Emergency Doctor Mercenary Road

   chapter 58

After Lu Fei spoke, Vandergrift loudly ordered officers at all levels to say: "Please strictly implement the medical and epidemic prevention requirements, and you must follow Dr. Jack's implementation. The division headquarters promised that the soldiers will give each person 3 condoms after 3 days. Use, quinine and related drugs will be applied as soon as possible. Thank you Dr. Jack for his forward-looking consideration and measures. I suggest that Jack should lead the establishment of an epidemic prevention team to implement epidemic prevention measures, and officers at all levels must not slack off."

  The officers agreed with a bang, and they dispersed, not to mention the implementation of various anti-epidemic measures overnight.

   A few days later, on August 15th, Guadalcan Airport was completely renovated (2 days earlier than history). Vandergrift named the airfield Henderson Field in honor of Major Henderson, the Marine Corps Air Squadron Captain who died heroically at the Battle of Midway. Next, a large number of various types of fighter jets settled in. These planes formed the Guadalcan shore-based air force. The pilots saw that the airport was covered with cacti, and called their small flying team "Cactus Air Force".

  Although the number of U.S. military aircraft is relatively small and its performance is slightly inferior to that of the Japanese "Zero" fighter, the U.S. military has a favorable geographical position. The Japanese planes did not have a forward base, and all planes could only take off from Rabaul. Due to the limitation of the range, they could only stay in the air above Guadalcan Island for fifteen minutes. However, with the effective early warning notification of the Solomon Islands Coastal Watch Post, the U.S. military could take off the Japanese planes. Get a report two hours before the arrival, usually take off half an hour before the arrival of the Japanese plane, seize a favorable altitude and position on the Japanese plane's flight route, wait for work, and win calmly.

  The U.S. military aircraft tactically promoted the "Saatchi formation" tactic invented by Major Saatchi, which offset the advantage of Japanese aircraft performance to a certain extent. On August 30, 1942, 18 Japanese "Zero" fighters covered the attack of 6 "I" bombers. The US took off 8 F4Fs and 11 P-39 fighters to face them. In the fierce air battle, the US shot down 14 Japanese planes. He only lost 4 P-39s. This was the first air battle that the Japanese "Zero" fighter had failed since the start of the war, completely shattering the myth of "Zero invincibility". Since the "Cactus Air Force" stationed in Guadalcanal, the situation has changed immediately.

   Due to the flapping of Lu Fei's butterfly wings, the US military finally gained air supremacy early.

Due to the lack of intelligence, the Japanese army has always been unclear about the situation of the U.S. military on Guadalcan. , and only part of the 17th Army was arranged to be put into Guadalcanal operations. Among them, the ace unit in Guam, Yimu Detachment, was the closest to Guam, so it became the first unit to go to the war zone. The leader of the detachment of Yimu Detachment, Yimu Qingzhi, was the culprit who provoked the "July 7 Incident".

  At 1:00 am on August 19th, 917 Japanese troops landed at Taiu Point, 35 kilometers east of Lunga Point on Guadalcan Island, through smuggling of destroyers at night. They did not encounter American resistance. Because the landing went very smoothly, Ichiki mistakenly believed that the U.S. defense was weak, so he left only 100 people to defend the beachhead of Taiwu, and personally led 816 people to the Henderson Airport occupied by the U.S. military. At 4:30 a.m. on the 20th, Ichisho arrived on the east bank of the Tenaru River outside the airport, and there were U.S. military defense positions on the west bank. The arrogant Ichiki decided to launch an attack on the night of the 20th without waiting for the second echelon and heavy weapons to arrive.

   On August 19, a latent reconnaissance post of the U.S. military spotted the Japanese army. Unfortunately, the sergeant named Wocha was captured by the Japanese army immediately and was severely tortured, but he did not give in and said nothing. In the evening, the Japanese army bit off the rope by accident, and fled back to the US military position with scars all over his body to report.

   On August 20, a reconnaissance team of 40 Japanese troops encountered a patrol of the US military. The US military killed 31 Japanese troops and seized a marked map. According to this map, division commander Vandergrift found that the Japanese had already understood the weak links in the U.S. defense line. He immediately adjusted and made full preparations. Barbed wire and machine guns were set up at the possible attack sites of the Japanese army. fire point.

   At 14:00 in the afternoon, Lu Fei also got the news that the Japanese army's first ground attack in the true sense was coming.

  Lu Fei pondered how to expand the results and reduce casualties. He still had to adhere to the strategy of digging holes in advance, increasing the input of heavier firepower, outflanking counterattacks early, and finally rushing to kill them to make targeted arrangements.

  Lu Fei went to the battalion headquarters to find battalion commander Anderson, who was having a headache about how to arrange the defense line. Although the reports of the lurking posts and patrols were detailed, and the division commander also arranged lines of defense and firepower, Anderson still did not know the strength of the Japanese army and when to attack. This is giving me a headache. Division commanders and regimental commanders are also trying their best to strengthen all lines of defense, and everyone is anxious. After all, I learned that the other party was the main force of the Japanese army's trump card, and my first marine division was all recruits. A little careless, it will face the test of collapse.

   "Commander Anderson, I'm here." Lu Fei lifted the curtain and entered the battalion commander's tent.

   "Oh, Dr. Jack, I have to put the epidemic prevention work here for a while. The Japanese army is likely to come to our line of defense. There is no time to deal with the mosquitoes." Battalion Commander Anderson raised his head slightly, then lowered his head and continued to look at the map.

   "I have some advice for you, Battalion Commander Anderson. Last time I gave some immature advice. The Japanese sank 7 cruisers. You really don't want to hear it?"

   "Ah, I was wrong, tell me quickly."

   "My suggestion is to find out in advance, bright as day, machine gun massacre, mobile firepower, sharp counterattack." Lu Fei's face became mysterious and unpredictable under the flickering lights.

At 4 p.m. on August 20, in front of the US military position on the Tenaru River, Lu Fei, Battalion Commander Anderson, and Captain Douglas quietly came to the small bushes in front of the position with a platoon of engineers. Everyone carefully observed with binoculars. front.

   "Two sirs, the Japanese army hasn't arrived yet, it's time for us to act." Lu Fei said softly.

   Anderson nodded, Douglas waved his hand, and Lu Fei and the brothers of the engineer platoon moved forward together and entered the bushes. The sappers began to lay infantry mines. Several of the sappers, together with Lu Fei, dug a large number of small pits at the main intersection and the flanks of the US military, and placed iron nails. Of course, they added veterinary anesthetics.

  Anderson battalion commander also deliberately called out 5 more water-cooled Maxim heavy machine guns from the warehouse. 2 fronts, two left and right sides, and one spare. Lu Fei also suggested that the number of flares should be increased so that they could continue to be launched until dawn. The base of bullets and shells is tripled. Lu Fei accompanied Anderson to see Colonel Hunter again, and suggested that armored forces be prepared in advance to counterattack. The Japanese long-distance destroyers smuggled troops, and it is impossible to have armored forces. Your strengths and strengths must be brought into play.

   The division commander learned of Lu Fei's suggestion and divided the 10 105mm towed artillery pieces that the division had just received into 5 groups.

  It was late at night on August 20. The Japanese quietly advanced towards the American positions on the Tenaru River. After midnight, the Japanese arrived in front of the position of the 1st Marine Regiment. At about 0:00 on the 21st, all kinds of guns of the Japanese army fired at the outpost of the US military. Following that, the first wave of more than 100 Japanese soldiers charged with rifles and rushed up. After a while, they rushed into the bushes.

   "Ah, ah, ah" screams kept coming, and many Japanese soldiers were pierced by iron nails on the ground, but these soldiers were the main ace of the Japanese army. They were not afraid of death and continued to move forward.

   "Boom, Boom, Boom", the landmine was stepped on again, and the Japanese soldiers flew into blood in an instant, screaming again and again. At this moment, a flare was raised in the sky, illuminating the front of the U.S. military as bright as day.

   The US military only placed two platoons in front of the estuary, but they were reinforced machine gun platoons and 37mm rapid-fire artillery platoons. Even ordinary soldiers were armed with semi-automatic rifles or Thomson submachine guns, and their firepower was extremely fierce. In an instant, a net of fire was woven in front of the formation.

  Lu Fei also applied to the scene and practiced his marksmanship. After the rifle was upgraded to level 1, he never had the opportunity to take good practice training, so Lu Fei definitely came for training.

   "呯, 呯, 呯", Lu Fei used a rifle to shoot Mozambique, knocking down a Japanese soldier who was shooting in a hidden position in the back. He heard that the Japanese veteran's marksmanship was excellent, so he quickly moved his position and continued to shoot. But this time, he thought too much. The Japanese didn't even have a chance to stand up straight at close range, and they were knocked over by the metal storm.

   After 10 minutes, there was no more Japanese charge, and the first wave had been fully explained. Except for the Japanese soldiers who died in the bushes, most of the Japanese soldiers were killed in the river by the US military before they washed up on the beach.

Ichiki, who was commanding the back, had never seen such fiery firepower, but the so-called madness of the big Japan and the low country in his heart was at work, and he refused to give up. He organized a second wave of charges, this time the number increased to more than 200 people. Azimuth, multiple layers launched what is called an "onboard" attack. The Japanese army shouted "Long live the Emperor," with a "menstrual belt" on his head, desperately moving forward.

  Lu Fei's ears were about to go deaf. The water-cooled Mark Qin heavy machine gun of the US military seemed to never stop. The machine gun was extremely ferocious. The area 50-100 meters in front of the battle has become an Asura field, with stumps and corpses, all **** and bloody. Although Lu Fei was about to vomit in disgust, he still insisted on shooting one shot at a time. The Japanese attacked one by one. 20 minutes later, the 155mm gun began to cover 100 meters to 150 meters in front of the formation.

   This wave of Japanese troops failed again, and only a handful of soldiers escaped.

  Ichiki, whose eyes were splitting, was still unwilling to fail, and organized his troops to launch a third charge. But this time, Ichiki learned to be obedient, no longer charging forward, but detouring to the flank of the U.S. military position. But unfortunately, the U.S. military and Lu Fei had already anticipated it. Captain Douglas saw the movement of the Japanese army in the constant flares, and waved to Lu Fei. Group past, formed on the left flank the firepower of 4 machine gun groups and 20 automatic rifles and submachine guns. 2 minutes after the formation of the position, the Japanese army stooped and slowly approached the front of the formation.

   There are no more landmines on the ground this time, but there are also Japanese soldiers who made a muffled sound. The discipline of the Japanese army on the battlefield is also shocking. When they stepped on the nails, no one screamed.

   When the Japanese army entered the 100-meter area in front of the formation, Douglas waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Send the Japanese devils to hell!"

   "chu chu chu chu", the metal storm of the machine gun blew up! The 4 machine guns have not stopped since then, and the half-foot-long muzzle flame seems to want to burn all the monsters. Until half an hour later, there are no more standing creatures in front of the formation to shoot.

   Each machine gun fired thousands of bullets, and the bullet casings drowned the ankles of the machine gun crew members. Before the battle, the smell of blood rose to the sky, and from time to time there were the screams of the Japanese and the explosion of sporadic grenades (the Japanese were committing suicide).

  Lu Fei also had a great time fighting. He couldn't tell which Japanese troops were killed by him and which were killed by machine gunners. Anyway, he found that his marksmanship has become more and more accurate. He also had no pressure of not being able to hit. Several Japanese soldiers were directly shot in the head or neck by him and shot to death.

   After the failure of this operation, Kazuki was unable to organize a new attack, and was forced to lead the team back to the starting position on the east bank of the Tenaru River.

   (end of this chapter)