Chapter 775 Hawaiian Islands (7)

The German position was only fifty meters away, and it would only take a few seconds to run over there. However, the strange tranquility there made Michael's breathing more and more rapid, and his scalp was a little numb; but he couldn't stop, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to rush forward.

Suddenly, Michael felt something tripping under his feet. It felt very light, as if he kicked the grass roots. Before he had time to think about what it was, he heard an explosion behind him.

Oops! He stepped on the mine tripwire! !

His body almost instinctively jumped forward, but what he thought in his mind was that it was too late! The mine had already exploded, and I was afraid that his back would be blown into a bloody mess by the fragments of the mine in the next second.

But until he fell to the ground and swallowed a mouthful of sand, he didn't feel any pain, but the explosions around him continued, followed by the heartbreaking screams of his comrades.

"Help!"

"It hurts so much!"

"Mom! I want to go home!"

The screams sent chills down Michael's spine, and he realized that they had entered a minefield set up by the Germans. Suddenly, cold sweat began to pour down his body, and his calves twitched unconsciously, but he dared not move at all, fearing that some part of his body had touched a fatal mine, and if he was not careful, he would be blown to pieces; he could only pray desperately in his heart that the Virgin Mary would have mercy and save him.

"What?! Mine?!" Soon, Commander Wilson in the rear command post also received the bad news, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly. "The Germans have laid mines in front of the position?" This time they invested nearly a regiment of troops in the night attack, and the Germans blocked more than 2,000 people with mines alone. How many mines did they have to lay? ! When did they lay the mines, and they didn't even notice it? ! And did the Germans not plan to continue to attack forward? ! Wouldn't it be troublesome to remove these mines at that time? !

Actually, it's very simple to think about it. The reason why they didn't discover the German mine-laying operation was that the Germans laid mines after nightfall. Moreover, the German mines were not traditional mines that needed to be buried in a pit, but new types of broadsword mines; you only need to find a place to insert them, and you're done.

The power of this broadsword mine is more insane than traditional mines. The explosion and killing range of more than 700 small steel balls inside includes 50 meters in front, spreading in a fan-shaped range with a wide angle of 60 degrees; and the height is 2 to 4 meters. The maximum range of its steel balls can even reach 250 meters, including a medium killing range of about 100 meters.

The minefield of broadsword mines is generally laid out according to the triangular method or the straight line method. When laid out according to the triangular method, it is usually set as a trip mine, and each group has 3 trip mines laid out in a triangle. The entire minefield consists of multiple mine groups. If the straight line method is used, pressure mines are generally used and laid out in rows, with 1 to 4 mines in each row, and the interval between them is about 8 meters. The layout of the broadsword mine is also relatively flexible: it can be laid in front of the position to kill the enemy directly; it can also be laid on the side of the position to attack the enemy's flank; this layout method can ensure that the dead corners that other infantry weapons cannot cover are covered.

The American soldiers who knew nothing about this and were unprepared rashly broke into the terrible minefield. Michael still lay on the ground and dared not move. I don’t know how long it took, and a loud speaker sounded on the German position. "Listen, Americans on the opposite side! Drag all your wounded away, don’t let them howl here and affect our rest! We can guarantee your lives within half an hour!"

Helplessly, Commander Wilson had to send a rescue team to move all the wounded back. Only then did Michael stand up tremblingly, and followed the rescue team back trembling all over.

Only more than 1,000 of the more than 2,000 people sent out returned, of which less than 100 were intact, and more than 300 of the remaining wounded were seriously injured. These people were beaten to a bloody mess by tiny steel balls, and the medical facilities here could not perform major operations on them. They could only inject some morphine to relieve their pain, and the injuries of the rest of the wounded were not optimistic.

"I'm such an idiot!" After hearing the casualty report from his subordinates, Commander Wilson cursed himself fiercely. The German army swept across most of Europe, and their combat experience was extremely rich. What kind of battle had they not fought? How could they not have thought that the enemy would launch a night attack? He was still stupid enough to send people, wasn't this just giving away lives? !

Michael returned to the underground air-raid shelter. The air-raid shelter, which was originally a little crowded, seemed empty at this time. Seeing Michael walk in in a daze, many soldiers surrounded him.

"Michael, what happened?"

"Did the night attack fail?"

Michael sat down on the ground in frustration, took out the canteen and was about to pour water into his mouth, but his comrade next to him reminded him. "Drink sparingly, we are running out of fresh water."

Michael then remembered that the fresh water supply station on the island was destroyed by the Germans. Before, the fresh water supply on the island was sufficient, and they had never considered the situation of water shortage. He was originally going to drink a few mouthfuls, but he could only drink a small sip carefully, then covered the lid and sighed. "The Germans laid a large number of mines in front of the position, and we were almost wiped out before we rushed to the front."

"..."The American soldiers around looked at each other, not knowing what to say. They patted Michael on the shoulder and comforted him for a few words before silently returning to their respective beds.

At this time, the beach behind the German position was brightly lit, and the engineers were busy building a floating dock.

Although the hovercraft can also transport supplies to the shore, the carrying capacity is limited after all, and large quantities of supplies still need to be unloaded at the dock. The Americans destroyed the Pearl Harbor dock themselves, so they could only build a floating dock first, and then transport all kinds of supplies to the island before they could start repairing the Pearl Harbor dock.

They were busy until the next morning, and built two floating docks.

Commander Wilson, who had not slept all night and was about to take a nap, was awakened. "Commander, Commander! The Germans built two docks on the shore!"

"What?!" Commander Wilson was shocked and hurried to an observation post. He picked up a telescope and looked at the shore in the distance. He saw that there were indeed two docks there, and there were several cranes on them. The two transport ships slowly approached the dock, sounded the whistle, and made a low and melodious sound.

Watching the various supplies being unloaded from the transport ship, Commander Wilson opened his mouth in shock.

"How is this possible?!" How did the Germans build these two docks overnight? ! Is he dreaming? He pinched his thigh hard to make sure it was not a dream.

"Oh my God!" Reality was even more terrifying than dreams. In order to prevent the docks from being used by the Germans, they deliberately destroyed the docks at Pearl Harbor; but now it seems that the Germans don't need these docks at all!