920.Battle of Kuah Island (2)

Early morning of August 8th.

"Your Excellency Colonel, we have found the airfield of the Japanese!"

"Let's attack."

"Yes!"

Soon, gunshots rang out.

The Japanese troops hurriedly threw away their freshly prepared breakfast and fled into the jungle, and the US troops easily seized the airfield, the runway was 80% completed, the tower and power plant had been built, and a large amount of food, construction equipment, and building materials had been seized.

"Your Excellency General, the Japanese have left a large amount of food and supplies!"

"Good, save it!"

"Your Excellency, we found hundreds of cases of Japanese beer!"

"Your Excellency, General, we have found an intact freezing plant!"

The various supplies seized by the Japanese in Southeast Asia sent a wave to the Americans here, which also made the landing US troops very excited, and greatly strengthened the confidence of the US soldiers.

The war, at first, was the attack on their Pearl Harbor base by the Japanese, and then it was the Japanese who attacked their colonies.

Southeast Asia, for the most part, has fallen into the hands of the Japanese.

For the American people, the Japanese at this time were cruel demons.

But after Midway, they gave the Japanese a great defeat.

And then to the landing on Kuah Island this time, the Japanese were driven away by them! They managed to win the landing, and they also captured a lot of supplies! And the airfield that the Japanese army is about to build! This will become a transit point for their allies, and a large number of counteroffensive planes will take off here! Attack the Japanese!

……

On Tulagi Island, not far from Kuah Island, the U.S. military was suffering fierce resistance from the Japanese army.

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.

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

The U.S. troops carried out a fierce bombardment of the concentrated artillery fire on Tulagi Island, and the Japanese troops hurriedly hid in bunkers, and the U.S. troops successfully went ashore under the cover of artillery fire, but soon encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese troops when they advanced in depth.

On the two small islands, the U.S. military underestimated the Japanese army, because the island was too small, the Japanese army organized a defense at the front of the beach, and the U.S. artillery equipment failed to destroy the Japanese army's fortifications built on the strong mountain cliffs, and the landing craft was launched too early, starting to impact from more than 10,000 meters away, so that the Japanese army had enough time to enter the forward fortifications, when the U.S. troops just rushed ashore and had a firm foothold, they suddenly opened fire, the U.S. commander was seriously injured, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and they were pressed on the beach by dense firepower. It was simply impossible to implement naval artillery fire support.

"Your Excellency, Brigadier General! The Japanese resisted stubbornly! ”

"See, let the follow-up troops bring the mortars up and send a telegram to the command to request air fire support!"

"Yes!"

A few hours later, the U.S. military finally began to advance in depth.

……

"Captain, the enemy has great firepower! What now? ”

"Yalu! Everyone, move to the cave and resist with the fortifications in the cave! ”

"Hey!"

As a result, the Japanese army still stubbornly resisted with the fortifications in the cave.

……

"Da Da Da!"

"Boom!"

An American colonel looked at the ferocity of the Japanese firepower and the fortifications built by the Japanese army, and had to sigh that the Japanese really took these fortifications to the extreme.

"Your Excellency, if we attack in the normal order of attack, we will not be able to break the firepower of the Japanese!"

"Then you say, what should I do?"

"Organize the demolition team! From the dead end of the Japanese fire, rush to the top of the mountain! Throw explosives and grenades into the Japanese cave! ”

"Excellent! You do it now! ”

"Yes!"

……

"Captain, the firepower of the Americans is even stronger!"

"Yalu! Order everyone to hold their ground! I've asked for tactical guidance! ”

"Hey!"

As a result, under the strong firepower of the US army, the firepower of the Japanese army is still strong, and both sides are confronting. It's just that what the Japanese army didn't know was that the U.S. military organized a demolition team to climb up the mountain from their dead ends.

When the first grenade was thrown into the Japanese cave, the Japanese army's eyes widened in surprise, but it was too late to react.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion sounded inside the cave fortifications of the Japanese army.

"Rush!" In this case, the American troops attacking from below also began to charge.

The battle for Mishima was very fierce, and in order to resolve the battle as soon as possible, Vandergravet put all the reserves into battle, and at dusk the remnants of the Japanese army retreated to the valley, and that night, the American army organized four attacks in succession, annihilating most of them.

It was not until the evening of the 8th that the remnants of the enemy were cleared and the three islands were occupied. In the two days of fierce fighting, all but 23 Japanese soldiers were captured, and none of them surrendered, which taught the American army the spirit of bushido for the first time.

"It's horrible! Only 23 people were captured! ”

"yes."

The U.S. military was a little emotional, this was the first time they had confronted Japanese soldiers head-on, and before, the navy and air force were fighting each other.

"Send a report to the command and say that we have won the predetermined target!"

"Yes!"

"Tonight, let's toast to freedom!"

"Yes!"

……

The fall of Guadalcanal and Tulagi caught the Japanese by surprise.

For the first time, an emergency meeting was once again started.

Of course, this news also reached Zhou Weiguo's hands.

Zhou Weiguo smiled, is it finally here? The Battle of Kuah Island! The node of the Allied counteroffensive! However, the Japanese still haven't changed, it's still the same time, and such a force was taken by the United States to take these two islands.

"I didn't expect that the U.S. military actually rose!" Liu Yuan looked at the telegram and sighed, "I really didn't expect it!" In this way, as long as the US military has a firm foothold on these two islands, then in the Pacific, the Japanese will be bad! ”

"Of course they're going to have to be bad!" Zhou Weiguo said helplessly, "Let them go badly!" However, the Pacific Ocean is too large, and this battle will not end for a while, so let's watch first. I heard that Nanzao Yunzi has not confessed? ”

"Well, I didn't sleep for 7 days before, so Chen Wu could only let her go temporarily." Liu Yuan replied helplessly.

"Tsk, what a terrible woman." Zhou Weiguo shook his head, he didn't sleep for 7 days, what kind of concept is that, a normal person is going to die suddenly! "Still, I have an idea."

"Oh?"

"Nanzao Yunzi is in our hands, the Japanese will either save or kill!" Zhou Weiguo smiled, "Regardless of whether the Japanese save or kill, let's let Nanzao Yunzi see that they are all killed, and then, let's come forward to save her again, in this way, I estimate that she should be able to say a lot of things." ”

"That's right!" Liu Yuan nodded, "What a plan!" ”

"That's it."

Chapter I.

(End of chapter)