Twenty minutes later, as the Japanese grenadiers and machine gunners were killed one by one by the training regiment students headed by Cao Bixiao, the Japanese Army Sergeant realized that the attack was destined to be futile, but had achieved the purpose of testing, so he ordered a pause. Attack, but at this time, there were more than 1,300 Japanese who rushed to the beach.
One hundred Japs carrying sandbags on their shoulders formed a circular fortification on the beach near the water. Iwamura Sahei's temporary headquarters was located inside. He sat on a stool made of two ammunition boxes and inspected The map was also laid out on the ammunition box. Then, he used the telescope to carefully observe the fortifications on the opposite side for a while, asked the sergeant a few questions, and made a detailed plan for the next battle in his mind, and decided After all the troops have landed, they will open the front and use the width of the beach to launch a full-scale attack.
Soon, the Japanese army completed their landing. Iwamura pulled out his command sword and swung it forward. He ordered his two captains: "At any cost, we must capture the first line of defense of the defenders. Otherwise, the main force will not be able to deploy. If the defenders If there is an artillery unit hidden in the army, a single salvo can defeat our landing attempt. You two, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor's great cause of co-prosperity in Greater East Asia, attack."
A steady stream of Japanese troops rushed onto the beach, gradually accumulating a large force of nearly 2,000 people. Looking at the Japanese soldiers in good order, with their bayonets shining coldly, many French soldiers turned pale and had dry lips when they witnessed this scene. , they looked at their commanders, and they proposed to withdraw to the second fortification which was relatively complete at the back. However, when they looked at the cadet troops waiting in formation next to them, they swallowed this idea hard.
The sense of honor of soldiers is much stronger than that of ordinary people. After receiving the training of the teaching team some time ago, they endured too many insults such as "cowards and idiots". The long-forgotten sense of honor of the French people has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. They all have a heart. Change your own image in the minds of the instructors, so the students next door become the target of comparison.
His subordinates were extremely flustered, and Emmons couldn't hold on any longer. He was an old soldier, and he could see the combat effectiveness of the opposing troops just by looking at them. He wanted to mobilize another regiment, but when he saw Cao Bixiao's calm eyes, After thinking about it, he gave up the idea. He knew the importance of the reserve team, and he also knew that extreme tactics could best stimulate the potential of the troops. The problem was that it was one thing to know, but to actually implement it, he lacked self-confidence and was completely unsure of the results. No bottom,
With the sergeant's experience, the Japanese still used grenades to break through the minefields of the defenders. Just as they were executing this strategy, more than ten enemy planes flew over from the south and quickly circled above the defenders.
Sahei Iwamura was not aware of the emergence of this wave of aviation. It is worth mentioning that the commander of the Okutaka carrier fleet who commanded this landing battle was Yamada, the captain of the sunk "Kaga" aircraft carrier. Definition, the "Kaga" was secretly attacked and sunk by two Song-class submarines of the Xuebing Army, which almost ended Yamada Definition's military career. Fortunately, the Japanese Navy was not as crazy as the Army, and Shangfeng would not frequently ask his subordinates to have a caesarean section to apologize. , Later, because of Koizumi Minichiro's intercession, he got the opportunity to command the Eagle aircraft carrier fleet.
In that time and space, Yamada was actually an insignificant person, but now because of Koizumi's care and his unique insights into naval tactics, he was not beaten to death with a stick.
"The success of this battle is secondary. The key lies in the coordination of land, sea and air operations. Landing forces, ship-based firepower, and aviation forces. If the three can be effectively combined, the comprehensive combat power will be more than just one plus one plus one equals three. , My ideal number is six, Yamada-kun, do your best, the Kaga is gone, but we still have Yamato and Musashi, the spring of the Imperial Navy has come, what are you waiting for."
Koizumi's words were a great encouragement to Yamada. He commanded the Eagle aircraft carrier fleet to sail towards Vung Tau City. His thoughts along the way were all about coordinated operations. Therefore, Saohei Iwamura led two groups of Marines. After the first wave of beach battles began, he took over the command from Okada Harukatsu and began to experiment with the so-called coordinated sea, land and air combat tactics.
In the attack order Iwamura received, there was no concept of coordinated operations, but he did not object to the dispatch of aviation units to support the operation. The attack accuracy of fighter planes was much higher than that of artillery, as long as they did not get entangled with the defenders. Together, they can avoid being accidentally bombed,
Already fighter planes flew over the battlefield and began bombing the defenders. He waved his sword and changed the order: "Slow down the attack speed and ensure shooting accuracy."
The Japanese army began to implement the tactics of steady attack, which was not a good thing for the defenders. Li Jiansheng judged the situation and ordered: "Third Battalion, countercharge, drive the Japanese into the sea."
"Tick tick." The charge bugle sounded, and more than 300 soldiers from the third battalion rushed out of the fortifications and launched a counterattack against the Japanese along the mine-free zone to the east.
The Xuebing Army launched a counterattack. Emmons was puzzled. Cao Bixiao immediately understood what Li Jiansheng meant. He said to Emmons: "General, you should also prepare to charge separately. Once the mine array is penetrated by the Japanese army, immediately attack Order the entire regiment to counterattack."
Emmons was very puzzled: "Why, instead of using the good defenses, we launched a dangerous counterattack."
Cao Bixiao frowned and pointed at the raging Japanese fighter planes in the sky and said: "General, this will not be the last wave of enemy planes from the Japanese army. Instead of just waiting to be bombed, why not start a fight with the Japanese army. In that case, the Japanese fighter planes will be unable to defeat the Japanese army. With full firepower deployed, their air fire support would be in vain."
"But." Emmons wanted to say something else, but suddenly a dull sound of cannon fire was heard from a distant place on the sea surface that was out of sight. He was horrified and said: "What's going on? Do the Japanese ships still dare to fire?"
Cao Bixiao couldn't think of a reason. He listened for a while, then looked at the student army who had launched a close attack with the Japanese army, and considered: "No, the Japanese army has invested no less troops than us, and There is no sign of failure, what on earth do the Japanese want to do?"
Cao Bixiao couldn't see through the mystery of the Japanese ship's sudden firing, and the same was true for Iwamura Zuohei. The sound of firing came from behind. At first, the kid thought that the naval gun was hitting the defenders in depth, but only ten seconds had passed. The shriek of the shells, and he felt that the impact point was on this beach, his face changed and he shouted wildly: "Ba Ge, what's going on, what happened." His reaction was quite fast, and then he thought of a possibility. , turned around and ran into the sea, shouting to the landing craft parked not far away: "Nakanishi Erdai, you bastard, who asked you to call for artillery support, Bagayalu, do you know what you are doing."
Nakanishi was the deputy commander of this wave of landing troops. He stayed on the command boat and was responsible for communicating with the main fleet in the distance. He was the only one with the authority to call for artillery support. Iwamura took it for granted that it was because of his summons that the main fleet launched. Fire support, I didn’t expect that this sudden wave of artillery fire was entirely the whim of the fleet commander, Rear Admiral Yamada Shii.
Yamada Shi's sudden and unreasonable change of orders first aroused the suspicion of Marine Corps commander Major General Ono Sueji. He believed that even if he was to conduct a trial of coordinated sea, land and air operations, it was necessary to greet the frontline Marine commanders and prepare them. , Yamada Shimizu blocked his mouth with a light sentence: "Ono-kun, this is a war, not an exercise. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. When we send the notice, we don't know what the next opportunity will be. It's time. As a frontline commander, Iwamura must have the ability to adapt to changes. Moreover, I also want to test his command and response ability. Ono-kun, this is an order assigned to me personally by Mr. Koizumi. It is a first-class secret. I will not wait until It was only revealed at this time to achieve the effect of winning by surprise."
Koizumi's status is too special. Because of Yamamoto Isoroku's favor, he has now become the number one person under Yamamoto in the Western Expedition Fleet. Yamada carried Koizumi out as a shield. Ono was speechless when he boarded for the last time.
This round of artillery attacks by the Japanese fleet was very crazy. More than 20 gunboats used huge guns with a caliber of more than 150 millimeters to continuously bombard for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, the defenders on that beach had no casualties. , the Japanese Marines of the two brigades suffered 90% losses, and even Iwamura Zuohei was seriously injured.
Yamada's conscience was extremely bad. He did not inform Iwamura Sahei in advance because he wanted to test his command and response ability. He was really worried that he would not cooperate with his "sea, land and air coordinated operations" drill.
Because the Japanese army was completely exposed on the beach, they suffered a devastating blow. Although the defenders had fortifications to hide themselves, their losses were also huge. When the Japanese fighter planes on a reconnaissance mission circled over the battlefield to check the actual combat effects, he saw What is left is a piece of fragmented fortifications with defenders scattered among them.
The explosion finally stopped. Cao Bixiao poked his head out from the floating soil and spat out a mouthful of sand. He cursed angrily: "Damn, you are really crazy." Suddenly he thought of Emmons and immediately started to pull at him.
Emmons was lucky. Although there were several explosion wounds on his body, none of them were fatal. After he was dug out of the sand by Cao Bixiao, he coughed hard several times, and then said to Cao Bixiao with lingering fear: "This is what I have seen." The craziest army, the Japanese, are not human at all."
After this round of artillery attacks, only more than fifty people from one French regiment survived, and even fewer from Li Jiansheng's group survived. He asked his third battalion to launch a counterattack. That battalion was entangled with the Japanese soldiers because No cover, no avoidance, only three people survived.
The smoke cleared, and the survivors, under the command of Li Jiansheng and Emmons, climbed back up to the fragmented frontline fortifications. Many people were still frightened. A dozen officers and soldiers under Emmons could not stand the stimulation and lay on the ground vomiting. Vomited out all the gastric mucosa,
The Japanese army was even worse than them. They were inexplicably bombarded by their own people. In the end, less than 200 of the 2,000 people survived. Their morale suffered a heavy blow. A group of Japanese soldiers lifted up the unconscious Sahei Iwamura and waded into the water. He ran towards the landing craft and completely lost the courage to continue fighting.