One Thousand and Fifty-Eight Would Rather Jade Broken
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Takemoto Taro ran desperately towards the trench behind him. At the same time, the American landing force had jumped into the trenches that had been destroyed by the giant artillery on the first line of defense of the Japanese army. The warships on the distant sea were greeting the second line of defense of the Japanese army with giant cannons. Large-caliber shells roared past the heads of these US Marines, boosting everyone's morale.
More than a dozen naval fighter jets swooped down from the sky and pointed their heavy machine guns at the Japanese targets on the ground. The dense rain of bullets scattered on the Japanese positions. They can only rely on their own instincts and intuition to scurry in the direction they think is safe.
These poor soldiers didn't understand how powerful a country they provoked until today, and now they understand that their flesh and blood and the spirit of being loyal to His Majesty the Emperor are unable to resist the enemy's shells and tanks .
The tracks of a tank of the US Marine Corps rolled up gravel on the beach, accompanied by another Sherman tank that drove out from the landing craft next to it, and slowly rolled over in the direction of the Japanese position. Behind these two tanks are groups of American soldiers carrying weapons. There is not much resistance left in front of them, so it is not difficult for them to advance.
Several consecutive landing operations have allowed the soldiers of the US Marine Corps to accumulate rich combat experience. They are good at using their firepower and heavy equipment to target the Japanese army. Some helpless. They lack the means to fight against the rich and powerful tactics of the United States. At least the Japanese armored forces rarely appear on the island to challenge the American Sherman tanks that have crushed themselves in terms of performance.
Although the American Sherman tank proved to be completely unable to compete with the Leopard and Tiger tanks equipped by the German armored forces in the Middle East theater, let alone the newer German Tiger King tank. But this kind of American medium tank, which was born under the tyrannical quality of Germany's superior armored forces, can crush its Japanese opponent without any suspense.
After these tanks landed on the island, they could cause huge casualties to the Japanese army. Many Japanese soldiers were ordered to carry anti-tank mines on their backs to blow up these steel monsters. The crew were terrified.
The good infantry-tank coordination made it very easy for the United States to use desperate close-in tactics against the Japanese army. Coupled with the dense artillery, it really suppressed Japan's few counterattack methods.
Takemoto Taro finally climbed over the blockade and suppression of American artillery fire from the first-line position, and brought the news of the breakthrough of the first-line position to the equally disheartened defenders of the second-line position. Before he could drink his saliva, the United States The artillery shells came to his side again, because the second line of defense was the core defensive position of the Japanese army, so the construction quality and complexity of the fortifications were better, so the American artillery fire felt here was not as violent as before.
The main reason is that the artillery of the US Navy is resting,
Prepare for the next more violent attack. Most of the guns firing now are the 152mm guns on the destroyers. Such attacks are bearable by the Japanese army. Although the entire second-line position looks very tragic, it has not actually suffered much fatal damage.
This state is a situation that looks miserable, but in fact there is no loss. Most of the Japanese defense lines here are reinforced with wood and supported by many stone structures. Theoretically, they are designed to cope with the suppression of American large-caliber artillery. , but after seeing the tragic situation on the first line of defense, everyone will have no idea whether their line of defense has the ability to resist the enemy's artillery fire.
Except for the shortcomings of the aircraft carrier, the US fleet now has more ships than the total fleet used by the German army when they landed in the UK. In this case, attacking a small island guarded by the Japanese army can be said to be a sledgehammer.
After the American soldiers entered the first trench of the Japanese army, they did not rush to advance quickly inland. This is also a lesson learned from countless failures. The Japanese army likes to countercharge immediately after losing their position, and use a short assault Recapture the position and effectively kill the US military. So Americans have also become more cautious. They have more time, so they are not afraid to wait. As long as the beachhead is in their hands, there will be more and more troops on their side, and the Japanese army will have less and less chances.
In his headquarters, Major General Ishida looked at the frontal battlefield that had temporarily died down, and helplessly put the reserve team in his hands into the second-line defensive position. He didn't dare to lose this position, because behind this line of defense was the third line of defense without much preparation. Compared with the first two lines of defense, this third line of defense hadn't completed much at all.
So there is not much time left for him. As long as the second line of defense is broken by the US military, his troops will be divided and surrounded, and the core position of the entire island will be completely occupied by the US Marine Corps. Including the field hospital, and the port on the island.
"Let the soldiers who came down from the first line of defense go to the port, and then immediately blow up these port piers. We can't leave anything to the Americans." With his hands behind his back, Major General Ishida finally issued an order to blow up the piers. Everything here cannot be left to the U.S. military, otherwise the entire Pacific war situation will collapse even more.
When Taro Takemoto received the order to blow up the pier, the U.S. Marine Corps was still strengthening the line of defense. The opponent was not in a hurry to launch a new round of attack, and seemed a little frightened by the Japanese counterattack. So when some supplementary forces were obtained, the Japanese second line of defense at least looked very strong.
Takemoto Taro followed a group of Japanese soldiers covered in mud and retreated to the pier. They wanted to replace the Japanese elite troops defending the pier and set up defenses there after blowing up the pier. The reason why he didn't blow up the pier now was mainly because Ishida still imagined that he could get some supplementary supplies from the submarine there.
Listening to the rumbling cannon sounding again behind him, Takemoto Taro felt that he was a very lucky person. He managed to escape from the American gunfire, and was dispatched to the rear far away from the battlefield by a life-saving order. This was good news for him, very reassuring news.
He followed the troops in the jungle with his weapon on his back, step by step along a slippery path. At a fork in the road he saw two officers cut down the road sign, probably to prevent it from being used by the Americans.
Taro Takemoto, who is familiar with the terrain, has walked this road countless times. He knew that the field hospital was not far ahead. There were at least 500 seriously injured and wounded there, and they were thrown on the island before they could evacuate. The cover personnel had been transported away during the previous evacuations, and there were only a few nurses who voluntarily stayed here to take care of the poor wounded.
When the tent of the field hospital appeared in front of Taro Takemoto, what he saw was a horrible scene. The open space here was full of dead soldiers, and many of them were covered with bandages. It's a wounded patient in the hospital.
More than a dozen wounded soldiers with bandages on their heads were wiping the slender samurai swords in their hands. Their eyes had become so fierce that it was creepy to watch. The whole camp was filled with a bloody smell, and several soldiers with bandages looked at Takemoto Taro and the soldiers around him who had retreated from the front line with indifferent eyes.
"Baga! Road! In order to save food, we have killed all the wounded who couldn't stand up! How dare you give up your position and retreat?" A wounded officer with blood on his face limped to Takemoto Taro In front of the others, they shouted loudly: "You should be loyal to the Great Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor! You should be on the front line when the position is lost!"
Takemoto Taro looked at the wounded who had been hacked to death on the hospital bed, and at the corpses who had stabbed themselves in their stomachs with bayonets and knelt on the ground to die, his whole body was shrouded in a strong sense of nausea. He didn't know how to justify himself, but theoretically speaking, he did belong to the kind of people who were defeated.
"We are soldiers who were ordered to change defenses, not escaped!" An officer leading the team stood in front of the wounded officer with a command knife, and defended his soldiers: "If you don't believe it, you can go and see it yourself!" Ask Chief Ishida!"
"Is there any officer who ordered his soldiers to retreat? Ishida is really a shameless coward!" The wounded officer snorted coldly, then pointed to the wounded behind him who could barely move, his facial muscles twitching a bit: "I'm going to take everyone to support the front line! We will never live on paper! We will use our lives to defend the Great Japanese Empire!"
"His Majesty the Emperor...Long live!" A few soldiers who were less injured behind shouted after their chief. They were the most fanatical militarists, and they were samurai who were willing to dedicate all their lives to the expansion of the Japanese Empire.
It's a pity that Taro Takemoto didn't want to follow these idiots back to the frontal battlefield. After all, he preferred to go to the rear that had already been selected and carry out the simple and safe task of blowing up the pier. But this doesn't mean that other people think the same way. A few soldiers with their heads bowed stayed behind with the wounded. They wanted to go back and kill the Americans and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.
"Idiot!" Taro Takemoto sneered in his heart, and left the field hospital with his troops.
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It’s late to go home today, but I promised everyone, so I promised, so Long Ling is desperately typing, and I will definitely give you three more chapters!