Just after the Japanese air raid on Wake Island was defeated, Tang Dong decisively sent Lao Zhang and his "First Emperor" aircraft carrier to prepare to take advantage of the time difference to counterattack the Japanese seaport.

Although the Japanese pilots who returned home in a hurry reported the strange situation on Wake Island, it did not attract the attention of the Japanese commanders, who believed that it was just a bluff on Wake Island, and it was impossible for them to stop the Japanese attack.

On the same day, the Japanese army continued to mobilize planes to bomb Wake Island.

In fact, the Japanese commander Inoue attacked not only Wake Island, but also launched attacks on Guam and the Gilbert Islands at the same time.

Originally, Inoue's battle went well, until he began to attack Wake Island.

Japanese scouts estimated that there were at least 1,000 garrisons on Wake Island, as well as about 500 local laborers, and more than 100 anti-aircraft guns.

Since the number of anti-aircraft guns on Wake Island was somewhat large, Inoue decisively ordered the Japanese landing combat team, Rear Admiral Ooka Dingmichi, commander of the 6th Mine Combat Squadron, to lead his flagship "Yubari", destroyers "Chasing the Wind", "Tempest", "Mutsuki", "Rutsuki", "Yayoi", "Mochizuki", and the light cruisers "Tenryu" and "Tatsuda", which were responsible for artillery support, to go straight to Wake Island.

At three o'clock in the morning, the Japanese landing formation could already see the outline of Wake Island in the dark, and the island was quiet in the dark, and the defenders seemed to have fallen asleep.

Guided by the flagship "Yubari", Ooka gradually approached a position 7,000 meters from the southern shore of Wake Island, and sent 500 pioneer death squads to take a small boat to touch it first.

Looking at the dark and silent Wake Island, Ooka thought that their air raids during the day had scared away the defenders on the island, similar to the situation on other small islands.

If only that were the case, he would be able to take this strategic place without bloodshed.

When the 500 daredevils landed on the beach, they quickly hid the boat, held their rifles in a fan shape and began to explore the island.

But at this moment, several bright searchlights were lit at the same time, aiming at the 500 undefended Japanese soldiers on the beach.

This is the combat method that Zhou Yu and the backbone of the Dragon Chamber of Commerce are very good at, using strong light to temporarily blind the enemy, and then using powerful firepower to make it fall into chaos and lose control in the shortest possible time.

Accompanied by the bright lights, the dense gunfire also came as scheduled, and 500 Japanese daredevils were all annihilated on the beach like human targets.

"What? There is an ambush on the beach! Order all ships to open fire! Blasting the fortifications on the coast to smithereens! ”

Enraged, Ooka ordered the ships to fire a salvo at the beaches of Wake Island.

As the artillery fire that lit up the night sky flickered, there was a cloud of smoke rising from the beach of Wake Island, and all the bright lights seemed to be blown apart, and the beach was once again plunged into relative darkness.

"Hmph, land, land!"

Ooka shouted orders for his soldiers to land, unaware that in the darkness, several cannons hidden in underground bunkers had been angled, and their unanimous target was his flagship, the Yubari.

"This little devil is arrogant enough, it seems that we are still underestimated."

In the underground bunker, Yu Guilai put down the night vision binoculars and spat on the ground.

Tang Dong also put down the binoculars and shouted into the walkie-talkie in his hand: "Give me the flagship aimed at the little devil, open fire!" ”

"Boom, boom~!"

The Japanese soldiers who were landing were startled by the sudden sound of artillery, and they did not understand why the other party thought they could hit them in such a dark environment.

But the next moment, their flagship "Yubari" hit two bullets in succession, one hitting its port side, causing smoke and steam to immediately erupt from the damaged part. Another hit the deck, killing several sailors and causing a certain amount of confusion.

"Damn! How did the enemy accurately hit us in the dark? Back off! Stand back now! ”

Ooka was so frightened by these two cannons that he shouted orders the flagship to retreat while ordering the frigate to return fire in the direction from which the cannon had just come from.

The Japanese artillery fire fell on the beach one by one, Tang Dong and Yu Guilai, who were hiding in the underground fortifications, lowered their heads, and the soil that was blown up and falling by the shells fell on their hats, making a light clanging sound.

"Bah, bah~ These damn little devils, it's time to close the net!"

Tang Dong spit out the mud and sand in his mouth and shouted into the wireless telegraph: "Second team, third team, open fire!" Shoot! Hit me hard! ”

The "second team" and "third team" in Tang Dong's mouth were ambushed in the salient on both sides of the strait before the Japanese army entered the harbor, and the terrain here was like a pocket, and the team in ambush here could shoot at the retreating enemy from both sides, forming a terrifying crossfire network.

"Boom, boom~!"

The artillery fire on both sides of the strait sounded one after another, and the Japanese "Hurricane" became the first victim, and was hit by the shells flying from both sides of the strait on the bridge and belly of the ship, and was directly blown into two pieces, and quickly disappeared into the water.

The 167 officers and men of the "Tempest" under the captain Minoru Takatsuka sank to the bottom of the sea.

"Fire! Don't let them run! ”

Seeing that an enemy ship had been sunk in the first round, Tang Dong excitedly shouted again on the intercom.

As the retreating Japanese ships returned fire, the artillery on both sides of the island began to be damaged.

Faced with this moment that almost decided the life and death of Wake Island, the island's aborigines also joined the fight.

They took rifles distributed by Don Dong and ran along the coast, stopping from time to time to shoot at the Japanese ships.

The most seriously injured "Chasing the Wind" dragged to the rear and became the focus of the aborigines.

Because the "Chasing the Wind" was so close to the coast, rifles and machine guns could easily fire at it in any direction, causing great damage to the sailors on the deck for a while.

"Boom~!"

The artillery on the shore seized the opportunity and fired another shell, and this time they managed to sink the entangled "Chasing the Wind".

Ooka gritted his teeth in distress when he saw that only ten minutes after the battle began, and his fleet had been sunk by two ships.

He thought that the air force had almost bombed the defenders of Wake Island, and he was just here to clean up the battlefield, but who knew that the enemy had fallen for it, not only did the landing plan completely fail, but also suffered such great losses.

However, after Ooka led the remnants to withdraw from the firing range of the battery, another "surprise" also unfolded at the Japanese base.

The aircraft carrier "The First Emperor", which set off at about the same time as the invading Japanese army, broke through the dark barrier and appeared in the outer waters of the military foundation of Roy Island.

"It's time to give this big gift, boys, give me a hard beating, but remember, we're only attacking once, we're throwing all the bombs, and we're going back as soon as we're done with all the bullets!"

"Yes!"