Chapter 58: The Battle of Mtwara (2)

The Northern Route Corps of the African People's Army, which marched eastward all the way, was like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and the British troops lost their armor along the way, and then the British troops either abandoned the city and fled or chose to surrender with a white flag. When the soldiers of the North Route Army approached the city of Nan Gengba, they received a letter from the intelligence officers lurking in the enemy city. But it was too late, and the British army at this time had already surrounded the Northern Army regiment and was ready to flank the African People's Army inside and outside.

After learning the news that he was surrounded by the British army in the city, Nebron said a joke to the commander of the three armies: "Nana's, it has always been our encirclement of the British army, and today it was actually turned over by the British army. ”

This is the commander of the Second Army, Barry, said: "Commander, don't be joking, we are now surrounded by 60,000 or 70,000 British troops. Although it is said that the local chicken and tile dog, it is to the effect that Jingzhou. I'll have to be careful. ”

After hearing this, Nibron waved his hand and said, "Hehe, I'm afraid you won't be in a hurry, you already have a countermeasure in your heart, right?" ”

Barry smiled and said, "Hehe, Commander, do you know me quite well?" ”

Nibron said at this time: "You just do what you want in your heart, I don't care what happens, I just want the result to be the commander of the old man." ”

Soon the African People's Army, surrounded by 60,000 or 70,000 British men, was operating under Barry's command. A stiff heavy machine gun was set up, and a piece of artillery was arranged. At this time, Barry held a telescope to observe the surrounding environment and said: "The **** British, Lao Tzu, is now ready for everything, so I will send you dog meat in the pot." ”

Soon the dogs that Barry was looking forward to, ah, not the British, appeared in the field of vision of the African People's Army, and soon the British commander found an unnamed high ground stationed on one side, which was about 300 meters high, and a battalion of the African People's Army was about 500 people. This position belongs to the vanguard position of blocking the British army, if the British want to attack the main force of the African People's Army encircling Nangba, they must pass through the high ground of the African People's Army assistant, if they ignore the British army, they will definitely be attacked, so the British army wants to attack and encircle the main force of the African People's Army must first take this high ground.

Of course, the soldiers of the African People's Army stationed here also knew the importance of the high ground they defended, and they had already been ready for battle, and then the tide of British troops rushed to the nameless heights, and the soldiers above saw that the other party rushed up so densely, and the various weapons in their hands were aimed at the British and opened fire, in fact, these soldiers didn't need to aim at the general direction is a shot, and then the British were knocked down, and the British soldiers fell like a pile of straw, After observing the battle from a distance, the British commander Cavino never imagined that the weapons of these rebels were so powerful, and they were better than those of the Germans.

The British soldiers, who then withdrew alive, told Cavino that the rebels on the hill were armed with a large amount of automatic fire, and even a semi-automatic rifle.

It then occurred to Cavino that such an offensive method would obviously not work, and that it would be no different from sending him to death. Thinking of this, Cavino hurriedly changed his deployment and ordered all the artillery in the barracks to aim at the hill for a fierce bombardment, and then the British soldiers dispersed and slowly crawled forward to approach the hill. At the same time, a large number of snipers were discharged to kill the fire support units of the African People's Army. However, some results were achieved at the beginning, but in the later stage, the People's Army on the mountain also drew some good marksmanship and fired at the opponent. How can the British army's pull-bolt rifle be compared with the African People's Army's semi-automatic rifles, the former has five bullets and the latter has ten rounds. After a series of exchanges, he shot his rifle and pulled the bolt, and the other party just kept holding the trigger of the gun in his hand, and he showed his head and died, purely as a live target. The British snipers were killed and wounded after most of the casualties.

However, it was the British troops who slowly crawled forward and approached themselves that caused some psychological oppression to the African People's Army soldiers in the mountains, and all the fighters said: "Don't let them come up." "No army is extremely resistant to hand-to-hand combat, unless it is absolutely necessary. But he was killed by a machine gun while crawling forward. At this time, the battalion commander, who was observing the battle situation on the side, was secretly anxious, and kept muttering, "What should I do?" ”

When the British army approached the distance of forty or fifty meters away from the position of the African People's Army, the battalion commander suddenly had a countermeasure in his heart, and then shouted: "Everyone prepare grenades, I shout and still throw them." ”

When the fighters heard their battalion commander's words, they immediately took out the grenade from their waists, and the battalion commander shouted: "Everyone pull the string for me, delay for three seconds and then throw it." ”

Soon the fighters pulled up the grenades in their hands, and this was the battalion commander who called the number: "3-2-1...... Throw. As a result, the grenade that exploded in the air produced shrapnel and took the lives of the British soldiers. The rest of the British army saw that they ran away, and the attack ended in another British failure.

When the British commander saw that this plan was ineffective, he angrily ordered all the artillery in his hand to be aimed at the nameless heights, which was a fierce bombardment. As soon as the defenders of the hill opened, a large number of fortifications were damaged, and the soldiers did not have time to rush to rebuild, and then the British shells fell, causing a large number of casualties. As soon as the artillery stopped, the British troops under the mountain rushed forward again with the tactics of crowds.

Cavino said angrily: "Even if you are iron-clad, and my tens of thousands of troops are all tofu dregs, I can break your belly." ”

Barry, the commander of the Second Army, who was observing the battle of that battalion in the rear, felt as if he had eaten a fly, and said: "It's good that Lao Tzu's heavy artillery division is here, and you British artillery can't be left to the wild." ”

This is a staff officer who said: "The commander is very anxious about the situation of that battalion now, should I send some troops to reinforce them?" ”

Barry regretted it and waved his hand to look at his watch and said, "Our strategic intent has been achieved, and it is pointless to send people now." You send them a message to repel the British attack, and then they will withdraw. It's hard to hurt this battalion. ”

At this time, the soldiers of the African People's Army found that many of their comrades had turned into cold corpses after the shelling, and their eyes turned red. But the battle continues, and there is no room for grief for them, and they can only turn their grief into motivation. The remaining 100-odd fighters pulled their machine guns out of the dirt and fired hateful bullets at the attacking British again. At this moment, the battalion commander, who had become a machine-gun shooter, received a telegram from the corps commander, telling them to repel the British attack and retreat. The battalion commander then told the surrounding personnel the news. The last stray bullet hit him in the heart, killing him instantly. Soon the attacking British troops were pulled down at one point. The fighters, wiping away their tears, retreated with the body of the fallen battalion commander.