Chapter 2509 The Bloody Coast 5
The long-hidden Japanese cannon was stained with American blood in the first attack! The first tank landing ship to be destroyed was hit by only 4 shells and broke into two pieces! The raging fire quickly spread from the hull. A few minutes later, accompanied by a violent explosion of fuel and internal ammunition, a storm swept across the beach hundreds of meters in radius. At this time, other landing ships that had washed up on the beach were like lambs waiting for the slaughter, waiting for the butcher's knife flying from a distance.
"God, save the U.S. Army!" Marshall, who was still in the fleet at this time, couldn't help but lamented as he looked at the burning landing ship in the distance. "No, we must do something! Contact the Navy immediately. I hope they will suppress the Japanese long-range artillery positions at all costs for the sake of the United States. We cannot watch the U.S. Army officers and soldiers who fell on the beach be driven into the sea like this!" Marshall said to The naval liaison officer said.
"Sir, this is impossible. Even if our 14-inch artillery uses strong charges, it will never hit the Japanese heavy artillery position hidden behind the mountain. Their position is too tricky, and it is in the blind spot of firepower." The naval liaison officer explained road.
"Then we can't watch our people being killed by the Japanese like this, absolutely not!" Marshall roared angrily.
"Listen to me, the first step is to immediately contact the aircraft carrier-based aircraft unit and ask them to carry bombs to suppress the Japanese artillery positions in the distance. They do not want to destroy them, but they want to be temporarily unable to shoot. The second step is to immediately order the US troops who have landed to launch Assault! If you don’t want to be driven into the sea or killed, then you must let your soldiers rush into the Japanese defense lines, and then take advantage of your light weapons to tangle with the Japanese in the trenches, and the tank troops move to open areas. There are no landmarks in the place, so the Japanese army cannot easily complete the shooting settlement, and the hit rate of using long-range artillery to attack moving tanks is very low. The Japanese will definitely not do this." Major General Karls said.
At the most critical moment, the performance of the Germans was still worthy of the remuneration paid by the Americans. After comprehensively analyzing the battlefield situation, Major General Karls gave the optimal solution under the current situation! If the naval guns are out of reach, they can only be suppressed by carrier-based aircraft. Although Major General Karls does not know how the Japanese artillery positions are arranged, he knows that shooting at such a long distance, even if it is a 220MM Holy King Kong artillery or a 194MM The elevation angle of the GPF artillery will also be very large, and it is impossible for the Japanese to build a rotatable closed fort at a large elevation angle. Therefore, the most likely result is that the Japanese will build an open-air reinforced concrete gun nest on the emplacement. Got it!
It is somewhat difficult to directly destroy a heavy artillery position with modern aircraft. However, because the operators are in the open air, it is possible to use bombs and machine guns for suppression. Therefore, sending carrier-based aircraft to suppress and relieve the pressure on the front line is the most realistic way!
And what about the current landing force? It is impossible to withdraw. Conditions did not allow it, and the US military did not allow its first wave of landings to fail like this. Well, if you can't retreat, you can only attack by force! On one occasion, battleship firepower was used to detonate a minefield and simultaneously suppress the Japanese howitzers.
Then armored troops and infantry forcefully attacked the Japanese defense lines.
As long as the infantry can occupy a section of the Japanese position, then there is no need to worry too much about the Japanese ultra-long-range artillery, because after all, this is the Japanese, not the Western Front. The Japanese do not have so many long-range artillery and artillery shells that can cover every inch of land. The infantry used the Japanese trenches to stabilize their position, and then continued to advance using the firepower superiority of their own infantry. As for the tanks? Let this thing stay on the beach and find a shelter for now. Tanks are relatively sturdy anyway. Unless they are hit directly, nothing can threaten these iron guys, at least the Wolf tank is like this!
As for how the follow-up troops will go up, how to deal with the Japanese long-range artillery? The previous question is easier to answer. If it is not convenient during the day, then transport it at night. As for the Japanese long-range firepower? Under current conditions, only carrier-based aircraft can be used to suppress it, and it is not easy to completely remove it. The naval gun is out of reach, and the bombs of a single-engine carrier-based aircraft are really not enough for the 220MM heavy cannon weighing more than 20 tons...
"Very good, that's it. I'll contact the Navy immediately." The naval liaison officer on the side quickly began to prepare for the relevant work, and Marshall on the side also began to adjust the landing plan. At least before the Japanese army's long-range artillery was suppressed, the subsequent assault on the landing ship The troops on the beach can no longer go up!
The Japanese really cherish their artillery shells. After destroying several landing ships that were unloading, half of those terrifying long-range artillery stopped firing, even though there were still a large number of American soldiers on the beach. Although some tanks have been put into battle. This situation not only surprised the Germans, but even made the Americans a little embarrassed. After all, according to the principles of the Western Front, let alone Xu Jin's barrage during the attack, it is normal operation to carry out fire suppression for more than a day before the attack begins!
"Launch an attack immediately!" Taking advantage of the rare opportunity, the frontline commander issued an attack order. And Patton's armored troops were the first to rush forward after clearing the remaining minefields with long-range naval guns! However, when approaching a distance of about 400 yards, a large number of firepower points suddenly appeared, causing Patton's armored forces to suffer the second large-scale attrition today!
Accompanied by the sound of high-speed metal collision and explosion, Patton felt that his vision suddenly went dark, and then the entire tank trembled. Then, a series of shells flew out from the corners and hit the tank at the front one after another. The impact of the shells caused a shock. The screeching sound of human teeth and the sound of the armor back plate twisting and breaking filled Patton's ears. At this time, the tank was under constant attack, like a small boat rocking in the waves, and could capsize at any time.
Inside the swaying car body, Patton finally grabbed the armrest inside the turret, and then quickly pulled down the handle next to it! Bang bang! Accompanied by several undetectable explosions, several smoke grenades were thrown out. After a few seconds, clouds of smoke obscured the front of the tank, giving the driver the opportunity to evacuate the tank that had been hit by several rounds. Out of battle.
The Japanese controlled the distance very accurately. After the tank evacuated 800 meters away, no artillery fired at Patton, so that Patton could even quietly stick his head out to check the damage of the tank.
"How is the situation? It was really not easy for us to survive just now. I feel like the god of death is already floating above my head, but we still survived," the gunner said.
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