Japanese rotorcraft waited for enemy sorties. They kept tuning the radio, just waiting for an opportunity to make a difference. These low-speed aircraft were stranded in the air, ostensibly easy prey to Allied fighters, and high-speed interceptors such as the P38 could suddenly break free from the slower Japanese planes, dive down, and pick up the defenseless KD1 rotorcraft. However, experienced gyrocopter pilots know that the trick to dodging fighters is precisely the lower altitude and speed. When the P38 pilots came down, they were bound to maintain a high speed, which left them with little window to hit the hovering plane.

In fact, during the entire day's operations, no KD1 had been detected by enemy fighters. These strange flying machines, as long as they hover slightly above the height of the trees, are difficult to be seen by the 3,000-meter air in the air, flashing past the fighter pilot.

The tank group commanded by He Bisheng and the lateral movement of the battlefield is not a sign of some kind of cowardice. Of course, he knew that on such occasions, rushing into the crowd of enemy troops was the way to avoid being injured by artillery fire, but Chu Tingchang strictly ordered him not to charge too early and to keep a distance from the enemy's position. Brigadier He didn't know why. Behind him, there was only a small amount of artillery, and in fact, he did not need artillery cover to break through the enemy's unfinished positions, which really dragged on for several hours, and it was difficult to say until it was dark.

The 8 main guns on the Nagato are turned to the target area. Normally, warships will use their own seaplanes for observation, but there are U.S. submarines in the Gulf of Thailand, so warships are always cruising in a maneuver, which is a problem for retrieving aircraft, and the main point of this operation emphasized by Commander Yamamoto is the cooperation between the Navy and the Army. In the calibration of the target position, the gyroplane naturally has irreplaceable superiority.

On the rotorcraft, Lieutenant Black Rock himself observes the enemy tank group with a telescope. It was found that the enemy did not rush into position, but constantly moved, and fired. It can be seen that the enemy has little experience, but he is very worried about the enemy's charge, so it is bound to throw a mouse trap, and it is just the most appropriate to maintain a distance of several hundred meters.

He did not know the intentions of the Chinese troops, who were either afraid of the battle defense artillery in the position, or worried about the heavy firepower at sea. Thought it would keep you away from a safe enough distance. The enemy probably thought that there were only a few cruisers at sea, but they did not know that it was 8 410-mm cannons on Nagato and 6 356-mm guns on the Ise that were ready to fire.

The Ise was unable to participate in naval battles due to its slow speed, but Yamamoto was in Singapore when he joined Sakagaki's secret plan, so he was involved in the ground support operation.

Kuroi clearly calculated the enemy's travel speed, calculated the coverage area (after all, the shells flew for more than 40 seconds) and counted the number of enemies. He informed the naval fleet about the azimuth and distance, as well as the amount of advance in the movement of the target. But it is impossible for the Navy to shoot directly according to this data, they are bound to conduct a test launch. Perform the verification.

Communication in the air is done through the radio, all by voice. The low altitude of KD1 caused communication to be interrupted from time to time, but eventually, the Navy received the information.

Twenty seconds after the Nagato's main gun was fired, the Ise main gun also fired once, staggering the time so that air observers could observe the landing point one after another so as not to be confused. In this way, different calibration data will be given to the two warships separately. Since Ise's main cannon uses a higher trajectory, it actually takes longer to reach the battlefield, landing 30 seconds later than Nagato's cannonball.

The shells fell at a distance of about 150 meters to the north of He Bisheng's armored group, and it was surprising that they were 30 kilometers apart to hit such an accuracy.

The Japanese Army, which was braving artillery fire to dig trenches, cheered for the Navy for the first time. They were all a little stunned when they saw the appearance of enemy tanks just now, because the enemy was very numerous, and there were almost no anti-tank weapons on the positions. But the power of the falling shells was so great that it clearly exceeded any caliber of artillery in the army. Immediately, the soldiers began to complain again, feeling that the navy was too stingy and did not fire all the shells once.

"With such firepower, if there is a salvo, even if it is a Sherman tank, I'm afraid it will be overturned, right?"

The Ise's shells were long overdue, and because of the large angle of warp fire and the long flight time of the shells, they naturally deviated more.

Lieutenant Black Rock reported the revised figures to the Navy. The gunnery commander on the Nagato was taken aback, and the distance to be repaired was as much as 0.8 kilometers. It can be seen how unreliable the first observation data of the army observers is. If the Navy and the Army swap maps, he will immediately find that the corrected target area is above the Army position. However, in the era of lack of data links, such intelligence sharing is obviously impossible.

The main gun began to adjust the angle of fire, and then began to fire.

On the battlefield, He Bisheng and his troops were waiting for fate to come, and they had just seen two powerful shells that fell half a minute apart. Most of the soldiers had only seen the firing of Japanese 105-mm howitzers before, thinking that it would be terrible, but just now, they had seen the real "firepower".

He Bisheng was more experienced than most people here, and he knew that the two shells came from the test firing of two warships, which was a clear precursor to enemy fire coverage. He had been watching the enemy gyroplane, which was just above the treetops, and could see that the Japanese in the back seat were also using binoculars to observe where the shells landed. The second round of artillery fire covered it was almost a sure thing. He had a premonition that he was about to face a catastrophe.

Eight 410-mm shells, each with a slight difference in direction and high and low angles, flew towards the target and gradually dispersed in the air. They will cover a range of about 1 km in length and width and 500 meters vertically. When completing the second batch of shell loading, wait for the observer's report.

Shells fell one after another, covering the heads of the front-line troops of the 6th Division, and the blast even enveloped the observation plane hovering nearby, and the plane almost fell. Black Rock's telescope was also thrown out. He grabbed the intercom and yelled: Bastard, I made a mistake. Repeated, typed wrong.

In the communication room of the Nagato, communications staff officer Ishii has been listening to the communication channel.

"Good, excellent hit, stay alive and keep shooting in the same position." Kuroiwa's voice appeared on the radio. A German-made tape recorder on one side recorded Black Rock's voice. The appearance of a tape recorder here is not because of Yamamoto's foresight, but because the navy has always had to guard against the army to avoid something that cannot be explained. If it is really the responsibility of the Navy, of course, there is no need to produce evidence, and if it is the responsibility of the Army, the recording can play a role in preventing them from denying it.

He simply repeated the words of the excellent landing point to the gunnery commander. At the same time, the Ise's shells landed in a more southerly direction, killing almost half of the engineer brigade that was building the road.

He Bisheng was stunned and watched everything that happened in front of him, these firepower, which clearly came from the sea, put an end to the enemy's position. He knew that Commander Chu had a good relationship with the heavenly immortals, but it was the first time he had seen the immortals intervene in mortal wars so obviously. Generally speaking, the heavens will use some specious hints, through divination or astrology, to guide Commander Chu to use troops, but directly modify the physical rules, so that the enemy's shells fell closer to a kilometer, it is the first time to see it, it can be seen that the 6th Division has really reached the point where people and gods are angry and heaven does not tolerate it.

He Bisheng was about to report this astonishing situation, when Chu Tingchang's telegram arrived first. A communications corpsman behind him handed him an urgent telegram. There was only one line on the telegram: Quickly break through the enemy's position, annihilate the living forces, and return after nightfall.

Obviously, everything was planned by Commander Chu, he must have burned a spell that was as urgent as a law and arranged the whole scene. He Bisheng threw away all doubts and uneasiness, and commanded the troops to turn the head of the car and prepare to attack.

At the same time, the 3rd round of shelling again fell on the enemy's head. The Japanese dug only a few waist-deep trenches on these surface positions, and they were unable to withstand such a powerful artillery bombardment, and many people were buried alive in the floating soil. Half-dead, cursing the navy, he ran south.

Lieutenant Black Rock, who observed the miserable situation of the position below from the air, kept calling to the rear, hoping to stop shooting. But he found that there was no more reply.

Why bother's tank group, driving towards the smoky scorched earth. Enemy shelling has stopped. Of course, the cost of the navy's cover for the army is also calculated, especially since the observation machine reports that most of the enemy's tanks have been destroyed. Apparently continue to shoot, there is nothing to gain. Captain Kusunome announced the victory to the whole ship through the intercom, and then the sailors who were too addicted to gunners began to eat.

Why bother's tank group, decisively abandon the infantry behind, and use extremely fast speed to catch up with the enemy's rout. The tanks rushed directly into the crowd of enemy troops, forming a pincer formation, encircling and destroying as many enemies as possible, the Japanese had long since lost their organization, but they were still fighting on their own, trying to block the tanks by suicide bombings. But the crossfire between the tanks easily disrupted these attempts.

After all, He Bisheng has some experience in tank combat, he knows what situations the tank must rely heavily on the infantry, and under what circumstances, the infantry can be thrown away and the high speed can be maintained. For example, this is the case now. The enemy lost its organization and scattered in a hurry, and the light was good in the setting sun. Well, the tanks could cautiously strike individually, of course, each platoon had to keep a relatively close distance, and the platoons could not be too far apart from each other in order to form crossfire cover. The faster Stewart tank swept the enemy in front, while the Sherman lined up behind. In contrast, the Sherman is more vulnerable to enemy infantry due to his slower speed and lack of turret side hatches, resulting in poor side visibility.

The practice of adding members to the side of the turret to enter and exit the hatch obviously does more harm than good, the side hatch is not conducive to bulletproof and sneaking, only tanks designed before World War II have such a thing, but when the commander does not dare to stand on the turret, it is really useful to observe the surroundings. The side hatches of the Stuart tank, even when closed, had viewing windows and shooting holes. Tankers use pistols, or newly issued M3*s, to effectively repel enemies approaching from the flanks.