Needless to say, the reason why the Japanese army shot the deserters was to prevent other Japanese troops from following suit, which eventually led to the collapse of the entire Japanese army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under normal circumstances, it is no problem for the Japanese army to do this, because it will at least stabilize the Japanese army...... But now, how can those Japanese soldiers who play latent survive? That's not what you said when you assigned tasks, do you let them face the tanks of the Chinese with bayonets ?!

It should be said that these Japanese troops still had some courage, and they still made some attempts in this situation, such as throwing a few grenades in the direction of the Chinese army, and then rushing forward with the smoke from the grenades.

But this approach clearly does not work...... In front of the tall and large "Sherman" tank (note: the Sherman tank is 2.97 meters high), most of the grenades thrown by the Japanese in a lying position fell in front of the tank, and some even hit the front armor of the tank and bounced back, and after exploding, it killed and injured the Japanese soldiers who continued to lurk on the ground.

What's worse is that it also reminded the Chinese soldiers that there were still many "lurking" Japanese troops in the ground ahead, so with the officer's order, the Chinese soldiers threw grenades forward from the gap in the tank, and with the explosion of "boom", the Japanese troops lurking in front were blown up and wailed.

Some of the Japanese soldiers could not hold their breath, and they jumped up from their hiding places and rushed forward desperately...... This is the kind of person who believes that "the spirit of bushido can defeat all enemies", and perhaps they can't stand the pressure and launch a random charge.

In response to this attempt by the Japanese, the Chinese troops simply fired a volley of bullets into the front and pressed them down, especially the 7.62mm machine guns on the tanks...... Although it was just dawn and there was smoke everywhere, the machine gunners in the tank were a little unclear about the target, but this did not matter, because there were more machine gun bullets in the tank (each Sherman tank carried more than 6,000 machine gun bullets), and the one who would appear in front of the tank would definitely be the enemy and not his own people, so as long as there was a slight figure in front of him, then there was no need to think about it, pull the trigger!

Dozens of tanks fired machine guns one after another, and the infantry behind the tanks continued to fire forward, at which time the mortar units also joined the battle group, firing shells in front of the tanks...... At this time, the mortar unit actually can't see the target at all, but in fact, they don't need to see the target, they just need to know where the tank is driving to in a big way, and then fire in front of the tank and gradually extend it forward.

As a result, bullets and shells quickly crushed the Japanese who were planning to charge.

The situation of the Japanese army is that they can't walk and can't rush up, and if they want to escape, their own people will shoot in the back...... In the next second, these Japanese troops made an unexpected decision, and a large area collapsed and fled in the direction of the sea water on both wings.

It may seem silly, there is no cover in the sea, isn't it completely exposing yourself to enemy fire?

But in fact, it is their only way to survive...... Tanks can't follow them into the water! This at least allows them not to face the tanks of the Chinese army, and the two wings are not the main direction of attack of the Chinese army, and the Chinese army is unlikely to devote too much energy to dealing with them, the most important thing is ...... The 61st Garrison of the Japanese Army, they are troops who have lived on Kwajalein Island for a long time, because they have been stationed on the island for a long time, so basically everyone can swim, and it can even be said that they are familiar with every piece of land on Kwajalein Island, and the Japanese army knows where there are reefs on the coast for them to hide.

At first, this was only done by a small Japanese army close to the sea, but the success of this small Japanese army soon led the other Japanese troops to retreat towards the sea together.

Of course, the Chinese troops would not let go of these Japanese troops easily, and continued to chase them with machine guns and artillery, but some Japanese troops still disappeared into the sea.

This is not to say that the Chinese army can't do anything about them, but the Chinese army knows one thing: more Japanese troops are still on the front, and these small troops on both sides who have fled to the sea are only small troops, and the Chinese army is not worth throwing away watermelons for the sake of these sesame seeds...... From this point of view, it was wise for the Japanese troops to flee in the direction of the sea on both flanks.

So Wu Yuhang gave an order, and the tank unit accelerated and advanced forward.

As Wu Yuhang expected, the main force of the Japanese army was indeed in front, and most of these main forces of the Japanese army were lightly armed because they originally planned to charge and enter the "wolf's horn" to fight hand-to-hand with the Sino-US coalition forces...... In fact, even if the Japanese army is not lightly armed, there is not much difference, and the so-called heavy equipment of the Japanese army is some heavy machine guns, mortars, and the like, which do not pose much threat to the "Sherman" tank at all.

Other things that threaten the "Sherman" tank, such as explosive packs and magnetic anti-tank mines, cannot play a role at all because of the coordinated advance of the Chinese troops.

As a result, the Chinese troops slaughtered into the Japanese troops like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, especially since the terrain in this area was flat and narrow......

Flat, which means that the tank can move forward here without any obstacles.

Narrow, that is, the Japanese army should be relatively concentrated.

This can almost be said to be a contest between the 76mm armor and thick tracks of the "Sherman" tank and the flesh and blood of the Japanese army, and of course, the so-called "bushido spirit" of the Japanese.

But the "bushido spirit" obviously could not save these Japanese troops, although the Japanese still tried to resist with rifles and grenades in this situation, but their resistance was so powerless, the tanks were like meat grinders, under the cover of bullets and shells, with the roar of motors, the Japanese troops were crushed to pieces.

The Japanese prisoners who survived the battle described it this way: "A few minutes ago, the commander was still inspiring us, saying that we should not worry about the enemy's tanks, our planes will blow them up to scrap metal, what we have to do is to rush into the enemy position as fast as possible after the battle starts and kill the enemy, and the victory will always belong to our Empire Japan!" But the opposite is true...... As the enemy tanks advanced, I felt like poor little sheep, vulnerable to a fightback. If you don't choose to surrender, you can only die! ”

This battle can be said to be unprecedentedly cruel, because the Chinese troops relied on tank advances, while the Japanese army was crushed in a narrow front, so the entire 700-meter-wide and one-kilometer-long strip was full of flesh and mud, and occasionally you can see the meat mud next to the lucky enough to avoid the tank tracks and remain intact to struggle or resist, so the US military called this section of the road "flesh and blood road".

(To be continued.) )