Outside Henderson Airport, corpses lay everywhere. During the five-hour attack last night, a total of 3,000 Japanese soldiers were killed. The mutilated flesh and blood mixed with the unique unpleasant smell of Guadalcanal made people feel uncomfortable. Ugh, layers of disgusting blowflies and scavenging crawlers are crawling around in the bloody minced meat. Whenever someone or an animal walks by, the blowflies and scavenging corpse bugs immediately fly up, covering the sky. , even the line of sight is blocked. Please see the most complete! The fastest updated novel!
Seeing this purgatory-like scene, several soldiers started to vomit continuously, but Xu Rui looked nonchalant. He had seen too many such scenes, and it couldn't cause any ripples in his heart.
Xu Rui was just thinking that the tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers had only lost a few thousand people. They should not retreat. It was daytime and as soon as they boarded the transport ship, they would be attacked by the US military sea and air forces. Therefore, it was impossible for them to retreat. , and it is impossible for an army of tens of thousands to hide, and it will inevitably be bombed by naval guns and air force. Therefore, there are two ways before the Japanese devils, one is to hide in the jungle and wait for the opportunity, and the other is to risk the United States directly The attack on Henderson Field continued with land and sea bombardment and air bombardment.
Xu Rui feels that the Japanese will choose the second path. Generally speaking, the Japanese have a more rigid tactical model and rigid thinking. They are also arrogant and impatient. They cannot always hide in the tropical jungle and suffer. The bites of poisonous insects and the feeding of leech will definitely launch another attack on Henderson Airport.
Thinking of this, Xu Rui said: "Attu, tell the comrades to have a good rest first, and no one is allowed to leave the military camp without authorization."
"Captain, will the Japanese come again?" Zhuo Ligetu asked.
Xu Rui said: "They will definitely make a comeback, but to fight against our third regiment, it depends on whether they can survive the American aircraft and artillery."
Speaking of which, Xu Rui fought extremely comfortably in yesterday's battle. When he was at home, both the National Revolutionary Army and the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses due to artillery fire when fighting the Japanese. However, the National Revolutionary Army and the Eighth Route Army only had a small force. caliber artillery shells are treated like treasures and are reluctant to be used.
However, things have changed, and now everything is different. I have never fought such a wealthy war in my life. Even the Soviets, who admire artillery and have great firepower, are reluctant to fire like this during shelling. Americans are really wealthy, let alone ordinary. The shells, even expensive large-caliber naval gun shells, greeted the little devil as if they were free of charge.
Xu Rui believes that as long as he needs it, it will not be a problem for the American artillery to fire for seven days and seven nights. Moreover, many U.S. military transport ships will continuously transport artillery shells and other logistical supplies to the Guadalcanal area. With sufficient ammunition supplies, the U.S. military will He fired unscrupulously.
At this moment, Xu Rui truly realized the impact of strong national power on the outcome of the war. Only when the country is strong and has a strong material base can it finally win the war.
Just like the Pacific War between the United States and Japan, in fact, in terms of tactics, Japan won more and lost less. However, in terms of strategy, Japan continued to lose aircraft, warships and other effective forces while defeating the United States. Japan's industrial base made the newly built It is difficult for aircraft and warships to make up for their losses, and Japan's reserve pilots are increasingly in short supply. Although the Americans always suffer defeats, relying on their strong industrial production capabilities can not only make up for the losses in the war, but also continuously expand their military power. , and has a strong reserve pilot team. As a result, Japan has achieved a series of tactical victories, but it has always been in a passive situation strategically.
Therefore, war is not only about command, but more importantly, the struggle for national strength.
Xu Rui felt extremely comfortable when he thought that when the Japs charged, he could summon the Yankees' aircraft and cannons to attack the Japs with all their might.
Meanwhile, somewhere on Guadalcanal.
In order to avoid the bombing of American artillery shells and aircraft, Maruyama Masao had to pull his troops to the jungle to hide after dawn.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the 3rd Team of the 4th Regiment has been found!"
"Oh, where did they go?" Masao Maruyama let out a sigh. An hour ago, he received a report that a team of the 4th Wing was missing. This made Masao Maruyama very worried. Now he finally has the news.
"This..." The officer who came to report hesitated to speak.
An unknown premonition arose in his heart, and Maruyama Masao asked: "Nomura-kun, what happened?"
Major Nomura said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Team 3 was found in a cave, but when they were found, they were all dead."
"All dead? All more than 200 people in a team died?" Masao Maruyama was shocked.
Nomura said: "Yes."
Maruyama Masada asked: "What is going on?"
Nomura said: "It has been initially determined that poisonous miasma rose from the cave in the morning and was inhaled by the officers and soldiers of the 3rd team. Your Excellency, the division commander, this jungle is very dangerous. Just now, a dozen soldiers were too tired to lie on the ground." When I fell asleep, the blood from my body was sucked by the locusts, and I became a human being."
After Nomura finished speaking, he took out a soft monster. The monster's body was obviously red and weighed half a kilogram. Its constantly squirming body was disgusting.
What is this? "Maruyama Masada asked.
"This is a leech."
"I've seen locusts before, how could they be so big?"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the locusts in the tropical rain forest grow so big that one can suck half a pound of blood. Our dozen or so soldiers were all sucked to death by this kind of locust."
"Your Excellency, division commander, the tropical rainforest is too scary, we must go out." Nomura said.
Masao Maruyama nodded. He had heard about the cruelty of the tropical rainforest. It was full of poisonous insects and beasts, miasma was rampant, and diseases were raging. He used to think that the descriptions were exaggerated, but today he learned that these are all real. The tropical rainforest is really very dangerous. horrible.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I'm a little cold." One of Maruyama Masao's guards held his shoulders with his hands and his body was shaking.
Just as Maruyama Masao was about to go over, Nomura stopped him and said: "Your Excellency, division commander, he may have malaria, don't touch him."
Masao Maruyama was shocked. His guard was just bitten by a mosquito and contracted malaria so quickly. This tropical rainforest was really terrible.
Masao Maruyama has realized that if he hides in the tropical rainforest and does not come out, his soldiers will be dragged to death, starved to death, sick to death, and poisoned to death. He cannot let this situation continue, and must report to Hende in the shortest possible time. As long as Henderson Airport is captured, the Americans will lose their air superiority. At that time, their own troops can turn the corner.
Thinking of this, Masao Maruyama said loudly: "I can't stay in this damned place for a moment. Nomura-kun, give me the order to immediately launch a general attack on Henderson Airport! We must capture Henderson at any cost." Airport!"
"But Your Excellency, Division Commander, it is daytime now, and the Americans have sea and air superiority..."
"We can't worry about that anymore. If we don't attack, we will eventually be trapped here. We must attack immediately!" Maruyama Masao said.
"Hai!"
Nomura saw that Masao Maruyama's spirit was showing signs of collapse. Nomura did not dare to say anything more and quickly conveyed the order. So the second division once again walked out of the jungle. After gathering, it launched an attack on Henderson Airport. The war started again...
When the Second Division launched another attack on Henderson Airport, Xu Rui received the news immediately.
"This Masao Maruyama is so impatient that he couldn't bear to come out after only staying in the tropical rainforest for a few hours. Well, if you dare to come here to die, don't even think about going back alive!"
Xu Rui put the coffee on the table and said: "Call Vandergrift immediately and ask for artillery support!"
"Yes!" Zhuoligetu said.
Also two minutes later, deafening gunfire rang out again outside Henderson Airport. Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred fighter planes from Henderson Airport continued to take off, bombarding the incoming Japanese soldiers indiscriminately.
The US military used aircraft and artillery to build a death trap outside Henderson Airport. The entire outside of Henderson Airport became a hell of death.
This time, the Japs of the Second Division were completely crazy. They continued to launch almost suicidal attacks on Henderson Airport regardless of the cost or casualties.
The attack lasted for a day and a night. The Yankees' naval guns fired until the barrels were red. In the end, they had to use alternating ground artillery fire and naval gunfire to block the uninterrupted attacks of the Japanese. However, even so, no Japanese could break through. Yankee firepower woven from artillery fire.
This was destined to be a bloody day. The Japanese soldiers continued to charge towards Henderson Airport, and then were blown to pieces by rows of dense artillery shells.
Seeing the Japanese soldiers who were constantly charging wildly outside the airport being blown up one by one, the soldiers of the third regiment watched all this very happily, smoking cigarettes and chatting at the same time.
"This battle was so exciting. There was no need to fire a single shot. The little devils died in droves. I feel a bit like a dream." A soldier said.
"Hey, my gay brother, the Yankees are rich and powerful. These artillery shells are as useful as firecrackers. No matter how many little devils there are, it's useless."
"It's been a long time since we fought such a grand battle. I was thinking, if all the Japanese soldiers have been blown up by Yankee shells, what use will we have?"
"Hey, this is really a problem..."
Time passed little by little, and the Japanese's suicidal attack continued.
The soldiers of the third regiment became a little numb from the initial excitement and yawned constantly.
"Comrade, why are these Japanese devils so unstoppable? Aren't they afraid of death?"
Another soldier said: "These Japanese devils are really not raised by human beings..."
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