blood feud

There is no worst thing in the world, only worse.

Commander Vandergrift only has one fifth regiment in his hands now, and he doesn't know when the other two regiments will come.

Americans have nothing but deep pockets.After the General Staff Headquarters issued the campaign plan, a huge amount of strategic materials were transported over.

In the blink of an eye, the palm-sized port of Auckland, New Zealand, was immediately flooded with a large amount of combat supplies, with no place to step down.

The transport ships participating in the landing operations must be loaded according to special "combat loading" standards. The port is small, and it coincides with the rainy winter in New Zealand. Days of heavy rain made the order on the dock very chaotic.

To make matters worse, New Zealand has a democratic system.Now that they are all democratic, it is natural that everyone can call the shots.

Workers go to work if they want to go to work, and go on strike if they want to strike: "It's none of my business if you fight a war. If you don't increase wages, I will go on strike!"

The U.S. military believes: "I came here to liberate you and let you do some work, but even need to increase wages to make money for the country. It is simply unreasonable and absolutely unacceptable!"

Ever since, the two sides did not agree.You don't agree, do you?Let's wait and see, lads!

The dock workers at the Port of Oakland saw that there was no opportunity to make a fortune, so they immediately showed the superiority of "democracy" in themselves, and chose to go on strike at this time: "If the requirements are not met, we will never resume work!"

As a result, Commander Vandergrift was unable to train the troops at all, because the officers and soldiers of the 1st Marine Division had to undertake the work of unloading and loading.They were divided into three shifts, working 24 hours a day, exhausted and complaining.

Lieutenant General Gormley's headquarters had just been established, and there were still very few staff members. He was not prepared to fight the Japanese monkeys at all, so the headquarters was even more chaotic.And the preparation time for the battle was so short that they were in a hurry.

The biggest problem is the shortage of troops.

Only two regiments of the 1st Marine Division have reached the theater, and the other regiment is still in Samoa.After the strong request of Gormley and Vandergrift's three telegrams a day, the Ministry of War organized the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division and three battalions of other troops into the organizational structure of the 1st Marine Division. Strengthen the division, with a total strength of about 1.8 troops.

However, these three regiments belonged to different organizational systems, and they were put together impromptu, not to mention that they had not undergone strict and systematic training in landing warfare, and their tactical level and combat effectiveness could not be evaluated.

In the next battle exercise, the officers could not find the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the North.The exercise site was in chaos, and many people didn't even know the difference between southeast and north.

Facing such a team, Vandergrift had no choice but to comfort himself with a helpless wry smile: "Hollywood rehearsal routine is: a bad rehearsal inevitably indicates a successful performance."

Admiral Forrestal, the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations who rushed from New York to the front line of New Zealand to inspect the preparations for the operation, after seeing "such a spectacular scene", said to Gormley and Vandergrift: "If the United States If the people know that our troops are going to fight like this, they will definitely rise up and rebel!"

If such an army can win the battle, it would be really unfair.

When the house leaks, it happens to be cloudy and rainy, and when the boat is broken, it encounters the headwind.

The difficulties facing the American Devils are far worse than they appear on the surface.

According to the decision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Allied Forces plan to launch a landing operation in North Africa in November this year to open up a second battlefield.Otherwise, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union would be a little bit overwhelmed in the face of the rampant attack of the German mustache Hitler.

Faced with the tremendous pressure of the two-front battle, the US government and military have a very clear attitude towards the Southwest Pacific battlefield: "War materials are abundant, but reinforcements are scarce!"

Therefore, Nimitz and MacArthur are fighting with their backs, and there is no retreat.If the attack is postponed, once the Japanese monkeys gain a firm foothold here, that is the worst situation.

Attacking its unstable foothold, this is the simplest and no-choice decision.

However, Nimitz and MacArthur knew very well that this is a battle that must not be lost.

Because of Bai Shujie's appearance, history finally turned a corner here.The American devils were forced to the cliff, and a group of recruits were also sent to the gate of hell.

At the same time, the little Japanese devil was also pushed into a blind spot, with no room to turn around.

According to the inherent historical trajectory, the little devils have already occupied vast areas of the Philippine Islands, the Malay Archipelago, Sumatra, the Java Islands, and the New British Islands, and surrounded the northeast, north, and northwest of Australia.

But the situation is different now. The Philippine Islands, Brahman Islands, and Papua are all in Bai Shujie's hands, and New Britain belongs to the "undefended area."

If the little devil fails in the Solomon Islands, he will have to retreat all the way to Taiwan and Okinawa, and start the homeland defense war directly.

These things were messed up by Bai Shujie in the middle, and the big American devils and the little Japanese devils were forced to stage a big shopping battle here, and carry out the strategic final battle in advance.

The art of war has passed: the army will be dispersed, and the force will be weak.

Without the Philippine Islands, the Malay Archipelago, Sumatra, the Java Islands, and the New British Islands, the little devils have no room for maneuver, so their forces are very concentrated.The advantage of concentrating troops is that every key point of defense can be deployed with heavy troops.

The five generals of Yamamoto are well aware of the current situation in the empire, and the Solomon Islands is a battle that no one can afford to lose.Whoever loses will basically withdraw from the stage of history.

Therefore, after careful study of possible raids by the Americans, Yamamoto 56 found that the location of Guadalcanal Island was too prominent.Once the Americans decide to attack, Guadalcanal is the first option.

For this reason, he deployed in advance. Before the Americans had completed the deployment of the campaign, he sent the Ichiki Detachment to Guadalcanal, and the Aoki Detachment to Tulagi Island as a support force for Guadalcanal.

Until this time, neither the enemy nor the enemy knew how much troops the other party had invested, and all battle preparations were made according to their own judgment.

On July 1942, 7, the U.S. fleet set sail from Fiji, the first to kick off the battle.

On the evening of August 8, the US landing formation had reached the waters about 6 nautical miles away from Guadalcanal. With the cover of bad weather, the Japanese army had not been discovered.

The leader of the Ichiki branch of the little devil has two brigades of more than 2600 people.

General Yamamoto gave him the order to prevent the Americans from landing on the beach and ensure the smooth completion of the airport.

At present, the runway of the airport has been basically completed, and communication equipment and radar early warning equipment are being installed.

As long as it lasts for three days, a large number of fighter jets and bombers can take off and land here, and corresponding supplies can be delivered continuously.

At about one o'clock in the morning on August 1942, 8, the landing formation reached the waters ten nautical miles away from Guadalcanal Island.Then split in two:

The troops code-named X-ray were the 1st and 5th Marine Regiments under the command of Vandergrift, and attacked Guadalcanal Island through the South Waterway of Savo Island.

The troops code-named Y-rays were four battalions commanded by the deputy commander, Brigadier General Rupustas, and attacked Tulagi Island via the northern channel of Savo Island.The other two battalions served as reserves.

But the past few days have really seen a ghost, there is heavy rain, heavy fog, and strong winds, and I can't see anything on the coast.

At around 8:7 a.m. on August [-], the leader of the Ichiki Detachment always felt uneasy, so he walked outside the headquarters alone, trying to get some air, but he didn't expect to see the shells arcing across the arc in the morning light and rushed towards him.

"Baga! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! All leave the trenches and seek cover to avoid shells!"

Captain Yimu survived the catastrophe at Lugou Bridge, and fought bloody battles with the Eighth Route Army on the North China battlefield for three years.

The Americans launched a surprise attack, and Captain Kazuki immediately attracted enough attention.

However, during the first round of bombing by naval guns, he soon discovered that the enemy's naval guns were all firing blindly, and there was no specific bombing target at all.

"It turns out that the Americans didn't know our defensive positions, and they just fired randomly according to their own inferences."

Kiyoshi Kazuki carefully watched the landing point of the shells move forward step by step, and immediately understood what the enemy wanted to do: "Commander, immediately inform the ministries that the enemy's shelling has no target, and it is to cover the landing troops to go ashore! Send my order, all defenses The troops immediately entered the forward position, entangled with the enemy's landing force, and made the enemy's naval guns useless!"

The Americans were rich and powerful, and it took three and a half hours to prepare for the first wave of artillery fire. The landing force began to leave the transport ship and land at 9:40.Colonel Hunter, the head of the 5th Marine Regiment, was very courageous, and he was the first to rush to the beach.

This time the American devils chose the landing site, which is Honiara Bay, which has now developed into the capital and main port of the Solomon Islands, on the north shore of Guadalcanal Island, west of Cape Cruise.White sandy beaches, deep green palm trees and calm bays protected by coral reefs.

Honiara is the local dialect, which means "the place where the southwest wind blows strongly", because the southwest wind blows here all year round.

Honiara's standard for measuring a person's wealth is different from that of the whole world.Whoever raises a lot is the richest man.

They don't exchange pigs for money, because the number of pigs equals the wealth.Therefore, the highest status here is the pig, which is even more immortal than the gods, and there is absolutely no terrible consequence of being slaughtered.

Since raising pigs is the responsibility of women, the men here are blessed, and they can use all means to recruit wives and concubines.Marry more wives, and feed more pigs.If there are more pigs, you will get rich.

The natives of Honiara don't wear clothes, and even young men and women often walk around naked.If you travel in the past, your eyes are blessed.

However, Colonel Hunter, the head of the 5th Marine Regiment of the [-]st Marine Division, did not have such good luck, because what he met was not a beautiful girl from Honiara who didn't wear clothes, but Kiyonao Kazuki himself. Defensive positions!

This is an awl-shaped defensive position composed of nine fortresses with three layers of front and back.At the cone head, there are a total of 9 Type 9 heavy machine guns, controlling the width of the beachhead to 2400 meters.

The artillery preparations of the Americans either fired all the shells behind the fortress positions, or they missed the shells.

All in all, the bombardment of dozens of heavy artillery pieces for three and a half hours did not have the slightest impact on the forward positions.

This can't be blamed on the artillery on the battleship, the key is the tropical rainforest, the vegetation is too developed, the endless forest, ghosts don't know what is hidden in the jungle.

After all, what happens next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.