Invincible from the sword

Chapter 440 So This Is a War
In addition to the landing ship, Spruance's entire task force was shelling.

Because the shelling was very intensive, the smoke from the gunpowder blocked the entire fleet.

The shock wave of the shelling on the sea surface was tossed by the shocking waves.

The sea water splashed more than ten meters high, reaching the deck of the battleship.

A few nautical miles away, you can still see the sea water rippling in circles.

During the bombardment, no one dared to stand on the deck of the battleship.

Otherwise, just the sound of rumbling shelling can shock and injure people.

When the barrel of the naval gun fired the shell, the flames ejected from it were more than three meters long.

In the entire task force, the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder smoke.

At this time, Guadalcanal Island has been bombed and riddled with holes.

Black smoke rose everywhere.

In addition, dozens of bombers threw bombs over without interruption.

All big bombs.

One weighs more than 1000 kilograms.

When a bomb goes down, tens of meters around will be turned into a big pit.

The soldiers of the [-]st Marine Division who were landing were dumbfounded.

They had never seen such large-scale shelling and bombing before.

It turns out that this is a war!

Many soldiers couldn't help but gasped.

One soldier murmured, "God, no one can survive this kind of fire."

The shelling and bombing lasted two hours.

The entire Guadalcanal Island has been submerged in gunpowder smoke.

After the shelling and bombing ceased, the landings began.

The entire First Marine Division has three regiments.

Coupled with the logistics personnel, the total force reached 1 people.

It is impossible to send so many troops to the island at the same time.

According to the number and carrying capacity of the landing craft, at least dozens of round trips are required.

This guy is fine.

The transportation of combat supplies is much more troublesome.

In addition to moving the materials to the landing craft, the materials also need to be moved down after arriving on the island.

This process will be very cumbersome.

In order to form an offensive firepower advantage as much as possible, Spruance asked all landing craft to reach the beach together.

So the landing craft carrying soldiers in front, in units of ten, lined up on the sea and turned in a big circle.

After all the landing craft in the first batch have carried soldiers, they will land on Guadalcanal together.

The soldiers on the landing craft were very nervous.

Some soldiers even vomited on the landing craft because they were so nervous.

The team commander on the landing craft explained the landing precautions to his team.

"After reaching the beach, don't stop, attack with all your might!!

Use all the weapons in your hands! ! ! "

Because they didn't know what was going on on the island, the first soldiers who landed were asked to shoot immediately after landing.

In Spruance's view, the Japanese army must have built a large number of defensive positions on the beachhead.

So he was mentally prepared.

After all, it was the first batch of landing troops, and one-third of the casualties seemed to Spruance to be possible.

For the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, Spruance had an intuitive feeling during the Battle of Midway.

In Spruance's view, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is not weak.

On the contrary, it is very powerful.

The densely packed landing craft finally reached the beach.

The iron plate in front fell down with a clatter.

All the soldiers rushed forward quickly.

The team commander on the landing craft kept urging: "gogogogogo!

do not stop! ! "

The tense atmosphere quickly permeated the entire landing force.

But after they occupied the beachhead, they found that there was no resistance at all.

The whole beach was very quiet.

According to the legend, there is not a single firepower point for the Japanese army.

There was no sound of machine guns.

There was no sound of cannon.

There was no sound of the Japanese army buying discs.

Even the team commander who landed was taken aback for a moment.

How is this going?

Didn't it mean that when they landed, they would encounter fierce resistance?
Why didn't even a devil Maoer see it?
Did we land on the wrong island?
If this is the case, then things are big!
The first to land was the first regiment of the first marine division.

The leader is Jeff.

Looking at the empty beachhead, Jeff didn't dare to be careless, and quickly reported to Vandergrift, commander of the [-]st Marine Division, by radio.

Commander Vander was also in a daze.

His first reaction was that this must be a conspiracy by the Japanese army.

But no matter what, his first regiment couldn't squeeze the beachhead.

That would be a living target.

So Fan De ordered that the first regiment immediately approach the Japanese airport.

The airfield on the island must be captured.

As long as the airport is captured, the entire landing operation will be considered a success.

Vandergrift reported the situation to Task Force Commander Spruance because he did not understand the purpose of the Japanese army.

After Spruance was stunned for a moment, he ordered Vander's [-]st Marine Division to land at full speed.

Oh, God!
This is exactly the same as Zhang Lei's analysis.

On Guadalcanal, there are really not many Japanese troops!

From Vander's report, Spruance has confirmed Zhang Lei's judgment.

Now the Japanese army is seriously insufficient in strength and cannot defend the airport at all.

Just the first marine division has 1 people.

Coupled with powerful sea power and air power, if the Japanese army counterattacks, it will be courting death.

Therefore, the Japanese army on the island must have retreated to the rainforest on the island.

This is a great opportunity to land.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army did not dare to fight back, it is the right thing to seize the airport as soon as possible.

As long as the airport is captured and a defensive position is established, it is only a matter of time before the Japanese troops on the island are cleared.

At the same time, Spruance ordered the entire task force to be vigilant at night.

Because Zhang Lei said that the Japanese army will definitely attack his fleet at night.

The whole login process was not very smooth.

Although the First Marine Division had already conducted landing training before the war.

However, due to insufficient training, the troops were very confused during the landing process.

The most troublesome thing for Fan De, commander of the [-]st Marine Division, was the supplies on the beach.

After a large amount of combat supplies were transported to the island, Fan De found that the troops responsible for the logistics supplies were seriously insufficient.

In desperation, the three infantry regiments could only be ordered to deploy troops to carry them.

This is the retreat of the Japanese army.

If the Japanese army had not retreated, the Japanese army would have fired a few shots, and all these materials would have been destroyed.

The Japanese army's airport has almost been built.

Ready to use right away.

What surprised Vander the most was that Chinese cabbage was still stewed in the big iron pot at the airport.

It is also mixed with canned butter.

It smells delicious.

It's still steaming.

But Vander didn't let his soldiers eat it, and threw it all away.

joke!

This is the food of the Japanese army. If poison is put in it, won't we be wiped out by the regiment?

What surprised Vander even more was that there was actually an ice factory at the end of the airport runway.

There are also several boxes of popsicles that have already been made.

Separated Vander was going to throw it all away, but one soldier couldn't resist eating two pieces.

Vander was taken aback.

Fake!

You are desperate! !

In case you are poisoned to death, how can I write your death certificate?
Was poisoned to death for stealing Japanese popsicles?
Vander directly beat up the soldier.

As a result, half an hour passed, and the soldier was fine.

Still alive and kicking.

In this case, all popsicles are robbed.

After the airport was occupied, the planes from the Lighthouse State began to station immediately.

Bombers and fighter jets were soon full at the airport.

After the [-]st Marine Division landed, the command was transferred to the Lighthouse Army.

In other words, the current superior commander of the First Marine Division is Pipe Mike.

This made Vander very upset.

Son of a bitch.

This Pipe Mike, after harming the Army of the Beacon Country, came to harm their marines again.

This appointment was won by Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff of the Lighthouse Country, for Pipe Mike.

For this appointment, Nestor expressed serious opposition at the time.

Are you kidding me?
The Marine Corps is the establishment of our Pacific Fleet!
No matter how you command, it should be our navy command!
How much is your pipe mike?

Why command us?
Then I will command your army, will you agree?
But Marshall was slipping his tongue.

He told Nestor: "Old Nei, I understand your feelings.

But I have to tell you that although the Marine Corps is a naval establishment, your naval commander can't command at all.

After all, the Marine Corps' operations are on islands.

Your commander is very good at sea battles, but not at land battles. "

Choking Nestor rolled his eyes.

But he was quite unconvinced: "Then we should choose a capable commander.

After all, it is entirely possible for Zhang Lei to command the marines.

If it doesn't work, Stilwell can do it too.

Why let Pipe Mike direct?
Don’t you, Marshall, have no clue about this big fountain pen? "

Nestor is also very direct with his words.

Anyway, there were only him, Marshall, and Luo in the wheelchair in the office.

Nestor is also not afraid to speak badly.

This made Marshall choke heavily.

His face turned red.

Nestor's words hit his weakness.

In fact, Marshall can't help it.

Hands are short, but mouths are soft when eating people.

If the benefactor behind Pipe Mike didn't give him Marshall's favor, he wouldn't bother to help Pipe Mike.

After all, the current Pipe Mike doesn't have a very good reputation.

Last time in the Filipino servant country, the true level of Pipe Mike has already been revealed.

A cowardly group.

It directly caused tens of thousands of troops to be captured by the Japanese army.

There was even a Bataan death march that shocked the entire Lighthouse country.

As for Pipe Mike, nothing happened.

After arriving in Kangaroo Country, he was still the commander of the United Forces.

That's fine.

But my Pacific Fleet was fighting the Japanese army in the Pacific Ocean in a dim light, and the Kangaroo Country, which was heavily defended by you, Pipe Mike, let the Japanese army land from Darwin Port easily.

(End of this chapter)