Chapter 193 Crow’s Mouth (Second update, please subscribe)
April 28.
Under MacArthur's repeated urging, the garrison troops launched "Operation Oboe" under the cover of the US Seventh Fleet and the Army Air Force, launching an attack on Borneo from the east.
The landing site on May 1 was Tarakan, located in northeastern Borneo. The landing operation on May 1st went very smoothly under the cover of naval guns. The Japanese naval garrison guarding Linga Beach on Tarakan Island retreated after a slight resistance.
The Third Reinforcement Brigade suffered almost no casualties during the entire landing operation. The exchange of fire between the two sides on the first day was more of a test than a landing and counter-landing. This was also in line with the initial judgment-in order to avoid the Allied artillery superiority, the Japanese army would deploy all its main forces in the inland areas.
Although it was his first time to command a landing operation, under the advice of the American staff, Chen Chendong did not advance rashly. Instead, he further consolidated the beachhead and sent tanks and large troops ashore before further expanding the results.
On May 2, the 3rd Reinforcement Brigade began to move north along the traffic route towards Tarakan Airport. The remaining troops carried out expansion operations to the west and south of Tarakan Town and advanced the front to Tarakan. Root town suburbs. According to the combat plan, after landing, go north to capture Tarakan Airport, and then continue north along the road to capture the fuel plant.
It was at this time that both parties finally understood each other's identities.
“They are actually Chinese!”
Major Tadao Tsunei, captain of the 455th Independent Infantry Battalion guarding Tarakan, learned that the troops on the island were Chinese, not "Australian" When I saw the army, my instinctive reaction was - how is this possible?
"How did the Chinese get here?"
Tsui has been to China. In fact, the first time he went to the battlefield after graduating from the military academy was in China, and he went to...Nanjing.
The arrival of some old friends will awaken people's memories of friendship. But the reunion of some old friends awakens...well, grudges.
This situation is perfect. After interrogating Japanese prisoners, it was learned that Chang Jing had been to Nanjing, and Li Yian's order was very simple.
“We must do our best to eradicate evil and try our best to annihilate them all.”
Some grievances cannot be resolved.
Of course, some inherent opinions cannot be resolved. After learning that the landing force was Chinese, Tsunei, who was originally afraid of the Allied firepower, immediately became angry.
"There is nothing to be afraid of the Chinese! Tonight, we will drive them all into the sea!"
Tsunei's words were full of arrogance, and he even talked to Hiroshi Kaharu of the Second Marine Guards Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel talked about the good old days together, and the days when he had just joined the army to conquer Nanjing.
"...The Chinese soldier, let him kneel on the ground, and then I used the samurai sword, hey! With one strike, the body was cut in two..."
Recalling past victories, Chang Jing became more and more arrogant. He even forgot about the Allied planes overhead and the Allied artillery fire.
That night, in the dense rainforest, groups of Japanese soldiers were preparing for the final charge. The officers hung strips of white cloth on each other's backs to enable the soldiers to follow them in the dark.
Under the cover of dense rainforest at night, nearly two thousand Japanese soldiers cautiously advanced towards the Chinese soldiers' camp. According to previous reconnaissance, the Chinese heavy artillery positions were just ahead. During the daytime battle, those heavy artillery caused them too many casualties. As long as their heavy artillery was eliminated, the Chinese had nothing to fear!
Major Tsunei was walking under the pale moonlight, holding his command knife and stopping to observe from time to time. Although he was arrogant, he was also cautious.
From time to time during the march, someone slipped and fell to the ground, making a light metal collision sound. As he cautiously passed through the woods, Saoten, who was following the captain, saw orange lights flashing from time to time on the horizon in the distance. The color light was bright, and after the light, there was a deafening roar.
"It's a heavy artillery!"
The light and the sound of the artillery made Chang Jing happy. That was his target, and he immediately issued an order to divide his troops. The troops were divided into two groups and outflanked the target in the distance, while the accompanying forces The artillery bombardment soldiers were left in the woods by the river.
"Sir, don't call me a crow's mouth..."
Fang Shizu, who was lying behind the sandbag, hugged STG44 and blinked hard. Ever since eating at night, he always felt that A little uneasy, he has always believed in his sixth sense that he has had since he was a child. Of course, Fang Shizu didn't know what the sixth sense was. His family called his ability "crow's mouth". For this, he was often beaten when he was a child. Later he stopped expressing this feeling.
But on the battlefield, he had to say that after all, sometimes the crow's mouth is still very effective.
"I always feel uneasy. Something must have happened tonight..."
"Come on, kid, your bad talk has never worked..."
Correct The veteran who wanted to scold his subordinates said this, but he couldn't help but raise his head and look ahead.
Everything you can see is dense rainforest. The vegetation blocks your view and you can't see any movement at all.
Quiet, it's very quiet in the forest, it seems like there aren't even frogs croaking.
"There seems to be something wrong..." In the rain forest, a pair of eyes were staring ahead. Saoten, holding a bayonet in his hand, stared straight ahead. When the captain gave the order to move forward, he suddenly There seems to be something on the leg.
Maybe it’s just a branch!
When this idea came to Saoten's mind, there was a "bang" and a ball of fire popped up from the ground in the darkness. Before he could react "boom", a violent explosion broke the silence in the rain forest.
“There are mines!”
Amidst the screams, the S-shaped jumping mine exploded in the air, shooting hundreds of fragments horizontally in all directions at a fatal speed. Saoten only felt numbness in his waist and hips, and he fell down, just like everyone else. , when he screamed and groped his crotch, his empty crotch was wet and full of blood.
"No more, no more..."
When the frightened cry came out, gunshots rang out.
"The enemy's attack... is stupid, let me just say..."
Fang Shizu shouted, picked up his weapon, and fired at the Japanese in the dark.
Amidst a burst of shouting, tracer bullets like fire sickles were fired from the position with green and red trails. From time to time, the screams of the soldiers who were hit could be heard around Chang Jing.
The silent midnight was immediately broken by the sound of "Tuss" and machine gunfire that resounded through the sky.
Several Japanese mortars also started bombarding. The 81mm mortars were not very powerful, but they also caused a lot of trouble to the defenders.
Under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Hiroshi Koharu with a white cross hanging on his back, more than a thousand soldiers on the naval guard circled around from the flanks. They would take advantage of the Chinese attention being attracted by Tsunei. , seizing artillery positions.
The Sixth Battalion is responsible for guarding the artillery positions. Although on the surface it seems to be one to three with the Japanese army in terms of number of troops, the scattered deployment makes the troops on the defense line weak, so that Xiang Chunbo faces only half A company, two and a half platoons of less than a hundred defenders.
One thousand against one hundred, the advantage is mine!
When the fighting started on Changjing's side, Xiang Chunbo's side was still quiet, without any movement. However, the defenders were already alert, and the soldiers aiming their rifles in front opened their eyes wide. Trying to see movement in the dark.
In the darkness, Zhao Yaozu carefully called through the radio.
"I need lighting, coordinates..."
As soon as he put down the phone, he picked up the assault rifle and aimed it forward.
"Whoosh..."
As soon as the shells with whistles flew over, the flares exploded in the sky one by one. People with the dazzling white light could hardly open their eyes, but with the light of the flares , but allowed them to see everything clearly - groups of Japanese soldiers were rushing towards them quickly with their waists bent, and the Japanese soldiers swarmed over, so dark and dense.
It's too late to even use a machine gun now.
Seeing this, Zhao Yaozu immediately shouted.
"Be careful, Death's Scythe..."
The moment he finished speaking, Zhao Yaozu and his other comrades all lay down under the bunker. At the same time, he pressed the trigger.
Suddenly, the front of his position seemed to be attacked by heavy artillery. With two explosions in succession, the swarming Japanese troops fell like wheat being harvested.
The Reaper of Death is another name for heavy directional landmines. This is a gift specially prepared by Li Yi'an for his small life. After all, night attacks have always been the specialty of the Japanese army, and their "Long Live Charge" is even more shocking.
But it is not worth mentioning in front of the "Reaper of Death" - it was developed by Li Yian based on the MON200 directional mine of later generations, and the overall weight reaches 30 kilograms! The explosive charge is 15 kilograms - several times that of a 150-level grenade. Its fragments contain about 15,000 steel balls. With the propelling force of 15 kilograms of explosives, its killing range is basically impossible for enemy infantry within a 200-meter radius fan to escape. of.
The dense rain of bullets formed after the two Death's Scythes were detonated swept the earth like Death's scythes. More than 20,000 steel balls swept across the entire battlefield, killing hundreds of Japanese soldiers one by one on the spot. Knocked to the ground.
But in just the blink of an eye, most of the swarming Japanese troops fell. As for Lieutenant Colonel Xiang Chunbo, he didn't even have time to shout out "Give me Tuss!" when he was hit by dozens of steel balls and fell to the ground, covered in blood. It was blood, and his eyes were full of shock when he saw the dead fish.
This, what’s going on, how could this happen...
(End of this chapter)