First, there was intensive bombing by aircraft, then saturation bombardment by naval guns, and finally more than a dozen naval guns were used for a quarter of an hour of artillery preparations. After confirming that the shore defenses on the landing coast and the deep positions behind them had all been destroyed, Koizumi only then
Ordered Soma Masabumi to launch a landing campaign,
This time, the Second Marine Corps sent a division and a detachment to participate in the battle. If Sawada Shigeru's fourth division is included, the infantry strength exceeds 50,000. Therefore, Koizumi has every reason to believe that Sambo can be captured.
The bridgehead of Yan is a sure win when holding snails with three fingers.
After receiving the order, Souma Masabumi called Major General Hirono Akio, the commander of the 6th Marine Division, and ordered him to launch an attack immediately.
About five minutes later, a brigade-sized vanguard of the Sixth Division boarded three medium-sized landing craft and set off for the planned Sapphire Beach under the escort of a light frigate.
As soon as these four ships left the fleet, a regiment of cadet lookout posts detected them. After Wang Laohu received the report, he immediately ordered to rush down the mountain in order to occupy a favorable formation before the Japanese army.
The trainees carried out the order without hesitation, while the Filipino and American soldiers slowly stood up. The first thing many of them did when they stood up was not to rush down with the army, but to take out their water bottles and fill their throats with Wang.
Tiger was furious again when he saw this scene. With his previous experience, he dragged a cadet named Geng Qingshan who knew English to Du Disheng and said to him in a bad tone: "I will leave a platoon.
People stay here, and after five minutes, if there are still people who have not left here and gone down the mountain, they will be killed without mercy."
Not long ago, in order to teach Filipino and American soldiers to avoid artillery fire, Wang Lao Lao once directly shot and lame a Filipino soldier. Du Dickson was quite disgusted with his move at first, but after realizing his painstaking efforts and finding that it was indeed effective, he finally
He changed his view on him and began to admire him a little. As the saying goes, one learns from every experience. He felt that the Chinese people do what they say and are very ruthless in their methods. He did not dare to show any slightness and immediately put this person to work.
The sentence was widely announced in English, and then, as the cadets from that platoon stood there aggressively holding Wei Qing assault rifles and submachine guns, pointing their guns directly at the hesitant Filipino and American soldiers, the Americans
The soldiers rushed down the mountain first, and then the Philippine soldiers followed, and finally caught up with the team of students.
Seeing this scene, Wang Laohu spit fiercely on the ground and cursed: "Grandma, you are a bear. These bastards just need a beating."
The area around Zamboanga is crisscrossed with hills, and the vegetation on the hills is dense. In addition, the rainy season has just passed, which limits the power of the Japanese bombing and artillery attacks to a certain extent. At least, it is impossible for the Japanese to use these two methods to create a fire. Therefore,
Although the fortifications that the 61st Infantry Division had worked so hard to build had been almost completely destroyed, the deep pits and fallen trees caused by bombing and artillery shelling, combined with the original mountain topography, were still enough to provide good cover for the defenders.
After Tiger led his army to lurk about three hundred meters away from the coast, he carefully checked the surrounding environment and his confidence improved.
Seeing the Japanese frigate stopped on the sea about two kilometers away from the coast, and the three landing craft also reduced their speed, Wang Laohu knew that the rocks on the offshore seabed restricted the passage of the landing craft, and said to Geng Qingsheng on the side:
"You tell the foreign devils that if you want to live longer, listen to the soldiers around you. I emphasize this point. You are not allowed to shoot without my order. If anyone disobeys the order, I will kill him first."
Geng Qingsheng translated truthfully, and in order to build momentum for him, Wang Laohu squatted down so that all the Filipino and American soldiers could see him, and then scanned them one by one with half-squinted eyes.
After Geng Qingsheng translated his words, Du Disheng ran over and asked, "Sir, don't you need to keep a reserve team?"
Wang Laohu glanced at him sideways and sneered: "You just thought of this problem. My team doesn't need a reserve team. Grandma is a bear. There are only more than 500 people who can really fight. If we keep a reserve team, this battle can still be done." Fight?"
Geng Qingsheng translated truthfully. Du Disheng felt insulted after hearing this. He blushed and asked: "Sir, what do you mean by this? Do you think that except for the Xuebing Army, none of us in the 61st Division know how to fight?" , you are insulting us."
"Insult, if he really thinks it is an insult, then please show some real skills to make me embarrassed to insult them, Xiao Geng, just translate it like this."
"Asshole, arrogant maniac." Du Disheng said angrily,
Wang Laohu sensed something was wrong and asked Geng Qingsheng: "What did he say? Did he scold me? Don't have any scruples and translate it truthfully."
Geng Qingsheng had no choice but to translate it truthfully and was prepared to prevent the group members from being angry and killing people. However, Wang Laohu had no intention of getting angry at all. Instead, he laughed and said: "How dare you scold me? Haha, this foreign devil's temper is against me." Appetite, you tell him, it's not that I'm arrogant, but the facts are in front of me. If he is not convinced, I can make a bet with him. As long as they kill more than half of the Japanese we killed, I will get into his crotch. Of course, If he loses, he has to call me grandpa."
This sentence was a bit awkward to translate, and Geng Qingsheng racked his brains to finish it. Then, he saw the American's face turn from red to purple, with blue veins on his forehead. He glared at the group and said: "Okay, I Bet with you."
Du Disheng was really irritated, so after making harsh words about making a bet with Wang Laohu, he stood up and said loudly: "Gentlemen, just now, I made a bet with Captain Wang Laohu. What do you want?" Do you know the terms of the bet? Let me tell you... Gentlemen, we are all men. What is the most intolerable thing for men is the trampling of dignity. We still have more than a thousand people, twice as many as them. Is it possible? The four of us can't compare to one of them. Gentlemen, if you want others to respect you, you can only become stronger yourself. Gentlemen, show your courage and use our actual actions to tell the arrogant Chinese people, In battle, our 61st Division is no worse than them, and is even better."
Du Disheng delivered an impassioned speech. Affected by it, all the Filipino and American soldiers became excited and excited. A male aura spread on the battlefield. After listening to Geng Qingsheng's translation, Wang Laohu said: Ya smiled: "Grandma, you are such a bear. I didn't expect this foreign devil to have such a temper. Well, if they really can do it, I will just get into my crotch once. In that case, I will lose so many brothers." Grandma is a bear, I hope they don’t have silver gun heads.”
Wang Laohu was completely talking to himself. Geng Qingsheng overheard this and became even more moved. Wang Laohu was a notoriously rough man among mountainous officers above the First Division School level. His words and deeds were vulgar. Geng Qingsheng had previously I always thought it was a miracle that he became the leader of the group, but now I sincerely feel that it is great to have such a group leader.