The Higgins ship's strand finally happened in the early morning.

On the one hand, the water level gradually dropped as dawn fell, and on the other hand, the US Navy was worried that it was insufficient equipment and wanted to transport more. After transporting more, it was lucky to transport another batch. As a result, three Higgins ships were stuck in the coral reefs as they did on the first day of landing.

However, the US Navy seemed to be prepared for this. The fellow villagers were surprised to see a Sherman tank driving down from Higgins' ship, and then driving in the seawater of one meter deep like a crocodile. The team was also equipped with the Sherman tank, so the fellow villagers knew very well that the wading depth of the Sherman tank was only 091 meters. If it exceeded this water level line, it means that the seawater would pour into the tank's engine from the air inlet to shut it off. The Sherman tank in front of them seemed to be completely unaffected.

After the Sherman tank came ashore, the fellow villagers discovered the secret. The Americans made a simple modification of the Sherman tank. They made an open-end and curved "iron barrel" to cover the buttocks of the Sherman tank, and sealed it with a compound similar to tar at the joint to prevent water leakage. This made the Sherman tank look like it was extended by about 2 meters, which looked very ugly, but it effectively allowed the Sherman tank to safely wade in sea water more than one meter deep.

Even after the tank lands, this modification can be easily removed and thrown away, which makes Chinese soldiers like fellow villagers sigh at the creativity and industrial ability of the Americans. This is something that Chinese soldiers dare not even think about, but the US military can do it easily.

But the key point is not the feeling this "Sherman" brings to fellow villagers and Chinese people. More importantly, the Japanese army hiding on the "Qi Tian Maru" has already brightened at this time, so they also clearly saw this scene on the "Qi Tian Maru".

The shock and morale blow this brought to them was unparalleled.

The reason is: If the US Navy can transport the Sherman tank to Bito Island in this way, will the Japanese counterattack still make sense?

This is indeed true in theory, because if you can transport a "Sheerman" like this, you will definitely be able to transport the second and third ones.

The Japanese army knows a lot about the performance of the US "Sheerman" tank. Although the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps does not have much combat experience, the reputation of the "Sheerman" tank in the Japanese army can be described as "thunderous" because this is a tank that the Japanese army has almost no equipment to effectively destroy it, unless it is a person holding a bag or a magnetic thunder to blow it up.

Therefore, the landing of this Sherman tank immediately caused a big sensation in the transport ship of the Qitianmaru.

"Hisser Captain!" A Japanese soldier asked Takeji Shiraishi in a low voice: "If American ghost animals are asked to transport a few more harvesters, then do we still have hope?"

Japanese soldiers secretly called the "Sheerman" tank a "harvester" because it can almost be said to be used to harvest life on the battlefield. Of course, this nickname of "making others' ambitions and destroying one's own majesty" can only be said secretly, and the superiors know that it will be punished.

Takeji Shiraishi also felt helpless. He always thought that the Japanese army should have launched a counterattack last night. He also led the troops to cooperate, but he did not expect that the army had not moved. In the current situation, everyone knew that the hope of victory was disappearing from point by minute.

"Wait a little longer!" Shiraishi Taker ordered: "Maybe there are not so many harvesters in the United States, keep calm!"

Takeji Shiraishi's guess is correct. The US Navy has no intention of transporting the "Sheerman" tanks to Bito Island again. However, the reason is not as Takeji Shiraishi guessed because there is no. Instead, the US Navy lacked the Higgins ship and lost too many Higgins ships when it first landed. The US Navy was unable to transport equipment, supplies and reinforcements to Bito Island.

But Shiraishi Wai would be calm, but the other Japanese troops could not be calm.

Some Japanese soldiers were muttering:

"Wait? If you wait, the smaller the possibility of being able to compete with the enemy!"

"It was the captain who was scared, so he just wanted us to hide here and live a life of silence!"

So, a Japanese soldier pointed his gun at the sea and gently pulled the trigger with his fingers. There was a team of American soldiers busy transporting supplies from the stranded Higgins ship.

A young US Marine was struggling to move forward in the water deeper than the waist. He finally arrived next to Higgins' ship. He grinned at the team members on the ship and said, "Hey, give me a heavy one, maybe I can come a few times."

Before he finished speaking, he originally wanted to say: "I have had enough of the smell of corpses in the sea!" because the sea water was filled with the bodies of the soldiers of the second Land War Army Regiment who died when they landed the day before. Most of the corpses were washed away by the sea water, but many were stuck in the corals. They were rotting rapidly in the sea water, and some were gnawed by marine creatures like a ball of rag tied to bones.

Out of respect for his comrades' bodies, he did not say this.

Soon, an ammunition box was added to his shoulder.

"Be careful!" the crew members on the ship reminded: "This is a rocket of Bazukka!"

Anyone who has used Bazuka can understand the meaning of this sentence. Bazuka was just developed and sent to the battlefield urgently, so there are many flaws, and rocket unstable is one of them.

Just as the Marines turned around on their backs, gunshots rang out, and then there was a loud "boom". The ammunition box exploded, and several Marines were instantly swallowed by flames. To be more precise, they should have been torn into pieces by the explosion. Then the flames quickly rushed into the Higgins ship. After a while, a fireball exploded in the terrified eyes of the Marines.

"It's Japanese!" The US Marines woke up from the shock shouted: "They're on the boat!"

"Come on, bring the tank over!" An officer shouted: "We want to give those damn Japanese good looks!"

On the Qitianmaru, Shiraishi Wuji cursed in anger: "Bastard, you guy who doesn't obey orders!"

But it's too late to scold anything now. Seeing the US troops turning their guns toward the "Qidanmaru", Takeji Shiraishi had to yell: "Everyone, the last moment is here! Long live the emperor with me!"
Chapter completed!