Leaning on the machine-gun fortress, Yan Wudao fought a frontal war of attrition with the 18th Division, while the other Jewish airborne troops under his command quietly detoured to the flanks of the 18th Division, and launched an attack on the outer defense line of the 18th Division before the 42nd and 11th Wings arrived. The overwhelming raid of the Airborne Forces forced Tanaka Shinichi to abandon the outermost defensive line, and the gap between bolt-action rifles and Garand rifles was evident at this time, and the 18th Division could not block the firing of more than 4,000 Garands, not to mention that the intensity of the artillery fire of the Airborne Forces was not weaker than theirs.

The 18th Division, which had retreated to the second line of defense, wanted to regain its lost position, but in the face of a strong enemy that fired more than 10,000 rounds per minute, Tanaka's new command of the 18th Division could only adopt a retracting formation, trying to wait for the 42nd Wing and the 11th Wing to arrive and form an encirclement of the thunder. "Give Lao Tzu a hard beating, don't care about the consumption of ammunition, and break the position of the 18th Division before the Japanese reinforcements arrive." Yan Wudao, who had a scorched face, held a telescope and roared, the battle was obviously unfavorable to the 18th Division, as long as he seized the fighter plane, it was not impossible to crush the 18th Division.

"Boom" "Boom" This will be the turn of the shells of the Airborne Forces to bombard the 18th Division, and after consuming the only 30 rounds of 75 mountain artillery shells, the life of the 18th Division seems to be starting to be difficult. Light and heavy mortars and 92 infantry guns pose no threat to Yan Wudao's machine gun fortress, if they are only engaged in artillery battles with the other side, these heavy weapons they carry do not seem to be as many as the other side, compared with the American-style mortars, the Japanese mortars are obviously not powerful enough, and the four 92 infantry guns of the 18th Division were blown into scrap metal by the opponent's two rounds of salvo fire in the first round of artillery battles.

What to do? Shinichi Tanaka, who has always been a hawk, has no choice but to stick to the defense line and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Yan Wudao and the airborne troops who could fight against it obviously did not intend to let go of the 18th Division just like this, and the smooth breakthrough of the first line of defense made everyone, including Yan Wudao, full of combat power, and the 18th Division, which exceeded more than 10,000 Japanese troops, was no different from an ordinary Japanese army in their eyes.

Facts have proved that they must not take their enemies lightly or underestimate them, and it is precisely because of Yan Wudao's mentality that they do not look at the 18th Division in their eyes that Yan Wudao finally suffered a big loss in the hands of Tanaka Shinichi. The cunning and fox-like Tanaka Shinichi hid more than half of his heavy machine gun fire when the second line of defense was already in danger, which made Yan Wudao, who was eager to break through the defense line of the 18th Division, mistakenly believe that the strong firepower of the 18th Division was nothing more than that, and under the repeated requests of the more eager Jewish officers, Yan Wudao had to order an attack on the second defense line of the 18th Division.

"Steady, steady" The junior officers and soldiers in the trenches shouted as they watched the tide of Jewish airborne soldiers pour in, and the Japanese machine gunners, whose palms were already covered with sweat, pursed their lips and waited intently for their superiors' order to fire. According to the training syllabus of the airborne troops' semi-American-style semi-mercenaries, the 3,000 airborne troops in the charge were still a large area of black and dark when they set off, and the airborne troops on the move seemed to be chaotic, but in fact, after rushing out less than 100 meters, they had already been divided into countless squads according to the establishment of a squad of 15 people.

Seeing that the opponent had rushed closer and closer, the heavy machine guns in the Japanese trenches still did not fire, and according to the thunderous infantry and artillery coordination, when the airborne troops rushed to less than 200 meters away from the second line of defense of the Japanese army, the artillery attack of the airborne troops began. During the "boom" and "boom" artillery attack, the 3,000 airborne troops in the shock began to disperse to both sides, and fools know that the Japanese army's frontal defense line must have strong firepower preparations, and it is the right solution to break through from both sides.

"Fire, fire." Under the cover of smoke rising from the sky, the second line of defense of the 18th Division finally began to return fire, and the first to bear the brunt was the light and heavy machine guns that the 18th Division had been waiting for a long time. Bullet casings that can burn human skin out of blisters flew out of the magazine like droplets, and bullets fired from the muzzles of guns were like rain, and it was the 3,000 airborne troops who had already rushed into the second line of defense of the 18th Division within 200 meters of it.

The 18th Division under the control of Tanaka Shinichi had more than 120 light and heavy machine guns, and although some of the machine guns were discarded when the outer defense line was breached, even so, no less than 90 machine guns were deployed on the second defense line of the 18th Division. The defense line of more than 1,000 meters was arranged with such a number of machine gun firepower, which made the second defense line of the 18th Division look more like a trapped beast full of spikes, and the airborne troops in the impact were hit back by this trapped beast full of spikes, but the first round of machine gun salvo of the Japanese army, 3,000 airborne troops were suppressed on the ground, and the casualty ratio reached almost 30%.

Yan Wudao's two machine gun forts kept firing to provide fire support for the suppressed companions in front, but unfortunately their positions were too far away from the second line of defense of the 18th Division, so far that the machine gunners in the fortress could no longer accurately shoot bullets into the second line of defense of the 18th Division, and the only ones that could provide fire support to the front were those American mortars. The Jewish gunners desperately smashed shells into the Japanese trenches without any money, and even if they could not destroy or stop their firing at once, the smoke could provide some cover for their comrades.

"Let the troops withdraw" Looking at the airborne soldiers lying in a pool of blood one by one, Yan Wudao had long lost his calmness, he only had 5,000 Jewish airborne troops in his hands, except for the soldiers who operated artillery fire and machine gun fire, the rest of the mobile forces were all sent up, once the Japanese troops in the trenches took the initiative to attack with the help of machine gun fire, even if their side could repel the counterattack of the Japanese army, Yan Wudao also knew that there would not be many of the 3,000 airborne troops sent out who could come back alive.

"We can't retreat, now we can only be chased by the Japanese army, and our machine guns are transferred to shoot at them, and we can only fight for firepower at this time." A German Jewish officer in the airborne troops stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes, yelling at Yan Wudao, the 3,000 airborne troops suppressed in front by the Japanese fire were all his subordinates, at this time he was more nervous than anyone else about his subordinates, but this is a war, as far as the current war situation is concerned, retreating can only make the casualties greater, the only way can only be a fire confrontation, and then look for fighters to break through the opponent's fire defense from the front.

Yan Wudao is good at small-scale rush warfare, it is only the second time to command a positional battle of this scale, last time he was just a soy sauce character, after the first heavy blow, he had no idea, if it weren't for the strong opposition of his officers, maybe Yan Wudao would have ordered the withdrawal of the army. Under the death of the German officer, Yan Wudao had to listen to everyone's advice and sent all the machine guns to shoot at the Japanese army. At the same time, the airborne troops who were suppressed by the Japanese army on the ground were not idle, and while dodging the suppression of Japanese fire, the Jewish snipers mixed with the shock force shot one after another.

In his memory, whether it is the Chinese army shouting about national righteousness or the US military that preaches the free world all day long, the only thing that can do in the face of such a situation is to retreat, but obviously Thunder does not belong to these two situations, in the face of the full firepower suppression of the 18th Division, Thunder's firepower has also intensified, and there is a great sense of rushing up to fight to the death. There are many things that Tanaka Shinichi didn't expect, Yan Wudao's handover of command to the German officer is one of them, and in the face of advocating the law of attacking and then attacking the German army, Tanaka Shinichi's brain is obviously insufficient.

The firepower of both sides intensified, and the relative casualties also began to increase, and with the pressure of machine guns, a large number of wounded airborne troops began to withdraw, and the military doctors who accompanied the team were busy like spinning tops, but there were still many wounded airborne troops who did not have time to treat them. Looking at this scene in front of him, Yan Wudao felt very guilty in his heart, if he hadn't ordered the entire line of defense to attack the second line of defense of the Eighteenth Division, maybe all this would not have happened.

"Head, it's not your fault, we all underestimated the Eighteenth Division, didn't we? Said to be able to think that these damn little Japan could endure not using their machine gun fire all the time. The mercenary squad leader under Yan Wudao tried his best to persuade Yan Wudao, who was uncertain. Yan Wudao was only a good commander, but the order to attack on the whole front was a decision made by all the officers after deliberation, and it was obviously wrong to let Yan Wudao bear this responsibility alone.

"But the last order was given by me, these airborne soldiers could have been immortal." The persuasion of his mercenaries obviously did not work, and Yan Wudao was still immersed in self-blame, but his face looked better. Sir said that there is no shame in losing the battle, but what is ashamed is that it will languish from now on, not to mention that there is a battle going on in front now, and it is not yet possible to draw a final conclusion about who will win and who will lose, and if you can break through the second line of defense of the 18th Division, it will be worth the casualties of these airborne troops.

"Bring our snipers up too," Yan Wudao's order was not finished, when he heard a series of large explosions in the combat zone ahead, followed by earth-shattering cheers. "The Japanese couldn't bear it, and our artillery hit the place where they were hoarding shells" An officer in the Airborne Forces found Yan Wudao, and a bear hug under the joy made Yan Wudao almost gasp.

Without artillery support, the Japanese army can only be regarded as a toothless beast, and when all the minions are together, they are not necessarily the opponent of Thunder, let alone the current situation. The morale of the airborne troops became more and more courageous, but on the contrary, the 18th Division was already tired, and Tanaka Shinichi's headquarters began to move back, which made the soldiers of the 18th Division guarding the second line of defense panic.