The "Lexington" aircraft carrier belongs to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet. It was sunk by the Japanese during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. However, only a year and a half later, the U.S. government re-established
Another aircraft carrier with larger tonnage and more fighter aircraft was built and renamed "Lexington".
Hundreds of Allied generals gathered in the huge command room of the USS Lexington.
Among them were U.S. military generals, British military generals, and even more generals from the two major armies of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
With the end of the air force bombing and naval shelling, the army's beach landing has officially begun. Up to now, the 11th Infantry Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which was the first to land, has been fighting the Japanese army on the beach for two full hours, but has not achieved anything substantial.
Despite the decisive breakthrough, the shore defenses of Shah Alam Beach were still firmly in the hands of the Japanese army.
The Japanese coastal fortifications were unexpectedly strong, and the garrison strength far exceeded expectations.
As of 12:05 noon, all attacks on the beachheads numbered "1" to "10" were blocked. This put the generals of the Chinese Expeditionary Force under tremendous psychological pressure. The infantry was unable to seize the beachheads and establish an advance base.
Subsequent heavy equipment and armored troops will not be able to go ashore. Once Japanese reinforcements arrive, it will be too late.
The beach landing operation was not going well. The national and US military generals looked solemn, but the British generals seemed a little gloating. Maybe it was because China was once a British semi-colony, or maybe it was because the ownership of the colony of Myanmar triggered a conflict between China and Britain.
In short, the British generals were generally not optimistic about this beach landing operation.
The British generals were relatively restrained, but the British media reporters who were observing the incident were not so polite.
Clare, the gold medal host of the British BBC radio station, was talking to the microphone broadcast live to the UK, the United States and even the world: "As of 12:05 local time, the Chinese Expeditionary Force's attack on Shah Alam Beach has not achieved any substantial results.
As a result of the progress, the leading division's attacks on the ten beachheads numbered '1' to '10' were all blocked."
"I just received quite unfavorable news from the Allied Command. According to the reconnaissance plane report, about two infantry regiments of Japanese reinforcements are moving rapidly from Kuala Lumpur to Shah Alan Beach. Frankly speaking, I think this cost
The beach landing operation involving a large amount of manpower and material resources may end in a disastrous failure.”
Song Xilian and Huo Kuizhang were standing not far from Claire.
Although the two of them did not understand English, there were many high-ranking counselors in the expeditionary force who were proficient in English. Through the high-ranking counselor’s low-pitched translation, the two of them quickly understood the meaning of Claire’s words. Song Xilian and Huo Kuizhang were immediately very angry, but they also
I couldn't argue, because the failure of the 11th Infantry Division to seize the beach was an indisputable fact!
Rangoon, Expeditionary Force Headquarters.
General Manager Zuo hurriedly walked into the war room and reported to Yue Weihan and Deng Gong with a solemn expression: "Mr. Yue, Political Commissar Deng, the beach landing frontline headquarters reported that the Japanese shore defenses on Shah Alan Beach were unexpectedly strong and the garrison strength was
It also far exceeded expectations. A rough estimate is that it has at least the garrison strength of an infantry brigade!"
"Huh?" Yue Weihan frowned upon hearing this, "An infantry brigade!?"
"Yamashita Fengwen, this old devil, really deserves his reputation." Mr. Deng also said leisurely. "He is indeed an elite who went to Germany to study. He built a strong coastal fortification on Shah Alan Beach without making any noise.
Because of our aerial reconnaissance, even our informants lurking inside the enemy's army didn't get the news, which is really amazing."
Mr. Zuo took a breath and then continued: "Boss, the 11th Infantry Division's attack is not effective. If it cannot seize the beachhead, it will not be able to build an advance base. Subsequent heavy equipment and armored troops will not be able to go ashore. If this continues, the situation will only escalate.
The situation is becoming more and more disadvantageous. Why not let the Airborne Division divide its troops to counterattack the Japanese coastal fortifications from behind?"
Deng Gong frowned and said, "Isn't it too risky to do this? The airborne division originally had only one regiment to parachute into the deep area. It had to block the Japanese reinforcements from the direction of Kuala Lumpur, and also divided its forces to counterattack the Japanese coastal fortifications.
Will the task be too difficult for the Airborne Division? Will they be up to it?"
Yue Weihan pondered for a moment and then said decisively: "I think it can be done!"
"Okay." Mr. Deng nodded and said to Mr. Zuo, "Old Zuo, call Li Jiuding immediately and ask the airborne division to divide its troops to counterattack the Japanese coastal defenses on Shah Alan Beach!"
10 kilometers deep area of Shah Alam Beach.
More than 2,500 officers and soldiers of the 1st Airborne Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force successfully carried out airborne landings on the open plains. Only a few dozen soldiers encountered strong airflow during the airborne landing and were injured due to damage to the main parachute. They airborne for ten minutes.
After that, Li Jiuding had established his headquarters between the Shah Alam shipwreck and Kuala Lumpur.
Amidst the rapid footsteps, Colonel Ye Xiaoxian, chief of staff of the Airborne Division, hurriedly walked into the war room and reported to Li Jiuding: "Divisional seat, the reconnaissance company reported that the two roads from Kuala Lumpur to Shah Alan Beach have been severely damaged.
More than a dozen large and small bridges on the way were destroyed. Within two days, it was impossible for the heavy equipment of the Japanese army to pass through."
"Very good, order the troops to step up emergency repairs and prepare to meet the Japanese reinforcements!" Li Jiuding nodded with satisfaction. The efficiency of the air force is still quite good. As long as the Japanese tank troops and heavy artillery cannot come up, the airborne division will have enough.
We are confident that we can block the Japanese reinforcements from the direction of Kuala Lumpur, even if they come with an entire infantry brigade!
As soon as he finished speaking, another major staff member hurriedly came in and reported: "Divisional seat, staff seat, the headquarters ordered our regiment to immediately divide its troops to counterattack the coastal defenses on Shah Alam Beach!"
The atmosphere in the headquarters suddenly became solemn.
According to the original combat plan, the airborne division's combat mission was to block Japanese reinforcements from the direction of Kuala Lumpur and buy time for the two armies to land on Shah Alan Beach. The rigid target issued by the headquarters to the airborne division was to hold on for at least 12 hours.
Before dark, a Japanese soldier or a Japanese vehicle must not be allowed to cross the defense line!
"It seems that the 1st and 2nd Army's attacks are not going well." Ye Xiaoxian said leisurely.
Li Jiuding thought for a moment and then said to Ye Xiaoxian: "Send my order and the 1st Battalion will assemble immediately!"
Shah Alam Beach, Beachhead "8".
When the bearded captain rushed to the beach with only a dozen soldiers from the entire company, he saw only six soldiers being suppressed in a depression by machine gun fire from two Japanese bunkers and unable to move forward. The bearded captain felt incredible.
The strange thing is that these six soldiers are all privates, and their commander is also a private.
"Private, tell me your name and serial number!" The bearded captain crawled to Xu Shaoyun's side with his butt sticking out.
Xu Shaoyun instinctively wanted to stand upright, but fortunately the bearded man had quick eyesight and quickly knocked him down again.
"Private Xu Shaoyun, Squadron 2, 3rd Platoon, 9th Company." Xu Shaoyun also raised his buttocks and said to the bearded captain, "Captain, the Japanese army's firepower network is very strict, and there are almost no dead spots for shooting. Our squad has just organized six charges.
If five of my brothers are dead, I won’t be able to rush forward at all, and the only way I can do it is to die!”
The bearded captain took out his bayonet, took out a special small mirror from his pocket and put it on the tip of the knife. Then he slightly exposed the bayonet to the depression and looked at the back through the reflection of the small mirror. Sure enough, as Private Xu Shaoyun said, two
The Japanese bunkers were built on the left and right protruding parts of the beach. Under mutual cover, there was no blind spot for shooting.
The bearded captain took back the small mirror and asked Xu Shaoyun: "Private, how far is the distance?"
"At least 300 meters!" Xu Shaoyun said with a bitter smile, "The rocket launcher is simply out of reach, out of reach!"
"Damn it." The bearded captain cursed bitterly, "Why didn't you call for air force support? Send a signal flare and let the air force blow up these two damn bunkers!"
"The signal bombs have been used up a long time ago." Xu Shaoyun said sadly, "The Air Force has bombed several times, but to no avail. The kid's bunker was so damn evil that it almost hid under the ground. The Air Force lacks rockets.
The angle of fire cannot penetrate at all, and the heavy aerial bombs cannot penetrate the bunker on top, it’s useless, it’s useless!”
"Damn it, this is trouble." The bearded captain was at a loss for words.
Xu Shaoyun gritted his teeth and said ferociously: "Captain, how about I lead someone to charge again?"
The bearded captain looked at Xu Shaoyun with some surprise, and said in a deep voice: "Across the beach about 100 meters away, there is a small ditch in front. Following the small ditch, you can get to the Japanese bunker 100 meters away on the left.
Within that distance, you can kill the Japanese bunker, but are you confident that you can cross that death distance?"
"No!" Xu Shaoyun shook his head and said ferociously, "But both the left and right are dead, so why not just give it a try!"
"Okay!" the bearded captain said immediately, "You and I each bring a rocket launcher and two rocket grenades." After that, he roared to the remaining dozen soldiers, "I will use my gunfire later."
On the signal, as soon as the gunfire rang out, everyone immediately scattered and charged, it was a bet, as long as a rocket launcher rushed over, the little devil would be finished!"
After that, the bearded captain pulled out his Brown machine pistol and fired into the air.
In an instant, more than a dozen officers and soldiers, including the bearded captain, jumped up and ran wildly in any direction. Immediately, the Japanese machine guns fired wildly, and the hot bullets drew barrages on the beach.
, the four soldiers had just jumped out of the depression, but they were already beaten into a sieve and sacrificed on the spot.
After the bearded second lieutenant and Xu Shaoyun jumped out of the depression, they ran as fast as possible towards the ditch a hundred meters away.
Now that we have reached this point, any evasive tactics are meaningless. The enemy's heavy machine gun bullets are just like splashing water. This is on an uncovered beach. Where can you hide?
?How many bullets can you dodge? Any tactical moves now are superfluous, what matters is speed!
Ten seconds passed in a blink of an eye, and the ditch was already close at hand!
The Japanese machine gunners finally discovered the intentions of the bearded second lieutenant and Private Xu Shaoyun, and responded quickly. Two heavy machine guns locked the entrance to the ditch with a dense firepower network, while the other two heavy machine guns chased the two men frantically.
The ground spewed fire, and the scorching bullets hit the beach behind them, making a popping sound. Death... could come at any time!
"Pfft!" The bearded captain who was rushing in front suddenly paused, and then fell straight back.
Immediately, the machine gun bullets splashed like water, beating the bearded captain into a sieve, but it was the Japanese sniper who really took his life. A rifle bullet accurately hit his face, and the huge energy almost killed him.
The back of his neck was completely torn into pieces, and the bearded captain had already lost the last of his consciousness before falling to the ground.
Private Xu Shaoyun jumped over the barrage and jumped into the ditch.
The scorching hot machine gun bullets only left two bloody holes on Xu Shaoyun's shoulders, but they were not fatal. The Japanese machine guns continued to fire wildly, but they could no longer threaten Xu Shaoyun in the ditch.
Regardless of bandaging the wounds on his body, Xu Shaoyun carried the rocket launcher and crawled along the ditch to the Japanese bunker in front. After passing through a bloody road more than 100 meters away, the private finally approached within 100 meters of the Japanese bunker and immediately unloaded.
With the rocket launcher on his shoulder, he reached for the rocket launcher on his lower back and immediately froze there.
The two rockets that were still hanging on my waist just now have disappeared!
Obviously, in the rapid charge just now, the two rockets had been lost. I hurriedly went back along the ditch to look for them, but I couldn't find them. However, the two rockets behind the bearded captain's waist were still there.
Stay there well, but now Xu Shaoyun no longer has the cover of his comrades, and rushing back will only lead to his death in vain.
"Little devil, grandpa will fight with you!" Xu Shaoyun, who was completely enveloped in despair and depression, desperately jumped out of the ditch in the blind spot, then raised his pistol and pointed it at the Japanese soldiers two hundred meters away.
The bunker fired aimlessly, completely ignoring that the Japanese bunker was outside the range of the pistol.
However, what is unbelievable is that at the same time as Xu Shaoyun's gun fired, raging flames suddenly spurted out from the narrow shooting hole of the Japanese bunker in front, and two Japanese soldiers who had been burned into flames screamed miserably.
Then, he desperately climbed out of the bunker, but he fell to the ground motionless after escaping less than ten meters.
Private Xu Shaoyun turned his head blankly and found that raging flames were also spitting out from the Japanese bunker on the other side. Although they were hundreds of meters away, he could still clearly hear the screams of the Japanese soldiers before they were burned to death.
The screams were so shrill that it must have felt uncomfortable to be burned alive!
Before Private Xu Shaoyun came to his senses, a figure of a National Army soldier had appeared near the bunker.
The national soldier was carrying a flamethrower on his back, and he was using the nozzle to indifferently spray scorching flames at the entrance of the bunker!