After hours of fierce fighting on the beachhead, the Japanese began to pour out of the cat-lined tunnels, and they took advantage of the hilly terrain and high ground to organize a counteroffensive.

The 1st Expeditionary Division, which rushed to the beachhead, defended on the spot, and the Japanese condescendingly fired, and they had to counter-suppress with firepower, but with little effect.

Mu Dan hid behind a rock, grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted loudly: "Artillery support!" Request artillery support! ”

At this time, Sun Liren ordered the U.S. military to carry out artillery support.

The fleet in the distance roared again, and the fleet commander Halsey shouted to blast out all the ammunition and blow the Japanese monkeys into the sky.

However, Sun Liren stopped him from doing so, "General, we don't need to carry out high-intensity bombing now, we just need to form a circle of fire around the landing force." ”

"Why stop? Do you have mercy on the Japanese monkeys? Halsey didn't understand that now the Japanese had finally come out, and the Chinese general in front of him wanted to stop the most brutal shelling of them, which was unreasonable.

Stilwell, who had worked with Sun Liren for many years, knew that he would have his own reasons for doing so, so he stepped forward and asked, "Sun, tell me what you think." ”

Sun Liren walked forward and said: "The Japanese army dispatched only a few thousand troops this time, and it is not the main force of the Japanese army. I think Nakagawa must have been waiting for the right moment, and they first released some decoys to strike at the landing force on the beachhead to attract our firepower. When the ammunition runs out and needs to be replenished, they will surely pour out of their nests and drive the landing force on the beachhead into the sea with superior forces. ”

After listening to him, Stilwell lifted his glasses, he observed the battle situation in front of him again, and said with a hint of surprise: "If this is the case, then the man from Zhongchuan Prefecture must be a rather cunning guy." ”

Halsey pinched his chin and agreed with Sun Liren's point of view, "That's right, although we have ammunition supply ships, once the shells are gone, even if they are replenished immediately, it will take at least more than an hour to restore the supply of artillery fire, not to mention that all the warships have completed the supply." In this interval of time, the Japanese monkeys can completely come out of their nests and drive the young men who have just landed on the beachhead into the sea! ”

Several people in the war room nodded in unison, and everyone already agreed with this opinion.

"But it's easy to do." After drawing a circle on the map, Halsi said, "We only need to focus on this place and form a circle of artillery defense to solve this problem." In addition to this, the ammunition ships were ordered to start supplying the various warships now. Messenger, order the ship's guns to adjust their positions. ”

After a while, the U.S. artillery fire began to adjust, although the intensity was slowed down compared to before, but it was still accurate and fierce, after all, the firepower of dozens of warships was incomparable to the army units.

Under the artillery fire, the Japanese army sent out more than 1,000 people in the early stage of the offensive slowed down, many people were torn apart in the artillery fire, the surrounding rocks splashed up after the explosion, even more increased the power of the artillery fire, many Japanese soldiers because of the stuffy tunnel, most of them wore shorts and sweatshirts, a lot of skin was exposed, which increased the probability of death and injury, after more than an hour of shelling, this group of Japanese soldiers who rushed out suffered heavy casualties, under the suppression of artillery fire, it was impossible to organize an effective attack.

In the command post of the underground tunnel, the male Dazuo of Zhongchuan Prefecture lying in front of the map kept wiping the sweat on his face, the weather was too hot, the tunnel was impermeable, and it was almost stuffy to describe it, but for the soldiers in the career of the horse, these are nothing.

What frightened him the most was the urgent shortage of ammunition and food, the powerful US Navy had blocked Peleliu Island half a month ago, and it had been half a month since they saw any ships or planes for supplies.

In the morning, he had a phone call with the commander of the division on the main island of Palau, and the division commander reluctantly told him that the Japanese army could no longer provide them with any supplies, because the sea and air supremacy were in the hands of the United States, and to send them supplies would be tantamount to death.

Nakagawa reluctantly accepted this reality, but also told the division commander that he could overcome these difficulties.

The commander of the division ordered that he must stick to this place and form a strong defensive ring against the empire itself.

Nakagawa realized his profound meaning, and since this is the case, then he will definitely be like a nail, nailed to this island, and will not take a step back.

"Sir, are we going to send reserves to attack now?" One Nakasa asked.

Nakagawa shook his head, "The artillery fire of the American army continues. ”

As if to verify what he said, just as he finished speaking, a cannonball landed directly above the tunnel, and with a muffled bang, a puff of dust peeled off from the top of the tunnel.

After this shaking, the staff officers hurriedly stepped forward, shook off the dust on the map, and continued to spread out.

"Although the U.S. military has plenty of ammunition, any warship will run out of ammunition. At this intensity and density of shelling now, they should be resupplied with ammunition in an hour. Although they carried supply ships, it took two to three hours to fully resupply, and this time was our most precious time. ”

As he spoke, Nakagawa tapped his fingers on the location of the beachhead on the map, then put his hands around and gestured outward: "The landing force without artillery cover is a flock of lambs to be slaughtered." Our artillery fire at this time launched a full-strength counterattack, and the infantry began to attack, driving the Chinese people into the sea! ”

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After several hours of shelling, the Japanese gave the order to attack. At this time, the Japanese artillery fire was loud, and more than 20 Type 95 light tanks rushed out with a large number of Japanese soldiers!

The overwhelming Japanese soldiers, accompanied by their light chariots, began to kill the beachhead. Their primary goal was to eliminate the dozen or so M4 tanks still on the beachhead, which were the landing force's point of fire, and they would be able to completely crush the beachhead.

The Type 95 light tank was the first to fire, and the 37-mm gun opened fire on the M4 tank on the beachhead, and the Chinese troops on the beachhead immediately organized a counterattack. The Type 95 light tank fought fiercely, but the shells hit the M4 tank, but it was like tickling, and there was no damage at all, but the M4 tank returned fire on the spot, and the Japanese tanks were scrapped one after another.

More than a dozen M4 tanks formed an iron wall, and the infantry on the beachhead defended on the spot, and attacked the Japanese soldiers who rushed over with a roar.

Without the cover of light tanks, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers plummeted, but more Japanese troops had already come out of the tunnels.

At this time, Nakagawa, who was expected to run out of ammunition for the US warship, gave the order for an artillery bombardment. Deep on the island, some secret gun emplacements that were originally hidden in the rocks were immediately activated, and the shirtless Japanese soldiers pushed open the heavy iron doors, and one by one the large-caliber guns slid out along the track towards the mouth of the tunnel, making a dangdang sound.

The dark green barrels of the guns stretched out of the gun emplacements and launched shelling towards the beachhead and the near sea, and the guns were pulled and pulled with a muffled thunderous sound, and the beach was blown up into the sky, and several landing craft were blown over on the spot.

"Artillery support! Artillery support! Azimuth 104, southward 08...... "The expeditionary force on the beachhead had already observed the position of the Japanese hidden artillery and immediately reported the data to the fleet in the distance.

"Fight back! Fight back! The U.S. warships began to turn their turrets, and the main guns of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers as thick as a pot began to aim at the Japanese artillery positions in a predetermined position, and the huge guns turned to make a clicking sound, followed by a thunderous sound.

A large-caliber artillery shell smashed into the Japanese artillery position like an iron fist, and the rocks around the huge * bomb gun emplacement peeled off like broken soil, and several large-caliber Japanese artillery guns were dumbfounded on the spot.

The U.S. troops returned fire on the Japanese artillery according to the plan in advance, and after correcting the test firing, they began to extend backwards, and at this time, a large number of Japanese soldiers who came out of the tunnels became substitutes for the dead, and under the open air without cover, they were bombarded by artillery fire in turn, and most of the so-called loyal soldiers became piles of minced meat.

"Attack! Attack! "The officers and men of the 1st Expeditionary Division began to advance under the cover of tanks, and the follow-up troops also began to assemble on the beachhead in landing craft.

At this time, the US planes that took off from the aircraft carrier arrived at the battlefield, and they began to bomb the Japanese army, and the Japanese troops who rushed to the beachhead were not strangled by the officers and men of the 1st Expeditionary Division, the air fighters, and the huge artillery behind them.

With the increase in the number of landing troops, the 1st Expeditionary Division began to expand to the rear positions, and defensive positions began to be established on the beachhead to defend on the spot.

In a day's bloody battle, the officers and men of the 1st Division suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, and the beaches were full of floating corpses.

The temporary command post on the beachhead was established, and the division commander Dai Anlan was present in the line of fire as always, and after the beachhead position was stabilized, he immediately went ashore on a landing craft and moved his command post here.

The expeditionary force finally landed on the island of Peleliu. Commander Dai Anlan looked at the piles of corpses, and couldn't help but feel a little sad, these good men all came out with him, how many people can return now?

That being said, the war continues. The gray-haired, muddy Mu Dan walked over, and he reported to the division headquarters about the current situation at the front.

"Now that the troops have been deployed, the follow-up troops will also be able to complete the landing tonight. Judging from the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, they were killed by thousands of people in the shelling and the battle just now. However, more Japanese soldiers are still hiding in tunnels that we don't know about. Speaking of this, Mu Dan wiped the sweat from his face.

Dianlan looked up into the depths of Peleliu, where a tough battle awaited them.