There was a heavy smell of death over Beato Island. Hundreds of corpses lay where they fell...... Whether it is blown up, torn, charred, swollen remains, it presents a strange and terrifying scene.

But at the same time, they seem to be telling their own experiences before death in their own posture:

A Japanese soldier not far from the crater, he obviously had his legs blown off, but he still tried to crawl to a machine gun bunker, because two blood stains that had long been dried and blackened were dragged out behind him, but unfortunately, before he could climb to the machine gun bunker, he had already lost too much blood to see Amaterasu.

In a bombed-up underground bunker, a Japanese soldier died holding a rifle...... He was holding the rifle not to resist, but to commit suicide. Many Japanese soldiers saw that the defeat could not be reversed, and many of them chose to commit suicide in order not to face the shame of surrender, although the "Banzai" charge was also a way to commit suicide, but there were still Japanese soldiers who preferred to choose a more secure way: take off their shoes, put the muzzle of their rifle against their chin, and pull the trigger with their toes.

It can be seen that the Japanese soldier was very peaceful before committing suicide, he chose a comfortable way to lie down, with a picture of his family not far away, his toes still on the trigger of his rifle, and his head ...... However, the Tianling cover was lifted by a bullet, and the other side was full of red and white mixtures, and at this time it was crawling with flies, ants and other insects competing for food.

The corpses in the lagoon soon began to swell and rot under the scorching heat and soaking in the sea, drifting back and forth with the tides, piling up irregularly on the seashore, from Japanese to American Marines, and of course to the occasional Chinese soldier in British uniform.

It was laborious to remove the bodies, and the bodies of the U.S. Marines were buried in a makeshift grave on Beato Island after their badges were removed. The bodies of the Japanese were less formalized and were buried in trenches or craters by bulldozers, or loaded onto landing craft on the south shore and thrown overboard.

After burying the bodies of the Chinese soldiers, the villagers made a mark on the grave, and then carefully marked it on the map, and made a detailed record of the number of people and other information...... This is the practice of the soldiers of the expeditionary force, for the only reason that one day they can bring the souls of these comrades home.

"Tuanza!" Just then, a communications soldier rushed forward and reported: "The attack of the American army has been blocked again!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, the villagers couldn't help but be stunned, after taking the Tangben defense line, there was only a slender causeway left on Beato Island, and they originally thought that the American army would have no problem attacking the causeway, so the townspeople took the remaining enemies to heart, and did not expect to encounter difficulties.

When the villagers rushed to the place where the "trouble" occurred, they found that the US military was really not to blame for the "trouble."

"Lieutenant Colonel!" When Xiao Pu saw his fellow villagers coming up, he leaned over to him and handed him a telescope, pointed ahead, and said, "There, that, and that...... The Japanese had three underground bunkers, and after several attacks we found out that one of the three bunkers was made of steel, a machine-gun emplacement made of coconut trees, and a huge concrete bunker. All three strongholds can support each other, and the Marines will face machine-gun and artillery fire from the other two wherever they attack......"

"Why don't you use tanks?" Fellow countrymen asked.

"We only have Stuart!" Shopp sighed helplessly: "Stuart's artillery is only 37 mm, and it can't provide enough firepower to blow up these Japanese bunkers...... And the Japanese artillery was able to penetrate the side armor of the Stuart! ”

So the countrymen thought of the Sherman tank, but it is a pity that this "monster" has been "consumed" by the Yankees in the battle just now.

On the other hand, most of these bunkers of the Japanese army were underground, and it was difficult for naval guns and bombers to find them and blow them up...... So if you want to blow them up, it seems that the only way to pile them up is to use human lives, but this is obviously not cost-effective, after all, at this time, it is not important for the Chinese and American coalition forces to win a little sooner or later, and at night the Higgins ship can carry more "Sherman" tanks, and the next day at dawn, these "Sherman" tanks can shoot at close range, or even shoot at the barrel with the muzzle of the gun to the shot hole before shooting in the pillbox.

That said, it's only a matter of time.

But Shopp's next sentence left his fellow countrymen a little speechless......

Colonel Shoop said with some embarrassment: "I thought that the Japanese only had a few remnants left, so I promised General Hill that the whole island would be captured within an hour!" ”

"You should update General Hill!" Fellow countrymen said.

"I've already done that!" Colonel Shopp replied, "But General Hill's answer is...... He has already conveyed my words to war correspondents in various countries! ”

So the fellow villagers understood, and now it seems that they have to find a way to eliminate these "remnant enemies" as soon as possible.

However, the Chinese and American coalition forces had no choice but to bring in all the mortars and howitzers to bombard these bunkers...... However, because these bunkers were very little exposed and very strong, the bombardment was not very effective.

Half an hour later, the Chinese and American coalition forces had good luck: a shell fell on the bunker built by coconut trees, and I don't know whether the shell happened to get into which hole or what, and it actually detonated the ammunition depot in the bunker, so I heard a loud bang, and the whole stronghold exploded, dust and wood rolled all over the sky, and flames were everywhere.

The flames and smoke from the blasting wood and the burning wood even affected the perforations of the other two covers...... The opportunity could not be lost, and the townsmen immediately ordered the Stuart tanks to rush forward in two groups under the cover of mortars, and fired at close range at the perforations of the bunkers, finally breaking through the iron triangle.

The resistance of the Japanese was so weak that it was hard to imagine, and several "Stuart" tanks attacked all the way through the causeway.

Later, I learned from the Japanese prisoners that the reason why the Nagasawa defense line was so vulnerable was because Captain Nagasawa was killed in battle, and Fukatanaka Sa...... While brandishing a pistol at a subordinate to lecture him, he accidentally killed himself with a pistol.

As a result, the Nagasawa defense line lost its command, they could not make any decisions, and there was no hope of escaping the island, so many chose to dig their own graves and shoot themselves.

The Chinese and American coalition forces did find these graves, and there was a Japanese soldier who committed suicide with his toes lying neatly inside, and all the Chinese and American coalition forces had to do was to bury them.

(To be continued.) )