my bright sword career

Chapter 663 Do You Still Want to Launch a General Attack?

"Boom...boom..."

Although the bombing had ended for several minutes, bombs still exploded on the ground from time to time.

The Liantai militia used German-made SD-2 series cluster bombs, which are considered to be the earliest cluster bombs in the world.

The most vicious thing about these bombs is that their fuze settings are randomly set at the factory. Some will explode in the air and some will explode seconds or minutes after landing, so even the manufacturer does not know what is in a cluster bomb. When will hundreds of small bombs explode.

Explosions sounded from time to time, like a deadly hammer, hitting the Japanese soldiers who had almost collapsed. Even those Japanese officers who were usually high above were lying in the mud at this time, unwilling to get up and command the troops.

For them, every time a small bomb goes off, it always takes someone's life.

The plane had already left, and the road was in a mess, filled with the wailing and moaning of wounded soldiers.

Occasionally some brave health soldiers would rush out of their bunkers to the road to rescue the wounded and drag them into the roadside or into the rainforest regardless of the danger of the bombs in the mud exploding again, but these were only a minority after all.

More soldiers just lay down in terrified places, allowing the wounded soldiers to struggle in the mud until they died.

After more than 20 minutes, there was finally no sound of the deadly small bomb exploding. Those Japanese officers who were lying in the mud regained some courage. They slowly walked out of the jungle on the roadside and ordered the soldiers to treat the wounded. Regroup for further southward advance.

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"Your Excellency, the information received recently. The Ueda detachment that just landed on the island three days ago was attacked by a Chinese plane during the march. The Ueda detachment suffered heavy losses. Colonel Kazuko Ueda asked us to send troops to rescue them." A staff officer The telegram was handed over to the Supreme Commander of Guadalcanal, Hyakutake Haruki.

Momotake Haruki did not read the telegram after receiving it, but closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if suppressing his anger, and asked after a while: "What are the specific casualties of the Ueda Detachment?"

"Master Ueda said...according to a rough estimate, the number of casualties in their detachment is about 800 people, and now there are only about 2000 people who can still act."

"In other words, the number of casualties of the Ueda detachment is nearly half?"

"Yes, sir!"

The staff officer didn't know how to comfort his chief. The Ueda detachment was a unit drawn from the permanent field division in the Huaxia Guannei battlefield.

Originally, the purpose of the base camp was to send this elite force to Guadalcanal Island to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Guadalcanalan army, but no one thought that after traveling thousands of miles, the troops would be blown up by the opponent's plane before they could reach their destination and go into battle. up.

Now Momotake Haruki can be said to have mixed feelings in his heart.

Troops like the Ueda detachment, let him continue to reinforce Tululu Leshan. How much combat power can such a disabled troop exert? It will not continue to be bombed by aircraft.

But it's not realistic to let them go home. You must know that the warship that sent them has already returned, so you don't even think about going home.

Perhaps knowing the embarrassment of their own commander, the staff made a suggestion, "Your Excellency, otherwise, we should send a report to the Ueda detachment and let them garrison on the spot. It will not be too late to reconcile with us after a period of recuperation."

"It's useless." Haruki Hyakutake sighed softly.

"The food of the Ueda detachment has run out, and the bombing by the Chinese shows that they have exposed their position. If they are stationed on the spot, they can only be a dead end.

How about this, you send them a report immediately, let them rest during the day, march at night, and rush to Mount Tululu at a forced march. "

"Your Excellency, General..." The voice of the staff officer became a little trembling. This decision of Haruyoshi Hyakutake was tantamount to pushing the Ueda detachment into the abyss.

The Ueda detachment is still one day away from Mount Tululu, and there are still a large number of wounded among them. Once they march forcibly, most of the wounded will be abandoned. In such a dangerous rainforest, the wounded who lost the protection of their comrades in arms can imagine their fate. And know.

Hyakutake Haruki was naturally aware of the fluctuations in the staff's heart, but he still said expressionlessly: "If you do this, at least one-third of the people will be able to rush to Mount Tululu. If you continue to delay, wait until the Chinese If the plane from the plane visits again, the Ueda detachment will really be over! Do you understand?"

"Hi, got it!"

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At 10:28 on October 17th, the defenders on the east side of Tululu Mountain took advantage of the rare sunny day and tried their best to strengthen their fortifications under the scorching sun slanting to the west.

Just today, the Ueda detachment finally arrived at Mount Tululu, but unlike the expected rest or a full meal at the destination, the Ueda detachment was thrown here to repair the fortifications as soon as it arrived.

The continuous heavy rain in the tropical rain forest turned the construction of fortifications into a disaster, and the trenches into muddy ditches.

In addition, the soil in Guadalcanal Island is very alkaline, soaking in muddy water every day, hundreds of thousands of people suffer from trench foot, in mild cases peeling and bleeding, in severe cases festering, toenails falling off, and bone stubble exposed. In short, this place is hell.

But the fortifications still need to be repaired, after all, this is a life-saving thing.

Suddenly there was a swishing sound in the air, followed by a deafening explosion.

Yoshino Ozawa, who was struggling to dig the soil, quickly rolled into the trench with a foot of water. After the explosion shock wave, Ozawa saw half of a companion not far away blown into the sky.

The shelling stopped, and Yoshino Ozawa, who barely stood up from the muddy water, had a splitting headache, feeling that the ground was pitch black and the surroundings were dead.He gritted his teeth and wanted to move forward, but suddenly, his eyes darkened and he lost consciousness.

On the afternoon of October 10, Gao Hongming mobilized more than 28 artillery pieces from two artillery battalions to bombard the east side of Mount Tululu violently. The flashes of exploding shells turned the sky orange.

A few rounds of bombardment quickly blew up the trenches that the Japanese army had finally dug into ruins and mud.

Originally, Gao Hongming planned to shell for at least one hour, and he had prepared enough bombs for this purpose, but just over ten minutes into the shelling, a strong wind suddenly blew up, the sky suddenly became dark, and raindrops began to fall from the sky.

The heavy rain was pouring, the wind was howling, and the surroundings were chaotic and misty. All sounds were covered by the squall and rain.

"Damn it, what a horrible weather!"

Gao Hongming cursed bitterly.

He was also puzzled. Since he came to Guadalcanal, he hadn't encountered good weather. Now that it was fine, the day of the general attack actually started to thunder and lightning.

"Sir, do you want to launch a general attack in this weather?" Chi Yaohui walked to him and asked softly.

(End of this chapter)