Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Immediately after receiving the order, the Japanese army pushed the artillery hidden behind the position out of the bunker. In order not to be discovered by Lin Yuan's troops, they all adopted the attack method of indirect aiming. Before the war, the Japanese army calculated the position of the landing site Well, then calculate the shooting elements based on these positions. When the battle starts, the Japanese army can directly adjust the artillery to the pre-calculated position, and then fire.

The Japanese artillery then hid behind the cover and fired. The shell quickly fell on the beach. The first test shell fell in the soft sand and failed to trigger the fuze of the shell, so the shell did not explode. However, the shells behind exploded one after another, and shrapnel flew all over the place.

The landing force this time was the 297th Regiment. Zheng Ming, the head of the regiment, was already very anxious when he saw the tanks sinking into the sand. Now he saw the Japanese army using artillery. Japanese artillery positions, destroy Japanese artillery.

The commander of the tank unit immediately replied: "We can't find the Japanese artillery positions. They must be hidden behind the mountain, and we can't see them."

Zheng Ming turned his head to look at the beach, and saw that the tanks above were still stuck in the beach, and the tanks coming from behind not only failed to drag them out of the beach, but also got stuck in it themselves, and the shells exploded on the beach from time to time, and the infantry were either killed Being suppressed behind a tank, or being suppressed behind a raised sand dune, the whole battle situation is extremely passive.

Zheng Ming wanted to let the infantry attack first, but after thinking about it, he realized that this would not work, because the infantry attacked the enemy's fortifications without the support of tanks, and the casualties would definitely not be small. Zheng Ming had no choice but to send a message to Zhang Chuang : "Reporting to the division commander, the attack of the 297th regiment was blocked. Almost all the tanks fell into the beach. The Japanese army dispatched artillery to attack us. The Japanese artillery was hidden behind the position and we could not see it."

Zhang Chuang immediately said: "You immediately install a floating device on the tank and wait for the tide to rise. Once the tide rises, your tank may be able to come out of the beach."

Zheng Ming said: "In order to prevent the air-cushion landing craft from malfunctioning, we have installed the floating device, but we are stuck on the beach and cannot move. It takes at least 10 minutes for the tide to rise. The Japanese artillery will definitely hit us hard. .”

Zhang Chuang said: "I will immediately dispatch armed helicopters to find the Japanese artillery positions! You must hold on." After Zhang Chuang said, he ordered the helicopter to take off to find the Japanese artillery positions.

The helicopter took off from the landing ship. At this time, the artillery fire of the Japanese army became more intense. The Japanese army fired shells almost with all their strength. The shells rained down on the tanks. Many tanks were hit by the shrapnel of the shells, but tk- 96's defense is very strong, and the shrapnel of the Japanese 75mm shells is not enough to penetrate its armor.

After listening to the report of Lin Yuan's troops trapped on the beach, the captain of the Japanese army Kato Jingmin was extremely proud. He thought excitedly: "In today's battle, two paratroopers from Lin Yuan's troops have already entered. The battle situation is very difficult for us. Fang is very unfavorable, but God bless Yamato, the beach has trapped Lin Yuan's troops! If I can take the opportunity to wipe out a large number of Lin Yuan's troops, I will definitely become a hero of the Great Japanese Empire!"

So Kato Jingmin ordered: "Press all the artillery up, and we must destroy Lin Yuan's main artillery tank unit!"

The bombardment by the Japanese army became even crazier, but Zheng Ming could only wait. Zhang Chuang on the Taiwei ship was even more anxious, because this battle not only related to the establishment of the amphibious combat force, but also related to the overall situation of liberating Japan. His communication The device has been in contact with Zhang Yaoyang, the head of the Air Cavalry Regiment, and has never been turned off, just to know the helicopter's reconnaissance of the Japanese artillery.

Zhang Chuang asked: "Zhang Yaoyang, have you found the artillery positions of the Japanese army?"

Zhang Yaoyang said: "I haven't found them yet, but you can rest assured that the Japanese army's artillery fire is very intensive, and the smoke will definitely not be small. We will definitely find them in a very short time."

Zhang Chuang said: "Zhang Yaoyang, you must speed up, the safety of the 297th Regiment depends on you!"

Zhang Yaoyang said: "Master, I understand the importance of this matter, so you don't need to emphasize it any more."

Twenty minutes later, Zhang Yaoyang and his helicopter unit still did not find the Japanese artillery position. Zhang Yaoyang had no choice but to say to Zhang Chuang: "Reporting to the commander, we have not found the Japanese artillery position. The wind on the island is relatively strong. The smoke was quickly blown away, which brought great difficulty to our reconnaissance."

Zhang Chuang's heart moved, and he thought to himself: "This is really not a good day. The beach is too soft to bear the weight of the tanks. There is even a strong wind. It is difficult for us to even find the artillery positions of the Japanese army."

At this time, Zheng Ming sent a message: "Report to the teacher, our department requests to withdraw from the beach!"

Zhang Chuang asked, "Evacuate the beach? Where can you evacuate?"

Zheng Ming said: "We plan to abandon the equipment that got stuck on the beach, and then return to the sea on an air-cushion landing craft!"

Zhang Chuang said angrily, "Nonsense! If you abandon your equipment, you will leave sixty tanks to the enemy! How can I explain such a huge loss to Commander Lin!"

Zheng Ming said: "Now the Japanese army has changed their tactics. They no longer aimed at the tanks stuck on the beach. Instead, they changed their targets and attacked our infantry and landing craft at sea. We were wounded by the shells, and the Japanese were out in force, using heavy machine guns and mortars against our infantry, and we were now at a very disadvantaged position."

Zhang Chuang said, "Didn't I tell you to wait for the high tide? Couldn't the rising tide lift the tank out of the sand?"

Zheng Ming said: "It looks like this now. The rising tide can't support the tank sunken in the sand! Not only that, the seawater has also flooded the observation window of the cockpit, and now the driver is almost blind."

Zhang Chuang didn't speak for a while, Zheng Ming continued: "Master, didn't Lin Shuai often tell us that equipment is valuable and people are priceless? Equipment can be remade when it is gone, but it can't be made if people are gone!"

It's not that Zhang Chuang doesn't understand what Lin Yuan said, but what he's thinking is: the amphibious combat division failed in its first amphibious landing and lost more than 60 tanks. With the abolition of the amphibious combat division, the amphibious combat army will not be established!

In desperation, Zhang Chuang's mind flashed, and he said to Zheng Ming: "I have thought of a way to help you out of the predicament!"