Six Hundred and Eighth, Do You Need Any Help?

"His Excellency Marshal Yamamoto, General Fukuda, the commander of the Marine Corps, called. The first wave of landing troops has seized the landing site on the beach, but the casualties are also very heavy. He hopes to continue to provide artillery support and dispatch aviation to cover them to move forward." An officer stood behind Yamamoto and reported loudly.

Yamamoto stared at the sea not far away, and was silent for a while before asking: "How much is the loss of the landing troops?"

"General Fukuda's telegram said that 6,100 soldiers killed about 1,500 Americans." The officer obviously felt that this number was too much, and he lowered his head while answering, and his voice became lower and lower. .

Yamamoto smiled wryly. His landing troops suffered heavy losses within 3 hours. Even under such advantageous conditions, he had to pay such a terrible price for attacking the heavily guarded islands of the United States. This shows that the strength of the Americans is increasing. The strength of the Japanese offensive was weakening.

"Continue shelling!" Time did not allow him to think too much, and under the watchful eyes of the officers around him, Yamamoto still gave the order to attack. He knows that the loss is a bit big, but once the battle starts, it will never be allowed to stop, this cannot be changed. Yamamoto is very clear that as long as the Japanese attack is stopped by the Americans, then everything that happens next will be dominated by the Americans instead of obeying the orders of the Japanese-he has to fight for this initiative.

"Boom!" With a huge explosion, a Japanese navy shell fell deep in the Forte of Kauai Island. With this huge explosion, the defense position of the United States began to collapse. 300 U.S. soldiers were surrounded on the beachhead, while another 1,100 U.S. troops were fighting fiercely with Japanese soldiers on the second inland defense line. There is no way for them to retreat, because behind them is the core area of ​​Kauai Island, including hidden but reserved points and some hidden killer moves.

Ten American m3lee tanks came out of the hidden bunkers. This is the last resort for the Americans to counterattack. For the Japanese, especially for the Japanese landing forces without any heavy weapons, these 10 m3lee tanks, It is definitely a counterattack force that makes people headaches.

In the hidden woods, the American tanks quickly approached the beachhead. When these tanks appeared in front of the Japanese soldiers, without any accident, the Japanese landing troops panicked for granted. The total combat weight of American tanks is 27 tons. Because they have to undertake the task of dealing with German tanks, many American tanks have thickened the front armor, and the weight is close to 29 tons. This is definitely a huge monster for the Japanese army with only small tanks. up.

"Boom!" The 75mm cannon on the side of the m3lee tank is not good enough to deal with German tanks, but it is definitely enough to attack Japanese infantry. In an instant, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were hit by tank artillery and fell to the ground lifeless. At the same time, the machine guns on the tanks also began to roar, and more Japanese soldiers who crossed the trenches and attacked forward could only retreat into the trenches to avoid the hail of bullets.

"Try to get as close to the beach as possible! Drive the Japanese soldiers into the sea!" A tank commander contacted his accomplices by radio,

Beside him, the gunner was loading the 37mm turret artillery, because they used this artillery just now to take down a Japanese grenadier position that kept firing.

When the American tanks rushed into the middle of the Japanese army and were on a rampage, several Japanese fighter planes patrolling nearby in the sky began to swoop down. These planes all carried small bombs for ground attack. Although the attack accuracy was not much better, they won Timely and powerful. Several planes dropped all their bombs, and as a result destroyed 4 American tanks. They had no ammunition and had to return, leaving the remaining tanks to continue raging in the enemy positions.

"You are the most proud fighters of His Majesty the Emperor! For the sake of the motherland and His Majesty the Emperor, we must achieve the immediate victory! Even if you die here, your souls will return to the shrine and be worshiped by all Japanese people day and night!" A Japanese officer stood fiercely in front of his soldiers, roaring loudly.

In front of him, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers with white cloth wrapped around their heads were tearing off their military uniform jackets that were covered in mud, water and dust. Soon they revealed the white vest inside and the "thousand stitches" wrapped around their stomachs. These Japanese soldiers raised their hands high and shouted the slogan "Long Live His Majesty the Emperor", as if they were really invincible at this moment.

Then these people took the explosive package from their companions behind them, and ran towards the American tanks that had driven over not far away. They gradually approached the American tanks in the trenches, and then waited for the opponents to come over, or climbed out of the trenches carefully, and used the dead angle of the tanks to approach these huge steel monsters.

This is a trick learned from Nomonkan and Chinese opponents in the Far East. The Japanese paid their tuition with blood. So the Japanese used the same method that the Chinese used to deal with Japanese tanks to deal with Soviet tanks, and now they are doing the same thing to destroy American tanks.

The stupid way is sometimes easy to use, especially after risking your life. The Americans obviously did not expect that the Japanese would send death squads who were not afraid of death to blow up their tanks. They did not stand up to cover and shoot each other, but they were still approached by the Japanese death squads and blew up three m3lee tanks. The remaining American tanks were eventually forced to retreat, and the plan to rescue the surrounded American soldiers ultimately failed.

However, the Americans did not give up on Kauai Island. They fought desperately in the remaining areas of Kauai Island. The two sides fought fiercely for 36 hours, and the gunfire on Kauai Island was still intensive. The Japanese Navy had to give up its plan to occupy the entire Hawaiian Islands within 3 days, and ordered the troops to completely disintegrate Kauai before attacking Oahu.

The scramble between the two sides on Kauai Island has gradually become fiercer. The number of American troops is constantly decreasing, while the number of Japanese troops landing on the coast is gradually increasing. The balance of power began to tilt towards the Japanese army, and the American soldiers began to be divided and surrounded due to insufficient troops, and their positions were also compressed towards the direction of Oahu Island.

On September 1, 1938, Japan finally killed the last 17 resisting American soldiers on Kauai Island and completely occupied the island. However, compared with the 2,900 soldiers killed by the U.S. Army on the island, 900 soldiers surrendered. The Japanese killed a full 9,700 people on the island, almost turning a complete Marine Corps division into a scrapped state.

Unlike the Philippines, Green, Binmei, and other allied forces that were defeated after a little fighting, this time the Japanese really felt the powerful military power deployed by the United States on the homeland defense system. The Americans began to fight for every inch of land, and the defensive firepower and military strength made the Japanese feel tremendous pressure.

Then Oahu Japan, which was close at hand, had to postpone the attack time due to lack of troops. This time, in order to attack the Hawaiian Islands, Yamamoto Fifty-Six mobilized two Marine Corps divisions. It was calculated that there were about 34,000 troops. As a result, he lost a quarter on a small Kauai Island. There are more, which makes everyone unexpected.

In the end, the base camp decided to mobilize two more army divisions nearby to strengthen the expeditionary force commanded by Yamamoto Fifty-Six and let him continue to attack Oahu and other islands behind. This plan used some of the Japanese troops that were going to be sent to Australia. It also affected the speed of Australia's offensive main battle.

Of course, Japan's cessation of attack left more preparation time for the Americans. Unlike Kauai Island, Oahu Island can be said to be the headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet and an important US military base in the Pacific Ocean, so The US military strength on Oahu Island has reached an astonishing 20,000, which is a full four times more than the US military defense force on Kauai Island.

These troops have strong fortifications, even the cover and support of the fort. The artillery on Oahu Island is much larger than that on Kauai Island. The Japanese army will pay a heavier price if they want to occupy it. Calculated according to the loss ratio on Kauai Island, the Japanese may have to kill a full 30,000 people here before they can occupy this important American military base.

On September 20, 1938, the hot summer of this year was about to pass. Except for the fiercely fought Balkan Peninsula, the world's largest battlefield was not in Europe, but in the calm Pacific Ocean.

On the sea far away from Sydney, Australia, a destroyer with a red and black rice flag slowly approached this slightly decayed port city. The destroyer approached cautiously, and the signal light on the mast was signaling the international code.

"I am a destroyer from the UK, a destroyer from Scotland! I hope I can dock here! We have no malicious intentions! We have no malicious intentions!" Over and over again, the destroyer repeatedly sent out such a signal to indicate its identity.

In the end, the destroyer docked safely on a pier in Sydney. A German military officer wearing the Iron Cross stepped down the hanging ladder. Behind him was a German military officer wearing a British navy uniform. Officer in navy cap.

"You are the first warship to come here since the withdrawal of troops began." They were received by an Australian army officer. The Australian navy had already carried their families back to the United States. Poor guy who was abandoned. However, the officer was neatly dressed, and he didn't speak nervously: "I am the highest defense officer here, do you need any help?"