Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

足足4天的准备时间里陆战1团、陆战7团都在配合陆战5团只驻守Umurbrogol山先有阵地绝不发动任何一次主动进攻，就算日军发动反攻也只呼叫空中支援而不呼叫任何炮火支援，囤积了大约5个基数的炮弹。

9月28当天早上5点开始至7点，两个小时内陆战11团将囤积下来的5个基数炮弹中的3个基数全部倾泻在了这个只有0.95平方公里的小岛上。

In the face of absolute firepower superiority, even if the Japanese army deployed near the airport defense line dug out the fortifications and various bunkers that they thought were reliable, it became a joke-if they hid in the mountainous area in the northern part of the island, hollowing out the entire mountain could really block the attack. , It's a pity that the devil commander on the island didn't do this.

More than 20 Japanese soldiers escaped near the airport. A lot of little devils died not from shell fragments, but were shocked to death by the shock wave under saturated firepower.

Lieutenant Shangping knew it was over when he felt the strong firepower of the U.S. military and did not attack by the liftway as he had imagined, but chose to land on the beach again. It's just that this guy did not forget Nakagawa's order. After the mortar smashed the shells over and several of them hit the firing port, Lieutenant Shangping immediately ordered to prevent the only Type 99 light machine gun team that can command now to stop firing.

Obviously, they wanted to wait for the U.S. infantry to open fire suddenly after they appeared, and the killers were caught off guard.

'Appear, appear in front of me, let you know what is the spirit of a Yamato man! '

When the footsteps came, Lieutenant Shangping was overjoyed, and at the moment his smile bloomed, a strong flame rushed over.

"Boom--!"

What greeted Lieutenant Shangping in the bunker was not the American infantry soldiers that appeared one by one as he thought, but a group of fierce flames that could torture them for more than a minute.

In the blink of an eye, a lieutenant, a sergeant, and a soldier in the bunker became alive. The intense burning sensation made them scream like crazy, and ran out of the bunker like crying for their parents.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

The screaming Lieutenant Shangping did not expect that there was a reincarnated person who had fought many bloody battles with the Japanese army in K Company, 5rd Battalion, 3th Marine Regiment, and participated in the discussion on the refinement of the offensive plan.

"It's hot, it's hot, it's hot!!!"

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"

With the sound of several gunshots, the three little devils who were about to tell the U.S. military what viciousness was was sent to the toilet, and their bodies continued to burn until they died.

[Kill the Japanese Lieutenant*1, Japanese Sergeant Cao*1, and Japanese Soldier*1 as an assistant, avoiding possible casualties of K Company]

[Note: This reward is different from the kill reward, and will be given when the second main task is settled]

Ivan didn't take the initiative to find the gun king for this kind of reward, it was simply to reduce the meaningless casualty rate.

The stalemate has really become literal, but the strict orders of the headquarters cannot be ignored-the gun king must stay in the command position, and he, as the backbone of Company K, cannot fall down. If the number of troops is getting smaller and smaller, then He will inevitably return to the old path of last time. Only when he wins a battle will he need more fire support, so that he can command and coordinate in the middle of the team with peace of mind.

"Inswood, you are right, absolutely right."

When the news came from the second platoon, Captain Haldane said: "They will be far more vicious than we thought."

"Yes, sir."

When Ivan walked into the bunker, he breathed a sigh of relief. At least the Japanese army on this island did not open the tunnels connecting the various fortresses.

It won't happen that the fortress was pulled out a few minutes ago, and a few minutes later, the Japanese army ran in through the underground tunnel to re-set up the machine guns and sweep them indiscriminately.

"Let's go, let's move forward."

"Aye aye, sir!"

Perhaps this set of hand-to-hand tactics is not very effective in places like Umurbrogol Mountain with a large number of tunnels connecting caves, but it is enough to shine on Ngesebus Island.

Propelling in an orderly manner, advancing step by step, the entire company is always patient, and there is no sign of rush at all, but the advancing speed is still very fast under such circumstances.

As of 4 p.m., the K company led by Captain Haldane not only suffered no casualties, but also destroyed 12 Japanese forts in the north of the island, killing a total of 48 people and capturing 5 people, which shocked the 5th Marine Regiment. .

【以协助者的身份干掉日军少尉*1、曹长*2、军曹*3、伍长*5、士兵*37】

[Capturing Japanese soldiers as an assister*5]

Company K once again received a commendation order, and proposed to apply for a Navy Cross to Captain Haldane. That night, the company's achievements and deeds were spread throughout the US military landing on the island.

The morale of Ma Run's group suddenly increased a lot, because the record of Company K proved that the method of hand-in-hand teaching by the headquarters can be effective, and it will not only increase casualties in vain.

34. Be more ruthless and vicious than a little devil

They don't know how many fine-tunings Ivan, Captain Haldane, and the bumpkin lieutenant have undergone on the basis. The level of complexity cannot be duplicated by ordinary companies. There are four in the Spitfire team and the Bazooka team alone. , For each firepower point discovered, the blasting must be carried out more than three times, and it is not over if the fortifications are not directly blown into ruins.

One of the foundations for this kind of operation is to ensure that there are no problems with communication, and it is only used to communicate between platoons, platoons, companies, companies, and platoons. As in the past, each infantry company has only one The radio station is completely unable to support such extreme tactics.

Even if this is still lacking, the little devils must cooperate a little bit, just like the Japanese army stationed on Ngesebus Island - because they stupidly arranged the main force near the airport, they were bombarded with three base numbers, and there were very few survivors and the command system collapsed. In the end, it turned into a situation where there were few troops and at the same time they fought on their own. Just seeing the leading soldiers of Company K, they couldn't bear to fire, exposing themselves to the eyes of the US military.

On the other hand, looking back at what happened to the 1st Marine Regiment, we can see that the little devils staying at Umurbrogol Mountain didn’t care about the vanguard soldiers of the U.S. Army at all.To suppress the fart, it is most important to kill a U.S. military with one bullet.

They not only gave up the old long live charge tactics, but also gave up the previous tactics of suppressing with accurate machine gun fire and killing with grenades. Endless torture.

Therefore, if you want to defeat the Japanese army, the most basic thing is to be more vicious and vicious than them.

With the three islands completely cleared, K Company began to attack Mount Amiangal from north to south in coordination with the 321st Army Infantry Regiment according to the original plan.

因为出色的表现，陆战5团团长同意霍尔丹上尉的请求，将之前仅仅提供给K连进行短暂支援的3个喷火小队、3个巴祖卡小队、2个迫击炮班通通留下，并继续增派了2个81毫米迫击炮班、2个预备的喷火小队与巴祖卡小组，以及额外的5个电台小组、1个担架兵班、1个医疗班、2个工兵班、1个弹药保障班。

At the same time, there were some soldiers who had returned to the team with minor injuries and were originally members of K Company. As of October 10, before the attack on Amiangal Mountain, the total strength of K Company had exceeded 1.

In addition, Captain Haldane also asked the other infantry companies in the entire marine battalion not to take offense as the main purpose, and all logistics personnel gave priority to ensuring the ammunition and food supplies of K Company.

I heard Cannon King say that he went to the battalion headquarters last night. If he wanted it, the lieutenant colonel who almost didn't have a black face was kicked away. After all, everyone in the 3rd Battalion, and even the logistics staff of the regiment headquarters, were required to provide everything for an infantry company. Assure.

Not to mention the military history of the United States, even the military history of the whole world is very rare.

The battalion commander has no choice but to agree. After all, the 1st Marine Division has won the K Company so far. It beat up the Japanese army hiding in the bunker in the relatively complicated mountainous area in the northern part of Ngesebus Island. The company was violently beaten by the Japanese army. When Ma Run, who was also called Company K, belonged to the 6st Marine Regiment, there were only [-] people left when they withdrew from Blood Nose Ridge.

Lack of water, food, and ammunition. With the spirit of not fearing death, they firmly held the position. It would definitely be a victory, but it was full of unreconciled tragedy. It is not like K Company and the 5rd Battalion of the 3th Marine Regiment. It is exciting to kill 51 people and capture 5 people without casualties.

Ivan's method can only be used by the U.S. military. At present, it can only deal with the remaining Japanese troops in the northern mountainous area of ​​Ngesebus Island, and only Captain Haldane is in charge.

Facing Mount Amiangal, the same set of methods didn't work, and a lot of adjustments were required, but it all had to be done by a commander who was fearless and good at hand-to-hand combat with a group of men who looked at death at home.

Fine-tuning while typing, this is the answer sheet given by Yiwen.

Among them are four parts that are crucial—first, commanders who go deep into dangerous areas and can adapt to the situation and make decisive decisions; The fire-breathing soldiers/engineers who quickly go to the designated area after receiving the order; the fourth is the communication soldier who can keep in touch with various coordinated forces while avoiding enemy bullets/cannonballs.

On this basis, there must be another top priority, which is to ensure that all members have a strong psychological quality and look at death as home. After all, no one can guarantee that everyone will survive after launching a coordinated attack-only with the determination to die can we wipe out the hideouts. Devils in solid cover.

Before setting off, Ivan looked at the area in front of him that couldn't be called a mountain at all, and said to Captain Haldane beside him: "Although we can't regard this place as Umurbrogol Mountain, we can make some adjustments to our customized plan here. This attempt, if it proves to be effective, then we can go directly to the Five Sisters Mountain where the 1st Marine Regiment was crippled."

Compared with the attack on Ngesebus Island, the 5 more radio teams were crucial. With a squad of medics and a squad of stretchers, Ivan was liberated from this position and decisively assumed one of the most important responsibilities.

The degree of danger is quite high - the distance between him and the vanguard will not exceed 35 meters, which means that he will inevitably walk under the nose of the enemy and bear the huge risk of being shot dead at any time, or he will be suppressed by bullets in a small area and cannot move ...But at this time, we can't hide. We have to find a way to observe the battlefield situation, find out which area is firing, and which area has a high density of firepower. Based on this, will there be a hidden bunker waiting for the blasting team to appear?In the end, I have to personally explain how, how, and where the attacking firepower team will fight.

This task was originally undertaken by Sergeant Elder Gun. Ivan snatched it not because he was worried about the various qualities of this veteran who had fought in World War I, but because the plan was completely proposed by Ivan. How can there be something that I did not propose myself? On the truth?

Besides, when Lao Qiang was attacking Ngesebus Island, his duty was to guide the mortar squad and bazooka squad in the blasting team. During the whole day of combat, the number of bombing mistakes did not exceed ten times, and only two times he almost accidentally injured his own people. You must know In the intricate mountainous area full of coral rocks and volcanic rocks, when the Japanese firepower found and opened fire on the American pioneers, the distance between the two sides was at most 100 meters, often only 60 to 80 meters.

Weapons will not be controlled by humans for various reasons, and small human errors will also cause a huge shift in the impact point. The pioneers walking at the forefront can only focus on On the enemy, [-]% trust that the attacking fire team in the rear will not drop shells on his head.

Destroying 12 Japanese fortresses fired more than one or two hundred shells of various types, and the attacking fire team led by Sergeant Elder Gun almost accidentally injured his own people twice, which shows that this guy is proficient in M2 60mm mortars and bazooka It's very high, if you don't put him in the original position... God knows, can it be controlled within the range of almost accidental injury.

Don't let the vanguard be killed by his own people before being killed by the enemy. The blow to morale will be too great, and it will also declare that the plan that Ivan racked his brains to come up with is equivalent to a joke.

"Pioneers, let's go—!"

现在的K连各类关键性武器的部署在了步兵1排与2排前端，总计2个攻坚火力组包含1个喷火小组、1个巴祖卡小组、1个60毫米迫击炮小组、1个通讯小组、1个工兵班，他们与尖兵们保持80~100米左右的距离，步兵排则跟在攻坚火力组身后，随时随地上去1个或是2个步兵班提供枪械火力支援。

"Sir, I'm going."

Ivan threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and set off with the pioneers with the M1 carbine in his mouth.

"good luck--!"

The gun king can only turn the most real emotion in his heart into a sentence of 'Good luck'.

To be honest, Captain Haldane didn't want Ivan to take on such a huge risky task, but there was no other suitable person besides him.

So far everything has been done to the best of manpower, and the rest depends on whether the vanguard team led by Ivan can cooperate with the fortified fire team. The purebred infantry does not need to do much in this plan. The most important thing is that when a leading soldier is killed or injured, new volunteers must be selected to go up.

"What's your name?"

Before he could fully enter the Amiangal Mountain from the east, Ivan asked the communication soldier beside him.

"Sir, Palmer Nohi."

"Very well, Nuo Xi, are you afraid?"

After the last vanguard entered the complex terrain of Amiangal Mountain, Ivan stopped at the entrance area and asked.

"It's definitely the craziest thing I've ever done in my life."

The communications soldier from the regiment headquarters was very nervous, his neither handsome nor ugly face was filled with excitement and fear.

"War is the craziest thing."

After grabbing Nuoxi's hand and lending him some strength, the two of them entered the mountain.

The mountains on Peleliu Island are not like the mountains on Saipan, with an average altitude of more than 15 meters. The commanding heights of the entire island are on Mount Umurbrogol, where the average altitude is about 30 meters, and the commanding heights are only [-] meters above sea level and only five Sister Mountain is a cliff, and you don’t necessarily feel like you’re staying in a mountain when you go to other places.

Compared with the bloody battle of the 1st Marine Regiment, the area Ivan saw was less complicated, and the average altitude here was not even as high as the mountainous area in the north of Ngesebus Island—although there are coral rocks and volcanic rocks everywhere, there is no such thing as a place like this. Commanding heights, the difficulty of attack will be greatly reduced.

35. Where there is a bright castle, there must be a dark castle

According to the order of the headquarters, the 321st Army Infantry Regiment will fight from the west to the east, and the 5th Marine Regiment will fight from the east to the west. After completely occupying the Amiangal Mountains, they will advance southward, and conduct a north-south attack on Umurbrogol Mountains from a strategic situation.

"Nuo Xi, breathe steadily." Ivan patted his arm lightly, making him relax as much as possible.

"Okay, sir."

"It's like going on vacation."

Nuo Xi couldn't imagine how the vanguard and Ivan in front of him could maintain emotional stability in the face of such crazy behavior.

If he knew that all the plans this time were customized and executed by Ivan himself, he would probably be shocked and speechless.

"Shhh...we've entered an area where there may be Japanese troops."

If there are several most dangerous moments, one of them must be now-the vanguard is in place, and the fire team has not yet entered the mountain.

Even if it is agreed in advance that as long as the gunshots are heard, regardless of the distance between the fire team and the vanguard in the plan, they must rush up immediately, including the infantry platoon of the third echelon, but the battlefield will always be It appears that the plan cannot keep up with the change.

"Hohoo..."

The pioneers avoided even the sound of breathing, and moved cautiously and cautiously. According to the experience of attacking the mountainous area in the north of Ngesebus Island, two people can always cover two people and move forward. You must know that the length of Amiangal Mountain is only 100 meters from east to west.

At this time, the vanguard did not continue to advance but stayed where they were, waiting for the rear fire team to be in place.

During the follow-up, Ivan has been observing the terrain around him, and he will not let go of any place where the Japanese army may build a firepower point. Without exception, he will pass the information to the old gun, so during the time period when the pioneers stopped and waited.. ....The flamethrowers are very busy. No matter whether there are Japanese troops at the marked point, they will clean it with a long burst first.

If the tunnels and caves dug by the Japanese army were really found, then the engineering squad would go on the field and use the large amount of explosives they carried to directly blow up the entrance of the cave to ensure that even if the Japanese army used the same explosives to blow up, there would be no way to open the passageway.

This method of combat is very resource-intensive. According to Gunner King's estimate, Company K will consume about one-fifth of the explosives and fuel in the entire Marine Battalion's reserves every time it advances 200 meters, but Ivan thinks everything is worth it, because even suspected The principle of not letting go was that when the vanguard advanced to 200 meters, 18 Japanese soldiers died without doing anything.

Of course, the little devils did not fully follow the principle of shooting after seeing the large US troops. When the pioneers advanced to about 230 meters, rows and rows of bullets shot over, instantly suppressing the eight pioneers at the front. Can't move in the bunker.

Ivan is about 8 meters away from the 30 pioneers at the forefront. He is in a good position. There is a piece of coral rock the size of half his body in front of the left and right. Together, they form a pretty good bunker. If there are two There is a machine gun in the middle of the coral stone, and the Japanese army can't deal with the US machine gun without curved fire.

"Nuoxi, make sure there is no problem with the communication!"

"Yes--!"

After getting the reply, Ivan poked out half of his head without fear and used a telescope to observe the firing area of ​​the Japanese army. About 10 meters away from the front of the vanguard in the direction of 13:80 and 130:90, there were two bright forts built with rocks, and the right wing was [-] meters away. There is a light machine gun in the gap of the coral stone about [-] meters away, and only half of the gun's muzzle is exposed on a gentle slope at a position of [-] meters on the left wing. It seems that a tunnel has been dug inside.

After quickly establishing the coordinates, inform Nuoxi next to him.

"Let all the mortar squads blast me for a few rounds first!"

The curved firepower will definitely not be able to do anything to this kind of fortification, and it is useless to replace the bazooka. Sherman's 75 cannon can be tried, but it is not a big problem for the infantry behind the cover to come up and occupy favorable terrain.

Two minutes later, there was a whistling sound in the sky, and the shells hit by several rounds of volleys from six mortar squads instantly engulfed a large area in front of them. Two infantry squads arrived quickly, tipping bullets towards the smoky area.

This area is much more spacious than Umurbrogol Mountain, and it can't accommodate 2 infantry platoons directly, but it is not a big problem to go to 2 infantry squads.

"Contact the airport and let our planes release incendiary bombs on the 4 Mingbao areas. It is best to use machine guns to fire a few more rounds!"

After saying this, Ivan observed the area outside the exposed Japanese firepower point. Those areas that were only 30 to 50 meters away from the vanguard often had bunkers.

The layout of the dark fort does not pay attention to how good the shooting range is, but only pays attention to the ability to cooperate with the dark fort. It is usually arranged on the flank of the attacker-when the attacker focuses on the dark fort, he suppresses firepower and organizes a blasting team at the same time. When going to destroy the Ming Fort, it is in the arms of the defender... The attacker often sees that when he is about to rush to the position, the dark fort suddenly pops up and shoots out overwhelming bullets to the team that is about to complete a blast. The high firepower will cause heavy casualties to the blasters who have finally rushed halfway.

At this time, the dark fort has become a dark fort, but it can form crossfire with the original dark fort. If the defender has enough time to build a system, there will be another dark fort or bright fort on the other side of the exposed dark fort, and then There will be a dark fort/bright fort on the other side. At the same time, tunnels will be dug to connect all the fortresses. When the enemy retreats for a short time, they will immediately follow the tunnel and enter the underground at a depth of more than ten meters. It doesn’t matter whether you have a 406 or 2000-pound aerial bomb, the most Just gnaw off a few layers of skin.

Here is a mountainous area again, and things like tanks can't come up, so we can only rely on people to solve the problem... Theoretically speaking, the crossfire formed by the existence of various light and dark forts will make a platoon, or even a company Only a few of the soldiers died within a few hours.

The key lies in how to find the bunker, and the answer given by Ivan is like a fine-tuned attack plan.

Don't let go of any suspected areas, first blast a few rounds with mortars and bazookas, and then let the flamethrowers go up for a long burst.

During the period, the only cover provided to the technical units carrying the M2 flamethrower was smoke bombs. They had to arrive at the vanguard at the fastest speed and with the most careful posture, and even moved forward more than ten meters to ensure that the flames released Can attack to the designated area.

"Don't stop the bombing. It is required that the landing point of the 81mm mortar be as accurate as possible. It is best to provide ground guidance for our aircraft!"

Although it is not very reliable to use the explosion of the M2 60mm mortar to provide the pilot with marking points, it is by no means a reason not to try. What if it succeeds?