As more and more Chinese troops landed on Peleliu, so did the Japanese army's range of activity.

In the middle of the night, the front line reported to Nakagawa that the field airfield had been attacked by enemy troops, and that after several hours of fierce fighting, the defenders of the airfield had suffered heavy losses but heavy damage to the enemy, and now the airfield had changed hands, but the high ground of the airfield was still under the control of the Japanese army, and the Japanese artillery here began to continuously shell the positions of the expeditionary force.

Nakagawa nodded slightly after hearing this, he didn't blame his subordinates for not sending reinforcements, he knew that there were no reinforcements to send out, and now he had to hold the belief that he would die, and start a bloody battle with the enemy troops who landed on the island.

"What is the situation with our ammunition?" Nakagawa asked the quartermaster.

The quartermaster didn't need to look at his own statistics at all, and said in a hurry: "Although we had a month's worth of ammunition in reserve before, it was consumed too quickly recently, and the Chinese army captured part of our ammunition depot, and now, according to this method of operation, our ammunition can only last for two weeks." ”

Nakagawa frowned after hearing this, his own judgment error led to the current passive situation, the situation is irreversible, if the ammunition is exhausted, he can only lead his troops to carry out a "long live charge" and "jade shattering" with the enemy!

But that's just the last combat thinking, that is, the last way to do it, if there is hope for life, who will covet death?

Nakagawa once again summoned his generals, who were covered in the smell of heavy sweat, gathered again, and analyzed the map of Peleliu, although they were already in a state of basic defeat, but there was not the slightest sorrow on the faces of these generals, and their faces were full of fortitude.

"Our army launched another counterattack at noon and drove the people into the sea." One of Nakasa shouted suggested. As soon as his words fell, there were many echoes around him.

"No, our army should stick to this place, so that we can contain the large number of naval and air forces of the Chinese and American ghosts, so as to realize the plan of delaying their troops, this is the best way to ensure the homeland." Nakasa, who was also hung with a *, apparently had a different opinion, and his opinion was also agreed with by many people.

"This is a mistake, only loyalty and courage can change history, if we cower here, then we will be starved to death." Someone stepped forward and argued loudly.

"Kato-kun, the purpose of the battle is not to die, we are fighting here to disrupt the battle plan of the American ghost animals and the Chinese people, and to defend the absolute safety of the empire itself!"

The argument between the two sides made this already stuffy underground command post even more irritable.

"Gentlemen, shut up!" Nakagawa knocked on the table and ordered in a low voice.

Although everyone was blushing and thick-necked in the previous argument, they still didn't dare to make too much of it in front of the chief, and when the order was given, they all stopped, and everyone's eyes were focused on the chubby middle-aged man Nakagawa.

"Truth be told, our ammunition is hard to hold, and if we stay here, we'll only be able to hold on for two weeks at most. In other words, in two weeks, we will be faced with no ammunition and no food. After Nakagawa finished speaking, he bowed slightly, as if expressing his apologies to everyone.

Everyone fell silent, and everyone knew that this was a real situation. They have found something strange in the food these days, not to mention that the rice balls are missing, and even the taste and texture are much worse, and many soldiers have begun to catch rats in the underground tunnels to cook and satisfy their hunger, and the food problem can be seen.

Ammunition is even more precious than that. Because some substitutes for food can still be found on the islands, but it is difficult to find substitutes for ammunition, bullet box shells are one shot less, and medicine is even more scarce. I heard that a few days ago, the Chinese army attacked and blew up their few medicine depots, and now those seriously injured almost do not know how to deal with it, most of them committed suicide by themselves, and the lightly injured were transported back to the underground hospital because of the lack of medicine, and the underground hospital was in a wail, and the tragic situation was shocking.

"Take the initiative to attack, drive the Chinese army into the sea, and recapture the airport, our army still has a chance to live, otherwise, the only way to die on the battlefield is to die. Gentlemen, please! Nakagawa gave the order to counterattack with full of anger.

The generals leaned on their heels, bowed slightly, and said sharply: "Hayi! ”

Before the general attack, Nakagawa asked his subordinates to take out a copy of the commendation that had just been sent by the Japanese garrison headquarters on his table and broadcast it. To be honest, there is nothing substantive in the content of this award, it is nothing more than an encouragement to them for fighting bravely and tenaciously.

The Japanese soldiers, who were hiding in the tunnels and gnawing on dead rats and moldy rice balls, were so excited that some of them were moved to tears, and they raised their arms and shouted "Long live the Emperor" and shouted "Long live the Emperor" and shouted that they would fight to the death against the enemy.

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Before the start of the general offensive of the Japanese army, the 1st Division was also planning step by step, and the situation was more complicated than Dai Anlan had imagined, more than 10,000 Japanese devils were now all buried underground, and it is no exaggeration to say that the entire island has now been hollowed out.

The Japanese used tunnels and bunkers to carry out sneak attacks, resulting in the expeditionary force after occupying a place, it was difficult to effectively clear it, and some troops had just laid down a position and had not had time to rest, they were shot black by a group of devils, and the people were panicked. The hateful devils have also poisoned the water, and now all the drinking water of the officers and men needs to be transported from warships at sea.

It's been five days, and most of the area has not been occupied after five days of landing on the island, and the speed of the advance is even slower than expected, Dai Anlan knows that he can't wait for the Japanese to come up, who knows how long this group of guys can hold out? They will take the initiative to go down to the cave of these devils and start a bloody battle with them.

"Signal Soldiers!" Dai Anlan shouted at the map.

"Yes!" A soldier with small age and glasses came running briskly and stood in front of Dai Anlan.

"Inform officers at the rank of lieutenant colonel and above to come to the division headquarters for a meeting."

"Yes!"

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Before the signal corps could notify, the meeting was no longer necessary, because the Japanese counteroffensive had begun.

In the early morning, before the mist was completely pushed away by the sun, the Japanese soldiers came out of the ground. And their artillery took the lead in launching an attack on the expeditionary force.

The Japanese built a large number of field artillery fortifications on this island, and although their firepower could not compete with the naval fleet in the distance, they still had an absolute artillery superiority compared with the officers and men of the 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force, who had just landed and lacked heavy equipment.

After the Japanese artillery bombardment began, the troops on the front line began to call for American air and fire support, but this took a certain amount of time, and taking advantage of the firepower advantage under their own artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers screamed and killed.

The number of people in this attack was very large, as many as several thousand, and it is clear that they all began to attack in formation.

The Japanese, relying on the superiority of the fire of the ring fortifications, launched an attack on the airfield from the high ground; They came out of the center of the island and began to kill towards the beachhead......

A short-distance bloody battle began, the officers and men of the 1st Division fought with the Japanese at the airfield and in the middle of the island, relying on the M4 tanks, the officers and men of the 1st Division had a slight advantage, but the crazy Japanese were often strapped all over their bodies, desperately launched a suicidal assault on the side of the tank, and several tanks rushed in front were blown up.

* played a great role in the battle, often when the Japanese rushed over with a roar, * can bring them great damage, unlike guns, * hit the Japanese soldiers will not die immediately, they will roll on the ground with a roar, until burned into a black charcoal, the degree of pain can be imagined.

Therefore, the soldiers carrying * on their backs also became one of the key targets of the Japanese army.

The bloody battle between the two sides lasted from early morning to noon, and the guns and cannons continued to sound throughout the island. An hour after the battle, American fighters roared in, they carried out intensive bombardment of Japanese artillery positions, and strafed the Japanese troops on the ground, with the help of fighters and artillery fire, this large-scale battle that lasted for several hours finally ended at noon, the Japanese attacking forces began to retreat, the expeditionary force advanced several kilometers, and the airfield was also occupied by the expeditionary force.

However, both sides paid a considerable price, with more than 800 casualties on the expeditionary side, and more than 1,000 corpses left behind by the Japanese army.

After this large-scale battle, the Japanese army was no longer able to launch a large-scale counterattack against the expeditionary force, and the division headquarters issued an order to end the battle as soon as possible, and the brutal search battle began.

The expeditionary force began to use the company and platoon as the basic combat unit, starting from the beachhead to the opposite bank, and the search was carried out little by little.

Such battles were extremely brutal, the Japanese often held their positions with the determination to die, and it was difficult to repel them, and the situation in the tunnels was complicated, and the officers and men of the expedition often paid huge casualties to capture a position.

As the number of battle losses of the 1st Division continued to increase, in the face of Commander Dai's request, he had to transfer another regiment from Liu Fangwu's 2nd Division to reinforce the 1st Division.

At this point, the battle had lasted ten days, and although the expeditionary force had occupied most of the islands and wiped out more than 5,000 Japanese troops, a large number of Japanese troops were still huddled on the islands and fought with them.

There is no better way to solve this situation, only the search of one tunnel after another, and the battle of cave by cave.

The Japanese army, which was almost depleted of ammunition and food, had no intention of surrendering at this time, and after drinking blood wine, they decided to "break the jade" with the enemy!

Nakagawa issued a final order: In this battle, our soldiers will fall to the ground like cherry blossoms......