Destroy the Sun Chapter 116: Okinawa. Flag (Part 2)
. "The locals call it 'the wall standing by the sea', thinking it can block the evil winds from the sea!
Now, they also hope that this ‘wall’ can stop our marching inland!”
"Hmph! Our soldiers won't let them do what they want! As long as they break through this short wall that is not much higher than the fence, they will be flat in front of them!... Alas, it's a pity that we don't have airborne troops this time. If we airborne behind the Japanese positions and then attack the landing troops on both sides, I think the Japanese defenders will be in a dilemma even if they don't collapse quickly!"
"Well, it's a pity! But most of the paratroopers participating in the war went to the Korean Peninsula, and it's too far from our base!"
"Forget it, let's not talk about these useless things, look, our troops are advancing towards the top of the mountain, what a group of brave young men... Look, Hans, right on our left, do you see? White smoke in the woods! That must be the Japanese artillery position, damn it! We have to send this coordinate back to the Prussians and ask them to send a bomber team immediately!"
"Okay, general, I'll do it now!"
While the two senior commanders and the Kiel long three-seater water reconnaissance where they were, the school-firing plane continued to patrol the battlefield, Major Adolf Hitler, a battalion-level commander of the 2nd German Marine Division, was leading his soldiers toward the woods with white smoke rising.
Just five minutes ago, Adolf and his troops were attacked by artillery fire from that position. Although the opponent did not have many artillery and was far less powerful than the large-caliber howitzer, due to the close distance and short ballistics, many German soldiers had no time to hide. In the first round of artillery attacks, Adolf lost more than a dozen young men. Fortunately, there were many experienced non-commissioned officers and veterans in the team, and the troops did not cause chaos. The Japanese army did not cause too many casualties in the next few rounds of artillery attacks. However, the other party's condescending artillery attacks easily clamped the original path of these German soldiers.
After sending out the only few amphibious tanks in the camp to attract the opponent's fire, Adolf took his infantry to detour. This move was indeed effective. The Japanese artillery shells were still falling one after another, but did not cause any damage to Adolf's infantry. At the same time, the air force support called by the general who inspected the battlefield was realized with extremely high efficiency. Four pike-ii-type carrier-based levels with a load of 1,200 kilograms of ammunition, and three Henkel-iid carrier-based fighters with 200 kilograms of aviation bombs arrived one after another. They quickly found the target and dropped the aviation bombs mounted under their fuselage-in such cold and dry seasons and such areas covered with woods, to solidify
Air incendiary bombs, mainly gasoline bombs, undoubtedly have very amazing destructive power, but sometimes they are not enough to remove the Japanese hidden in solid fortifications, caves and even underground bunkers. The large clusters of flames even made the German soldiers a hundred meters away blow on their faces. The lethality of incendiary bombs is now huge, and the pain suffered by attackers is so severe that German soldiers who often witness these tragic situations will add the "Don't be mistakenly bombed by their own planes" in prayer. In the war, it is inevitable that accidental injury caused by planes is inevitable, but so far, examples of being mistakenly bombed by their own incendiary bombs have rarely appeared in the German army, which should have a lot to do with the caution and calmness of German pilots.
The bombing of the aviation troops made the advancement of German officers and soldiers feel a little regretful while being excited. Adolf and several other officers carefully used telescopes to observe the area not far away that was attacked by incendiary bombs. The only big trees there have been ignited, and the situation on the ground is a bit complicated - some scorched places are only shimmering blue smoke, while others are still burning. Of course, more importantly, the wreckage of several Japanese mountain cannons scattered there and some human remains curled up on the ground.
With the successful attack, the Japanese did not transfer their positions in time. This was the main reason why they avoided the large-scale warship artillery and aircraft bombing before the German army landed. Adolf clearly saw this and would not make such a mistake. In this case, he decided to carry out the original order from his superiors - to continue moving north until he broke through the Japanese hilly defense emblem. "Corporates continue to advance, but be careful not to be exposed to the open areas!"
Adolf carefully instructed his subordinates to act carefully, of course, including the two companies that temporarily joined.
In the next half hour, the group of German Marines walked and stopped due to cold guns and landmines. These were just irrelevant little troubles, which made them pay more attention to the gunshots coming from the front. As time went by, the gunshots became clearer and clearer, and the highest point of the hill looked closer.
"Frankfurt District 2. Frankfurt District 2, this is Berlin. Please reply when you hear it!"
When Adolf's troops were about to cross a relatively intact woods, some noises came from the communications officer's walkie-talkie. He signaled the soldiers to continue moving forward, and he took the walkie-talkie, "This is Frankfurt District 2, please give me instructions!"
After a rustling sound, the sound on the walkie-talkie became clearer again.
"Frankfurt District 2. Please report your location!"
"We are in Area 77... near Area 109, and we are heading towards the target location! We also have two companies in Regensburg here, and they are separated from their regiment headquarters!"
After a while, "Frankfurt District 2, please go to Area 108 immediately. Ulm District 1 was blocked by the Japanese army there. They suffered heavy casualties and need reinforcements! Repeat, please go to Area 108 immediately to Area 108 to support Ulm District 1!"
Adolf glanced at the map held by the liaison officer. District 108 was right in front of their left, which was where the gunshots sounded the most intense.
"clear!"
Adolf's answer was simple and concise, but at this moment he had a vague feeling in his heart that it would not be easy for his troops to forcibly pass through the area that the neighboring troops could not cross. The casualties might be huge, and they might even suffer failures. But he did not intend to bow to the difficulties in front of him, and he would not be able to give up this mission.
The minute hand of the clock turned forward 2 more squares, and the stretcher troops transporting the wounded soldiers along the way confirmed Adolf's concerns, but when his troops successfully met the troops that were blocked from attack, the situation of the opponent still made him feel a little disappointed. The opponent was also affiliated with the 2nd Marine Division of the Navy. It was also a marine battalion with 1,200 to 1,280 people at the full capacity, but at this time there were only less than 400 combatants and about 80 wounded soldiers who had no time to withdraw.
Adolf then reported to his superiors that he had arrived at his destination. His superiors responded very directly and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the 108th War Zone. His mission was to lead his troops to capture the Japanese defense line in front of him, and the remaining soldiers of the previous attacking troops were temporarily under his command. In this way, the troops born in the Austrian-born major reached an unprecedented scale - 1,600 people, which had exceeded half an infantry regiment in ordinary army units. You should know that the Supreme Command of this army was, to be precise, the Supreme Commander did not intend to give this "unpredictable ability" at the time.
The small man is too conspicuous.
To be precise, it is a military post below the regiment level or a public post that does not exceed the town level.
In any case, Adolf finally had an opportunity to show his military talents.
Without even having to have some form of power transfer with the former commander with a frustrated look, Adolf convened all commanders at the company level and above to hold a simple battlefield meeting. Based on the reports of the previous company commanders and his preliminary observations, Adolf quickly understood the situation in front of him. What he wanted to conquer was a Japanese defense line composed of a series of standing fortifications. It may be a bit unworthy of the name, because the fortifications were only two hundred meters long and were single-line positions with no depth. However, the difficulty in capturing them was that they were concrete fortifications half hidden underground.
Looking around, those round or oval bunkers are like mushrooms buried half in the soil.
They are not large in size, but they are integrated with the surrounding environment. If it weren't for the square shooting holes on the front and the soil that was recorded by bullets, it would be difficult for people to find them a hundred meters away, let alone the reconnaissance planes flying quickly in the sky.
"I called four air fire support, but only destroyed one bunker in the Japanese army..." Major Bell, who was speaking in front of me, was just in his early thirties, and could be said to be a handsome talent. He seemed to have a good future, but unexpectedly fell here. After listening to his introduction, Adolf was surprised when he was calm. The fierce battle traces around the bunkers could be seen with the naked eye. The wreckage of the four armored vehicles was still less than 100 meters away from the bunker. It can be seen that they were destroyed by Japanese small-caliber artillery. And there was a German cart closer.
The iii amphibious tanks unique to the National Marine Corps are charred and have become somewhat deformed. There are even dozens of German bodies that cannot be transported down within the range of the rifle. Large and small bullet craters are all around the bunkers. Judging from the only one that was blown up, the Japanese did spend a lot of effort - the outermost layer of ordinary soil, and then the innermost layer is a layer of sand and stone, alternating arrangement of soil and concrete layers, and the innermost concrete layer is at least half a meter, so conventional shells and bombs are indeed difficult to threaten them.
"We've tried all the methods!" Bell said helplessly, "The 60mm mortar, tank and armored vehicle, and iron fist ii. But all of them have no effect!"
Iron Fist ii is a single-soldier rocket launcher that was just equipped with the German army before the war. Unlike its predecessor, the Iron Fist ii is a single-soldier rocket launcher with a sub-caliber rocket. It sounds like it has weakened its power from sub-caliber to equal caliber. In fact, the power of this individual weapon is super worthwhile in terms of shooting accuracy and range. Its caliber is 60 mm like the G-20 mortar commonly used by the German army, with an effective range of 200 meters. It can penetrate the side armor of any tank in the world and the front armor of most tanks at this distance. It is also a specialty for Iron Fist ii to deal with ordinary fortifications. However, these Japanese bunkers are obviously beyond their ability today.
"How could the Japanese army set up such a bunker group here? The Yamaguchi side should be the focus of their defense!" Adolf said in confusion, but none of the people present could answer this question.
"Major Bell, you all have worked hard. Let's take it down first!" Adolf said to Bell and his company commanders in a peaceful tone. Although he was unwilling to accept it, the fact that he was not successful was in front of him. They had to implement this order without fail.
After careful consideration, Adolf issued an order to his three infantry company commanders:
"Water, Jones, Maxi, take your company to replace them! It's 11:40 now. Water, your company is on the left. At 11:45, you fire at the Japanese defense line with all your firepower. After one minute, two platoons are put into detour to the opponent's right wing. The attacking personnel bring more grenades and smoke bombs to attract the Japanese firepower as much as possible. Jones, your company is in the center, fire at 11:46, the more intense the firepower, the better, until the ammunition is exhausted or I order a ceasefire! Maxi, your company is in the attack at 11:47, and the fire spitting team directly under the battalion is also allocated to you. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" the three of them answered in unison.
"Very good!" Adolf nodded, "Maxie, your task is the heaviest, but don't be afraid of losses. Whether we can succeed depends on your side!"
"Don't worry!" said the tall Maxie patted her chest.
Chapter completed!