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Chapter 480: Consider yourself unlucky; there is only one trump card here

The microphone was full of sizzling noises, and the enemy's artillery shells continued to fall, making a rumbling sound.

Trying to stay calm on this battlefield where bullets are raining can be said to be fighting against the body's instinct. It is so difficult, and every second seems longer than a minute.

Observing that most of the Ming troops in front of them entered the impact starting position less than 200 meters apart, the US military began to use direct firepower in an attempt to disintegrate the Ming troops before they launched their attack.

60mm and 81mm mortar shells fell continuously with a roar, bursting out near the lying down officers and soldiers of the st Marine Regiment.

At this moment, most people are engaged in emergency operations, digging prone bunkers with the engineer shovels they carry with them.

There are too many unexpected situations on the battlefield, and the offensive may be postponed for some time, so you should do your best to dig bunkers as long as conditions permit.

From land surface to prone bunker, to kneeling bunker and even standing bunker, each iteration can greatly increase the resistance to incoming enemy fire.

Looking ahead at the frontline command post, I saw that the smoke and dust raised by the falling shells almost covered the entire impact starting position.

Because they are not in a moving state, each shell can actually cause very little damage. Only a small number of shells can kill, and often they can only kill one or two people.

Being in this kind of situation is more of a test of psychological endurance. To put it bluntly, it is whether you are tough enough.

"What? What are the fleet waiting for? Everyone on my side is fucking going into battle... Nonsense! Fire!"

An angry Xue Can scolded the liaison officer of the D-42 Squadron bloody and ordered him to immediately start bombarding all exposed US military positions.

This is actually forcing someone to make things difficult. After all, the dominance lies with the fleet. How can they be obedient to a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.

The fighter plane disappeared so quickly that Xue Can couldn't care too much and immediately ordered to generate electricity and report the situation to the brigade headquarters.

After learning about the situation on the front line, Zhou Changfeng was very unhappy and sent an inquiry telegram to the fleet, demanding that they give reasons for delaying the fighter plane.

At this time, on the battlecruiser Yuanxing, the commander-in-chief Xiong Zhuguo was also anxious.

Unlike last night when we only needed to bombard the airport, this morning we also need to bombard exposed targets of the US military everywhere, which is much more complicated.

Cross-shore fire support is a meticulous job, which requires reasonable distribution of firepower to corresponding targets. The result of a random attack is likely to be that the secondary target is bombed indiscriminately, but the main target only receives a few shots.

The original plan was that the firepower plan would be based on what was observed by the seaplane ejected from the Yuanxing.

But when the staff had finished planning and called it a day, the carrier-based aircraft taking off from the Tianshi Youyuan claimed to have discovered a series of new targets that they had not noticed before.

So everyone began to revise it, but not long after, the 1st Marine Regiment also sent two consecutive telegrams based on feedback from frontline officers and soldiers, pointing out that enemy reserve positions and observation posts were suspected to exist in several places.

This resulted in the staff having to verify again that the firepower planning plan that had been formulated did not include these objectives, which was delayed for another half-quarter of an hour.

6:31, the sun has already jumped above the horizon.

After a delay of half an hour, a thunderous roar finally came from the distant sea.

Zhou Changfeng sighed, took out a cigarette, put it to his mouth, clenched his fists, crumpled it into a ball, and then dropped it to the ground.

This kind of thing is not uncommon, and if you encounter it, you can only admit that you are unlucky.

Excluding those noble sons who were dawdling around, the doctrines and rules and regulations of the Ming Navy were no less stringent than those of later generations. It could even be said that other officers and soldiers except for the command level would gradually be disciplined into step-by-step robots.

Any instructions given by the captain will be recorded word for word in the voyage log by the duty officer next to him. This log is a legal document, and every word and punctuation mark is regulated. Even clerical errors are not allowed to be modified casually. Modifications of entire paragraphs must be accompanied by a note of the person who made the modification and the date.

Officers and soldiers must stand upright and sit upright. A slight laxity may lead to scolding. If the work they are responsible for is not completed on time and with high quality and quantity, they will also be punished.

Apart from something as trivial as not being fed, a more elegant punishment is confinement, putting the person into a small and dark anchor chain cabin, and giving food and water regularly, which can be as short as a day or as long as a few days; similar punishments It is also more common in the U.S. Navy and is known as "bread and water."

Another more severe punishment is to tie the person with a rope and then throw him into the sea and drag him for a while. This is usually used for those who dare to contradict the superior and commit the following crimes.

As a time traveler, Zhou Changfeng is very clear about the general logic of this - the navy is more extreme than the army. Navy officers and soldiers are only part of the war weapon that controls the warship, and only the captain is the operator.

Everyone must strictly implement the captain's instructions and ensure that his instructions are effectively implemented. Only in this way can the captain save worry and effort and devote all his physical, mental and energy to thinking and decision-making, so as to give the best results in the limited time. Optimal solution.

From the perspective of a bystander, Zhou Changfeng originally wanted to complain that the staff of the Yuanxing were too rigid and could not grasp the main contradiction - no matter what the update situation was, just play a few rounds according to the initial plan.

Unfortunately, such flexibility does not exist in naval shore support doctrine - whenever circumstances change, the allocation plan must be carefully revised from beginning to end.

This is because there has been a lesson that our own troops captured the enemy's position, but the fleet was still shelling according to the initial plan.

At this time, Zhao Hanfeng suddenly reminded: "The feint attack has begun."

【Picture】

The Fourth Battalion of the Second Marine Regiment and the Floating Tank Battalion crossed the Matanikau River west of Guadalcanal Airport yesterday afternoon. During this period, they were shelled by the US military, but the losses were minor.

Now, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the two teams launched a feint attack under the cover of more than 30 amphibious tanks. The front of the attack was about 700 meters wide.

The only suppressive artillery unit that was in place in time was the 18nd Battalion of the brigade artillery regiment. Its 80 39mm howitzers also began to roar, and smashed a killing bomb into the th regimental combat team defending the west of the airport.

Observed from the sky, the area around the Guadalcanal Airport is completely in bloom, with gunfire and smoke covering the sun, as if a few earth reds were dotted on the ground.

At Edson Heights, seeing that his own fleet had begun to bombard the US military, Xue Can immediately gave the order to start the attack.

Two red signal flares shot into the sky from the second-line position, and suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded from the forward assault starting position.

"Beep beep beep-"

The next second, many figures climbed up from the lying bunkers that had just been dug.

After enduring the bombardment here for a long time, the soldiers made up their minds to vent their pent-up anger on the enemy in front of them.

Amidst the overwhelming shouts, one class after another of Marine infantry opened up the skirmish line and rushed towards the US position 200 meters away like a surging wave.

Under the rising sun, countless bayonet reflections flashed under the entire mountain.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta--" The US mortars were still firing, and the bullets fired from heavy machine guns and automatic rifles formed a fiery net of fire, and someone was hit every step forward.

The bullets whizzed by, but the Ming soldiers ignored the knocked down comrades beside them and continued to stride forward.

It wasn't until the officer accompanying the impact blew his whistle and gave the order to lie down to stop the impact that the surging wave stagnated.

"boom!!!"

A shell flew towards the enemy, and a Browning water-cooled heavy machine gun, spitting out tongues of flame, turned into twisted scrap metal in the violent explosion.

The broken limbs of the US Marines spun and fell like tree branches, while the old Tommy helmet flew dozens of meters away like a Frisbee.

Regardless of the Ming Dynasty Army or Marine Corps, the infantry regiment heavy firearms battalion infantry artillery team has four 4-type 112mm infantry cannons.

In order to be as light as possible, this artillery adopts an extreme and eccentric design - lengthening the length of the cradle, increasing the recoil stroke, and reducing the recoil impact. This eliminates the need to make the gun body structure too strong and thick, thereby reducing the risk of Overall weight. The disadvantage is that it is prone to bouncing when shooting at high elevation angles, and may even overturn itself.

The total weight is 737kg, the range is only 4700m, and the barrel diameter is 8.2 times.

Because the barrel is very short and does not need to withstand high chamber pressure, its 112mm anti-explosive bomb is a thin-cased bullet filled with a full 3.03kg of Korean explosives.

Several infantry cannons deliberately hidden by the Ming army dealt a heavy blow to the US defense line. How could the civil fortifications withstand the bombardment of these things?

What surprised the American officers and soldiers was that there were several bunkers between the Ming army's offensive starting position and the impact. No one paid attention to them at first, but now large clouds of smoke and dust kept spewing out from there.

Immediately afterwards, shells flew and exploded. Any machine gun bunkers were bombarded, and even the Browning automatic rifles were bombed.

Facing the fierce attack of the 5st Battalion of the st Marine Regiment, the position of the nd Battalion of the th Marine Regiment was shaky and dangerous. The joint between the two companies' positions was torn open by the overcoming Ming army.

This breakthrough quickly tore from the initial 60 meters to 150 meters. The Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers expanded the results to the left, front, and right in squad units, using intensive automatic firepower to suppress the U.S. troops coming for reinforcements.

Eight soldiers from the third platoon and third squad of the second team even followed the telephone line to the position of the mortar unit of Company C.

The two sides suddenly encountered each other at a distance of only twenty meters, and a brief exchange of fire immediately broke out.

Two grenades were thrown into the circular mortar bunker on the left, and it withered after two explosions and screams.

But it was different on the right side. The grenade that went in was thrown back and exploded in mid-air, affecting several Ming soldiers who tried to rush over.

Immediately afterwards, the anxious Marines in the bunker pulled out the fuse of the 60mm mortar shell, picked it up, knocked it hard, and threw it out with force.

"boom!"

After throwing several rounds of artillery shells, the small group of Ming army's surprise attack was repelled.

But on the front of the battlefield, the US military position on the west side of Hill 80 has tended to collapse.

Many Marines who were trapped in trenches or foxholes jumped out of the trenches and retreated in panic when they found that the surrounding area was surrounded by people speaking an unintelligible language.

At this time, Company A of the 5st Battalion of the th Marine Regiment came for reinforcements and ran into the stragglers who had hurriedly withdrawn.

Captain Justin, the company commander, was furious. He kicked a soldier down, pulled out his M7911 pistol and roared: "You still have bullets, so keep fighting. There are no cowardly Marines alive in the world!"

A second lieutenant covered in blood and dirt came over and said, "Captain, the Chinese have occupied the main positions."

"Then take it back! Did you hear that? Lieutenant, gather your men and follow us to fight back."

"Yes, sir!"

Companies A and C of the 2nd Battalion continued to retreat from the front and then regrouped here, while more than 100 people from Company A of the 1st Battalion followed Captain Justin in launching a countercharge.

At this time, the Ming Army infantry from the two teams participating in the battle had just captured the position on the west side of Highland 80. Their foothold was not yet stable, and they had not even cleared away the remaining enemies, but more than a hundred enemies had already come to kill them.

A few minutes later, after a very brief exchange of fire, soldiers from both sides launched a brutal hand-to-hand battle in this rugged wilderness.

This is the first confrontation between the two Marine Corps on both sides of the Pacific, and it is also a collision of blood and fire!

Many officers and soldiers of the 1st Marine Regiment suddenly thought of Zhou Changfeng's instructions before the departure - the U.S. Marine Corps is an ace force that uses second-rate weapons and equipment.

Now, everyone finally understands why Zhou Daizhao would crown an enemy force using old weapons as a trump card.

Raisin submachine guns, Type 34 submachine guns, Springfield rifles, Type 21 rifles, Browning automatic rifles, Type 33 light machine guns, the area with a width of only 200 meters was filled with various gunshots.

【Picture】

The shouts of killing and cursing in two languages ​​​​intertwined together, accompanied by thick smoke rising straight into the sky.

"Brothers! Come with me! Kill them all, leaving no one behind!"

"Long live!"

"Damn it, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain!"

The battlefield of bloody fighting was in chaos. The soldiers in front were shot and fell, and those next to them rushed over to take over. The sound of gunshots, screams, roars, and collisions formed a symphony of war.

Yu Jianhuai, deputy of the second platoon of the first battalion and the first team, fired a round with a Type 20 automatic gun and knocked down an enemy soldier more than ten meters away.

Just as he was changing the magazine, a U.S. Marine holding a bayonet in his hand flew into the air and pushed him to the ground, rolled him twice, and then stabbed the bayonet deeply into his chest.

Yu Jianhuai tried his best to pull out the revolver from his waist, and fired twice at the enemy soldier's stomach. He felt the body fall down weakly, and then rolled to the side.

He only felt that the scene in front of him was gradually being invaded by the black surrounding him. It didn't hurt at all, but it was difficult to breathe and he had no strength at all.

Knowing that his life was about to end, Yu Jianhuai turned his head and looked to the side. He saw an enemy soldier using a sapper to chop down the corporal who was struggling with him, but he was immediately stabbed through the stomach with a bayonet by a thin and roaring private.

The blade of the bayonet was not even inserted into the body, and when it was pulled out, a bloody intestine was pulled out...

Further away, Yu Jianhuai's vision was blurry and black. He vaguely saw a figure throwing a pipe like a javelin, followed by a deafening violent explosion.

trump card? There is only one trump card on Guadalcanal today!

(End of this chapter)