The sound of dense gunfire soon began.

The Japanese troops on Bito Island were the elite of the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps, so the battle entered a white-hot level almost as soon as the battle began.

The advantage of the Japanese army is that it has complete fortifications, although this side is not the focus of their defense, but under the operation of thousands of Japanese troops for a year, Beato Island has become a defense whole with almost no loopholes, pillboxes, tunnels, communication trenches and other intricate intertwined, and the firing points are also far and near to form a fire network with mortars, machine guns, grenadiers, rifles and other mutual cover and mutual support, so a dozen like a hornet's nest on the north shore is full of dense bullets and shells.

The advantage of the expeditionary force is that it is unprepared, especially at night, which can weaken the difficulty of the Japanese fortifications to the greatest extent, because most of the Japanese troops are hiding in tunnels and pillboxes...... If they did not do so, the Japanese were afraid that most of them would be killed or injured in the bombing of US warships and warplanes.

This also caused the Japanese army's perception of the outside world to be relatively low, and the soldiers of the expeditionary force could try their best to find the dead spots of the Japanese army's firepower and observe the dead ends.

The Japanese army also knew this, so they desperately fired flares at the pillboxes, and all kinds of weapons spat out tongues of fire almost non-stop, and the north shore was full of bright light from flares and tracer bullets for a while.

Domoto Shaosa, who was in charge of garrisoning the north bank, immediately sent a distress call to Fukada Nakasa: "Your Excellency...... The north bank was attacked by the enemy, it looks like Chinese, the strength of the troops is unknown, ask for reinforcements! ”

The reason why Domoto used "looks like Chinese" was because they had always been stationed on Bito Island and had never been anywhere else, so they had never seen Chinese troops.

But they had heard of Chinese troops, that is, in the previous Battle of Kuah, there were also special marines who fought on Kuah Island and it was rumored that there was a strange unit on Kuah Island, they were wearing British uniforms and holding American weapons, but they were Chinese.

What's even more strange is that this Chinese unit has changed the Japanese contempt for Chinese troops...... Because this Chinese unit is very capable of fighting, and its combat effectiveness is even much stronger than that of the US military.

As for the combat effectiveness of this Chinese army, the Japanese army is still not suitable for publicity, because this will "grow the morale of others and destroy their own prestige", so ordinary soldiers and grassroots officers only get some vague legends, on the other hand, there is indeed such a unit notified by the superiors, if it is encountered on the battlefield, it must be handled carefully and not carelessly.

In fact, this is also telling the Japanese soldiers that the legend is true, because another meaning of "not being careless" is that this unit should not be underestimated.

However, Fukada Nakasa is not a grassroots officer, and he knows that this Chinese army can be described by the word "not to be underestimated"? This Chinese army was the ace unit that repeatedly defeated the Japanese army on the battlefield in Burma, and not long ago defeated the Japanese Second Division in the Battle of Kuah Island with fewer victories.

So when he heard Domoto's report that there was a Chinese army in the north, Fukada Nakasa couldn't help but gasp, and the next second he ordered: "You must block the enemy, and I will send you reinforcements immediately!" ”

After saying that, Fukatanakasa made a phone call to Fukuyama Shaosa, ordering Fukuyama Shaosa to bring his brigade to quickly reinforce the north shore of Bito Island.

You must know that the total strength of the Japanese army on Bito Island is only about 6,000, and Fukatanakasa sent reinforcements to the north shore at one time has a brigade of more than 1,000 people, which can also show how much attention Fukatanakasa attached to this Chinese army that suddenly appeared on the north shore.

Then Fukatanakasa sat back in his chair and said to himself for a long time, "These Chinese...... How did it suddenly appear on the North Shore?! ”

"Your Excellency Nakasa!" The staff officer next to him reminded: "It is very likely that these Chinese soldiers came in from the entrance of the atoll, and then landed from the north shore!" ”

These words reminded Fukada Nakasa, who immediately jumped up from his chair and ordered: "Immediately order the artillery unit to block the entrance to the atoll, and in addition, order the Fukuyama brigade to launch an attack on the Chinese troops, and be sure to annihilate the Chinese troops in the shortest possible time!" ”

Fukada Nakasa may not be able to do it in terms of strategic direction, for example, after he took over the command of Keiji Shibasaki, he did not seize the opportunity to organize a counteroffensive against the 2nd Marine Regiment of the US Army stranded on the island after it was dark.

But he is still very good at tactics.

For example, these two commands just now...... The first order was actually to cut off the reinforcements of the Chinese troops with artillery. The second order was to take advantage of the fact that the Chinese troops had just landed on the island and had not yet gained a firm foothold, so they drove them into the sea in one fell swoop.

Fukata's idea is of course right, especially the Japanese army is also good at night fighting, and the strength of the Fukuyama brigade is comparable to that of the Chinese army, more than 1,000 people, not to mention the coordination of the Fukuyama brigade and the Domoto brigade in the fortifications, so it is not impossible to defeat the Chinese army in a counterattack.

It can also be seen from this that the decision made by the countryman was quite wise, and he did not rashly launch an attack when the first group of only 500 men was born, otherwise it would not be enough for the Japanese to plug their teeth.

Although the strength of the expeditionary force is still at a disadvantage, it is not without a fight.

At this time, the townsman gave another order......

"All of them!" The townsman ordered: "Smoke bombs and cross the enemy lines!" ”

This order made the grassroots commanders stunned...... Crossing enemy lines? Isn't this a headlong encirclement of the enemy?!

But they still did not hesitate, and replied "received" and conveyed the order of their fellow villagers.

Naturally, this order of the countryman has his own reason.

The reason for this was that the townsfolk had carefully looked at the map of Beato Island before the attack...... The total area of Bito Island is 1.18 square kilometers, but Japan has built a "4" shaped airport in the shape of Bito Island, and this airport has almost reached the largest area of Bito Island.

This should be the greed of the Japanese, hoping to accommodate as many fighters as possible on the island of Beato.

But there is a problem with building an airport in this way...... There can never be bunkers or tunnels on the runway, and if there are these things, the plane will not be able to take off and land normally!

In other words, the defense of Beato Island is actually like an egg, it is the outside, but if you pierce this shell, it will be empty inside.

This order of the fellow villagers was to lead the troops to pierce this shell and seize the central part where there were almost no fortifications.

(To be continued.) )