The next day, other units of the 27th Army landed in formation on the landing ground that had been established with heavy casualties on the first day, and advanced deep into the island along the airfield route opened by the 235th Regiment, but were blocked by Japanese ground artillery fire.

The Japanese deployed a lot of ground artillery fire on the small island of Nakes Bas on the north side of the island, and the dense limestone caves on the island made it difficult for aircraft to directly bomb these howitzer positions. This small island of Nakes Bas must be captured, otherwise the attacking forces of the 27th Army will be directly exposed to Japanese artillery fire.

The 235th Regiment, which was the first to capture the airfield in the south of the island, was once again ordered to take the plunge, but the Japanese defenders set up crossfire on the seawall connecting the island, and the commander of the 235th regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Li Yong, believed that if the seawall was forced, it would provide an opportunity for the Japanese to massacre. So, he chose an amphibious landing from shore to shore.

Under the air guidance of 16 Linglong reconnaissance fighters, naval guns of various calibers accurately destroyed the Japanese beachhead machine gun positions, and the Poison Dragon carrier-based planes also began to take off and dive and strafe, as well as the special aerial bombs -- solid gasoline bombs -- dropped from time to time, the vegetation on the island was burned to the ground, and the Japanese army's hidden firepower points were exposed one by one.

After the landing of the 235th regiment, there were still some Japanese firepower points with deep caves that continued to shoot, but in the face of huge casualties, the Han army had put away its compassion, flamethrowers and bazookas came in handy, and there was a faint smell of barbecue floating in the sky above the island!

The Japanese ground artillery group was quickly destroyed, and the 235th Regiment once again made a great achievement, annihilating 500 Japanese defenders with 40 casualties. Regiment commander Li Yong was promoted to colonel and brigade commander after the Battle of Peidao, and the 79th Division of the 27th Army where he belonged was also reorganized into the Second Marine Division after rest, and was equipped with a large number of amphibious equipment to be used in the more tragic battle to seize the island.

But the 1st Brigade of the 1st Marine Division, which claims to be on par with the 1st Guards Division, continues the nightmare of their first day, and the "spots" that brought them shame are still spraying bullets. The stubborn Colonel Kan Aiguo ordered the 3rd Marine Brigade Regiment, which had replaced the 2nd Regiment, to pull out this "point".

However, the condescending special terrain made the three regiments pay a platoon of death squads, and they did not touch the enemy's firepower. Three more walruses covering the assault were destroyed. When the six 20mm twin guns were destroyed, a platoon commander used smoke bombs to "blind" the cave where the 47mm anti-tank guns were located, and then a soldier threw a grenade into a grenade: the grenade detonated the shells piled together, forcing the Japanese troops in the hole to rush out. But in an instant, they all fell under the strafing fire of the assault rifle.

Seeing that the important defensive points were lost, Nakagawa Osa quickly organized artillery fire to cover them, and ordered his troops to counterattack, trying to regain the valuable stronghold.

The Marine assault company suffered heavy casualties from Japanese artillery fire, but the entire company held its stronghold until the follow-up troops caught up. The Japanese artillery positions did not last long, and the Linglongs, who were hovering over the south, quickly transmitted the coordinates back to the fleet, and Mao Shiying ordered the battleships to turn the exposed Japanese artillery positions into a sea of fire, and finally could straighten their waists in front of Kan Aiguo.

However, for the sake of this "point", the 1st Marine Brigade again paid more than 100 casualties, and after taking the stronghold, less than 50 men remained in the assault company.

On the second day of the battle, the Japanese artillery positions around Pee Island were wiped out, and dozens of Douding tanks were also lost under the double firepower, and Nakagawa Osa was no longer able to organize a counterattack, so he had to order the Japanese to abandon the outlying positions and retreat to the three-dimensional fortifications of more than 500 limestone caves on Mount Umur Bogul. The caves were connected to each other by passages, and sliding armoured iron gates were installed at the entrances to house machine guns and artillery. The shape of the cliffs on both sides made this inner island defense chain, which Nakagawa called a honeycomb system, easier to defend and more difficult to attack, and Nakagawa named the commanding height of the mountain "Bloody Nose Ridge".

The 27th Military Division of the 81st Army was responsible for capturing the last and most difficult position of the Japanese troops on the island. The 242nd Regiment quickly passed through the "point" captured by the Marine Brigade and advanced towards the "Bloody Nose Ridge". But between the two ridges, the Japanese formed crossfire from the firing points on both sides, trapping the 242nd Regiment in it. The tactics adopted by the Japanese army were not to open fire blindly, but as soon as the 242nd Regiment organized a breakthrough, they immediately opened fire, and when the casualties of the Han army gradually increased, the Japanese soldiers with excellent marksmanship began to block the Han soldiers carrying stretchers, and they knew that as long as one fell, a new one would be replaced, so that the opponent's strength could be slowly consumed. In addition, the Japanese army also took advantage of the night to sneak attack the foxhole. The 242nd Regiment had no choice but to dig foxholes that could accommodate two people, so that they could take turns resting and sentry.

A battalion of the 241st Regiment attacked from the flanks to open the 242nd Regiment trapped in a critical situation. When attacking a high ground, it was impossible to attack for a long time. A company commander led the team around the high ground and prepared to attack from both sides, but they mistakenly walked into the range of Japanese crossfire on the ridge, and the whole company bravely returned fire under the suppression of dozens of enemy machine guns, pinning down the Japanese firepower. Covering the main force of the battalion on the other side, the main force attacked the high ground, but at the end of the battle, only 29 people remained in the company, and all 101 Han soldiers, including the company commander, were killed. After the war, this high ground was ordered to be 101 Heights, and a stone monument was erected in honor of this heroic company!

The battle of "Bloody Nose Ridge" lasted for five days, Zhang Zheng finally couldn't bear the huge casualties, and used solid incendiary bombs again, and the Wing Loong bombers dropped more than ten tons of special aerial bombs on Mount Bogul in Umur, and the fire burned all day, and the stones on the "Bloody Nose Ridge" were burned red!

At the last moment, in the Battle of Shoudao, a male major general in Nakagawa Prefecture, he was commended by a general order, promoted to major general, and sent a farewell telegram to the base camp: "Sakura, Sakura!" (meaning 10,000 soldiers died in battle, like cherry blossoms falling), and after burning the military flag, he committed suicide by disembowelment!

The 27th Army of the Han Dynasty and the 1st Brigade of the Marine Corps, with nearly 50,000 troops, finally annihilated 12,084 defenders of Peleliuu Island at the cost of 1,498 killed and more than 6,000 wounded, and no wounded and captured!

Although he paid a heavy price, after Zhang Zheng led the two oceanic fleets to attack the only airfield of the Japanese army on the Palau Islands, he used the airfield on Pei Island to take off shore-based planes and block the transportation lines of the remaining islands. And the main force of the fleet is approaching the Northern Mariana Islands, that is, Japan's so-called absolute defense circle in the Pacific Ocean!