Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

However, in this battle, compared with the 1st regiment, the 5th regiment was not so miserable. When the former withdrew, the casualty rate reached 70%. Not to mention how many soldiers survived, the officers and non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level still have [-]% left One is not bad.

To put it bluntly, the entire regiment's organizational system was destroyed, and even the regiment leader, Colonel Puller, was slightly injured—the calf was torn open by fragments.

This battle scrapped the bones and blood of the 1st Marine Regiment, not to mention the battle of Okinawa, even the battle of Changjin Lake in the Korean War that followed, and only let a battalion of troops follow the division headquarters to Xiajie Yuli, the rest were placed in the rear of the First Marine Division as a transport team and reserve team.

23. Meat detection action that dare not show the atmosphere (2.6W/3W)

"The King of Guns ordered that artillery observers need to be selected from the mortar squad."

The redneck walked past Captain Haldane.

Corporal Birkin responded immediately, calling for Sledge, who was accompanied by a rifleman, Bill Layton.

Including the country bumpkin, the gun king, the company communications soldier, and Ivan, a total of seven people went forward to investigate.

Although these guys stared at him again before they set off, Yiwen gave a reason they couldn't refuse - they all knew that the broken place was very dangerous, then you should also know that danger will be accompanied by death and injury, if I don't go up and look The terrain does not know where the bunker is, and it will become very difficult to treat the wounded.You really want to see...three or four people go to rescue a wounded person. Because of the unfamiliarity of the terrain, the wounded not only failed to be rescued, but also two or three people were taken in?

No commander wants such a situation to happen, so if he is not willing to return, he can only agree to Ivan's request to accompany him.

The road into the mountain is very narrow and only one person can pass through it. It can even be said that the naturally formed coral stones on both sides give the opportunity to enter. The 7-person investigation team has to hold a gun and hold the coral stone beside them to avoid accidents. Be careful not to fall.

After advancing more than ten meters, the Pao Wang immediately signaled everyone to stop, took Yiwen and the bumpkin and walked a few steps forward to a coral stone just in front of the corner, which formed like two walls connected together. A natural concave corner is formed, and the coral stone extending to the west is getting shorter and shorter. For example, Ivan can stand up straight in the concave corner, while the country bumpkin can only squat halfway, and even if the cannon king kneels, half of his head will be exposed. .

Captain Haldane signaled Layton, Sledge, the signalman, and Corporal Birkin not to move forward, and waited in the area three or four meters behind. After seeing them half-hidden in coral rocks, they looked at the northwest side with peace of mind. valley area.

"Two heavy machine guns? No... maybe more."

Captain Haldane could see a corner clearly, and the country bumpkin could see a small part clearly when he raised his head slightly, but Ivan was completely blocked by the concave corner, and he couldn't see the bottom of the valley that entered Umurbrogol Mountain even with his tiptoes, but he could see a part of the mountain. A commanding height, as well as the smoke that continuously flew into the air after the bombing of carrier-based aircraft and naval guns not long ago.

But that's about as good as seeing nothing.

"I need to see more clearly," said Cannon King.

"Leighton, Sledge—!" The country bumpkin immediately asked the two Ma Run to go forward, but Captain Haldane shook his head and refused.

"I'll go myself."

"Are you sure?" The country bumpkin looked at him in surprise.

"Ye..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ivan.

"no!"

Although he couldn't see much, he was sure that the little devil would not completely give up holding the bottom of the valley that entered Umurbrogol Mountain from the southeast corner.As long as the ultimate goal of these beasts is to kill the US military as much as possible, those coral stones all over the bottom of the valley can help Gou Ri build firepower points close to permanent fortifications.

"If something happens to you, what will Company K do? Haven't you considered it?"

The Cannon King turned his head and glanced at him, then rushed to the coral stone not far in front of him.

"Damn it, grass!"

After Yiwen cursed, he immediately prepared to go up to meet him.

Captain Haldane didn't give Ivan a chance to grab him at all, and acted decisively and quickly. He didn't look like a commander who hadn't had much rest for several nights.

He must have listened to what he said just now but was unmoved. Obviously there are various reasons.

It may be that what Sledge said yesterday made him think of the 170 people who passed through the airport, and there were only 97 left in the end, or it may be that he has a certain understanding of the area that needs to be attacked and feels that the storm will suffer huge casualties like yesterday. And may not be able to complete the combat mission.

Sending two recruits to scout is not called meat scouting, but firepower scouting—from landing to the airport, the recruits in the two battles must have grown rapidly, but they have never received professional scout training, and they are pulled out to let them The little devil exposed the firepower.

This also means that once Sledge and Layton go up, they will die, and the experienced Captain Haldane has a half chance of coming back.

Ivan also felt that this guy didn't listen to persuasion, as if he wanted to persuade himself in his heart, trying to make up his mind to deny the order issued by the headquarters, and finally change the battle plan.

When he thought of this, his heart skipped a beat.

'No, it's too dangerous, and you don't have to do it yourself in order to change the battle plan above! '

Ivan was about to rush forward to drag Captain Haldane back, but was held down by the country bumpkin the moment he got up.

While he was puzzled by his boss's behavior, he was also very worried, but he was quite calm: "If you are in a hurry, you will make mistakes. We must be careful, otherwise we will harm him—he believes in us, and we must also believe in him."

"..."

Ivan really wanted to say that he was much more familiar with meat reconnaissance than the cannon king. Anyway, he came here with a map for reconnaissance. Without professional scouts, he had to let the commander of an infantry company go up in person?

To be honest, what the gun king is doing now is more dangerous than the vanguard. The last reincarnation G team was forced to act as a vanguard. There is also a set of standard procedures. At least there are various firepower and smoke bombs to cover the vanguard before reaching the designated position.

Yiwen can understand his mood and what he wants to do, but he always feels that he doesn't know that the most important thing for the entire K company is not to have a hot meal and a pot of clean water, but the entire K company cannot live without him!

It's just that this guy's sprint is not only sudden, but also very fast without giving any time to react. If he speaks louder now, it is likely to alarm the little devils in the valley.

Just like the hillbilly and the gun king can only make Ivan stay by pinching their noses, he can only pinch their noses now to make Captain Haldane make such a dangerous move.

About three or four seconds passed, Pao Dynasty waved at the country bumpkin, indicating that it was in a safe area.

Ivan rushed over with his gun in hand without saying a word. He wanted to take this opportunity to hold Captain Haldane tightly and tell him that he was very proficient in this business, but the moment Ivan stood up, the cannon king was like a strong wind. Generally rush out again and go deeper.

I have to say that this guy is quite proficient in the meat detection business, and it seems that he has tried it on other battlefields.He maintains a well-proportioned breathing while moving swiftly, and his body is kept very low as he travels through areas full of coral rocks. From the perspective of the bottom of the valley, he can see at most one-third of his body.

Even so, Ivan was cursing in his heart.

'Daddy! '

The man had already rushed out, and there was no possibility of blocking him. He squatted at the place where Captain Haldane had been.There are two coral stones here, one is relatively small and the other is relatively large, forming an angle of about 8 to 10 degrees.

The smaller piece of coral stone is at most 40 cm high, which is fine as a parapet but not suitable for this kind of reconnaissance operation that must be moved at any time.

The next second the redneck arrived nearby, ready to provide fire support to Captain Haldane, followed by the 4-man team that had been in the back area arriving where the 3-man team had been before.

'What kind of artillery spotter is this, you horse-riding fellow! ? '

Watching the cannon king continue to go deeper, Ivan scolded his mother in his heart - his company commander didn't play cards according to the routine. Fortunately, 7 of the 6 people can only stand in the back and tremble with fear for the cannon king.

The place where Ivan stayed had a poor view, otherwise Captain Haldane would not have moved on. All he could see was the northeast corner, but he could observe the entire firefighting area that was very likely to occur by exposing his head.

The reason why Cannon King didn’t choose this area was mostly trouble and he felt that it would scare the enemy, so he continued to move forward and found an excellent position—the only way to comfortably see the entire battlefield is to go downhill from the direction of 14 o’clock , and then walk towards the direction of 10 o'clock, and after going up a ramp, you come to a place surrounded by many small coral stones.

From the side of the coral stone, half of his head was poked out to see Captain Haldane scanning the entire battlefield with a binoculars. The 6 Ma Run behind him stared at him with a bit of air, and Sledge and Layton even held their breath. He stopped breathing, fearing that a slightly heavier exhalation and inhalation would make the little devil aware of his own existence, which would cause some accidents to the cannon king who was in a very dangerous area.

The only thing they can do is these, but Yiwen is different. Having experience as a vanguard, he knows that it is rare to retreat instead of going up, so it only took two seconds to think about what he should do.

He cautiously probed his brain and locked the three roads that the gun king can withdraw smoothly, and then calculated the drop point of the projectile with the fastest speed. After making sure that he would not make a mistake, he took out three AN- M3.

Will it be discovered?

The little devils on Peleliu Island are not weak, otherwise they would not have brought such huge casualties to the U.S. military. The detection method like Captain Haldane is used at most once, and even the first time there is a high probability of being shot .

The fire cover provided by the 6-person team alone is not enough, and the little devil is not afraid to drill into the bunker fortifications at all, and the combination of smoke grenades can effectively reduce the probability of being shot by the cannon king.

The moment Ivan hooked the AN-M8 pull ring tightly, fierce gunshots came in an instant. Those were the little devil's Type 99 light machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns. There were 4 to 6 of them, dense Bullets rained down like rain.

"Da da da... tom tom tom...!"

The first to respond were Sledge and Ivan. The former boldly stood up and put his right shoulder against the butt of the M1 carbine to unleash fire on the valley area. The latter threw out the first smoke according to the location just observed. bomb.

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24. He went to the battlefield to disobey orders (4K)

When the second smoke bomb was thrown out, all the staff opened fire, and the country bumpkin quickly shouted: "Boss, come back quickly, hurry up!"

"Boys don't stop shooting—!"

Captain Haldane's situation was quite dangerous. Just looking at it from behind, he felt that he was going to pay for his daring behavior-rows of bullets hit the coral rocks and splashed a pile of small stone fragments, hitting the When he put on the helmet, he tore out one hole after another in the camouflage helmet cloth wrapped outside. Such ferocious firepower directly suppressed him, not to mention getting up and running away, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

“开火，开火，开火——！”

"Shoot out all the bullets, cover the boss and come back—!"

The anxious redneck frantically pulled the trigger like a machine gun on an M1 carbine.

With Ivan throwing the third precise smoke grenade and the first two played an excellent role in blocking the field of vision, plus the six people behind are constantly providing fire cover, the number of bullets hitting Captain Haldane is counted. The number of shots has been reduced a lot—he also noticed that the enemy's firepower has weakened a lot in a short period of time, so he got up at a super fast speed and ran 6 to 9 meters in the direction of 4 o'clock in a bent posture, and then turned back Xiang Nan ran straight and fast.

"Da da da--!"

Seeing that Pao Wang had planned the retreat route in advance, Ivan's heart sank a lot.Reconnaissance operations must face the unknown. For this reason, we must remain vigilant and clear-headed. Before going to a place, we must not just listen to the news intercepted by intelligence officers who do not know where it is from. We must make bold predictions and observe the terrain at the first Ensure at least two retreat routes at a time.

This is the valuable experience Ivan gained from serving as a vanguard twice, and Captain Haldane is obviously a veteran in this field.

Although he has almost returned to his side, the fire cover cannot stop, otherwise the car will overturn and the car will overturn. The guns on the battlefield only say that all beings are equal before death.

From the perspective of the six members of the reconnaissance team, the fight was completely blind, because they couldn't see where the little devil was hiding, and they couldn't see the muzzle flames in broad daylight.

The goal of continuous cover fire is not to suppress, but to attract the attention of the little devils - so that they can see more firing points, so that the beast's attention is diverted from the gun king.

The 6-man Ma Run who provided cover used natural coral stones as a cover. Most of the bullets that hit were not even considered a deterrent. How many people there are in the squad, what is the purpose, but one thing is absolutely no fault of the brutes - pull the trigger where there is a firing point, and pour the bullets.

The overall quality of the Japanese army during this period was quite hip, but the 14th Division of the Japanese Army stationed on Peleliu Island was different.Many people know about the Huayuankou embankment breach, but they don’t know that a large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle was fought before this, known as the Battle of Lanfeng in history-KMT mobilized 12 divisions to encircle and annihilate the 14th Division that the little devils rushed in.

The situation at that time was very good. The 14th Division was arrogant and restless, underestimated the enemy, neglected the enemy, went deep alone, and leaked information. Even the deployment of troops and the combat plan were taken by our army, and our army mobilized 12 divisions. With the superiority of troops and the advantage of being familiar with the terrain, it can even be said that there is no reason to lose this battle of encirclement and annihilation.

But... there will always be someone who jumps out, such as Gui Yongqing, who holds 4 divisions and even a battalion of T-26 tanks. They are not required to attack eastward but to hold Lan Feng couldn't do it.

The funny thing is that the tank units in the 4 divisions stationed in Lanfeng once led the infantry to launch an offensive battle. When they advanced about 200 meters, the infantry still followed. When they reached 600 meters, they looked back, not to mention the coordinated infantry. Not even a human figure could be seen.

It was a tank like the T-26 that lacked the ability to break through positions. The number was pitiful and there was no infantry coordination. After waiting for a long time, I still didn't see the coordinated infantry, so I could only bite the bullet and rush up to occupy part of the Japanese positions.

Later, I finally realized that the coordinated infantry around me was running very early, and the tanks could not actually occupy the position and had to turn back with difficulty. Then something unexpected happened-our army saw the withdrawn T-26 tanks, Immediately, one after another of "our army is defeated" sounded on the battlefield, and they began to flee, and gradually turned into a full-line rout.

When the bald head heard the news, he was in a hurry to die, but he arranged for troops to come to rescue the scene urgently, but if the timing is missed, it is missed, and there is no possibility of recovery.

After more than ten days, the original battle plan became a pile of waste paper due to the successive escapes of the central army chiefs, and even turned into a danger of the main force being encircled by the Japanese army. As a result, the bald head ordered the Huayuankou to be blasted, causing the flood of the Yellow River to flood, causing great disasters to Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places.Countless people died in the flood, and tens of millions of acres of land were destroyed, resulting in a tragedy.

Generally speaking, in the Battle of Lanfeng, the west side fought very poorly, but the east side fought very beautifully. This battle caused heavy casualties to the 14th Division and a Type B division. They were in the Kwantung Army until they were reorganized into Marine Division trimmed in sequence.

The military strength has been reduced from the initial 8000 to just over 1 troops attached to the navy, but at any rate it is also one of the [-] standing divisions of the Class A. The Xuzhou battle suffered heavy casualties and the skeleton is still there, especially when it was transferred to the Kanto After the military sequence until entering the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean, it has not participated in a large-scale battle, and there are many veterans in the army.

The shooting accuracy of riflemen is very high, and a large number of snipers have been trained on this basis. Many machine gunners with combat experience are deployed in vicious areas. At a distance of 99 meters, the hit rate is 92% for moving targets, and 200% for fixed targets.

Just by hearing the gunshots, you can know that the position of the 7-member team is no more than 180 meters away from the various Japanese fortifications. If there is no smoke bombs to provide cover, it will be difficult for Captain Haldane to successfully return to the country bumpkin as deep as he is.

"Retreat, retreat—!"

After finally returning without any danger, the gun king immediately shouted.

"Boss, you withdraw first!" The country bumpkin raised his carbine and fired indiscriminately. "The rest of the people cover with fire for ten seconds. Sledge and Layton will cover me and Ivan in ten seconds!"

"understand!"

Compared with the M1 carbine used by Sledge, Layton used the M1 Garand, a well-known standard rifle in the U.S. military. The firefight was not too intense, and Ivan could clearly hear the "ding" when it was very close. 'the sound of.

After the Cannon King left completely, the country bumpkin and Ivan were just about to leave when a cannonball hit them.

"Bang—bang—!"

After all, the Class A division has a certain amount of old background, and its reaction speed is much faster than other divisions. When it sees the smoke bombs covering the machine guns, it will call the grenade to cover the firepower.

Fortunately, the accuracy of the shelling in the first few rounds will be very poor, and the impact point will be a mess.But if you delay here for a while and don't leave, a calibrated grenade gunner can really hit Ma Run's head with a 50mm high-explosive bomb.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

Before Ivan could yell to change the battle plan, the bumpkin gave the order before him.

"Don't provide any cover, everyone retreat quickly—!"

Reliable, absolutely reliable!

Combat plans must be changed and revised at any time according to the battlefield situation. Even if this sentence is written in textbooks, and even military school instructors have emphasized this kind of thing, there are not many professional officers who can really do it.

Often it is Lieutenant Eddie, who climbed out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood, who can adapt to the situation and choose the most correct path in a short period of time.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

After more than 30 seconds, the 7-member team retreated smoothly without any casualties. There were two very thrilling times during the process. They were 50mm high-explosive bombs fired by Japanese grenadiers. The closest one to Yiwen and others was more than 3 meters away. , thanks to the resistance of the coral stone, the shock wave and fragments did not cause casualties.

The exchange of fire lasted only a minute or so but experienced unimaginable dangers. Even so, Captain Haldane's expression did not change much, but the other 6 people breathed a sigh of relief after arriving in the safe area.

Ivan, who has long been used to this kind of hail of bullets, is mainly because of the guy in front of him who doesn't regard himself as a company commander.

"Boss is here!"

"Don't shoot, we're back!"

When I went back, I didn't forget to shout a few times to prevent Ma Run of Company K from going off fire and accidentally injuring his own people because he was too nervous when he heard the gunshots.

"Communication soldier, get me the battalion!"