The defeated North Korean soldiers retreated in defeat and collided head-on with the gendarmerie and engineer battalion of the 17th Infantry Division of the Ming Army.

"Those who retreat without permission will be killed!"

"Special mother, I lost my position in two quarters of an hour, a bunch of wine bags and rice bags, useless waste!"

"Let them roll to the side and machine gun sweep a few shuttles."

"Huh? Hit someone? ”

"I'm so scared that I lost my soul, what are you doing with my life?"

The enraged gendarmerie drew their pistols and fired two shots into the air, to no avail.

He simply snatched a light machine gun from the third team of the engineer battalion and fired three long shots straight at the panicked defeated soldiers.

In an instant, several defeated North Korean soldiers fell to the ground, and the oncoming bullets finally made the dejected North Korean soldiers realize that such a retreat was self-defeating, and the uncontrollable rout was finally stopped a little.

The 51st Regiment of the 17th Division was behind the North Korean position, so the reinforcements were timely.

Several Swift Type 16 off-road vehicles dragged light anti-tank guns all the way, and seized a reasonably good position nearby.

The anti-tank artillerymen did not dare to waste a second, hurriedly jumped out of the car, opened the gun mount, put the hoe in place, and then took out the shells from the iron ammunition box to be fired.

In a few moments, groups of American tanks appeared in the distance, followed by groups of enemy soldiers.

Everyone found that the uniforms of those enemy soldiers seemed to be different from before, but they did not know that they were paratroopers of the 501st Airborne Regiment of the US Army.

"Report, there are many enemy combat vehicles, 1,200 meters, moving at low speed."

"Okay, all artillery positions coordinate to gather fire, listen to instructions, and the enemy tank will cluster the first vehicle."

The deputy of the 51st Regiment of the Combat Defense Artillery Team was giving orders loudly, and the herald next to him was holding a small flag in both hands and waving it up and down to transmit the order.

"One shot!"

"Three guns are good!"

"The second cannon is good!"

"Ready...... Put! ”

Three 25.6mm anti-tank guns fired one after another, and armor-piercing tracer shells flew out of the muzzle at a high speed of 900m/s!

The shells were like sharp spears thrown, and the traces of light left in the trajectory were extremely conspicuous, and the first M2A1 medium tank that was hit immediately stopped.

Six seconds later, flames erupted from several parts of the tank and quickly spread into large clusters of flames. A figure escaped, but the American tank crew, covered in fire, could only roll on the ground in vain, and finally gradually stopped moving.

While the anti-tank guns were firing one shot after another, the Ming field artillery group on the beachhead also regained its might.

The rumbling sound of artillery came from behind, and 80mm and 112mm anti-explosive shells continued to be smashed into the enemy, and the US offensive troops that had captured the positions of the North Korean troops were bombarded by dozens of shells in two minutes, and the offensive was stalled, and they had to find cover on the spot.

This kind of artillery bombardment is not very strong and frequent, and it only serves the purpose of blocking and hindering, and is not an effective fire that pursues lethal damage.

Zhou Changfeng's request for a few additional carrier-based planes to be in the air more than 20 minutes ago was undoubtedly quite prescient now.

The three Type 37 ships bombarded the US attacking troops, and while diving and strafing, they dropped a total of six 100-kilogram bombs and three 250-kilogram aerial bombs.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Violent explosions overwhelmed the rest of the noise, and the purging smoke and dust rose dozens of meters high.

The power of air support seemed to make the entire battlefield pause, and it took five or six seconds for the original gunfire to resume.

"Aircraft observers reported that the enemy offensive had stopped, several combat vehicles had been hit and set on fire, looking at the regrouping in place; Two teams of men from the 51st Regiment had already rushed over and stuck the junction. ”

On the bridge of the Lu Xun, a major with glasses spoke a little faster about the latest situation.

Several officers around breathed a sigh of relief, and some sighed: "Ouch, this situation is really scary, a group of people will only rush for half an hour, and I thought that some great opponent was coming." ”

Zhou Changfeng, who looked helpless, stood up straight from behind the magnification observation glass, and sighed, "Reflect on it, I was also wrong, and I was a little childish." Although I had already made a bad plan, I never expected it to be so outrageous. ”

"The chief soldier is serious." The bespectacled staff officer smiled bitterly and said: "According to common sense, there is artillery to assist in suppressing the attacking enemy, as long as you stabilize your position, you can at least rely on the position to entangle and see-saw for a few hours, but the military spirit of this Korean soldier is unstable, and there is simply no fighting spirit." ”

Zhou Changfeng shook his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "The order is as follows, after the 51st Regiment is in place, recapture the position of the Korean army, and if everything goes well, launch a multi-way feint attack on the enemy in front of it at two o'clock in the afternoon; At the same time, the 50th Regiment and the heavy chariots cooperated to launch a surprise attack, and it was better to reduce the width of the attack by one or two hundred meters, and then drill through the defense line first, and then the follow-up infantry followed up in time; The artillery group intensified its efforts and added a new blocking line to the enemy's depth. ”

Someone repeated this series of instructions, and clenched his fists and commanded: "Order." ”

"I'm afraid of those train cannons, they hide in the shadows and don't know when they will suddenly stab the knife." The communications staff officer worried.

"You can't be too timid in a war, you are not afraid that they will hide and tuck, you won't live long after you open fire, and you will find out and solve it in time."

"The commander-in-chief is right."

The greatest threat to the ground forces is the train artillery deployed by the US military on Oahu, with a total of 16 guns.

This is an old heavy gun with a caliber of 203mm, a high-explosive shell weighing 91kg, a firing range of 21.9km, and an intermittent threaded bolt with a slow rate of fire.

Although it is an old grandfather's weapon, its power is still not to be underestimated, and no one wants to be hit by this thing.

Perimeter Wind is more optimistic, anyway, now that the air supremacy is in their own hands, the Americans do not dare to easily use mobile defensive firepower platforms - this is what they have left.

If you hide it and don't dare to use it, it is basically equivalent to non-existence, and there is no actual loss, but there will be a little psychological deterrence.

Anyone who dares to deploy the train cannon in place, with the rate of fire of this old-fashioned artillery, there is a high probability that it will not be able to fire a few rounds and will be killed by the Ming army planes that pounced.

Historically, the U.S. military transported seven of these train guns to the Philippines, but after the outbreak of the war, they were blown up by Japanese planes without playing a much role at all.

At this time, the left rear position of the 50th Infantry Regiment ......

After the bombing and shelling, the momentum of the US counterattack was stopped, and the five destroyed tanks were still burning, and several puffs of black smoke gathered together and soared into the sky.

There was still a faint green smoke from the muzzles of the three anti-tank guns, and the soldiers picked up the scattered empty shells and put them in canvas bags for recycling, smoking cigarettes and chatting.

"It's stopped, and there's no movement after blowing it up, which works very well."

"Pack up, get ready to go, and get a better place to see more."

"Great!"

The Type 34 25.6mm tank defense gun is undoubtedly outdated, and its weak power is unqualified in the European theater, but this light and light artillery can continue to shine in the Pacific theater with complex terrain.

After all, its biggest advantage is its weight - the total combat weight is 305kg, and two people can push and run.

The more powerful Type 38 48mm anti-aircraft gun is actually not very popular, for ordinary soldiers, anyway, they can pry open the enemy's thin-skinned iron cans, naturally the lighter the better.

Some anti-aircraft artillery units even refused to accept cutting-edge anti-aircraft guns, so the Ming army actually retained a large number of three-four 25.6mm anti-aircraft guns.

In order to cater to the preferences of officers and soldiers on the front line, the military industry racked its brains to tap the potential of this light artillery.

Coincidentally, the Germans had a similar operation.

The Germans designed a super-caliber grenade for the Pak35 37mm anti-tank gun, which was mounted in the muzzle and pushed out with gunpowder gas from empty cartridges, which was powerful, short range, and poor accuracy.

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However, the Ming Army did not like this kind of thing - it was difficult to reload in actual combat, and the loader had to brave the rain of bullets to walk in front of the gun shield.

Therefore, the answer given by the Yingtian Army Arsenal is a cone-chambered gun upgrade kit, which can significantly improve the armor-piercing ability.

The cone-chambered gun is thin in front and thick in the back, and fires a specially designed, armor-piercing projectile with an apron-like buttle, and the projectile is deformed by squeezing when passing through the barrel, with excellent air tightness and high muzzle velocity.

However, the cone gun cannot fire high-explosive shells and has a single purpose, so the efficiency of the special cone gun is very low.

The taper chamber kit designed by the Yingtian Army Arsenal can be installed in the muzzle of the Type 34 25.6mm anti-aircraft gun, and with the special tungsten carbide hard-core armor-piercing projectile, the initial velocity of the projectile has increased from 902m/s to 1110m/s, and the penetration ability at a distance of 500m has also jumped from 42mm to 60mm.

This taper kit significantly reduces the life of the barrel and can be removed when not in use, making it more flexible.

At noon on the same day, the 51st Regiment deployed three reinforced teams to carry out a fierce counterattack on the lost positions of the DPRK troops with the support of powerful naval and air firepower.

Knowing that they were invincible, the American troops did not carry it hard, and after a little resistance, they retreated under the cover of smoke bombs and returned to their original defensive line.

At 16:05, the 51st Regiment sent two improvised infantry detachments to conduct combat reconnaissance on the front line of the American line.

In order to confuse the real with the false, Zhou Changfeng demanded that the battleship Zhanghe fire two and a half rounds, and the officers and men on the front line also bluffed and shouted, thus forcing the nervous US troops to expose multiple firepower points.

The two infantry detachments of the 51st Regiment calmly set up foxholes under the noses of the unhurried enemy, assumed a posture of not leaving, ascertained the distribution of minefields about a mile wide on the front, and cleared some of the mines by the way.

At 17:00, while the American troops were distracted by the 51st Regiment on the flank, the 50th Regiment and the tank group resumed the offensive.

The sun was setting in the west, the sunset was like blood, and dozens of tanks arranged in a wedge-shaped formation drove towards the enemy's positions in the face of countless firepower.

Hundreds of infantry followed, little by little approaching the target.

It was getting late, and the machine gun tracer bullets shattered on the tank's armor, like a silver flower blooming; The tracer bullet that ricocheted exploded into the sky, like a sharp blade cutting through the black curtain.

Advancing to a distance of less than two hundred meters, the whistle representing "ready to storm" sounded, piercing the noisy battlefield.

"Don't panic, do what you are told."

"Shoot decisively, according to the feeling, whoever hesitates will die, remember!"

The 80mm tank gun of a Type 38 heavy tank suddenly opened fire, and a machine gun bunker in the distance that was still spewing tongues of fire was suddenly engulfed in smoke and dust, and the strafing stopped abruptly, and the many fire whips on the battlefield were instantly missing.

The left flank of the Haleiwa Line was almost torn apart by the rapid offensive coordinated by the Ming army's infantry and tans, and five of the six companies were desperately calling for help.

Brigadier General Jacob hurriedly ordered reinforcements and dispatched tactical reserves to carry out a counterattack in an attempt to break up the continued offensive of the Ming army.

This morning, the US military counterattacked and routed an entire infantry regiment of the DPRK army, which greatly boosted morale, but the actual effect was not great, because it was quickly forced to retreat, but paid a considerable price of more than 100 casualties and the destruction of more than 10 tanks.

Now the U.S. military sent seven tanks and two companies to reinforce the precarious position, only to collide with the unstoppable Ming attacking force.

The artillery of both sides was bombarding each other's front-line troops, and the situation of meeting each other on a narrow road required not only courage, but also a test of the commander's reaction speed.

The commander of the tank group of the Ming army was Captain Huang Yihuang of the first battalion of the storming vehicle battalion, and this was an officer who liked to play military chess, and his personal skills were not very prominent, but his command ability was outstanding.

He quickly observed the situation around him with a telescope, then retracted the commander's tower and closed the hatch, and ordered: "Three platoons stop and fire on their own, and the rest of the vehicles move slowly." ”

The Type 38 heavy tank's 80mm short-barreled cannon is derived from the old mountain gun, which is good for dealing with civil engineering fortifications, but is not suitable for striking armored targets.

Therefore, Huang Yihuang tried to attract firepower with heavy tanks, and the Type 38 medium tanks equipped with 48mm tank guns were responsible for precise attacks on American tanks.

The modest fire lasted only a few minutes, five M2A1 medium tanks were killed on the spot, and one of the remaining two was also beaten into an automatic cremation coffin on the way out, and the Ming tank group paid the price of one heavy tank damaged and one medium tank destroyed.

The wounded and broken down heavy tank was unlucky, and then it was bombarded by American mortars and howitzers, and the crew had to abandon the car and evacuate, and the Type 38 heavy tank numbered 1-1-3 then caught fire and burned down, and the bright bonfire burned all night.

It was dark, and after dinner, the Ming landing fleet anchored in the calm waters of Kenaka Bay.

Every once in a while, warships fire flares into the distant sea, illuminating the dark sea like a glowing mirror.

Zhou Changfeng convened a large number of officers in the military intelligence compartment of the amphibious command ship Lu Xun for a meeting.

He stretched out his index finger and pointed at the sand table, and said: "You might as well analyze the situation of the enemy and us, the defense line of the US army is indeed relatively strong, but judging from yesterday's and today's battles, it is completely possible to break through and block the counterattack." ”

"yes, there's not much pressure to attack, and even optimistically, it's easy to tell the truth." Yu Daixin, commander of the 3rd Marine Brigade, said lightly.

"There are not many enemy field soldiers and horses, and today's unit is actually paratroopers, no wonder the clothes are different." A staff officer stretched out his hand and enumerated with his fingers: "That is to say, there are one regiment of the Ninth Division, two regiments of the Seventh Division and the Twenty-fourth Division, and one regiment of paratroopers on the island, adding up to about 15,000 or so, as well as some combat vehicles. ”

Zhou Changfeng muttered: "It's a bit slow to advance a little bit like this, you can consider maneuvering to divide and outflank and see if you can eat thousands of people." ”

The officers present talked word by word, expounding their views - where to choose a breakthrough? How to choose the depth and route of the detour?

"By the way, didn't Xia Jinbo say the day before yesterday that he was going to prepare for another big attack? How's the preparation going? Zhou Changfeng suddenly asked.

"Oh, the fleet is fine." Someone replied: "But the air force said that there is not enough ammunition, and it will not be able to wait until tomorrow when the fleet is replenished." ”

The range of activities of the US military aviation has been reduced to the east of Oahu, and the Ming Navy intends to go further.

Song Zhongkai and Ouyang Zhanghua planned to carry out another rapid and large-scale air raid to attack Kahului on Maui and Hiro on the island of Hawaii, destroying ports, wharves and airports, and reducing and blocking the U.S. military's shipping supply to the greatest extent.

In the hazy moonlight, gunshots and explosions could be heard from time to time in the land direction, which were the movements of scouts and patrols on both sides.

Just after midnight, Zhou Changfeng, who had drawn up a draft attack plan, ate a canned yellow peach with satisfaction, and then went to bed.

As soon as he closed his eyes, a cannon shot startled him.

The officers and men of the entire fleet were awakened by the rotation and rest, and the heavy cruiser Kunlun Mountain fired a warning shot, and two yellow signal flares flew into the night sky from her bridge, and the signal lights were also flashing and firing.

Lu Xun's Guantong soldiers widened their eyes for fear of making mistakes, and then shouted loudly: "A number of unknown ships have been detected in a 55-degree azimuth, at a distance of 19 kilometers, invisible to the eye, first-class alert, combat deployment." ”

(End of chapter)