Chapter 882 Cavalry Vs. Machine Gun

"Baga! When did those damn Australasians land?" In the Type C Division's garrison next to the port, the division commander, Major General Sanquan of the island, asked angrily.

His division had just received a telegram that the port was bombed by Australasian planes and attacked by a large number of Australasian soldiers. At present, most of the port area has fallen under the control of Australasian.

Although he is only a rare major general among the division commanders, it does not mean that Sanquan of the island is not a senior general of the island country. He certainly understands the importance of the port to all the island countries' troops on the Ryukyu Islands. This is the only hope for retreat and the retreat route for all the island country soldiers on the archipelago.

Once the news of the fall of the port is known to the soldiers, a decline in morale is inevitable. Once morale drops sharply, it will not be so easy to deal with the attack of Australasian again.

"The Cavalry Regiment and the First Infantry Regiment should quickly go to the port and defend it at all costs. Others, quickly organize your weapons and wait for the order to start the battle at any time." The three dogs on the island did not hesitate too much and quickly issued their orders.

The army organization of the island country is somewhat different from that of other countries. The army organization is mainly based on divisions.

The infantry regiment occupies about a quarter of the entire division, which is nearly 5,000 people.

Letting an entire infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment go to support the port can already prove how important this port is in the hearts of the three dogs on the island.

On the other side, the battle inside the port was fierce at this time.

Because the paratroopers had already raided the port, the planes in the sky stopped bombing to avoid accidental injuries to their own people.

This also means that if you want to take over the entire port, you must rely on the efforts of these paratroopers.

But it is obvious that the previous bombing of the air force caused a certain panic to the island country's troops, which also created the best opportunity for the paratroopers.

It took the paratroopers only more than ten minutes to fully occupy the entire port and wipe out the less than 1,000 troops stationed at the port.

"Leave two companies to maintain order at the port, and the rest of you will follow me to dig defensive positions. The next step is the real war. We must defend this port before support arrives." After successfully capturing the port, after a short rest, the commander who led the army issued another order.

Capturing the port is only the first step. What these paratroopers have to do next is to withstand the pressure of the islanders and try their best to defend the port before the second batch of paratroopers arrive.

As long as they can hold on until the second batch of paratroopers arrive, the port will basically become fat meat in their mouths, and the islanders will have no way to deal with it.

As long as they rely on the port to gradually erode the island army on the Ryukyu Islands, the fate of these island army can only face death.

Outside the port, the trenches are still being dug at this time.

But as the most important machine gun in the defensive position, it has been properly deployed in the defensive position.

The paratroopers carried nearly 20 machine guns in total, which could achieve a wider range and stronger firepower coverage through cross-deployment.

Even with only 20 machine guns, they could easily repel the attack of thousands of enemies.

Coupled with the firepower of the infantry and the support of the air, even if the enemy launched a charge as a whole division, it would be no problem to resist for a while.

With the addition of more people, the speed of trench digging became much faster.

The soldiers first dug the machine gun and artillery positions, and then began to dig trenches.

Because of the urgency of time, the trenches were not deep, just a barely defensive position.

But if facing the enemy's attack in such a plain area, the trenches are still useful, at least they can effectively reduce their own casualties.

While the paratroopers were digging trenches, the planes in the sky also began to scout and protect. If the island country's military support was found, the bombers could also harass and buy more time for the paratroopers.

Soon, the planes in the sky discovered the infantry and cavalry regiments supported by the island country.

For airplanes, the island nation's army is like a live target on the ground. Although the island nation's army also has a small number of anti-aircraft machine guns, they have no way to deal with the faster airplanes in the sky.

The real battlefield is not a drama, and it is not so easy to shoot down an airplane.

Even if it is a wooden frame airplane like the islanders, you need both luck and strength to shoot down one. And for an all-metal structure airplane like the Australasian, in addition to luck and strength, you have to spend a lot of life.

At least from the current results, the islanders' life span is generally not much, and no one can be so lucky to shoot down the metal airplane of Australasian with rifles and machine guns.

The harassment of the air force did buy more time for the paratroopers.

The journey that could have been reached in ten minutes took the island nation's army more than half an hour to arrive.

In this half an hour, most of the trenches on the Australasian side have been dug, and the paratroopers have entered the trenches to deploy defenses.

Looking at the defense positions vaguely visible in the distance, the captain of the island infantry regiment, Goro Inoshita, was a little dumbfounded. He did not expect that the Australasian army could occupy the entire port so quickly and even dig a trench to block the attack from his side.

Looking at the well-defended trench in front of him, Goro Inoshita couldn't help swallowing his saliva. But thinking of the order of his superior's superior, the division commander Shima Sanken, Goro Inoshita could only grit his teeth and order the army to charge towards the defense position of Australasia.

"Totsugeki!" Many islanders shouted loud slogans and rushed towards the defense position in front.

Dadadadada!

Australasia also opened fire quickly, and the bullets that kept ejecting formed a line of fire, like a sharp blade, constantly harvesting the lives of the island soldiers rushing forward.

The island soldier who rushed to the front just found out that something was wrong and wanted to stop, but his body was knocked down by the soldiers behind him and moved forward involuntarily.

Obviously, the fire snake composed of bullets will not care whether these soldiers are voluntarily approaching or not. As long as they get close to the fire defense network of Australasia, the island soldiers will only end up with broken limbs.

This is different from the game. In the game, getting shot will only cause blood loss, but in reality, getting shot will really kill people.

Especially large-caliber machine guns, as long as they hit the human body, the wound caused is as big as a bowl.

The island soldiers who rushed to the front fell one after another, and the soldiers behind finally found out that something was wrong, and the pace of the charge slowed down.

"Baga! Where is the cavalry regiment? Let them remove the enemy's machine gun position." Lieutenant Colonel Goro Inoshita, the commander of the First Infantry Regiment, finally found out that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered the cavalry regiment who came with him to help him.

Because the entire division was newly formed, except for the senior officers of these divisions, all other soldiers, including junior officers, were recruits.

Even the senior officers were not familiar with each other. They were officers of the Type A or Type B divisions before, and were promoted to the new division for various reasons.

If they faced a big defeat, not only would their position in the division be lost, but they might also face the accountability of the domestic government.

After all, the island country has not suffered too many casualties in the army since the war started. If the army led by Goro Inoshita becomes the first island army to suffer large-scale casualties, it will be a lot of fun.

It has to be admitted that the island government's brainwashing of these ordinary soldiers is still very successful.

Even if it only took a few months or even one or two months for these soldiers of the Type C Division to go from farmers to recruits, their loyalty to the island government and the emperor is still very high.

The cavalry regiment did not refuse Goro Inoshita's request and soon launched a charge on the defensive position.

But the islanders soon understood why the cavalry was called a declining force.

When facing a tightly defended machine gun position, the cavalry had no better way to break through.

What's more, once a cavalry broke through the machine gun position, the submachine guns in the hands of the Australasian soldiers would come into play and re-establish a more dense firepower network.

The cavalry are also mortal, including those military horses, and they will be injured or even killed if they are hit by bullets.

Under the coverage of such a dense firepower network, the charge of the cavalry has no effect except to increase casualties.

"Baga! Baga!" Lieutenant Colonel Goro Inoshita, the captain of the infantry company, could only curse inwardly while trembling with fear and sending a telegram to his superior's superior, the division commander Major General Sanken of the island, requesting support.

The current situation is very clear. Not to mention that there is only one infantry regiment and cavalry regiment, even if the troops are doubled, it is difficult to take down the defensive position formed by the Australasians.

Only if the entire division suppresses it comprehensively and forcibly captures this position at the cost of casualties, can there be hope of retaking the port.

But the difficulty lies in the fact that the islanders have completely lost air superiority, and their every move is equivalent to being exposed to the eyes of the Australasian army.

Soon, the news that the entire division began to mobilize reached the ears of the Australasian paratroopers, and the paratroopers also began to prepare.

The first thing is to gather more air support. In this era, the best air defense weapon is actually the aircraft itself.

Only by defeating the enemy's aircraft with more and more advanced aircraft can we effectively control air superiority in the sky.

If there are not enough aircraft, it is impossible to make up the gap in the sky with air defense weapons.

As long as Australasia has enough aircraft to harass the island army, the island army will never be able to fully attack the defense line, because this will expose their weakest point to the sight of the Australasia Air Force.

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