Chapter 44: The Beachhead Fiasco - Seek the Divine Light
"Hey! Look, I'm going to get a badge for good service this time! ”
"Don't think about it, maybe the FLYBOYs of our Air Force, as well as the group of bitches in the Navy, have already blown up the Japanese troops on the island with 60 kilograms of explosives and 180 mm naval guns."
"For three days in a row, I heard that the Navy fired 170,000 sexy large-caliber shells!"
"Don't think about it, we'll get these rats out of their holes like we did in the previous island clean-up operation!"
Kirk searched carefully among the thousands of landing soldiers of the 1st Division. These optimistic American GIs never dreamed that the American shelling would have no effect.
The Japanese troops on Perry Iwo Island dug more than 500 burrows and built a large number of hidden bunkers that were difficult to find and connected by trenches or tunnels, and the landing site of the 1st Marine Division was the key area of the Japanese army's defense. Therefore, when they landed, they suffered the greatest casualties.
In the midst of the group of optimistic GIs, a slightly nervous and shy boy catches Kirk's attention.
It is this time to protect the object of Eugene. Slaj.
With chestnut curly hair, melancholy eyes, a handsome face, a handsome nose, and a well-educated temperament, he was a big boy from a family of doctors???
Seeing this, Wang Han's eyes immediately lit up.
"So handsome! Like Keanu Reeves. Wang Han was excited.
Little Fat was dumbfounded: "Big brother, you have to be careful of sister-in-law." I've never seen her look like a nymphomaniac. ”
"Ahem" Wang Han coughed twice: "How can we protect him?" ”
Kirk smiled, "You go and protect him." Anyway, as long as he doesn't land stupidly. ”
In the first wave of landings, the 1st Division of the US Army. One of the deadliest troops. In the plot, Slaiji's survival is entirely the result of the protagonist's aura.
But in this plot, Slaitch loses the aura of the protagonist, and an ordinary cannonball can take his life.
Wang Han agreed.
At this time, at sea level, the U.S. Navy had heavily surrounded Peleliu, and countless battleships, cruisers, and escort ships aimed their guns at Peleliu, accompanied by deafening cannon sounds and huge reaction forces. Heavy shells were hit on Peleliu Island. The entire island was filled with fires and explosions.
"That's it! Let's go! One of the lieutenants began to shout: "Let's kick the Japanese in the ass!" ”
Kirk, the battleship they are on now. is a large amphibious tank landing ship with a displacement of 4000 tons. When it was still several kilometers away from the beach, the landing ship lowered its front door, and five amphibious combat vessels called "Simkins Boats" (LCVP), which were used for beach-rushing landings, slowly sailed out and into the sea.
The total length of this Simkins boat is 10.9 meters. The boat is 3.2 meters wide. The draft is 1 meter at full load. Displacement 12 tons. The maximum speed is 9 knots. With maximum horsepower propulsion at full load, the range can reach 110 nautical miles. Able to transport 36 heavily armed soldiers from a transport ship. It can quickly launch, evacuate, or repeatedly deliver troops, equipment, and supplies to enemy beachheads.
The landing ladder at the bow of the boat is retracted by slings on both sides, and there are armoured steel plates on both sides to protect the people and vehicles on board. The landing ladder itself also has a certain protective function. And there are small windows on it for the people on the boat to look out. The landing ladder is 2.1 meters long after being lowered, and is designed with anti-skid strips to facilitate the entry and exit of personnel and vehicles.
Unfortunately, Kirk's team was not assigned to the same landing craft as Slaicge. But the good thing is that the distance is not too far.
They soon began their landing journey.
Chubby was very nervous: "Will there be Japanese bombers, artillery and machine guns shooting at us later?" ”
Wang Han smiled dumbly: "That's the Normandy landing!" We are on the island of Peleliu and will not be hit by such a beach-grabbing landing battle. The Japanese were eager to lure the American troops deep into the depths and hit us with solid artillery fire and tunnels deep in the mountains. ”
At this time, fierce gunfire was already heard in the east, and the 1st Navy Division had already exchanged fierce fire with the Japanese army.
"Accelerate! Hasten! The front commander yelled and ordered the mechanics and sailors on the LCVP to be responsible for maneuvering the 7.62mm M1919 machine guns at the same time, constantly firing into the dense beach jungle.
Hundreds of landing craft cleave the waves on the turquoise beach and rush towards Peleliu.
The strange thing is that there is silence on Peleliu Island, like a dead ghost house, no matter how US planes bomb, how warships shell, and how landing ships strafe, they are indifferent.
However, with Kirk's advantage of being familiar with the plot and keen eye, it can be clearly seen that when the US artillery fire extended to the depth of the island, the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Wing of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army immediately entered the beachhead and bunker through the trenches and tunnels, preparing to meet the landing soldiers of the US army.
The first wave of American landing forces has reached the beachhead. When the landing craft and amphibious armored vehicles drove in a dense formation to a distance of less than 300 meters from the beach, several landing craft and amphibious armored vehicles touched the floating mines laid by the Japanese troops in the shallow water, and the boats were shattered on the spot, and the armor flew away. This kind of bridge section has been common in various landing battles in the past, and the US military itself has not taken it seriously.
The Japanese still did not fire a single shot, which made the American army even more convinced that the Japanese army had died a long time ago.
After the 1st Division landed on the beach, under the roar of the commanding officer, it began to jump into the beach through the front door opened by the landing craft with all hands and feet, and advanced another 20 meters on the beach, until it was 30 meters away from the Japanese breakwater.
"It's now! Protect Slaji! Kirk shouted.
Wang Han used teleportation and appeared at Slaji's side.
She used the Ring of Mind Control!
Natasha's intelligence was increased to 125 points by her attributes and equipment, but Wang Han, as a professional magician, was under the [Immortal King] suit. Reached 150 Intelligence stats!
She can control Slaji for 30 seconds!
Slaji's eyes suddenly lost their brilliance and became glazed.
"Slaji! Let's go! Other American GIs from the same ship yelled, pulling the dumb Slaji to rush to the beach.
Wang Han immediately waved the red cross armband in his hand: "Don't touch him!" It looks like he's suffering from battlefield tension syndrome! I'm a medic. I'm here to help him! ”
A maroon, curly-haired soldier who looked a little nervous looked at Slaiji and muttered, "Why haven't I heard that being nervous on the battlefield can get medical attention?" ”
At this moment, Wang Han suddenly heard a sharp whistling sound!
It was the shelling of the Japanese army!
"Lie down!" The captain of the landing craft yelled.
At a distance of only 30 meters from the coast, the hidden fire points of the Japanese troops on the breakwater suddenly opened fire at the same time! In shallow water, carrying 30 kilograms of equipment, the American soldiers who trekked with great difficulty were unprepared and were immediately knocked down in large areas. The sea was suddenly stained red with blood. A lot of people fell straight into the beach. Drift. Never looked up again.
Then, something even more terrifying happened. Japanese grenadiers, direct-aim guns, mortars. The grenades were overwhelming, and the heads and faces were struck. The 1st Division of the US Army came under sudden fire at such a close distance. Suddenly it was a mess, and it became a live target!
At such a close distance, it was attacked suddenly. Any dodge was ineffective, and the hundreds of American troops who walked in front were all killed and wounded by the Japanese on the spot on the beach!
The U.S. troops who landed on the beach were also unprepared, and they were killed on the beachhead by the Japanese army, and the amphibious armored vehicles that landed were also destroyed on the shore by the Japanese direct aiming guns!
The firing point hidden by the Japanese troops on the shore was only 50 meters away from the coast, and at such a close distance, the Japanese troops did not miss a bullet, and in a short time the entire beach was filled with the corpses of American soldiers and destroyed equipment. The elite Japanese troops of the 14th Division, which had been tested by the Chinese war, were armed with Meiji rifles and fully exerted their advantages in accurate shooting. One shot at a time, the sea near the beach turned red, and the sea surface was covered with floating corpses!
The American troops on the beach were quickly shot and killed by the Japanese troops, and the follow-up troops on the landing craft were unable to dock at all because the front was covered with the wreckage of the landing craft and amphibious armored vehicles, so they had to go around the sea in circles to find another landing site. Due to the proximity to the Japanese troops, the American soldiers on the landing craft were accurately shot by the Japanese and suffered serious casualties.
Fortunately, Kirk and Slaich's unit, as the second landing force, was not yet landed, although it was subjected to heavy Japanese shelling and machine-gun fire. Wang Han threw himself down on Slaiji and fell in the cabin amid the skyrocketing splash of mortar shells, in the ping-pong pong of machine-gun bullets smashed on bulletproof steel plates.
"Quick, change direction! Don't go up and die! The captain yelled at the mechanic. Having learned the lessons of the first wave of landing forces, Kirk and Slaige's group of U.S. landing craft docked 300 meters west of the original landing site, but most of the marines on board had already been killed and wounded before they could go ashore.
However, the large ships of the US military that were responsible for the landing cover were helpless and could not fire their guns to suppress the Japanese fire point, because the distance between the Japanese army and the US army was too close, and the landing became a complete massacre.
In a very hidden firing point, the Japanese calmly aimed at every moving American soldier to shoot, and the American army did not even know where to shoot back.
"What should I do?" Wang Han asked Kirk: "If we charge with the American army, there is still a glimmer of hope that we can rush to the beach defense line tightly guarded by the Japanese army." After all, our hole cards are still relatively complete. There are three dragons (Nighod, Midori, and Wang Han), Sheva and Lynn, and you, Chubby, and Suresi. Do you want to rush with the US military? ”
Kirk shook his head: "The loss is too great. According to the way we discussed before the war, we will not move, as long as we protect Slaiji. Let the US military see that their estimate of the strength of the Japanese army is simply wrong, and the next time it will be more adequately prepared. ”
Wang Han listened and gave up his plan to make a move.
At this moment, the landing craft on which Kirk's team was riding was bombarded by a mortar and flew into the sky. Kirk's team was safe and sound, and the American GIs who were with them flew dozens of meters into the air with a wail, and then fell into the sea.
Kirk's team climbed onto the beach, found a reef, and hid. Sheva reached out of the reef with a sniper rifle and silently took out a bunker 40 meters to the left. He fired four shots in a row, dumbing out one heavy machine gun and two light machine guns, and was satisfied with 100 contribution points.
"What do we do now?" Suraysi asked Kirk, "Do you just watch American GIs being shot as live targets by the Japanese army?" ”
Kirk nodded: "If you have the means to fight back." can be used. We need to farm contributions! But be on the safe side. Under the dense Japanese machine guns, bunkers and artillery fire, don't be handsome! ”
Suresi nodded.
Kirk condensed a lightning spear in his hand and threw it with all his might.
Thirty meters away, three Japanese soldiers in a foxhole were firing with heavy machine guns from behind sandbags, and were hit by lightning spears that flew in, and all of them were scrapped.
Wang Han was not idle, on the one hand, he dragged Slaich and hid behind the reef, and on the other hand, he summoned [Meteorite Rain]. Fierce bombardment of Japanese positions!
Thereupon. The Japanese troops of the 14th Division, who were easily shooting and crawling American GIs wailing on the beach, were stunned to find that dozens of fireballs suddenly appeared in the sky!
"Bombs?" The commander of the Japanese army, Captain Suzuki, shouted, "Urgently dodge!" ”
But it didn't work.
This magic with an extremely wide attack range is the nemesis of the Japanese army's mortal army, which is strong and weak!
The fireball meteorite slammed down viciously. Many of the Japanese shooting craters that were shooting were hit by meteorites. Or quickly fall silent. Either it becomes a burning man. Screaming and fleeing. Those dark forts, under the bombardment of meteorites, were also smashed and collapsed. The Japanese soldiers inside were buried alive.
But with the death of the landed American troops, the eye-catching performance of the area where Kirk's team is located has become a beacon for the embattled American soldiers, who have moved closer to here. At the same time, it has also become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Japanese army, and has become the area most frequented by artillery fire.
Kirk's team then tasted the bitterness.
Countless mountain artillery, mortars, direct-fire guns, and blasting canisters rained down.
Even with the reef cover, Kirk's team was quickly drowned in a barrage of artillery fire.
Their health begins to plummet.
The Japanese artillery fire was so fierce that there were no dead ends. There were exploding shells everywhere.
Fortunately, with the loss of American casualties, dozens of American battleships, cruisers, and frigates carrying out blockade and escort missions gradually found a gap and began to bombard the Japanese army fiercely. At the same time, the US command knew that it had caused a catastrophe by undersuming the enemy's carelessness and had sent thousands of US GIs to their deaths on the beaches of the Palau Islands. Finally solved the urgent needs of Kirk's team and the surviving American troops.
Nearly half of the two battalions of the first wave of US troops landed on the beachhead, and most of the soldiers who landed on the beachhead were killed or wounded by the Japanese army.
So, Kirk's team dragged the unconscious Slaiji, covered the other American soldiers, and began to look everywhere for a landing ship that could be used as an escape and retreat tool.
But the so-called easy to get on a thief ship, but difficult to get off a thief ship. Although the Japanese troops on the beach were bombed by naval guns and planes, the Japanese artillery members hiding in the fortified mountains and cliffs were not afraid of the bombing by the Americans at all.
Remember the "point" to unplug in the second main quest? It is a 9.1-meter-high cliff standing on the seashore and is connected to the island. THE JAPANESE HAD HOLLOWED OUT THE MOUNTAIN, LEAVING ONLY A FIRING PORT SEVERAL METERS LONG AND VERY NARROW, AND SENT A 150MM MOUNTAIN GUN AND 6 HEAVY MACHINE GUNS TO THE CAVE. From there you can overlook the entire beach and the landing site. Now, in the 9-meter-high cliff, the flames of heavy machine guns are connected, and the flames of artillery fire flashed from time to time. For the American GIs trapped in the sand and shallow seas, the shooting port in that "point" is simply the mouth of a demon that destroys the soul and kills!
"Damn!" LYNN WAS FURIOUS BY A BULLET FROM THE FLANK "POINT". The red lightning in his hand flashed, and it shot out towards the "point".
But the distance was too far, and the lightning flew to the edge of the cliff, and then it lost its effectiveness, turned into a cloud of sparks, and disappeared.
Kirk desperately threatened to be hit by a Japanese machine gun and threw a lightning spear with all his might!
As soon as he showed his head, sure enough, dozens of bullets hit his body in an instant!
Health is dropping down. Half of it was dropped!
Fortunately, the lightning spear also lived up to expectations and shot into the "point"!
Suddenly, there was a scream in the "point", and the elite Japanese soldiers could not withstand Kirk's lightning attack, and the shooting stopped temporarily.
Kirk took the opportunity to take the American soldiers, climbed onto the landing craft that had not yet been destroyed, and fled to the open sea in the face of heavy Japanese shelling???
Countless machine-gun bullets continued to splash next to the landing craft, and the mortars endlessly blasted water columns up to several meters high, and Kirk and the others were full of perspective and fled in confusion.
"It can't go on like this!" Kirk roared, "Wang Han, illusion! “
Wang Han began to cast spells.
A large fog silently appeared within a square kilometer radius, and in the eyes of Japanese gunners and shooters, the remnants of the American landing ships were already far from the coast. They poured their fire into many empty areas. Shooting accuracy has dropped dramatically.
Borrowing the light of Wang Han's illusion, many American GIs who were so pressed by the Japanese firepower that they couldn't lift their heads and could only grit their teeth and wait for death seized the opportunity to climb onto the landing craft provided by Kirk's team and fled in a hurry.
Suresi spread his dark gold shield and kept fending off bullets for the fleeing ordinary American soldiers.
KIRK, SHEVA, AND LYNN SEIZED THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT FRANTICALLY AT THE JAPANESE SOLDIERS ON THE ISLAND, CONSTANTLY FIRING REVENGE BULLETS AND MAGIC, KILLING SOME OF THE JAPANESE SOLDIERS WHO JUMPED OUT OF COVER IN PURSUIT ON THE BEACHES AND REEFS. Their contribution value is also going up like crazy.
"The FORESTER team doesn't seem to be making a move?" The landing craft gradually left the coastline, Kirk breathed a sigh of relief and contacted Chekov's side: "How is the situation there in the 1st Division of the Navy?" (To be continued......)
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