After a few minutes of bombardment from incendiary bombs, the howitzers of the Chinese and American coalitions also roared...... The shells were also targeted at the Grilynton Pond. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At this time, the pond was already full of burning napalm that had exploded with incendiary bombs. Napalm is a thing that doesn't go out even on the surface of the water, and it also has the characteristic that if it sticks, it tends to burn more and more...... The enemy on the battlefield often does not know this, so when it is ignited, it is customary to roll on the ground as if trying to extinguish it, if it is other fuel, it may be possible, but the solidification ****** is counterproductive, and the result of rolling will spread the burning area rapidly, and even the comrades who come to the rescue will be affected as long as they touch a little.

As soon as the shells exploded into the pond full of flames, the flames immediately flew everywhere, and soon the vegetation and trees around the pond were set on fire, and the Japanese troops hiding in it were immediately devastated, and they were burned one by one and screamed and exhausted.

Of course, the shells were not fired to burn the Japanese soldiers. For the Sino-American coalition forces, burning a few Japanese soldiers is not important at all, the important thing is water, water...... Or water!

Incendiary bombs evaporate water, while artillery shells can turn over pools, allowing the flames of incendiary bombs to spread throughout the corners of the pond and to form convection.

Knowledge ...... of Physics in Junior High School The speed of convection, the temperature and the surface area of the water in contact with the air are the three factors that cause the rapid evaporation of water, and the combination of incendiary shells and artillery shells is a good achievement of these three factors.

"Quick!" After realizing what the enemy was going to do, Nakagawa immediately ordered: "Grab the water immediately, do everything you can, the more the better!" ”

Ikenjiro understood what Nakagawa meant and immediately passed on the order.

Obviously, the water grabbing that the Nakagawa Zhou man said would not be to go directly to the Grilinton Pond to grab water...... Because as long as you are not a fool, once the Chinese and American coalition forces launch a fire attack on the pond, it will not stop until the pond is burned dry.

On the other hand, the pond was full of burning ****** and there were shells that blew it up in all directions...... No matter how many people go up, they will undoubtedly be sent to death.

But this did not mean that the Japanese army did not have a chance to grab water...... The Greylinton Pond is formed by the collection of rainwater, and at its high elevation, several tributaries spread out around the pond, which also provided water for the Japanese troops on the various highlands.

What Nakagawa Prefecture said about grabbing water refers to the action in the downstream.

In fact, without waiting for Nakagawa Zhounan's order, the Japanese army at this time also knew what the Sino-US coalition forces wanted to do, and they rushed out of the tunnel to grab water with kettles, wooden basins and other containers before receiving the order. Nakagawa Prefecture's order was even more incredible, and the Japanese army ran to the river like a swarm of bees, picking up any container that could hold water, and some even brought steel helmets and shell shells.

However, this order of Nakagawa Prefecture should be said to be not a wise order.

The reason is that the Chinese and American coalition forces are not familiar with the terrain of Peleliuu Island, do not know the specific direction of the creek that separates from the pond, and it is difficult for aerial reconnaissance to find out, so the Chinese and US coalition forces did not have a plan to bomb its downstream in the first place.

However, the Japanese army grabbed it like this, and it was soon discovered by the "Hellcat" pilots who were on reconnaissance missions.

"Sir!" Major Jim, of the Flying Reconnaissance Formation, told the command: "You should really see this scene for yourself, the Japanese are crazy about rushing for water...... What are we going to do? ”

"What else can I do?!" Clifton responded, "Guide the bombers to burn all these water sources dry!" ”

"No!" Zhang Chi stopped: "Don't boil the water dry and bomb those Japanese!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, Clifton couldn't help but be stunned, and then quickly reacted, nodded and ordered: "That's right, target those Japanese who grab water!" ”

Soon, the shells flew into the Japanese army group with a whistling sound, and the fighters swooped down with the piercing sound of the motor, firing a string of bullets to knock down the Japanese soldiers one by one, and what was even more powerful was that those bombers, dropping a few incendiary bombs, instantly blew up a wall of fire by the river, burning the piles of Japanese soldiers into charcoal...... In less than half an hour, the stream was full of Japanese corpses, stumps and blood, and it could almost be said that the water was not water but the blood of Japanese soldiers.

What made the Japanese grit their teeth with hatred was that the incendiary bombs dropped by these fighters deliberately did not blow up the stream. So the stream became a death trap...... If the Japanese army did not grab water, they could only watch the stream slowly shrink and eventually dry up.

In this regard, Nakagawa Prefecture also changed the tactics of grabbing water, and he sent a small number of troops to disperse to grab water.

Nakagawa hoped that this would reduce the target so that the Sino-American coalition would not fight for these few people, but Nakagawa was clearly wrong...... Having been stationed on Peleliuu Island for a long time, he did not know that the U.S. military had always spared ammunition, and even if there were only a few targets, artillery shells would still fly in pieces and blow them to pieces.

Eventually, Zhang Chi ordered Molotov cocktails to be thrown at the stream before dark...... Although most of the streams had dried up by this time, there was always some stagnant water left in the potholes in the corners, and it was likely that the Japanese would come out in the dark to collect the stagnant water.

In the direction of the pond, shells and incendiary bombs were thrown all night, one after the other...... Although the bombers at this time did not have the ability to fight at night, bombing the pond that always burned at night was not a "night battle" at all, because the flames on the pond were like beacon lights to give the bombers a good target.

Standing in the darkness of the high ground, looking at the pond below that had been burning for a whole day, Nakagawa said worriedly to the staff officer Jing Yan: "Jing Yanjun...... We all underestimate the Chinese! ”

"The Chinese are so cunning!" Kenjiro sighed, "No one thought of it...... They would have burned the pond dry! ”

"yes!" Nakagawa said with a bitter smile: "Lieutenant General Sato told me several times to be careful of the Chinese, and I also thought that I was fully prepared, but I didn't expect it to be planted in their hands, I am not reconciled!" ”

After a pause, Nakagawa said, "The matter is now...... It seems that we can only take advantage of the strength we still have to fight to the death with the enemy! ”

"Nakagawa-kun!" Ikenjiro replied, "But this is a violation of Lieutenant General Sato's order!" ”

"So what else can we do?" Nakagawa asked rhetorically: "Could it be that you are hiding in the pit and dying of thirst?" ”

(To be continued.) )