The fighters had long been prepared for a situation in which grenades could only blow up the lower half of the steep slope and helpless against the Japanese troops in the upper half.

Just as the Japanese soldiers thought they had a plan to gather in the upper half of the steep slope and prepare to charge, they suddenly found grenades and explosives bags emitting green smoke nearby...... The other end of them doesn't fall off because they are hanging from the rope.

And these ropes are nothing else, they are the leggings peculiar to the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

It's a good habit to wear leggings, because it not only keeps the cuffs from tripping in the jungle, but it also serves other purposes...... Although at this time, because the expeditionary force was equipped by the U.S. military, everyone had a first-aid kit and did not need to use leggings as bandages, this did not mean that the leggings were useless. For example, in the jungle, many warriors are accustomed to sleeping with leggings tied to trees, and sleeping in trees will reduce at least half of the chance of being plotted by wild beasts or enemies. Now, for example, throwing grenades and explosives packs up a steep slope with leggings tied to them can solve the problem of not being able to blow up the upper half of the enemy.

At the steep slope, there was a desperate cry of the Japanese army before death, followed by a series of "boom" explosions...... Although Zhang Chi couldn't see what the scene was, it was not difficult to imagine that the Japanese troops located in the upper half of the steep slope had been blown up on their backs at this time, and even if they were not killed or injured, they were afraid that they would be shocked by the shock wave and fall down the steep slope and fall half to death. This can be heard in the wailing and screaming in the direction of the steep slope.

But that wasn't all, and then another grenade fell from the head, and after another roar, the wailing and screaming immediately became much less.

In this battle, the Japanese army suffered more than 700 casualties, and even Hideo Nagasawa was killed inexplicably...... This also saved him the trouble of committing suicide by disembowelment.

The 400-odd people who survived in the end reluctantly retreated from the battlefield after acting captain Yuji Takeda desperately called in time for the air force and warships to bombard the mountains and indiscriminately.

Maruyama Masao was shocked by this result, and he slammed his fist on the table and said with an angry face, "How is it possible? With such heavy casualties?! ”

The staff officer also felt a little incredible. Because the more than 1,000 people of the Changze Brigade were originally sent out with the intention of annihilating the Chinese of the Matanikao River, but ...... Not only did the Nagasawa brigade fail to complete its mission, but it was almost wiped out by a small detachment of the enemy. What is even more unacceptable is that after paying such heavy casualties, the Changze Brigade did not even understand the enemy's defense line and the enemy's strength.

"Those idiots of the Navy!" Maruyama Masao scolded, "They must have seen enemy activity on the mountain, but they didn't say a word. What's going on? ”

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" The staff officer replied: "The answer from the navy is that they only care about bombing the airfield and ignore the battle here, and Rear Admiral Abe hopes that His Excellency Lieutenant General will report the detailed attack plan to the navy in advance in the next battle, so that the navy can better cooperate with the army!" ”

Maruyama Masao just snorted, in fact, he had previously proposed to let the Navy bomb the defense line of the Sino-American coalition, but the Navy ignored it, and now he bites back.

But Maruyama Masao is helpless, although he is a lieutenant general and Abe Hiroki is a major general. He was one level higher in rank, but the army could not command the navy. What's more, I still have my own needs for others......

After thinking about it, Maruyama Masao said to the staff officer: "Reply, our navy can give us some cooperation in the direction of the Matanicao River, first of all, the bombing of the mountains!" ”

"Yes!"

The telegram soon reached Abe Hongyi, who looked at the telegram and shook his head contemptuously and smiled: "These bastards in the army are usually quite able to call." Now with such a big advantage, it still loses the battle...... I really don't know what to do with all this waste! Let's cooperate...... Why don't you just let the navy take down the island of Kuah and put it in their hands?! ”

In his heart, Hiroki Abe was unwilling to fight with the army, and it was not just that the Japanese navy and the army were at odds. It's even more because Abe Hiroki got an order not to let a plane take off from Kuah Island. In order to accomplish this task, Abe Hiroki threw almost all of his warships and bombers into bombing the airfield, while fighter jets were always on standby, searching for targets and waiting for enemy planes to take off before they could take off.

On the other hand, what good is helping the Army in the war for Hiroki Abe? The final results and achievements are still counted on Maruyama Masao, and will not have anything to do with Abe Hiroki.

However, Abe Hiroki Shuang had to deal with Maruyama Masao. So he ordered the staff officer beside him: "Assign one destroyer and two bombers to the army...... In addition, tell Lieutenant General Maruyama that we also have a mission on our bodies, and we can't fully cooperate, so please forgive me! ”

When I heard the news. Although Maruyama Masao still felt that the navy was too stingy, more than a dozen warships and dozens of aircraft were used to cooperate with the army...... But as Abe said, the Navy also has its own tasks, not to mention that few are better than nothing, and now it can only be accepted.

Fortunately, the Japanese Navy and the Army did not agree, otherwise, if the 356 mm guns on the battleship were to bombard the salient of the mountain ridge indiscriminately, I am afraid that this small mountain would be flattened.

But even that doesn't feel good.

The first was the artillery of the Japanese destroyers...... There weren't many guns, three twin 127 mm guns, but the problem was that there were plenty of shells, and the "boom" of the mountain soon blew up all the vegetation and trees used for cover on the mountain.

Then the two bombers flew over the mountains...... At this time, the mountain ridge was already very obvious because of the vegetation that had been blown up, so the bomber dived down again and again and dropped bombs on the mountain.

It was a Japanese Type 99 bomber, and the 250 kg bomb hanging under the belly of the plane was used to bomb warships and aircraft carriers.

Only a few of the soldiers of the first battalion were wounded in the battle with the Japanese just now, but in this bombardment, eleven of them were killed, and more than 40 people were wounded, and even Zhang Chi was bruised on the head by the flying stones.

What makes the soldiers even more angry is that they are now being pressed and beaten by the devil and have no power to fight back...... Although this happened in the past, the warriors have been a bit accustomed to pressing the devil since Sun Brabang. (To be continued.) )