Chapter XXIV: The Liberation of Kandulu
While Maldez was asking for help from Remus, Nibron tried to prevent a long night's sleep. Or fearing that reinforcements suddenly appearing from elsewhere would disrupt their plans, they ordered a full-scale siege of the city.
Soon under the command of the various commanders, the African People's Army (APA) completed all preparations for the pre-Kandulu campaign. At this time, the commander of the third regiment, Maledin, came to the front of the headquarters: "Report, the commander of the third regiment of the first division of the African People's Army Army, Maledin, has come to report. "Because it's black, you can't see the dust on your face after the battle. It was a neat military uniform, covered with dust.
Nibron said, "Come in." ”
"Yes," said Maledin, who walked into the command room.
When Nibron saw Maledin, he said, "There was a battle between your regiment and the British servant army just now, what are the casualties of your regiment?" ”
"Back to the division commander, there are not many casualties. More than a dozen people were wounded by stray bullets, but not one was killed. Because the enemy knew that our regiment was equipped with 12 75-mm mountain guns, they cowered in the city, and no matter how provocative our troops were, they would not come out. Maledin said:
At this time, Nybron took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took out two of them, kept one for himself, and threw one to Maledin, and said: "When the whole division launches an attack, I plan to let your unit be the main force of this attack, do you have confidence?" ”
When Maledin heard that he had let his third regiment serve as the main attacker, he replied excitedly: "Report to the division commander to ensure that the task is completed, please give an order." We're all suffocating. ”
Nibron waved his hand and said: "Don't get excited, okay, and when you attack, your head should be active, don't be too brainless, try to minimize the casualties of the troops, the commander is a good commander, and he cares about the lives of his soldiers." In addition, I will order the heavy artillery regiment to fully cooperate with your attack, and I will let the heavy artillery regiment shell for half an hour before you attack. ”
"Okay, I'll take care of it, I'll go and get ready now." Maledine replied, and then turned and departed.
After Maledine left, Nibron laughed and said, "This little monkey. ”
Then he picked up the phone and said: "Give me the artillery regiment, I order your unit to launch an artillery bombardment of the defensive facilities of Kandulu City for me in 10 minutes, and the shelling time will be half an hour, and then your unit will fully cooperate with the commander of the third regiment to attack and fight." ”
"Please rest assured that the division commander will shell on time in 10 minutes. We've been mad for a long time, just waiting for your order. A voice came from the other end of the phone:
After receiving the order from the division commander, the commander of the artillery regiment grabbed the military hat on the table, ran to the artillery position in a hurry, and said: "Hurry, hurry." It is important to complete the preparations before the shelling within 10 minutes. The first round of shelling must be fired after 10 minutes. ”
This is an artillery major who came to the commander of the artillery regiment and said: "Regimental commander, we have been ready for a long time, just waiting for your order." I'm going crazy, can a man be called a man if he doesn't shoot? ”
"Say this to your infantry brothers, and see that they don't kill you. Okay, let's not talk nonsense, let's fire the cannon when it's ready, and let the British know how powerful our cannon is. ”
"Yes." The officer left.
Then the various gun emplacements were nervously busy. At this time, the gun emplacements of each gun emplacement, holding the small red flag, shouted: "Everyone is in place, open the cannon." ”
A muffled sound of cannon ejection was heard, and a huge orange flame came out of the muzzle. The shell flew out of the chamber. Then it smashed accurately on the wall of the British, and suddenly the earth and stones flew violently. Accompanied by earth and stones and the bodies of British soldiers thrown into the sky.
Maldez, who was in the office, was also startled by the violent explosion and violent trembling, and quickly sat up and asked, "What's the matter, the violent explosion came from there." ”
At this moment, a bloodied second lieutenant ran into the office and said breathlessly: "The mayor is in a bad situation, this group of rebels has used no less than 40 12-pounder guns. The walls have been blown up by them. Please do something about it," the second lieutenant said, with a crying voice in his voice.
At this time, Maldez heard that the other side had no less than 40 12-pounder guns (a twelve-pounder gun is a 105-millimeter gun, and the British like to call it a 12-pounder gun), and his mind was already completely clouded, and what else could be done there. But he still pretended to be calm and said, "You retreat from the city wall first." Wait for the opponent's artillery to finish before climbing the city wall. ”
"Yes." The second lieutenant had apparently seen Malediz's fidgeting appearance, and at the moment he was afraid that the method that Malediz had spoken of was the only way. So he answered and went down.
However, Nybron clearly did not intend to give the British a chance to react. At the minute mark from the end of the shelling. The third regiment, under the cover of forty tanks of the armored regiment, launched an attack on Kandulu.
At the end of the bombardment, the surviving British soldiers and servant soldiers climbed the city wall under the rebuke of their respective commanders, but they were frightened by the formation of the African People's Army. The rebels, under the cover of dozens of tanks, were already approaching the city walls. Frightened, the British hurriedly fired back, but the bullet did not hit a single rebel soldier. The bullets just knocked down the top of the tank, sending out beams of sparks and clanging sounds.
However, the African People's Army soldiers, who were hiding behind the tanks, leaned on the tanks as cover, and the British soldiers kept pulling the triggers of their rifles against the walls.
As a result of such a battle, the British paid a heavy price in casualties and failed to stop the rebel army from advancing. At this time, the British commander who was scratching his cheeks hurriedly ordered the 12 75mm mountain guns in his hand to open fire to block the opponent's advance.
The first round of shells from 12 mountain guns blew up the tracks of four tanks and dozens of casualties. Really while the British cheered, the heavy artillery units of the African People's Army spoke again. The 12 mountain cannons suddenly turned into 12 piles of scrap metal. It was surrounded by a large number of corpses and screaming wounded. This result really surprised the British, who thought they could turn the tables.
However, at this time, the guns of the two tanks were aimed at the gates of Kandulu, which was two guns. There were two loud explosions, and the huge iron-clad wooden gate was shattered. The fighters took advantage of the fact that the British had not yet come to their senses. And he rushed into the city screaming.
The soldiers of the African People's Army rushed into the city like tigers into a flock of sheep, and a large number of resisting British and servant troops were killed by the soldiers one by one.
Some of the remaining British soldiers began to retreat to the mayor's office, and some simply surrendered to the African People's Army. Soon the British were confined around the Candulu City office building. At this time, the city hall was full of British colonial aristocrats. Their faces were white. There is no magic energy that used to be high above, but a look of horror