Chapter 390: Bombing
The result is ...... The mouth of the Japanese pit was quickly found and blown up by the Chinese and American forces one by one. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, it was not blown up one by one, because Zhang Chi ordered the soldiers to leave a few well-terrained tunnel openings, transfer a few Spitfire tanks and prepare sufficient fuel, and then burn the tunnels in turn......
At this time, the filling fuel in the fuel tank of the US military has changed from the previous mixed fuel to the newly developed napalm, the benefits of this gasoline needless to say, its combustion value is high for a long time, not to mention the biggest advantage is that its flame can go as far as possible along the curved direction of the tunnel, so this fire immediately burned the Japanese army inside to a wolf howl.
Worse still...... The flames went deep into the tunnel and burned in, which quickly burned the air in the tunnel, and the Japanese army's ventilation hole was too late to replenish for a while, so countless Japanese soldiers were suffocated in the tunnel.
In fact, at this time, the Japanese army had already found a way to deal with the fire attack.
To be exact, it is not to be found, but the tactics of tunnel warfare that the Japanese army learned from the Chinese battlefield, and know that the method of dealing with flamethrowers in the tunnel is actually very simple, that is, to pile sandbags in the tunnel to prevent fire and prevent the air from being drained. Moreover, most of the sandbags are still stacked on top of each other on the curve, so that the sandbags will not be burned by the flames and the sand will leak and the bags will fall apart.
However, the Japanese did not expect that the American flamethrower had been upgraded to napalm that could be burned along the curve, so the sandbags were quickly ignited by the flames and scattered into a pile of loose sand......
After the war, when the war situation stabilized, in order to completely wipe out the remnants of the enemy, the U.S. military asked Japanese prisoners (in fact, most of them were Korean sappers and Okinawa sappers) to dig up the tunnels...... Obviously, they couldn't stand the suffocating and suppressed fear and ended their lives early.
Zhang Chi's second order was to order the soldiers to immediately devote themselves to the construction of the airport.
This task is easy to accomplish...... "Old Bald Ridge" is under the control of the Sino-US coalition forces, which means that the airport is already safe.
Of course, there is no security in the actual sense, after all, this is a battlefield, and from time to time there will be a few shells from the "Five Brothers Mountain" and "Five Sisters Mountain", but these shells are aimless, and it is believed that the Japanese artillery shells are also getting fewer and fewer under the blockade of the US army, so they basically do not pose a threat to the airport.
As a result, the US military used "Higgins boats" and tank landing craft to transport bulldozers, road rollers, and excavators to the airport in large quantities...... These are professional engineers, and their task is usually to open up artillery positions for artillery, that is, to be able to open an open field for artillery use within a limited number of times, which comes in handy, and with a "rumbling" motor sound, the anti-tank trenches dug by the Japanese at the airfield are quickly filled in and compacted.
"It's been a day faster than expected!" Clifton looked at the airport that was already flat and ready to be put into use, and said to Zhang Chi with a smile: "Dude, I have to say, you and your troops are really amazing!" Your presence has made this hellish battlefield so easy and enjoyable! ”
Zhang Chi could only smile bitterly.
Because Zhang Chi was still lamenting the industrial capacity of the United States just now...... If this airfield were to be filled entirely by the Chinese troops, it would take more than half a month, to say the least.
Immediately after that, fighter planes landed at the airport with a whistling sound, a total of more than 100 sorties, most of which were bombers, and only 12 were "Hellcat" fighters...... Although it is basically impossible for Peleliuu Island to encounter the air power of the Japanese army, there are a few fighters that are always prepared, otherwise it will be a big loss if the Japanese army is caught off guard, not to mention that the "Hellcat" fighter can also be used as a reconnaissance aircraft.
On the sea, the "Higgins ship" went back and forth, constantly transporting the bombs loaded with solidified ****** on the transport ship to the airport.
All these situations were seen by the Japanese army...... The man in Nakagawa Prefecture was a little confused.
"What is the enemy doing here?" Nakagawa Prefecture frowned and said, "Fighters, bombs...... Do they want to bombard our tunnels with these? It seems that Sato-kun is right, the Americans will not fight except with planes and artillery! ”
"The problem is, they're not just Americans!" Major General Ikenjiro, who was a staff officer, replied, "Don't forget, there are Chinese among them, and Chinese seem to be very familiar with tunnel tactics...... Just as they captured the Oma Heights, sending tanks to the Heights caught us off guard. So many bombers and bombs were brought up at this time...... I don't think it's going to be that simple! ”
"It won't be...... What new weapons does the American ghost beast have? The man in Nakagawa couldn't help but feel a little numb when he thought of this.
One of the enemy's terrible things is that every once in a while there are one or several new weapons that have not been seen before, such as in the Ouma Heights, because of the enemy's napalm fire-breathing tanks, the garrison in the tunnel is completely wiped out.
"Not necessarily!" Major General Ikenjiro replied: "In short, we can't take it lightly, let's let the troops prepare for air defense!" ”
"Hmm!" Nakagawa nodded, and then passed on the order.
It's just that Nakagawa and Iken couldn't have imagined that it would be ...... The target of this bombing by the Chinese and American coalition forces was not the Japanese army at all, but the pond.
And this pond can be said to be impossible to prevent no matter how you prevent it.
Clifton on the other side handed Zhang Chi a cigarette and said, "Everything is ready, what is your order?" ”
"Let's get started!" Zhang Chi replied.
Clifton nodded.
Then the bombers took off with bombs whistling...... Because the target was too close to the airfield, only 3 kilometers in a straight line, the bombers came to the Greylinton Pond almost as soon as they took off, and the US pilots with a high level immediately dropped the bombs, while the pilots with insufficient skills needed to go around in a circle and drop the bombs again on the return trip.
And at this time, the bomber did not even have time to put away the landing gear.
In fact, there is no need to put it away at all, because it will soon be landing and re-hanging the bomb.
Therefore, more than 100 bombers were actually too many, and it turned out that only half of the bombers were enough to complete anything, because the size of the airfield could only accommodate more than 30 bombers to take off and land.
At this time, the Japanese army suddenly woke up to the fact that the enemy's target was ...... Pond!
(To be continued.) )