The sky above Bito Island was filled with a strong breath of death. Hundreds of corpses lie where they fell, whether they were blown up, torn, burnt, or swollen remains, presented a strange and terrible scene.

But at the same time, they seemed to be telling their experiences before their death in their own posture:

A Japanese soldier not far from the crater, obviously his legs were broken, but he still tried hard to climb to a machine gun bunker because two blood stains that had already dried and blackened were dragged out behind him. Unfortunately, before he climbed to the machine gun bunker, he had already gone to see Amaterasu Oshiro because he had lost too much blood.

In an underground bunker that was blown up, a Japanese army died in the arms of a rifle. He did not want to resist, but used for suicide. Many Japanese soldiers saw that the defeat could not be reversed. In order not to face the shame of surrender, many of them would choose to commit suicide. Although "Long Live" charge is also a way to commit suicide, there are still Japanese soldiers who would rather choose a safer way: take off their shoes, press the muzzle of the rifle against their chin, and pull the trigger with their toes.

It can be seen that the Japanese army was very peaceful before committing suicide. He chose a comfortable way to lie down. There were photos of his family not far away. His toes were still on the trigger of the rifle, but the Tianling cap on his head was lifted by a bullet. The other side was filled with red and white mixtures, and at this time they were covered with insects such as flies and ants.

The corpses in the lagoon quickly began to swell and rot under the heat of scorching and seawater. They drifted back and forth with the tides and piled up irregularly on the beach. Some of them were Japanese and American Marine Corps, and of course, occasionally they would find the bodies of the Chinese-Americans wearing British military uniforms.

It was very difficult to clear out these corpses. After the corpses of the US Marines were removed, they were buried in a temporary tomb on Bito Island. The Japanese corpses were not so formal to deal with. They were pushed into trenches or craters by bulldozers, or landing crafts on the south bank and thrown into the sea.

After burying the bodies of Chinese soldiers, the fellow villagers made a mark on the tomb, then carefully marked the mark on the map, and made detailed records of the number of people and other information. This is the practice of the Expeditionary Army soldiers' combat, and there is only one thing, that is, they hope that one day the souls of these comrades can return to their hometown.

"Room!" At this moment, a communications soldier caught up and reported: "The US offensive was blocked again!"

"What?" After hearing this, the fellow villagers were stunned. After taking down the Domben defense line, there was only a slender long embankment left on Bito Island. I originally thought that there would be no problem with the US military attacking the long embankment, so the fellow villagers took the remaining enemies to heart, but they did not expect to encounter difficulties.

When the fellow villagers rushed to the place where the "trouble" was found, they found that the "trouble" was not really blamed on the US military.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Seeing the fellow villagers coming up, Xiao Pu came to hand over a telescope to the fellow villagers, pointing to the front and said, "There are three underground bunkers in that place. After several attacks, we found that one of these three bunkers was made of steel, the other was a machine gun position built by coconut trees and a huge concrete bunker. These three strongholds can support each other. No matter which place the Marines attack, they will face machine gun and artillery fire attacks in the other two places."

"Why don't you use a tank?" asked the fellow countryman.

"We only have Stuart!" Shopp sighed helplessly: "Stuart's artillery is only 37 mm, and it cannot provide enough firepower to blow up the Japanese bunkers, but the Japanese cannons can penetrate Stuart's side armor!"

So the fellow villagers thought of the Sherman tank, but unfortunately this "monster" had been "consuming" by the Americans in the battle just now.

On the other hand, most of the Japanese bunkers are underground, and it is difficult for naval guns and bombers to find them and blow them up. So if you want to blow them up, it seems that you can only use your lives to pile them up, but this is obviously not cost-effective. After all, it is not important to the Sino-US coalition forces at this time. At night, the Higgins ship can carry more "Sheerman" tanks. The next day, these "Sheerman" tanks can be close to the shooting holes and even drive them to the fort holes with muzzles.

That means it's just a matter of time.

But Xiaopu's next sentence made his fellow villagers speechless

Colonel Shopp said a little embarrassedly: "I thought the Japanese were only left with a few remaining soldiers, so I promised General Hill that he could occupy the entire island within an hour!"

"You should report the latest situation to General Hill!" said the fellow countryman.

"I have done this!" Colonel Shopp replied: "But General Hill's answer was that he had conveyed my words to war correspondents from all over the country!"

So the fellow villagers understood that now it seemed that they had to find a way to eliminate these "remnants" as soon as possible.

However, the Sino-US coalition forces had no choice but to send all mortars and howitzers to bombard these bunkers. However, because there were very few parts of these bunkers exposed to the ground and were very strong, the bombing effect was not ideal.

Half an hour later, the Sino-US coalition forces had good luck: a shell fell on the shelter built by coconut trees. I don’t know if the shell happened to drill into it or what, but it actually detonated the ammunition depot inside the shelter. So a loud bang was heard, and the entire stronghold exploded, dust and wood rolled all over the sky, and flames were everywhere.

The flames and smoke from the explosion of wood and burning wood even affected the other two covers of perforators. The fellow villager immediately ordered the Stuart tanks to rush up under the cover of the mortars, and fired close to the perforators of the cover of the cover, and finally broke through the iron triangle.

The Japanese army's resistance was so weak that it was a bit unimaginable. Several "Stuart" tanks attacked the end in the long dike.

Later, from the Japanese prisoners, I learned that the reason why Nagasawa's defense line was so vulnerable was because Captain Nagasawa was killed in battle, and Sata Fukatanaka accidentally killed himself with a pistol while waving a pistol to his subordinates.

This made Nagasawa's defense lose command, they could not make any decisions, and had no hope of escaping the island, so many people chose to dig their own graves and shoot themselves.

The Sino-US coalition forces did find these graves, and there were Japanese soldiers who committed suicide with their toes lying neatly. All the Sino-US coalition forces had to do was to bury them.
Chapter completed!