Chapter 175 Battle of Madagascar 16
As the landing craft approached the beachhead, the landing craft quickly opened the front hatches, but before they could open fire, the machine guns carried by the landing craft suppressed them so much that they could not raise their heads. Then, groups of soldiers in colorful combat uniforms rushed down from the landing craft and joined the battle circle. The submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles in their hands sprayed a dense barrage of bullets at the French troops, who were already unable to lift their heads. Countless rains of bullets made of steel rained down on the French army. And the pull-bolt MLE1916 rifles in the hands of the French simply did not have time to make a single shot. Soon they were rushed to the side by the fighters. After the French army left behind a large number of corpses, the French army was forced to retreat to the second layer of defense.
"It's not good, these Africans are too fierce, everyone hurry up and hold their ground." A French battalion commander ordered, but he was secretly complaining in his heart, he did not expect the other party's attack to be so sharp. The seemingly formidable French army, known as the First Army of the Army, could not hold out in the first round under the attack of the opponent. In a matter of minutes, more than half of his two companies had been lost. One of his own battalions has basically lost half of its strength. Even when I fought with the Germans, I was not so aggrieved.
Looking at the injuries and diseases in front of him who were screaming miserably, the battalion commander was about to cry. What is this called an egg thing, as soon as I fought with the other party, I was killed and injured in half. These black guys are people, this is clearly the demon Satan's demon soldiers. However, the French battalion commander still understood that now was not the time for his own chagrin, and he commanded the remnants of his more than 200 people to hurry into the second-line position and preset the machine gun position. Five French-made heavy machine guns and seven French-made light machine guns were immediately fired. Seven or eight fighters were instantly hit and fell to the ground. The remaining bullets that didn't hit the target continued to fly forward and hit the dirt slopes.
"Hurry, hurry, let the tanks come up immediately, these French firepower is really fierce, everyone should be careful." A platoon commander of the African People's Liberation Army lying on the ground, regardless of the mud and soot on his face, held the walkie-talkie and shouted loudly, because the soldiers who fell were all his own soldiers, which officer was not distressed. After a while, an amphibious tank that had just landed slowly approached the positions of the French army. With the roar of the tank engine, the metal tracks pressed two ruts on the sand, and the movement of the tracks kicked up a large amount of mud and sand.
When the platoon commander saw his tank coming over, he quickly jumped behind the tank and stood up, and then said: "Everyone, get up quickly, hurry up and follow the tank, and you must take down the enemy's second line of defense as soon as possible to open the passage for the army brothers." Under the command of the platoon commander, the remaining soldiers quickly got up and came to the back of the tank, and the blow carefully bent forward, although the French fire was intensive. But against tanks it's huh. But just being beaten is not the style of an army. So under the cover of tanks, from time to time gave the French army a shuttle.
The tank guns of more than 100 mm caliber loaded on the amphibious tank vehicles of the "Dong" were aimed at the machine gun positions of the French army, and in a burst of fire, the heavy machine guns and light machine guns of the French army were turned into parts along with the shooters.
A Ying Zhang, who was watching the battle in the rear, saw this situation, although one of his platoons had tank support, but now there are very few tanks landed, most of the army is suppressed on the ground, and his own soldiers are already intertwined with the French, and it is difficult for naval artillery to provide support. So the battalion commander picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted to the rear: "Machine gun platoon, have the mortars been taken down?" ”
"Report to the battalion commander, it's been taken down, and the fighters are setting up mortar positions."
"Let them move quickly, Lao Tzu must build a position for Lao Tzu within three minutes, and after three minutes, Lao Tzu will see the first shell of the cannon platoon shoot out. If you don't let Lao Tzu, you will change the commander of the cannon platoon. The battalion commander was in a hurry, and his bazooka man fired four or five rockets in a row, but none of them hit. Now more than 500 people in one of his own battalions are suppressed in this palm-sized land. If you don't break through the French reinforcements to come, I'm afraid that I will really have to bring the ghost camp to death at that time.
"Knock knock" At this moment, there were three relatively crisp cannon shots behind the battalion commander, and it turned out that the mortars behind finally spoke. This is not an ordinary light mortar, but a heavy mortar with a large caliber of one hundred millimeters, a heavy mortar with a caliber of one hundred and twenty millimeters. When a 120-millimeter mortar shell weighing several pounds landed on the position of the French army, sand flew everywhere for a while, and the French battalion commander also became a nameless ghost. The French troops, who had been holding out, immediately lost their fighting spirit and began to turn around and run to the rear.
Led by one of their own company commanders, they began to retreat towards the rear, but unfortunately the French soldiers had a lot of ideas, but the reality was cruel. He had never fought against mechanized troops, and he didn't understand. What a stupid thing it is to want to escape on two legs in front of a tank that has the advantage of maneuverable firepower. In the end, none of the dozens of remaining French troops escaped, and most of them were killed under the encirclement of a battalion, and finally fifty were taken prisoner.
After the battalion opened a point in the second line of defense of the French army, all the African marines marched all the way to the interior of the island of Madagascar. Soon, the Marines advanced 20 kilometers inland and completed the operational objectives. Then the transport ship carrying the army arrived on the coastline of Madagascar Island and began to unload supplies and equipment, and for a time the entire coastline became a huge debris field.
"Thousands of knives, thousands of guns, thousands of heroes are burning. Vow to plant the red flag on the island of Madagascar in the motherland...... "On the island of Madagascar in Africa, a loud song sounded all over the beach of Murondawa, planting the red flag on the island of Madagascar. The Army's 200,000 troops landed entirely on the island of Madagascar a few hours later. This island, which has been eagerly awaited by countless Africans, has finally been set foot by the troops of African regimes.
Shortly after landing, the APLA Army lived up to the trust placed in it by the top leadership of the African People's Republic. The city of Murondava was liberated in an hour. The commander of the First Legion, Durabo, placed the headquarters there directly. It turned out to be in the building that belonged to the French command.