When he first received the news of the Japanese plane's attack, Ron didn't know that their target was no longer the airport, but the defenses of Blood Ridge. Therefore, he also borrowed all his guns from Vandergrift.

He used anti-aircraft guns to protect the airport. Of course, the items were not borrowed for nothing. At dusk, Ron not only had to return these anti-aircraft guns to the Marine Corps, but also lent the anti-aircraft guns originally equipped to the airport to the Marine Corps.

By the way, we will also support them with a batch of ammunition free of charge.

Our aircraft group arrived in the airspace near Guadalcanal at about ten o'clock in the morning. Their formation was basically the same as before, except that there were a little more bombers. However, the situation of their enemies this time was different from that of the previous few days.

The airport has made a big difference. Now the two original fighter runways at the airport have been repaired, and with the addition of a new runway, it now has three runways for fighter jets to take off and land. Although some damaged supporting facilities have not yet been

Repair, the aircraft dispatch rate is still not comparable to that before the bombardment, but it is already different from when there was only one runway a few days ago.

Now Ron had time to get all of his fighters - the remaining 15 P-38s, 13 Wildcats, and 11 P-39s - to take off to greet the unwelcome guests from afar.

What is different from before is the division of tasks. In the past, the P-38 and F4F were responsible for dealing with zero battles, while the P-39 was responsible for dealing with bombers. But this time there are more Japanese bombers, and the firepower of the P-38 has also made great progress.

——There is no doubt that the P-38 equipped with Vulcan is already the most abnormal firepower fighter in the world-this allows it to kill even targets such as Japanese bombers with one hit. Such firepower

It would be a pity not to fight bombers. So Ron adjusted the task allocation so that the brothers in the Army fight bombers, and the brothers in the Navy fight against zeroes.

The Navy was a little dissatisfied with this distribution. Some people said: "Isn't this the Army eating the meat and letting us chew the bones?" But immediately someone from the Navy came to explain to him: "Who makes our firepower insufficient? 4

.50 can kill with one hit when fighting a zero attack. It may take a long time to fight a bomber. The efficiency is too low. No wonder. Alas, when will our navy have such a good thing?" He didn't know.

The Navy's new aircraft will soon arrive. The latest F4U Corsair with a raised cockpit is already stepping up production. What is different from history is that due to the stimulation of the Army, the Navy chose it instead of the F6F. Moreover, it has also

It is equipped with four 20mm high-performance rotating cannons produced by Anaconda, in order to not lose to the P-38 in terms of firepower. Of course, this thing has not even had time to be equipped on aircraft carriers, and land-based troops are even more

Be patient and wait...

Facing the Japanese aircraft group, the U.S. military still followed the same old routine with no new ideas: relying on its height advantage, ignoring Zero War's interception, and diving directly towards the bombers. Unless Zero War dared to play head-on with American aircraft, they would not be able to effectively attack them.

Prevent the attack of American aircraft, but after the P-38 is equipped with a Vulcan cannon, attacking her is basically the same as committing suicide. Moreover, even if you use the method of killing her, you can't actually prevent the P-38 from attacking her.

When bombers attack, the most they can do is interfere.

This time, the Japanese fighter jets did not intercept them head-on. This was not because the Japanese pilots were not brave, but because such an interception was actually ineffective. So Ron's fleet pounced on the Japanese bombers smoothly. However, they were affected by the last time

Having learned the lesson of being injured by the fragments of a Japanese bomber, Ron now dared not to shoot head-on. He chose to enter from the direction of about 10:30. This way, even if the enemy plane exploded, it would not be easy.

Injury to himself. And now Ron is no longer obsessed with shooting enemy planes into the sky. Isn't it enough as long as he can shoot them down?

Gently pressing the fire button, with a short click, a Type 1 land attack ignited a raging fire - although it did not crash immediately, the plane was definitely hopeless. Ron looked around and found that there was no

An enemy plane that could threaten him, so he pulled up the nose of the plane and began to climb, preparing to attack the next target. Just when he lowered his head to search for the target, he saw that the people on the plane that he had just set on fire were not like that.

As he expected, they parachuted one after another. The plane left the fleet and flew straight towards the Blood Ridge. Finally, it brought a blazing fire and hit the Blood Ridge hard...

This air battle once again ended with a great victory for the US military. All 20 Japanese bombers were shot down, 6 escorting Zero Fighters were shot down by US fighter jets, and another 4 Zero Fighters were shot down by anti-aircraft fire. This battle

The Japanese army lost 30 fighter planes and all the pilots on them. The US military also had 3 F4Fs shot down. Two of the three pilots survived, and one was shot by a Japanese fighter plane after parachuting and unfortunately died.

Among the twenty bombers that were shot down, 10 tried to hit the Blood Ridge position after catching fire. Three of them hit the U.S. defensive position with bombs and fuel, causing dozens of casualties in the U.S. Marine Corps. This

The lesson also made Ron modify the principle of firing again: if the enemy plane is relatively close to our ground target, it must be fired until it completely loses control.

The soldiers of the Maruyama Division hid in the jungle and witnessed this one-sided air battle. The Japanese aircraft were shot down one after another, which made everyone sad, and the bomber pilots sacrificed their lives for the fierce impact on the bloody mountain.

The soldiers of the Japanese army were even more moved. They were all ashamed that they could not capture the airport in one go yesterday, and they were determined to capture the airport tonight no matter what.

After witnessing the Japanese army's impact on the position, Vandegrift also knew that there would be a truly decisive battle tonight. So throughout the day, the U.S. Marine Corps and Army were busy reinforcing the position, and

The air force is constantly dropping bombs on any area where Japanese troops may be hiding.

As the time gradually approached four o'clock in the afternoon, Vandegrift sent someone to return the Vulcan cannon. According to the agreement, all the original ones on Blood Ridge were returned, and the four doors of the airport were also provided to the Marines. But Vandgriff

The special man was still not satisfied. The captain named Hunter looked at the plane parked in the aircraft castle and asked Ron: "Can you also dismantle the ones on the plane for us?"

"As long as you can find the gun mount, you can dismantle as much as you want." Ron knew that tonight was a critical moment, so he stopped bargaining with Vandergrift's people.

In the end, the guy waved his sleeves and didn't take away the cloud in the western sky, but took away a full 12 Vulcan cannons and almost all the 20mm shells in the airport's inventory. Moreover, with Ron's strong recommendation, they also took away

I borrowed a batch of anti-aircraft searchlights.

At 18:00 on the evening of October 25th, Maruyama's army began to move towards the Bloody Ridge. Maruyama decided to launch an attack at 18:30 and capture the Bloody Ridge at all costs!

But just as the team approached the edge of the jungle, a landmine suddenly exploded.

The mine was planted by Marine Corps scouts Tom and Jerry. Throughout the afternoon, they and other groups like them had been laying mines on the edge of the jungle at the foot of Blood Ridge. The mines were

Its function is not only to kill the enemy, but also to report the alarm and indicate the target.

As this mine exploded, more mines also exploded. Then the sound of 105mm grenades cutting through the air came from the sky... But this was not the end. Just after the howitzer shelling ended, several

A bomber (anyway, even if the Japanese army sent out an artillery fleet, it would be impossible to arrive at this time, and the lights on the runway can be boldly turned on to allow aircraft to take off and land), they dropped a lot of aerial bombs according to the impact point of the artillery shells.

This burst of artillery fire not only caused at least hundreds of casualties to the Japanese army, but also completely disrupted the Japanese army's plan to launch an assault. Maruyama was not able to organize the first attack until 19:20.

In order to boost morale and at the same time intimidate the Americans on the opposite side, Maruyama asked his subordinates to pat the butts of their 38-gauge rifles rhythmically and shout in English: "Repay the blood debt for the emperor! U.S. Marine Corps! Die tomorrow!"

Of course, the Marine Corps buddies are not good children who will not fight back or retaliate. They immediately shouted back: "Pay back the blood debt for Roosevelt! Let the emperor go to hell!"

However, to be honest, the Marine Corps' rebuke was too uneven. In terms of momentum, well, it was really far inferior to Japan itself. However, as a large industrial country, it has equipment advantages. After a while, a US military position came up

The loudspeaker sounded, and the sound completely overwhelmed the noise made by the Japanese. From there came the well-spoken Japanese words: "The Emperor is a dirty faggot. He loves chrysanthemums the most, and he loves other people the most."

His chrysanthemum is in the water, so his family emblem is his chrysanthemum in the water..."

"What are you talking about?" Tom, who was lying in the trench, poked Jerry.

"God knows, I'm not Harry. I studied in Japan. But the things that can come out of Harry's mouth are definitely not good things!"

"That's it, that's it!" Someone else echoed next to him.

To say that these few words are really not ordinary vicious. Ri himself was immediately angered by these words. Ri himself has such a moral character and likes to stir up troubles. Is he able to bear it? So he didn't wait for Maruyama to issue an order.

A group of Japanese soldiers shouted wildly and rushed out.

Since someone had already rushed out, Maruyama gave the order: "All troops attack!"

The open area was illuminated brightly by the rising flares. As soon as the Japanese army rushed out, the 105 howitzers rang out. As the Japanese army advanced, 80mm mortars and even 37mm anti-tank guns rang out.

But the Vulcan cannon, which gave them a huge shock last night, remained silent. "Did all their weapons get knocked off by planes?" someone thought.

But such delusions were shattered in front of the barbed wire. Just as the Japanese approached the first barbed wire, six bright lights shone on them. These sudden lights came from the anti-aircraft searchlights recommended by Ron to Henry.

After nightfall, as the light weakens, the pupils of human eyes will gradually enlarge to adapt to the low-light environment. At this time, once exposed to strong light, the eyes will be stimulated by too much light in a short period of time, and everything will

They cannot see, and their pupils will automatically shrink sharply to protect their eyes. After their eyes adapt to such a strong light environment, if the light source is removed, their eyes will see nothing because the amount of light entering is too small.

Gone. Although everything will be restored in a few minutes. But on the battlefield, it is not fun to become blind for a few minutes. The Japanese soldiers under the searchlights are in such a state, although later

In Japanese comics, after the protagonist is deprived of hearing, vision and other things, he often miraculously realizes the sixth sense, seventh sense and even nth sense. But today, obviously none of these Japanese soldiers are

For the protagonists of the anime, the evidence is: when they were suddenly deprived of their eyesight, they did not realize the nth sense and burst out the energy of the small universe. On the contrary, they all became a mess.

At this moment, the Vulcan cannon rang out, and then, in front of the barbed wire fence, broken limbs were flying in the sky...

Maruyama's first desperate assault ended in the combination of searchlights and Vulcan cannons. Unwilling to fail, Maruyama launched another desperate assault one after another (it may be more appropriate to call it a fatal assault). Facts have proved that,

As long as an army has enough courage, it can always advance little by little. As the corpses piled up in front of the first barbed wire gradually reached the height of the barbed wire, the Japanese army was able to break through the first barbed wire. However, they were unable to negotiate.

In the distance, there is another extremely deceptive barbed wire fence...

In one night, Maruyama launched seven such death-defying assaults. The brave and fearless Japanese Imperial Army crossed barbed wire fences one after another by stacking corpses. Those evil Americans on the opposite side kept firing 105 howitzers and 80-pounders.

Artillery, 37mm anti-tank guns, 20mm Vulcan anti-aircraft guns and various other firearms slaughtered the Japanese warriors. Now because the Japanese finally approached the American trenches, they even started to use flamethrowers.

Up.

"Okay! It's just a little bit closer. Just add more strength and charge forward!" Maruyama clenched his fists and secretly encouraged his loyal and brave soldiers.

However, this small point now seems to be wider than the Pacific Ocean. Countless people have fallen, but no one has been able to truly break into the US military's defense line.

In fact, even if a breakthrough is made, what can happen. The remaining reason tells Maruyama that even if some individuals break into the US military position, the result will be just like last night. Maruyama lowered his head and looked at his watch: the time has passed

It was not long before daybreak. When he raised his head, he saw the morning star already twinkling in the eastern sky. The battle ahead was fierce, but Maruyama felt as if his heart was being immersed in a sea of ​​ice.

The gunfire from the front gradually subsided. Obviously, this assault failed again. His adjutant asked Maruyama for instructions: "General, do you want to charge again?"

"What did you say?" Maruyama seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, "Ah, no... we don't have time... it's almost dawn." Maruyama turned around with difficulty. He looked as if he had aged ten years.

Many years old. The old man exhausted all his strength and finally issued this order: "Retreat...retreat-retreat...keep going back..."

On this terrible night of blood and fire, the elite Maruyama Division lost one-half of its soldiers and two-thirds of its officers. They had no strength to fight again.
Chapter completed!