In the next half month, MacArthur used a large number of transport ships to transport cement and sand to Bougainville Island. Millions of tons of cement and sand were unloaded on the island. Then, the Chinese army began to advance steadily.
The attack was launched towards the second and last defensive position of the Japanese.
Before launching the attack, the Allied forces still used the old tactics, bombing them indiscriminately from planes and artillery, causing all the Japanese to hide in the underground fortifications under the mountain.
Subsequently, mixers were transported to the Japs' frontier positions one after another. Any holes discovered were immediately blocked with a large amount of concrete. In order to prevent the Japs from opening the concrete, corresponding arrangements were made outside each sealed hole.
As a result, the actions of the Japanese devils were effectively prevented.
As the landfill work continued, the Japanese began to panic.
In the underground fortifications, Hyakutake Harukichi sat on a chair, and Qiu Yongli sat next to him. The two looked at each other with ugly expressions.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Chinese people outside are constantly filling in the hole. It seems that they want to suffocate us all underground. This is not an option." Qiu Yongli said.
Baiwu Qingyoshi said: "We must break the China people's conspiracy. They can bury holes during the day, and we can dig holes at night and open the entrance of the hole."
"Hai!" Qiu Yongli knew that this was the only way at the moment...
In the dark night, outside a sealed cave entrance, the cave entrance was opened little by little, and several Japanese soldiers who were covered in cement and sand came out of the cave with pickaxes and engineer shovels.
"Finally out!" Several Japanese soldiers showed joy on their faces. One Japanese soldier turned his head and imitated two owl hoots toward the entrance of the cave. Then, dozens of Japanese soldiers came out of the cave, breathing heavily and greedily.
Breathing the fresh air outside the cave.
"Snapped!"
The light of a searchlight shone on the entrance of the cave, which was so dazzling, and then two heavy machine guns that had been prepared long ago formed cross fire from the left and right sides, constantly spitting out gorgeous demonic flowers.
A moment later, all the dozens of Japs who appeared at the entrance of the cave were shot to the ground. Seeing that no Japs came out again, a second lieutenant waved his hand, and then, jars of cement mixed with the corpses of the dead Japs were poured into the cave that had just been dug up.
Inside the cave...
At another cave entrance, the Japs were firmly guarding the cave entrance and were shot by heavy machine guns. However, the Japs did not give in and still hid in the cave entrance and kept firing to resist.
In the end, this group of arrogant Japanese even set up a Type 92 heavy machine gun at the entrance of the cave and fired continuously.
"Damn, the little Japs beat me really hard." A second lieutenant spat on the ground, then waved his hand, and a flamethrower was transferred over. The operator lay on the ground, aimed at the hole and immediately pulled the trigger.
The next moment, a dazzling fire dragon shot into the cave.
"Boom boom!"
There was a series of explosions in the cave, which were the explosions of the Japs' ammunition. Then, shrill screams were heard, and several Japs covered in fire rushed out of the cave entrance and rolled on the ground until they were motionless and burned to a crisp.
carbon……
Seeing that there was no movement inside, the second lieutenant waved his hand and said: "Fill it!"
As a result, the cave entrance where there was a fierce battle just a moment ago was filled with jars of cement.
Every time a hole was filled, Chinese soldiers used machine guns to block the hole, and some directly used flamethrowers to clean it before filling it directly.
Independent fortifications were buried one by one, and the Japanese inside either rushed out and were beaten to death, or were suffocated to death inside, or even directly mixed with the cement, resulting in a tragic death.
After several days of landfilling, the independent fortifications outside the second line of Japanese fortifications were basically sealed, and thousands of Japanese were suffocated to death underground. It was extremely miserable.
After dealing with the peripheral fortifications, the Chinese army focused its attention on the core positions of the Japs. In order to prevent being suffocated to death, under the organization of Qiu Yongli, the Japs launched several attacks, but such attacks were no different from suicide attacks. , as soon as they came out of the cave, they were greeted by light and heavy machine guns, flat-fire cannons, and mortars. After paying the price of thousands of people, the Japanese were once again forced into the underground fortifications.
At this point, the more than 10,000 remaining Japs on Bougainville Island have all retreated into the underground passages of the core position. The underground fortifications of the core position extend in all directions and have many exits. These Japs and the Chinese army have been exhausted. We have just sealed the caves here. The Japanese were digging holes inside, and as soon as one hole was filled in, another hole popped up.
Time was wasted little by little, and the one-month deadline mentioned by MacArthur was getting closer and closer. Liao Yaoxiang, Wang Yaowu, and Xu Rui had to sit together to discuss a solution.
"Although we have made great progress during this period, the core position of the Japs is too big. It is definitely not feasible to waste it like this. The time is almost up. Let's see what you can think of." Wang Yaowu said.
Xu Rui thought for a while and said: "The Japs are very smart. We fill the holes here and they dig holes over there. The Japs have plenty of food. It is really not an option to continue like this. We have to think of a good way."
Liao Yaoxiang said: "In this world, only the two words water and fire are the most ruthless. I think we are either using water or fire!"
"This is absolutely true. It's just that it takes a lot of work to divert seawater back into the water. Moreover, the Japanese fortifications are far away from the sea and there are no big water sources nearby, so water can be excluded." Wang Yaowu said.
Xu Rui said: "Then there is only fire?"
Liao Yaoxiang said: "Then let's find a way to burn down the Japanese underground fortifications!"
"How to burn it?"
The three of them were lost in thought. Xu Rui half-squinted his eyes. After a while, his eyes lit up and he said, "I have a solution!"
"What can we do?" Liao Yaoxiang and Wang Yaowu looked at Xu Rui.
"That's all we need..." Xu Rui whispered his plan...
In the underground fortification, Private Onizuka Koichiro was closing his eyes to rest. Suddenly, a foul smell came from his nose. Onizuka Koichiro knew that this must be another guy defecating.
"time to eat!"
A cook gave each person two sour rice balls. However, amidst the unpleasant smell, the rice balls were really hard to swallow, and many people vomited.
In recent days, because they were unable to leave the fortifications, the Japanese soldiers ate, drank, and urinated inside the fortifications, so the smell of feces, sweat, and blood were mixed together, making it almost unbearable. However, in order to survive, they chose to And the feeling of resting, eating and drinking under such conditions is extremely difficult to describe in words.
Onizuka Koichiro put the rotten rice balls aside and sighed, when will the life of living like a mouse come to an end?
"Ah! Ah!"
A wounded Japanese soldier next to him kept screaming. This wounded Japanese soldier had a gunshot wound in his arm. Although it had been treated, it had suppurated under such extremely poor sanitary conditions and had to be amputated.
"Shimada-kun, what's wrong with you?" Onizuka Koichiro came to the wounded soldier and asked.
"It hurts so much! It's so hot!"
"You have a fever!" Onizuka Koichiro looked at Shimada's wound, which was filled with pus again. Onitsuka Koichiro shouted: "Medicine!"
After a while, a medical soldier came over, looked at Shimada's injuries, and said: "The leg has been amputated. It cannot be amputated anymore. There is only one way to save him now."
"any solution?"
"I just used a red-hot iron to burn his festering wounds. However, his body is so weak that I'm afraid he won't be able to survive this test," the medical soldier said.
"Go ahead and give me an anesthetic. I'll be able to survive it," Shimada said.
"There is no more anesthesia." The medical soldier lowered his head feebly.
Without anesthesia, if you use a soldering iron to burn a suppurating wound with a high fever, the chance of survival is extremely slim. However, Shimada had no choice.
"Let's do it." Shimada said.
"Shimada-kun, you will die if you do this." Onizuka Koichiro looked at his fellow countryman with tears in his eyes.
"It's better to die than to suffer like this." Shimada said in an unusually weak voice.
"Okay, then I'll take action."
The medical soldier lit up a fire, then heated the iron red-hot, gritted his teeth, and applied force to Shimada's suppurating wound.
"squeak……"
There was a burning smell, and then Shimada became silent, tilted his head, and stopped breathing.
"Shimada-kun!" Koichiro Onizuka cried loudly while holding Shimada's body.
"The person is dead and must be thrown into a special cabin immediately, otherwise the plague will spread," the medical soldier said.
"roll!"
Koichiro Onizuka kicked the medical soldier to the ground. The medical soldier did not even bother to put away the soldering iron and ran away in a hurry.
"What is the taste?"
said a soldier next to him.
Koichiro Onizuka put down Shimada's body as if he didn't hear it.
"It smells like fuel," another soldier also said.
"How is that possible? How can there be diesel here?" A soldier shook his head and said.
"But, I really smelled fuel."
"I smell it too!"
More and more soldiers shouted.
"Ah! What is that under my feet? Why is it so sticky?"
"It's fuel!" a soldier shouted.
"Where did you get all this fuel?"
"I don't know, there is a lot of fuel here too!" The Japanese soldier was very puzzled, where did all this fuel come from?
Onizuka Koichiro put down Shimada's body and took a sniff. Sure enough, the air was mixed with the smell of fuel. When he looked again, there was fuel everywhere on the ground, and the fuel was still increasing and flowing into the hole.
Where did so much oil come from?
The next moment, Onizuka Koichiro seemed to understand something and shouted: "No! Escape quickly..."
Onizuka Koichiro's voice echoed in the tunnel, but it was already too late.
At the entrance of the tunnel, barrels of fuel were opened, poured into the entrance of the tunnel, and continued to flow downwards along the entrance of the tunnel...
