Colonel Hunt, commander of the 5th Marine Regiment, took the lead and rushed to the beachhead first.

The troops rushed ashore after the rear, gradually expanding the beachhead and developing in depth.

Subsequently, the beachhead control group went ashore and organized follow-up troops to go ashore in an orderly manner.

The Japanese monkeys did not place obstacles on the beachhead or lay mines, and the qiē seemed to be very smooth.

Colonel Hunt led a platoon of more than forty men and quickly rushed through the shallow water, over the 180-meter-wide white sand beach. The two battalions behind him also poured into the beach!

The characteristic roar of the Type 92 heavy machine gun finally shattered the Americans' dreams, and Colonel Hunt rushed to the front and was smashed to pieces on the spot.

As soon as the battle began, the American devils lost one of their main regimental commanders.

A platoon of more than 40 people who followed closely behind did not react at all, and the whole army was wiped out.

It turned out that Ichiki Qingzhi and the Eighth Route Army had fought bloody battles for many years, and he had the most experience in close combat and field combat. Seeing that his defensive position was not discovered, the ferocity in the heart of the little devil was finally completely exposed.

The sea is now foggy and the visibility is less than 80 meters, which is about the same as on a moonlit night. Therefore, Ichiki Kiyoshi treated this blocking battle as a night battle.

It was not until the enemy rushed to a distance of fifty meters that Ichiki Kiyoshi let out a low roar, and 9 heavy machine guns and 48 crooked light machine guns suddenly opened fire.

This trick was learned from the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army in North China, because it was worried about the artillery of the "big" Japanese Imperial Army, put the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire within 30 meters before firing, and then took it by surprise.

At such a close distance, even if you have 10,000 cannons, you don't dare to fire them now, unless you don't want your own people.

Ichiki Kiyoshi has suffered too much loss from this tactic, and now he has moved the tactics of the Eighth Route Army unchanged, and then used them on the American devils, and it has really achieved great results.

The two battalions numbered more than 2,000 people, and all of them poured into the range of 50 to 400 meters, and in addition to the superiority of the fortress 3 to 5 meters above the beach, it was just the time when the power of the crooked sub-machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns was brought into full play.

Ichiki Kiyoshi ordered 9 heavy machine guns to block the back road of the beach-grabbing troops, and 48 light machine guns from near and far, layer by layer to clean up the American devils lying on the ground, he wanted to annihilate the enemy in one battle!

The white sand beach is beautiful, and the early morning harbour is equally stunning.

But now there are corpses lying there, and rivers of blood are flowing.

If anything, it's a beautiful hell on earth.

The two sides had been fighting for only five minutes, and more than half of the two battalions that had landed had already been lost. The remaining more than 1,000 US soldiers are really called the heavens and the earth.

Can't rush up, can't retreat, the most classic dilemma.

The remaining American soldiers had no choice, they had already given up the counterattack, directly threw the guns in their hands aside, pulled out the sapper shovels from their backs, braved the enemy's dense bullet rain to desperately dig foxholes, and then buried themselves in the sand.

Whether it is dead or alive in the end, no one cares anymore.

While the soldiers were digging foxholes in panic, the commander, Commander Vandergrift, who was observing the attack from the follow-up ships, lost more than a thousand people when he saw a single face, and he also dripped blood from the bottom of his heart.

"I need a curved cannon, I need a flamethrower! Don't tell me anything you can't get it, do you fucking know my soldiers are bleeding! ”

Division Commander Vandergravet was in the wireless microphone and yelled at Admiral Nimitz: "In less than five minutes, less than half of the two battalions are left, you fucking give me these useless bullshit!" ”

"Shut up! The enemy blocked the retreat of the soldiers with heavy machine guns, and now the distance between them and the enemy is less than fifty meters, and the dive bomber has a fart! Lao Tzu wants to airdrop the curved artillery, and he wants to do his best, the sooner the better! ”

Admiral Nimitz did not expect that the situation of the war would deteriorate so much, and such huge casualties would be caused as soon as the war began, how could this be fought?

There is no second way to go other than to request reinforcements. But who can accurately drop mortars and flamethrowers onto the beach?

The southwest wind blows here all year round, and if the height of the airdrop is too high, it will eventually be blown out into the sea.

If you don't use a parachute and throw it directly from the air, all the equipment will turn into scrap metal, not to mention, I don't know how many people will be stoned to death.

When Admiral MacArthur received a telegram from Admiral Nimitz, he was stunned.

"There's only one way, Mr. Admiral!" Chief of Staff Sutherland said in a low voice: "The second division of the Republic of Lanfang on the Darwin side, they have monster-like helicopters with a range of more than 2,200 kilometers. As long as our aircraft carriers are able to allow them to land, the problem of airdrops can be solved! ”

MacArthur was overjoyed when he heard this: "Hurry up and get in touch, we are allies after all, and now we need their help!" ”

"Okay, you let the landing force hold out for five hours." Sutherland nodded: "Even if there is no problem with Darwin, but the distance is more than 1,800 kilometers, and it will take nearly six hours for the airdropped helicopter to arrive." ”

Chen Jie received a telegram from Chief of Staff Sutherland asking for help, but he didn't dare to call the shots, and directly transferred the telegram to Bai Shujie.

"I'm cāo, how can this be?" Bai Shujie was dumbfounded when he saw that MacArthur's rescue had been asked for by him: "Lao Tzu originally wanted them to fight to the death." As the saying goes: He who does not know is not guilty. What now? Everyone else has come to the door, and if you ignore it, it will be too much to say. ”

Saving lives is like fighting fire.

Bai Shujie knew that he could no longer watch the big play, so he immediately sent a telegram:

"Order: The helicopter squadron at Darwin Airport will immediately take off 6 Wild Dragon helicopters at full fuel and refuel on the opponent's aircraft carrier. There is no need to drop any bullshit mortars, just blow up the fortress of the little devils and cover the landing force to take down the fortress fortifications of the little devils. ”

Chen Jie received the order, naturally did not dare to slack off, and with an order, 6 Crazy Dragon helicopters had already taken off and flew towards the hot battlefield 1,800 kilometers to the east.

In fact, Chen Jie couldn't understand Bai Shujie's personality very well, as long as others ask for his name, there is definitely no reason to shirk. So the helicopter squadron unloaded all unnecessary loads, loaded all with fuel, and was already ready for takeoff.

The unit, codenamed Y-ray, was commanded by four battalions under the command of Deputy Division Commander Brigadier General Ruptas and attacked Tulagi via the northern waterway of Savo Island. The battle was exactly the same as on Kuah Island, and the American troops who landed were put to the test of real fire.

Tulagi is a natural haven with two small islands on the east side of the island: Gavutu Island and Tanambogo Island, which are like two sentinels guarding Tulagi.

Before the war, the British colonizers had built an airstrip seaplane airport on these two small islands, but after the Japanese occupied the area, they expanded and improved it, and planned to build it into a seaplane airport that could monitor the entire Solomon Islands.

On Tulagi Island, the US military overestimated the strength of the Japanese little devils and concentrated artillery fire for fierce bombardment, and the Japanese little devils hurriedly hid in bunkers and did not fight back with artillery fire at all.

However, the American troops successfully landed under the cover of artillery fire, but soon after advancing in depth, they encountered stubborn resistance from Japanese devils.

And on the two small islands, the US military underestimated the Japanese devils.

Because the island was too small, the Japanese little devils organized a defense at the front of the beach, and the artillery preparations of the US army failed to destroy the fortifications built by the Japanese little devils on the strong cliffs, and the landing craft was launched too early, starting to attack from more than 10,000 meters away, so that the Japanese little devils had plenty of time to enter the forward fortifications.

As soon as the US troops rushed ashore and had not yet gained a firm foothold, they suddenly opened fire, and the commander of the US beachfront was seriously wounded, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and they were pressed by the dense fire on the beach. Due to the proximity of the enemy and the enemy, it was impossible to carry out naval artillery fire support.

The telegram for help from the deputy division commander, Brigadier General Rupsta, soon reached the division commander Van der Grift. The two men share the same illness and both hope to get air support as much as possible.

In addition to being in a hurry, the two troops could only stay up for time. Six hours, for the American soldiers on the beachhead, is a baptism of purgatory.

Fortunately, it was not difficult to dig a foxhole on the beach, and the remaining American soldiers soon bought themselves into the sand, and the light and heavy machine guns of the little devils finally lost their purpose.

Hoping for the stars and the moon, they waited until half past four in the afternoon, when six helicopters finally appeared over the fleet.

Because of the arrival of the life-saving guys, the second half of the aircraft carrier's flight deck has long been emptied, and the refueling trucks have been prepared.

"Don't use your mortars, take 90 tons of your aviation bombs." When the helicopter pilot saw the US military bringing in the mortar, he immediately waved his hand: "The order I received is to directly blow up the forward fortress of the Japanese devils and send your troops up." ”

The next thing is simple, because with a flight range of only 20 kilometers, a Dragon helicopter can carry 15.5 tons of bombs, which is equivalent to the bomb load of two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers.

Seeing their comrades-in-arms fall in pieces, the US officers and soldiers also hated the little devils on the shore. So all of them are carrying 3-ton bombs, and each dragon helicopter is loaded with 5 on it, and they must blow up the fortress of the little devil to pieces.

Six helicopters were divided into two bombing detachments to reinforce the islands of Kuah and Tulagi. They did not fly directly from the beachhead, but made a big circle and suddenly killed from behind the little devil.

Hovered at an altitude of 500 meters before dropping the bomb on the head of the little devil. 3 helicopters are 45 tons of bombs, which is equivalent to the power of 90 shells of 410mm naval guns, even 410mm thick steel plates have been blown through, not to mention that the fortress built by the little devils temporarily is just an ordinary concrete structure.

Besides, dozens of tons of bombs do not need to blow up the fortress at all, just the shock wave of the explosion will shock everyone to death.

The main match where the captain of the Kiyoshi Captain Ichiki was located, the first round of bombing had been wiped out. and more than 1,700 people in his forward position, all of whom were slaughtered by the American soldiers who swarmed up later.

Unexpectedly, the Crazy Dragon helicopter became famous in the first battle, but the division commander of Van der Grift saw that the troops had completed the first combat mission without the slightest casualties this time, so he did not let the helicopter leave at all.

The helicopter had just returned to the aircraft carrier to refuel, only to have the ground crew hang up the bomb again.

The soldiers of the Lanfang Republic were all born out of a bloody battle with the little devils, and now that they can kill the little devils, they will naturally not shirk.

With a helicopter in front of him to open the way with a bombshell, the little devil couldn't resist it at all, and when he saw the US soldiers pressing the border, he fled directly into the jungle and didn't look at him at all.

In the next two hours, the follow-up U.S. troops successfully landed without firing a single shot, and by sunset, more than 11,000 people had landed on Kuah Island.

Originally, the U.S. military didn't have a map, and they didn't know where the little devil's airfield was, but now they have helicopters, and then they are doing the work of scouts.

At noon on August 8, 1942, the little devil's airport was finally discovered.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.