Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

Simply changing tactics is definitely not enough. If you want to crack the strong fortress system, it is not enough to rely solely on infantry with a small number of technical arms. You must reduce the proportion of infantry and increase technical arms.He knows best how to break through the things he commands and builds, and he is not a qualified defensive commander who simply relies on infantry to go up and throw grenades without thinking about it.

History has come to a conclusion—Master Nakagawa Prefecture made the U.S. military pay a painful price on Peleliu Island.

No matter how much you scold him, you can't change this reality.

Ivan imagined himself as this animal, and rationalized his thinking while cursing.

——The locust army has caused huge casualties to the U.S. military in the Five Sisters Mountains these days, but the battle line has not advanced for a long time, and the troops who have changed their tactics will inevitably be sent up.

Whether Company K stays at Five Sisters Mountain to clean up or advances forward, there is a high probability of killing and injuring the commander of Company K. Every officer in the command system is indispensable, and if they are destroyed, they will no longer There is a victory like October 10st.

Even if the commander is not killed, the too narrow terrain will make the infantry in the army be in the rear position and the technical units in the front position.It is a recognized fact in the army that it is more difficult to train a technical unit than five or six infantry. As long as the core of the winning army is scrapped, its threat will plummet, and finally the locust army can resist here for more time and consume More American soldiers and supplies.

Commander Nakagawa, like Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, knows that the national power of the United States is a giant. When he wanted to go to war with the United States, he also opposed the war with the monsters on the other side of the ocean. The victory after the war did not make him change his mind until Later, I verified my point of view.

It is absolutely impossible to defeat the Americans, so the army can only lose more veterans, and completely disable the ace marine division that the United States is proud of, so that it cannot recover within a year or even two, and cannot Possess the ability to pose a threat to the locust army.

Ivan, who was terrified of thinking carefully, found Captain Haldane decisively and brought up what he had thought about.

现在已经是10月2日夜晚，明天K连就要参加对五姐妹山后续的101号、102号、103号高地的进攻。

The headquarters is quite looking forward to what kind of surprises this company with too many over-strengths can bring them. After all, after two days of replenishment, the firepower team has changed from the original 2 to 6, of which M2 60mm The mortar squad, bazooka squad, fire-breathing squad, and heavy machine gun squad have all changed from the original 1 group to 2 groups, and the light firepower has been greatly strengthened.

At that time, faced with the Five Sisters Mountain, which was bound to be attacked by Company K, and learned that its terrain was very narrow and covered with a large number of ridge trails, Ivan's plan was to completely abandon the infantry to provide fire cover for bullets, but he couldn't do without it, so he wanted it. Two heavy machine guns.

After judging the thoughts and plans of the Japanese army now, I believe that such an organization and deployment will definitely step on the trap set by the Japanese army in Wumeishan Mountain, because the command has high expectations for K Company, after all, it has won a victory in the northern mountainous area.

It would take a lot of time to stay at the Five Sisters Mountain and clean up a little bit. The headquarters would not be satisfied with the results, and then they would order K Company to advance quickly.

For the male commander of Zhongchuanzhou, it is tantamount to playing in his arms.

"I'm sure the Japanese army would do that."

Every one of Ivan's worries was something he would definitely do as a commander of the Japanese army, and he even believed that he still lacked something.

"If that's the case..."

The country bumpkin took a deep breath, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes, "Even if we didn't kill the technical arms or commanders, we can't afford to kill a large number of logistics personnel."

There is no link in Yiwen's tactics that is not important. The mountainous terrain is not suitable for mechanized transportation of materials, and materials can only be transported purely by manpower. As mentioned before, nearly 10 people have to be delayed for more than ten minutes when the logistics of 40 casualties arrive. The front line has been delayed for half an hour to start.

Unlike the Japanese army in Mount A who has no artillery shells, the Japanese army that will face the dominant terrain of Mount U tomorrow will still have artillery support.

"We have to change the deployment order of the headquarters. Company K can launch an attack from an area controlled by the Army, or from an area controlled by the 7th Marine Regiment, but it cannot launch an attack from an area controlled by the 5th Marine Regiment!"

Ivan said loudly to the core officers of Company K: "If you want to win at a lower price, you must let go of any face project, and you must let go of your useless self-esteem—!"

"I'm going to find the battalion commander."

The gun king got up immediately, and when he set off, the redneck, the old gun, and Lieutenant Faulkner all followed.

After thinking for a moment, Ivan also followed.

Now he is not an officer in the true sense of the US military system, and he is not qualified to follow this group of officers, but as the initiator of this incident, Ivan feels that he must follow up.

About 10 minutes later, the 4 people arrived at the battalion headquarters, and were immediately received by the battalion commander. After learning the purpose, the lieutenant colonel, who had been tossed by the cannon king, had a headache for a while, but felt that what he said was very reasonable, and finally decided to bring Let them go to see the head of the 5th Marine Regiment.

In this way, it rolled all the way to the division commander, Major General Ruperts.

"Warrant Officer Evan."

"Aye aye, sir——!"

Ivan, who came out from the back of the team, straightened his chest, staring at the commander of the First Landing Division neither humble nor overbearing.

"The deployment of the headquarters is not so easy to change. If you have to do this, you have to gamble everything."

When Major General Ruperts said this, all the officers present smiled, because this was the division commander's statement on his side, trusting the former enemy commander, Warrant Officer Inswood Ivan, rather than the command judgment.

"I can issue a military order."

Ivan said calmly: "If you launch an attack from the positions of the 7th Marine Regiment and the 321st Infantry Regiment of the Army, if you don't get any results...you don't need to send me to a military court and shoot me directly for battlefield disobedience I'll do."

As soon as the words fell, Captain Haldane, the commander of Company K, Lieutenant Faulkner, the deputy commander of Company K, Lieutenant Eddie, the commander of the weapon platoon of Company K, Haney, the chief sergeant of Company K, and the core commanders of the company also stood together. come out.

"We will also issue a military order."

Plain words are full of unparalleled power.

46. ​​In the end, it was the teacher who carried everything alone

The deployment plan of the headquarters has changed, and it is not the determination of the K company's core leadership or the military order that made the final decision, but the signing of the [military order] by Major General Ruperts, the commander of the [-]st Marine Division, with only his name on it. .

Ivan was quite upset when he learned of this result, because it meant that not only did the headquarters not treat the lives of low-level soldiers as human lives, but even the low-level officers did not pay much attention to it. Those guys will never change.

This commander, who was quite arrogant at the beginning, has changed a lot after experiencing the worst time in his life. He not only resisted all the pressure for the grassroots officers below, but also bet everything on himself.

Maybe he knew where he would go in the future within a week after the start of [Operation Stalemate]. Now that he feels that he is a bachelor anyway, he might as well be more relaxed and let the grassroots officers below be able to play freely.

"Don't stress."

The division commander who resisted everything alone smiled and said to Captain Haldane, "Fight as you did before, fight now as you do, just do your best. On my side, I don't need to worry too much. Although I am old, I can still survive." quite."

In the early morning of October 10, K Company, which was ready to go, received a piece of news that made the core officer breathe a sigh of relief-an infantry platoon tried to launch a tentative attack at 3 o'clock in the morning, and occupied Heights 5 within 10 minutes. During this period, there was no resistance from any Japanese army.

This news boosted Captain Haldane's confidence, and reality proved that Ivan's concerns were completely correct.

When it was announced that Company K would temporarily separate from the 5th Marine Regiment to attack from other directions, the other officers and non-commissioned officers who knew nothing fell into a long period of confusion, followed by voices of discussion.

"Have we been transferred to the 7th Marine Regiment?"

"Not really."

"Then what's going on."

"You don't need to care about specific matters, you just need to follow the previous method to attack the stubborn Japanese army."

Captain Haldane stared at Ma Run and the others, "I just want to ask you one thing - would you like to kill devils and win the battle?"

There was an earth-shattering shout immediately below, and the morale was not only full, but overflowing.

"K Company, let's go—!"

Major General Ruperts, the commander of the 1st Marine Division, deliberately refused to let the headquarters decide the direction of K Company's attack when he signed the military order, but handed over all authority to Captain Haldane, who was going to fight the Japanese army to the death.

Of course, the choice ultimately fell into Ivan's hands.

He was unambiguous in the slightest, and boldly chose a strategically and tactically excellent position—the eastern central point that can divide Mount U into two.

This area can be regarded as the joint between the 7th Marine Regiment and the 321st Infantry Regiment of the Army. The more this kind of place, the less it will become the main attack area. On the contrary, it will become the weak point of the defender. Cutting off the rear of the two positions, or attacking the left and right wings is relatively easier than a frontal attack.

Of course, just like everything has two sides, there are advantages and disadvantages at the same time - Company K's attack direction requires the 7th Marine Regiment and the 321st Infantry Regiment to protect the flanks. Gather together to form a needle to pierce the balloon called the bunker. It may be broken when it hits the not-so-fragile fortress, and it will also be broken when it is surrounded by attacks from the flanks. The former cannot be avoided, while the latter requires The infantry coordinated and cooperated to protect the needle.

It's just because the material consumption is too fast, and the terrain of Mount U is complex and narrow. The infantry who are supposed to protect the needles anytime and anywhere must take on the responsibility of transporting the materials. Otherwise, the team brought by Yiwen often hasn't really started trying to pierce the balloon. The needles have already been ground. Lose sharpness.

Yiwen is not a person who likes to pin his hopes on his allies, nor is he the kind of person who simply refuses to fight an unsure battle—any military operation has certain risks. Now he is [-]% sure, let alone one move Breaking through the defense system of the Japanese army will at least not cause K Company to suffer any big losses.

After arriving at the starting position, Ivan asked Nuoxi to contact the communication team following the assault fire team to ensure that he could maintain smooth communication with it, including the infantry platoon and company headquarters in the rear.

After confirming that there is no problem, he said to the vanguard soldiers who had changed: "Pioneer soldiers, let's go—!"

During the two-day rest period, Company K did not just stay near the airport and do nothing. Captain Haldane arranged training content for each infantryman, including tactical sign language, tactical movements, and alternate cover advance/retreat.

There was an acquaintance Ivan knew in the vanguard team that set off—Private Bill Layton.

So far, the veterans of Company K haven’t lost too much, so they wouldn’t let the recruits from Peleliu Island, who participated in Ma Run’s first battle, be the pioneers. The ultra-high-risk tasks that can only be undertaken by infantry are no longer calling for volunteers, but volunteers need to volunteer to grab them.

There are only 8 leading soldiers in total, and the number of Ma Run vying for places exceeds a hundred, and then the squad leader or platoon leader of the infantry squad will judge the performance of Ma Run who signed up for participation. After crossing out a large number of people, there are still three There were more than a dozen, and a lottery was finally adopted to determine the candidates.

Layton can pass the first screening, unless he sold his asshole to the squad leader, he must have performed very well in the first few battles.

"Nuoxi, let's go—!"

Regarding the previous plan of attacking Five Sisters Mountain, Ivan did not give up. Even if the headquarters still let K Company attack Five Sisters Mountain, that is the only feasible plan, but it will become inflexible because of the headquarters——Ivan believes that giving him 5 One day is enough to clean every corner of Five Sisters Mountain.

It is a pity that the generals of the command headquarters who will not go to the front line in person just want to see that Company K can continue to attack, advance, and occupy, and they don't want to see a lot of supplies being wasted for a "Japanese army has abandoned" Five Sisters Mountain that can be known through the map.

Fortunately...the commander of the 1st Marine Division chose to stand beside Ivan, giving him the greatest backing, even though this exhausted officer was destined to leave his post after the battle ended.

"Let's get closer."

Ivan was not very familiar with the terrain of this area. After he came in, he was looking for a place where he could set up a contact station and an observation post. Compared with the mountainous area in the north, it was narrower and more complicated, with a large number of up and down slopes mixed with coral stones and volcanic rocks.

The second echelon in the offensive plan changed from the original attacking firepower group accompanied by the infantry platoon to only the attacking firepower group. The infantry platoon was sent to a later place and two infantry squads were drawn to accompany the engineering squad to form the third echelon.

After all, it is not a relatively spacious mountainous area in the north. Two infantry platoons are more than enough to throw. The terrain is too winding and tortuous to throw at most 5 infantry squads in the attacking direction. will be larger.

It is just right for the two attacking firepower teams to match up with the enemy's leading soldiers, because Ivan simplifies the number of people to the greatest extent. Like the M2 60mm mortar squad, there are at least 5 people, but now there are only 3 people. The main gunner carries the barrel, and the second gunner Carrying the base and the three gunners carrying shells, the M1919A6 heavy machine gun squad originally required at least 3 people. Ivan forced only the main and deputy shooters to come up, and the communication team was reduced from the original 2 people to 1 person. In the end, the number of people in a fortified fire team was 22 people and experienced veterans are responsible for commanding and deploying light firepower.

The disadvantage of such a reduced number of people is obvious-it is difficult for them to carry more ammunition when they carry something, so they have to rely on the infantry behind to maintain continuous transportation.

Yiwen also changed the previous distance from 100 meters to 60-70 meters. The advantage of this is that when the communication equipment fails or is damaged, the distance for manual transmission of commands will be greatly reduced.

The distance between Ivan and the vanguard is 25 meters, the distance between the attacking firepower team and Ivan is 40 meters, and you can send orders by roaring after running about 20 meters... In fact, this is also a summary of experience and lessons—although the attack on October 10 The momentum is overwhelming, but the communication equipment is really not as reliable as imagined, and fortunately it is not suitable for failure due to the intense fighting in the morning.

47. Warrant Officer Evan is an irreplaceable former enemy commander

Except for the fine-tuning in this area, other places have not changed much. The pioneers still stop after 100 meters deep. On the way forward, Ivan reports to the attacking fire team while observing the situation at the front. As long as he can pass the most dangerous stage Being able to enter the offensive rhythm of Company K-the pioneers are advancing, but the two attacking fire groups are not in place.

It took an hour to clear the suspicious area aside. As the engineering squad carried out blasting work again and again under the condition that the infantry continued to transport TNT, the pioneers continued their operations at 9:38 in the morning.

It’s just that this time is different from the situation on Amiangal Mountain. The series of cautious actions just now have no benefit at all. The Japanese army did not ambush in this area. And the 160mm high-explosive bomb that fell brought 50 to the 3-member vanguard team in just 8 minutes when Ivan called the bazooka team, fire-breathing team, and machine gun team to occupy the favorable terrain while reporting points. Killed and 1 wounded.

Fortunately, the Japanese army's ammunition reserve was not very sufficient. When Ivan started to arrange the specific cleaning methods, 8 shells were fired in total.

Although it was cruel and cold-blooded, from the perspective of the commander, Ivan was quite happy to encounter such a waste of shells by the Japanese army. Only using one dead and one wounded infantry made the exhausted shells even more bottomed out. It is convenient for the flamethrowers to perform quite dangerous tasks.

Ivan did not forget to separate the advancing machine gun team from the bazooka team, and deploy them on the left and right on small high slopes with good positions, and there are coral stones as high as a person's knees around them. If you lie down, you won't be able to take this unless you have curved firepower. There is no way to firepower.

"Da da da da da-!"

"Chirp - bang -!"

Looking at the gunpowder smoke from the explosion and the vibration that was almost shaking the ground, Ivan felt a completely different American-style firepower.Different from the earth-shattering brought by ground heavy artillery, aircraft bombing, and naval gunfire, what light firepower brings is "precision". Two of the three rounds of the gadget missed, causing flaws and cracks in the supposedly perfect firepower coverage.

"Bart, remember the places I mentioned?!"

The air support called was told that it would take at least 5 minutes. After all, two marine regiments and one army infantry regiment launched an offensive today.

It wasn't until the plane came over that it was the turn of the Spitfire, so Ivan kept telling Bart beside him a series of precautions and asked him to recite it to himself.

No kidding, because of K Company's big victory and the division commander's non-stop propaganda, many technical arms volunteered to sign up and request to be temporarily commanded by K Company, let alone Ma Run within the 5th Marine Regiment, even if it was withdrawn and corrected The technical units in the 1st Marine Regiment all requested to follow K Company to the front line one after another, which led to the fact that even the fire-breathing soldiers who went to the front line had to pass the assessment and screening - proficiency, military quality, tactical actions, willpower... ...Wait, if you don't pass, then I'm sorry to stay at the back of the team as a reserve team.

Even if he passed, he would only be able to enter the fortified firepower team. The first fire-breathing soldier like Bart who came up to do it would have defeated the other three one-in-a-million players in all aspects.

Even with such a talent, Ivan was not completely relieved.

Bart is well aware of the dangers of his duties, and he also learned from Olier what kind of person the former enemy commander, Warrant Officer Inswood Irving, was, everything he did, said, and asked for. Everything is for the sake of the comrades-in-arms who follow him to attack and kill the devil while still having the hope of surviving.

"Woooooooooo!"

"Buzz--!"

The planes came and went quickly, but today's Ma Run pilot was not lucky enough to directly destroy the five exposed Japanese firepower points.

As the smoke bombs fell near the firepower point, forming clouds of dense fog, Ivan patted Bart on the shoulder and said, "Come back alive—!"

"Yes, Warrant Officer!"

At this time, all staff stopped firing, and the vanguards were able to transport the wounded to Ivan with the help of smoke grenades. After the emergency treatment, two stretcher soldiers came out from behind the attacking fire team, and carried the wounded vanguards back as quickly as possible. .

Why did Major General Ruperts say that the former enemy commander is very important, and Captain Haldane also said that Warrant Officer Ivan is an irreplaceable important link, precisely because he has the ability to adapt to changes and has a critical medical foundation on the battlefield. But the technical arms don't need to worry about not getting emergency treatment after they are injured.

Olier, who was sent to the field hospital, also publicized what he had encountered.

"At that time, I had already given up, but someone wouldn't give up on you!"

This is also one of the reasons why Company K assesses and selects the leading soldiers, mortar gunners, bazooka shooters, and fire-breathing shooters. By the way, there is a mortar in the attacking fire team that belongs to Company K. The squad consisted of Corporal Bergin, Bad Man, and Sledge. They won this opportunity through hard work.

"Good job!"

【As a facilitator...】

Bart is worthy of defeating the other three fire-breathing soldiers who are one in a million. Even with a 3-kilogram iron can, he can have a very flexible body. He shuttles fearlessly between the hail of bullets and clears the suspected bunker in 30 minute. area and turned back smoothly.

When the sound of the notification left his ears, Ivan did not let the second fire-breathing soldier rush up to pull out the Mingbao, because he did not hear the sound of the ammunition exploding-according to normal logic, the Japanese army who fought for so many days could not There should be a shortage of ammunition, and the collected information also shows that on average, each Japanese army can fire at most 3 to 5 rounds of ammunition.

It's just that he always thought that the little devil was saving bullets.

The power of the tunnel system lies in the fact that the Japanese army hiding underground can move around. Just because they killed a bunker just now, it doesn’t mean that there won’t be Japanese troops coming to make up for it later, so Yiwen directly called two fire-breathing soldiers and asked them to be patient. .

Don't worry, don't be anxious, just verify Yiwen's idea.