The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

This was a short and intense encounter that could be recorded in history. Neither the warring parties expected the beginning nor the ending, especially the final result, which made many military researchers find it unbelievable many years later. .

The E Company of the 3rd Battalion was the first to charge and encounter the enemy. The company commander, Captain Cavendish, took the lead. He wore the same military uniform as ordinary soldiers, except that the logo on the helmet was different. He carried a Thompson in his hand. An m1911a1 pistol was pinned to it, and it rattled like a slanted kettle. The binoculars on his chest were sweaty from holding it for a long time, and looked a little dirty.

When he led his company and a platoon of soldiers rushing out of the low hilly valley road that was tightly covered by bushes, a ferocious car stood abruptly on the high place that should have been their preset position. Wheeled combat vehicles!

Cavendish was a little dumbfounded at the time, what's going on here?What about the preset position?What about natural bunkers that could have condescended to fire at least a kilometer of open ground?Where the hell has it all gone?Also, where did this green and gaudy steel monster come from? !Could it be that the obstacle bunkers ahead are all fake?

The situation is really weird!

According to the previous combat deployment, the U.S. military knew that it might not be able to hold the beachhead, so it simply planted a large number of landmines in most of the two kilometers deep around the island, and built countless retreat blocking positions according to the natural terrain.

These positions are assigned to each battalion, and are clearly marked on the combat map. Not to mention, the company commanders of each company and even the platoon leaders below are completely familiar with it. Go in and be condescending.According to the guards, they watched how the opponent passed through the minefield with a width of several hundred meters, and then rushed into their mortar and heavy machine gun blockade in the open area with difficulty!

The selected preset positions are very good. Behind them are complex hills and lush vegetation, which is difficult to find by aerial reconnaissance.Even if the opponent bombs with cannons and drops bombs in the air, there are natural shelters such as rocks and big trees to ensure the probability of survival to the maximum extent.

It stands to reason that everything should be performed according to the script to be reasonable.

But the U.S. military never expected that the first ones to come over were not the armed forces who landed on the beach, but the guys who fell from the sky.Or a steel infantry fighting vehicle!

The "Wolverine" infantry fighting vehicle that suddenly appeared in front of the captain missed the place when it landed, and directly hit a remote forward position. The eight soldiers who accompanied it went down and walked around for a while, and immediately knew that they had entered a preset fortification. There is still a large minefield in the rear, Nima may not be able to get through it!

They immediately used the radio to call the engineers to clear the mines, reminded their companions not to be fooled by the way, and at the same time nervously alerted the surroundings.

These soldiers are veterans who have fought against the Japanese army.Participated in the offensive and defensive battle for Ryukyu Island, for the safety of airborne.Everyone only carried basic equipment, with less than a base amount of ammunition, body armor without even reinforcement plates, and tactical rucksacks in large umbrella bags, and there was no way to get them at this time, so.The offensive firepower seemed insufficient, and a temporary defensive circle was formed directly centered on the infantry chariot.

As soon as the posture was pulled away, Captain Cavendish rushed out, but before they could get out of the dense bushes, the infrared sensor radar of the infantry chariot found the target first.The gunners on the car went straight to that side without saying a word, and it was a shot!

This distance is less than 100 meters away!The 40mm grenade with a rapid initial velocity passed over the captain's head with a "chirp", hit a big crooked tree about ten meters behind him, exploded with a bang, and the air wave pushed him hard from behind. A few screams sounded immediately!

The three soldiers walking there were caught off guard, and were blown upright by the fragments. Two of them were pierced with several holes in their bodies. He was bleeding from the head on the stone, and if the bleeding didn't stop, he would probably be done with it.

Captain Cavendish felt his cheeks burning, and threw himself on the ground and wiped it with his backhand. There was a handful of blood. Looking at the waist and ribs, the kettle was pierced by shrapnel. If it was a foot higher, it would definitely be on him. Make a hole!

Dangerous!

He is also a well-tested veteran. Without a word, he raised his hand in the direction of the infantry tank and swept it with a shuttle of bullets. At the same time, he raised his voice and shouted: "Enemy attack! Get down! Heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, Fuck me up and kill him!"

No matter how many enemies there are in front, as long as they appear, it is the battle essentials of the US military to suppress them with superior firepower first.

The soldier holding the air-cooled heavy machine gun staggered and plopped down behind a protruding rock less than five meters away from him, and turned his head to greet the guy who was carrying the bracket...It was surprising to find that the guy was shot by a shell One of the two unlucky ones killed!

Fortunately, the brother with the bullet on his back was luckier. He covered his helmet with one hand and then fell down. He hurriedly stuck the bullet belt in, put it on the raised saddle-shaped stone, and aimed at the infantry vehicle to pull the trigger!

It only took less than a minute, but in such a short time, the infantry tank on the opposite side had already made adjustments. The front of the vehicle moved forward a few meters and lowered down to ensure that the weak vehicle bottom would not be attacked from below. For the attack, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at this side, aiming slightly, and it was another shot!

A stone on the left side of Captain Cavendish exploded in response, and the two soldiers hiding behind screamed and jumped out, but the pierced shell fragments opened a big hole in the chest, and they couldn't die anymore. !

Billows of sand and dust rolled over from the top of the head, and the vision in front of him was blurred!

The machine gunner pulled the trigger and fired more than a dozen bullets, which were slapped by countless rubble. The smashed helmet jingled and his arm trembled, and the bullet flew to nowhere.

Two soldiers rushed forward carrying the "Bazooka" rocket launcher, squinting their eyes in the dust, and aimed at the shadowy target. The helmet, the trigger was pulled, there was a muffled bang, a large cloud of smoke billowed up, and the warhead roared out of the chamber!

The commander of the infantry vehicle on the opposite side screamed: "Rockets!"

The voice did not fall.The slender warhead dragged the billowing flame and swept across the side, rushed out tens of meters thick and fell into the minefield, detonated two mines, and blasted a large expanse of sand.

"This is so accurate! Your uncle scared me to death!"

Inside the combat vehicle, the commander patted his chest and complained, this is no joke!They are not thick-skinned tanks.It would definitely be a sad reminder if you were to face that thing all at once!

No, no, since the opponent has anti-armor weapons, they must not be exposed to the outside to find excitement. Without a word, immediately reverse the car and retreat to the bottom of the high slope, only expose the low turret to the outside, sticking to the high place and gesturing towards the opposite side , especially at the place where the flames rose, two consecutive shots were fired fiercely!

Anti-armor weapons are the most annoying!

The two cannonballs exploded next to the bazooka duo.Crumbling rocks and a hapless tree provided a sizable amount of debris and contamination, obscuring vision in a cluttered mess. ;

The infantry fighting vehicle still felt uneasy, and the heavy machine gun immediately opened fire to keep up with the rifle, and Captain Cavendish couldn't even lift his head up!

The eight soldiers next to them measured the distance and found that it was not that far away. The squad leader greeted them and fired a grenade first to test the fire, taking advantage of the moment of the explosion.Spread out, jump up and aim at the dense bushes with a burst of bullets.Immediately aroused a frenzied counterattack by the American soldiers, the bar's short bursts and Garland's clang clang sounded together!

Now I understand that the number of people facing them is definitely not less than 50!And with complete equipment, it is estimated that in a little more time, the shelling cannons will come over, and the group of them stay where they are.Definitely no good fruit to eat!

"Rush over! Break up what they're talking about!"

The squad leader gave the order decisively, and the infantry fighting vehicle rushed out, circled the high ground in an S-shaped arc, and rushed towards the U.S. military from the side!

The people on Captain Cavendish's side haven't fully entered the position yet, and it's already extremely fast to have such a reaction speed.Suddenly the opponent started to move, and he immediately knew something was wrong!Infantry fights against armored soldiers, unless he has a lot of anti-armor weapons in his hand, but now, there is only one bazooka, and the aim is so fucking, I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle this matter!

He is also a decisive person. When he thought about retreating before the enemy, he might be chased and attacked by the opponent. He gritted his teeth and ordered the bazooka to continue aiming. Let's throw!

It should be that the quality of the captain is top-notch. For the US military that has not fought for many years, it is already very good to have such a performance. Seven or eight grenades exploded around the infantry fighting vehicle one after another, and the shrapnel exploded on the armor shell. There were continuous sparks, but the expected paralysis did not appear. On the contrary, the ferocious front crushed the bushes and rushed out like a tiger descending the mountain. The dense heavy machine gun bullets swept several flank soldiers who were caught off guard to the ground. The 40mm guns that fired continuously created seven or eight explosion points, and they even cut off the soldiers who were about to rush up to cover!

At this moment, eight infantrymen rushed up, assault rifles and general-purpose machine guns fired together, and 6mm bullets swept across the entire front like a torrential rain, smashing the five American soldiers who were frightened by the infantry fighting vehicles into a sieve!

Captain Cavendish watched a soldier next to him get his helmet pierced by a bullet and his head exploded. He felt chilled and cursed those bastards up there, claiming that the Chinese bullets were too small in caliber and not powerful enough. Uncle, the steel helmet is pierced, isn't that insufficient? !

In fact, the U.S. government got the 6mm bullet installed by Zhu Jiajun and secretly tested it. It was found that this small-caliber bullet has a warhead of only 6.5g, and the weight of the full bullet is about one-half or even less than that of the full-power bullet, but its ballistic It is more stable, has a high muzzle velocity, and the effective range can reach up to 800 meters. Not to mention, the kinetic energy is almost the same as the 7.62mm bullets they use or the German 7.92mm bullets, and the cavity effect and stop effect caused by them are even better!

what does that mean?It goes without saying that a variety of helmets have been tested, and it has been proved that they are basically unable to withstand this kind of warhead. On the contrary, the number of bullets carried by the individual soldier of the opponent may be twice as much as that of his own side. This battle will cause a lot of trouble.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, this result was counter-propagandized by them. Even unscrupulous contractors used nylon as the main material, plus a cheap body armor imitated by a steel plate, and dared to claim that it could withstand this rifle bullet.

American soldiers experimented on their own, and it seems that they can resist the shooting of Browning m1911a1. Maybe it has some effect?But this kind of tattered body armor is also extremely expensive, not everyone can afford it, most of them are fighting naked!

Crazy strafing of eight automatic firepower.The frequency of one of the semi-automatic precision rifles was slightly weaker, but it did not detract from the terrifying density of their fire. It suppressed the US troops in front, and an infantry combat vehicle, together with them, formed a two-sided attack front.In the midst of the roar, the wind rushed over the rugged slope less than [-] meters in the middle, and pressed it up!

Captain Cavendish knew at a glance that the situation was over!He turned his head and greeted the "Bazooka" to continue firing, but saw that the two guys had just fired rockets, and they were smashed into rags by the machine gun, and then they were bombarded by a cannonball, and they were blown to pieces!

Under his hopeful gaze, the rocket hit the turret of the infantry tank just right, and stuck on the fence armor with a "clang" sound, but it didn't explode!

The captain yelled angrily: "Damn bastard!" He picked up Thompson and emptied the magazine as if venting his anger, and the moment he lowered his head to replace it.A bullet from the side pierced his waist, his whole body went numb, and he fell down with a thud!

The power of 6mm bullets is definitely not small!After being shot in, an instant cavity larger than an adult's fist can be opened in the body, and the internal organs are destroyed and bleeding under the shock wave. One bullet can make a strong soldier immobile, and the stopping effect is very good!

With a mere distance of 75 meters, the infantry chariot with a speed of more than [-] kilometers arrived in the blink of an eye, and unscrupulously crushed the crude defensive formation with many U.S. troops in front.Sweeping in circles on the spot caused more than a dozen casualties at once.The rest of the dozen or so people are still behind, and when they see the situation is not good, they run away!

The eight soldiers rushed up while firing, and arrived at the place while emptying the magazines, panting and clanging to replace them, and then accompanied them forward, non-stop!

They dare not stop!For airborne safety.I dare not carry more powerful weapons on my body, grenades, rifle grenades, rocket barrels, etc. are all in the equipment box, and the bullets are just one gun, and I carry four, a total of 150 rounds.With the addition of three pistols, at such a combat speed, it would be considered economical to persist for half an hour.

In half an hour, how much can the other party rush up?It simply cannot be calculated.

When they were chasing and emptying the last magazine, an attack plane finally broke through the smoke and roared over the top of the head. It opened fire along the valley. Then he turned around and flew over the minefield, cleared the field with rockets, blasted two temporary passages, and greeted a company behind to pass through dangerously, and finally he was at ease.

This short firefight was the first shot on the entire Kauai battlefield, and the result was so bad that no one expected it.The exposed deployment preparations of the U.S. military and the fierceness and madness of the airborne troops gave both sides a new understanding of the battle.

From the perspective of the entire battlefield, they seem a little insignificant.The U.S. 5th Regiment's attack was hit hard at the beginning, but the minefields became their effective defense, forcing the parachute light armored troops to suspend their pursuit, and then turned to rocket demining. rhythm.

After less than half an hour of firefights, the U.S. military retreated in embarrassment after paying more than 200 casualties. Major General Vandergrift resolutely stopped further expansion, and gained a new understanding of the strength of the enemy.

"The situation is worse than we imagined! Even without considering the nasty warships and aircraft, their armored infantry alone, the firepower density is not something we can easily overcome! The reaction speed is too fast! The infantry is exquisitely coordinated, and the various individual weapons Unexpected power! General, I think we're in big trouble!"

Colonel Houllier came to a tentative conclusion with an extremely ugly face.

Compared with the single-step chariot encountered by Captain Cavendish, the rest of the frontal attacking troops were much worse.What they encountered was a joint combat unit of at least three vehicles, accompanied by vehicle-mounted heavy mortars and recoilless guns to provide curved and direct fire support. don't wear it!

What's even worse is that those guys riding weird motorcycles, wearing weird carapaces, are very similar to the "Iron Man" who is raging in the mainland. One, even grenades can be thrown 100 meters away!They can directly rush through the minefield, the speed is so fast, the explosion fragments behind them can't even damage the car body and the armor on them!

Especially after being so stimulated by them, the thousands of people who obviously had no advantage launched a counterattack on the spot, without waiting for other paratroopers, and launched a reverse search from the defense area to the entire island in units of companies and platoons. attack!

"Can we stop it?! If the Chinese are equipped with such equipment, this battle cannot be fought!"

Mr. Major General couldn't help complaining, they couldn't gather all the divisions from the high mountains and besiege this area with a force that was less than one regiment?You know, the beaches of most of the islands can be landed or landed, especially Hanalei Beach in the north. Don't throw it away!

Once the opponent starts to search the mountains, it is impossible to hide, and once the landing field is opened up and expanded, a steady stream of paratroopers can drown them.

Vandergrift gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision: "Contact the army, don't hide anymore, come out, try your best to fight the Chinese!"

"Yes! General!" Houllier took a deep breath, and he knew that such an order meant that the most difficult battle was about to start! (To be continued..)