.

The top of the bunker kept flying sand and gravel, and it was like the ground shaking for Saburo Mushita and the other Japanese officers and soldiers in the bunker, and Saburo Mushita himself was even more worried that this bunker would collapse due to violent explosions like those bunkers in the past—————— if that was the case, all the people in the bunker would be ......buried alive.

Time is always hard in bombing. Because you don't know when a bomb will fall on your head. And it doesn't need to fall so accurately on the top of the head, even if it just falls around and near the bunker, the power of the 500-kilogram bomb is enough to blow up the bunker.

In fact, come on these days. I've seen this happen more than once.

Therefore, although he has survived many air raids so far, he does not dare to guarantee that he will survive the next one...

"I can only say that it is a while to live a little longer..."

Fortunately, this time it was also very lucky, although the air raid was very fierce as usual, but in the end it was able to survive the air raid.

It's just that when the air raids are over. When he was shaking his dizzy head from the bomb right now, he walked out of the bunker with his companions. The entire Japanese position was already in disarray from the air raids.

At this time, in the direction of the beach, there was already a shouting of killing.

Although there is still some tinnitus from the air raids, the momentum is still reaching the ears of the audience.

At this moment, a disgraced Japanese officer did not know where he came from, but brandished a command knife to mobilize these people to the position.

The others also knew that it was an emergency, so they all obeyed the officer's orders and ran to the trench with a Type 38 rifle.

And when I passed by a bunker, I found that the exit of the bunker had been blown up, and the entire bunker had collapsed. If there were still people in the bunker at this time, I am afraid that they would have all been buried.

Of course, if there are really people, there may be a few people who can be rescued at this time. However, the situation is urgent, and the Wehrmacht outside has already launched a charge, but now they have no time to take care of this, and can only ignore the slow death of their comrades inside...

"It's just that how long can it last..."

When he was reluctant to continue running towards the trenches on the front line, he said to himself in his heart...

Although the Japanese army has been keeping the Chinese landing force out these days, the Japanese army has also paid a lot of casualties with the endless air raids of the Chinese air force.

Of course, if it's just casualties, it's nothing, after all, as one of Japan's longest-running colonies, Japan has more than 100,000 Japanese troops and the same number of Taiwanese troops in Taiwan anyway, plus it is the defending side, so there is no need to worry about manpower problems.

The problem is after so many air strikes. The fortifications on the beach had been almost lost, and the Japanese were able to hold out under the intensive bombardment of the Air Force for so long, relying on these fortifications—————— you must know that these days, the bombers of the Wehrmacht Air Force have to visit at least five or six times a day, and sometimes even once an hour. Visit at least ten times a day...

Although the Japanese absolutely did not cut corners when building the defense line on the beachhead, let alone any tofu scum project or anything, such a fierce air raid still could not survive...

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Let go of the sigh in your heart. By the time Saburo arrived at the position, the squadron was only a few hundred meters away from the position.

Speaking of which, the Wehrmacht has not achieved nothing in recent days, at least because the bombing of the Air Force has caused the Japanese to lose a lot of strength, so the Wehrmacht still captured a few positions that were almost bombed.

Of course, this is not in the big picture...

"Fire !!"

After arriving at the position, the subordinates and others entered the battle state one by one under the orders of the officer, and the Type 38 rifles in their hands were also aimed outside. …,

The next class is even more before the enemy enters the effective range. I've already set my sights on my goal.

And when the officer on the side gave the order to fire, he immediately knocked on the trigger.

"Bang!"

There was a crisp sound, and the Wehrmacht soldier who had just been targeted by his eyes had fallen.

At the same time, the companions around him also knocked on the trigger one after another.

After a burst of gunshots, at least in the field of vision. At least more than a dozen soldiers were knocked down, of course, it is difficult to say whether they died or not, after all, the lethality of the 38 type is really problematic, and many times even if they are hit, they will not lose their combat effectiveness.

It is precisely because of this understanding that I waited until the next person opened fire. Machine guns, which had not been damaged by the air raids, also opened fire.

Taisho 11, 96, 99, 1, 3, 92 and 97...

It has to be said that the number of machine guns equipped by the Japanese army is at least relatively large, but the types of ammunition are somewhat more complicated.

For example, the Taisho Type 11 and Type 96 light machine guns. Both use 6.5mm ammunition.

The Type 99, Type 3, Type 92 and Type 97 all use 7.7mm ammunition.

As for the Type 3 heavy machine gun, it is a 13.2mm caliber.

Even in this crazy era, this caliber can be called large, at least the M2 heavy machine gun in the United States and the Type 19 heavy machine gun equipped by the Wehrmacht are all used in 12.7mm caliber.

The Taisho 11 light machine gun adopts a pneumatic design with a threaded heat sink on the barrel. It uses the same 6.5x50mm rifle cartridge as the Type 38 rifle and the standard 5-round magazine for a longer range. The accuracy is high, but the bullet is not very powerful.

And whether in terms of rate of fire or power, the Taisho 11 cannot be compared with the Type 19 8mm squad machine gun equipped by the Wehrmacht.

It is precisely for this reason that the Japanese developed the Type 96 after the Taisho 11, but like the Taisho 11, the Type 96 also uses 6.5mm caliber ammunition.

Historically, the Type 96 was considered to be both durable and reliable, but since the 6.5mm bullets used lacked the ability to penetrate cover, it was supplemented by Type 99 light machine guns that used larger 7.7mm rounds after 1937.

Due to the small power of the 6.5mm bullets used in the Taisho 11, 96 and 38 types, the Japanese military began to use the larger 7.7mm 99 rifles to replace the 38 rifles, and there was a need to develop a new version of the 96 light machine gun to match this larger caliber.

As a result, the Type 99 light machine gun appeared, but just like in history, because of the war, neither the Type 99 light machine gun nor the Type 99 rifle could replace the Taisho Type 11, Type 96 and Type 38 rifles that had been massively equipped with the Japanese army, so this situation of coexistence of weapons of multiple calibers was created in the Japanese army, and it also brought great problems to the logistics of the Japanese army.

After all, light machine guns or something, only one caliber is needed, and two calibers are really a troublesome thing. And if even the rifle is divided into two calibers, then this matter is really troublesome.

As for the Type 3 heavy machine gun ...

The Type 3 heavy machine gun is actually a Japanese copy of the American Browning M2 heavy machine gun, but instead of the American 12.7mm caliber French heavy machine gun bullet, it is used instead. This 13.2 mm French bullet has long been used in the Navy's Type 93 anti-aircraft machine gun, and I heard that the Japanese army obtained it from the Chinese Air Force's American-made BF2C (that is, the Chinese call it Hawker III) fighter jet, which is the Japanese Navy's airborne heavy machine gun, mainly as a secondary armed naval fighter.

The Japanese Navy's Type 3 heavy machine gun and the Japanese Army's Ho-103 heavy machine gun (aka Type 1 machine gun) are literally '13.2mm fixed machine guns', but the Type 3 is a 13.2mm French bullet and the Ho-103 is a 12.7mm Italian bullet. That is, in the Japanese army, there are two kinds of airborne heavy machine guns with the same function but ammunition can not be used universally, which is inconvenient and even wasteful in production, logistical support, and use, which is really not conducive to the principle of total warfare; on the contrary, the American-made Browning M2 heavy machine gun is the same machine gun and bullet used by the navy, army, and air force. Its convenience in production and use was beyond the reach of the Japanese army. …,

As for why the Type 3 heavy machine gun of the Navy also appeared here ...

A few days ago, due to the bombing of the air force, the Japanese army lost a lot of all kinds of machine guns on the defensive line, just like their artillery. In addition, due to the absolute air supremacy of the Wehrmacht Air Force, those fighters hiding in the airfields did not dare to go into the sky.

As soon as the generals of the army gritted their teeth, they simply removed the machine guns from the fighters and gave them to the army to use.

Although these machine guns were originally airborne and not intended for infantry use, the 13.2mm caliber has been used on the battlefield to a great effect.

It's just that after the airstrike at the airport, these airborne heavy machine guns also lost a lot like other machine guns.

In addition, the Type 97 machine gun is a vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun. It was a standard machine gun used by the Japanese Army for tanks and armored vehicles in World War II, and was also used as a light machine gun by infantry. The Type 97 was adopted from 1937 and was in service with all Japanese tanks and other armored vehicles until the end of the war. However, due to its bulkiness, it is much rarer to be used as an infantry weapon on its own. The Japanese Navy also used the Type 97 on their armored vehicles such as the Type 92 heavy armored vehicles.

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Although in the midst of air raids. The Japanese army lost a considerable part of the light and heavy equipment, but after all, it still retained a certain number of machine guns, artillery, mortars and grenadiers, etc., so the Japanese army did bring considerable casualties to the Wehrmacht.

Especially when the fighting was heating up, the Japanese army threw a considerable amount of poison gas bombs on the beach through grenadiers and mortars.

Since it was a landing operation, it would obviously be very inconvenient to carry too much equipment, and I didn't expect that the Japanese army would actually use chemical weapons at this time. As a result, the Wehrmacht also suffered a lot of losses, but fortunately, it didn't take long for the necessary gas masks and other equipment to be delivered, which made the subsequent Japanese offensive useless.

And at this time. The Wehrmacht who launched the charge continued to charge the Japanese positions in the face of the rain of bullets and bullets from the Japanese army.

It was not until after a distance of two or three hundred meters that some of the Wehrmacht soldiers stopped erecting machine guns and mortars, while others continued to charge and from time to time suppressed the fire on the Japanese positions with grenade launchers.

At the same time, the commander of the landing force on the beach. They are also calling for support from the Air Force.

Although it was certainly impossible to dispatch horizontal bombers such as the H-3 at this time, the dive bombing of dive bombers was still very effective at this time.

That is, under the cover of the Air Force. The charging Wehrmacht finally approached the Japanese lines.

"Fuck you!"

With a quasi-national curse, a young soldier who looked to be in his 20s threw a grenade into the trench of the Japanese army.

However, while he was waiting for the sound of explosions and the screams of Japanese soldiers in the trenches, he didn't know what was going on, and the grenade was actually thrown back by the Japanese in the trenches.

Seeing this scene, the young soldier was naturally dumbfounded, but the veteran next to him reacted quickly, kicked him down, and then jumped into a crater.

"Bang !!"

An explosion, nothing...

"!!"

The soldier who had just been kicked down got up from the ground, and he looked a little annoyed.

But in addition to a semi-automatic rifle, he only had some grenades or something left. So there's nothing else to do but scold there.

At this time, a soldier also ran over, did not say much, just picked up the grenade launcher and came towards the trench with a few rounds ...

If the grenades just now, the Japanese could have thrown them while he didn't detonate them, then these grenades are absolutely impossible. What's more, there are still so many grenades, even if they don't detonate and want to throw them, it's too late. …,

Thereupon...

Soon the grizzled soldier saw the dust from the explosion in the trenches, and of course some broken limbs and wreckage.

"Get on !!"

The soldier with the grenade launcher didn't pay attention to the young soldier, but shouted loudly behind him.

The soldier's words fell. A soldier armed with a strange weapon had already run over.

After running to the vicinity of the trench, he aimed the strange weapon in his hand directly at the trench.

"Whew~~~"

A burst of flame erupted from the nozzle-like weapon in the soldier's hand, and then the Wehrmacht soldiers near the trench saw several lit firemen running out of the trench with a howl of pain.

"Damn..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, and the bloodthirsty smile of the flamethrower, a veteran on the side burst into a foul mouth.

If a veteran who was killed by a bullet or blown to pieces by a bomb was acceptable, then the scene in front of him was absolutely unacceptable. After all, it is too inhumane to burn people alive.

However, at this time, there was a fluttering sentence on the side. but blocked his humanity back.

"When those Japanese were using poison gas bombs, did they think about humanity..."

It is true that neither incendiary bombs nor today's flamethrowers are humane weapons, but chemical weapons are also not humane weapons either. What's more, the veteran had also seen his comrades-in-arms die painfully under the poison gas bombs of the Japanese. Therefore, after hearing this, the veteran could not say anything.

And at this time, another Pyro also ran over.

Of course, instead of running to the Pyro's side to grab business, he ran to the entrance of a turret and sprayed into the entrance!!

Flamethrowers have a powerful psychological deterrent effect on enemy forces, and their lethality is quite tragic. Those who are hit are often burned alive, and there have been calls for a ban on the use of such weapons. Flamethrowers are mainly used against bunkers, pillboxes, and other fortifications, because flamethrowers actually shoot burning liquids that can flow around. Therefore, it can effectively hit all kinds of shooting blind spots. The effective range of flamethrowers in the film is extremely limited, but this is actually due to the fact that the producers used propane-filled civilian jets to protect the personal safety of the actors.

In fact, modern flamethrowers are capable of burning targets to ashes at a distance of 50 to 80 meters, and there are also the practice of spraying flammable liquids at the target and igniting them afterwards (or being ignited by the target's lights, etc.).

For the operator, the flamethrower is very dangerous. First of all, the flamethrower is heavy. Limits the mobility of the traveler. In addition, flamethrowers are prominent on the battlefield, making operators often live targets for enemy snipers. Historically, flamethrowers have rarely been prisoners of war. Flamethrowers who were captured in retaliation were usually shot on the spot. Finally, the flamethrower does have a relatively close effective range compared to other weapons of its class, forcing the operators to get close enough to the enemy. This problem is also present with vehicle-mounted flamethrower systems, which have a significantly higher range than hand-held flamethrowers, but still do not match infantry firepower.

In addition, the danger of a flamethrower being hit, resulting in a large explosion, was exaggerated by Hollywood movies. It should be noted that it is uncommon to see a large explosion due to a spark or bullet shot, as depicted in the movie. The tank is filled with inert, high-pressure gas, and if it is punctured, the operator will at most be knocked to the ground. The fuel in the tank is by no means easily ignited, unless the opponent uses ammunition such as incendiary bombs.

————————————————————..., when the Pyro aimed his weapon at the entrance of the battery, a column of fire poured into the battery.

It didn't take long for more than a dozen burning men surrounded by flames to jump out of the other exit of the fort with a wail—————— even though it was five or six meters above the ground.

At the same time, the Pyro spews flames while constantly smiling harshly.

The Pyro is a unit that must be dispatched when the enemy is completely suppressed by its own side, because the Pyro is too conspicuous compared to other classes, too easy to attract hatred, and his range is too close.

And now the Pyro is being put into battle precisely because the Japanese army has not much strength left after many days of attack and bombing.

On the other hand, the flamethrower will let out this kind of laughter because of too much psychological pressure.

After all, no matter what, they also carry burning fuel behind their backs. Although this fuel is not easy to burn in the actual test, it burns after all, right? It's like taking a plane, although an airplane is one of the safest means of transportation in the world, how many people who fly without thinking that the plane will fall?

In addition, ordinary soldiers don't like to get too close to the flamethrowers on the battlefield, after all, this thing is going to explode, and everyone around them will die, and the death is extremely miserable...

Because of this, some flamethrowers like to use a special way to vent the depression in their hearts...

Although this way of venting seems to be a little perverted, fortunately, not all Pyros are like this, this is only a very small number of them, otherwise I am afraid that no one would dare to approach them