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On the one hand, it was because of the light rain that had made the ground very muddy, and on the other hand, it was obstructed by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army apparently also discovered the movements of the Sino-American coalition forces...... Excavators and bulldozers were "rumbling" below, and they could not have been unaware, so the Japanese quickly fired shells down at the foot of the mountain.

It's just that what makes the Japanese army anxious is ...... Most of their firing positions were built to block the airfield, and only a few artillery pieces were "lucky" enough to reach the foot of the mountain.

In fact, this is not because the Japanese army does not want to, but the Japanese army must hide their artillery in caves and tunnels, and most of these artillery guns are anti-aircraft guns with straight ballistics, and the firing range is often blocked by the ridges of the high ground or the protruding rocks, so it is difficult to pose a threat to the road construction units of the Sino-US coalition forces.

It is the mortars that pose a threat to the road repair units...... The trajectory of the mortar was curved, and the Japanese always secretly climbed out of the tunnel and hid behind the hill to shoot.

However, the effect of this tactic of the Japanese army was not ideal.

The reason is that the Chinese and American coalition forces have much more artillery than the Japanese army, and they are always ready to suppress firepower, on the other hand, the American army has previously pushed the battle line in front of the Japanese trench...... This was the result of a large number of casualties paid by the 1st Marine Regiment, whose tactic was to use sandbags and sapper shovels to build fortifications under the cover of artillery, which allowed the Chinese troops to confront the Japanese in front of the Japanese trench fortifications as soon as they came up.

Of course, there were artillery observers among these units that confronted the Japanese army, and as soon as the Japanese opened fire, they were discovered by artillery observers, so a piece of artillery quickly exploded into the sky.

This made Tanaka Sa, Nakagawa Prefecture, who personally commanded the Japanese army on the high ground, feel a little helpless, and he wrote in his diary: "Originally, I was very confident in the defense of the Ouma Heights (called Lao Balling by the American army), even if I knew that the Chinese troops had landed on the island. But apparently I was wrong...... As soon as the Chinese troops landed on the island, they adopted completely new tactics, first the destruction of all the coastal defense artillery, and then I could only watch the Chinese build the 'z' road. They obviously wanted to drive the Sherman tank in front of us, but I couldn't do anything! Is this the strength of the Chinese? How could they possibly find a tactic to crack the tunnel fortifications so quickly?! ”

What Nakagawa Nakasa didn't know was that this kind of tunnel tactics could be said to be very novel in his eyes, but in Zhang Chi's eyes, it was an old-fashioned thing, and it could even be said that the tunnel tactics of the Japanese army at this time were only pediatric compared to the tunnel tactics of the volunteers.

The Japanese, for example, did not know about "sniper campaigns" or "mortar guerrilla" tactics.

The former is a large-scale sniper tactic launched by the Volunteers in the area of the 38th parallel using the tunnels and the long-range range of Mosin Nagant...... Mosin Nagant is a bolt-on rifle that is suitable for sniping, and if every soldier is scattered to become a sniper, it will be a terrifying force in the defensive line.

The latter is the invention of the volunteers, who use mortars to change places when they shoot a cannon, and even some volunteers do not even bring mortars with artillery mounts in order to facilitate the rapid transfer of positions, and they hold them with their hands when they fire...... What's even more incredible is that it doesn't affect the accuracy when you hold it with your hand, and it is accurate to hit one by one.

Fortunately, the Japanese army did not know these tactics, otherwise the Japanese army's Type 99 rifle had a very long range, especially since most of the Japanese army's marksmanship was very good, and it was not a problem to launch a "sniper campaign" at all, let alone use mortars to fight guerrillas.

But Nakagawa Nakasa is still very confident in the defense of Mount Ummerbrog, because according to the way the Sino-US coalition forces play, that is, pushing forward with tanks while building roads, I am afraid that it will take at least a few months and pay huge casualties to take Peleliuu Island, then he can be said to have completed the task of delaying the US military to buy time for Japan.

Nakagawa was right, if the war went according to this, it would indeed take a few months. But what he didn't expect was that the Sino-US coalition did not have this intention at all......

Two days later, a "Z" road to Lao Balling was finally repaired, and with Zhang Chi's order, three "Sherman" tanks drove onto the road under the cover of artillery fire and the guidance of infantry.

The reason for this is that the military situation is urgent, and the road is not too wide, so the tank is almost close to the mountain wall and goes up, which requires the infantry to constantly observe and guide in front, and even the tank commander has to lean out from the turret to command.

This is also the reason for the need for artillery cover, Zhang Chi is worried that Japanese snipers will target the tank commander.

For this reason, Zhang Chi even deployed many snipers on the front line...... The best way to deal with snipers is snipers, Zhang Chi was also a sniper before, of course he will understand this truth.

As a result of this preparation, the three tanks finally succeeded in driving onto the Old Bald Ridge...... During this time, Japanese snipers shot and killed a tank commander at the risk of being discovered, but his position was quickly blown up in smoke by artillery fire.

And the tank that lost the commander's command finally succeeded in driving up the mountain, which can only be said to be the driver's psychological quality of the tank.

Then there was a burst of cheers and even a few whistles from the American troops, but the Chinese soldiers did not react...... Because these seem to be quite common for the Chinese troops.

"It's open!" Clifton excitedly said to Zhang Chi: "It's time for us to take revenge!" ”

Clifton was right, it would be different when the tanks went up, especially when the Japanese army basically had no anti-tank equipment...... The Japanese army itself was desperately short of anti-tank equipment, and this was on the mountain, no one would think that the enemy's tanks would go up the mountain, so the Japanese army did not have equipment at all.

At this time, the Japanese army used their old method again, and rushed to the tank in groups of several groups with explosive bags...... But all this was to no avail, and the fighters managed to get these tanks with great difficulty, and where could they be so easily blown up by the Japanese devils, so they were bullets and grenades, and they were quickly knocked down.

One of these three tanks was a fire-breathing tank, and in order to prevent these Japanese soldiers from playing dead, a long flame erupted with a "suddenly" sound, burning a sea of fire dozens of meters in front of them.

Seeing this, Zhang Chi was a little relieved.

If the Japanese would drill out of the tunnels and attack, it would mean that they really did not have the equipment and preparation to deal with tanks. Then, it won't be a problem to take down Lao Balling.

(To be continued.) )