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This night was called "Battleship Night" by the US military, which means that all that was heard all night was the roar of battleships and the explosion of large-caliber shells.

But in fact, this night should be called a "seaplane" night.

Because just as the battleship cruiser bombarded Henderson Field, the two seaplane carriers mobilized nearly fifty seaplanes from all the seaplanes to transport the supplies brought by the mothership and the destroyer back and forth to Kuah Island...... Seaplanes are a good thing, allowing them to quickly and easily bring supplies to any location on Kuah Island, which can sometimes take dozens of times longer and require a lot of manpower for infantry.

Of course, most of these supplies were ammunition, ammunition for the attack of the Japanese 2nd Division.

According to the Japanese Navy's thinking, it was not necessary to transport grain to Kuah Island at this time, as long as the Second Division could capture the Lunga defense line garrisoned by the Sino-American coalition forces, then the Sino-American coalition forces would have a large amount of supplies with them when they were in the warehouse, and the Japanese called it "Roosevelt's gift."

Perhaps because the Japanese had been busy receiving supplies all night, the Japanese did not attack at night as usual.

Just as Zhang Chi thought, when it was dawn the next day, the Japanese warships no longer retreated as before, they just changed a group of warships and continued to bombard Henderson Airport...... Warships carry a limited number of shells, and there is always a time when they run out.

Moreover, the bombing during the day also became Bengali, and dozens of Japanese fighters also joined the bombing, most of these fighters were Type 99 bombers, apparently taking off from Japanese aircraft carriers...... This kind of aircraft was called the 99 ship bomber by the Japanese army, and the 97 type torpedo bomber was called the 97 ship attack. They flew to the cover over Kuah Island and dropped a large number of bombs down, as if they had lifted the whole island of Kuah.

After the smoke of gunpowder passed, Zhang Chi and the others looked in the direction of the airport, and all the vegetation, jungles, and thatched grass had been blown up, and there were potholes and craters everywhere.

When watching this scene, everyone, including the Chinese soldiers of the new 1st Division, was glad that the Japanese devils bombed the airfield instead of their position. Otherwise, the Sino-US coalition forces will be exposed to the guns and guns of the Second Division without cover.

After the Japanese bombers, three red flares were raised in the air, followed by a heavy artillery bombardment......

The bombardment was mainly from Kuah Island, and the 2nd Division had obtained a batch of ammunition from the navy last night, which was enough for them to prepare for the fire of the Sino-American coalition.

Unlike the Navy, which mainly bombed Henderson Field, the Second Division mainly bombed the Sino-American defense line and the fortifications of the defense line...... With a loud explosion, the barbed wire fence and mines in front of the Lunga defense line were blown into the sky in pieces.

Then, the offensive of the Japanese 2nd Division finally began.

To Zhang Chi's surprise, the pressure on the new group was not as great as Zhang Chi imagined.

Zhang Chi of the Second Division of the Japanese Army had dealt with him. When it was in Yangon, it used street defense to make it difficult for Zhang Chi's troops to move an inch, and in the end, although Zhang Chi was caught off guard by the method of "violent demolition", the second division was still quite tenacious.

But now, the Japanese army that appeared in front of Zhang Chi behaved a little jerky when charging, and the movements were not smooth, and many Japanese soldiers almost mechanically obeyed the orders of the officers when they charged...... The officer told him to lie down and ordered him to charge.

This kind of performance is typical of recruits, recruits who have not fought in battle. These recruits don't know how to improvise. They also don't know how to make corresponding tactical moves or cooperate with other troops as the battlefield situation changes.

As a result, both Japanese charges were easily beaten by the soldiers of the new regiment.

"Tuanza!" Fellow villagers ran to Zhang Chi's side and reported: "These devils ...... It can't be that I'm hungry during this time, why don't everyone have any fun fighting! ”

What fellow villagers say is a possibility. But Zhang Chi thinks that things will not be so simple.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi made a call to Clifton.

"Colonel!" Zhang Chi asked, "How is the situation over there?" ”

"Zhang!" Clifton replied, "The enemy attack is fierce, my God...... They also had artillery on Mount Austin, I don't know how they got there, it caused us a lot of trouble, and several times the Japanese stormed our positions! We're ready to give up the first line of defense......"

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning. From the moment he landed on Kuah Island, Zhang Chi feared that the Japanese army would transport artillery to the condescending control airfield on Mount Austin and even provide fire cover for the Japanese army...... It would have been a nightmare for the U.S.-China coalition, as the view from Mount Austin was almost unobstructive. It's just that due to the complicated terrain of Mount Austin, the Japanese army could not transport artillery and shells up, and the Japanese army always thought that it could easily defeat the Americans and recover Kuah Island, so they never did so.

But now, the Japanese army has done just that.

Zhang Chi found out later. IT WAS THE JAPANESE ARMY'S TYPE 94 75MM MOUNTAIN GUN.

Strictly speaking, this kind of mountain artillery is not very powerful, the maximum range is 8300 meters, which is almost the distance between Mount Austin and the Lunga defensive circle, and it was difficult for the Japanese artillery to play a role at this distance, but because the Japanese artillery was located at the height of Mount Austin and could hit farther, it just suppressed the nearest American defense line.

As for how these cannons and shells got up the mountain, Zhang Chi thought that this should be a good thing done by the Japanese seaplanes...... Seaplanes dropped mountain artillery components and shells onto Mount Austin, and as long as the Japanese found their location and assembled them, they could quickly build artillery positions on Mount Austin.

At the same time, Zhang Chi can also understand why Clifton has the idea of giving up the first line of defense.

The first line of defense was almost the limit of the range of the Japanese mountain artillery, and it was very likely to circumvent the top-down artillery suppression of the Japanese army by giving up the first line of defense and retreating to the second line of defense...... When the Yankees fight, they rely more on tanks and artillery to smash a sea of fire in front of the position, and if these tanks and artillery are suppressed by artillery fire from overhead, then the battle will not be able to be fought for the Yankees.

The artillery on Mount Austin, the powerful Japanese offensive to the south, and the situation in which the American forces took a step back and opened the sky......

Zhang Chi sensitively noticed that all this was not accidental, and it was very likely that the Japanese army had the intention to force the US army to retreat!

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