Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 775 Hawaiian Islands (7)

The German position was only fifty meters away. He could rush over in a few seconds, but the strange tranquility emanating from there made Michael's breathing become more and more rapid, and his scalp felt a little numb; but he couldn't stop, he could only Gritting his teeth, he continued to move forward.

Suddenly, Michael felt something trip under his feet. It felt very slight, as if he had kicked a grass root. Before he could think about what it was, he heard an explosion behind him.

Oops! He stepped on a mine tripwire! !

The body jumped forward almost instinctively, but what came to mind was that it was already too late! The landmines have already exploded, and I am afraid that his back will be blown to pieces by the fragments of the mines in the next second.

But until he fell to the ground and took a mouthful of sand, he didn't feel any pain, but there were continuous explosions around him, followed by the heart-rending screams of his comrades.

"Help!"

"It hurts me so much!"

"Mom! I want to go home!"

The screams one after another sent chills down Michael's spine, and he realized that they had broken into a minefield laid out by the German army. Suddenly, a large amount of cold sweat poured down all over his body, and his calves twitched unconsciously, but he did not dare to move, for fear that some part of his body had hit a fatal landmine and would be blown up if he was not careful. His body was broken into pieces; he could only pray desperately in his heart that the Virgin Mary would show mercy and save him.

"What?! Landmine?!" Soon, Commander Wilson in the rear headquarters also received the bad news, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly. "Did the Germans lay mines in front of the position?" They invested nearly a regiment of troops in this night attack, and the Germans blocked more than 2,000 people with land mines alone. How many land mines had to be planted? ! When did they lay the mines without us noticing? ! And the Germans have no intention of continuing to attack? ! Will it be troublesome to remove these landmines by then? !

In fact, it is very simple to think about it. The reason why they did not discover the German minelaying operations was because the Germans laid mines after dark. Moreover, the German landmines are not traditional landmines that need to be dug and buried, but new broadsword landmines; you only need to find a place to insert them, and you are done.

The power of this kind of broadsword mine is insane compared to traditional landmines. The explosive damage range of the more than 700 small steel balls contained inside includes 50 meters in front, spreading in a 60-degree wide-angle fan-shaped range; and the height is 2 to 4 meters. The longest range of its steel balls can even reach 250 meters, including a moderate damage 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 laying out according to the triangular method, it is usually set up as a trip mine, and each group has three trip mines arranged in a triangle. The entire minefield consists of multiple mine groups. For example, when setting up according to the straight-line method, pressure mines are generally used and laid out in rows. 1 to 4 mines are set up in each row, and the distance between them is about 8 meters. The deployment of broadsword mines is also relatively flexible: it can be deployed on the front of the position to kill the attacking enemy head-on; it can also be deployed on the side of the position to attack the enemy's flanks; such a deployment method can ensure coverage that cannot be covered by other infantry weapons. blind spot.

The U.S. soldiers, who knew nothing about this and were unprepared, rashly broke into the terrible minefield. Michael was still lying on the ground and did not dare to move. After an unknown period of time, a loud trumpet sounded from the German position. . "Listen to the Americans on the other side! Drag all your wounded away, and don't let their cries and howls here affect our rest! We can guarantee your lives within half an hour!"

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

Of the more than 2,000 people sent out, only more than 1,000 returned, of which less than 100 were intact. Among the remaining wounded, more than 300 were seriously injured. These people were beaten to bloody pulps with tiny steel balls, and the medical facilities here were unable to perform major surgeries on them. Only some morphine could be injected to relieve their pain, and the condition of the remaining wounded was not optimistic.

"I'm such an idiot!" Commander Wilson cursed himself after hearing the casualty reports compiled by his subordinates. The German army has swept through most of Europe, and its combat experience is extremely rich. What kind of battle has it not fought? How could they not expect that the enemy would launch a night attack? He sent people stupidly, wasn't this just giving people away for free? !

Michael returned to the underground air-raid shelter. The originally crowded air-raid shelter now seemed empty. Seeing Michael walking in in despair, many soldiers gathered around him.

"Michael, how's it going?"

"The night attack failed?"

Michael sat down on the ground in frustration, took out the water bottle and was about to pour it into his mouth. The comrade next to him reminded him. "Save your drink, we don't have enough fresh water."

Only then did Michael remember that the fresh water supply station on the island had been destroyed by the Germans. The fresh water supply on the island had been abundant before, and he had never considered a water shortage. Originally planning to take a few sips, he could only take a small sip carefully, then put the lid on and sighed. "The Germans laid a large number of mines in front of the position, and we were almost completely wiped out before we could reach them."

"..." The surrounding American soldiers looked at each other and didn't know what to say. They patted Michael and comforted him for a few words before silently returning to their respective beds.

At this time, the lights were brightly lit on the beach behind the German position, and engineers were busy building floating docks.

Although hovercrafts can also transport supplies ashore, their carrying capacity is ultimately limited, and large quantities of supplies need to be unloaded at the dock. The Americans destroyed the Pearl Harbor pier themselves. They could only build a floating dock first and transport various materials to the island before they could start repairing the Pearl Harbor pier.

It was busy until early the next morning and two floating docks were built.

After a sleepless night, Commander Wilson was woken up just as he was about to take a nap. "Commander, commander! The Germans built two piers on the shore!"

"What?!" Commander Wilson was shocked. He hurried to an observation post, picked up a telescope and looked at the distant shore. He was shocked to see that two docks had been built there, with several cranes on them. The two transport ships slowly approached the dock, sounded their whistles, and made a low and melodious sound.

Seeing 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 confirm that this was not a dream.

"Oh God!" Reality is 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 do not need these docks at all!

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