Chapter 1086 ambushed
At dawn, the tank division finally reached the front, as did two divisions of the Aung San Independence Army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Chu Zhongtian was overjoyed, and immediately arranged his troops, the tank division of the Black Tiger was in front, the special operations division of a regiment followed, and then there were two Burmese divisions of Aung San, and the machine roared and the crowd was crowded with a large area of black pressure and drove towards the hill.
Chu Zhongtian was overcast, and the Burmese army division was used as cannon fodder, and the special operations division was used to plunder the formation, and once a gap was found, they swarmed up again and tore apart the defense line of the island army in one fell swoop.
Although he knew Chu Zhongtian's intentions, Aung San was not unhappy, on the contrary, even the generals under him were eager to try.
After forming an alliance with the expeditionary force, Jiang Haoran regarded them as human beings, except for most of the weapons they were equipped with Japanese weapons, all military salaries and food were no different from those of the expeditionary force, and also gave them absolute trust, allowing them to expand to five divisions, and even the two Burmese army divisions originally formed by Jiang Haoran in Yingduo were included in Aung San, and Jiang Haoran also strictly ordered the officers and men of the expeditionary force not to discriminate against and oppress the Burmese army, giving the Burmese army dignity and trust that can never be found in the island army.
No matter how bad a unit is, it also has its own dignity and blood, and they also want to make achievements, gain the approval of the allies, and win some bargaining chips for future independence. Therefore, if the cannon fodder is not cannon fodder, they don't care at all, at least there is a behemoth like the Tiger tank in front of them, which is far more secure than the little devils letting them block bullets with their flesh and blood.
The sky is only slightly bright, and the busy island army can be vaguely seen on the hill, and the most conspicuous thing is the thick snow-white water columns.
The high temperature after the napalm burned made the entire forward position scorching, and the little devil had to use water to cool down, and the steaming heat made the hill a little fairy.
It seems that their precautions have been well done, the mountains and forests have not formed an irrepressible fire, it is estimated that a large number of isolation belts are indispensable, and there are also a large number of well-ventilated hiding holes and even escape routes hidden in the fortifications. The permanent cement fortifications were buried deep in the soil nearly a meter deep, and after being plowed through by aerial bombs and napalm, they were just enough to lift off their outer layers of soil.
As the tank division advanced, the roaring sound of machines finally aroused the vigilance of the island army, and they began to put down the armor shovels and water hoses in their hands and enter a defensive state.
The artillery of various types of the special operations division also began to shell at the same time as the change in the island army was discovered, and the dense shells dragged the streamers and smashed them fiercely on the hill, and the silent post began to be lively.
Chu Zhongtian's intention was very simple, as soon as he came up, he would attack fiercely, and use the shortest and fastest time to put the greatest pressure on the island army, forcing them to sacrifice the strongest firepower hidden behind them.
Dozens of helicopter gunships are already on standby, and if they are spotted, they will go up with all their might, desperate to knock out their support fire.
The reason why it was chosen in the early hours of the morning was because it was possible to avoid the air support of the island army, and the genius was bright, and even if the air force of the island army arrived, it would be difficult to distinguish between friend and foe with this kind of visibility, and it was basically useless.
Twenty-six Tiger tanks and 12 Type 4 and 5 tanks captured from the island army roared forward, followed by dense infantry, and rushed to the foot of the mountain in an instant.
The artillery fire of the island army began to return fire, and mountain artillery, field artillery, and mortars opened fire one after another.
But the tank division and infantry remained unmoved, braving the enemy's artillery fire and rumbling forward, advancing halfway up the hill in ten minutes.
On the slope of a hill one kilometer away from the battlefield, Chu Zhongtian was watching the battlefield through a telescope, and Aung San on the side looked anxious, urging Chu Zhongtian to release a helicopter to destroy the enemy's artillery position.
Liu Bao and Li Bing were also in a hurry, no matter how they were, they still had a regiment of men on the way to charge, and at the same time, the enemy's mountain artillery and field artillery would also cause certain casualties to the tank division.
Chu Zhongtian put down the binoculars, although he was also anxious, he still gritted his teeth and said wait.
He looked at it for a long time, but he didn't find a single heavy artillery of the enemy, but he heard that the island army also dispatched 150 mm heavy howitzers when they captured Lashio, but the largest caliber in front of him was a 75 mm mountain gun.
Kyaukmei Town is very important to the island army, and it is clear that it will be attacked by the most fierce attack of the expeditionary force, it is impossible not to put this kind of heavy artillery here, don't wait for the helicopter to sweep away the small caliber artillery position of the little devil, but let the biggest threat stay, and at the critical moment, it will come out violently, and if they are caught off guard, then the loss will be great.
In front of him, the tank division has already entered the halfway up the mountain, and if it goes one or two hundred meters, it will enter the blind spot of the shells, and it should not be a problem to rush into the enemy's first line of defense.
Sure enough, under the anxious gaze of everyone, two tanks finally drove up to the top of the mountain, and under their cover, the infantry also rushed up, and then five, ten, and twenty tanks drove up, and a large number of infantry converged into a thick black line on the top of the mountain.
But strangely, they did not seem to encounter strong resistance, the expected fierce fighting did not occur, and even the gunfire was very sparse, as if there was no resistance on the hillside at all.
Soon, the front was informed by walkie-talkie that the enemy's defense line was well fortified, but empty, the little devil had fled, and the cheers of the soldiers were heard from the walkie-talkie.
Chu Zhongtian frowned, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, the enemy had just returned fire with artillery fire, it was impossible to retreat so quickly, this was a conspiracy, they were only afraid that they had been ambushed by the enemy, Chu Zhongtian suddenly became excited.
"Retreat, retreat!" Chu Zhongtian shouted wildly at the walkie-talkie, but it was too late, as soon as Chu Zhongtian's words fell, the scream of artillery shells sounded in the sky, just by the sound of the shells breaking through the air, you could hear that this was a large-caliber artillery, at least a 150mm howitzer.
"Boom, boom!"
Dense cannonballs rained down on the opposite hill, and in the rumbling of the cannonballs, the mountain turned into a sea of fire, and the whole earth seemed to shake, and people felt deafening from a kilometer away, and people could not stand steadily.
"Field heavy artillery brigade!"
Chu Zhongtian let out a miserable scream, his face was distorted and deformed, and beads of sweat on his forehead rolled down.
"The helicopters will be dispatched immediately, all of them will be dispatched, and Lao Tzu will knock it out, and it will be all the rage!"
Chu Zhongtian held the walkie-talkie in his hand and shouted hoarsely.
As long as the enemy fires artillery, it is not difficult to find the artillery position, but whether it can be completely destroyed depends on the air defense capability of the island army.