ebookland Chapter 552 Landing in the Island City
Chapter 552 Landing in the Island City
"Japanese…"
The new recruit driver said with some fear that he had never thought of such a scene before him. Although some of his comrades joked during the patrol just now that the Japanese might come from the sea, he was still frightened by this situation at the moment.
Just as he uttered these three words, the heavy machine gun in the squad leader's hand had already started firing. There was no need to report to other troops. The heavy machine guns and flares here were enough to prove everything. As long as the surrounding troops heard the sound, they would immediately come to support this side.
The heavy machine gun bullets hit the landing craft, creating a burst of sparks. This thing didn't have much effect on the heavy landing craft, but the squad leader continued to fire. There were machine guns on the landing craft, and if you don't shoot, they will probably open fire.
The soldier on vehicle number one was carrying a 60mm mortar, which had been assembled at this moment. After aiming at the general direction, he started firing, and more than a dozen shells were fired in an instant. The hit rate was too low, and only one shell hit the edge. It was estimated that not many of the dozens of people on the landing craft died because the firepower was too poor.
More and more cars and armored vehicles came out from the woods behind, especially two heavy armored vehicles with 40mm dual-purpose rapid-fire guns on them. They came in handy at the moment and fired at the landing craft in the distance.
Li Shaoyi also got the news quickly. He didn't expect the Japanese to be so brave that they still came over under such circumstances. If it were some normal people, the plan to attack the airport would have failed, and they should have returned immediately. However, the Japanese's gambling mentality made them want to take a gamble all the time.
"Order all troops on the beach to immediately withdraw one kilometer and feign defeat, allowing the Japanese to occupy the beachhead."
Li Shaoyi was on the rooftop of the command center, looking at the flares on the distant seashore, and immediately gave orders. He knew how strong the armed forces in the vicinity were. If he let them go to fight, the Japanese would probably not even be able to land. Now they had to retreat as soon as possible and retreat to a place where the Japanese army could not see them. In this way, they would think they had repelled our attack and send up thousands of Marines as planned.
"What makes us retreat?"
The commander of an infantry company was fighting with all his might. Eight 100mm mortars had just been assembled and were about to fire, but he received an order from above to retreat with their equipment as soon as possible.
"The Marshal's order will be carried out immediately."
The messenger didn't have time to waste talking to him. After he finished speaking, he got on the three-wheeled motorcycle next to him and hurried to find another company commander.
"The entire army retreats immediately."
When he heard that it was Li Shaoyi's order, the company commander did not hesitate at all and quickly ordered his men to load the truck.
Although the brothers were reluctant to retreat, they also knew that military orders were as heavy as mountains. At this moment, the order was given by the Marshal himself. If you don't retreat, you will be court-martialed. What's more, in their hearts, the Marshal uses the brain and we use the hands. Only by listening to the Marshal's words honestly can we win the battle in the end.
Shortly after they retreated, the Japanese Navy's destroyers opened fire. The more than 100 mm naval guns directly hit the beachhead. If they had remained in their original positions, they would have suffered heavy losses.
But even so, several jeeps that retreated more slowly were also blown up. The Japanese soldiers on the landing craft in the distance cheered after seeing this scene.
The Japanese officer on the landing craft immediately reported the matter to his superiors, who then reported it to Commander Kamimura.
However, there was not much of a smile on Commander Kamimura's face. He knew that this was only a temporary victory. The further inland, the weaker the naval gun support would be, and the direction would be inaccurate. In addition, it was almost dawn, so our advantage would only last for half an hour.
Commander Kamimura had already seen the enemy's defenses on the shore with a high-powered telescope. Within five minutes, hundreds of various machines had come out. If it took longer, maybe even tanks would have come out. The speed of those troops was too fast. They were all lightly armed troops, but 100mm caliber shells fell on the sea and several landing craft were blown up.
Moreover, the rapid-fire guns on those armored vehicles are too powerful. Although one or two shells cannot cause much damage to the landing craft, the continuous output is different. Now the front covers of several landing craft in the front have been broken, and the entire ship is already in a semi-submerged state.
All this made Commander Kamimura feel uneasy. These were probably the Dragon people whom he had previously thought were relatively weak, but this situation didn't seem to be the case.
If the army was really defeated by such an army, then their defeat would not be unfair.
The Japanese army got the beachhead as they wished, but four of the first batch of 16 landing craft were blown up and two were damaged, and they could no longer transport troops.
The loss is close to half...
"Order the large landing craft to rush to the shore at full speed. No matter what method they use, they must reach the shore within 20 minutes. If we fail to complete the mission, everyone will be subject to military punishment. We will die if we don't succeed this time."
Commander Kamimura was really giving it his all at this time. He understood the current situation very well. If he relied on these small transport boats, he might not be able to get people up there after daybreak. Each small landing craft could only carry more than 20 people. With so many people on the transport boats, how could they be sent up there?
It’s better to lose these transport ships. Compared with the value of the island city, these transport ships are nothing.
After receiving the order, the captain of the transport ship was a little reluctant, but there were naval officers and soldiers standing next to him, and they had already promised that the Navy Department would compensate for all the losses. So these people had no choice but to speed up and rush towards the shore.
Just when these transport ships were about to stop, about a hundred meters away from the shore, from some dark place on the shore, more than a dozen things with flames on them flew out.
The soldiers had prepared this a long time ago, but those small landing craft were too fast, and the retreat order had just been issued. Now that we see you all coming, we have to give you some gifts before you leave. You have come from far away, so you still know how to treat our guests.