So just as Villett was talking and laughing with the American soldiers, the gunshots suddenly rang out. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At first, Villit thought it was the gunfire of some careless American GI, but the gunfire soon rang out, and then a guard hurriedly reported to Villitt: "General! It's Japanese...... They are among us! ”

"What? Japanese?! Villit was stunned when he heard this, but he still didn't take it seriously, because he took it for granted that it was just a few fish that had slipped through the net and came out to make trouble in the night.

"No need to panic!" Villitt comforted the group of American soldiers around him: "Maybe the Japanese know that we are too boring and give us some fun!" ”

The surrounding soldiers saw that Villit was so confident, and they all thought that this was a small force of the Japanese.

But the next second they knew they had misjudged, because suddenly there was a whistling of cannonballs in the sky.

At this time, Villit could no longer care about his demeanor and what he had just said, and he shouted: "Enemy attack, organize defense immediately!" ”

But it was too late to organize a defense at this time, because the Japanese army was fully prepared, and this was an internal and external attack on the American army:

Inside, it is a brigade of the 1st Marine Mobile Brigade, and the leader of this brigade is Ishida Shaosa. The Ishida brigade did not withdraw from the defense area from the beginning, but kept hiding in the tunnel and waiting for the opportunity. The troops of the 1st Marine Mobile Brigade were chosen for this task because it was not an easy one...... You must know that it is hiding in a tunnel that can be said to be completely closed, waiting for the opportunity to fight, and the only connection between the tunnel and the outside world is a few ventilation holes. That kind of dark, oppressive, and inexplicable fear can drive people who are not psychologically capable of bearing it crazy.

Therefore, Nakatani Kawakami felt that this could only be accomplished by the troops of the 1st Marine Mobile Brigade that had fought in China and had combat experience...... Although the combat experience of the 1st Marine Mobile Brigade was essentially fighting partisans, this was not the most important.

To put it simply, it is the soldiers of the 1st Marine Mobile Brigade...... They have killed people and have seen all kinds of horrific things in China, so they have a strong psychological tolerance.

In fact, even so, these Japanese soldiers hiding in the tunnels are not having a good time, and more than a dozen of them are "solved" by their own people because they can't stand the environment and want to rush out desperately...... This was said by the Japanese army early in the morning, and rushing out of the tunnel too early would undoubtedly expose the strategic intention of the Japanese army and destroy the entire plan.

Outside, there are the three brigades of the 61st garrison led by Nakatani Kawakami.

This is all the elite of the garrison that Nakatani Kawakami was able to organize...... In fact, it doesn't matter whether the elite is elite or not, because the garrison has never fought before, so who is the elite and who is not, even Nakatani Kawakami himself doesn't know.

Their task was to attack the American line from the front.

The problem encountered by these Japanese troops was that there was a serious shortage of artillery fire...... At this time, all the artillery that could be gathered on the Nakatani River was only fifteen 50mm and thirteen 80mm mortars, and other large artillery such as mountain guns and howitzers were blown up or damaged in the bombardment of the American army, and the mortars survived because they could be taken to the tunnel to hide.

Nakatani Kawakami used these two dozen mortars to bombard the U.S. defense line.

In normal times, such artillery equipment is simply not enough to pose a threat to the US defense line, because the main body that constitutes the US defense line is the "Sherman", a "harvester" that the Japanese army can hardly destroy. Mortar bombardment will not only fail to tear through the steel defense line formed by the "Sherman", but will also be suppressed by the "Sherman" tanks and machine guns.

But this is a different story.

Some of the Ishida Brigade, disguised as Chinese troops, successfully launched a surprise attack on the American troops, and then the Japanese soldiers rushed out of the tunnels, slashing and killing the Americans with bayonets......

At this time, the Japanese army can be said to be like a fish in water, because they can even easily distinguish between friend and foe...... The Japanese at this time were even shorter than the Chinese, and many Japanese officers even dragged the katana to the ground when walking with a katana. This is also the reason why Americans will think that the Japanese are "bucktooth gnomes". The Americans are taller than the Chinese, so the Japanese are very different from the Americans in terms of body shape.

This is a weakness in general, but in the case of infiltration warfare in the dark of night there is no doubt about an advantage.

For one, it is more difficult for Americans to spot diminutive Japanese in the dark, while tall Americans are easy to spot.

Second, when the Japanese see someone taller than themselves, there is no doubt that they are enemies...... And the Americans have to think about it, will it be the Chinese?!

So Ishida led a group of Japanese soldiers to chase and kill the American troops with bayonets, only to kill the American soldiers crying wolf and howling everywhere, and sometimes the Japanese soldiers would throw out a few grenades...... It can also be seen from this that the Japanese army is crazy when fighting, and it is generally not suitable to throw grenades at this time, because no one knows whether the grenades will blow up their own people in the dark.

But the Japanese will do this, and their thinking is that there are many more American troops than the Japanese army, so even if they will bomb their own people, it will be on the premise of killing and injuring more enemies, so it is worth it. On the other hand, such an explosion would cause greater confusion in the US military, which would also be beneficial to the Japanese army's operations.

As a result, the US military defense area was filled with gunfire, screams, and explosions.

On the defensive line between the United States and Japan, the U.S. troops initially resisted for a while on the defensive line formed by the "Sherman" tanks, but when they found that an enemy appeared from behind, they immediately collapsed and fled...... In fact, they could not run away at this time, because no one could guarantee that a grenade would suddenly be thrown from behind, or that a short Japanese would suddenly jump out and plunge a bayonet into their chest.

The U.S. military even dropped 23 "Sherman" tanks laid on the defensive line...... The U.S. military also had to be left behind, because in the dark they wanted to drive away these "Shermans", one was easy to be approached and blown up by the Japanese in the chaos, and the other would run over their own people.

This made the Japanese troops who captured them ecstatic, knowing that this was an almost invincible "harvester" in their eyes.

But alas, not many of the Japanese soldiers could drive these tanks, and the other was that the "Sherman" could not be destroyed by the Japanese army, but it was ...... for the American army But it's just a matter of a few shells or a few aerial bombs! (To be continued.) )