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Chapter 532 The confrontation between the United States and Japan

After learning about this at night, Yamashita Fengfu immediately ordered some troops to be sent to clean up the chaotic elements. The order issued was to kill him immediately after a warning was invalid. He did not want to be distracted from dealing with the fire in the backyard in such a difficult situation.

The order was quickly executed and the riots were quickly controlled.

The chaos passed by, although the reinforcements from various sources were relieved by the mountain.

However, there was still no sleepiness at the foot of the mountain that had not been sleepy all night. After a hard work last night, the preliminary defense system has been built. A division has been deployed on the side of the Johor Strait. The two brigades still have more than 20,000 temporary recruitment cannon fodder, and more than 20,000 cannon fodder are traveling everywhere.

At the same time, recruiting local labor and defense forces are stepping up the construction of new fortifications on the original fortification system, and if there is another two days left fortifications at the foot of the mountain.

Yamashita Tomoto's confidence will be more full, but will MacArthur give it these two days?

When the soldiers of the 26th Marine Division of the United States began to land in the afternoon of the same day, the officers and soldiers of the 26th Division and the sailors of the fleet fought overnight withstood the busy work during the day, and forced most of the soldiers and weapons to transport the ashore before dawn the next day.

At the same time, the officers and soldiers of the 27th Division also began to land from the port dock in Kuantan after the vanguard troops captured Kuantan. The result of the two-pronged approach was that the landing speed was greatly improved.

By 8:00 the next morning, the two divisions had basically landed. Although the storm logistics were still loaded on the ship and did not land, the troops had completed the integrated landing. Tanks, armored vehicles, towed artillery, rocket launchers and some personnel transport trucks had basically landed on the shore.

The vanguard troops were rushing towards Singapore along the simple highway by the sea.

In the rear, after receiving the news that MacArthur occupied the airport outside Kuala Lumpur City without a single shot, Nimitz, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Theater Allied Forces, immediately mobilized more than 130 fighter jets and attack aircraft, and more than 30 bombers were preparing to make a long-range transition.

In addition to fighter jets carrying ammunition, attack aircraft and bombers only carry a small amount of ammunition and are equipped with more secondary fuel tanks to take off and transition.

They will first fly to Jinggang Airport in central Vietnam to replenish oil and then fly directly to Kuala Lumpur. After emergency loading on the second night, more ammunition and oil will be transported from Australia's seaport to the front line for use by ten bulk cargo ships and three 10,000-ton tankers.

"This Malay Tiger! Now I'm going to call him Malay Crazy Tiger." Looking at the information sent back by the amphibious scouts who sneaked in into Singapore, MacArthur couldn't help but be amazed at the madness of Yamashita Fengwen.

"General, I feel a little upset when I only have three divisions of troops to eat such a crazy crazy unit." The staff officer did not hide his inner concerns at all. He reminded MacArthur of the other party's terrifying numbers.

"What are you afraid of? You are worried about the troops that are pieced together by old, weak and disabled soldiers. I think you are getting back and forth."

"It's not that I'm afraid, but general, don't forget that this is the first time our Marines have fought on such a large scale. I'm not worried that I can't win, but I'm worried that fighting such a crazy enemy. Once the casualties are over, they will have an impact on our next battle." The staff immediately explained his thoughts.

"What you said makes sense. But this is a dilemma. If you wait for new troops to reinforce, you will definitely give Yamashita Fengwen more time to adjust. If you don't wait for new reinforcements, you will suffer losses by rushing in. However, compared with the two, if the Japanese want to be crazy, I will be even more crazy than them. Order the attacking troops, and do not hesitate to face the Japanese's resistance, and shoot directly with fire!"

"Almond, instead of worrying about the heavy casualties of the troops, we might as well think more about how to quickly replenish the ammunition that has not been transported up to the soldiers. The best offense is the best defense. I want my soldiers to kill these lunatics with metal ammunition from afar."

Regarding his chief of combat staff, MacArthur issued an order with a smile. This is also the fighting method he chose. Facing the Japanese army that was defending frantically, it is safest to kill them from afar. Regardless of whether the Japanese attacked with human bullets or not, as long as they were magnificent and suspicious hiding place, use a large amount of ammunition to directly smash them to clear the field.

On the outer defense line of Johor Bahru, there were six m1 tanks that led the way. They rushed into the outer defense line of the Japanese army with their thick skin and flesh. After seeing these six tanks, the Japanese mobilized their troops to kill these six tanks without support.

Bullets jingled on them, and from time to time, Japanese men used the cover of terrain to rush into the tanks to try to blow up the tanks.

However, so far, the Japanese have only had the intrusion once. The bomb exploded in the back of a tank. But what disappointed the Japanese was that the explosion only caused thick smoke to emerge from the back of the tank, and the fire caused was soon extinguished under the emergency pipe damage in the car.

Moreover, after being hit by these six tanks, they became careful and used heavy machine guns to cover their comrades. Anyway, even if their heavy machine gun hits the tanks of their comrades, they are just scratching their itch.

"Guller, there are two houses at 11 o'clock in front of me. It seems that I saw two Japanese evading and blowing it up!" Riding in the tank, the commander issued the latest shelling order to the gunner.

"I understand!" The gunner did not think much about it. Although the vanguard unit should accelerate the speed of breaking into the enemy's positions to expand the results, the order from the rear was to pay attention to the crazy Japanese attacks and pay attention to all suspicious targets.

As for the suspicious target, it is very particular. Not to mention seeing the Japanese entering the house, even if they don’t see them as long as the house is located in a suitable position to attack the road, the gunner will be very unceremonious to bombard and destroy it.

"The next house is smaller, the gunner, it's enough to use a coaxial 25 gun to strafuse the shells!" Because of the noisy sound of the engine in the car, the commander had to remind the gunner loudly.

"No problem. If there weren't Japanese outside who were shooting cold guns, I would like to get out and fire a few rockets imported from China!" The gunner swears and complains.

"Chief! Several Japanese soldiers were found in front of them, and they had bombs in their hands!" The driver's voice made the captain immediately get up and operate the machine guns on the tank, and fired these temporary Japanese soldiers who were trying to attack by human bombs.

"This is the fourth batch. Everyone's eyes are wide open. Pay attention to the suicide attacks of these Japanese soldiers!" The 15-mm high-platform heavy machine gun on the vehicle quickly shot these soldiers who were not soldiers. After shooting these Japanese soldiers who were trying to commit suicide, the chariot leader loudly warned other vehicles through the communicator. At this time, the troops had just entered the outer defense of Johor Bahru.

"Chief, this is too slow to fight. There are many Japanese soldiers, so our ammunition is consumed too quickly!" The gunner notified the consumption speed of ammunition after bombarding the suspected Japanese hideout.

"I can't care about so much. While the Japanese don't have heavy artillery weapons here, they can tear a gap and break in as soon as possible! This is to attack Johor Bahru, and it hasn't crossed the Johor Strait yet!" The commander repeated the order issued by the captain just now.

The armored vehicle followed up from the rear. The soldiers were released from the rear cabin door to conduct joint operations of infantry and tanks, giving the tank more firepower to protect the tank from being attacked by sudden suicide bullets.

"Pay attention to the cover between formations!" As soon as the armored vehicle rushed down, Lieutenant Hopptons immediately organized the combat formation between the soldiers and began to break in and advance.

Various weapons on the armored vehicles also opened the moisture-proof cloth. The shooters were vigilantly observing everything around and ready to shoot all Japanese soldiers at any time. The 40 Bazooka shooters with firepower platoons are now the busiest people. They opened fire on the houses on both sides of the road where all possible hiding Japanese.

The sky continued to fly over from the large-caliber artillery behind. The shells fell accurately in the building complex on both sides of the convoy's road. The high-explosion easily destroyed these buildings, leaving only ruins and Japanese corpses that might be hidden inside.

The addition of armored vehicles and infantry has made the surrounding areas of the tank much safer. Relying on the heavy fire cover provided by tanks and armored vehicles, the infantry also received corresponding fire support.

At the same time, the artillery bombardment in the rear continued to destroy the buildings on both sides of the road. This mutual support method was very efficient. The troops quickly broke through the outer defense line of Johor Bahru. The Japanese army that had been torn apart immediately gathered and headed to the gap to block the American soldiers.

"Please take care of all vehicles and check the ammunition!"

"Lieutenant, we basically consumed half of our ammunition. There are not many grenades now. Should we wait for the supply trucks in the rear to follow?" The news that company commander Hopptons didn't want to hear the least.

"It's too late. Just wait for the supply vehicle to catch up, pay attention to the consumption of ammunition." Hoptons did not continue to choose to go deeper. Now there is insufficient ammunition, and the fuel consumption on each vehicle has been almost exhausted after a long-distance raid.

Although they were all soldiers who were not afraid of death, they did not need to charge with guns without ammunition. He believed that within an hour, the supply car that followed up from behind would arrive, and then he could drive his beloved tank again to continue slaughtering the Japanese.

Soon, the next batch of tanks, armored vehicles and infantry caught up eight minutes later continued their offensive momentum. Although the tactic of cross-progress cover could not give a devastating blow to the Japanese army on the defense, the task of the vanguard was not to completely wipe out the enemy's defensive forces, but to open up the road to the ferry.

"Captain! A large number of Japanese troops were found at three o'clock!" A voice and the sudden gunfire attracted the attention of many people.

When everyone turned to look there, good guy, more than 600 Japanese soldiers were constantly approaching here kilometer away. Judging from the number they saw, some of these Japanese were soldiers, while many were temporary recruitment of temporary cannon fodder.

These cannon fodders are really easy to identify. They are not wearing soldiers' uniforms but wearing their previous clothes, including ronin uniforms that are swaying like pajamas, and ordinary shirts. They do not know how to find cover during their running, and they just rushed towards the team in a daze.

"Fight!" At the command of the company commander Hoptons, the firepower units began to shoot and kill these Japanese in the distance. For a moment, the heavy machine guns and 25-mm cannons poured large-caliber projectiles towards these cannon fodder.

The Japanese running in front of the team were immediately swept down. The power of the fifteen-mm heavy machine gun usually hits the limbs of the human body and breaks the limbs directly. If the injection angle is good, the human body can even be smashed into two pieces, and the 25-mm cannon will be even more powerful.

Most of these machine guns are weapons equipped on armored vehicles. Since they choose to use movable turrets, their shooting accuracy is higher than that of freely moving heavy machine guns. The shells are armor-piercing shells. When they hit people, they are simply a big hole or directly interrupted. It is okay to die directly by hitting the head and chest. They have not suffered any consequences.

But if the person who hits the body or limbs still has to endure the severe pain before death, for these guys, this is life is worse than death!

The shooting at a long range is not to save the infantry's ammunition, but the situation is very complicated now. Because it is the rushing tactic of Niu Daozi, the troops that have penetrated into the army must shoot and kill all the enemy troops exposed to the range as soon as possible without the cover of the rear force. Who knows when and which direction will the next batch of Japanese come from?

As the company commander Hopptons judged, the Japanese army soon appeared from other directions. Now it can be said that the company that stayed here to fight was surrounded. However, even though he understood that he was surrounded, the soldiers in the encirclement did not panic at all, but instead showed a very happy expression.

"A pack of cigarettes! Let's see who killed more Japanese devils!" The two soldiers began to gamble with each other and wait for a while to fight each other. Who will shoot the most Japanese devils?

"Add me one!" The comrades around him also participated.

Soon, when the Japanese gurus gushed out from both sides entered the range of the infantry, a storm of massacre came upon these cannon fodders.

"Master Hirata, you can no longer put these precious troops into such a battle. Our mission is to delay the Americans rather than waste troops like now!" A captain shouted to the blood-red grandson in front of him. The cannon fodder in front of him had stopped the momentum with efficient shooting.

When did these Japanese devils, who were originally civilians, experience such a scene? For them, they were just armed mobs with sticks and knives on the occupied land.

Although they are more courageous than ordinary people, when they have ever seen such a bloody scene in battles with real swords and guns, it is not easy for them to control themselves and run and attack the Japanese army behind them.

"They are cannon fodder themselves, and the function of cannon fodder is to consume American ammunition!" Major Hirata answered the captain viciously.

"But we should use them in blocking battles, rather than letting them out of the bunker and become the best targets for guns! Only in this way can we better complete the delay task assigned by the General at the Yamashita!" For this captain, he still remembers the task assigned by the Yamashita.

"It's useless. The American army is well protected by armed forces. For them, as long as they can open the road to the ferry, they will be considered victorious and wait for the support from the Americans to arrive. We can't even harass it!"

"But" the captain wanted to argue something, but before it could speak, it was interrupted fiercely by the Major.

"No, but, immediately put the cannon fodder assigned to you into the battlefield. The troops will approach the US military positions with their broken determination!" Although the captain wanted to disobey the order, the first responsibility of the soldier was to obey and not talk more nonsense.

Although the captain was still unwilling to give up, it had to admit that the Major's method was still effective. Although the active attack was huge, waiting for the Americans to come and attack was indeed not a good idea.

Even if this method can survive longer, as long as the American soldiers do not leave the main road leading to the ferry, they do not need to leave the main road for in-depth search and battle.

As long as you guard the main road, the Japanese army in Johor Bahru will be cut off in half and cannot respond.

The US military's operations in Johor Bahru made the Japanese very uncomfortable. Originally, the Japanese planned to fight a crazy street battle with the American soldiers in Johor Bahru to delay their progress, but the American soldiers ignored them at all and directly used their troops to break through the city and rushed towards the ferry.

The troops heading to both sides of the main road to harass and block the attacks quickly found that as soon as they were exposed, the American soldiers would open fire on the houses hiding on both sides without hesitation. The US military can use its own firepower advantages to destroy all the houses on both sides of the main road leading to the Ferry Head.

Now, the Japanese troops, which were scattered a hundred meters away from both sides of the main road, were difficult to penetrate the sides of the main road for suicide attacks, and the pieces of cold guns were helpless against those tank and armored vehicles with strong protection.

As a last resort, the Japanese army responsible for defense in Johor Bahru had to readjust the troops that had been scattered to various parts of the city and gather cannon fodder, launching an offensive to try to stop the Americans from advancing.

After hearing the battle report in Johor Bahru, Bongfumi, who was in charge of Singapore, viciously slapped the battle report on the table, and then pulled out the command knife given by Emperor Hirohito of Japan and chopped the Eight Immortals Table from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

The US military's move in front of him hit the soft spot at the foot of the mountain. What the Japanese army lacks the most is the time and force that has firepower support, although the force and firepower are basically like this.

It is impossible for Yamashita Tomoto to transform into soldiers, tanks, planes and cannons like magic tricks, but this time can be found.

However, the US military command did not consider Johor Bahru at all. They could immediately attack Singapore's isolated island as long as they ensure the smooth flow of the main roads and the ferry crossing.

This is risky, but it is even more risky for the Japanese army. Yan Ran's remaining troops in Johor Bahru can continue to harass the follow-up troops of the United States and the Allied forces. However, as long as he breaks into the troops of a division on an isolated island in Singapore, he can fight the Japanese army, which is already caught off guard, and is even more panicked and chaotic.

At the end of the battle, the Japanese army suffered a great loss.

Yamashita Fengwen understood that Americans could do this based on the powerful firepower in their hands. Without sufficient firepower intensity to perform such a clearing, the Japanese army hiding in the houses on both sides of the main road can make the US soldiers suffer.

However, although Yamashita predicted the firepower intensity of the US military, it did not expect that the US soldiers had such huge firepower at hand, and could shell out any suspected target or destroy it with a rocket launcher without hesitation. This extravagant and wasted weapon naval tactic is really unimaginable for Japanese army officers and soldiers who were short of funds.

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