In the waters off Peleliu Island, US carrier-based aircraft began to continue bombing.

Not far from the waters off Peleliu, several U.S. landing ships began to sail under the cover of artillery fire towards the white foaming sea.

On the landing craft, except for a few crew members, all of them were yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese soldiers.

It was the first time for these people to fly on such a large warship, and it was also the first time to have fought for the capture of an island.

Prior to this, the Chinese army, armed with American-style equipment, set out from Yunnan, China, all the way south, to Singapore, across the entire Indochina Peninsula. The Japanese army has fought the tiger and wolf division in the entire Southeast Asia, which can be said to have never encountered an opponent, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the elite of the elite, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the ace of the trump card.

Even the advisers of the U.S. military, after watching their battles, were all amazed by the strong jungle fighting ability of this army.

But even so, both Sun Liren and General Dai Anlan, who was in charge of the battle, were full of worries about the Battle of Peleliu.

In order to carry out the Battle of Peleliu Island, Dai Anlan's unit conducted a month-long landing combat training outside Singapore, and the officers and soldiers of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army were in charge of the training, and they were surprised by the speed at which this group of Chinese soldiers received equipment.

In fact, they didn't know that the overall cultural quality of the 1st Expeditionary Army was the highest in the Chinese army at that time, and among the officers at the company and platoon level, college students who could speak foreign languages abounded, and almost all the soldiers had the level of junior high school or above, so they naturally mastered and received equipment quickly.

Rao was so, and Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell of the 1st Marine Division said to Dianlan: "I will go to the front line to observe this battle in person, and I believe that the Chinese boys are ready." ”

Dai Anlan was also hopeful about the battle, according to their intelligence, the Japanese army on this island was not very large, coupled with the strong fire support of the American army, no one would think that the capture of Peleliu Island would be a difficult thing.

But last night, in a conversation with him, Sun Liren revealed an extremely bad feeling.

Sun Liren told him that he had enlisted as much fire support as possible from the U.S. forces, but that he had to be extra concerned when fighting.

After the two discussed the relevant matters in detail, Sun Licai said: "Actually, I have not observed anything unusual about the Japanese army before, but the chairman of the committee personally called me and said that I should closely observe and pay attention to the underground fortifications of the Japanese army here, and passed on the information that the Korean laborers were building fortifications here, so I paid attention." ”

After sending out the reconnaissance troops, the results were astonishing: after the intensive and indiscriminate bombardment by the US troops, the surface of the position was scorched, but in fact there were many hidden bunkers and firing points.

This verifies the previous judgment that the Japanese had practically no damage during the previous bombing and shelling.

After receiving this news, Dai Anlan couldn't help but ooze a drop of cold sweat on his forehead.

He held a pre-war meeting overnight to make targeted deployments based on the latest intelligence. Mr. Dai and the U.S. military representatives agreed that more heavy weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles should be sent ashore, because on flat beaches, infantry rushing up is undoubtedly a target for movement.

The overnight deployment, which could only be modified in small aspects, was largely decided.

On the landing craft, the officers and men of the 1 Division were ready.

Dawn had just broken in the east, and the general offensive operation for the landing had begun.

The U.S. naval guns let out a tearing roar and flew towards Peleliu, and the landing craft fired at full speed, rolling up the waves behind them and killing the island.

All the officers and men are American-style weapons, and the steel helmets, rifles, military uniforms, and even the pants are American-style.

Mudan was on a landing craft and got on the assault boat with the troops.

In the morning, they all ate canned food and bread, but just now the huge wind and waves shook them seasick, almost all of them vomited, vomited over the river and the sea, and vomited the canned beef they had just eaten in a boatload, and several American soldiers kept rushing with water pipes, and cursed from time to time when rushing.

Seeing this scene, Mu Dan was deeply worried, let alone rushing to the beachhead to kill the Japanese devils, even on this boat, he was half dead.

But when the order was given, the officers and men regained their vitality.

The landing craft had already reached the very forward position, and there was no way to move forward, so the officers and men had to take assault boats to the beachhead.

The officers of the American army shouted loudly, and the officers and men picked up their guns and got into the assault boats, ignoring the vomit on their bodies.

Assault boats, various amphibious landing craft, and tanks rushed out of the large landing craft and rushed to the Japanese positions on the beachhead amid artillery fire.

At this time, the beachhead was as silent as death, as if there was no one on the other side, and only the roar of artillery fire in the rear and the sound of motors of assault boats could be heard.

"It's weird!" This is the first feeling of Mudan and most veterans, because no reaction does not mean that it is safe, on the contrary, it may indicate that there is a great danger ahead.

Assault boats, tanks and various amphibious landing ships rushed to the beachhead with a large number of infantry, at this time, the Japanese position on the breakwater suddenly burst into gunfire, the beach of Peleliu Island, which had become a scorched earth, countless machine gun fire points and artillery appeared, a 47mm anti-tank gun and 20mm twin machine guns spit tongues of fire, the first batch of officers and soldiers who rushed to the beachhead fell like wheat that had been cut down, although the tanks that rushed up were fighting back, but still many were hit by the Japanese anti-tank guns, The water of the beach was soon dyed red.

"Expeditionary Force! Rush forward! "The front-line commander Mudan knew that if these tanks and landing craft were destroyed in large numbers here, it would block the path of the follow-up troops, and they would have to rush across the beach anyway.

The troops who rushed to the beachhead began to roar, and one by one they rushed towards the positions on the Japanese beachhead.

"Spread out! Disperse! "Experienced commanders began to direct their men to spread out in formation, not to crowd together. Eight M4 tanks that rushed up and could still move scattered their positions, and the infantry began to follow behind the tanks, following the tanks towards the front.

The tanks kept firing back as they marched, and as the Japanese firepower was completely exposed, the two sides began a confrontation between firepower.

"Bazooka! Bazooka! Mu Dan, who was lying behind a rock, roared loudly, and the Japanese guns and bullets flew over his head and around him like rain.

Several veterans with bazookas rushed forward, waiting for an opportunity to aim at the Japanese firepower, but the Japanese firepower had already spotted them first, and the firepower was attracted, and several soldiers who were still running were torn to pieces by the machine guns.

The surviving bazooka soldiers did not slack off, picked up the bazooka and opened fire on the Japanese position, and after a whoosh, one of the Japanese machine gun fire points was blown to pieces.

At this time, the generals on the battleship "Dave" were closely monitoring the battle situation on the front line, and the news that the Japanese army had built a large number of concealed fortifications was confirmed after the landing was blocked. Several arrogant American commanders had nothing to do at this time except shout "incredible".

"General Sun, your guess is correct." Stilwell walked over and frowned.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Sun Liren stepped forward and looked at the topographical map of Peleliu.

"What's next for you?" Stilwell asked.

Sun Liren paused, and then said: "There is no other way, only to fight!" ”

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The battle has been going on for several hours, and the original fierce gunfire has become sporadic slightly, but the beach-grabbing on the front line is still continuing, because of the prior understanding of the Japanese defense, coupled with the M4 tanks rushing to the beachhead have formed a fire defense, the Japanese firepower has gradually weakened.

At this time, in the Japanese pit command post, the dim lights were constantly flickering, and the humid environment made people breathless.

The man of the 2nd Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, Nakagawa Prefecture, holding a command knife in his hand, and several senior officers were closely observing the situation on the beachhead at the front line.

"Sir, the first beachhead is now battered by the enemy and can no longer hold on. Now, the group of people is coming this way. A Shao Zuo walked over and said.

"The people of China? Are you saying that the attacking troops were all chinensis? Although Nakagawa knew in advance that the Chinese army would participate in this attack, what he did not expect was that the troops attacking this time turned out to be Chinese troops.

"When did these guys master the landing operation?" Nakagawa asked an inopportune question.

"Maybe they have been preparing and training for a long time, but I see that the military flag is still the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the Zhina Army Expedition."

"The 1st Division?! Is that the same unit in Burma? Nakagawa asked.

"I want to the same troops. Now it seems that the people of China are so intent on training the landing force that they obviously want to participate in the war against the empire itself. When Shao Zuo said this, his face was tense, as if this was a very shameful thing.

Nakagawa didn't answer, he wiped Tie Qing's scalp again with the handkerchief in his hand, and the sweat had soaked the handcloth: "We don't have much ammunition reserves now, and we are not in a position to engage them in continuous firepower. In addition, the beachhead defense point is now almost paralyzed, so it is better to simply let the people go ashore and start a lore with them, so as to deal a decisive blow to the people of China! ”

After Nakagawa finished speaking, he smashed his fist on the map in front of him.

"Hayi!" After Shao Zuo snapped a straight position, he trotted out, conveying Nakagawa's order.

"Fight hard! Fight hard! In the tunnel, the Japanese officers and soldiers who had not eaten enough for many days wrapped their heads in plaster flags and raised their arms and shouted.