Chapter 254 Fisherman on the Beach
On the night of August 30, 1942, it rained heavily.
As soon as Captain Kawaguchi got off the boat, he was hit hard by something, causing him to walk with a slight limp. Captain Kawaguchi, who had been in an increasingly bad mood over the past few days, was then Then a Japanese-style national curse broke out.
"Baga! The octopus of the Navy simply came up with an idiotic idea!"
The colonel did have reason to complain, because this landing plan was really difficult for his troops. Too bad.
Considering that the US military has at least 10,000 troops stationed on the island and has the support of the air force at the airport, when evaluating the landing plan, the Navy believed that a large-scale daytime landing would definitely suffer heavy losses, so it chose the landing time at night.
Of course, this method did ensure the safety of the landing site to a certain extent. Considering the concerns about night battles, the US military did not dispatch large-scale troops to block the attack.
But you must know that the nighttime environment is also very unfriendly to these Japanese troops. After long-term turbulence at sea, the physical condition of these soldiers is already very poor. After heavy rain, sea breeze, and low-temperature sea water at night, they Non-combat attrition was almost foreseeable.
The Army was able to overcome this alone. However, since all the Navy responsible for transportation this time were lightweight destroyers and were not equipped with large lifting devices, except for the smallest 92 infantry cannon, , other larger artillery must be dismantled into parts first, and then sent to the shore in small boats.
This made the landing site even more chaotic. Looking at the chaotic beach and the gray figures of the destroyers on the sea, Colonel Kawaguchi cursed
"Baga! This is like transporting a mouse!"
But the adjutant on the side, Captain Yanagita Toshio, obviously did not have a good look at the commander's mood. He trotted up to the colonel and reported in the colonel's ear, "Sir. , something happened to the Rangers in the west!”
"Nani?! What happened to Oka-kun?!"
"Sir, the Rangers on Oka Akenosuke's side encountered extremely strong winds and waves in small boats. A large number of small boats capsized and many people were lost. Direction." The news that Toshio Yanagita said made Colonel Kawaguchi's gums start to hurt.
The plan for the Japanese landing this time was to "attack from east to west and bloom in the center". The main force of the detachment, led by Colonel Kawaguchi, with more than 4,000 people, landed on the east coast of Guadalcanal on destroyers. At the same time, in order to achieve the effect of advancing from east to west, at A thousand-man Rangers were also arranged in the western part of Guadalcanal, commanded by Major Akinosuke Oka.
But tonight he seemed to be particularly unlucky...
In the jungle twenty kilometers away, Colonel Edson was following He Chi through the forest, one foot deep and one foot shallow, with about a dozen newcomers behind him. Soldiers of the Japanese Founding Army followed with some unknown instruments in their arms.
"He, are we going in the wrong direction? The Japs' landing site is to the east." Colonel Edson held up a tarpaulin and shouted loudly in the sea breeze. His voice was too low because he was afraid that He Chi would hear it. not see.
"The Japanese have control of the sea over there, and they have naval guns and aircraft. If you feel that our troops are strong, just take them with you." He Chi retorted casually, not afraid that the colonel would be angry. After the recent period of fighting, the relationship between the two parties has become very good.
"Then if you let me take two companies of men to go into the woods in this weather, at least give me an explanation, right?"
"I said I would take you to the beach to pick up seafood. Do you believe it?" He Chi smiled mysteriously and then stopped talking.
"Damn, you Orientals always talk like this..."
"Shh, here we go..."
He Chi motioned for Ederson to lower his voice, and then pointed Pointing to the front, in the woods in the distance was what could be called a tent made of old clothes, tarpaulins and branches. Seven or eight ragged Japanese soldiers were shivering in the sea breeze and huddled inside like quails.
"This is the remnant Japanese army on the island found by the reconnaissance team. Our people have been watching them for several days." He Chi said in a low voice.
"Just these two or three, you want me to bring two companies here?!" The colonel complained at the side.
"I'm not asking you to bring people to kill them. I'll explain to you later." He Chi said and waved to the people around him, "Come on! Try not to shoot!" After a while, the other side saw someone. Then there was a cry of "Who is that?! Da Lei Karma... …Woo!”
Five minutes later, the people in front were all eliminated. The soldiers of the New Japan Founding Army quickly dragged down the corpses of their former compatriots, leaving even the blood on the ground. All washed away cleanly.
Since fighting with bayonets face to face, these surrendered Japanese soldiers have become more and more comfortable in using them.
"Hurry! Clean up! Put things up!" He Chi directed the soldiers of the New Japan Founding Army to deal with the scene.
Several larger tarpaulins were opened, a tent that could accommodate dozens of people was set up, two marching pots were set up, ignited with fuel-soaked wood and stuffed underneath.
Dozens of boxes of cans were pried open and thrown into the pot. Half-cooked rice was mixed with butter and mixed back into it. Someone added water and stir-fried with a big shovel. After a while, the aroma became smoother. It floated out in the sea breeze.
The colonel sniffed and felt that the sandwich he had eaten at night seemed a bit missing. He turned around and asked, "Hey, don't you plan to treat me to dinner here?"
" Eat, of course not, am I not going to take you to pick up seafood?" The Oriental man pointed at the pot mysteriously.
"Will there be seafood on the beach in this weather?" The colonel pointed to the sky where even the moonlight could not be seen clearly.
"Of course, and we came in a small boat. Do you want to bet fifty yuan?" He Chi looked at the colonel beside him.
“Do it! I don’t believe you can win every time!”
After a while, several blown-out boats appeared on the beach, and people like them jumped from them. The Japanese army is like a drowned rat. He Chi extended his hand to the colonel, who reluctantly took out the banknotes and slapped them on Dongfangren's hand.
"Don't take action, your people. This time we want to catch a big net." He Chi put the money into his pocket and then confessed.
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Major Akinosuke Oka is now in a very embarrassed state. The 48 small boats he led encountered strong waves at sea. When they arrived at the shore, they found that there were only less than a hundred soldiers around them, and some of them had lost their weapons. , who was originally prepared to launch a surprise attack to establish his martial arts, now he even lacked one boot.
"Second Lieutenant, where are we now?" Major Akinosuke asked his assistant.
"Sir, our position is about two kilometers away from the reserved location, but it is still roughly near the landing point. The weather is very bad now. Could you lead everyone to take shelter for a while..."
"Yo Xi, quickly find a place to take shelter from the rain and let the soldiers eat something to regain their strength." The major gave the order and walked towards the woods by the sea with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
When he was in the woods, the major discovered that the ship transporting supplies was also lost on the sea, and his soldiers now didn't even have anything to eat.
"Sir, please use this." The adjutant stretched out his hand and handed over a slightly deformed rice ball. It was still a little warm to the touch. He must have been carrying it in his arms.
Major Akinosuke Oka took the rice ball and divided it into two and handed the other half to the adjutant. "Aoki-san, you should also eat some to regain your strength. When our people gather after dawn, we still have to continue the execution. Mission."
"Hai!" Lieutenant Aoki took the rice ball and swallowed it.
While these soldiers were hiding from the wind and rain hungrily, bursts of singing floated from the wind along with the smell of meat.
"Sacula~Sacula~"
(End of this chapter)