Chapter 1118: The Bloody Battle of Wake Island (I)
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"Sudden ......" and as soon as the deck was opened, the Japanese heavy machine guns swept into the cabin! The roar was full of flesh and blood flying inside the landing craft of the US military!
The 7.7mm Type 92 heavy machine gun has great lethality in a small environment. The U.S. troops piled up together were directly swept into piles of flesh and blood in the landing capsule.
The screams and wails suddenly resounded throughout the battlefield. Countless U.S. soldiers were slaughtered without even setting foot in the shallows. The 7.7mm heavy machine gun bullet tore all the flesh and bones by rotating after hitting the human body.
When it exited the body, the exit formed a fist-sized blood hole. The whole head that was hit in the head was blown open. Bloody blood and cerebral plasma sprayed directly.
The American soldier who was shot in the chest and abdomen was the broken flesh with the liver. The U.S. military, who had never experienced such a bloody killing scene, suddenly panicked.
"Close the hatch! Close the hatch! Disembark from the flanks quickly!! The U.S. officer in command was stunned and roared loudly at the U.S. pilots on the landing craft.
Soon the hatch was shut, and the bullets clanged against the hatch. The U.S. military, on the other hand, rolled over and disembarked from both sides of the ship.
The Japanese also quickly discovered the movements of the American troops. They quickly turned their guns around and fired wildly at the American soldiers who climbed down from the side of the ship.
In the roar of heavy machine guns, a large number ......of American troops were directly torn into bloody blood and corpses by bullets before they even jumped off the ship's side.
Some of the American soldiers who had broken their hands and feet screamed and fell to the sea, and the salty water soaked their wounds and made them scream involuntarily.
"Tom tom tom...... Rumble! Rumble!! Boom ......" The artillery units of the Japanese army had also pushed the artillery out of the fortifications at this time. Facing the US troops on the beach was an indiscriminate bombardment.
Suddenly, the American troops on the beach and on the shallows were bombed and flesh flew sideways! Countless American troops easily disembarked and landed on the beach under cover, but they were directly bombarded into mutilated corpses by this ferocious artillery fire.
The beach was littered with stumps and flesh, and the sea was stained blood-red with countless blood in the smoke of gunpowder.
"Boom!!" A U.S. landing craft that had not yet finished disembarking was hit and exploded miserably on the sea. The U.S. troops on the ship screamed and were blown away by the blast of the explosion.
The surrounding U.S. troops were tragically affected, and countless U.S. soldiers were directly hit by the flying steel shards and kept screaming in the seawater. The Japanese army continued to use light and heavy machine guns and artillery to bombard the American troops on the beach.
"Blow them up! Naval gun! Aim to hit! Don't give these damn Japanese dwarfs a chance! Kill them! Kill them!! Halsey saw that the American troops were blocked by the Japanese and could not move on the beach. I couldn't help but roar angrily.
"Kill them all! Kill all the Japs! Kill more Japs!! ”
Following his order, the naval guns slowly adjusted their angles and launched a sudden artillery attack on the Japanese position.
"Tom tom tom...... Rumble! Rumble!! Bombardment ......" The exposed Japanese firepower points were suddenly blown up and debris flew up, and countless Japanese soldiers screamed that they were bombed to pieces.
But these Japanese troops suffered such a huge blow. Still fighting. Several 155mm guns were pushed out, and the fleet on the sea was bombarded.
"Tom tom tom...... Rumble! Rumble!! "Boom ...... "This time it was the turn of the US military to panic, they did not expect that the Japanese army would have countermeasures. But fortunately, the accuracy of these Japanese artillery was not high, and it seems that they did not have much experience in land-to-sea bombardment.
U.S. fighter planes then took off. Carrying bombs and on-board machine guns, they're ready to wipe out all the damn batteries. Otherwise they are too much of a threat to the fleet of the American army.
Wake Island. Due to its special geographical location and land area, it has become an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. military used to build heavily here, and in the early days when it was not occupied by the Japanese army, the U.S. military built airfields with 2,000-meter and 1,600-meter runways and naval barracks here; Even in the lagoon embraced by Crescent Island, they smashed the underwater coral reef and chiseled it into a submarine base.
In addition, while occupied by the Japanese army, there were 1,400 migrant workers engaged in military engineering construction. The U.S. military has been constantly expanding its fortifications and batteries in an effort to make it a difficult fortress to attack.
In terms of effect, the United States has indeed succeeded. The Japanese attacked Wake Island for the first time, but were still unable to capture it despite heavy losses.
Unfortunately, the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor. Unable to support Wake Island. So the Japanese took the opportunity to launch the Second Battle of Wake Island.
The commander of the U.S. garrison at that time was James Murphy. Major Devereaux, who at the time had only four hundred and forty Marines. But they are facing. However, in addition to three new destroyers, two transport ships, and one large patrol boat, the Japanese army has added one transport ship, one minelayer, and one seaplane carrier full of Marine Corps, and has also sent 2,000 additional naval special landing troops.
Not only that, but the Japanese army also arrived in the sea about 200 nautical miles northwest of Wake Island with 28 land attack planes of the Chitose Air Force and two aircraft carriers, "Soryu" and "Flying Dragon," as the main support force, and on the one hand, sent a large number of planes to bomb Wake Island, and on the other hand, was responsible for intercepting the US reinforcements that might be sent from Pearl Harbor.
Even under these circumstances, the Japanese still paid nearly 1,000 casualties in exchange for the surrender of the American troops after killing more than 100 American Marines on the island.
The battle lasted for half a day. The Japanese paid extremely heavy casualties to get Wake Island from the American army.
This also gave the Japanese army a wake-up call, and they began to renovate Wake Island on a large scale. First of all, based on the experience gained on the battlefields of China, a large area of fortifications began to be arranged.
Meantime. According to the German experience, a large number of cement rejections began to be laid on the beach. Previously, the U.S. military had three artillery regiments on the island, each with two 127mm heavy guns.
On this basis, the Japanese army added ten heavy guns of 155mm caliber. Although the Japanese troops on Wake Island are not yet formed, they are all elite troops drawn from the Southeast Asian theater and the Chinese battlefield.
In order to be able to accommodate up to 10,000 Japanese troops, and to carry out long-term operations in a planned way, the Japanese army built a large number of tunnels, tunnels, caves, concealed fire points and batteries on Wake Island.
The more than 1,000 American migrant workers and hundreds of American soldiers who were captured were almost exhausted to death by the construction of the fortifications on Wake Island. The rest, in order to avoid leaks, were killed by the Japanese army.
"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! Shells and bombs ...... constantly explode on Japanese batteries and positions. But it seems that this did not have any effect on the Japanese army.
In the smoke of gunpowder, the Japanese counterattack was still so fierce and crazy. And the U.S. landing force, which had easily gained a respite, was finally able to land on the beach at this time.
But the first thing they found out when they landed was the mines planted by the Japanese army. Although most of these mines were detonated by naval guns, a small part was mixed in the sand. And it didn't explode.
"Boom!!" A group of charging U.S. soldiers unluckily stepped on a mine, and the explosion directly broke the legs of three members of the squad. The explosion also revealed their position in the smoke, and the Japanese machine-gun bullets swept over.
The whole squad didn't have time to lie down, and was tragically blocked in front of the position by the Japanese firepower. American soldiers, swept to pieces by explosions and machine guns, collapsed on the beach.
Wails and screams echoed throughout the beach. From the launch of the offensive to the present. The U.S. military has been fighting for hours. But they were still crushed on the beach and made no progress.
"We must break through the Japanese positions at once! I don't want to watch my kids suffer on the beach! Tell the bomber. I'm going to blow up those Jap fortifications! Now is it! Coming soon!! ”
Halsey held up his binoculars and roared, and with his orders, a large number of bombers and fighter units began to set off, and there was a barrage of indiscriminate bombardment of the Japanese positions.
The Japanese set up a large number of machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, and began to fire frantically at the sky.
"Tom tom tom...... The roar of gunfire and antiaircraft guns rang out so loudly that US fighters and bombers did not dare to fly low....... It can only be estimated that the bombing of the Japanese positions will be carried out.
"Boom! Rumble!! Bombardment...... However, these exposed firepower points did not fall well, and they were bombarded by the US naval guns and suffered heavy losses.
Yokota Shin put down his binoculars with a pale face, and said to the chief of staff next to him, Kurosaki Daisa: "Order the troops to abandon the first-line positions and quickly transfer the wounded, weapons and ammunition to the second-line positions and tunnels......
"When retreating, explosives and mines were planted at key points and firing points in front-line positions. It must not be used by the US military! Yokota Shin gave several orders in one go, and then Chief of Staff Kurosaki began to lead people to carry out the orders.
Kurosaki and Yokota Shin both saw it. It won't be long before the Japanese army will be directly bombarded into slag by the artillery fire of the American army.
Rather than that, it is better to let the Americans in and fight. When the time comes, everyone will be mixed, and the heavy firepower and bombing superiority of the US military will not be reflected.
With machine guns, grenadiers and grenades. Nobu Yokota believes he can hold out for a while. Tunnels, fortifications and tunnels in all directions, a large amount of ammunition and explosives. Yokota Shin even thought about it, and in the end, when things didn't work, he led the US troops to his ammunition depot, detonated the ammunition and killed the US troops!
"Finally rushed up......" Seeing that after the shelling and bombardment, Admiral Halsey finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then he couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the mushroom cloud that suddenly burst out on the position...... (To be continued......)