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- Due to the extremely tenacious Japanese resistance in Hsinchu and Tainan, Wang Yaowu's Thirteenth Army and Dai Anlan's Seventeenth Army suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, Yan Guang also knew that Taiwan was not so easy to win. Even if the Japanese had no intention of defending Taiwan, they would never give it up easily. Therefore, Yan Guang had already assembled a large number of troops in Fujian before the battle began. As for Wang Yaowu and Dai Anlan, they were just the pioneers.
But despite this, Yan Guang, Wang Yaowu and others on the front line will always feel distressed when looking at the detailed losses that continue to come up.
So in this case, the air force took turns to appear, almost razing the Japanese positions to the ground.
However, whenever Wang Yaowu and others thought that the Japanese on the battlefield were dead and ordered a charge, those Japanese would grow out of nowhere like leeks
After a few days of this, the casualties of the landing troops had already exceeded 10,000.
But equally, in the face of the superior air force of the National Defense Forces, the Japanese casualties were definitely not small.
Especially those special 500-kilogram-class aerial bombs. Although only H3 strategic bombers can carry them, for these 500-kilogram-class aerial bombs, the so-called bunkers and reinforced concrete turrets of the Japanese army are nothing
Of course, this does not mean that the 500-kilogram aerial bomb is really extremely powerful, at least it is still unable to match the large-caliber naval gun. For example, the 406mm naval gun equipped on later-generation Iowa-class battleships not only has a range of 38 kilometers, but can also fire shells weighing up to 1 ton. Cannonballs can penetrate 9-meter-thick concrete fortifications.
For this kind of naval gun, ordinary forts are nothing more than paper
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"Air strike! Concealed!!!"
When the piercing air raid siren sounded across the battlefield, Saburo Mengami shouted to the people around him while holding on to his helmet.
In fact, there is no need for him to shout. After so many days of bombing, the Japanese troops on the beach had long been accustomed to bombing by Chinese bombers. Therefore, after hearing the harsh sound of air defense sirens, the Japanese soldiers on the position began to look for bunkers and air raid shelters to hide around.
The same was true for Saburo Mengami. After alerting the people around him, Saburo Mengami hurriedly ran towards the nearest bunker.
Saburo is very smart now. He will never leave the bunker easily during combat, so he survived the previous air attacks.
Just at this time. Saburo suddenly heard a whistling sound.
Saburo, who has experienced this situation several times, knows very well that this is the Chinese bomber that has begun to drop bombs. However, the bunker was still more than ten steps away from him at this time, but he had no choice but to rush towards the entrance of the bunker.
A few seconds later. Saburo rushed into the bunker, and at this time there was a huge explosion outside the bunker.
"Huh, it's so dangerous"
After rolling a few times in the bunker, Mengsanlang stood up and listened to the explosion outside. He first rubbed the place where the stone was placed while rolling. Then he found a corner and hid.
However, Megesaburo had just found a corner to stop when a louder sound than other explosions was heard. Before Megesaburo could react, he already felt his ears were buzzing. . The bunker he was in shook violently.
Sand and gravel kept falling from the top of the bunker. To Saburo and the other Japanese officers and soldiers in the bunker, it was like the earth was shaking. Now Saburo himself is even more worried that this bunker will collapse due to violent explosions like those bunkers in the past - if that is the case. All the people in the bunker were buried alive
Time is always difficult during bombing because you don’t know when an aerial bomb will fall above your head. And it doesn't need to land so accurately on top of the head. Even if it only lands around or near the bunker, the power of a 500-kilogram aerial bomb is enough to blow up the bunker.
In fact, I have seen this situation more than once these days.
Therefore, although he has survived many air raids so far, he cannot guarantee that he will survive the next one
"I can only say that I can live a little longer"
Fortunately, we were very lucky this time. Although the air raid was as fierce as usual, we still survived the air raid in the end.
However, when the air raid ended, and with his dizzy head shaking from the bombing, he walked out of the bunker with his companions, the entire Japanese position was already in a mess during the air raid.
And thisIn the direction of the beach, there was already a cry of killing.
Although I still have some ringing in my ears due to the air raid, the sheer force of it still reaches my ears.
At this moment, a disgraced Japanese officer ran out from nowhere, waving his command knife to mobilize these people to the position.
The others also knew that this was an emergency moment, so they all followed the officer's order and ran towards the trench with their Type 38 rifles.
And when I passed by a bunker, I found that the exit of the bunker had been blown down, and the entire bunker collapsed. If there were still people in the bunker at this time, they would all have been buried.
Of course, if there are really people, it may be possible to save a few people if we rescue them at this time. However, the military situation is urgent. The National Defense Forces outside have launched a charge. Now they have no time to take care of this. They can only ignore the companions inside and slowly die
"It's just, how long can I last"
When he forced himself to continue running towards the trenches on the front line, he said to himself in his heart
Although the Japanese army has been keeping out the Chinese landing troops these days, the Japanese army has also suffered a lot of casualties with the endless air strikes of the Chinese Air Force.
Of course, it would be nothing if there were only casualties. After all, as one of the colonies that Japan has operated for the longest time, Japan still has more than 100,000 Japanese troops and an equal number of Taiwanese troops in Taiwan. In addition, we are on the defensive side, so there is no need to worry about manpower problems.
The problem is that after so many air raids, almost all the fortifications on the beach have been lost, and the Japanese can survive the intensive bombing of the Air Force for such a long time. It relies on these fortifications——You know, these days, the bombers of the National Defense Air Force have to visit at least five or six times a day, sometimes even once an hour, and at least ten times a day
Although the Japanese definitely did not cut corners when building the beach defense line, let alone shoddy construction, they still could not withstand such a violent air attack
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Let go of the sigh in your heart. By the time Saburo Memen arrived at the position, the Chinese team was no more than a few hundred meters away from the position.
Speaking of which, it is not that the National Defense Forces have achieved nothing in recent days. At least because the bombing by the Air Force caused the Japanese army to lose a lot of strength, the National Defense Forces still captured a few positions that were almost bombed.
certainly. These are not detrimental to the overall situation
“Fire!!!”
After arriving at the position, the others entered combat status one by one under the order of the officer, and the Type 38 rifles in their hands were also pointed outside.
At present, the others have already aimed at their targets before the enemy enters the effective range.
And after the officer on the side gave the order to fire, he even clicked the trigger.
“Bang!”
There was a crisp sound. The Wehrmacht soldier who had just been targeted had fallen.
At the same time, the companions around him were also firing their triggers one after another.
After a burst of gunfire, at least a dozen soldiers were knocked down, at least within the current field of vision. Of course, it is hard to say whether he will die or not. After all, the lethality of the 38-style is really problematic. In many cases, even if it is hit, it will not lose its combat effectiveness.
It is precisely because of understanding this. So after the others opened fire, the machine guns on the position that were not damaged in the air raid also opened fire.
Taisho eleven, ninety-six, ninety-nine, one, three, ninety-two and ninety-seven…
It has to be said that the number of machine guns equipped by the Japanese army is relatively large at least in terms of types, but therefore the types of ammunition are somewhat complicated.
For example, the Taisho 11-type and 96-type light machine guns both use advanced ammunition.
Type 99, Type 3, Type 92 and Type 97 all use special ammunition.
As for the Type III heavy machine gun, it uses the caliber.
Even in this crazy era, this caliber can be considered large. At least the American M2 heavy machine gun and the Type 19 heavy machine gun equipped by the National Defense Forces use the same caliber.
Among them, the Taisho 11-type is the more famous "crooked handle" machine gun. The Taisho 11-type light machine gun adopts a pneumatic design, has a threaded heat sink on the barrel, and uses the same millimeter rifle bullets and standard as the 38-type rifle. A 5-round magazine has a longer range and higher accuracy, but the bullets are not very powerful.
? ???Whether it is in terms of rate of fire or power, the Taisho Type 11 cannot be compared with the Type 19 8mm squad machine gun equipped by the National Defense Forces.
It is precisely for this reason that the Japanese developed the Type 96 after the Taisho 11th type. However, like the Taisho 11th type, the 96th type also used caliber ammunition.
Historically, the Type 96 was considered durable and reliable. However, due to the lack of the ability of the millimeter bullets to penetrate cover, the Type 99 light machine gun using larger millimeter bullets was used as a supplement after 1937.
Because the bullets used in the Taisho 11-type, 96-type and 38-type were too small, historically the Japanese military began to use the 99-type rifle with larger bullets to replace the 38-type rifle. A new version of the Type 96 light machine gun of the caliber is necessary.
As a result, the Type 99 light machine gun appeared, but just like in history, due to the war, neither the Type 99 light machine gun nor the Type 99 rifle could replace the Taisho 11 and Type 96 that had been equipped with the Japanese army on a large scale. and 38-type rifles, which resulted in the coexistence of multiple caliber weapons in the Japanese army, and also caused great problems for the Japanese army's logistics.
After all, a light machine gun or something like that only needs one caliber. Having two calibers is really troublesome. And if even the rifles are divided into two calibers, then this matter will be really troublesome.
As for the Type III heavy machine gun
The Type III heavy machine gun is actually a Japanese imitation of the American Browning M2 heavy machine gun, but it uses millimeter-caliber French heavy machine gun bullets instead of American millimeter-caliber. This millimeter-caliber French bullet has long been used in the Navy's Type 93 anti-aircraft machine gun. I heard that the Japanese army has Obtained from the American-made BF2C of the Chinese Air Force, which is what the Chinese call the Hawker III fighter jet. The Type III heavy machine gun is an airborne heavy machine gun of the Japanese Navy, mainly used as a secondary armed naval fighter.
The Japanese Navy's Type 3 heavy machine gun and the Japanese Army's Ho103 heavy machine gun (also known as the Type 1 machine gun) are both literally 'Thirteen-year-old fixed machine guns', but the Type 3 is a millimeter French bullet and the Ho103 is a millimeter Italian bullet, that is The Japanese army has two airborne heavy machine guns with the same function but incompatible ammunition. This is inconvenient and even wasteful in production, logistical support and use. It is really detrimental to the principle of total war. On the contrary, the American Browning M2 heavy machine gun However, all three armies of the Navy, Army and Air Force use the same machine guns and bullets. Its convenience in production and use is beyond the reach of the Japanese army.
As for why the Navy’s Type III heavy machine guns also appear here
Due to the bombing by the air force a few days ago, the Japanese army lost a lot of various machine guns on the defense line as well as their artillery. In addition, because the National Defense Air Force occupies absolute air supremacy, those fighter jets hiding at the airport dare not take to the sky.
The army generals gritted their teeth and simply removed the machine guns from the fighter jets for the army to use.
Although these machine guns were originally airborne. It is not used by infantry, but its caliber is often used with miraculous effects on the battlefield.
It’s just that after the air raid at the airport, these aircraft-mounted heavy machine guns also lost a lot like other machine guns.
In addition, the Type 97 machine gun is a vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun. It was the standard machine gun used by the Japanese Army on tanks and armored vehicles during World War II. It was also used by infantry as a light machine gun. The Nine-Seven Style has been used since 1937. It served on all Japanese tanks and other armored vehicles until the end of the war. However, due to its bulkiness, its use as a stand-alone infantry weapon is much rarer. The Japanese Navy also uses the Type 97 on their armored vehicles such as the Type 92 heavy armored vehicle.
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Although the Japanese army lost a considerable amount of light and heavy equipment during the air raid. But after all, they still retain a certain number of machine guns, artillery, mortars, grenades, etc., so the Japanese army did cause considerable damage to the National Defense Forces.
??Especially when the battle heats up. The Japanese army even dropped a considerable number of poison gas bombs on the beach through grenades and mortars.
Since it is a landing operation, it will obviously be very inconvenient to carry too much equipment. In addition, I did not expect that the Japanese army would also use chemical weapons at this time, so the National Defense Forces also suffered a lot of losses. Fortunately, the required gas masks were delivered not long after, which also allowed the Japanese to launch subsequent attacks. It became useless.
At this time, the National Defense Forces who launched the charge continued to charge towards the Japanese positions despite the hail of bullets from the Japanese army.
After reaching a distance of two to three hundred meters, some soldiers of the National Defense Force stopped setting up machine guns and mortars, while other soldiers continued to charge, and from time to time used grenade launchers to suppress the firepower on the Japanese positions.
At the same time, the commander of the landing force on the beach was also calling for the support of the air force.
?Although horizontal bombers like the H3 cannot be dispatched at this time, the dive bombing of dive bombers is still very effective at this time.
That is, under the cover of the air force, the charging National Defense Forces finally got close to the Japanese defense line.
"Fuck you!"
With a curse from Zhuang Guo, a young soldier who looked to be in his 20s accurately threw a grenade into the Japanese trench.
But just as he was waiting for explosions and screams from the Japanese troops to be heard from the trench, he didn't know what happened, but the grenade was actually thrown back by the Japanese in the trench.
Seeing this scene, the young soldier was naturally dumbfounded, but the veteran next to him reacted quickly and kicked him down, and then jumped into a crater himself.
“Bang!!!”
An explosion, nothing happens
"Oh shit!!!"
The soldier who had just been kicked down got up from the ground. He also seemed a little angry.
“But apart from a semi-automatic rifle, he only had some grenades and other things left in his hand, so he couldn’t do anything else except curse.
At this time, a soldier also ran over without saying much. I just picked up the grenade launcher and fired a few rounds into the trench
If the Japanese could have thrown the grenades before they detonated them, then it was absolutely impossible for these grenades. What's more, there were so many grenades, even if they didn't detonate them, it would be too late to throw them out.
So…
Soon the disgraced soldier saw the dust raised by the explosion in the trench, and of course some broken body parts.
"Hurry up!!!"
The soldier with the grenade launcher ignored the young soldier and shouted loudly behind him.
The soldier had just finished speaking. A soldier equipped with strange weapons had already ran over.
After running to the vicinity of the trench, he directly pointed the strange weapon in his hand at the trench.
"Huu~~~"
A stream of flames shot out from the nozzle-like weapon in the soldier's hand, and then the Wehrmacht soldiers near the trench saw several ignited firemen running out of the trench screaming in pain.
"Fuck"
Looking at the scene in front of me, there was also the bloodthirsty smile of the fire-breathing soldier. A veteran on the side cursed.
If a veteran can accept being killed by a bullet or blown to pieces by a bomb, then the scene in front of him is absolutely unacceptable. After all, burning people alive is really inhumane.
However, at this moment, a light word from the side blocked his humanity.
"Did the Japanese think about humanity when they used poison gas bombs"
indeed. Whether it is incendiary bombs or today's flamethrowers, they are by no means a humane weapon, but chemical weapons are also by no means a humane weapon. What's more, the veteran had seen his comrades die in pain from Japanese poison gas bombs, so the veteran couldn't say anything after hearing these words.
And at this time. Another flamethrower also ran over.
Of course, he didn’t run to the side of the fire-breathing soldier to grab business. Instead, he ran to the entrance of a fort and sprayed the inside of the entrance! ! !
Flamethrowers have a powerful psychological deterrent effect on enemy troops. Its lethality is also quite tragic, and those hit are often burned alive. Therefore, some people have called for a ban on the use of such weapons. Flamethrowers are mainly used to deal with various reinforced fortifications such as bunkers and bunkers. Since the flamethrower actually fires burning liquid that can flow around, it can effectively hit various shooting dead spots. The effective range of the flamethrower in the movie is extremely limited, but this is actually due to the producers using propane-filled civilian injectors to protect the actors' personal safety.
In fact, modern flamethrowers can burn targets to ashes at a distance of 50 to 80 meters. In addition, there is also a practice of spraying flammable liquids on targets and igniting them afterwards (or being ignited by the target's lights, etc.).
For operators, flamethrowers are very dangerous. First, the flamethrower is heavy, which limits the mobility of the person carrying it. In addition, flamethrowers are very conspicuous on the battlefield, so the operator often becomes a target for enemy snipers. Historically, flamethrowers rarely became prisoners of war, and those captured in retaliation were usually shot on the spot. Finally, compared to other weapons of the same class, the effective range of the flamethrower is indeed shorter, which forces the operator to get close enough to the enemy. ?This problem also exists with borne flamethrower systems. Their range is significantly higher than that of handheld flamethrowers, but they are still inferior to the firepower of infantry.
In addition, the danger of a flamethrower being hit and causing a large explosion has been exaggerated by Hollywood movies. It should be noted that large explosions caused by a spark or a bullet, such as those depicted in movies, are not common. The gas tank is filled with inert high-pressure gas. If it is penetrated, the operator will be knocked to the ground at most. The fuel contained in the oil tank cannot easily ignite unless the opponent uses ammunition such as incendiary bombs.
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When the flamethrowers aimed their weapons at the fort's entrance, a pillar of fire poured into the fort.
Not long after, more than a dozen Pyromen, surrounded by flames, jumped out from another exit of the fort, wailing, even though it was five or six meters away from the ground.
At the same time, the fire-breathing soldiers continued to send out harsh smiles while spraying flames.
The flamethrower is a unit that must be deployed when the enemy is completely suppressed. Compared with other arms, the flamethrower is too conspicuous and easily attracts hatred. At the same time, its range is too close. .
And now the Spitfire troops are put into the battlefield precisely because the Japanese army has not much strength left after many days of attacks and bombings.
On the other hand, the reason why the fire-breathing soldiers laugh like this is because they are under too much psychological pressure.
After all, no matter what, they are carrying burning fuel behind them. Although in actual tests, this kind of fuel is not easy to burn, it will burn after all, right? It's like flying on an airplane. Although airplanes are the safest means of transportation in the world, how many people who fly have never thought that the airplane will fall?
In addition, ordinary soldiers don’t like to be too close to the fire-breathing soldiers on the battlefield. After all, this thing is going to explode, and everyone around them will die, and the death will be extremely miserable
Therefore, some fire-breathing soldiers like to use special methods to vent their inner depression
Although this way of venting seems a little perverted, fortunately not all fire-breathing soldiers are like this. This is only a very small number of them. Otherwise, I am afraid no one would dare to approach them. To be continued. .
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