Maruyama was extremely shocked by the failure of the attack just now, but in fact, he had no other good solution except to continue to use human lives to fill the gap. At this moment, he was not alone, he was not alone! Nogi Nogi's soul was attached to him

On his body, he inherited the glorious tradition of the Imperial Army not being afraid of sacrifice since Nogi Nogi Nogi, and decided to launch another assault on the U.S. Army. He was not convinced: "Can your American artillery shells and bullets be more valuable than the lives of the Japanese Imperial Army soldiers?"

Cheaper?”

But I have to say, well, the effect of this attack is indeed much better than the last time. The reason is that on the US military side, US soldiers rarely have experience in using Vulcan high-throw missiles to sweep ground targets, and this kind of cannon is used to sweep ground targets.

It's really exciting, but using ammunition is not that fast. When the Japanese attacked for the first time just now, the anti-aircraft gunners were just enjoying themselves. After repelling the first Japanese attack, they

He lowered his head and said, "Damn, we're running out of shells!" In addition, the 20mm shells are relatively large (larger than the .50 or .30 bullets). There aren't many rounds in an ammunition box, but the speed is still low.

It's up to 6,000 rounds per minute. It would be weird if they didn't fire all of them. During the intermission, each Vulcan cannon fired at least 15,000 rounds. Now, on average, each gun has less than 100 rounds left.

!100 rounds, move your fingers slower, and there will be no trace of she!

Without the suppression of the perverted Vulcan cannon, the pressure of the Japanese army's charge was much reduced. Although the imperial army was still constantly being sent back by 105 artillery, M2 machine guns, Browning automatic rifles, Springfield and M1 free air tickets.

They arrived at the Yasukuni Shrine in Kudanzaka, but they did not charge any further than last time. In some areas, the Japanese troops even rushed into the US trenches.

"Yoshi!" Division Commander Maruyama, who was watching the battle nervously from behind, was so excited that he almost jumped up.

"We've entered hand-to-hand combat! Great! Those beautiful beasts will definitely collapse." An officer next to Maruyama jumped up.

The vast majority of armies whose firepower is at a disadvantage all hope to fight the enemy in hand-to-hand combat, and always wishfully believe that the opponent is a coward and will definitely be defeated in hand-to-hand combat.

"Send a telegram!" Maruyama couldn't suppress his joy, "Our troops have captured the airport! The Japanese Empire is onboard!" It was later confirmed that this was an extremely deceptive telegram.

But the reality is often not as people imagined, especially not as beautiful as Maruyama imagined. The scene of the US military abandoning their armor and escaping did not appear. On the contrary, after a while, through Maruyama's telescope, those areas

Suddenly there was no movement - it seemed that all the imperial troops who rushed forward were shattered in hand-to-hand combat.

"Baga! Continue the assault!" Maruyama gave the order fiercely.

Private Hiromichi Fujita was very lucky and managed to rush to the U.S. military position alive. With his bayonet fixed, he rushed towards an American soldier not far away. The beautiful beasts really didn't have the guts. As soon as they saw the big gun

The Japanese Imperial Army's bayonet, the beautiful beast opposite actually dropped the rifle in his hand. "Does he want to run away?" Fujita Hiromichi thought.

But the American did not run away. After losing his rifle, he quickly pulled out an m1911a1 pistol from his waist. This .45-caliber high-power pistol is reliable and powerful. Especially in hand-to-hand combat, its .45-caliber pistol

The bullet has a very strong stopping effect. Basically, hitting the enemy's torso will immediately make the enemy lose the ability to continue fighting. In front of it, even if you are as strong as a governor, you will still be knocked down by one shot. This kind of bullet will kill you.

The only drawback of the weapon is that it has too few bullets, only 7 rounds.

But at this time, 7 bullets were enough. The beautiful beast raised the gun and pointed it in the direction of Fujita, "Bang"!

Fujita stared at the enemy's gun in despair. At such a close distance, there was no reason why the enemy couldn't hit him.

"Bang"! "Bang"! "Bang"! "Bang"! "Bang"! The clear gunshots of the m1911a1 kept ringing, and the bullets whizzed past Fujita, but none of them hit him.

"Hachiman Bodhisattva!" Fujita roared and rushed forward. Now he was only 3 meters away from the enemy! He was already fully confident of holding this tall and beautiful beast on his bayonet. At this moment -

- There was a "bang" gunshot, and Fujita felt as if his chest had been hit by a big hammer, and all the strength in his body suddenly disappeared. Fujita fell down, only one step away from the American soldier.

.At the last moment, he saw the American soldier deftly remove the magazine, and then calmly load a new magazine into his pistol.

What Fujita didn't see was that six warriors of the Imperial Army fell behind him.

Time passed minute by minute, but the US military's defense line remained as solid as a rock. The eastern sky gradually revealed the pale morning light. Maruyama knew that it was time to end. Maybe in a few minutes, he would take off from the Guadalcanal Airport.

American planes would arrive to assist in the battle, and by then, everything would be over. He was forced to issue an order: "All troops retreat." At the same time, he sent a telegram to the rear: "It is still difficult for our army to occupy the airport."

Hyakutake and Tsuji Masanobu were stunned when they received the telegram. A few hours ago, they had just been overjoyed by Maruyama's telegram "Our troops have captured the airport! The Japanese Empire is on board!" and immediately asked the Navy to send ships for reinforcements.

After receiving this good news, five destroyers full of soldiers, escorted by a cruiser, immediately headed for Guadalcanal, preparing to provide artillery support to the army and occupy the entire island in one fell swoop.

These ships had been setting out for some time, and now they received such bad news. At this time, the fleet was already deep within the strike range of the Cactus Air Force, and it was too late to go back.

At dawn, the first batch of planes on reconnaissance missions were sent out. Soon Ron received a report: "The Japanese fleet was discovered! It consists of one cruiser and five destroyers, without escort aircraft."

"Holy crap! Are you crazy? In broad daylight, six ships are running around like this, as if we don't exist!" When Ron heard the report from the reconnaissance plane, his first reaction was: "Shouldn't that pilot be watching?

Arrived at Mirage?”

Ron didn't know about Maruyama's deceptive report. He thought, "Although the Japanese have always been stupid, it would be too stupid to send such a fleet with no air defense capability to die in broad daylight." So Ron ordered the troops.

While preparing to attack, he ordered the reconnaissance plane to verify again.

A few minutes later, the verification report from the reconnaissance plane also came in. Oh my god! There really is such a stupid Japanese. Regardless of why he is so stupid, you can't stop eating the meat that is brought to your mouth?

One day ago, the newly built bomber runway was repaired. Although this runway is still a bit short and the Army's B-17 cannot yet use it, the Navy's SBD dive bombers and TBF torpedo bombers can already rely on it to take off. These

Because of the runway, the bomber pilots who had been unable to get into the sky had long been depressed. When they heard that there was meat to eat, they all became excited. Finally, a group of the most experienced veterans got the opportunity to eat meat: now is the most

In critical moments, veterans must be used, and rookies should wait a little longer.

8 SBD dive bombers and 8 TBF torpedo bombers rushed towards the target under the escort of 4 P-38s. Ron personally flew a P-38 in front. He also had a 500-pound bomb hanging under the belly of the aircraft.

Bomb: Obviously. In the name of escorting, I wanted to get addicted to using bombs to hit warships. Ron just used a ricochet to kill a transport ship not long ago. It was very enjoyable, but he has never hit a regular ship.

What about warships?

The plane flew steadily at an altitude of 3,000 meters. As the sun rose, the temperature in the cabin began to rise sharply. Ron wiped his sweat and regretted why he ran out so stupidly. Did he forget?

Well, when playing games, the saddest thing is to go on a bombing mission? Flying stupidly for an hour, then swooping down to drop the bomb, doing it in a few minutes, and then flying back again for an hour. What if the bomb hits, but it's more

Most of the time, the bombs dropped just made a huge splash. Just as Ron was thinking about the future, another pilot in the formation reported that he found a long track on the sea below.

…

The Army did not tell the Navy about the failure to capture the airport, and it is not known whether it was because there were too many things to do and it was forgotten or something else. Anyway, this fleet, which ran to Guadalcanal to seek death in broad daylight, was not aware of its situation at all.

On the contrary, the people on board were filled with the joy and pride of victory. It was not until the lookout sent a warning that the enemy plane was discovered that their dreams were broken.

Of course, the first ones to attack were the genuine bombers and torpedo planes. The P-38s with bombs hanging on them were still watching. Captain Snyder's TBF launched the attack first. The torpedo team's warships were far more lethal than the bombs. The torpedoes dropped

It can seriously threaten warships. In order to avoid torpedoes, their formation must be chaotic. This also creates conditions for dive bombers to attack.

Among all warships, the cruiser "Yura" is the largest and gets the most attention. However, it is definitely not a good thing to attract attention at this time. Not only are most of the torpedoes dropped by TBF directed at it, but even the dive bombers are also

He aimed at her and swooped over.

Five of the eight dive bombers dropped bombs. Although the cruiser "Yura" resisted vigorously, it was still hit by one torpedo and two 1,000-pound bombs. A fire broke out on the ship, and the speed dropped to 10 knots.

The body also began to tilt to the left. Although she was still floating on the sea, it was obvious that it was only a matter of time before she was sunk. But at this time, the dive bombers had already turned their targets to the destroyers. The remaining three still had bombs.

Dive bombers began to attack the destroyer "Autumn Moon". A near-missile bomb exploded near her stern, destroying her steering gear and propeller. She immediately lost her ability to move.

Other Japanese warships began to turn around and run wildly. At this time, in addition to the P-38 and bombs, everyone's bombs were also used up. And to use the P-38 to bomb those fast and flexible destroyers, well, still

It's really not an ordinary difficulty. At least Ron knows that he is not at that level. Fortunately, although the cruiser "Yura" and the destroyer "Akiyuki" have collapsed on the sea, they have not sunk after all. In the spirit of beating a drowned dog

, Ron ordered to fight these two.

This time Ron and his men achieved results that were impressive to their counterparts in the Navy: 4 out of 4 shots! (They couldn't move, how could they still miss with a ricochet bomb?) They sent these two unlucky warships to
Chapter completed!