Chapter 916 Respect for life or greedy for life and afraid of death
The attack came and went quickly. After the explosion, the Japanese army did not appear. This made Wynn feel relieved when he arrived and was humiliated. If the Japanese army took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack, he could not imagine what would happen. In order to establish The Chinese and French sacrificed nearly 2,000 people at this landing site. If it is recaptured by the Japanese now, who will admit the responsibility? The casualties of the John Regiment of more than 800 people were not very large, with only more than 100 casualties. people, but considering that all the tanks and armored vehicles were left behind, the loss was huge. This is still secondary. The key is that after this battle, the commander of the John regiment died, and the remaining officers and soldiers also died. He looked like he was in despair, which meant that this regiment had actually lost the ability to continue fighting. He surrendered a regiment in the first charge, but he didn't even see the shadow of the enemy. Wynn turned around and looked at the Huangdi aircraft carrier. At one glance, I suddenly felt an unusually heavy feeling in my heart. What should I do next? Should I ask for Chinese or French people to be replaced? That is not a matter of losing face, but that the United States may lose its current position among the Allies. , "Shit, why did it become like this." Wynn rubbed his nose fiercely, saying that he would fight for the beauty and strength, and then he would call the Marine Corps headquarters and ask Bai Liusu for fire support again.
Bai Liusu did not respond to requests this time: "General Wynn, before we find traces of the Japanese army, is the air fire support useful? Or, we can directly level the nameless highlands. But in that case, what will happen to the next battle? You should know the nameless The significance of the high ground to us, General Wynn, if you can't do it, then withdraw, I'll let Wang Laohu's people come up."
Wynn's face turned red, and he angrily cursed "shit, shit." He said slowly: "The Japanese have built underground fortifications. We don't have heavy weapons to tear apart the underground fortifications. All we need to do is tear one open for us." If you open your mouth, we can kill the little devil."
"are you sure."
"Yes."
"I, I will trust you one more time. Please retreat to a safe area."
The mobile fleet of the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet and other ships equipped with large naval guns had long been lined up in a row and prepared for bombardment. After Bai Liusu obtained Chen Shichang's consent, he personally directed these ships to bombard the unknown highlands and surrounding areas. A round of shelling lasted for half an hour, lowering the altitude of the unknown highland by no less than three meters. After the shelling stopped, Bai Liusu said to Wynn: "General Wynn, one-third of the ammunition stored by the fleet has been consumed. One, I hope you can capture the unknown highland before dark. If you can't, I'm sorry, I can only let Wang Laohu and Steve's people take it."
Wang Laohu is a division commander of the Chinese Marine Corps, and Steve is the top commander of the French Zionist Army following the Yellow Emperor aircraft carrier fleet. Both of them had actively requested the war before, hoping that their troops would take on the vanguard mission. Wynn knew He heard what Bai Liusu said and knew that if he couldn't win it next, he would have no shame in occupying the vanguard position. He called all the school-level officers together and said to everyone with a stern face: "Everyone Sir, I believe you all know that our inaction in Australia has aroused strong dissatisfaction from Mr. President and the people at home. Before coming, General MacArthur specifically talked to me. He said that the government has invested a huge amount of money for the Pacific and Australia. Now, It's time for us to give him a victory. If I can't give him a victory, then Guadalcanal will be the end of my military career. So what I want to say to you is, either win or never. Let's stay in Guadalcanal. We Americans are not a loser, but only if we try our best and make our best efforts for the honor of the military... General Bai Liusu just gave me an ultimatum, until dark Before, we had to capture the unknown high ground. Now, in order, one regiment after another, don't worry, if you all can't win, there will be me in the end." When he said "There is still me in the end," Wynn clapped his hands. He patted his chest and then said loudly: "Even if we fight to the last person, we will never give up."
There were heavy casualties without even seeing the enemy's shadow. This was even more unacceptable than being defeated in person. But now from Wynn's tone, he was ready to risk his life, "even if he fights to the last man." En’s attitude is also his determination,
MacArthur and Wynn have also discussed this issue in depth. They once thought it was caused by the gap in equipment and tactics, but the Americans did not think that they had the same enemy. Their tactical literacy and command level were worse than those of the Chinese. Later, after witnessing too many failures of the US-Australia coalition forces and victories of the student army, they finally admitted that they were defeated because their fighting will was not as good as that of the student army. To put it bluntly, that is American soldiers are not as afraid of death as Chinese soldiers. They have a different understanding of the right to survival, or a different attitude towards life. Although Americans are not afraid of sacrifice, they pursue meaningful sacrifices more. What they don’t know is that the so-called meaningful sacrifices It is too easy to confuse sacrifice and avoiding sacrifice. Therefore, respecting life often becomes their excuse to avoid tough and tragic battles.
It is the practice of all armies in the world that no matter whether they win or lose a war, they will sum up their experience afterward. In the past, the Americans concluded that the main reason for their repeated defeats against Japan was the Japanese attitude of disregarding life, plus the fact that they had enough South Asian indigenous people on their hands. Cannon fodder, so "our commanders don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices" becomes an excuse to shirk responsibility, but they don't think that from the perspective of respecting life, Americans must be higher than the natives of South Asia and the Japanese.
Finally, in the face of a large number of cruel facts, MacArthur had to admit: Compared with Chinese soldiers, American soldiers were indeed lacking in bravery and fearlessness. Then he looked for the reason, thinking that maybe it was because they were not fighting on the local soil and the soldiers had a weak sense of national mission. High, this led them to worry about gains and losses on the battlefield and refused to fight to the death.
The reason was found, but how to improve it became a problem. After all, some things deep in the human soul cannot be changed overnight, and from the perspective of national dignity and morale, MacArthur was unwilling to admit that the reason why they could not defeat the Japanese was Because soldiers "respect life" more. To put it nicely, they respect life, but who can say that they are not greedy for life and afraid of death?
As a protégé of MacArthur, Wynn was aware of the troubles his teacher was facing in this regard. He once actively helped make suggestions and wanted to help solve this problem. But now, under Bai Liusu's ultimatum and in the face of national dignity, he had no choice but to do so. Taking the tepid theoretical route again, Heng decided to adopt a rough strategy. Perhaps he thought that in terms of the spirit of not fearing death, American soldiers are not inferior to soldiers of any country.