Chapter nine hundred and seventeenth is another one caught off guard
It was still artillery preparations, and then the tanks opened the way and the chariots followed up. Then, in platoon units, American soldiers armed to the teeth with live ammunition bent their waists and touched them. They were different from those of the John Regiment before. Perhaps they were afraid of the sudden attack. The American soldiers were particularly cautious about the explosion. Many of them took one step at a time and then moved forward under the urging of the officers. The sudden explosion did bring considerable trouble to the Americans. It was Lieutenant General Wynn I still haven’t figured out what happened. Anti-tank landmines are the most suspected. But, have the Japanese developed a new product? Otherwise, how can we explain the amplified destructive power and blasting range? If it is not anti-tank landmines What else could it be, an electronically controlled bomb? Time did not allow Wynn to dwell too much on this issue. Finally, he shook his head and gave up asking for the root cause. However, he learned a lot from the experience. Under his instruction, he took on the role this time. There was a wide gap between the attacking Angkers regiment's tanks and infantry. The tanks fired at suspicious locations from time to time as they advanced. At the same time, the flamethrowers were also mobilized to the front line to deal with possible concealed shooting by the Japanese army. hole,
The altitude of the unknown highland is about 6,000 meters, and the slope is between 15 and 20 degrees. There is no difficulty in climbing. Of course, because it is an attack from above, it is more difficult for the attacking side. The John regiment encountered before The place of the raid was about two thousand meters away from the forward position. Therefore, when the Angkers Regiment slowly advanced to this point, either Wynn or Jin He, who was watching the battle from a distance with a telescope on the bridge of the Huangdi aircraft carrier behind, Regardless of Blake, their hearts were in suspense, worried that the previous scene would happen again.
The spectators at the rear were all worried, and Unkers, who was directing the battle from the front, had his heartstrings tightened even more, and even his breathing became heavy. In this depressing atmosphere, Unkers The nearly a thousand people in the regiment slowly marched forward for about 500 meters. Wynn's heartstrings couldn't help but loosen when he saw this. Then he was about to order the second-line troops to follow up when a sudden Johnson sound was heard, followed by a violent explosion. , "shit." He blurted out and hurriedly followed the sound, only to see that the place where the Unkers regiment was was shrouded in fireworks. From his perspective, there were suddenly a number of shooting holes on the originally normal mountain. , these shooting holes spit out tongues of fire. In front of or below them, the soldiers of the Unkers Regiment were either directly knocked down or took the initiative to lie on the ground. The forward momentum was suddenly curbed, and Wynn immediately spoke. He raised it to his mouth, pressed the send button and shouted: "Unkers, use the flamethrower to greet the Japanese, pay attention to protect the tank, and take cover between each row."
"The Japanese really have no intention of giving up the unknown highlands." Behind him, Chief of Staff Xue Silan said: "It is also a good thing to detect the enemy's traces earlier. At least our soldiers know what they are going to do next."
Wynn did not answer, but picked up the telescope. The stakes in this battle were too great. Even if he was considering his own future, he would never allow failure. Because John's group was defeated too quickly before, he had no idea about the difficulty of the battle. He has recalculated. In his subconscious, the Unkers Group is still allowed to fail, but he must be given time to find the Japanese cover.
Like Xue Silan's reaction, when the hidden firing holes of the Japanese army were exposed, Jin and Black also breathed a sigh of relief. Although the John Regiment suffered few casualties in the previous raid, the Japanese attack method was too weird, which further damaged morale. , and now, the Japanese army finally shows signs, and the war is on the right track. Although they are not sure that their side will definitely win, because it is a normal way of war that they can understand, they will feel relieved.
In the First Battle of Guadalcanal, the Xuebing Army first used saturation bombing and artillery to destroy the ground fortifications built by the Japanese army, and then flexibly used flamethrowing tanks and flamethrowers to render the underground defenses that the Japanese army had worked so hard to build ineffective. The Americans were deeply impressed by this overwhelming victory. MacArthur organized his staff to study and absorb it for his own use. Therefore, in the establishment of the U.S. Marine Corps, the fire-breathing unit has become an indispensable option. Before this battle, Wynn's 114th Division had conducted extensive training in Spitfire operations. Therefore, his order was passed on, and Unkers immediately and resolutely implemented it.
"Fire cover." Onkers shouted, waving his submachine gun. The American soldiers huddled behind tanks, armored vehicles and some rocks, and began to shoot wildly at the hidden fire points revealed by the Japanese. "Go up." Onkers fired at the enemy behind him again. The flamethrower squad waved, and the commander of the squad, a company commander named Arthur, responded and led dozens of flamethrowers to begin a flamethrowing operation against the Japanese firing holes at the front.
Several tongues of fire spit out, and immediately, screams that were not like human voices came from several shooting holes. Then, there were no more tongues of fire spitting out from these shooting holes.
"Good." Unkers praised and pointed to the right.
Arthur understood. He was about to turn around when gunshots were heard from his left. Suddenly, a small opening opened on the mountain about ten meters away from him, and the muzzle of a Type 15 semi-automatic rifle stuck out, " "Thud, tug, tug..." He was shot in the chest and fell into a pool of blood with a scream. At the same time, the oil barrel on the back of a flamethrower on his left was hit and exploded, with a "boom" sound. With a loud noise, the fire-breathing soldier and several comrades around him were ignited, and one of them was directly blown away by the air wave.
When Onkers saw this, he couldn't help but roared: "Son of a bitch." He pointed his submachine gun at it and fired wildly. At this time, the angle between him and the shooting hole was about 30 degrees. Of course, such a shooting would be useless. As a result, just as he was shooting crazily, more hidden shooting holes of the Japanese army were exposed where they were, and each additional one meant that for the US military, several more people would be caught off guard. Killing him, a shooting hole was suddenly exposed about twenty meters above Onkers. A soldier threw him down to cover him, but was shot into a hornet's nest. After Onkers finally calmed down, he called to the communications soldier, He asked him to speak and handed over the microphone to Tong Huaien, shouting: "General, we have fallen into the Japanese trap. There are hidden shooting holes everywhere. The Japanese have hollowed out this mountain."
It was another surprise for the Americans. What was even worse was that when the Unkers Regiment finally withdrew, there were less than 300 men left. Neither the tank nor the armored vehicle could withdraw safely.