Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

Finally, a corpse was shot down, and the other Japanese soldiers who were hit by bullets did not dare to make unnecessary movements even if they died, as if they were afraid of exposing their intentions.

The falling corpse startled the machine gun squad and the following transportation members. Basilone, who was suppressing the second line of defense of the Japanese army, immediately turned his gun when he saw it. A dozen bullets flew over and beat the corpse to pieces.

"John, tell the three platoon leaders that the Japanese army will hide in the canopy, and let the second and third platoons clean the canopy again when they come over. And report to the big goose, and emphasize again that the Japanese army is by no means defeated, but pretended After the defeat, lure the enemy to go deep, we must be careful and vigilant!"

Basilone was really frightened by the incident of a Japanese soldier falling from a tree. After all, it was only 80 meters away, and it was easy to kill him with one shot.

"These bastards!"

After cursing, Basilone immediately greeted the messenger, but the M1917 in his hand did not stop firing.

"Tom tom tom tom tom—!"

"Ding ding ding ding——!"

What set it was before, it is still the same set now.

Half an hour later, the 1st platoon attacked the second line of defense of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army in the position quickly retreated to the third line of defense.

Even in this platoon, 1 people were killed and 2 people were injured, plus the 4 people who were injured in the front, the total battle loss was 6 people.

Company D immediately made adjustments, 3 platoons replaced 1 platoon with the weapons platoon and mortar platoon belonging to the upper battalion, and continued to attack the third line of defense of the Japanese army.As for the 1st platoon of D company and the weapons platoon of D company, they temporarily stayed on the second line of defense, waiting for the next order.

Ivan asked Basilone to tell Lieutenant Colonel Puller that the intentions of the Japanese army he had guessed had not been taken seriously, or that the battalion commander hadn’t received it at all, but the news that there might be a Japanese army lurking in the canopy was passed on to the entire battalion, so they finally crossed the river The company began to clean every tree in sight one by one.

From 7:30 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon, two consecutive offensive battles were fought. The 1st platoon and the weapons platoon were a little exhausted. They were lying in the positions built by the Japanese army, smoking cigarettes, eating rations, and bragging. force.

They were so tired that they didn't want to move. Only Ivan was constantly familiarizing himself with and memorizing the terrain. If he hadn't brought more grenades and mines to be used in the most critical battles, he would even have thought of laying a large number of traps around the position. , booby traps, mines.

69. (Very important chapter) The so-called reincarnation

The more checks the Japanese army fought

The more the second line of defense was built, the more frightened Ivan was.

Although the trenches were not dug very deep and fit the kid's height better, the width was a bit scary—enough for three strong Ma Run to advance side by side.

In fact, no matter whether it is a trench or a traffic trench, it must be narrowed. The maximum width is the width that two people can walk sideways while touching their chests.

There is only one reason for the Japanese army to do this-to increase the probability of shells falling in.

The shell exploded two or three meters outside the trench, and it was also lethal to the soldiers hiding in the trench, but most of the damage was caused by shock waves rather than fragments. will die instantly.

Of course... Except for aerial bombs, battleship main guns, heavy howitzers, and some super-large-caliber coastal defense guns, the shock waves produced by these things have exceeded the limit that non-permanent fortifications can carry.

Therefore, the Japanese army built a wide and not deep defensive position, which not only increased the probability of shells falling into it, but also effectively improved the lethality and range of light artillery.

"The trenches are wider and the communication trenches are wider. If it is not that the Japanese army has no experience in trench warfare, it is that they are planning a big counterattack."

The former is basically impossible, leaving only the latter.

"It's really grass!"

Using pen and paper to write down the trench route of the Japanese army's second line of defense near the coastline, Ivan read and memorized it repeatedly.

He still remembered that after the three marine battalions were surrounded, the place of retreat was Cruz Point near the middle of the Japanese first and second lines of defense.

That is to say, the northeast of the 1st platoon of D company and the two machine gun squads is the retreat road, but they are about three or four kilometers away from the beach.

On the way back, Ivan heard the creepy things that the soldiers in the first row chatted about—it was related to the previous bloody battles!

It made Ivan fall into deep fear.

Immediately discussed with Basilone and the others, it was impossible for one person to dig such a long retreat traffic trench, so Ivan needed a lot of helpers, but they were unanimously denied.

"Ivan, I think you should get a good night's sleep." Morgan put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Look at your worried look."

"I think so too." Manny smiled while leaning against the trench wall, "Just an hour ago, the 2nd Platoon had taken down the Japanese army's third line of defense, and the 75mm howitzers had also crossed the Matanikau River. Building positions behind us."

Basilone also said: "After today is over, the task of continuing to attack will be handed over to Company A, and we only need to stay here for two or three days. Ivan, you can take advantage of this time to sleep well Sleep."

When Ivan came back, he was full of hope, but the reality was too cruel—even his three closest comrades-in-arms did not support his idea.

Not thinking about reversing the defeat, but three marine battalions will be surrounded, and a large number of soldiers will be buried in this place... In the first reincarnation world, more than 7 casualties of the 1th regiment and 100st battalion successfully retreated, However, in the second reincarnation, Ivan could not be sure that it would be the same as the first world, because... During the battle at Edson Ridge, the colonel who had been promoted to the head of the regiment brought the reserve team and reinforcements to attack the The left wing, not the right wing in the first reincarnation!

The most important thing is H Company, 1st Regiment, 2nd Battalion, that is, the company that Ivan belonged to in the last reincarnation, did not participate in the attack on Taiwujiao in this reincarnation, and did not participate in the battle at Edson Ridge!

This is the content of listening to a row of Ma Run's chat when I came back. Ivan really regrets hearing these facts.

'Damn it, hastily-! '

The anxiety that poured into his brain like a stormy sea instantly made him unable to think, just like a CPU that was burned out under high-voltage load, he couldn't calm down and organize his thoughts at all, and he looked a little panicked.

The battlefields in the two reincarnation worlds are still these battlefields, but the participating troops are different, and the casualty figures on Edson Ridge are also wrong. The infantry of a marine battalion had significantly more casualties than the previous reincarnation.

No one knows whether Ma Run, who survived this stupid attack in the last reincarnation, will be able to escape from the battlefield alive in the same battle in this reincarnation.

There may still be 800 casualties in the battle, but among these people, there may be brothers from the machine gun squad such as Ivan, Basilone, Manny, Morgan, and Evans.

This made Ivan even more eager to make some preparations in advance to deal with the unknown.

There is still time, even if it is not enough, but it can increase the probability of one's side surviving and repelling the little devils.

It's just that no one believed him, not even Basilone in a pair of trousers.

Any preparations you want to do are limited to imagination, but you can't take actual actions.

'Calm down, calm down! '

'Think about it, what else can you do! '

Ivan found that he had to use the fast falling asleep method taught by Sergeant Leeson to suppress the anxiety and impatience in his heart-everyone would not have such terrible emotions that entangled the heart and spirit when they just woke up, although thinking would It's a bit dull, but it's better than the current mind full of 'it's over, it's over'.

As night fell, thanks to Sergeant Lisson's training, Ivan fell asleep as soon as he shone the helmet on his face.

It was past three o'clock in the morning, and it is reasonable to say that the time for changing the guard has already passed, but none of the comrades in arms woke him up.Probably hoped that he would take a good rest, and stop worrying about impossible things like this, and eventually he would have a mental breakdown due to anxiety.

Ivan was awakened by a nightmare, because he dreamed that Ma Run was fiercely attacked by the Japanese army. In just over an hour, the 11st Battalion of the 1th Regiment and the 7nd Battalion of the 2th Regiment were stationed on the same front. Ma Run from the 7nd Battalion of the 2th Regiment fled towards his own side. Yiwen saw Ma Run at the back of the team trampling on the corpses of his comrades in order to survive. His previous bravery and bloodiness disappeared completely, and he became a bereaved dog.

"Ho Ho... Ho Ho..."

When I woke up, I found that nothing had happened, and the entire west bank of the Matanikau River was very quiet.

The eerie silence made Ivan come out of his dull state in an instant, and even without giving him a minute to think, his brain was filled with anxiety and irritability—knowing that this battle was bound to be lost, he also informed the commander above of possible incidents in advance Accidents and dangers, but just ignore them.

'Damn nightmare! '

If it weren't for this nightmare that sent chills down his spine and sweat, he would have been able to think dully for five or six minutes at least.

Evan desperately wanted to light a cigarette to relieve them, but open flames were prohibited at night.

He came to Baslon's side to indicate the change of shift, and he looked at Ivan who was full of worries. Why did this guy wake up in a worse mental state than before after sleeping?

I feel that I need to say something to ease Yiwen's anxiety, but I don't know what to say, so I can only think about it before going to bed, and talk to my comrades in detail after dawn.

Evan feels bad.

Perhaps he was too accustomed to the unconditional trust of his comrades in the last reincarnation. In the second reincarnation, even if he was close to Basilone and the others, he could not let him give up his own thinking and only believed in Ivan's judgment.

"Manny." Ivan couldn't hold back and said to the No. 1 ammunitionist, "From the beginning, I didn't believe that the Japanese army lost their ability to resist in this area."

Sensing the anxiety expressed by this ammunitionist who was extremely calm in the Austin Mountains, Manny thought for a while and said, "Ivan, I want to remind you——you are not the commander."

"..."

This sentence made Ivan fall into silence.

"Why do you think about the overall situation from the commander's point of view?" Manny asked curiously, "You and I are just a small corporal, how can it be your turn to decide what the generals should decide... .Even if your judgment is correct and we have suffered a great loss, as a corporal, you can’t change anything. This will affect yourself, and letting anxiety torture will only make you collapse, so it’s better to think about it.”

"I......"

The ammoman was right.

Ivan knew the final outcome of this battle, and based on the safety of himself and his comrades, he would definitely think about what effective preparations he could make before the impasse came. The most effective way was to interfere with the judgment of the three battalion-level officers. I did it but there was no feedback. I even said that the officers were more motivated than before because the performance of the Japanese army was vulnerable.

After all, in this reincarnation... he, Ivan, is nothing!

He was a battle hero in the last reincarnation, yes, Brigadier General Vandergrift and Colonel Edson loved him because of this, but in this reincarnation he is just a corporal whose name the generals have never heard of.

It is impossible for insignificant people to be valued. Even if Basilone and the others trust themselves, they trust the commander who dares to take the lead, because a low-ranking non-commissioned officer does not trust his superior, and this army is absolutely impossible to win.

It is even said that Ivan offended many company and platoon errands in order to bring enough ammunition. Basilone and the others have tried their best to help him once... The second time Ivan wants their help, it will inevitably increase his physical strength This kind of exhausting and hard work will infinitely tilt the latter on the scale of trusting the superior's judgment.

——We are attacking, and the Japanese army is already vulnerable.

--defense?Digging traffic trenches to possible escape routes?unnecessary!

——Attack, just attack, defeating the Japanese army is our victory!

——Defeat before a fight?

——If you feel that you are going to fail, then go and be a deserter!

In the end, it is full of anxiety, and then tortures itself.

Thinking of this, Ivan's anxiety gradually disappeared.

"Thank you, Manny."

After taking a long breath, he lamented that his state of mind was still a bit shallow, after all, he still hadn't tempered enough - the year in the hospital bed only taught him never to give up, and at the same time increased too much anxiety and fear.

Reincarnated people are doomed to live up to the good intentions of their comrades-in-arms, and they are also doomed to bear a lot of doubts, and they will even be treated as crazy, all of which are unavoidable.The advance preparations in the last reincarnation would never have been completed without the help of Lecky and the others. If it wasn't for Ivan's struggle in Alligator Creek, he would not have received their unconditional support as now.

The reincarnated person must bear the misjudgment of himself and his comrades, and step into the trap step by step, stepping into desperation.

It's useless to try to persuade the chief to change the battle plan, even if he bleeds out of his mouth - a chief who can be shaken by a corporal is not worthy of being a chief.

It's not about accepting fate and giving up.

If these things are unbearable, then Yiwen will just screw up and completely lose the chance to earn his life, and lie on that hospital bed waiting to die.

From this moment on, no matter how many doubts he encounters in the future, Ivan will stick to his own judgment, even if his comrades do not help him or understand him, he will rely on his own hands to create even a slight possibility of survival!

PS:

A few days of laying the groundwork is for today's two pictures.

I would like to tell everyone that the protagonist in my novel, the protagonist Ivan I like, is not a person like DOOM who remains unchanged from the beginning to the end—he is the protagonist, but he is also a human being. The growth of skills and tactics does not mean that he has completed the growth and transformation of his heart. He will be worried, afraid, anxious, and restless. After overcoming all these, he will definitely gain something, which will promote his spiritual growth and transformation.

It's just that everyone doesn't seem to like to read the foreshadowing of spiritual growth. After all, the era of short, flat and fast only pursues the era of cool... But please forgive me that I can't write short, flat and fast in the war. I can only write slowly and carefully, so that everyone See Yiwen's transformation and growth.

The advantage of this is that you will want to read this book twice, third or even more late at night.

The disadvantage is that you have to revise the manuscript three or four times a day before sending it out, so you can only update it twice a day, just like squeezing toothpaste, lol~

70. (Very important chapter) The devil in my heart

November 9th at 24am.

Ma Run of the 7st Battalion of the 1th Regiment immediately finished their breakfast and prepared to launch a decisive battle against the last line of defense of the Japanese army, that is, Kokumbuna Village.

Due to the excellent performance of Company D yesterday, with 8 killed and 15 wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Puller ordered Company D to be converted into a reserve team and stationed in the first, second and third lanes of the Japanese army on the west bank of the Matanikau River. Three lines of defense.

He even took the battalion headquarters to the third line of defense, which completely violated the U.S. military's regulations requiring battalion-level officers to stay at a position 20-30 kilometers behind the front-line troops forever... The reason why it is so far away is because the U.S. military The "action distance to contact the enemy" is about 16 kilometers, which is definitely the most exaggerated tactical distance during World War II, because this happens to be the longest firing distance of the enemy's medium-sized artillery.

Hearing that Lieutenant Colonel Puller moved the headquarters so close to the Japanese defense line, the other two were not to be outdone and moved up. It is likely that Colonel Edson's illustrious military exploits won him the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor. The lieutenant colonel caused the battalion-level commander to lose his reason and calmness, and he had to do his best to drive the Japanese army off Guadalcanal in one battle.

They took the lead in this way, causing Ma Run to be more fanatical than the other, and Yiwen felt that this horse-riding person was just messing around!

傲慢、轻敌，从这场仗还没开打前就这样——7团1营对Kokumbuna村发动的决战将交给A连、C连、营属的武器连，以及7点30过河抵达D连阵地的两辆M2轻型坦克。

From yesterday's vanguard to the reserve team, Ma Run of D Company felt very depressed, especially the 3rd platoon that did not participate in the battle. They replaced the 2nd platoon and stayed in the third line of defense of the Japanese army, but they could only watch the friendly troops. They walked by proudly.

The current formation of Company D is that 1st row is on the second line of defense, 2nd row is on the first line of defense with the 75 howitzer company crossing the river, and 3rd row is on the third line of defense, looking at the A and C companies assembled here. The teeth of jealousy are about to be ground.

The Japanese army's positions were dug from south to north, and then built in depth from east to west, so they did not have the ability to defend against flank attacks.

Since they did not change their formation after stopping last night, the weapons platoon of Company D stayed on the 1st row, with the beach one kilometer behind them.

......

"I think he's crazy?"

"Wasting physical energy doing useless work."

"It's normal to be crazy. There are a lot of crazy people in the field hospital."

Ivan took these words as deaf ears.

Maybe he started digging individual bunkers and machine gun bunkers according to the terrain at dawn. After all, it was civil engineering for the pursuit of speed, so there was no noise, so the 1st row of Ma Run who stayed nearby was very upset, but after all, he was a The comrades in the company, the place where they are now is not particularly safe, so they didn't go up to fight with Ivan with their sleeves up.

'The Japanese soldiers hiding in the canopy are most likely to be sent to death at night. '

Use human lives to harass the U.S. military and prevent them from taking a good rest, just to give Ma Run a fatal blow at a critical moment, or find time to drop down and kill your own headquarters, or cut the phone line short and kill two or three Ma Run, every day The mixed use of mechanical and American weapons made Ma Run in the two positions mistakenly think that the other side has been occupied by the Japanese army, and wasted bullets to shoot and kill the friendly army.