The Japanese always think that the night belongs to them. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is not surprising that they would think so, because almost all the battles fought by the Chinese and American forces in the Pacific theater were during the day, and at night they were at most defensive.

This is determined by objective factors...... The U.S. coalition forces have more and more advanced equipment than the Japanese army, especially now that they have comprehensive air and sea supremacy, and to a certain extent, air and sea supremacy are only useful during the day, and artillery and tanks can only play a limited role or even completely lose their role.

Therefore, in the night, the disparity in equipment between the Japanese army and the Sino-US coalition forces is not so large, and it is obviously a good time for them to launch a counteroffensive.

Not surprisingly, Kuribayashi organized two attacks against the Chinese forces that night.

The first time was at eight o'clock in the evening.

The reason why this time was chosen to start the war was because it was just dark, and if the Japanese army fought well at night, it would have a long time to expand the results of the war.

At this point, the tactics of the Japanese army are very similar to the tactics of the future volunteer army in the Korean theater in the face of the joint ****...... The vast majority of the volunteers also chose to fight at night in order to eliminate the huge gap in equipment between the enemy and us, and also extended the night as much as possible.

It's just that the volunteers are more ruthless than the Japanese army...... The volunteers did not wait for dark before attacking, but launched an attack in the evening when it was still dark, so that the fight could not only extend the night time to the greatest extent, but more importantly, ...... The enemy was pinned down on the high ground during the battle and could not change his defenses, and the darker it was, the more anxious he became, so there was often confusion at the moment of darkness, and then the whole line collapsed.

Therefore, this is actually a kind of clever use of day and night to fight a psychological warfare.

Of course, the Japanese at this time did not know this tactic, and their character was to distinguish between day and night, so they prepared and launched an attack after it was completely dark.

But the stark reality is......

The Japanese army is ready, which means that the Chinese army is also ready.

As soon as it got dark, Wu Yuhang sent soldiers to lay mines everywhere...... In fact, it is very simple to lay mines like mines, and there is no need to dispatch special troops such as engineers, and ordinary infantry can complete the deployment more efficiently.

The reason why it is said that ordinary infantry can be "completed more efficiently" is that ordinary infantry has a large number of personnel and is fully organized, and they can distribute mines in shifts and platoons, and it does not take much effort to complete the laying. The other is that the infantry itself is a combat unit, and they tend to know better where the enemy will hide when attacking, and at the same time, they themselves are more aware of the location of mines after they are deployed, which is of great benefit to the defense itself.

On the other hand, at this time, the number of such M2 anti-infantry mines equipped by the Chinese troops was very large...... One of the reasons for the large number of M2 anti-infantry mines is that they are simple and inexpensive to make, costing only $3 per mine.

It is said that it is simple to make, because it can almost be said to be converted from 60 mm caliber mortar shells...... Make a long cylindrical mine shell, install some ****** at the bottom of the mine shell, and then make some simple detonation devices (note: M2 anti-infantry mines can be detonated by pressure or tripping), and then a 60mm mortar shell is installed in the mine shell, and when triggered****** mortar shell will be thrown into the air and exploded.

It is well known that shells are more lethal when they explode in the air, because their fragments will shoot everywhere from top to bottom like a celestial maiden. In this respect, M2 mines are even better than 60mm caliber mortars.

The disadvantage of the M2 anti-infantry mine is precisely its explosive power...... Mortar shells tripped or pressed and then exploded, and most of the people who struck the mines died on the spot.

Mines are often more effective than killing people, for the simple reason that a dead corpse will not cause much trouble to the enemy, it is just a battle damage number, but if it is a wounded person who cannot move...... It may take two or three or more people to care for it, which will achieve better results.

Of course, this assumption does not exist for the Japanese army, because the Japanese army basically does not treat the wounded, and even asks the wounded to launch a suicide attack...... Anyway, if you are injured, it won't help the empire much if you keep it, but it is better to do your part for the empire before you die.

The Japanese army in front of them was like this, and the Japanese troops fell because they triggered mines during the charge, but the charging team did not stop at all, and still rushed towards the defense line of the Chinese troops one after another.

It is said that the Japanese army has long known that the Chinese army will lay mines in front of the defense line, and it is completely possible to wash the minefield with artillery fire before attacking.

But the Japanese did not do this.

This was because Kuribayashi was reluctant to waste precious shells on bombing open space, and on the other hand, Kuritabayashi Tadamichi believed that if a few mines exploded during the charge, they could blow up some smoke and dust and become a cover for the Japanese army.

It can also be seen how worthless the lives of Japanese soldiers were in the eyes of the commanders.

However, Kuribayashi Tadamichi was soon disappointed, although the smoke and dust from the mines could indeed be used as a cover for the Japanese army, and the Japanese army's charge fully implemented the spirit of "bushido" regardless of life and death, but the Chinese army had "Sherman" tanks in their hands, especially the Spitfire tanks converted from "Sherman" tanks...... In locations where there are no Spitfire tanks, there are often one or two fighters armed with flamethrowers on their stomachs.

In anticipation of the large number of Japanese tunnels on Iwo Jima, the Chinese army carried more flamethrowers than in any previous war, which was used for defense.

In fact, the Chinese army did not need flamethrowers to defend against the Japanese charge, and the "Sherman" plus machine guns, mortars, rifles, supplemented by Bazooka rocket launchers, blocked the Japanese charge of several squadrons was not a problem at all.

But Wu Yuhang insisted on ordering the soldiers to deliberately put the devil closer, and then use the flamethrower.

This is not to say that Wu Yuhang takes pleasure in killing people or hates devils to the core, but because of realistic considerations...... If the devils are suppressed from afar, then there is a good chance that many of the devils who will follow them will survive.

On the other hand, if the devils are put close to fight, the front is burned violently, and then the machine guns and tank guns are used to strafe and bomb the back, which can obviously kill and injure a large number of the enemy's living forces.

And for tunnel warfare, being able to kill and injure the enemy's living forces outside the tunnel is obviously the most cost-effective.

(To be continued.) )