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 Souma to launch a landing battle. Flying
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 matter of picking up snails with three fingers and winning surely.
Soma received the order and called Major General Hirono Akio, 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 landing craft and set off for the predetermined Sapphire Beach under the escort of a light frigate.
As soon as these four ships left the fleet, a group of student lookout posts detected them. After receiving the report, Wang Laohu immediately ordered to rush down the mountain, hoping 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 a bottle of water and drink it. 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 Laohu once directly shot and killed 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 heart and means. He did not dare to show any slightness and immediately said this sentence
The words were spread widely in English. As a result, 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 American soldiers
They 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're a bear, these guys just deserve to be beaten!"
The area around Zamboanga is crisscrossed with hills, and the hills are covered with dense vegetation. 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 lowered their sails, 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:
"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 it truthfully. 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 sideways at him and sneered: "You just thought of this problem? I don't need a reserve team for my team. Grandma is a bear. She can only fight more than 500 people. 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 and make me embarrassed to insult them - Xiao Geng, this is how you translate!"
"Asshole, arrogant maniac!" Du Disheng said angrily.
Wang Laohu heard 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 under 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 veins on his forehead bulging, and 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 Lao Lao, he stood up and said loudly: "Gentlemen, just now, I made a bet with Captain Wang Lao Lao. What do you think?
Do you know the conditions of the bet? Let me tell you... Gentlemen, we are all men. What is the most intolerable thing for men? It is the trampling of dignity! We still have more than a thousand people, twice as many as them. Is it possible?
Can the four of us be no better than one of them? Gentlemen, if you want others to respect you, you can only become stronger! Gentlemen, show your courage and use our practical actions to tell the arrogant Chinese people that fighting is
, our 61st Division is no worse than them! 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 and said: "Grandma, I didn't expect this foreign devil to have such a temper. Well, if they really can do it, what if I just get into their crotch once? In that case, I will save many brothers from death!"
Grandma is a bear, I hope they don’t have silver gun heads.”
Wang Laohu said this completely to himself. Geng Qingsheng overheard it and became more and more moved. Wang Laohu was a notoriously rough military officer at the mountainous First Division level and above. His words and deeds were vulgar. Geng Qingsheng had always felt that
It was a miracle that he could become the group leader, but now he sincerely feels that it is great to have such a group leader.