Actually, this is not the fault of the Japanese, and it can even be said that it is reasonable for the Japanese to build fortifications in this way.

The reason is that the width of Bito Island is too narrow, only about 500 meters...... Such a distance is simply not enough to build a second line of defense, and even if a second line of defense is built, there is no depth of defense, and this line of defense will also greatly affect the take-off and landing of fighters and the number of fighters that can be accommodated on Bito Island.

The Japanese army's job was to build bunkers and tunnels along the coast, and to lay pyramid-shaped reinforced concrete tetrahedra, palm trees, and double barbed wire on the coral reefs near the island.

The idea was that when the U.S. forces attacked Bito Island, the Japanese would do their best to shoot the U.S. troops in the coastal waters and on the beaches.

This strategic thinking almost succeeded, as in the case of the heavy casualties suffered by the American troops during the daytime landing...... Of course, this is also due to the negligence of both the United States and Japan.

The U.S. military's negligence was that they did not pay enough attention to the intelligence of "avoiding" the tides, and as a result, a large number of Higgins landing craft ran aground, but this was obviously not the credit of the Japanese army's obstacles.

The negligence of the Japanese army was...... They took it for granted that the ships used by the US troops for landing were wooden landing ships like in the past, and who would have thought that the US troops had been replaced with landing vehicles like floating tanks, and those obstacles were not a problem at all in front of the tracks of the landing vehicles.

These obstacles set up by the Japanese also did not work against the expeditionary force, because the expeditionary force did not land on the ship Higgins but swam over.

At this time, the soldiers of the expeditionary force, after receiving orders from their fellow villagers, fired a smoke bomb at the Japanese fortifications...... Beato Island was already full of smoke, and the previous naval artillery bombardment and the smoke bombs fired by the 2nd Marine Division had not yet dissipated, and at this time, the soldiers of the expeditionary force fired a smoke bomb again, which immediately shrouded Beato Island in a cloud of smoke.

Under these circumstances, even if the Japanese still fired one flare after another, it would be useless...... The flares can only illuminate a cloud of smoke in front of you, and enemies can only see a shadow even if they are a few meters away.

Domoto knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly used the walkie-talkie to contact the Fukuyama brigade who came to reinforce him: "Fukuyama Shaozo...... The Chinese army is likely to launch a general charge, please Fukuyama-kun to quickly reinforce it! ”

It was normal for Don to think so, but his first concern was, of course, his own defensive line, and he thought that the purpose of the Chinese army to use these smoke bombs was to get close to the defensive line and then blow up the Japanese pillboxes with explosive packs.

But what he didn't expect was that the purpose of the Chinese army was to cross his defensive line......

So Domoto was actually sending a wrong message to Fukuyama, who thought that the Chinese army was still outside Domoto's defenses and was in dire need of his rescue.

So Fukuyama was in a hurry, and before the troops were assembled, he went up with a squadron, and ordered the other troops to follow.

According to Fukuyama's idea, he first cooperated with Domoto's fortifications to block the offensive of the Chinese army, and then used this time to gather troops at the defensive line, and then launched a counteroffensive against the Chinese army......

Needless to say, the Fukuyama Brigade ran headlong into the Chinese Expeditionary Force that had just crossed the Domoto defense line, and then the Chinese and Japanese armies quickly tore each other without saying a word.

It should be said that originally the Japanese army had an advantage...... The Japanese army is good at night warfare, and it also has a geographical advantage in its own territory, especially the Japanese army's stabbing skills are very good, and the strength of the two armies is almost more than 1,000 people.

Therefore, if you fight like this, the Chinese army should suffer.

But the problem is this: the Fukuyama Brigade came up from squadron to squadron or even to a small team, while the Chinese Expeditionary Force was full of more than 1,000 people rushing up in one breath, so the instantaneous ratio of forces was five to one or even sometimes ten to one.

In addition, the Chinese army still had the advantage of American-style equipment, so a burst of submachine guns and grenades taught the unprepared Fukuyama brigade a hard lesson.

Fukuyama Shaozo fell in a pool of blood in a daze at the first time...... His death also dealt a devastating blow to the entire Fukuyama Brigade, because it was not known whether Fukuyama Shaoza was dead or alive, and the Japanese troops of the entire brigade unswervingly carried out Fukuyama's last order: "Assemble at the Domoto Defense Line!" ”

As a result, the Fukuyama Brigade broke into the encirclement of the Chinese army in the dark, and fell under the M1 rifles and Thomson submachine guns of the Chinese army.

Fellow villagers were not surprised by this phenomenon, because he had fought against the Japanese army for many years and knew that the Japanese army was sometimes so stubborn and rigid.

On the other hand, because Fukuyama had not yet had time to inform Fukata Nakasa that the Chinese army had broken through the defense line and entered the hinterland of Bito Island, Fukata Nakasa always thought that the Chinese army was still fighting with the Chinese army on the Tang main line.

This allowed the Chinese army to cross the entire island of Beato as if no one was there, and then moved directly at the Japanese fortifications on the other side of the island.

At this point, it can basically be said that the winner is decided.

The reason is that the Japanese fortifications are facing the sea, that is, towards the 2nd Marine Regiment, and at this time, the Japanese troops in the fortifications are still frantically shooting bullets outside the bunker, completely unaware that in the darkness behind them, there have been groups of Chinese soldiers sneaking up, and then throwing in a few smoke-emitting grenades from the entrance of the bunker......

According to Colonel Shope, when he found that the Japanese bunkers suddenly stopped spewing tongues of fire, his first thought was that the Chinese army had attacked here.

But in the next second, he doubted his judgment again, because at this time, it was only ten minutes before the signal flare was launched, how could the Chinese army break through the defense line and cross Bito Island and hit here in only ten minutes?!

However, the next facts made him have to believe it, because the Japanese fire points were blown up one after another, and at the same time, three green signal flares were raised on the opposite side, which was to tell them that there was a friendly army in front of them, and this friendly army was of course the Chinese army.

"Unbelievable!" Xiao Pu looked at the flare and said to himself: "We were pressed here for a whole day and could not move, and the Chinese troops almost seemed to be on vacation, and they came up and walked around to eliminate the Japanese and rescue us by the way!" It made me feel like a child, a child who needed to be protected and cared for! ”

(To be continued.) )