Chapter 2507 The Bloody Coast 3
"This is completely different from what we imagined. Before experiencing the real war, we imagined very well. The Browning heavy machine guns and mortars equipped in the company were used as long-range suppressive firepower, responsible for providing firepower from 1,000 meters away. Support, and then accompanying the infantry to provide fire support are BAR shooters. They will become the backbone of our mobile firepower! Covering the infantry and engineers continue to advance. However, when we entered the battlefield, we found that all plans could not keep up with the changes!"
"The Browning is a good machine gun. Apart from being a bit heavy and taking a long time to replace the barrel, its other properties are very good. It is very stable and strong. If the barrel gets water, you just need to fish it out. You can shoot without deliberately clearing it, and it can show very good stability in the face of floating or vibration on the beach. These machine guns and 60MM mortars together form the core of our long-range company-level firepower. However, what we are facing is With the Japanese Vickers water-cooled machine gun, the opponent does not need to change the barrel, and the firepower continuity is better. In long-distance battles, we can only guarantee a rough draw."
"What's really terrible is that with the firepower, the BAR machine gun can't play a suppressive role at all. Thanks to the terrible 20-round magazine, our shooters usually use up all the bullets in an instant! We can't effectively suppress those who are far away. Even when shooting against the English Diamondback (the American name for the Lewis machine gun), we are at an absolute disadvantage," a US military officer wrote in a post-war report. However, a few words cannot describe the depressed mood of the American officers and soldiers during the war on the battlefield. What they encountered was ten times worse than described!
"Now, try to collect all the MG machine guns, collect all the saddle-shaped drum magazines, and give them to the attacking troops. The remaining personnel responsible for long-range suppression use ammunition chains. Also, tell everyone that if they can find a semi-automatic rifle Or carbine, then just throw away the spring rifle, these fire sticks should be thrown into the trash heap of history!" Platoon Leader Homan arranged in an orderly manner.
"Bob, didn't I ask you to go find the company commander?" Homan said with some surprise when he saw the personnel who had been sent out to contact him return with a few people. One of them he still knew, he was the company's correspondent.
"Boss, let me tell you good news and bad news." Bob said helplessly.
"Is there any good news at this time?" Homan was very surprised.
"The good news is that you are now our company commander. The bad news is that our company commander was killed in action, and the only person left at the company headquarters is the correspondent." Bob pointed to the correspondent who was following him.
"Okay, lucky boy, now, gather everyone together immediately, and then we start to set up the defense line." Homan ordered. After saying that, he picked up the engineer shovel in his hand without looking back and began to expand the trench around the crater.
"Sir, the order from above is for us to attack," the correspondent said.
"However, the attack first needs to attack the position!" Homan said angrily.
Just now, he roughly tapped the number of people. The number of people left in his company was no more than 80 at most. It was a company of 139 people before! Basically, it can be judged that the offensive capability has been lost. The firepower outside is so fierce and the engineers have suffered heavy losses. They can only clear the shallow mines and obstacles to a limited extent. Even if they really attack, they must wait for the tanks and reinforcements from behind. The companies that rushed fast at the beginning have been disabled. If he continues at this speed, he will be the battalion commander tomorrow!
What to do when the situation cannot be opened? As an officer at the grassroots level who cannot afford to be at the grassroots level, he naturally tries to find a way to survive first! When the sky falls, there will naturally be a higher one to climb to. As a grassroots officer, Homan just wants to let the brothers around him survive first!
The Americans had a backup plan for this landing battle. Naturally, they were not so naive as to really think that the battle could be ended with a blast of naval guns and a rush of infantry. Although on the western front, the Japanese Army was a little weak, but it was still The water wouldn't be like this! At least when the Germans attacked the Japanese army, tanks were indispensable. This was the minimum treatment given to the Japanese army! Therefore, this time, after the first wave of landing troops gained a foothold, the second wave of tanks and armored vehicles were the most important weapons for the US military to crush the Japanese defense line!
At this time, a certain great master who was famous in history was anxiously waiting for the first battle under his command on a landing ship not far away!
"Boys, the first appearance of the Iron Cavalry of the United States of America is up to us. What you have to do is to follow the heavy tank platoon, protect our flanks, and then use your 75MM howitzers to destroy all the Japanese you can see. Just kill them, okay, do you understand? Just like you did on the training ground!" Lieutenant Colonel Patton's high voice echoed in the cabin of the tank landing ship. Historically, Patton was responsible for forming armored forces after the end of World War I, and in this dimension, he led the first batch of American armored forces into actual combat! I have to say that fate plays tricks on people!
In addition to preparing 400-ton tank landing craft, the Americans have also specially developed tank landing craft with a standard displacement of 1,200 tons and a full load displacement of 2,200 tons. On the one hand, a company of armored troops can be deployed in an organized manner at one location to land tanks. The way the ship enters the battlefield is very simple and crude, just rush to the beach directly, then open the hatch, and then the 17 tanks stored in it can be driven out along the pedals in front of the cabin!
Lieutenant Colonel Patton was responsible for commanding the first wave of U.S. Army armored forces that rushed to the beach. This time, the Americans invested 6 armored companies at once, of which Patton would directly command 4 of the armored companies to fight at the first landing site. . The American armored company consists of two vehicles from the company headquarters and three armored platoons. Each armored platoon has five tanks. There is one heavy tank platoon among the three platoons equipped on each tank landing ship. The Wolf tanks imported from Germany and the other two are medium tank platoons, equipped with T1 tanks produced by the Americans. The Americans' idea is very simple. The main task of the heavy tanks is to break through, while the T1 tanks behind them are responsible for cover and output. After all, in the eyes of the Americans, everyone has 75MM artillery, and they should be similar in use!
There are three tank landing ships that need to be beached at this landing site. There is another piece of armor at the back that needs to be sent up using a landing craft. In addition, there are more than 20 armored vehicles and a large number of mechanized infantry that need to be sent up to the beachhead using landing craft. Judging from the scale and quantity, this wave of American attacks is definitely considered sincere! In terms of scale, it has reached the level of a German armored battalion.
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