Gradually, the sound of heavy artillery shooting on both sides became sparse, and the Americans were worried about ammunition consumption. The Japanese were destroyed by a considerable portion of the front-line artillery, and ammunition consumption was also a problem. After all, in the eyes of the Japanese Army, if people could use people to solve the problem, then don’t use precious heavy artillery shells. Like the European battlefield, both sides each fired tens of millions of shells in a battle. In the eyes of the Japanese, it was almost unimaginable! The price of a 6-inch shell is 150 yen, and a postcard for a Japanese soldier is only 2 yen. Well, there are many soldiers on both legs in Japan, but heavy artillery shells should be used with caution!

As the heavy firepower of both sides decreased, the battlefield was once again dominated by infantry and light artillery. The US military, which was previously pressed on the beach, could finally take a breath, and the US military in some areas was even ready to fight back.

"George, throw away the bar in your hand and hold this!" Homan threw a mg09 general-purpose machine gun imported from Germany into the machine gunner's hand, and then assigned him an ammunition hand. The battle between the infantrymen on both sides had been going on for nearly 45 minutes, but the US military still did not open up the situation.

If the first battle is used as the standard, the Americans' reaction was still very good. After experiencing the initial panic, under the command of the officers, the Americans finally began to establish their own fronts. The machine gun team and mortar team of the battalion began to use wreckage, craters and terrain as cover. The soldiers carried boxes of ammunition snatched from the landing craft, and boxes of mortar shells were taken out, and then the corresponding drug launch ring was pressed according to visual inspection. The subsequent 82mm mortars began to suppress the Japanese machine gun positions in the distance, while the 60 mortars were responsible for releasing smoke bombs.

The roar of Browning's machine gun finally broke the situation where the Japanese Wicks machine gun dominated the battlefield. The US soldiers who had been trained for a long time in live ammunition control were very good in shooting accuracy and rhythm. Fire snakes were flying around the Japanese bunkers, and the precision even blocked the Japanese shooting holes tightly. From time to time, one or two Japanese shooters were killed by cracked bullets. Although there was no strong bunker protection, the US military also suppressed the firepower of the Japanese troops in the distance as much as possible. Everything was carried out according to the previous script, with machine guns and mortars responsible for suppressing, and then the infantry team carrying Browning machine guns and blasting tools opened up a passage.

However, it seemed to be quite smooth together, and collapsed in a middle-range battle of about 500 yards.

"Be careful of alternate shooting, don't let all machine guns fire ammunition at the same time!" The commander in charge of the entire assault squad said to the two bar shooters beside him. At this time, the engineers were lying on the ground, extending the blasting barrels forward to detonate the minefield in front. The Japanese rifle bullets almost flew past their scalp, and the only thing that could provide cover for these engineers was the bar machine gun behind them. However, listening to the intermittent shooting of the machine gun behind them, the second lieutenant always felt that the firepower would be interrupted at any time.

In order to ensure suppression of the enemy, the second lieutenant concentrated at least 5 bar machine guns, and there were also four grenademen carrying grenade launchers responsible for attacking the possible grenade launchers of the Japanese army. They have now left the starting position for 400 yards, and the machine guns in the distance have limited support for them, and all firepower can only be dependent on themselves!

Boom! With a series of explosions, a 15-meter-wide safety passage was opened from the minefield. Then, according to the scheduled plan, the second lieutenant needed the troops to alternately cover the advance. However, just as two of the machine gun groups began to move with the infantry, the sudden roar from the front caused heavy losses to the moving US military!

Accompanied by hissing like a rattlesnake, two fire snakes were quickly passing through the marching US troops, and four unexpected US troops were shot into sieves by dense bullets. The Americans immediately used all the weapons they could find in their hands to suppress the firepower that appeared on the side so that they could pass through the small open area in front. The bar machine gun and Garland rifle became the pillars of fire. However, in this battle, the Americans' three bars were not at all against two Lewis machine guns!

However, relying on a large number of automatic rifles, the Americans gradually stabilized their positions. However, just as they were about to make further breakthroughs, two low guns disrupted the entire plan! After two 70mm infantry guns joined the battlefield, the flank of the US assault squad without artillery support was instantly gnawed a corner. Under the attack of less than 4 kilograms of shells, the two bar groups and their weapons were blown into pieces. The other party's shooting angle was very tricky, between howitzers and mortars, and the initial speed was faster than the mortars. If it was a mortar, the US military could still consider dodging, but when the speed increased, at such a close distance, when you hear the sound of shells, the shells would fall in less than a second.

When the firepower of the US machine gun on the flank was suppressed, a small team of Japanese troops rushed up under the cover of Lewis machine guns. At this time, the US commander discovered a very special place, that is, many Japanese troops seemed to have rushed out from the side of the area they had passed by before and even behind!

It turns out that compared with the complex structure and well-connected trench systems on the Western battlefield, some Japanese troops like small and very concealed individual bunkers, which can only accommodate a soldier and his own equipment, and are covered with wooden boards with camouflaged ones. If you don't look carefully, you won't be discovered from the side. Later, when the Japanese army launched a counterattack, these "nails" located behind the US military would take the opportunity to attack. This made the US military, who had encountered this situation for the first time, feel very uncomfortable.

However, in this situation where the Americans were about to collapse by being attacked from the front and back, the sufficient melee firepower of the Americans once again saved a considerable number of people's lives. The firepower composed of the m1 carbine and the submachine gun formed an airtight fire net at a distance of about 100 meters, sweeping away all living things that dared to straighten up more than half of their bodies like cutting wheat! Accompanied by the roar of the carbine, the orange shells fell on the beach, and together they disappeared, there were also many Japanese troops.

Caught off guard, both sides quickly entered melee battle. Bayonets, engineer shovels and pistols waved in the smoke and blood. With the sound of shouts and the roar of various guns, only broken corpses and pieces of red blood were left on the beach. Most of the American attacks were curbed, and the hasty counterattack of the Japanese army did not work. Both sides suffered huge losses, but the harvest was small.
Chapter completed!