"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The shells kept falling, leaving large craters in the positions of the 761st Regiment of the 76th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army. Gravel and dust flew www.biquge.info the sky, crackling against the steel helmets of the soldiers huddled in the trenches.

Probably the only thing the soldiers could do was to shrink their heads and pray that the shells would not fall into the trenches. Otherwise, even if the Imperial Army is much stronger than the American Army, it will also be torn to pieces by artillery shells. After all, how could a fragile human body fight against steel?

"What about our artillery? When will it be possible to suppress the artillery fire of the Americans? And what about the brothers of naval aviation? Kill the American artillery for me! A soldier whispered.

In fact, at the beginning of the American artillery bombardment, the artillery regiment of the 76th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army was already in action, 24 155-mm heavy howitzers, 72 105-mm light howitzers, and 48 210-mm self-propelled howitzers of the 16th Heavy Artillery Brigade were looking for the positions of the artillery of the US-Philippine forces. The fighters of the Imperial Navy in the sky informed the artillery of the Army of the location of the artillery positions of the American-Philippine forces. So, just two minutes after the shelling of the United States and the Philippines began, the artillery of the Imperial Army opened fire.

The first to fire were the 48 210mm self-propelled howitzers of the 16th Heavy Artillery Brigade, the thick muzzles of these self-propelled howitzers glowed with orange-red flames, the heavy shells whistled out of the barrels, and the huge recoil force made the hull of the self-propelled howitzers begin to vibrate.

"Boom!" A 210-mm shell exploded on the edge of the U.S. artillery position, and although it did not hit the U.S. artillery position, it left a huge crater. The shock wave from the explosion also blew away several US artillerymen. At the same time, it also frightened more American artillerymen.

"Oh God! Such a large crater, which is definitely not something that an ordinary howitzer can shoot, has a caliber of at least two hundred millimeters. An American artillery officer said with a look of horror.

Just when the US military equipped the infantry with 155mm howitzers, I did not expect that the Chinese had already equipped the infantry with 210mm howitzers, which really hit these American soldiers hard.

"Boom! Rumble! "Two successive 210-mm shells fell into the positions of the Philippine artillery, and six 75-mm field guns on one artillery position were destroyed in an instant. Those Filipino artillerymen, too, were torn to shreds.

The power of the Imperial Army's 210 mm heavy guns was undoubtedly revealed in the artillery battle between the two sides. Subsequently, the artillery regiment of the 76th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army also began to open fire. 24 155-mm heavy howitzers and 72 105-mm light howitzers began to fire. Under the guidance of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft, the artillery fire of the Imperial Army was undoubtedly much more accurate. As a result, the Imperial Army's artillery could not be compared to that of the United States and the Philippines. However, it can fight equally, and even have a little upper hand.

In addition, when the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy began to attack the artillery positions of the United States and the Philippines, the superiority of the Imperial Army in firepower would be further expanded.

Carrier-based planes that took off from the aircraft carriers 'Changbaishan' and 'Culai Mountain' flew over the battlefield and began to search for the artillery positions of the US-Philippine forces and launch an attack.

A dive bomber began to dive towards a 155-millimeter heavy howitzer position of the US army, but as soon as it had dived to an altitude of 800 meters above the ground, the US anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns hidden around it opened fire. At least four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns were firing, and the dense fire directly caused the dive bomber to disintegrate in the air. The pilot was killed in the first place.

However, this insidious trick of the US military has aroused the anger of the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy.

"A squad of fighters was dispatched to suppress the anti-aircraft fire of the Americans, and a squad of dive bombers was dispatched to solve the artillery positions of the Americans, and by the way, their anti-aircraft positions were also solved." The commander immediately gave the order.

The four fighters began to strafe the US anti-aircraft gun positions, and the bullets from the aviation machine guns on both wings hit the US anti-aircraft guns, bursting out one spark after another. Some air defense soldiers were killed on the spot.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the four dive bombers began to drop bombs, and they dived from a high altitude, and at an altitude of 500 meters above the ground, they directly dropped all the two 500-kilogram high-explosive bombs suspended under the belly. For a time, eight heavy aerial bombs fell on the artillery position of the US army, and the tremendous force directly destroyed this artillery position. Along with it, the anti-aircraft positions around this artillery position were also affected.

Although, the air defense of the US army fought back stubbornly against the bombardment of carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy. It also caused certain casualties to the carrier-based aircraft units of the Imperial Navy. However, under the bombardment of carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy, the artillery of the United States and the Philippines suffered heavy losses. When the carrier-based aircraft withdrew from the battlefield because they ran out of ammunition, the US-Philippine forces lost at least 100 artillery pieces in this round of bombing, which made the gap between their number of artillery and the Imperial Army still not too large. At the same time, because of the difference in power, the two sides are even in a tie.

When the second round of bombardment swept through the artillery positions of the United States and the Philippines, the Imperial Army had the upper hand in the artillery battle. In particular, the 210-mm self-propelled howitzer showed extremely strong combat effectiveness, and the artillery of the US-Philippine coalition had no power to fight back at all.

"Hell, order the artillery to hide, if we continue to fight like this, our artillery will have to fight hard." Major General Henry said with a dark face. In less than half an hour of artillery battle, they had already lost more than half of their artillery and artillery. If this continues, I am afraid that by the time of the next attack, their troops will not be supported by artillery fire.

The American artillery stopped firing and began to hide in the woods, thus hiding from the artillery shelling of the Imperial Army and the bombardment of naval carrier-based aircraft. However, the exposed infantry suffered and became the object of anger for the Imperial artillerymen.

"Boom!" A 155-mm shell fell into the ranks of the American troops, and at least one platoon of American troops was immediately reimbursed.

"General Claude, you can't wait any longer, just order the troops to start attacking. One regiment was drawn from our troops, and two regiments were drawn from the Filipino troops to attack the Chinese positions. Major General Henry proposed.

Major General Claude nodded, he also knew that the more it dragged on, the more detrimental it would be to them. It is necessary to win the battle quickly and before reinforcements from the Chinese* army arrive.

Fifteen minutes later, an American infantry regiment and two Filipino infantry regiments, totaling more than 10,000 men, launched an attack on the positions of the 761st Regiment of the Imperial Army on a five-kilometer defensive line. They were accompanied by more than a dozen M2 medium tanks of the US army. Although, in previous battles, it has been proved that the US army's thin-skinned tank is vulnerable on the battlefield. However, in the absence of other better tanks, this tank is still the most effective infantry support tank in the U.S. military.

More than a dozen tanks rumbled towards the positions of the Imperial Army, but several 75mm anti-tank guns were already aimed at them. Each infantry regiment of the Imperial Army was equipped with a 75-mm field artillery battery, and an anti-tank artillery battery equipped with nine 75-mm anti-tank guns was added, which greatly strengthened the anti-tank capability of the Imperial Army.

"Boom! Rumble! "The American tanks stopped and opened fire in order to move, intent on suppressing the fire that might burst out of the positions of the Imperial Army. It's just that this kind of shelling of theirs is more just a kind of psychological comfort for them.

"Fire!" With an order from the commander, the anti-tank guns of the Imperial Army began shelling.

"Boom!" An anti-tank shell flew at high speed towards an American M2 medium tank, striking its front armor hard. With only 25 mm of armor, it simply could not withstand the fire of armor-piercing shells. The armor was pierced, and the shells inside exploded, blowing the entire tank into a pile of burning scrap metal.

The anti-tank guns of the Imperial Army were fired one after another, only to see that the American tanks were blown up one after another, and more than a dozen tanks were eliminated in a few minutes.

Subsequently, the artillery and machine-gun fire of the Imperial Army began to strafe the infantry of the American-Philippine forces hiding behind the tanks.

"Da Da Da!" On the positions of the Imperial Army, those machine-gun fire points seemed to come alive at this moment, and began to fire fiercely. The dense bullets enveloped the US-Filipino forces, making them fall to the ground one by one as if they were cutting wheat.

"Boom! Rumble! Mortars, field guns, and howitzers also joined the shelling of the US-Filipino forces, causing the US-Filipino soldiers attacking the positions of the Imperial Army to be constantly bombarded and torn to pieces, and the stumps and severed arms were accompanied by the sound of explosions, flying everywhere.

This round of attacks by the US-Philippine coalition ended in less than half an hour. When they set out, there were more than 10,000 people, and when they retreated, not even half of them were left, and the rest fell on the battlefield.

The heavy losses made Major General Henry and Major General Claude look very ugly, and they did not seem to expect it to be like this. Tens of thousands of troops were invested, and so many troops were lost without even touching the edge of the positions of the Chinese * army. If it continues like this, then this battle will obviously not be easy to fight.

In fact, it is. The attack of the United States and the Philippines in front of the positions of the Imperial Army broke the head and bled out, leaving no other results than the corpses left behind. (To be continued.) )