The U.S. troops opposite the position of the 51st Wing of the 103rd Division of the Japanese Army were the 18th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division, and they confronted the Japanese army for several days. Come on,.!

The regiment commander, Colonel Albert, was like a mirror in his heart, and the Japanese commander on the opposite side was playing a conspiracy, otherwise, with the ferocity of the Japanese army, the super combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and the attacking spirit of not fearing casualties, his own position should have been lost a few days ago, and the reason why it has been supported until now is that the Japanese do not want to fight it immediately.

Colonel Albert also knew that the Fifth Infantry Division, which he was in, was originally Commander-in-Chief MacArthur and was used to defend Manila, but later, because of the tense fighting in the Calais Mountains, it had to be transferred to the battlefield, but the division commander, Brigadier General Whiteman, said at the operational meeting, "Our troops' blocking in the Calais Mountains is only symbolic, so all units only need to repel the Japanese attack, and they are never allowed to take the initiative to attack, preserve their strength, and use them to defend Manila!" ”

Colonel Albert, of course, understood what the division commander meant, as long as it lasted a few days, the troops would withdraw to Manila, although they would eventually face the attack of the Japanese army, but after all, that was a matter of the future, he believed that the division commander made such a deployment, it was definitely not groundless, a few years ago, the division commander was the aide-de-camp of Commander-in-Chief MacArthur, and the personal relationship between the two was quite good.

Therefore, Colonel Albert, strictly abide by the orders of the division commander, as long as the Japanese do not take the initiative to attack, he will never order his subordinates, fire the first shot, even if the Japanese attack, it is also repulsed, although the Japanese attack, several times a day, but after all, the position is still in their own hands, of course, the casualties of the troops are unavoidable, passive defense. Almost waiting to be beaten!

After several battles with the Japanese troops on the opposite side, Colonel Albert found that the Japanese seemed to have reached some kind of tacit agreement with him and attacked a certain position. will take the initiative to evacuate. Of course, I won't be stupid enough to take the opportunity to pursue Cheng Dù, so it's the best. After a few days, withdraw to Manila.

I thought that the confrontation would go on like this, but what happened yesterday made Colonel Albert. I wanted to cry without tears, and the blind artillerymen actually smashed shells on their positions, but the shelling for more than 30 minutes caused more casualties to the troops than after fighting with the Japanese army for several days. A mess of fortifications.

Colonel Albert, like crazy, called the division commander, Brigadier General Whiteman, and tearfully complained about the misdeeds of the artillerymen, which was a crime. It's a disgrace to the American army! You must severely punish those bastards of the artillery, and give your own soldiers an explanation!

But then, Division Commander Whiteman's words left Regiment Commander Albert speechless. The division commander was on the phone, and shouted angrily: "What! Severe punishment of artillery? You can say it. Do you know that it was your subordinates who reported the wrong direction and coordinates, so that the shells fell on their positions, don't quibble, I have personally verified, do I want to show you the artillery records! ”

Putting down the phone, Colonel Albert was almost vomited blood, and personally took the military judge and several gendarmes, loaded with guns, and the regimental commander himself, even carrying a pistol with the head of the machine open, went to the bastards of the artillery observation group with a fierce attitude, he had already thought about it, and he would shoot him on the spot, and he would not tolerate it!

However, to Colonel Albert's disappointment, the fools of the artillery observation group had been blown to nothing by their own shells, and, according to the surviving soldiers, their location was the place where the first shells fell, a ridiculous and poignant ending.

Repeated battles coupled with the accidental bombing of their own artillery, the 18th Regiment has lost nearly a quarter of its troops, and Regiment Commander Albert did not dare to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army on the opposite side, the heavy machine guns on the forward position, as long as a shuttle swept over, the opposite side swaggered, did not know the hidden Japanese soldiers, kept a large piece of the regimental artillery battalion, more than 20 guns, there were enough shells, as long as dozens of shells smashed over, the Japanese command with the sun flag flying immediately became a pile of ruins!

However, Commander Albert did not want to fight and did not dare to fight, he absolutely believed that as long as he destroyed the Japanese headquarters on the opposite side, he would bring destruction to his regiment, and the ferocity and madness of the Japanese soldiers made him shudder to think about it.

But it can't be done today, and the Japanese command must be destroyed, because Lieutenant General Stilwell, to the Fifth Infantry Division, and, very unfortunately, to the position of his own regiment, this impersonal "crazy cowboy general," after arriving at the forward position, saw at a glance, the arrogant, dazzling and eye-catching Japanese flag.

It's not that Stilwell deliberately observed, but Eagle Filial Piety, who didn't intend to hide it at all, Stilwell's face turned pale, he couldn't understand, such a close distance, such an obvious target, and it can be clearly judged that it was at least a regimental headquarters of the Japanese army, why did the 18th Regiment, let the Japanese command headquarters and military flag, keep it to this day?

Stilwell put down his binoculars, looked at Commander Albert with fire-filled eyes, and asked sharply: "Commander Albert, did the Japanese command headquarters with the military flag appear suddenly?" I'm afraid not, then why did you allow the enemy's command to save such an obvious target to this day, and not destroy it? Do I need a reasonable explanation? ”

Explain what! Could it be that Regiment Commander Albert told the words of the division commander and the little Jiujiuer in his heart to this notoriously stubborn commander? Then why don't you pull out a gun and kill yourself?

Although it is a well-known fact that Lieutenant General Stilwell was not treated well by Commander-in-Chief MacArthur and was ostracized, after all, he was his own supreme superior, and it was not a problem to take down a regimental commander, so Colonel Albert was very embarrassed, and he could not say the full meaning in a vague way.

Looking at Albert's bear-like appearance, Stilwell exploded his lungs and broke off, "Enough, I don't need to quibble, remember, you are a soldier, a soldier of the United States of America, take out your courage, I order, immediately use artillery, destroy the Japanese command on the opposite side!" ”

Seeing Commander Stilwell with a black line on his face, Regiment Commander Albert did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to call the regimental artillery battalion to convey Stilwell's order, however, on the phone, Stilwell's order was discounted, and he ordered the artillery battalion commander to shoot only one shell per artillery, and the main thing was to knock down the Japanese flag.

Since Commander Stilwell looked at the Japanese flag unpleasantly, then it was good to knock it off, the technology of the American artillery was okay, more than 20 shells hit it, and it really blew down the flagpole, making the flag flag of the 51st Wing like a rotten rag, as for how many Japanese soldiers were killed, Colonel Albert didn't care much, as long as Commander Stilwell stopped losing his temper, everything would be fine.

I don't know what the officers of the units under the US Southeast Asia and South Pacific Regional Headquarters have been doing in the past few years, whether they are busy eating, drinking, and having fun, or whether they are making a fortune in trading, and they really don't know some of the situation of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army formed wing that was awarded the wing flag regarded the wing flag as more important than life, because it was personally awarded by His Majesty the Emperor, and within the wing, there was a flag protection squadron, which was specially used to protect the wing flag, and even in order to avoid the wing flag falling into the hands of the enemy, he did not hesitate to take hundreds of lives, Albert Regiment Commander, thinking that if he blew up the flag, he could hand it over, but he didn't know that he really angered the Japanese 51st wing captain Takashi Jiro Osa.

First, they destroyed the artillery positions of the US troops with artillery firepower, and when the US soldiers were still in panic, they immediately dispatched two fully equipped brigades to launch a ferocious attack on the positions of the 18th Regiment of the US Army, and the Japanese artillery also began to carry out fierce artillery bombardment of the US positions.

Thousands of Japanese soldiers pulled open the straggler line, holding up bright bayonets and white sensens, shouting wildly, like a gust of wind, swooping towards the US position, and a fierce positional defense battle began.

Chu Tian could see that Eagle Xiao Dazuo was not blindly brute, this devil officer was very disciplined, and he was an experienced commander, whether it was artillery suppression, or the support of heavy machine gun fire points, as well as the echelon configuration of the attack troops, the best results were achieved, and the US troops who lost their artillery cover were completely suppressed.

It seems that such an attack by the Japanese army has been carried out many times, tactical maneuvers and firepower coordination, very skillful, an hour and ten minutes, the battle is over, Takataka Dasa proved his self-confidence, the first line of positions of the 18th Regiment of the US Army, was captured, and the casualties of the Japanese soldiers were not large.

Chu Tian saw in the mirror of the high-powered artillery team that the Japanese troops had withdrawn, and dozens of prisoners were still in custody, Chu Tian was very surprised, the combat effectiveness, combat awareness and firepower configuration shown by the American soldiers were even weaker than he imagined, this kind of surprise, undisguised expression on Chu Tian's face, of course, this kind of surprise was for Takashi Kojiro Dazuo.

Eagle Xiao Dazuo smiled, stroking his chin smugly, he was very concerned about the surprise on Chu Tian's face, the rhythm of the battle, controlled in his own hands, the US troops on the opposite side were just a foil to show their abilities, if it weren't for the fact that the wing flag was blown up, the scale of the battle would be more than doubled, but it would be good to teach the Americans a profound lesson.

The smoke of the battlefield dissipated, and Chu Tian had not left the high-powered artillery mirror, he wanted to see how the American troops reacted after being attacked, and constantly adjusted the angle and direction of the artillery mirror.

Suddenly, Chu Tian's body shook, and the muscles of his whole body tensed, just like a leopard that found its prey, even Takashi Kojiro Osa, felt Chu Tian's strangeness, and looked at Chu Tian in surprise, as if he had changed someone.

(To be continued)

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