The Japanese artillery fire came very fast, and the second wave of Ma Runs who had just landed on the mud beach were immediately blinded. The beach was filled with the explosion of artillery and the shouts of soldiers. The soldiers shrank their bodies to

Behind those anchored lvt2s. lvt2 has a huge disadvantage - it is too big. But now, this disadvantage has turned into an advantage. lvt2's tall body can block more pieces. Hiding behind it, you can hide

open

There are a lot of fatal pieces. But it’s not a big problem to hide behind these guys for a short time, but after a long time, it’s hard to guarantee that a cannon will not fall directly on the lvt. And lvt2 is so fragile, and the armor is so thin

It's like a layer of paper. As long as a 150mm cannon falls inside, the entire lvt2 will be blown to pieces, and the horses hiding behind the lvt2 will naturally not have any good results.

Fortunately, the US military's school shooting aircraft were still hovering over the island, and the Japanese shelling immediately attracted their attention.

"Tommy, look, there are Japanese artillery emplacements below!" the driver Sula said.

"I saw it, damn it! How come these Japs' artillery positions are so spread out!" Tommy, who was sitting in the back seat, replied, "It's too much trouble to report their position. The vulture calls the eagle's nest, bearing...

Enemy artillery position discovered."

However, the artillery on the Japanese artillery positions is not so easy to deal with. Most of these artillery positions are on the steep rock walls of Mount Suribachi. The Japanese have almost hollowed out the mountain, and towards the sea, there are even more

A lot of tunnels were dug, and some of the large tunnels had some not too big openings on the cliffs. The Japanese cannons extended their barrels from these places and fired at the beach.

The US battleships immediately turned their guns and began to aim at these targets, but this took some time, and during this time, the Japanese guns were falling like raindrops on the beach. Several F4F fighter jets took off from the escort aircraft carrier.

It was originally hovering near Mount Suribachi

, after discovering the Japanese artillery, they immediately flew towards these artillery positions. They first fired rockets at the Japanese artillery. However, the accuracy of the rockets has always been a problem. It is good to attack exposed protective targets.

Attack these cannons hidden in the cliffs

position, accuracy is very problematic. In addition, in order to avoid the plane crashing directly into the cliff, the pilots cannot adopt the method of approaching to about 100 meters to fire rockets to improve the hit rate like when attacking tanks. They can only increase the hit rate at seven or eight.

Launch the rocket from a hundred meters away. And this

The rockets fired in this way could not hit the target accurately. So although they tried hard to shoot out all the rockets, these attacks did not have much effect. They did not even have the effect of interfering with the Japanese army's shooting. The Japanese continued

Continuously fired towards the beach.

At this time, the battleship's artillery had been pointed at the target, the F4Fs quickly left the shooting area, and then the US battleship's giant cannon fired at the cliff.

The bombardment of the battleship is incomparable to the rockets mounted on the F4F. High explosives weighing hundreds of kilograms continue to fall on the cliff. Every time a cannon explodes, it shakes the cliff. However,

These guns also don't have enough accuracy to hit directly those

Therefore, although the shelling was earth-shattering, the Japanese counterattack did not stop. Those Japanese artillery were still firing at the beach. Almost every second, artillery fell on the beach, and Marines were injured in the shelling.

Even death.

"Order the cruisers and destroyers to approach and fire!" Rear Admiral William Brandy ordered.[

"General, this is very dangerous." A staff officer said to Rear Admiral William Brandi, "If you get too close, it will easily hit the rocks, and once the enemy counterattacks, the destroyers and cruisers will..."

"Execute the order!" said William Brandi.

The staff officer turned and left. William Brandi turned to Ron, who was watching the battle on his flagship, and said: "Sometimes, you always have to take a little risk for your comrades, don't you think?"

"General, you are right," Ron said, "but it still takes courage to make such a decision."

At this time, US destroyers and cruisers approached the coast. They even risked running aground and being stranded to a distance of less than 400 meters from the coast, and then opened fire at the Japanese gun emplacements on the cliffs.

Compared to battleships, cruisers and destroyers have a higher rate of fire, so their artillery fire poses a greater threat to the Japanese artillery positions than battleships. In just two minutes, two Japanese artillery fire went silent. Then the Japanese artillery fire stopped.

Silence fell quickly.

"No, we obviously did not completely destroy all the enemy's artillery positions!" General William Brandy made this judgment.

"That's right." Ron immediately agreed, "I have inspected some German tunnels in Normandy. The Germans often set up an artillery at the entrance of the tunnel. These cannons can move quickly on the track and will attack quickly once they are attacked.

It is very difficult to deal with it when it retreats into the tunnel. I think that the Japanese army arranged these artillery positions on the cliffs of Mount Suribachi, and they will probably have a similar design. I guess the Japanese will probably drag the cannon back into the tunnel.

Gone somewhere."

"Well, I think so too." William Brandy said. Then he turned around and issued an order: "Let the cruisers and destroyers retreat to a safe area, and the battleships continue to shoot at the cliff...Order the battleships to use semi-armor-piercing fire."

"

Semi-armor-piercing was originally used to deal with enemy warships. But now, the chance of encountering enemy warships is almost negligible. Now the purpose of US battleships continuing to fire at the cliff is not to directly destroy the enemy's artillery, but to destroy it.

Those tunnel openings that are semi-armor-piercing are more likely to cause rocks on the cliff walls to peel off and collapse, and are certainly more suitable for such tasks.

The shelling of the cliff lasted for several hours. Of course, since the Japanese army had stopped shelling the beach, the intensity of the US battleship's shelling dropped a lot. The rhythm of the shelling also changed to: the battleship fired one shot, and then

The calibration aircraft observes the impact point, sends back the adjustment data, and then the battleship fires another shot.

While the battleships were slowly clearing the exposed tunnel entrances on the cliffs of Mount Suribachi and firing at possible tunnel entrances, the U.S. Marine Corps took the opportunity to launch an attack forward. The one that made the most progress was the 5th Marine Division.

troops, their landing places

The density of shelling received was relatively small, and the Japanese shelled them later than the shelling of other areas, so they seized the opportunity to launch an attack. And on their attack line, it was the Japanese

The weakest position of a person - Wonsan and Wonsan at both ends of the island

A relatively flat and narrow section between Mount Suribachi. In the original history, the Japanese did not have time to repair the fortifications here, but in this time and space, because the US military started earlier, the fortifications here are even weaker.

There are almost only a few trenches and civil structures.

They were just forts. Even these bunkers were not fully built, which resulted in their firepower not being able to effectively support each other. As a result, the Marines relied on bazookas and flamethrowers to quickly defeat these things. Then the Fifth Division

Taking advantage of the victory, they pursued and cut Iwo Jima into two pieces in one fell swoop.

Compared with the 5th Division, which went smoothly, the 4th Division was more unlucky. They ran into the Japanese army's complete defenses and suffered a bloody head. Fortunately, before landing again, the Navy also learned the integration of ground and air from the Army.

Some methods of combat, such as ground forces guiding air power attacks and other methods. Now the Marine Corps is generally equipped with various equipment for air liaison.

Equipment - radio, smoke and fireworks markings. And compared with the Army, they also have dive bombers that are more suitable for attacking targets such as bunkers. After being attacked by Japanese machine guns and mortar fire, the reaction was

The U.S. Marines who came over immediately made contact with the naval aviation dive bombers that were already hovering in the sky with bombs.

There are 12 escort aircraft carriers in the fire support fleet. These aircraft carriers are small in tonnage and low in cost. They are even called "Jeep carriers". Compared with those in the hands of General Spruance who are fishing for Japanese suicide planes.

As far as fleet aircraft carriers are concerned, these aircraft carriers carry few aircraft, are slow, and have thin armor. They are not of the same level at all. Even the things they are equipped with are old items that have been eliminated by fleet aircraft carriers.

Color. For example, fighter jets and fleet aircraft carriers have long been using the F4U series. Escort carriers are still using the old F4F. On fleet aircraft carriers, the F4U can also be used as a dive bomber. With the addition of the SB2 Helldiver in service, the old-fashioned

All the SB Dreadnought dive bombers were transferred to these escort carriers. Now, a group of SBs are hovering above the Marines carrying 1,000-pound bombs.

Sergeant Bill was lying in a shallow mound. Not far in front of him was a group of Japanese bunkers. Machine guns were hitting him all around, making him unable to raise his head.[

"Damn it! Someone fired a signal to go over!" Bill shouted. A few seconds later, he heard a whooshing sound, a grenade flew over, and then a pink plume rose from the target area.

smoke.

"At 10 o'clock, there is a target indication! Prepare to attack!" Simon, the dive bomber pilot, saw the pink smoke at a glance. So he led his wingman toward the Japanese bunker group from an altitude of 1,500 meters in a nearly vertical direction.
Chapter completed!