Chapter 164: The Dragon Flag Flying Honolulu (I)

At 4:50 pm, on the north bank of the Ford River, 18 90mm amphibious self-propelled howitzers and 26 120mm self-propelled mortars from the 101st Amphibious Mobile Artillery Brigade of the Chinese Marine Corps slowly lifted the barrel.

"Open fire!"

Dozens of muzzles sprayed out shiny fireworks almost at the same time, the wet earth was shaking, and the water in the mud pit was trembling ripples...

"attack!"

The shells blew up, and a ferocious black and gray cloud of smoke rose on the other end of the horizon. After ten minutes of rapid shooting, three green and green signal flares rose into the sky, and the tracks clattered, leather boots slammed on the ground, and the bayonets shone brightly. The five armies under Yu Dalong began to weave the "double-layer pockets" of the enemy trapped in front of him with the Pearl City as the center.

Shi Guanghua's troops, who were responsible for the frontal attack, were deployed on the front about two kilometers on both sides of the highway: their infantry forces were one infantry battalion and one mechanized infantry battalion, with about 1,500 people, equipped with 10 75mm infantry artillery; their armored forces included 27 "Flying Wolf" chariots, 4 "Assault Crocodile" amphibious assault chariots and 3 "Fire Crocodile" amphibious support chariots - the chariots opened the road in front and the infantry covered the back, following the barrage line of the artillery gradually advanced, and steadily advanced with the momentum of "Xu Rulin".

The expected resistance did not appear - due to the wrong wind direction, the artillery did not fire special smoke bombs, and Shi Guanghua thought he would encounter stronger resistance.

But along the way, in addition to the craters, there were cannons and vehicles, corpses and rifles, bullet bags and wide-brimmed hats, shell shells and ammunition boxes... There was no artillery fire, no bullets flying, and no American soldiers rushing over with bayonets.

With uneasy and uneasy, Shi Guanghua drove the troops to continue to advance. An hour later, the entire team of chariots did not fire and the infantry did not fire, and successfully arrived at the north bridgehead of the Pearl Bridge and met with the Huang Zhifeng army, the vanguard of detour from the east road. However, the bridge had been blown up, and sporadic artillery and bullets were fired from time to time on. The two troops stopped here, and they found nothing in an hour of attack.

During this period, at about 5:20, a support formation composed of eighty carrier-based aircraft flew to the battlefield. Since no enemy target was found between the Ford River and the Pearl River, only "our army vehicles covered with eye-catching red flags" were seen, and he had to turn to Pearl City, where he cast hundreds of ordinary bombs randomly carried - evenly spread it, and every building in this small city area would have to eat one.

Pan Guochen's troops, who deviated from the west, crashed into Xicheng District, Pearl City in one breath. The vanguard unit, one of the vans, rushed forward with a van, and passed through the entire Xicheng District within a few minutes. However, just as they approached the central bridge connecting Xicheng and Dongcheng, they suddenly encountered fierce artillery fire. Three chariots and one amphibious personnel carrier were shot and damaged. In addition, the Xicheng District defenders who had not been cleared were attacked from behind. The vanguard troops retreated while fighting and temporarily withdrew from the city.

After listening to the report of the commander of the vanguard, Pan Guochen shook his chin and pondered: "How could there be defenders? There are cannons? Could it be that the enemy forces gathered between the two rivers have retreated to Pearl City? Or the reinforcements from Eva or Honolulu arrived early - I don't have enough infantry and not many cannons, but, no matter what, my mission is to take Pearl City in one go, and I must not stop here!"

The chariots cannot be used in the city, but the enemy's forces have no other anti-chariot capabilities except for direct fire of cannons. So, just use the chariot platoon as units, and the three vehicles alternately cover them to lead the mechanized infantry that get off the car to launch an attack.

After thinking about this, Pan Guochen quickly ordered all the six 90mm self-propelled howitzers at hand to cover the depth of the bridge head that had just been attacked, in order to destroy the enemy artillery that might be deployed in that area.

Since there are only three roads entering the city, Pan Guochen decided to only invest four platoons of combat vehicles, including two platoons of combat vehicles passing through the main road in the city, guiding two platoons of combat aircraft assaults, and each of the other two roads, one platoon of combat vehicles, guiding one platoon of combat vehicles assaults. Since the 37mm cannon of Flying Wolf Chariot seems to be insufficient in street fighting, three of the four platoons of combat vehicles are all equipped with "Fire Crocodile" support vehicles equipped with 75mm infantry cannons. In addition to firing grenades with a weight of more than three times that of 37mm cannons, this kind of combat vehicle is also equipped with a heavy machine gun, with very strong firepower.

As soon as the "Fire Crocodile" came out, the situation took a sharp turn. The shocking power of the 75th infantry cannon's close-range shooting was extraordinary. The several machine guns on the car could shoot in four directions at the same time, with no dead corners at all! I saw wooden houses painted with white paint either scattered by cannons or shot into sieves by machine guns. The remaining US troops escaped from the house in a daze. Fortunately, Shangke raised his hand and surrendered, but most of them were immediately swept down by invisible bullets. Blood was immediately spilled on the streets, and his brain was scattered, and he was fooled to see God.

Pearl City is not big, and the area of ​​Xicheng District only accounts for one-third of the city. Previous air raids have collapsed many buildings. At this time, there are not many houses for the "Fire Crocodile" to demolish. In just half an hour, Xicheng District has become a ruin, and captured American soldiers are also lined up in a long line behind the army.

Seeing the "fire crocodile" that was open in the front, rumbled past the "flying wolf" and "crocodile" who had just been beaten and sank by the bridge. When they were about to drive to the bridge, a shell roared and hit the two-story building that had collapsed a few meters away, making bricks and wood shot four times.

The leading "fire crocodile" did not stop, but instead increased its horsepower and rushed to the bridge deck. However, the two subsequent "fire crocodiles" calmed down. The two car captains poked their heads out of the turret, searched the other shore with a telescope, and then turned the turret, causing a dense burst of fire to rush into the sky, the walls were broken and the houses were falling, and ghosts cried and howled...

The "fire crocodile" in front was squirting black smoke at the rear. In the blink of an eye, it drove across the bridge deck, drove up the bridge head of the opposite shore, turned the turret and gun seats, and fired around, causing the marine infantry behind to cheer and thunder, and they were eager to try. One of the squads braved the cold guns from the opposite shore, protected a light machine gun team, and rushed to the bridge deck first.

Suddenly, a shocking sound was heard, and the stone arch bridge that was only twenty meters long under the feet of the infantrymen instantly shattered and collapsed. No one of the whole class and the machine gun team survived. The "fire crocodile" who had passed the bridge was still on the bridge, and the collapsed bridge surface slid back into the river with the collapsed bridge surface. The river water drilled into the upper cabin door that opened the hole, pressing the iron lump known as an amphibious chariot into the water.
Chapter completed!