69novels Chapter 1073
Chapter 1073
It turns out that Commander Rishin’s speculation was correct!
Tachibana Yuichiro stood at the bow, watching the sound of gunfire getting farther and farther away from the shore, with a smile on his face.
“It seems that the offensive plan is going relatively smoothly. The army idiots should have gained a foothold on the shore. Unless they encounter a large-scale counterattack by the enemy, they will most likely not be pushed into the sea!”
Although they can’t help with the battle on the ground, the navy is still very concerned about the battle on land.
Just now, when the army idiots needed artillery support, the navy did not refuse at all and directly used the artillery of the battleship to provide them with powerful firepower support, helping them clear a lot of offensive obstacles!
If it weren’t for the outstanding performance of the navy, they would definitely not be able to defeat the defenders on the shore so easily!
Of course, with the continuous advancement of the Japanese ground forces, their current combat range has exceeded the support range of the navy. After all, battleships cannot go to land, so they can no longer help the army!
“I hope the army idiots will not disappoint everyone this time!”
Tachibana Yuichiro doesn’t like the army, but this time he still puts his hopes on the army, because only the army can accomplish this!
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The Navy’s concerns were naturally unknown to the Foot Basin Army that had successfully landed.
Major Fujita of the 116th Squadron was chasing a group of defeated Australian troops with his squadron. This Australian army was the last to join the battle. From the uniforms they wore, it can be seen that they did not seem to be a regular army, but should be something like militia or police forces.
But who cares? The Japanese army’s goal is to eliminate all those who dare to resist. In order to eliminate their worries, all those near the landing point, regardless of whether their existence posed a threat to the Japanese army, were cleared out by them!
Of course, this cleaning was definitely not done with any gentle means!
“Report to the major, we found a small town ahead, and the group of people just now seemed to have escaped into this town!”
As they chased, the group of people who were escaping in front disappeared, and a small town of not very large size appeared in front of them.
The Japanese soldiers speculated that the group of people just now should have hidden in it!
When Major Fujita heard what the soldiers said, he immediately became interested.
This place is not far from the landing point, only about 25 kilometers. This distance can still pose a threat to the landing site, so they must control this town!
If they can’t control it, completely destroying it is also a way!
But no matter what, they have to attack here!
Thinking of this, Major Fujita immediately ordered:”Let the first and second teams detour from the south to cut off the enemy’s escape route, and let the third team launch an attack from the west to test the enemy’s firepower!”
Although the town doesn’t look very big and there shouldn’t be many people inside, they didn’t go in to check, so they didn’t know the situation inside. If there was an Australian army hiding in it, they would be walking into a trap if they rushed in rashly!
Therefore, Major Fujita planned to test the reaction in the town through a tentative attack. If there were many Australian troops in the town, they would definitely fight back. As long as they launched a counterattack, he could roughly estimate the number of enemy troops in the town through the sound of gunfire in the battle!
Da da da!
The Japanese attack began soon!
Under the cover of machine guns, dozens of Japanese soldiers dispersed into skirmish lines, with wide intervals, quietly. They quietly moved towards the town from different directions at the same time!
If there are defenders in the city, they should launch a counterattack and suppress the firepower at this time. Otherwise, if this Japanese army successfully breaks in, it will tear the town’s defense line apart, making it indefensible!
Major Fujita had a sneer on his face, holding a telescope in his hand, scanning the entire battlefield.
Although this town is not large, it has a good location. If they can control it, they can turn it into their stronghold and transit station, so that a large amount of their own combat supplies can be stored here.
And he who captures this place will definitely get a share of military merit!
Bang bang!
Just as he was thinking about what reward he would get for this, two gunshots interrupted his thoughts.
“What happened? Were our troops attacked?”
Major Fujita’s first reaction was that his troops were attacked by the defenders.
Because they had seen militants running here before, it was normal for the other side to open fire and counterattack in the face of their own attack.
However, from the sound of the gunfire, it seemed that there were not many people on the other side, which made him a little disappointed.
If there were hundreds or thousands of Australian troops hiding in this town, he would be able to catch a big fish!
But unfortunately, such a thing does not seem to happen!
“Major, our people have entered the town and are searching it.……”
“”But what?”
Major Fujita asked with some dissatisfaction.
They saw with their own eyes that the militants ran here, and the only place to hide around was this small town, so those militants must have fled here!
And in order to survive, they would definitely not stand out obediently, so it was normal for the Japanese troops to search the entire town. Major
Fujita did not think that his subordinates had done anything wrong, and the entire Japanese army thought so, so in their opinion, the homeowner refused their search request and even fired a warning shot at them, which was unbearable!
After listening to the soldier’s explanation, Major Fujita was furious!
There are actually such bold people who dare to shoot at their own soldiers!
“”Come on, take me to see!”
He immediately pulled out the pistol on his waist, which was a Type 14 Nambu pistol, a weapon often carried by low-ranking officers.
Soon, Major Fujita came to the outside of the family’s house.
It was surrounded by a team of Japanese soldiers with live ammunition. Eight Japanese soldiers guarded the four corners of the house to prevent the people in the house from escaping.
The Japanese soldiers were very suspicious. Was the family’s reaction so strong because they hid and protected the fleeing soldiers before?
If not, why did they react so strongly just now?