Yanagawa Heisuke discovered that the opponent's mortars had stopped again, and he couldn't help but feel happy, knowing that the hot air balloon strategy was working.
The staff officer laughed: "They are cunning, we are smarter."
Yanagawa Heisuke said: "Tell the landing craft to increase the speed, transport all follow-up troops to the beach, and then launch a general attack."
The staff officer said doubtfully: "But apart from shelling, the opponent can neither see people nor trenches nor positions.
Where should we attack?"
Assistant Yanagawa Ping waved forward and said: "They are right in front, somewhere.
As soon as we attack, they will appear.
At the same time, their barbed wire fence will also appear."
The staff officer said bitterly: "Yes, barbed wire has become their standard equipment."
At this time, the naval gun howled again, apparently finding the target again and covering it with gunfire again.
The staff officer suddenly remembered a question and said: "The artillery fire coverage is so dense and the shells consume a lot.
It may not take long."
Yanagawa Heisuke said: "As long as the mortars are eliminated, even if all the shells are fired, there will be no problem."
In the air, the hot-air balloon observer was dazzled.
He discovered that suddenly, more than seventy groups of mortars were moving.
Baga, aren’t there only twenty-eight mortars left?
Why are there suddenly fifty more groups?
I'm trying to hide things from others, trying to cross the river.
But which one is true?
Although there were fifty groups carrying short pieces of wood and empty gun boxes, he was in mid-air.
Even with a telescope, it was impossible to see clearly that he was not Sun Wukong.
During the hesitation, Bai Henqiu and others began to fire continuously, twenty-eight in one round, three rounds in a row, a total of sixty-four grenades, whizzing towards the landing craft, hitting the vital points of one and injuring another.
The explosion made the Japanese pirates cry and howl.
Now the observer could see clearly.
He was staring at a group of mortars and waving a signal flag just like the previous round.
The gun commander took a look and ordered the gun to be moved and locked on the coordinates.
Unfortunately, all this takes time.
Taking this opportunity, all mortar teams, real or fake, ran into the "Ghost King Cave".
The ship's cannon fired, and the gunfire covered it.
This round cost dozens of shells and yielded nothing.
The observer was so angry that he vomited blood.
He knew very well that there were not many artillery shells left.
Every time he was hit by artillery fire, they would be fired at most thirty times before all the artillery shells would be used up.
After the artillery fire coverage stopped, the observer raised his telescope and found that more than seventy groups of mortars had come out again.
Baga, which one is true?
No, I have to fly over and lower my altitude to see clearly.
The observer shouted: "Operator, fly over and lower the altitude to one thousand meters."
The operator hesitated and said, "One thousand meters is too low.
The opponent's machine gun can hit it."
The observer thought so, but he knew how to adapt and said: "The altitude distance is one thousand meters, but the horizontal distance is three thousand meters, and even heavy machine guns cannot hit it."
When the operator heard this, he felt it made sense and quickly started operating.
Right here, Bai Henqiu's mortars started firing again, three rounds, sixty-four shells.
This time it was a coincidence that forty shells were missed, but fourteen of them hit a landing craft, killing it.
It was completely blown up, and none of the dozens of people on it survived.
Yanagawa Heisuke was so angry that he roared: "These bastards in the Navy are all pigs, they are all pigs.
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They can't even deal with dozens of mortars.
Go to hell, go to hell."
The staff officer said: "General, don't be angry.
It's not that the navy is stupid, it's the opponent's mortar commander who is too cunning.
Don't worry, they will stop soon."
Yanagawa Heisuke asked in surprise: "Why?"
The staff officer said: "It's very simple.
What they seized were our grenades.
I know the number.
After so many rounds, it's almost done.
At most, we will need another twenty rounds."
Yanagawa Heisuke snorted: "Without artillery shells, mortars are just fire sticks."
The staff officer smiled bitterly and said: "Our battleship will have no more shells after another twenty rounds."
Yanagawa Heisuke laughed: "Fair, very fair."
The firecrackers continued, with both sides coming and going, you bombing yours and I bombing mine.
The landing craft risked being bombed, desperately rushed to the beach, sent the Japanese soldiers to the beach, and then returned to pick up the soldiers.
The unlucky landing craft was hit by the bomb, and the soldiers were killed and injured.
However, since it is just a grenade, unless it hits a vital point, the landing craft will not sink and can continue to be transported.
After twenty rounds of mortar fire, the sound of the mortars did not stop, and the grenades were exhausted.
The naval guns also became mute and the shells were fired.
The casualty figures were quickly sent to Yanagawa Taira's assistant.
When he saw this, he screamed angrily.
A total of 2,350 people were directly killed.
Twelve hundred people drowned.
More than 800 people were injured.
In total, more than 4,000 people were lost.
Five landing craft were sunk and twenty were damaged.
Yanagawa Heisuke shouted angrily: "Baga, thirty mortars actually caused such serious consequences, how is it possible, how is it possible?"
The staff officer said: "General, don't be angry.
This time, they were well prepared.
Not only did they occupy the advantageous location, they also set up positions and locked the coordinates in advance.
As for us, we were caught off guard and were automatically sent to the door, and we were beaten in vain."
Yanagawa Heisuke suppressed his anger and said: "Humph, now they have no artillery shells, and we have eleven thousand people left.
As long as they charge, they cannot stop them.
Order the warriors to assemble immediately and form an offensive posture.
Ten minutes later, General attack."
The staff officer shouted: "As ordered."
After thinking about it, he suggested: "In the general attack, should we first send out the vanguard troops to conduct a tentative attack, and then conduct a full-scale attack after detecting the actual situation."
Yanagawa Heisuke felt it was reasonable: "I'll do as you say, but it's not one vanguard, but three, left, center and right, feinting in the middle, and outflanking on the left and right."
The staff officer smiled and said: "The general is brilliant."
Suddenly, someone screamed.
Yanagawa Heisuke took a look and saw that the hot air balloon had leaked air and was descending rapidly.
Immediately, the descent turned into a crash, hitting the land hard.
The observer and operator suffered fractures all over their bodies and died of vomiting blood.
It turned out that Peng Yong noticed that the hot air balloon was lowering its altitude, so he sent a machine gunner named Lao Pan to quietly touch the bottom of the hot air balloon.
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This old Pan was a marksman, and his machine gun was as accurate as a rifle.
He was very clever and used the plants on the ground as cover to quickly approach the hot air balloon.
The observers on the hot air balloon only looked in the direction of the mortars, not expecting a sneak attack.
The operator saw it, but it was too late.
Lao Pan raised his machine gun and fired.
A hot air balloon is so big that ordinary soldiers, not to mention sharpshooters, can hit it.
Suddenly, the hot air balloon began to deflate.
The observers and operators tried desperately to save it, but were hit by Lao Pan.
If they don't seek death, they won't die.
Who told them to lower their altitude?
Lao Pan completed his mission and returned successfully.
Peng Yong was very happy and actually praised him a few words and credited him with merit.
Lao Pan didn't care, he just wanted to kill the Japanese.
He could have credit or not, just let nature take its course.
On Bai Henqiu's side, they began to count the battle damage.
A total of thirty people were killed and forty injured.
Fifteen mortars were destroyed.
The losses were quite heavy.
There is no way, this is war, this is national war Chen Sikun and Gan Ding were seriously injured and their joints were injured.
It is estimated that after they recover from their injuries, they will no longer be able to fight and will have to go to Pangu Island to take on important responsibilities: