Amphibious landing vehicles are more like light tanks. Due to the lack of firepower and armor, their function is to provide short-term fire suppression and cover for landing troops.￥f.￥f

It should be said that under normal circumstances, the short-term fire suppression and cover of landing craft is enough, because the Japanese army still use bolt-pull-type rifles and machine guns with poor performance. Of course, "low performance" is only compared to the US military equipment, so their firepower is far less than that of the US military.

Therefore, the landing vehicle only needs to provide a short time and cover for the landing troops, and the subsequent US military will soon follow the landing and launch an overwhelming impact on the Japanese army.

but

The ability of a landing car to cross a reef does not mean that the landing car can also cross a reef.

The "avoidance" dark tide ignored by MacArthur then became the reality. The US military on the Higgins landing craft, following the landing craft, saw a scene that scared them. They had always thought that the water depth was 1.2 to 1.5 meters, but the reality was that the sea water was too shallow, and a large area of ​​coral reefs were exposed to the sun. As Major Haaland estimated, the deepest water area was only 910 mm deep.

So a scene appeared near the sea of ​​Bito Island that was unbelievable to everyone:

The landing troops were divided into two parts. The amphibious landing vehicle crossed the coral reef and rushed to Bito Island, while the Higgins landing craft was blocked by the coral reef five hundred meters away.

Five hundred meters is not long, but it turns the landing car and the landing craft into two parts that cannot be supported by each other.

At this time, the Japanese army opened fire, and gunfire and cannon sounded quickly, and dense bullets and shells swept across the entire battlefield like a storm.

At this time, they didn't even know what to do next, because this was different from any of their previous trainings. The instructor never taught them how to face this situation.

Major General Hill soon got the situation of landing troops from the walkie-talkie.

He couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Standed, how is this possible?"

"General, this is the case." The staff reminded: "Give orders quickly. Generals are lying on the island of Bito and cannot move. They are like targets of the Japanese army."

The staff officer was right. Just as Major General Hill hesitated, the Japanese mortar shells were chasing the landing craft one by one. As long as one shell hit, the 36 soldiers gathered in the landing craft would be bombed into the sky.

But Major General Hill still couldn't order.

He wanted to withdraw the landing troops, but at this time he obviously could not withdraw. The landing vehicle had already landed on the island, and the landing craft was stranded and unable to move unless the soldiers were allowed to swim back.

He wanted warships or carrier-based aircraft bombing to provide fire cover for landing troops, but after thinking about it, he quickly gave up. Bito Island was only four or five hundred meters wide in total, and was shrouded in smoke and water vapor. The bombing would only cause accidental injuries and make the situation worse.

Wu Shimin and others were also trapped on the landing craft. At this time, he and the soldiers of the New 28th Division realized that these advanced equipment could not save their lives. In fact, paralyzed amphibious landing craft and landing craft that were broken into several pieces. The surrounding sea water turned red or pink, churning like a fountain, and the sea water was filled with semi-suspended corpses. They appeared and disappeared in the waves caused by shells, or were thrown high into the air again.

"Master" Wu Shimin shouted in horror at the walkie-talkie: "We are trapped, the landing craft is stranded, and we can't move."

"Leave the landing craft" Zhang Chi ordered without thinking: "Carry on the shore, and only by rushing to the shore can you have hope of survival."

Upon hearing this, Wu Shimin was stunned.

He was breathing rapidly due to fear, and he was thinking hard in his mind that was still blank just now: "Only by rushing to the shore, there is hope of survival."

"There is hope for survival only if you rush to the shore." After a while, Wu Shimin reacted.

Then Wu Shimin pulled out his pistol and shouted at his subordinates: "Brothers, you are waiting for death on the boat. Those who want to survive will rush to me."

As he waved his pistol, he shouted: "Run"

"Run"

While the US Marine Corps was still in a hurry, Chinese soldiers took the lead in jumping into the water and rushed towards Bito Island in waist-deep sea water.

Such a charge seems to see no hope because they have no cover and no protective measures. As Major General Smith, the commander of the 2nd Marine Division, said, their only armor is the military uniform.

What's worse is that the sea water that is beyond the waist will make the soldiers move very slowly. Usually, the distance of 500 meters only takes a few minutes for them, but now it is like a world of life and death that can never be crossed, because there is not only sea water in front of them, but also guns and bullet rains.

But they had no other choice because they had no way out and would have to wait for death if they remained on the landing craft.

The US military also realized this, so more and more soldiers left their landing craft and chose to charge on the shore.

A bunch of bullets flew over, and immediately a group of soldiers were knocked down in the sea water, which would undoubtedly increase casualties, because any soldier who was knocked out or was injured and unable to get up would be drowned by the sea water.

Several shells exploded in the sea water, and large numbers of soldiers were blown to the ground. The shells also increased their power due to the terrain. The coral reefs they exploded will become good shrapnels, and the sea water raised will push down the soldiers who are charging towards the shore with difficulty.

Fortunately, the Japanese army's target was not just a landing craft, but also a landing craft that had already landed on the shore of Shanghai and fought with the Japanese army.

If the landing vehicles had not attracted some of the firepower of the Japanese army, it would have been impossible for the Chinese and American soldiers on the landing vehicles to rush to Bito Island.

Therefore, what the Japanese Major General Shibasaki said was actually correct, "Even if the Allies use one million people to capture Bito Island for a hundred years."

He just didn't expect that Americans would have an amphibious landing vehicle.

In the end, after leaving behind a body, some of the Chinese and American coalition forces rushed to the shore. This group was undoubtedly lucky because they were one-half of the living.

But rushing ashore doesn't mean they're safe, although they found a good cover breakwater.

The breakwater is a dead corner of the Japanese firepower. It is difficult for bullets or artillery shells to hit the corner under the breakwater, but they have no movement except hiding in that space.

As planned, rush out and seize Bito Island

This is undoubtedly a fool, because their equipment was discarded when they jumped into the water, and most of the radios were also unusable because of water inlet.
Chapter completed!