Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

"Aye aye, sir!"

The first thing Gun King came back was to communicate with the battalion, and Ivan didn't have a chance to talk to him alone about this risky but extremely low-return behavior.

"Boom--!"

At this moment, there were deafening noises in the area where we went to investigate just now, and that was not the sound produced by the explosion of the 89mm high-explosive bomb fired by the Type 50 grenadier.

Anyone who has been there knows that the front is no different from hell. It took less than a minute to retreat from the cannon king to the hillbilly. When the hillbilly thought about alternately covering another round, the shells fired by the grenadier fell one after another. Fortunately, Lieutenant Eddie of the actual combat team immediately changed the combat opportunity, otherwise the 1-member reconnaissance team would at least say that there would be one or two casualties.

What's even more frightening is that the heavy artillery came when all the talents withdrew from that area. So far, only 92 seconds have passed from the exchange of fire to the complete entry into the safe area, which shows that the little devil has been calibrated to shoot Chu Yuan from the beginning.

Listening to the violent explosion, the faces of Ma Run of Company K were a little pale, and there was unavoidable fear and rejoicing in their hearts-if I went in just now, I would still have a complete corpse?

Seeing that the communicator shouted for a long time without responding, the Pao Wang grabbed the communication tool and said: "Baicheng, Baicheng, I am the Pao Wang. The investigation has been completed just now, there are a lot of bunkers at the bottom of the valley, and there are many condescending downward firepower at the commanding heights. Casualties will be very high, get it?"

This sentence was repeated more than once, but there was no response from the other side.

The Pao Wang angrily threw the walkie-talkie into the communication soldier's arms, and cursed: "God danm it!"

The K company is now frozen here. After all, Captain Haldane went to investigate in person, and he clearly realized that even if he launched a storm with huge casualties, he would not be able to complete the mission.

The area where he was lying on his stomach was still more than 200 meters away from the real commanding heights, and there were unexplainable numbers of bunkers and caves in the valleys along the way. The curved artillery has also calculated the distance and calibrated Chu Yuan. With the firepower of the bunker and the firepower of the commanding height, the combat plan to provide fire cover for the blasting team after the whole company enters is purely a joke.

'On horseback! '

The advance guesses made about the offensive and defensive battles on this mountain before were all fucking approval. The situation I witnessed was more serious than Ivan imagined. It is impossible to attack from the front and seize the commanding heights even if you pay a huge price.

The current K company has only 97 soldiers. Although two squads and two squads are suitable for deployment, they will be wiped out by a large amount of crossfire.

'No wonder the 1st Marine Regiment suffered 70% casualties in the week from D-Day! '

Unable to contact the battalion headquarters with communication tools for the time being, Pao Wang glanced at the brothers around him, made up his mind and said to the country bumpkin next to him: "I have to go back to the battalion headquarters and change the original combat mission."

Although he didn't walk with the gun king just now, he also felt that death was in front of him. Lieutenant Eddie agreed with the commander's decision very much, but he also knew what it meant to do so-disobedience to military law on the battlefield.

Before leaving, Captain Haldane still solemnly said to his deputy: "If I can't come back, this company will be handed over to you."

Looking at the quickly leaving back, the eyes of Ma Run and the others were full of gratitude. Although the battle just now was short, it also proved one thing - going in was not called hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, but that they were waiting for work to occupy a favorable terrain to attack their own side. massacre.

The Ma Runs hoped that Captain Haldane, who went back to the battalion headquarters, could change the previous battle plan, but they didn't hold out much hope.

They all know very well that the school officers above don't care about the life and death of the big soldiers below. As long as the orders of the headquarters are resolutely implemented, they will not make mistakes. Get promoted because of some special relationship.

The veterans lit their cigarettes in silence, their eyes revealing a bit of sadness, because Captain Haldane's trip may not only fail, but also go away forever.

Looking at the appearance of his comrades-in-arms around, the country bumpkin said: "Brothers, no matter what the final result is, we must be fully prepared, including meeting our destiny under the premise of ensuring safety here. There are many things we can do. Must do!"

25. There seems to be no problem with him (3W/3W)

Since Cannon King handed K Company over to the country bumpkin for management, he must fulfill his responsibility and immediately start discussing with the sergeant major, and deploy the formation on the premise that he will spend the night here today.

Almost arranged 3 infantry squads to guard 6 obvious entrances and exits, and set up lurking posts nearby, and then placed two mortar squads behind the coming road, and there was a 3rd row of infantry beside them in a cascade configuration. For the foxholes, the 1st and 2nd infantry platoons use each of the 3 entrances as the shooting center to create a semi-arc position.

There are guard posts for guard posts, echelon defense for echelon defense, and cross fire for cross fire. The only disadvantage is that the number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars is not enough. Devils come to this world for nothing.

After confirming that the deployment had arrived, the country bumpkin found Ivan.

"Just now... can't be counted as just now. In short, your performance is beyond my imagination." He patted Ivan on the shoulder and said, "The three smoke bombs were thrown in just the right place, although they can only hinder the Japanese machine guns. But he helped the boss in a timely manner, otherwise he would have to spend more than 3 minute to return, at that time... I can't imagine."

What is the concept of more than 1 minute?

It only took about 2 minutes from the time they were discovered to exchange fire until they evacuated. If it weren't for the fast enough speed, the artillery attack encountered by the 7-member team would not be the 89mm high-explosive bomb fired by a small water pipe such as the 50-type grenadier.

If Captain Haldane takes more than 1 minute to retreat to the country bumpkin, the overall retreat time will be delayed to 3 minutes, which means that the Japanese medium artillery and heavy artillery will fire at least one round of shells. Hit for more than ten years in vain, and indirectly hit Ivan may not be able to save him. Even if he is lucky and hit the coral stone beside him, it does not mean that he will not be injured or die.

Relevant cases are clearly written in historical materials.

During the Battle of Okinawa Island, there was a lieutenant general named Buckner, who was bombed by Japanese artillery while patrolling the frontline troops, and was forced to hide near the coral rocks. This thing can also be regarded as a natural bunker, and it fell nearby. The shock wave from the explosion alone could not hurt the general, and the coral stone can also resist the fragments. However, a shell hit the coral stone and exploded it directly. into the national cemetery.

Simon Bolivar Buckner, born in the old Stars and Stripes, his father was a general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He participated in World War I and served as an instructor at West Point Military Academy after the end. He was promoted to Lieutenant General of the American Army last year. This year In July, he came to Hawaii to form the 7th Army as the commander, and then...then he became the general with the highest rank and position in the United States of America who died in battle in the history of World War II.

"I can't even imagine."

Ivan replied: "No one but himself can imagine what we will be like without him, what will become of this soulful infantry company."

"..."

There was a look of approval in the country bumpkin's eyes, but he didn't say a word, just kept silent like waiting for the next sentence from the medical soldier in front of him.

"Everyone was aware of it, but no one said it."

Having said that, Ivan understands Foudino more and more.Although the number of people in the last reincarnation is not the same as this one, the problems faced by Shanzi are essentially the same.

He and Cannon King can overlap in some respects, and the latter has done more and better than him, but the problem is still the same problem-mental pressure.

The more he didn't want to cause more new casualties in Company K, which suffered more than half of the casualties, the more he would throw himself into a dangerous area regardless of everything, just like what he did today.

The Cannon King wanted to take care of everything, so as to alleviate the guilt in his heart, but he didn't think about it, and he didn't dare to think about what his brothers would do if he sacrificed himself, and how the new company commander would treat this army that had gone through all kinds of cruelty. Infantry company?

Ivan clearly realized that if he missed Captain Haldane, there would be no better captain.Although it was not possible to go outside {group{>[-]{ during World War II[email protected]@|8+{8-0/7<6*1}

It can be regarded as an era of mutual comparisons, but there are so many rotten commanders—it is acceptable to just abandon their subordinates and become deserters. If there is another company commander like Major Crowley...he is here A lot of effort put into this samsara will be in vain.

"You shouldn't be silent."

Faced with the medical soldier's reminder, the country bumpkin nodded, but showed a hesitant look.

"When and to what extent do you want to rely on him until he dies before your eyes?" Ivan stared straight at him, "Behavior like today must be eliminated in the future, and there must be no second time——Meat Detective This kind of thing is completely beyond the turn of a company commander, if he does this again next time, please hold him..."

"However, someone will always need to do this kind of thing."

The country bumpkin expressed his worries, "I'm sorry, I have the courage but not the ability."

Meat scouting is not something everyone can do. Let Lieutenant Eddie arrange defensive lines, command operations, lead a heroic charge, and even organize blasters to destroy enemy firepower points... These things are done skillfully and smoothly, just now Simply abandoning the second round of alternate cover and retreat orders can see why he was promoted by the gun king and why he was trained as a member of the K-connection class.

People always have things they are not good at, just like Ivan is not good at drinking. If you ask the country bumpkin to investigate in person, you will not refuse, but how to be careful not to let the enemy find out, how to find the place with the best view as quickly as possible, how to pass Terrain to judge the cross-fire areas that the enemy will set up, and how to plan advance and retreat routes in advance through terrain. These things must be done in a dozen seconds or even a few seconds. The enemy on the battlefield will not give you three or four. Check every inch of land in the firefight area every hour - oh, this place is dangerous, oh, that place is quite safe, here is the blind spot of the enemy's perspective, and there is a place that blocks the shooting range of machine guns.

Every time you need to face a new area, you plunge into it like walking into a maze. If you don't see through the terrain at a glance, it is easy to bury yourself in it.

However, these self-protection skills that meat detectives must learn, the country bumpkins don't know anything about it.

He himself was troubled by this.

Lieutenant Eddie found himself far behind the serious military school graduates after he was promoted to the front line during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

It is undeniable that people born in majors are stupid in commanding and fighting, but they are on the level in many aspects, and even have a lot of highlights, such as the scouting and surveying and mapping of the military academy's strict assessment-if they fail in this aspect, the military academy will not let students graduate.

"The leading soldiers of company K fell on the road through the airport, 5 dead and 3 injured." The country bumpkin said, "If they were still there, the captain would not have taken the risk himself."

"I don't understand these things, but I can tell you this—" Ivan emphasized: "If there is another investigation operation, you must stop Captain Haldane, and please leave that kind of thing to me."

The moment he heard this sentence, the country bumpkin's eyes widened and he was at a loss.

"what......?"

"Yes, you heard that right."

Seeing the serious look on the medical soldier's face, the country bumpkin gradually came to his senses.

"This--!!!"

Obviously there are a lot of things to say in my heart, but in just a few seconds, I feel like a lump in my throat.For a medical soldier to say that he can serve as a vanguard, is this the most incredible thing in the world?

Just seeing his 'easy take' look and recalling Ivan's tactical actions at that time, and the method of receiving the cannon king back, I couldn't help but have a thought in my heart-it seems that there is no problem in handing it over to him.

"..."

It's okay to hate Major Crowley, but if Ivan in that reincarnation hadn't been involved in the black hole of desire and acted as a vanguard twice, he might not be able to handle this extremely dangerous task.

"Perhaps you will ask—if I go up, who will treat the wounded soldiers?"

Ivan predicted what the country bumpkin wanted to say.

"Ah."

"The first Grant is already a qualified medical soldier. Apart from some personality problems, he is very good. He took care of the wounded after I was injured yesterday, and his speed was very fast and even surpassed me. At that time, I felt this Guy has relevant talent and will get better and better."

When Ivan said this, he still didn’t forget to take a look at Grant who was taking care of Daniel. Seeing him talking and laughing, he stabilized the spirit of Daniel who was suffering from “shell shock”, and even made the latter smile, completely confirming that This guy has a pretty scary talent on the medic.

Not only can it complete ultra-high-speed pressurized bandaging, but it can also detect the psychological problems of the wounded and guide them. If you study medicine well and practice on the operating table for a while, it will not be a big problem to be the chief surgeon within two or three years.

After turning his eyes back, Ivan said loudly: "The battlefield environment we will face next is extremely complicated, and I can solve many problems by being a pioneer - not only let the gun king and you know how to arrange troops , and more on my side.”

The more complex the terrain, the more it is necessary to investigate and plan in advance, otherwise it is easy to find two or three uninjured Ma Run in order to save a wounded soldier due to unfamiliarity with the terrain, which in disguise increases the number and difficulty of medical treatment. .

"Ho Ho... Ho Ho..."

After taking two deep breaths, the country bumpkin said: "Inswood, you have successfully convinced me. When the gun king comes back, we will go find him together, and we will put an end to his risky behavior in the future."

"Ah."

Ivan really didn't want to see Captain Haldane put himself in danger for the second time for the safety of the entire company. In today's situation, it would be too naive to think that smoke grenades and fire cover were the final word.

After all, the gun king was lucky, and his life deserved death—Peter, who escaped more than 400 meters, entered a fairly safe area, but was still hit by a stray bullet in the fatal part without leaving a last word.

"There's nothing else to say, I'm going to rest first."

As soon as Yiwen finished speaking, the country bumpkin came over and grabbed his shoulder.

"what happened?"

"It's a blessing for the entire K company that you can take on this kind of mission, but please don't forget one thing."

At this moment, Lieutenant Eddie’s eyes reveal the sincerity from the heart, “The King of Guns is very important, but it doesn’t mean you are not important—I will believe in your ability, but if you need us to help you, you must tell us before you leave. Don't try to be brave!"

"Aye aye, sir."

Back in his own foxhole, Ivan began to rummage through some of his memories. It was the area covered with coral rocks that he saw with his own eyes just now. He was not a genius and couldn't fully remember every detail, but he could know the general outline and take Use a pencil to draw on the diagram.

Some of the commanding heights, including the entrance area of ​​Umurbrogol Mountain connected to the valley bottom, are simply drawn. Through these simple things, it is possible to infer where the firepower built by the Japanese army in the valley area will be.

Since it is best not to have dead spots in the defensive firepower, the range can be narrowed down to a certain extent soon, but it stops there, and more repeated meat scouts are needed to determine, mainly to determine the firepower in the commanding height area.

The little devil almost hollowed out the mountain and hid it in the tunnel connected to the cave. Before using the bunker to attract the U.S. military to blast it, there was a machine gun from the commanding heights to shoot down. With the infantry guns, mortars, and mountain guns hidden on the ridge, it was almost impossible. The killing range of dead angle.

At present, the only solution Ivan can think of is for the observers to lock the commanding heights and the firepower points in the mountain. The planes take off frequently and the heavy artillery continuously suppresses them. The infantry company sends a squad carrying 3~5 light and heavy machine guns to occupy the relatively favorable terrain to suppress the Japanese bunker. Finally, let the blasting team enter areas that may be accidentally injured by friendly artillery and aircraft to carry out fixed-point blasting.

The means include but are not limited to flamethrowers, explosive kits, blasting tubes, and grenades, regardless of efficiency, 1.1-meter propulsion, and the removal of forts one by one.

Thinking of this, Ivan always feels that there are many similarities with the street fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad. The biggest difference is that in the case of island warfare, the reinforcements and supplies of both sides have to be transported by the navy. It can't be delivered either.

As time ticked by, the Maruns of Company K watched the sun go down from their foxholes, and there had been no news of Captain Haldane for the past few hours.

Before it was completely dark, Sergeant Elder Gun led a military dog ​​to patrol every foxhole.

Ivan knew that he was more worried about the safety of the Cannon King than the soldiers, but he never saw the slightest worry on his face.

Lao Qiang fulfilled the duties of the sergeant major very well - making Ma Run believe that Captain Haldane will arrive at the battalion headquarters safe and sound, and come back safe and sound without suffering any punishment.

PS:

Debt is over!Debt free!Praise me, praise me!

26. The bad old man is quite cute

As night fell completely, the flares fired from the north of the airport illuminated the foxholes of Company K. There was no news from the gun king who had left before noon, and even Ma Run, who had been holding back all this time, couldn't help it.

"Do you think he can come back?"

Sledge beside him looked at the sky where the flares hung high, and he whispered to the poor man.

Huai Humane, who has completely regarded the sledgehammer as his most important friend, said: "Disobedience on the battlefield requires military law."

"But he still went." Ivan reminded.

Presumably, the gun king had taken this into consideration when he made this decision.

No matter whether you succeed or not, you have tried your best. Even if you fail, even if you are scolded, even if you have to be excluded, you will not regret it... because for Captain Haldane, there is nothing more regretful than I didn't do my best.

"Go for us, if it's true..." Sledge Hammer's words stopped abruptly, because he didn't dare to imagine going forward.

The poor man smiled, "So, he is the king of guns."

"Guys, check your weapons." Old Gun said from a short distance away.

Even in the middle of the night, the sergeant major did not find a place to rest, but kept shuttling around the foxholes, reminding the Ma Runs not to relax their vigilance and prepare for a possible battle with the little devils.

The current heavy firepower that Company K can produce is only two mortar squads, so he attaches great importance to it, fearing that something will go wrong.

"No problem." The bad man said.

"When the weapon is in good condition, remember to stay vigilant and load the bullets."

"Done." The bad man replied.