The bloody battle on Guadalcanal began, and the battle in the early hours of the day was only the beginning.

As soon as the sky brightened, a wing of the Japanese army, under the command and leadership of wing commander Miki Daisa, was ready to launch another attack on the Red Police.

In the eyes of the Japanese, even if the enemy landed, it would be impossible to send enough troops to the island, which was less than 3,000 men at full duty.

However, the 1st Marine Division of the Red Alert, which has more than 16,000 troops, and after last night's preparations, there are already five Rhino tanks operating on the island in preparation for the capture of the island's airfield.

At noon that day, a brigade of the Miki Wing swooped down directly on the Guadalcanal landing ground of the 1st Division.

In the area close to the battle, there was no resistance, as if there was no enemy at all.

In front of the brigade, a reconnaissance detachment of thirty or forty people advanced to the west. Coincidentally, the Marines on Guadalcanal also sent a reconnaissance detachment to the east to reconnoitre, and the two reconnaissance detachments soon encountered.

When they were suddenly ambushed, the Japanese reconnaissance detachment was killed 31 people on the spot, and only 3 escaped by chance.

Something of interest was found in the bodies of these Japanese scouts, indicating that the Japanese defenders were still determined to drive the landing troops out of the sea.

The 1st Marine Division quickly made tactical arrangements and adjustments.

Take off reconnaissance planes to search for areas where the main forces of the Japanese army may be gathered, and once discovered, immediately carry out air strikes.

Armoured vehicles and Rhino tanks were fully prepared to maintain mobile support on all fronts.

The commanders quickly returned to their units and immediately began various preparations.

That night, the Miki United were regrouping in a coconut grove for final preparations before the attack.

The coconut grove is located on the east bank of a small, slow-flowing river, almost two kilometres from the landing site.

By the light of the moon, Kazuki saw a long barbed wire fence drawn on the Red Alert Empire's position on the east bank, but he didn't see the Red Alert Empire guards.

Listening closely, there was no unusual movement. He thought that the enemy could achieve his goal by surprise attack without sending people on guard, so he did not bring artillery.

In the early hours of the same day, a white flare lit up the night sky.

Almost at the same time, countless Japanese soldiers suddenly poured out of the bushes. With strips of white cloth wrapped around their heads, they rushed to the sandbank with their bayonets in their hands.

The Japanese soldiers, shouting "Banzai", ran and shot and threw grenades, filling almost the entire estuary.

At the forefront were the captains of the squads, and the officers, shirtless and with command knives, were the first to rush through the mouth of the Tenaru River.

Every move of the Japanese army was clearly seen by Zeng Fanyi, the commander of the Marine Assault Battalion lurking on the opposite bank. He reminded his subordinates: let the enemy get closer before fighting, and do not shoot without an order.

He saw that the Japanese troops were approaching the sand bank in two waves, so he ordered the gunners of the 37 mm caliber field guns deployed on the position to aim at the middle of the sand bank, and blow up the sand bank as soon as the first wave of Japanese troops passed, cutting off the retreat of the first wave of the enemy and preventing the second wave from continuing to pass.

300 Japanese daredevils rushed up to the sand embankment, and the officers in front, seeing that they had met no resistance, shouted at the rear to speed up their pace. The follow-up troops followed and swarmed out of the coconut grove, filling the entire estuary.

Seeing that the time had come, Zeng Fanyi shot down a Japanese officer wielding a command knife and shouted: "Fire!" ”

In an instant, gunfire erupted from the position of the marines, and the light and heavy machine guns knocked down dozens of Japanese daredevils like autumn wind.

Seeing this, Miki Osa immediately ordered fire cover. Dozens of light and heavy machine guns spat out tongues of fire, and bullets splashed at the opposite bank.

The fire of the Red Guard Corps was so fierce, but the Japanese did not flinch. They shouted, "Rush! ”

Shoot and throw grenades while running, and the sound of "boom boom" explosions shakes the night sky.

Japanese officers stepped on the corpses of fallen Japanese wounded and soldiers, holding their sabers alof, and rushed to the front. The Japanese troops at the front had already crossed the sand bank and were only a dozen meters away from the position of the Red Guard Corps.

Zeng Fanyi yelled: "Throw grenades!" ”

Immediately, with a vigorous swing, he threw a grenade. The grenade landed right in the middle of the dozen Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front, and with a loud "boom", the Japanese soldiers fell one by one.

The marines followed closely with the bombs, and one after another the grenades fell into the pile of people who rushed up, bursting into bursts of explosions, and a large number of Japanese daredevils were blown to the ground, groaning one after another.

When the 2nd wave of Japanese troops rushed to the center of the sand bank, the 37th guns of the Red Guard Corps opened fire. Shell after shell exploded, and the sand bank was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers.

This kind of small-caliber artillery is a sharp weapon for jungle warfare, and it is also the best protagonist of this kind of island landing operation. It is easy to carry and transfer, disassemble and install in the jungle, fast to transport, can attack fortifications, can support combat, and can also fight rhino tanks when necessary.

Through the flash of the shell explosion, you can see that the water of the Tenaru River has turned a crimson color.

The Japanese troops who rushed in front stopped, the Japanese troops behind rushed up again, and the Japanese troops gathered together were huddled together in a mess, at a loss.

Zeng Fanyi lost no time in concentrating his firepower and fiercely strafing the Japanese troops in front of the position. The Heavy can take down piles of enemies at will without having to aim.

Finally, the Japanese army could not bear the strength and left behind the dead and wounded to retreat like a tide, and the wounded soldiers who could not escape let out a desperate wail and cursed the Japanese officers and soldiers who had abandoned them. Some Japanese soldiers in desperation pulled out their grenades and committed suicide in front of the battle.

A Japanese commander slashed to death several defeated soldiers with his sword, and the other routs turned around and rushed towards the position of the Red Guard Corps.

A small number of Japanese soldiers who rushed into the foxholes on the Red Guard Corps' positions did not retreat until they died, and they used grenades to blow up the firing points of the Red Guard soldiers, and frequently fired at the surrounding Red Guard soldiers.

The follow-up echelons of the Japanese army took the opportunity to rush to Shati and launched an even more fierce charge.

Miki Daisa, holding a telescope in his hand, stood motionless by the sandbank, letting the bullets "chirp" past him. Seeing that it would be difficult to storm from the sand bank, he ordered Shenyuan to lead his squadron back to the upper reaches of the Tenaru River to cross the river and attack from the flank.

Due to the strong current, a squadron of Japanese troops was drowned more than a dozen people while crossing the river.

However, tragedy is yet to come.

The command of the 1st Marine Division, having seen the Japanese squadron crossing the river moving upstream, also sent a unit to move parallel to them. Having discovered that they had begun to cross the river, they immediately prepared for "hunting" on the opposite bank.

The soldiers of the Japanese squadron who crossed the river had not yet climbed ashore with rifles on their heads, when a burst of bullets came into their faces, and the gunfire rang out like beans, and many soldiers fell to the shore before they could shoot.

Under the fierce fire blockade of the Red Guard soldiers, the Japanese soldiers could not raise their heads at all, and lay on the ground one by one to avoid the rain of bullets

Miki Daisa's plan to attack the Red Guard's position from the upper reaches of the regiment in a roundabout way failed, and it paid a heavy price.

Now, he had to pin his hopes on an attack from the direction of the sand bank.

Under the cover of the Japanese troops who infiltrated the foxhole, the Japanese follow-up echelon broke through the sand embankment, drilled through the blown up barbed wire, and captured part of the trench left by the Red Guard soldiers after the retreat.

Seeing the shock troops signal from the positions of the Red Guard Corps that "we have captured the enemy's forward positions", Miki Daisa was overjoyed.

It's just that Miki Daisa didn't know, he was happy too early

The assault battalion, which was on standby, again used 37 guns and opened heavy fire. The sand bank was cut off from the middle by fire, and the follow-up echelon of the Japanese army was stubbornly sealed on the opposite bank.

The Marines on the forward positions took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and they fiercely fought with the Japanese for every inch of land.

Under the fierce onslaught of the Red Guard soldiers, the Japanese troops were forced to retreat along all fronts.

The fierce fighting continued until dawn the next day, and the Red Alert Marine Assault Battalion consolidated its forward positions.

While the Red Guard Corps and the Japanese were fighting fiercely along the Tenaru River, bombers from Australia took off at dawn and were about to arrive on the battlefield.

As soon as the sky was brightened, carrier-based aircraft rose into the air in waves.

After reaching the skies over the area of engagement, the Red Alert pilots began to show their skills. Aerial bombs rained down on the sand banks and on the east bank of the Tenaru River, leaving no place for the Japanese to be buried.

Immediately after, the marines of the Red Guard Corps launched a counterattack on all fronts, and the soldiers of the Red Guard Corps, whose eyes were bloodshot, rushed down the river beach like a tiger descending from a mountain, like a bamboo.

Finally, the Japanese army could not support it anymore and retreated. The desperate soldiers jumped down the Tenaru River to escape by swimming, but soon became the target of the Red Police, and the river was littered with corpses......

The Japanese offensive failed. Miki Osa had no choice but to collect the remnants of the defeated army and retreat into the coconut grove to avoid the bombing of the Red Police planes.

The battlefield fell silent. But the Marines were not in a relaxed mood. Everyone knew that the Japanese troops hiding on the opposite bank were by no means idle, and it was clear from their attack that this was a gang of outlaws. They will not be reconciled after their first defeat.

Against such an enemy, if it is not completely cleared, there will be no peace here, and it may even cause heavy losses to the troops.

The 1st Marine Division immediately made a decision: to cleanly and completely destroy all the Japanese troops on the east bank of the Tenaru River, and not a single one of them will escape.

To this end, five Rhino tanks were allocated to Zeng Fanyi's assault battalion to strengthen his assault force attacking the Japanese army from the front.

At the same time, another battalion of the 1st Marine Division, wading across the river about a kilometer upstream of the Tenaru River, detoured back to the back of the Japanese and blocked their retreat.

After thorough preparations, the Red Guard launched an all-out counteroffensive in the afternoon.

At that time, it happened to be sunny after the rain. Twelve intruder bombers, which took off from amphibious assault ships, were the first to deliver air strikes on Japanese positions.

These intruder bombers had no qualms about circling and diving, dropping bombs down the treetops of the coconut groves. Explosions rang out one after another, and billowing smoke filled the mouth of the Tenaru River.

At the same time as the planes bombed, the Rhino tank guns and 37 guns of the Red Guard Corps opened heavy fire. Shells fell one after another on the Japanese positions, blowing up branches and clods of earth all over the sky, and from time to time the severed arms and stumps of Japanese soldiers were lifted into the air.

The rhinoceros tank that directly pressed through the coconut grove forcibly opened an offensive avenue.

The remnants of Miki Daisa's defeated troops desperately held their positions, and some Japanese soldiers were stunned by the bombardment and jumped out of the trenches in panic and retreated towards the coconut grove.

Miki Daisa, who was directing the resistance, saw that some soldiers were fleeing, and angrily cursed loudly, pulled out his pistol and killed several deserters in succession.

However, such deterrence and attacks did not help at all, and under the attack of tanks, resistance became futile.

By this time, another unit had already detoured behind the Japanese and suddenly launched a charge from behind the Japanese army.

The soldiers of the Red Police Corps rushed out of the coconut grove like hungry tigers, and the sound of killing shook the wilderness and was unstoppable.

Zeng Fanyi commanded five Rhino tanks to attack from the front. The Rhino tank "rumbled" up the sand bank, crushed over the piles of Japanese corpses, and drove straight to the east bank.

The Marines followed closely behind the Rhino Tank and rushed forward like a tidal wave. As the Rhino Tank advanced, the Red Guard soldiers jumped out of the trench and followed the Rhino Tank through the sand bank.

At dusk, the Japanese attempted to break through to the southwest.

Five Rhino tanks rushed across the sand bank towards the coconut grove, and the howitzers fired from the 105mm guns on the Rhino tanks were deafening.

The Rhino Tank toppled palm trees, killed Japanese snipers, and crushed desperate Japanese soldiers until the Rhino Tank tracks looked like "meat grinders".

Surrounded by the iron buckets of the Red Police Corps, the Japanese corpses in the coconut grove were all over the field. Wherever the Rhino tank passed, the tracks crushed the corpses of the Japanese soldiers into a bloody blur, which was unbearable.

The first Japanese land offensive was a complete failure.

When Hyakutake Haruyoshi learned that the Miki Wing was almost wiped out, and even Miki Osato was broken, he was naturally very shocked.

In his opinion, the enemy who landed on Guadalcanal, without adequate air support and a large number of tanks and armored vehicles on the ground, should not have an advantage in the face of almost the same soldiers of the Imperial Japan.

But the result of the facts made him quickly realize that he seemed too naïve.

It's just that Hyakutake Haruyoshi doesn't know that the performance of the troops under his command is already quite amazing, although the Red Alert Marines have completely annihilated one of his wings, but they have suffered a lot of casualties, and the battle loss rate has reached the highest since coming to this world.

Despite being familiar with the enemy of bushido, the Red Guard still underestimated the Japanese as an opponent.

Although it was still a huge advantage to defeat the enemy, the casualties paid by itself are worth pondering.

However, after this battle, Hyakutake Haruyoshi also gave up the idea of taking the initiative to attack, and began to prepare to carry out the guerrilla warfare he learned from Shenzhou, and it was a jungle guerrilla warfare that he improved.

And it was also this battle that made all the Red Alert soldiers clearly recognize the opponent and put the enemy in the position of a strong enemy.