Chapter 8: Incheon Landing (3)

After the incendiary bombs burned most of the tidal flats into a sea of fire, the blocking fire of the Ichito brigade weakened, and Yan Wudao, who was immersed in the seawater, took the opportunity to command the first attack echelon to board the beach. The weakening of the Japanese firepower eased the confusion of the first attack echelon, and the officers and men of the attacking force spontaneously formed battle groups one after another, desperately attacking the beachhead, and the American amphibious armored vehicles that were launched later also began to board the beach to provide fire cover for the infantry.

Zhao Zhi's troops had never conducted a real beach landing battle, and the first attack echelon commanded by Yan Wudao had been training on the coast of Vietnam for several days, so the first wave of the Thunder landing operation was simply the resources of the Seventh Fleet in the eyes of those American officers and men. Zhao Zhi, who knew it in his heart, didn't explain much, but just ordered the troops to land on the beach in batches according to the pre-planned steps, with the help of the US military coordination team, these ships must provide fire assistance to the landing Thunder troops, until they open up the situation.

With the cooperation of the naval artillery salvo and the firepower provided by the fighter formation, the military boots of the Jewish soldiers soaked in the sea water finally stepped on the sand and gravel of the beach, and stumbled to the first hurdle line of the beachhead in the rain of bullets from the Japanese army. Yan Wudao, who was already dizzy, looked at the reddened sea water dripping from his cuffs, and then looked back at the beachhead behind him, where the tired abandoned corpses of Jewish soldiers were everywhere, and the sea that washed up the beach turned dark red.

The incessant shelling of both sides has left the beach littered with stumps and broken arms, and the wailing of wounded soldiers, and if I had to describe it in words, it would be hell on earth. With a loud whistling sound, several shells exploded in front of the Japanese positional fire point, and with the dissipating smoke of gunpowder, Yan Wudao quickly leaned down and glanced at the impact point of the shells from a distance.

Yan Wudao knew that this was the effect of the hot bullet burrowing into the damp sand and gravel, and it could be said that the shooting point of the Japanese net was very close to him, and he had just walked in front of the Ghost Gate. Pushing the signal soldier lying beside him with his hand, Yan Wudao shouted, "Rest the artillery coordinates, five secret positions to the north!" "This is the only advantage of working with the U.S. military, and the forward line can call in artillery support from the rear line at any time.

The Japanese beachhead was filled with gunsmoke, and a Type 92 heavy machine gun, which had been blown apart, flew into the sky along with a tripod with the mutilated bodies of several Japanese soldiers. "Move, move forward." Several smoke bombs were exploded in the open space between the Japanese fortifications and the beachhead, Yan Wudao carried his rifle in one hand and pulled the communication soldier next to him in the other to get up and move forward, and the Jewish soldiers lying on the ground also got up and attacked with Yan Wudao's roar.

In the process of charging, the mortar shells of the Japanese army fell like hailstones, and several guards beside Yan Wudao desperately protected him with their bodies. Yan Wudao's choice can be said to be very correct and timely, if he had rushed a few minutes later, the rapid fire coverage of the mortar group brought by the Japanese army would have annihilated most of the beachhead.

After paying heavy casualties, the first attack echelon commanded by Yan Wudao finally rushed into the outer defense line of the Ichito Brigade, and the Jewish soldiers who rushed into the communication trench were immediately attacked by the soldiers of the Ichito Brigade.

The battle has already been fought to this point, and the Jewish soldiers who have suffered heavy casualties have long been red-eyed, and often as soon as the Japanese human bombs howl out, several Jewish soldiers will open fire at the same time, tearing the Japanese human bombs directly into pieces with dense submachine gun fire. The difference between bolt-action rifle and automatic fire became apparent at this point. "Don't stop, don't stop, keep moving, move forward." The rapid consumption of ammunition made Yan Wudao unable to change the magazine, so he directly picked up a Japanese captain's command knife and slashed at the Japanese soldiers in the trenches.

"Boom" I don't know where it came from, a grenadier grenade exploded next to Yan Wudao, and Yan Wudao, who was lucky, was just hit by Qi Lang, turned over and got up, but found that there was nothing on his body. The communication soldier who followed Yan Wudao was lying face down in the trench, and the frightened Yan Wudao picked up the body of the communication soldier and found that the young communication soldier had been beaten into a hornet's nest with his radio station, and Yan Wudao suddenly discovered that due to the terrain, when operating the walkie-talkie, the communication soldier had to stand up half of his body, which made him expose the target before he was shot by the Japanese bullets.

The sacrifice and blood of the beach landing had completely numbed Yan Wudao, and he didn't feel too much sadness. Grabbing a garand rifle with sticky blood, he screamed and pounced on the extended communication trench of the main fortifications of the Ichito Brigade. After occupying the first covered communication trench of the Japanese army, Yan Wudao, who was about to expand the results of the battle, was surprised to find that the communication trenches of the Japanese army were not adjacent to each other at all. It seems that from the very beginning, the Japanese army was ready to defend to the death, and they intended to fight the thunder for every inch of land on this beach until the death.

Although only a communication trench was occupied, the Jewish forces had already gained a so-called foothold on the beachhead, and under the cover of increasingly accurate fleet artillery fire, Yan Wudao organized his troops to launch several tentative attacks on the Japanese positions in depth despite the side-fire from the dragon's back. However, several exploratory attacks were fruitless, and the Japanese army's powerful and fierce side-fire caused heavy casualties to the attacking troops exposed on the beachhead or the surface of the position. In desperation, Yan Wudao finally had to use smoke bombs to disturb the Japanese army's line of sight, and then launched an attack, using the existing forces to encroach on the Japanese beachhead.

In order to reduce the casualties of the mercenary troops, almost all of the first attack echelon commanded by Yan Wudao were Jewish soldiers, and Zhao Zhi only allocated 30 snipers to Yan Wudao. With the first attack echelon commanded by Yan Wudao successfully occupying the outermost trench of the Ito Brigade, the engineer troops who set off according to Zhao Zhi's order also successfully landed on the beach, but their task was not to blast, but to build, these 150 Jewish sappers must build five steel fortresses for Yan Wudao in a very short time, otherwise it would be difficult for Yan Wudao to hold the current front.

The steel fortress of Thunder has always been a secret weapon, the Japanese troops stationed in Korea have never seen such a thing, and the steel fortress is 10 stories thick enough to withstand the bombardment of the Ichito brigade's direct-aim infantry artillery, and even their 75 mountain guns may not be able to destroy these big guys. "Get out of the way" Yan Wudao stretched out his hand to push away the machine gunner who was about to get into the fortress, and he drilled into it himself, the thickness of the steel plate increased, and the internal space of the fortress smiled a lot, and he could only accommodate Yan Wudao as a machine gunner and a bomb supplier, otherwise there would be no place to put those spare ammunition.

The soldiers of the Ichito Brigade didn't know what Thunder was doing with such a few big iron guys, and after Yan Wudao pulled the trigger of the large-caliber heavy machine gun, the flames of more than half a foot long that burst out of the firing port made the soldiers of the Ito's Brigade tremble. Most of the bunkers built by the Ichito Brigade on the dragon's spine on the tidal flats were made of concrete structures, and some important firing points were filled with cement reinforcement and sleepers and earth, but unfortunately in the face of the Browning large-caliber heavy machine guns, these preparations were in vain.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom" The bombers hovering down aimed at the dragon's spine on the tidal flats to reveal a second wave of incendiary bombs, and when the naval guns and conventional bombs did not have a good effect on the Japanese firepower points on the dragon's back, Zhao Zhi could only continue to use incendiary bombs to turn the entire dragon's spine into a sea of fire, even if he could not burn all the Japanese troops hiding in the hidden fortifications, at least he could provide help for Yan Wudao's forward movement. "Don't stop, keep moving forward, keep moving forward." Yan Wudao pulled up a Jewish soldier who had been frightened by the shelling, and kicked him in the ass hard, forcing him to continue moving.

The terrain was not very favorable to Yan Wudao, and the condescending Japanese troops took advantage of the terrain and could use machine gun fire at will to shoot the thunder soldiers who were hobbling and moving on the mudflats. If they can't quickly move forward to the range that the opponent's artillery can't bombard, Yan Wudao and they will have to dodge those raining bullets while suffering from the enemy's shelling, if so, Yan Wudao's casualties will be much greater, and they may even lose the ability to continue the attack because of the huge casualties.

"Boom" A thick cloud of smoke rose with the explosion, a Japanese fire point in front was destroyed, and an amphibious armored vehicle provided by the US military appeared behind Yan Wudao. Before the amphibious armored vehicles provided by the US military reached the beachhead, more than half of them had been knocked out by the Japanese army's accurate artillery bombardment, and there were less than 10 amphibious armored vehicles left behind Yan Wudao.

Browning large-caliber heavy machine guns, steel fortresses, amphibious armored vehicles, Bazooka rockets, Yan Wudao They relied on these strong firepower weapons and equipment to stand on the beach, Zhao Zhi on the warship ordered the mercenary troops who couldn't wait to land on the beach, and the appearance of this group of new forces will tear through the seemingly solid defense line of the Ito Brigade.