Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Chapter 732: The Devil on the Tree

"Good morning, Old John!"

"Good morning, Arthur. May the goddess of luck continue to favor you!"

"Thanks, I don't need this awful bread, I just need a cup of coffee!"

"..."

In the early morning of the U.S. military camp, a battalion of about 800 U.S. Marines were eating breakfast. Compared with the Japanese soldiers' shabby rice balls with only a small bite and some miscellaneous food, the U.S. military food was much better.

Bread, coffee, ham, fruit and cola are all standard equipment, except for the first two days of landing when a large amount of military supplies had to be transported and there was no fruit and cola. The subsequent supply ship delivered a full ship of cola, coffee, and some condoms.

After breakfast, a group of American soldiers took their weapons and began to march towards Melbourne.

"Why are we Marines walking in the front again!"

Arthur sipped his coffee and walked towards the woods while complaining.

There were two other troops around their camp, an army tank regiment and an army infantry regiment, but these two troops had not yet taken action, so their Marines went ahead to explore the way.

All soldiers know that exploring the path is a very dangerous task, especially since the Japanese like to build various hidden bunkers and suddenly fire a burst of bullets at the leading exploration troops, causing heavy casualties. However, the Marines have the lowest status in the US military, so they do half of the dangerous tasks.

"Don't worry, Arthur. The reconnaissance plane has already flown out, and the bombers are overhead. If you find any suspicious targets, just call for support. Our artillery has also arrived!"

A sergeant major chewed gum and pinched Arthur's shoulder, showing his white teeth, with something else in his eyes.

"I hope the army artillery can provide us with fire support!"

After hearing this, the Marine soldier said something self-deprecatingly.

They were well aware of their position in the army—fourth-class Ma Run.

The army, navy, and air force all look down on them, and they use the worst weapons and equipment.

The Army is equipped with all Garand rifles, but the Marine Corps is still using Springfield rifles.

In addition, the same is true for machine guns and even more so for artillery. Anyway, what the Marine Corps uses are those that have been eliminated by the Army.

The Army has also been mocking the Marines as garbage collectors who follow the Army to pick up garbage.

Although a group of American Marines were complaining, they did not stop their actions. They began to line up in an orderly manner and entered the forest, advancing towards Melbourne.

This place is about 50 kilometers away from Melbourne. There is a road that can be used for traffic, but the American soldiers did not dare to walk on the road for fear of being ambushed by Japanese soldiers.

As soon as they entered the woods, the Marines became extremely alert. They looked at every raised mound of earth, because the Japanese liked to dig such bunkers, and they had suffered losses from them before.

However, today they walked for a distance and did not encounter any attacks. Even though they saw some suspicious mounds, after walking around them from both sides, they found that it was a false alarm and not a bunker built by the Japanese.

"Strange, the Japs didn't attack us today?"

After walking unimpeded for about two hours, Arthur vaguely felt that something was wrong.

"Isn't it a good thing that there are no devils? Maybe those dwarfs have already run back to their country in disgrace. We can just occupy Odalia!"

"Maybe, but I always feel it's a little weird!"

As the sergeant major spoke, he looked around but didn't find anything wrong.

No traces of trenches or bunkers dug by the Japanese were found, and no mines were found on either side of the road.

The sergeant major thought about what had happened along the way and had a bad feeling in his heart, but he couldn't remember what was wrong.

"Strange, I've been walking for so long today, but I haven't heard any birds singing."

At this time, a soldier suddenly spoke slowly.

"Birds chirping?"

The sergeant suddenly realized that something was wrong. There was no bird singing. It was summer in Odalia (summer and winter are opposite in the northern and southern hemispheres).

Now should be the time when birds are most active in the forest, but up to now there are almost no bird calls.

At this time, above the woods, a group of Japanese soldiers wrapped in branches were staring at the American soldiers below, but they did not shoot. Instead, they were waiting for the signal to attack.

"Kill him!"

Suddenly, a roar was heard from the woods in the distance.

The Japanese soldier hiding in the tree quickly raised his gun and aimed at the American soldier below.

From a high vantage point, they could calmly choose their targets, and these Japanese soldiers all chose American officers.

"boom!"

One of the Japanese soldiers fired the first shot, blowing the head off a sergeant major.

Then, dense gunfire rang out, and the sound of Type 38 rifles echoed in the woods.

"There are enemies!"

"There are enemies!"

"Looking for the enemy!"

"No target found!"

"over there?"

Suddenly attacked, the soldiers of this battalion of Marines were obviously a little panicked, and most of them just lay on the ground. According to their previous experience, the Japanese attack points were usually shooting holes in the earth pits, or behind some hidden bushes.

But soon these American soldiers discovered something was wrong, because even though they were lying on the ground, bullets were still taking their lives.

At the same time, some Japanese soldiers who were right above the heads of the American soldiers took out the grenades in their arms and threw them under the tree.

"There are enemies around me!"

"could not find it!"

"Gunshots are nearby!"

An old American soldier lay on the ground and shouted loudly.

At this moment, an old American soldier discovered a grenade that fell beside him.

Looking up, he noticed something moving in the fork of the tree next to him.

"The devil is in the tree!"

"boom!"

This American soldier shouted something before he died and was killed by a grenade.

However, his words before his death reminded the American soldiers. Some of them looked up and saw the black muzzles of guns pointing at them.

"In the tree, the enemy is in the tree!"

After the American soldiers discovered the enemy, they wanted to prepare to counterattack, but at this time, explosions continued to sound, and the American soldiers lying on the ground were killed before they could raise their guns to shoot.

There were also some soldiers who were not killed in the explosion. They stood up and wanted to raise their guns to shoot, but as soon as they stood up, they were aimed at by several guns and were shot dead instantly.

The American signalman was holding a walkie-talkie and requesting support: "This is the 7th Battalion of the 3rd Marine Division. We have been ambushed by the Japanese. We have been ambushed by the Japanese. The Japanese are hiding in the trees. Requesting reinforcements, requesting reinforcements!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the American signalman was shot dead.

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Here are three more chapters to go. Please give me some free gifts and ask for more chapters. I'm in arrears and haven't forgotten. I'm preparing a book test recently. Can anyone provide a name? Let's brainstorm.

Thanks to Daomo, a great writer who loves eating vinegar-soaked kelp. I owe you two chapters, plus the ones I missed before! ~

Chapter 733 Christmas in Melbourne

At this time, the U.S. Army Infantry Regiment following behind the Marines was also attacked.

Before the attack, they were still slowly following the traces left by the Marines and moving forward slowly.

Although the Japanese ambush this time was prepared in a hurry, the American soldiers were very patient after entering the encirclement.

When the Marines entered their ambush circle, they did not take action, but waited until the Marines were about to walk out of the ambush circle before taking action.

The American infantry regiment also entered their ambush circle.

There were Japanese soldiers on the trees on all sides. They shot at the American soldiers from a high position and threw grenades at them.

Many American soldiers were killed before they could react.

The American soldiers who reacted quickly began to fight back, but there was no cover around them. Although they were able to kill one or two Japanese soldiers on the trees, it seemed as if there were Japanese soldiers on all the trees, and they could not kill them all.

"Where are the tanks? Let the tanks cover our advance!"

A battalion commander of the infantry regiment shouted loudly that the regiment commander had been killed by the Japanese at the first moment, and now he was taking over the command.

At this time, the American armored forces also encountered some minor troubles.

In addition to the Japanese devils in the trees, there are also Japanese devils in the pits underground.

The Japanese dug a pit to hide people, put a wooden board on it, and put some grass on it for camouflage, waiting for orders.

When the attack order was issued, the Japanese soldiers hiding underground did not rush out immediately, but observed the surrounding situation through the gaps.

When they saw a tank passing by them.

These devils hiding underground would roar: "Long live the black card!"

Then he directly took off his camouflage and launched an attack on the American tanks.

The originally useless stinger mines, with the added benefit of concealment, destroyed more than ten American tanks in the first wave of attack.

And there were still a steady stream of devils emerging from the ground.

The American soldiers had to deal with the Japanese soldiers above their heads and those who might come out from the ground. In less than half an hour, a total of more than 5,000 American soldiers were wiped out.

"Report, Odalia sent a telegram saying that they used new tactics to eliminate over 5,000 Americans! They successfully repelled the American attack!"

Inside the Japanese base camp, Tian Huang put down his chopsticks immediately after hearing the news and asked, "What are the casualties?"

"Our own casualties are less than 3,000!"

Hearing this casualty ratio, Guizi Tianhuang showed a long-lost smile on his face, took the battle report and read it carefully.