Chapter 1458 Landing on Midway Island

Almost as soon as they started to gather the team, there was a rumbling sound on the sea in the distance. This sound was printed in everyone's ears, and it was so clear. Needless to say, they had already sensed something.

For the United States, Midway is a naval aviation and submarine base. It is not an important port city like Pearl Harbor, nor is it a closely guarded strategic location. Therefore, the United States has not deployed any coastal defense artillery here. Yes, and now, the planes and submarines in the base have left, and the base has almost no effective weapons for attacking the sea.

Now, the attack of the islanders has arrived!

"Quick, pick up your weapons, guard on the beach, and wait to block the landing of the islanders!" Colonel Lord had already guessed something.

We have miscalculated, and our main force will go to the Aleutian Islands to ambush the fleet of the islanders. Who would have thought that the main force of the islanders appeared on Midway Island, and they would definitely land on the beach and try to occupy their own islands. Our side, we must rely on the spirit of fearlessness, stick to the island, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements!

"By the way, where are our anti-aircraft guns? Push our anti-aircraft guns over!" Colonel Lord suddenly thought of something.

They don't have heavy firepower, but they have anti-aircraft guns for air defense, as long as it is an airfield, almost all have anti-aircraft guns.

The weapon of American air defense is the M1 anti-aircraft gun. Now, after getting the order, the anti-aircraft artillerymen are preparing quickly.

This kind of anti-aircraft gun has a caliber of 90 mm and is quite heavy, with a total weight of more than 8 tons. Ten people in the artillery squad tried their best to finally put away the anti-aircraft gun and hung it on the tractor. The tractor roared and the driver stepped on it. He hit the accelerator and drove the car to the side of the beach.

Just when they were about to unload the anti-aircraft guns, they could already see the shadows of those dark landing ships by the dim moonlight!

"Fire, fire now!" the company commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company shouted loudly.

It was too late, they couldn't even turn the anti-aircraft guns into combat mode, and while they were on the march, they opened fire.

"Boom!" A 90mm anti-aircraft artillery shell flew out of the barrel. At the moment of firing, the entire anti-aircraft artillery retreated several meters, and the tracer high-explosive shells crossed a line and headed for the landing ship in front. .

"Boom!" It actually hit!

The characteristics of anti-aircraft guns are high chamber pressure and high initial velocity. In this case, the ballistics are straight and are naturally suitable for use as tank guns. In the sequence of the American army, this 90mm anti-aircraft gun, and the German 88mm anti-aircraft gun, It's simply the same effect.

And now, with a straight trajectory, aiming is pretty easy, and it's almost where you hit.

Although it hits accurately, its power is not enough.

"Boom!" The cannonball penetrated the bridge of the landing ship, blasting a big hole, shaking the people inside the bridge to the ground, lying down from the ground, the captain was not afraid at all: "Go ahead, We move on, fill the back with water, and prepare to press the bow and land on the beach!"

"Where's the naval guns? Fire up and kill these Yanks!"

No one would have imagined that the expected sneak landing would turn into a storm, but even if it was a storm, they wouldn't be afraid. The island nation's army has always had beach-landing drills, and they are quite proficient in landing operations, not to mention now. They also have good login tools in their hands.

"Tom tom, tom tom tom!" On the landing ship, the 40mm Bofors chariot gun fired violently.

This 40mm gun can be said to be blooming everywhere and has become a universal gun in Germany. Although its caliber is not large enough, its rate of fire is enough to make up for its shortcomings, because it is a continuous weapon!

The artillery shells flew past, hitting the beach, hitting the antiaircraft artillery positions, the antiaircraft artillery had not yet been deployed, and the gunners were still nervously adjusting to shoot Zhuyuan, and the terrible artillery shells flew.

"Boom!" The tractor in front was blown up, and the firelight illuminated the beach and other antiaircraft artillery, and the island nation's navy attacked even more violently.

In addition to the naval guns on the landing ships, the naval guns of the escorting heavy cruisers also started firing. One after another, the shells cut through the night sky and fired violently towards the beach.

"Boom!" The 203mm naval gun fired, and with just one shot, a big hole was blown up, and the entire beach position was shaking violently. What the consequences, this is digging a hole for yourself!

"Colonel, we can't stand it anymore, we have to retreat!" beside Colonel Lord, an adjutant shouted loudly, covering his head with his hands, lying on the side, not far away, a 203mm naval gun The explosion of the shells gave him too much shock.

Under the bombardment of the islanders, they are likely to suffer heavy casualties on the unsafe beachhead.

"No, we have to block here," Colonel Lord said. "If we can't stop the islanders from landing, then we lose."

There are not many troops on the island at all. Only by blocking here and not letting them land, can the island be defended. If the islanders come up, they will have no other choice but to surrender.

Although their shelling was very violent, it would not last long, because they were also going to land.

Sure enough, the shelling stopped after only three minutes. At this time, the landing ship in front was already at full speed and rushed towards the beach here.

what happened?

Unreasonable! Ordinary landing ships will stop far away from the beach, and then the sailors will jump into the water and rush towards this side. When they are wading over, it is the best chance for their own side, and they can be eliminated with machine guns. them.

But no, the fire had already illuminated the beach at this time, they saw those landing ships, they rushed up fiercely, and they were not afraid of running aground!

Landing on the beach, directly sending the troops to the beach, can greatly reduce the casualties of the troops in the charge, which is the meaning of the existence of the landing ship.

The front landing ship quickly wiped the beach and rushed up. The bottom of the ship rubbed against the beach, making a creaking sound, and then it stopped.

The front hatches opened, and the fireboats came out.

The fireboat is an amphibious tank, the main force of the island nation's naval equipment. Since it does not need to float on the water and go directly to the shore, it does not have a pontoon attached. Just after the hatch is opened, they drive out quickly.

Landing on the beach, with tanks, landing is much easier!

The inner fireboat at the front traveled more than 30 meters, and then disappeared with a bang.