"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The first to welcome the fierce "armored shock" of the US military was the high-explosive shells fired and caliber of the two battleships, the Hiei and Kirishima, on the ocean near Haleiwa Beach. Those were two battleships firing! The whistling shells hit the US tanks, and the secondary artillery shells on the front formed by infantry were better. As long as they did not hit the tank directly, they would just kill some infantry.

The power of the shells was amazing. Just when they flew over from the air, the sound of a train rushing by. Every shell exploded, a huge gap was blown out in the US offensive front, throwing out all the things within the power range of the explosion, and even the m3 tank was easily overturned. As for the infantry, they were even blown away before they could even scream and were blown away.

In the face of the huge lethality of the main gun of the battleship, the king of land warfare is not much different from the toys of children. However, the attack formation set up by the US military tonight was relatively loose, and there were only 2 Japanese battleships participating in the shelling, so the scene looked scary, but the losses caused were not too great. However, the attacking US soldiers were still quite shaken, and the infantry following behind the tank was in chaos. Some people turned around and fled, while some were frightened by the power of the main guns of the battleships and shouted and ran around. However, more people were lying down to find a cover, and no one could care about the matter of covering the tank.

There is no place to avoid the tanks in front of them, and there is no intention of stopping at all. Instead, they increase their horsepower and move forward, as if they want to rush through this death zone caused by artillery fire from battleships. As long as they rush into the Japanese devils' positions, they can use tracks to crush those yellow-skinned monkeys who dare to offend the majesty of the American Empire!

"Bai Tan is out of touch?" Maruyama Masao, who was supervising the battle, saw this scene from the telescope and whispered an armored soldier term in English.

"Yes." Paulus also answered in English, "Infantry must never forget to protect tanks. Tank soldiers must not forget to protect infantry. This is the basic principle of armored troops' combat, but many troops cannot do this. Once the cannon is blasted, the stomping will be disconnected."

"Then we can defeat the Americans soon?"

"It's not that easy," Paulus said. "The first line of defense will definitely be broken, because the artillery bombardment of the main gun of the battleship can't last for a few minutes. Didn't your navy say that the main gun has not much ammunition? The secondary guns cannot make such a sound. However, the American tanks will be greatly weakened after breaking through our first line of defense. The second or third line of defense should be able to block these tanks, and then we can counterattack with the support of the naval gun."

The method Paulus said was that the German Wehrmacht is now preparing to use to defend against the Soviet tank seas, not to concentrate troops on the front line, but to adopt a deep arrangement, using space to consume the kinetic energy of armored troops' assaults, and at the same time avoiding a line of defense being broken through and causing a collapse of the entire line.

Just as Paulus was talking to Maruyama, the American tanks and some infantry (not all infantry lying still) had already rushed to a distance less than 250 meters near the first Japanese defense line.

At this time, the mortars deployed behind the Japanese positions fired dozens of flares, and "little suns" shining with white light were formed above the charge of the US tanks, illuminating the battlefield below pale.

Major Yamada Yusaki, the commander of the Battle Artillery Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, suddenly removed the grass circle that was tied around his head, and held the command knife and pointed forward: "Let it go!"

The 19-style 37mm rapid-fire cannons deployed behind the Japanese positions were exposed to the muzzle, and the gunner also lifted off the cover and pushed the bomb into the chamber. Then he pulled the fuse, and each muzzle spit out a fatal tongue of flame!

The Japanese army's 37mm rapid-fire gun was an improved type of the Type 94 war defense gun. It was originally intended to deal with the new tanks of the Soviet Union (I don't know if it is KV1 or T34?), but now it can deal with the US m3. The m3 tank is a light tank with a total combat weight of 12.7 tons. The thickest part of the front armor is 44mm. At a distance of 250 meters, the 37mm rapid-fire gun can barely penetrate it.

The war defense artillery of the 2nd Division was well-trained, with a distance of about 250 meters and close enough. Therefore, the accuracy of the first wave of shelling was very high. 15 of the 19 37mm armor-piercing shells hit, 4 of which did not penetrate the armor of the m3 tank due to the shooting angle. Three of the remaining 11 shots hit the tracks of the m3 tank, and 8 shots penetrated the armor of the m3 tank exploded inside the tank and beat the tank to paralyzing.

All the U.S. tanks that were attacked by anti-tank guns stopped moving forward and began to turn the guns and fire at the place where the muzzle flames just appeared. A small number of infantry following behind the tanks immediately dispersed, and they also used Browning M1918 light machine gun and M1 Garland rifle to fire at the Japanese trenches in front.

In a shallow trench dug by the Japanese army more than 200 meters ahead of American infantry and tanks, the Japanese infantry also began to use Type 38 rifles, eleventh light machine guns, Type 92 heavy machine guns, and the 50mm grenade launcher unique to the Japanese Army. For a time, the battlefield was full of orange-red, dark red light, fireballs that rose from time to time, and the dotted muzzle flames. It looked very lively and attracted everyone's attention.

Soldier Yamada Jiro from the countryside of Kurokawa County, Sendai Prefecture, poked half of his head out of a fox pit disguised as the branches and leaves of Hawaiian coconut trees, and immediately smelled the choking smoke. Bullets and 37mm shells flew over his head, bringing out a burst of hot wind.

However, Yamada didn't care at all. His eyes were attracted by an M3 tank that was firing with 37mm and machine guns 30-40 meters away. This was his purpose of squatting in this silty fox pit! He picked up the "Iron Fist" anti-tank grenade launcher that was unreliable no matter how you look, and then turned on the insurance according to the requirements during training, then carried the "Iron Fist" on his shoulder, then aimed the spindle-shaped warhead at the tank in front, and suddenly pressed the firing switch. He felt a heat flow spurt from behind, and the "Iron Fist" launcher on his shoulder vibrated suddenly. The spindle-shaped warhead flew towards the m3 tank that looked very huge in front at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, it hit the front of the m3 tank and turned into a huge fireball. Then he saw an orange-red fire suddenly appearing on the top of the tank!

Yamada Jiro, who was ready to become a god, was stunned by the scene in front of him. Such rough workmanship really worked! Now you don’t have to go to Kyudansaka for the time being.

"This is..." Colonel Collins suddenly put down the telescope in his hand, turned his head to General Short and said, "Admiral, I saw several tanks explode!"

"Explosion? Was it hit the 37mm cannon and ammunition exploded?" Admiral Shot also noticed that M3 tanks on the battlefield were often beaten into fireballs by the Japanese. This kind of m3 tank is too unreliable? After the battle in Hawaii, it is necessary to recommend that the Army Department make the tanks stronger and the front armor should be at least thick.

Colonel Collins also agreed with General Short's conjecture. However, anti-tank guns have nothing to be afraid of. Unless these anti-tank guns can be deployed maneuverably and transferred to their positions at any time, they will be the target of howitzers. So he made a suggestion: "General, the artillery has been redeployed and can start bombarding the rear of the Japanese front."

"Okay, a 10-minute shelling should be able to remove more than two-thirds of the anti-tank guns." Admiral Short nodded immediately and agreed to Colonel Collins' suggestion. His tank cluster combat is similar to that of infantry now, and the key is to cooperate with the artillery.

Admiral Short believed that tanks should cooperate with cannons, but his opponent, the Japanese, believed that tanks should cooperate with submarines...

Just as the American tanks on the Oahu plains collided passionately and on the sea near Waikiki Beach on the south side of Oahu, about 30 Japanese Navy tanks had quietly surfaced under the cover of night.

Rudolph von Ribbintrov was standing on the command tower of the submarine I-16, staring wide at the sight of a group of navy fiddling with tanks.

He saw these naval tank soldiers taking out a bunch of machines from the hatch doors opened by the submarine and starting to install them. These are the tank engines and generators. In order to prevent water from entering during transportation, they must be disassembled and stored and installed before putting them into use. The naval tank soldiers equipped with engines and generators are skilled workers and they were completed in less than 15 minutes. Then these people began to install the floats quickly. After the floats were installed, a tank became a ship, becoming a ship with tracks and 4 pairs of heavy-bearing ships. The whole process took about 30 minutes.

Just as these naval tank soldiers were equipped with engines and floats, a large number of Japanese Marines began to climb out of the cabins of 15 large submarines floating on the water. Each submarine was carrying forty-five fully armed Marine officers and soldiers.

In addition, each large cruiser also carries three "small engine boats" on the deck. 60 Marines' "stand-up team" will take three "small engine boats" and follow an amphibious tank called the Type 2 internal fire boat and rush to Waikiki Beach.

If the raid on the beach is successful, 30 tanks will guide 900 Marines to raid on the Diamond Hill near Waikiki Beach. If the raid on the Diamond Hill can also be successful, the mortars deployed by the US military there may be destroyed or seized! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!