Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2536 Self-esteem is strong
In Kagoshima in December, the temperature is quite suitable, with a maximum temperature of about 12 degrees during the day and a minimum temperature of 10 degrees at night.

When boarding the landing craft, Li Xun and Singer both put on black raincoats in order to prevent the seawater from getting wet on their weapons and equipment. After wearing the same black gas masks, they looked like devils who came out of hell. daunting.

In fact, the scenery of Kagoshima is pretty good. There are many volcanic islands formed by volcanic eruptions. There are more than 600 islands in the entire Kagoshima Prefecture, many of which are uninhabited islands and are not within the target of the Allied forces.

The total area of ​​Kagoshima Prefecture reaches 9187 square kilometers, and the coastline is 2722 kilometers long. To sweep so many islands one by one, the number of troops participating in the Olympic plan has to be doubled.

An Qi and MacArthur were afraid of trouble, so they adopted Li Mei's suggestion and sent the air force and fleet to clean up the islands around Kagoshima one by one. They did not require all the occupation, but only destroyed all the ships that could be operated. The Japanese on the island would live on their own. Self-destruction, as long as you don't cause trouble for the Allies.

The closer you are to the coastline, the more complicated the situation is. There are hidden reefs everywhere on the bottom of the water, and the speed of the landing craft is very fast. Although the Air Force has dropped colored floating barrels and smoke cans on safe waterways in advance, accidents still happen.

Li Xun and Singer were lucky. The landing craft they took arrived at the shore smoothly. Along the way, several landing craft ran aground, and two others hit the rocks and flooded a lot.

The Air Force's preparations are still very good. The imagined landing battle did not happen. The beach is peaceful and peaceful. There are no barbed wire fences, horse refusals, and machine gun bunkers. There are only a few smoking house ruins not far away, reminding officers and soldiers They have entered enemy territory.

"Take out your rifles, check your weapons, put on your gas masks, be careful--" the officers kept reminding, and whistles came and went.

The process of landing on the beach, no matter how well-trained, it is impossible to be orderly. The officers used whistles to gather the soldiers under their command. The first batch of soldiers who landed had a heavy task. In this process, the Japanese army will counterattack at any time.

Li Xun and Singer jumped off the landing craft almost at the same time, completed the rendezvous according to the guidance of the whistle, and advanced in a search state under the command of the officer.

"Where are all the Japanese?" Singer was excited, and couldn't wait to find a few Japanese to have a meal.

It's not that kind of meat, so don't think about it.

"It's probably all in the volcano—" Li Xun kept firing his gun at any time, and glanced at the volcano not far away.

There are indeed many volcanoes. Not far from the landing site is the famous Mount Kaimun. This is a volcano with a nearly perfect cone. It is known as Satsuma Fuji and is very famous.

Kagoshima Prefecture itself has a long history. Because it is located in the southern gate of Japan, it has had very frequent exchanges with neighboring countries and countries in the Asia-Pacific region since ancient times.

In the 17th century, the Dutch introduced Javan deer from the Dutch East Indies to breed on the island for meat, hence the name Kagoshima.

There are many celebrities in Kagoshima. Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi are both from Kagoshima. Admiral of the Japanese Navy, Togo Heihachiro, who is also known as the "Military God" with the Army Nogi Noki, is also from Kagoshima.

"The volcanic bath?" Singedo was an honest guy, and he seemed to be completely relaxed when he arrived in Japan.

Kagoshima's volcanic baths are quite famous, but Singer definitely didn't mean that. Judging from his appearance, it seemed that he really wanted to throw the Japanese into the volcano.

Before Li Xun could speak, several people suddenly appeared beside the ruins of a house.

Before the start of Operation Olympic, the Allied Air Forces bombed Kagoshima indiscriminately for a month. There are many wooden buildings in Japan, as long as they are ignited by incendiary bombs, it is almost impossible to extinguish them.

These few locals, who were supposed to be searching for usable living supplies in the ruins, did not expect to catch up with the Allied forces landing, and were at a loss for a while, motionless.

Probably also intimidated by the Allied troops wearing gas masks.

Of course, Japan also has gas masks, but compared with the gas masks of the Allied forces, they are too simple and the styles are different. Not many people have seen gas masks these days. It is really scary to see a large group of soldiers wearing gas masks. of.

"Stand still and don't move, raise your hands!" Li Xun shouted as required, speaking in Chinese.

Li Xun did not know Japanese either, and the Allied officers and soldiers did not conduct Japanese training before departure, because everyone believed that the Japanese would not surrender, so there was no need for training.

"—" Singer was also shouting, but he probably used Gurkha, which even Li Xun couldn't understand.

The other party was two men and one woman. The servants should be civilians, and they didn't seem to be carrying weapons.

I don't know if the other party understood what Li Xun and Singer were saying, but before Singer finished speaking, a man suddenly turned around and ran away.

bah—

It was Singh who fired.

The sudden gunshot startled Li Xun, and subconsciously pulled the trigger.

The same is true for the other soldiers around. It is obviously the most advanced automatic semi-automatic rifle, but it actually fired the effect of a row of guns.

Three Japanese were unlucky, and each of them was hit by more than ten bullets on average. Thanks to the director who shot the documentary, the effect is remarkable.

"Stop, stop shooting!" Under the command of the officer, the gunfire gradually stopped.

Then a group of people swarmed up.

It was indeed a civilian. Li Xun didn't approach the corpse, and stood guard on the spot more than ten meters away from the corpse.

Singer was so bold that he went over to check the body and found that a man was not dead. He put the muzzle of the gun on the man's head and shot, and then jumped away and cursed because the distance was not controlled well, and some blood was splashed on his body.

In fact, it is not necessary at all, and there is no battlefield to clean up. They should be real civilians and have no valuables on them. Although Singh is a Gurkha, he is a regular army in southern Africa after all. Similarly, Singer still couldn't do such a thing as opening a dead man's mouth to check for gold teeth.

"Keep in formation, keep going—"

In the sound of the officer's order, Li Xun and Singer continued to move forward.

In fact, it didn't go far. After all, heavy tanks are more reliable in attacking things, and light infantry can't afford to take risks with their own bodies.

When the infantry expanded the landing field, the engineers had already begun to build simple pontoon bridges.

Unlike the European allied forces, the East Asian allied forces were more fully prepared. The pontoon bridges were all built in advance and sent to the shore in sections. The assembly was completed in less than half an hour. The most time-consuming thing was finding a suitable location. A ten-ton heavy tank still has requirements for the foundation.

The first to go ashore was not the "Lion" tank, but the latest model of the fourth-generation Alligator armored personnel carrier.

Compared with the previous three generations, the fourth-generation Alligator has thicker armor and more ferocious firepower. The most notable sign is the replacement of the previous dual-mounted 12.7mm large-caliber machine gun with an electric-driven Gatling.

An alligator can carry six infantrymen, plus a driver and a machine gunner, with guaranteed attack and defense capabilities.

Such an alligator has a weight of 20 tons. According to the standards of the Japanese army, it can basically be regarded as a heavy tank.

With the alligator, the speed of propulsion is greatly accelerated. The driver's skills of the alligator that Li Xun and Singer were riding on were very good, and the car drove a little fast. The eight-wheeled alligator abruptly drove out "Lion Li Xun is not used to the posture of a "type tank, galloping like flying on the muddy road.

This shit is fighting in the enemy's territory, don't make it like an outing, dragging cars at every turn.

"You don't understand, as long as we are fast enough, the devils won't have time to target us—" The driver has his own logic, which makes sense.

There must be a counterattack. The Japanese army gave up on Kyushu Island, and the defenders had more than [-] divisions. The alligators advanced less than one kilometer, and finally encountered Japanese attacks.

The terrain of Kagoshima is actually quite complicated. It is not a flat river. There are volcanic hills everywhere. Although the height is not too high and the vegetation is quite lush, the machine gunners did not lock the position of the Japanese army in the first place.

"On the left, the devil is on our left!" Singer had a good sense of position, and his voice was very real.

"There are also gunshots on the right side. Damn it, we are surrounded!" Sergey, a Slav who was also in the carriage, lay on the floor in the middle of the carriage with a terrified expression on his face.

Facts have proved that such a large armored vehicle is still very easy for the Japanese to aim at.

Although the accuracy of the Sanba cover is good, its power is limited, and it cannot penetrate the armor of the alligator, but the sound of the bullets hitting the car body is quite scary.

"Back, back—" Li Xun calmed down. Alligators are suitable for scouting, but heavy tanks are still needed to attack.

It will take at least two hours for the "Lion" tank to go ashore. After the alligator retreats to a safe distance, all the infantry get off the vehicle and rely on armored vehicles to build a temporary defense line.

hiss--

The alligator's Gatling finally opened fire. The rate of fire of 1 rounds per minute is astonishing. The gunfire almost formed a line. Other alligators also caught up. Expand the landing field.

Now that they have already landed, there is no rush to attack. First, expand the landing field as much as possible, and wait for enough "lion" to come up before launching an attack. The expeditionary force will not fight the bayonet with Little Japan.

Squatting behind the thick armor of the alligator, Li Xun and Singer squatted to rest, and now there is nothing for them.

"If I take off the gas mask now, will I be infected by the plague?" Singer took out a cigarette and hesitated.

"If you wear a gas mask and smoke, will it not cause harm to your body?" Sergey has a big brain, can he not smoke?

"How many plague bacteria are needed to spread the plague virus throughout Kyushu?" Singer doubted the Japanese's manufacturing capabilities.

"How big is Kyushu Island?" Sergey discussed seriously.

Singer shook his head.

Li Xun knew it, but didn't want to say it.

More than 3 square kilometers.

Thinking of this, Singer took off the gas mask with confidence.

If Japan had this industrial capacity, it would not be so beaten that it would be helpless to fight back.

"Are you crazy? Put on the mask!" Li Xun scolded, he could die if he didn't smoke.

Singer was still very afraid of Li Xun, and he muttered to express his dissatisfaction, but he still put on his mask. If the officer saw this, it would not be as simple as being scolded.

Gatling is powerful and consumes a lot of bullets. After a moment of anger, he returns to calm. The machine gunner carefully hides behind the thick baffle and observes carefully with the periscope.

If this can still allow the Japanese snipers to find a chance, it can only be a ghost.

Two hours passed in a flash, and as the "lion" roar rushed to the beach, the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force who had been waiting for a long time cheered.

It only cheered for a while, and then stopped abruptly.

The beach is too soft to bear the 60-ton "Lion" at all. The first "Lion" sank into the sand pit just after getting off the pontoon, just like a person who fell into a swamp, and kept going. sink down.

The crawler tractor rushed up immediately, and the engineers and soldiers were busy laying logs and steel plates. After another half an hour, the embarrassed "lion" finally climbed up.

Leaving the beach area, the "lion" posture finally returned to normal, and now it's the little devil's turn to suffer.

The 60-ton "lion" is 3 meters high, 3.5 meters wide, and 10 meters long, covering an area of ​​30 square meters, which is larger than many houses in Japan.

Although the Japanese army also has tanks, the 20-ton weight is like a toy compared to the "Lion". Usually, the small house is small and everything is small, and the Japanese do not have a gun length. How have they ever seen such a huge behemoth.

What's more, it's not just one car. When more than 30 "lion" vehicles lined up in a dense formation to launch a group charge, it felt like elephant soldiers rushing into the infantry phalanx in the cold weapon era, and their momentum was overwhelming.

The "Lion" type 88mm tank gun can also be regarded as a heavy artillery in the Japanese army. The caliber of the 92 infantry guns equipped by the Japanese army is only 70mm, which is not even as good as the 75mm. The "Lion" type equipped by the First Marine Division, You don't even need to stop when shooting, which is also a black technology that is incomprehensible in Japan.

There are more black technologies.

The [-]st Marine Division has now given up infantry-tank coordination tactics, and the "Alligator" armored personnel carrier is used to launch the attack in conjunction with the "Lion". The Japanese rifle and mobile phone gunners suddenly lost their targets and did not know what to do.

Needless to say, the "Lion" tank, judging by its size, even a 7.7 mm caliber Type 92 heavy machine gun can only tickle it when it is hit.

The Japanese army didn’t have anti-tank guns, nor did they have bazookas. It’s not that the Japanese army didn’t pay much attention to it, but that they didn’t use it in East Asia. Japan’s poor resources were all used to develop the navy, and the army was not raised by stepmothers. , is raised by table characters.

But he couldn't stop fighting, even if he pretended to, he had to do it.

Therefore, the tank crews of the "Lion" tank were very relaxed. They controlled the "Lion" tank, stayed outside the threat of Japanese firepower, and relaxed and comfortably called the Japanese firepower points one by one. I can hit you but you can't hit me. The advantage brought by the difference in weapons is really cool. That's how the British bullied Africans in southern Africa back then.

If the Japanese knew that the southern Africans beat the Japanese as if they were Africans, they would probably be very angry.

Although the Japanese are not very capable, they have strong self-esteem.

(End of this chapter)