Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

Ivan nodded and said: "We can't only use pens, we can also use wood and bamboo that are shaped like pens. There is no shortage of wood in Pavovo Island—we can also apply for similar materials from the battalion department."

"That's right."

In the time before going to the battlefield, Ivan has been dealing with Paul, studying and training until he is so proficient that he is like a master who has been cultivating medical soldiers for many years.

During the period, the two of them became acquainted with each other while chatting.

"I've always felt sorry for you."

Before entering the Battle of Peleliu Island, Paul, who was smoking a cigarette, said, "You shouldn't have come here."

"There is nothing perfect in the world, and I have no choice but to follow orders." Ivan said while holding a glass bottle of Coca-Cola.

"This is not a good job." Paul said, "The wounded soldiers you saw before all shut up. Of course, it's not that they died, but... we..."

Ivan interrupted the follow-up, and said with a smile: "I will become their angel."

【time's up】

【I wish the reincarnation all the best】

2.105. High temperatures from 4000 degrees Fahrenheit ([-])

1944年9月15日早晨8点，对于贝里琉岛的炮击已经持续了3个小时，视野从帕伏伏岛跳转至运兵船的伊文用了几秒钟适应下来，3营K连将在一个多小时后乘坐LVT两栖登陆艇进行登陆作战。

At this time, the first batch of landing troops was ready to go. Company K stayed in the restaurant and enjoyed the last high-quality breakfast before departure. The staple food was the fresh bread provided by the navy every day, paired with New Zealand steak and stewed potatoes. In addition to Ma Run, who was on the battlefield, there was also a vegetable assortment composed of various beans and some vegetable leaves, as well as bananas for dessert.

伊文简单扒拉几口后立刻检查自己的各类装备——磺胺粉24包、吗丨啡注射器10只、每瓶10颗总计60颗的磺胺片、橡皮管5根、急救绷带15个、三角巾5个、固定别针20个、铅笔1支、与铅笔差不多样子的实心木棍5根......其余杂七杂八的东西不多赘述。

After urging Paul to finish eating quickly, he went to the quartermaster. Ivan couldn’t talk to the quartermaster about his ideals due to lack of time. He and Paul each added 15 rubber tubes, 5 first-aid bandages, 15 triangular towels, and the most important glucose granules, salt granules, and military water bottles.

两个人各自背负了满载1L淡水的5个水壶，加上配给医疗兵的M1卡宾枪与6个满载15发30-06卡宾弹，两个人的负重已经超过了25公斤。

It should be noted that the medical soldiers are different from the infantry. The 30 kg load is already a basic requirement on the battlefield. The former needs to constantly shuttle in the hail of bullets to save people. If a normal infantry walks [-] steps on the battlefield in a day, then there are few medical soldiers. Say [-] steps, the higher the load, the easier it is to exhaust yourself.

"I don't understand what are you doing with so many water bottles?"

Paul was puzzled by the fact that he was shaking the thing on his waist.

Although he didn't understand what Evan wanted to do, he didn't resist this behavior.

"Guess how hot Peleliu is."

I haven't checked the information on Peleliu Island, but Ivan is not stupid and has no idea what the biggest torment of this battle is for Ma Run.

During the landing battle, the temperature was 43 degrees Celsius for a long time, and the highest was 46 degrees Celsius. Let alone fighting, just staying in the sun for more than ten minutes may cause heat stroke.

There is no need to think about today and tomorrow, at least it is the third day of the battle that the navy has the ability to transport fresh water to the island.

"Didn't it just take two days to take this island?"

Paul’s statement and demeanor perfectly interpret all the officers and soldiers of the First Marine Division today—you may not believe it, but the commanders of the Navy, including Nimitz, have made very optimistic predictions, not to mention the middle and senior officers below. general.

Major General William Ruperts, the commander of the First Marine Division, estimated that it would take two days to defeat the Japanese troops on the island, and the remaining two days to clean up the remaining Japanese troops. It would take a total of four days to declare the occupation of Peleliu Island.

Therefore, the soldiers at the bottom all felt that the war would be over in two days, regardless of veterans or recruits.

"If you took the self-righteous words above as true, the little devil would have surrendered long ago." Ivan rolled his eyes and said.

After returning to the restaurant, I found Captain Haldane and put forward my own opinion-bring as much fresh water as possible before going to the island.

Since I have time to make some preparations for Ivan in advance, I must seize this opportunity.

Reserving enough fresh water can definitely keep the soldiers of Company K basically full of physical strength, thereby reducing the death rate of Company K in disguise.

"Inswood, are you ready?"

Glancing at the many kettles hanging on Ivan's body, the Cannon King smiled and said, "However, according to the division's prediction, we don't need to be so worried about preparations."

"Sir, I'm afraid it's not enough."

"Tell me your reasons."

Ivan replied calmly: "Any adult man needs to consume 1.5~2L of fresh water every day, not counting the impact of the weather, and we are soldiers, so we will only consume more than ordinary adult men, let alone an hour later We have to go to the battlefield, but each of our soldiers only carries 1L of fresh water."

"I agree with you." Captain Haldane nodded.

"Before coming here, we have heard about the high temperature in this area, and there is no reason why we should not take any countermeasures."

The platoon leader of the weapon platoon reminded: "You are right, but aren't we ready?"

The so-called preparation means that every soldier will carry glucose granules and salt granules, and refuse any food that needs fresh water to swallow. This time, most of the rations are canned meat, and the ingredients will contain some water—as long as they land on the first day and take it At the airport, fresh water can be supplied in the afternoon of the same day.

"Far from enough."

Ivan said quite seriously: "You are different from other officers. You are very considerate of your subordinates. You hope that every soldier's life will be respected and cherished. The more you do this, the more you need to be prepared for the worst."

"..."

After pondering for a while, Captain Haldane asked: "In your opinion, how high will the temperature be on Peleliu Island?"

"Above 105 degrees Fahrenheit." Ivan said firmly, "This is just the lowest temperature."

This number is scary enough, because looking at the climate of the United States, except for a few areas, most areas have moderate temperatures and abundant precipitation. It is not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer.

Of course, the weather in those few areas is really bad. Hurricanes, tornadoes, high temperatures, freezing temperatures, wildfires, you can often see such news on the news.

After pondering for a while, Captain Haldane slowly said: "I will believe you."

His opinion was adopted, and Yiwen was filled with emotion in his heart. If he met such an immediate boss in the last reincarnation, why would there be only two people left in the entire G team? Choose a pool.

Between trusting the division headquarters and trusting the judgment of his subordinates, the commander of Company K chose the latter.

In fact, Ivan's statement is one-sided, and any officer who comes over will severely reprimand him - if you encounter some stubborn guys, you may think that Ivan is shaking the morale of the army... before the war begins Considering the worst-case scenario, will everyone say that the [-]st Marine Division will be defeated when they go ashore?

This kind of thing will definitely not be said, but what cannot be doubted is that the US military's battle for Peleliu Island can be regarded as a failure no matter from a strategic or tactical perspective.

In the end, the island was occupied, but it did not play any strategic role.Iwo Jima/Okinawa still suffered big losses, which shows that the U.S. military has not changed its tactics at all, and the lesson of Peleliu Island is as if it does not exist, and the proper tactics have failed.

At 9:50 in the morning, the 5th attack echelon lined up to board the LVT amphibious transport pole. Since Ivan reminded each soldier of K Company to carry at least 3 water bottles, the increased load also ensured that every horse in the company ran smoothly. Have the most basic daily 1.5L fresh water.

It is far from enough to compare the high temperature and fierce battles of Peleliu Island, but it is not realistic to ask the quartermaster to take out more kettles at once.

"Move quickly after landing. Even if there is sand in the muzzle, don't clean it up immediately. What you need to do is to leave the tidal flat and rush into the forest line immediately!"

Following the instructions of the gun king, Ma Run and the others walked onto the LVT amphibious landing station in silence. When the door opened, the light shone in, and the sea breeze that hit their faces instantly made Ma Run and the K company uncomfortable—— ,very hot!

In just a few tens of seconds, beads of sweat oozed from the forehead of a small part of Ma Run.

The waves beat against the landing craft, and from time to time, sea water splashed in and wet the combat uniforms of the Ma Runmen. The sound of artillery fire that was still unclear inside just now became the main theme in the ears.

Looking at the past, Peleliu Island seemed to be in a sea of ​​flames. The rising smoke symbolized that the navy was brazenly showing its strong muscles to Ma Run and the Japanese army.

The roar of the carrier-based aircraft passing by at low altitude seems to be able to damage people's ears. Most of the pilots did this on purpose, not for anything else but to boost the morale of the landing horses.

Ivan was not on a landing craft with Paul, but with K Company Weapons Platoon 2, which was an M2 60mm mortar squad.The squad leader is Corporal Berkin, First Gunner Badman, Second Gunner Jay Drew, Third Gunner Eugene Sledge, Ammunition Hand Robert Oswalt, and a platoon of orderly Grant, and K Company 3 Arrange 2 classes for all and the small half of 1 class.

Most people's eyes were attracted by Peleliu Island, which was full of wars. Except for the bad guy who bullied the recruits when he had nothing to do, he kindly handed out a cigarette to Eugene, and smiled when he was rejected.

After lighting a cigarette, the smile of the poor man has not yet subsided, and a set of inevitability in the process of landing battle came.

"vomit--!"

One of the daily routines of every landing battle is that many Ma Run vomit on the landing craft, because when it is time to go all out, breakfast is usually unlimited, as long as you can eat, the navy will hand it to you, after all, no one Know if this meal is the last one.

The recruit, Sledge, couldn't help but glance at the bad guy, and then tried not to show his disgusted expression.

When the LVT landing craft that Ivan was on was more than 200 meters away from the west coast of Peleliu Island, the shells with a small caliber fell down. The explosion produced by hitting the water did not splash too many waves, but it also made the hearts of the Ma Runmen a tight.

"Keep down and don't raise your head—!" Corporal Birkin shouted immediately.

About one-fifth of the 25 Ma Runzhong veterans who are about to go ashore in the entire landing craft, even the veterans such as Shanren, Corporal Birkin, and Drew only participated in the Battle of Gloucester Point.In the mortar squad in the Guadalcanal Battle before this, either all the squads were killed or they were conscripted back to the country as instructors to train recruits.

Ivan thought it was probably the latter. After all, the veterans who survived the battle for Guadalcanal, especially the artillery, would be reckless if they were not transferred back to China as instructors to train new gunners.

"Boom--!"

Another small-caliber shell landed on the sea, getting closer to the LVT where Ivan was staying.The sound was not too loud but could be heard clearly. The muffled sound had a lot of freshness for the recruits. They were both scared and excited.

During this period, none of the officers and soldiers of the 20st Marine Division who went to the front line had received the baptism of cruel landing warfare, but also because it was the army with the largest number of volunteers in the Marine Corps, a few bombs were never hit from anywhere and could not damage the landing craft. The small-caliber near miss of the bomb did not scare them until... an LVT also carrying 25 people hit a mine at a distance of more than [-] meters in the direction of Ivan's nine o'clock.

"Boom--!"

Even if all the members lowered their bodies, they could still see a ball of flames rising into the sky, and then a large amount of human tissue splashed down, falling on the few recruits in the front row like rain.

At this moment, they were all in a state of sluggishness, and even felt as if they were hallucinating. After a few seconds, the bodies of the unlucky recruits began to tremble uncontrollably, and some even cried out—they had never experienced the cruelty of war. Young people are always full of inexplicable yearning for war, imagining that the enemy is vulnerable, that they can make meritorious deeds in the war, and return to their hometown with all their merits and honor before the festival comes. On the streets...until seeing a mine can make a boat full of people without leaving a whole body.

"Ah ah ah..."

Even if they are all volunteers, their quality cannot be compared with the initial Battle of Guadalcanal. Many recruits in Ivan's eyes began to have a slight mental breakdown, but not all recruits were like this—at least Eugene, who was standing at 12 o'clock, Sledge was merely pale.

Ivan remembered the letter Phillips had received. The guy who called Nanqiang soldiers a real hero finally got his wish, but the dream before and after joining the army may be almost shattered at this moment.

Aside from the luck that it didn't hit the mine, the LVT that continued to rush towards the west coast of Peleliu Island was not caught by the reef, because Ivan saw at least 50 landing craft being attacked when it was 3 meters away from the west coast. Due to the entanglement of the reef, the soldiers above had to unload some of their loads and jump down to wade to the beach.

The speed of those unlucky ghosts was ridiculously slow, and the bullets from the firepower of the little devils in the forest line harvested them mercilessly.

The essence of landing on the beach lies in the first word. Since it is all "grab", you must not move forward slowly like shopping, otherwise you will be a living target. This is why when the Normandy landing was carried out, the front door was opened instead of the back. open the door.

“快快快，别外+群|5=>1~7~8}+8=|0{-7<|6&-1$}

Stay here, run into the treeline—! "

When Ivan's LVT arrived at the tidal flat safely, Corporal Birkin kept shouting. At this moment, a row of bullets hit, half of which hit the front armor of the landing craft, causing crisp 'ding-ding' sounds. Lucky to hit the first soldier who rolled over from the side.

3. He looks like an angel (4000)

When Ivan rolled over, he heard the soldier crying and howling. He hoped that the wounded soldiers on the battlefield could wait for the medical soldiers to come over quietly. It would be better to hope that the little devil stationed on Peleliu Island would only know the onboard charge that he was best at. tactics.

"Save me, save me———!"

Battlefield rescue cannot rely solely on medical soldiers alone, at least two people are required to act together.Judging by the way the wounded are eager to hug everyone passing by with open teeth and claws, it is impossible to expect them to obediently obey the position where the medical soldiers hold their fingers to stop the bleeding.

Therefore, another active soldier is needed to assist the medical soldiers and help each other to complete the emergency rescue.

"Grant! Come with me—!"

Ivan decisively grabbed the sleeve of Grant, the platoon orderly beside him, and rushed to the wounded soldier as fast as he could.

Regardless of whether this messenger belonging to the weapons platoon can do it, as long as there is a friendly soldier on the battlefield where saving people is like fighting a fire, he can pull it over and start it first.

The unlucky wounded soldier was lying next to the LVT. The bullet hit his right shoulder, and the blood that came out was bright red, and the bleeding was fast. The intermittent spraying meant that the small artery was injured. The degree of injection of morphine.

There are only 10 stitches in total, so you must plan carefully.

It was the first time as a medical soldier on the battlefield. Even though Ivan knew the situation was urgent, he didn't panic. He kept calm and pressed on the middle of the wounded soldier's right supraclavicular fossa while checking for bleeding.

Seeing the medical soldiers approaching, the wounded soldiers seemed to be grabbing at straws, and they kept grabbing Ivan's combat uniform with completely intact hands. The demeanor of not wanting to die and begging Ivan to save him gave Grant a hard time. Imagine the shock.

"Ahhh, I'm dying, I'm dying, please save me! Help me——!"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. I'm a professional. I'll stop the bleeding right away!"

After Ivan found the subclavian artery and applied finger pressure, the bleeding speed of the wounded shoulder immediately slowed down, and then he used his other hand to grab Grant's thumb instead of himself.

"Grant, hold this place with your thumb!"

As Ivan let go of his thumb, the bleeding speed increased all of a sudden, and he cursed at Grant without saying a word: "You fucking force me!!!"

Most of the recruits were like this. They saw the screaming wounded just after recovering from the death of others. It was good not to be frightened.

Fortunately, Grant was not so fragile. After being woken up by Ivan, he learned to talk to the wounded soldier, asking him his name, where he came from, and who else was in his family.

During this period, Ivan directly ignored the step of cleaning the wound, took out a small bag and sprinkled all the sulfa powder inside on the wound, and then used the technique he had trained many times before to apply pressure bandage.

"Okay, let's carry him to the LVT."

Ivan also neglected the step of writing the wounded situation with pen and paper. It was not because he forgot, but the time was very tight. It took more than 3 minutes just to stop the bleeding of the wounded in front of him and carry him back to the LVT of the warship. If he really followed the training At least six or seven minutes have passed for a set of procedures stipulated at the time.

After all, there is a huge difference between the battlefield and training. If you don’t save all the time you can save, the wounded waiting for rescue will die... The most terrifying thing is that the medics stay in one place for too long , because the little devil's direct-aiming/curved-firing artillery is all facing the tidal flat area at the moment.

"Grant, come with me—!"

Ivan wanted to rush directly into the currently absolutely safe forest line to keep up with K Company's large troops, but he only walked two steps away when the wounded soldiers cried out for help in pain.

"Doctor, doctor... help me, I don't want to die yet... Mom, mom...!"

The U.S. military will have mutual rescue content in its daily training, just to reduce the death rate after going to the battlefield, but it is not suitable for beach landing operations.

The place where Ivan was was bare and without cover. Leaving aside the bullets sprayed from inside the forest line, the direct-pointing artillery fired from the commanding heights in the north of Peleliu Island Airport and a large number of curved artillery were enough to make the beachhead Become a hell on earth.

In fact, it is already hell now. The wounded on the beach appeared one after another. They moaned in pain and desperately hoped that some comrades could help them. The infantry who called for the medical soldiers in the bunker stayed on the beach for too long, so the uninjured Ma Runs didn't care about the wounded soldiers on the beach and kept rushing into the forest line.

Therefore, the infantry can directly ignore the wounded and rush into the temporarily safe forest line, but the medical soldiers cannot—they must stay in the most dangerous tidal flat area to treat the wounded.This is related to the morale of an army, and it is also related to the morale of the entire army. After all, no one wants to give their lives to an injured army that is left alone, even if it is a volunteer soldier with the idea of ​​​​defending the country.