However, Xu Jinglei had just left not long before the Japanese ground troops launched an attack, but was brutal shelling from the Japanese fleet.

The Michuan Army led the Eighth Fleet to be anchored in the offshore waters of Guadalam at this moment. After receiving the request from the army, it launched a fierce shelling attack on the Allied defense circle.

More than ten main warships were almost fully fired, and artillery shells of all caliber roared towards Guadao.

After a while, I saw a large area on the shore where black smoke clouds rose and a blazing fire.

Similarly, since the specific hidden location of the Allied forces could not be determined, the Devil Fleet could only focus on areas that were most likely to gather heavy troops.

The towering ancient trees were severely destroyed, and many trees were interrupted in the waist and fell down one by one.

Because the island is densely forested, most of the shells are hit on the trees, and it is difficult to directly hit the ground through the dense forests, so there is no way to cause direct damage to the Allied soldiers hiding in the jungle.

However, the lethality of these large-caliber naval guns is still not to be underestimated. The high-speed metal fragments, super-pressure shock waves, as well as the exploded tree fragments, and the falling tree trunks are enough to cause fatal damage.

Under the continuous shelling for half an hour, hundreds of Allied soldiers were unfortunately killed, and many others were injured to varying degrees.

"Imperial Warriors! Charge!"

"Kill up! Tear those damn Americans!"

"The Great Japanese Empire is on board!"

After the artillery fire was over, Kiyoshi Ichiki led more than 900 men and more than 20 light tanks from the first echelon to launch an attack on the northwest direction of the Allied defense circle.

Company A of the 1st Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment, responsible for the guards, first fought an encounter with the vanguard of the Yimu Detachment. In the first round of firefighting, the US military eliminated 57 Japanese troops at the cost of 5 deaths and 8 injuries, and destroyed 5 Japanese light tanks.

Due to the unclear situation, Van der Grift wisely decided to continue to stick to the defensive circle, among which Colonel Clifton Cates' 5th Land Regiment could not be held on and sent 10 m3 light tanks to support it.

Lieutenant Colonel Grover judged that the most likely main attack direction of the Japanese army was close to the small high ground defended by Company A, so he deployed heavy machine guns and four 37mm anti-tank guns that could fire shotguns here.

After the first attack was frustrated, Kiyoshi Ichiki did not give up, but decided to continue to be reckless.

Ichiki's plan is very simple, that is, to concentrate all the main forces to rush across the small high ground in batches, and then eliminate the US military in person with hand-to-hand combat.

In his opinion, the isolated and helpless US military has suffered heavy casualties under the dual firepower of the Japanese Empire's air force and navy. As long as they are fierce and cruel, they will definitely be able to attack this rookie-level US Marine, and then successfully open a gap for the subsequent troops.

Then, it naturally continued to expand the results of the war until this US military unit collapsed and was wiped out.

However, the cold facts that followed directly made the self-righteous Ichiki Kura stunned.

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers, pulled by light tanks, shouted "Onboard" in a tsunami, and launched an attack on the inconspicuous small highland not far away.

The Japanese soldiers who were in the rear set up light and heavy machine guns, anti-tank guns, and firepower was used to cover the troops to charge.

At this time, the US military immediately aimed all the weapons that could open fire, such as rifles, machine guns, mortars, anti-tank guns, and other weapons at the Japanese army that were charging wildly.

The Americans and the Japanese fired almost at the same time, and dense bullets on both sides began to fly into the woods on both sides like raindrops.

The Japanese army fought hard and had a strong momentum and had a strong impact, but the US military's powerful firepower network was not vegetarian.

The dense artillery fire penetrated their tanks one by one, and the airtight metal storm blew a demonic wind, blowing down the Japanese soldiers who were running wildly.

More than twenty minutes later, after a series of crazy attacks, the Japanese soldiers finally successfully broke through the front line of defense and killed and injured many American soldiers.

But this has only broken through a small part of the defense line, and they are far from reaching the point where they have hurt the US military.

At this time, the Japanese tank troops had been destroyed one by one, and the Japanese soldiers who had lost their cover had become a group of living targets.

However, the Japanese soldiers who had red eyes seemed not aware of the current situation and continued to charge frenzily, shouting loudly with a rifle inserted into the bayonet.

Needless to say, under the powerful automatic firepower network, the battle behind quickly turned into one-sided massacre, and the Japanese soldiers fell one by one.

However, the 1st and 3rd Japanese squadrons also engaged in a crazy charge, and did not retreat even if they were already everywhere.

Among them, a barbed wire mesh about 30 meters in front of a US position became the burial place for waves of Japanese troops.

However, the surviving Japanese soldiers continued to charge wildly while stepping on their comrades' bodies. Many Japanese soldiers even rushed towards the US fox pit with bayonets like they were holding samurai swords, or directly pulled grenades and jumped in.

"I'm Mai Ka! Are these damn Japanese guys really not afraid of death at all?"

"Farke, all of them will die!"

The Japanese army's nearly suicide-like crazy attack directly made the US soldiers stunned. They had no idea what the enemy in front of them were holding in their heads. How could they be so crazy?

But at this moment, the US Marines had no time to think too much. They only knew that at this time, either you or I would die. If they wanted to survive, they had to kill all these crazy Japanese soldiers.

After nearly an hour of battle, 10 m3 light tanks transferred from the division headquarters to rescue finally arrived at the battlefield.

The m3 light tank crushed the Japanese corpses all over the ground and crossed the sandbank, and began to launch a final attack on the remnants of the Japanese army. The infantry also followed the tanks to launch a counterattack against the Japanese troops in front.

"Baga Road! How could this happen? How could they have so many tanks? Why can't the Empire Warriors break through their defense line?"

Kiyoshi Ichiki was completely stunned. The script in front of him was completely different from what he imagined. The Americans who had been isolated and unsuccessful and had been covered with artillery fire for many times not only had strong firepower, but also could also launch such a sharp counterattack.

The Japanese guards who protected Yimu Qingzhi, saw that the situation was not good, quickly persuaded him: "Colonel, it's not safe here, please retreat quickly!"

"Baga! The entire army retreated!"

Ichiki stared at the group of US tanks not far away with resentment, and finally he could only grit his teeth and swallow it.

Although Ichiki Qingzhi is not afraid of death, how could he just give him a head directly?

The scene after the battle is hard to describe in words: a large area is almost covered with Japanese corpses, and some places are even more exaggerated and several layers are laid out.

At the same time, the First Marine Division also witnessed the dirty behavior of Japanese wounded soldiers detonating grenades when American medical soldiers came to treat them. From then on, they saw the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground first.

The extremely arrogant Ichiki Kiyoshi paid the price of blood. More than 600 Japanese soldiers died in this battle, losing the elite strength of three squadrons.
Chapter completed!