Chapter 332: Guam Meat Grinder
"Charge!"
"Charge me!"
"No backwards!"
The British commander roared angrily, and even pulled out his pistol and shot the soldiers who were slow to move forward but retreated, but they still couldn't stop more retreating British troops.
"Sir, I really can't rush through, the enemy's firepower is too fierce!"
"Yes, sir, more than half of our regiment has already suffered casualties!"
The commanders of the British army in various departments cried in front of Major General Kane, although they often do this, but they were all deliberately pretended to be for military expenses, but this time it was different, they were really crying, and they were crying blood in their tears.
Looking at the British soldiers who fell one by one, as commanders, they were really sad this time.
Da Da Da ...... Da Da Da ......
On the high ground on both sides, the heavy machine guns of the Chinese Imperial Army spewed tongues of fire, and countless bullets poured down, harvesting the lives of the British soldiers who tried to break out.
Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom Boom Boom ......
On the anti-slope on the other side of the plateau, the artillery of the Chinese Imperial Army opened fire fiercely, and shells smashed towards the British positions in the encirclement, blowing up the British soldiers on their backs, and there was a sea of fire everywhere.
The encirclement and annihilation battle has lasted for two hours, and the 21st Division and the 57th Brigade of the British Army organized local defense and breakthrough operations at the first time they were ambushed, but unfortunately the terrain was very unfavorable to the British army, and the surrounding high ground was in the hands of the Chinese Imperial Army.
What frightened the British the most was that the Chinese Imperial Army set up a bloody heavy machine gun, relying on the cover of the surrounding small heights, and built a crossfire network on all flanks and on the front and back slopes, and whether the British broke through from the front or from the side, they would be strafed by the heavy machine gun fire of the Chinese Imperial Army's diagonal line.
It is well known that the maximum lethality of a heavy machine gun is not to shoot the enemy head-on, but to fire from the enemy's flank or flank. The damage caused is the most significant.
The British army was in such an embarrassing and helpless passive terrain, and it can be said that this terrain was specially prepared for the British army by the Chinese Imperial Army, otherwise there would be no need to send spies to fool the British commanders and lead them into an ambush circle.
However, the 7th Marine Brigade of the Chinese Imperial Army had already experienced a high-intensity battle before, completely annihilating the British 17th Division. Now they have surrounded and annihilated the strength of a division and a brigade of the British army. After two hours of fierce fighting, the officers and men of the 7th Marine Brigade gradually began to get tired.
The battlefield is different from the usual training, the soldiers' spirits are highly excited and nervous, always hovering near the line of life and death, it is a kind of desperate in a state of ultra-high pressure, physical strength and energy are consumed at a high speed, whether it is the attacking side or the defending side, after a long time, it will be fatigued. Affects shooting and dodging status.
Of course, compared with the Seventh Marine Brigade of the Chinese Imperial Army, although they were very tired and tired, the British troops who were surrounded were even more tired and tired.
The battle lasted for two hours, and it was purely a contest of willpower, and whoever couldn't hold on first would lose.
In order to break through, the British army attacked at any cost, which put a lot of pressure on the Chinese Imperial Army that blocked the British breakout.
"Bring the reserves up!"
Xie Guangzhi gave an order. The last reserve of the 7th Marine Brigade was also pressed, which became the last straw that crushed the fighting spirit of the British army.
The British army completely collapsed. More than half of their casualties have already been killed, which is equivalent to being crippled by the establishment, and it is only a matter of time before they are completely annihilated.
However, just then, the scouts suddenly reported that British reinforcements had been spotted.
". How could the British send reinforcements over? ”
Xie Guangzhi didn't understand very much, it stands to reason that even if reinforcements were sent, it would not be possible to be so fast.
"The British are not stupid, at first they were fooled by our spies because they were in too much of a hurry, but after they calmed down, they probably found something suspicious. So I guessed that I might be fooled, and immediately sent reinforcements to reinforce it. Chief of Staff Yang Ting analyzed.
Xie Guangzhi was very unhappy and scolded: "Uncle, seeing that you are about to completely annihilate a division and a brigade of the British army, you are really a little unwilling!" ”
Yang Ting said with a smile: "Okay, don't be satisfied, the enemy in front of you is estimated to have been half wiped out by us, which is equivalent to crippling them, and we have already achieved a tactical victory." In addition, the elimination of a British division before, the collective first-class merit and the Golden Eagle Medal are indispensable to you, or accept it when you see it, don't forget that our task is to hold Guam, it's only been a few days, and the days ahead are still long, we have this little force, and we can't lose it! ”
Xie Guangzhi suddenly had a thrill, and his head was almost hot, and he was ready to fight with the British reinforcements again, and when he heard the words of the chief of staff, he immediately sobered up.
"Order the troops, storm for five minutes, and then alternately cover the retreat!"
Attacking for five minutes is to create an illusion of attack for the enemy and prepare for a retreat. Otherwise, once the enemy knows that reinforcements have arrived, and sees the purpose of the Chinese Imperial Army's preparation to retreat, he only needs to bite the Chinese Imperial Army to retreat, then it may cause a state of internal and external attack, causing heavy losses to the Chinese Imperial Army or even annihilating the entire army.
The British did not guess the true intentions of the Chinese Imperial Army, and when the 7th Marine Brigade launched the most fierce offensive, even some of the British troops had already laid down their arms and were ready to surrender, and if they knew that this was just a feint before retreating, they would probably be so angry that they would have turned their backs on it.
"Listen to the British troops inside, you have been surrounded, give you five minutes to think about it, surrender immediately, or you will all be killed!"
Well, Zhang Qifeng, the commander of the 14th Regiment of the Chinese Imperial Army, who was in charge of the palace, had a whim, and in order to cover up the truth about the continuous weakening of the firepower brought by the withdrawal, he began to persuade the British army to surrender, so that the British army would not find out that there was a problem.
However, what Zhang Qifeng never expected was that he was just a delaying tactic to buy time for other troops to withdraw, but he didn't expect the British army to really surrender.
Major General Kane of the 21st British Division was forced by other British officers who were afraid of death, and finally agreed to surrender.
The sudden change made Zhang Qifeng cry and laugh, he didn't dare to call the shots, and hurriedly sent someone to inform Xie Guangzhi.
"What? The British surrendered? , don't play with such a heartbeat! ”
Xie Guangzhi jumped up and immediately ordered to stop the retreat, seeing that his posture was ready to accept the surrender of the British army.
Yang Ting hurriedly said: "Could it be that the enemy found out that we were retreating and deliberately wanted to surrender and delay our retreat?" ”
Xie Guangzhi was taken aback, there was really such a possibility.
But he's a master of art and daring. As a commander, the most taboo thing is indecision, and he immediately decided to give it a try.
Soon, Zhang Qifeng was ordered to shout a trumpet, demanding that the British troops must lay down all their weapons within five minutes and then assemble in an open area. Otherwise, the Chinese Imperial Army will be regarded as continuing to resist and will be killed.
The British, already frightened, quickly threw down their weapons, came out from behind various makeshift bunkers, and assembled in the open space in the middle.
Xie Guangzhi immediately ordered several reconnaissance platoon soldiers to rush in, took control of the main British officers, and found that the British army had indeed surrendered.
"Haha, God is taking care of us too!"
Xie Guangzhi laughed, thinking that it was impossible to completely annihilate the 21st Division and the 57th Brigade of the British Army. As a result, the British army could not hold out at the last second and chose to surrender.
Yang Ting frowned and said: "There are at least more than 10,000 British troops and thousands of wounded here, and it will take at least two hours to pack them up, but the British reinforcements are only less than an hour away." ”
Xie Guangzhi suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Who said I was going to take them in?" We'll only take the loot we can, and as for the British......"
Yang Ting hurriedly asked, "You're not going to let them go, are you?" ”
"How could it be that they were released?" Xie Guangzhi snorted coldly and said, "Gather them together." Kill them all! ”
Yang Ting gasped and said in surprise: "You are crazy." The Empire does not allow the slaughter of prisoners! ”
Xie Guangzhi said to Yang Ting angrily: "You are rigid, it is true that these British troops have surrendered now, but their reinforcements have arrived, and these British troops are trying to riot and escape, we are just shooting the fugitives." ”
Yang Ting frowned and said: "You are using strong words, the Military Justice Department is not so easy to fool!" ”
Xie Guangzhi smiled. said: "You, a military academy graduate, don't understand officialdom, do you really think that those officials in the empire don't want to kill prisoners?" You are wrong, they hate the British very, very much, and they want to kill them with their own hands. He said that he would not kill prisoners, but that was only for foreigners to see. As long as we have a reasonable excuse, the people in the court-martials are actually very happy in their hearts, and they will never bother us because of this matter, of course, unless you offend the people of the court-martial, right? ”
"Of course not! How dare I offend the people of the Judge Advocate General's Department! They are all masters, and it's too late to offer them every day! Yang Ting said suddenly.
"That's it! Listen to me, follow the organization, yes! ”
Xie Guangzhi made a decision, and soon a massacre of British prisoners began.
The British never dreamed that when they laid down their arms and gathered together, the Chinese Imperial Army set up more than a dozen bloody heavy machine guns around them.
With an order, the heavy machine gun spewed tongues of fire, and in an instant, the British prisoners were covered with blood and blood.
The bloody heavy machine gun, at this moment, is famous, and it is veritably bursting blood.
In less than three minutes, more than 10,000 people were suddenly sudden, and blood flowed like a river.
Barrels of gasoline were then poured on the corpses, and a monstrous fire burned all incriminating evidence.
The Chinese Imperial Army quickly cleaned up the battlefield, took away all the weapons and equipment that could be taken, and destroyed everything that could not be taken, and never left it to the British army.
By the time British reinforcements arrived, the Imperial Chinese Army had already slipped away in military trucks.
The fire is scorching, and the smoke covers the sky.
The smell of burnt human flesh made the British soldiers vomit one by one.
At this moment, the British army felt the fear in their hearts.
The Chinese Imperial Army was too ferocious, and it would be wrong to fight them on the cliff.
When the news reached the British command, Matt was so angry that he squirted out another mouthful of old blood.
The other British officers were also furious, clamoring for revenge.
"Within three days, take Guam!"
Matt was furious, and over the next three days, the British launched the heaviest attack ever.
Cannonballs and bullets rained down on the fortress of Guam at any cost, and the small heights around the beach were in flames, some of which had been razed to the ground by the shells.
The Chinese and British armies broke out in many tragic offensive and defensive battles and white-knuckle battles, with heavy casualties on both sides and a huge price.
In the end, the British army, at the cost of more than 3,000 casualties, finally captured all the small heights around the beach and took control of the beach landing positions.
Subsequently, the British army began a large-scale landing, various heavy artillery, Gatling machine guns, etc. ashore, and the British army then launched a land attack on the fortress of Guam.
The fortress of Guam was very strong, although the 305 main guns and 254 main guns could not attack close targets, but more than 2,000 defenders of the Chinese Empire still relied on heavy weapons such as bloody heavy machine guns, 20 mm Gatling rapid-fire guns, 75 mm battle defense guns and 155 mm heavy howitzers, plus rifles, grenades, ground radiums and other auxiliaries, stubbornly held their positions, and repelled the attacks of the British army again and again.
"Pyro!"
"Burn the corpses of the enemy soldiers outside!"
A Divine Force commander shouted that because there were too many corpses on the hillside, not only would it affect the line of sight of the shots, but it was also possible to hide British soldiers, and it was easy to be attacked at night.
In fact, in the past few days, the British army has been frightened, and in the face of the cruelty of the bloody heavy machine guns, the British army has paid a huge price in casualties.
The entire fortress of Guam is like a meat grinder, waiting for the British army to fill it with flesh and blood, but it is a deep pit that can never be filled.
Therefore, the British army gradually learned to be smarter, and did not charge so much during the day, but chose to sneak attack at night, wave after wave, hoping to exhaust the Chinese Imperial Army above.
But in the end, this was useless, and the British army soon discovered that they were hiding under the corpses, and soon there were flamethrowers of the Imperial Chinese Army who used murderous flamethrowers to set all the corpses on fire, and the British soldiers hiding below were either burned alive or jumped up and were beaten into a beecomb by the bullets of the Imperial Chinese Army.
For a time, the strong attack could not be attacked, the sneak attack could not be achieved, and the impregnable fortress of Guam made the British army helpless.
British command, Matt sat there with a pale face, looking at the casualty report in his hand in a daze.
The report clearly lists the casualties and material consumption of the British army.
In just one week, the British army lost more than 54,000 casualties and wounded more than 13,000 people, including two divisions and a brigade, and the number was revoked, and all kinds of artillery shells, bullets, grenades, and other military supplies consumed 530,000 tons, but they failed to take the fortress of Guam.
What a shame!
Matt felt that he was still dead, but he was unwilling, but if he continued to attack like this, how many soldiers would be killed and wounded, and how many supplies would be consumed!
"Your Excellency Commander, I'm afraid that our current forces will no longer be able to take Guam, and we can only transfer troops from Australia, Canada, and India, but we can lie that we are about to take Guam and lure the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy to come for reinforcements, and only by eliminating the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy can we give an account to the base camp."
Hearing the advice of his nephew Dennis, Matt picked himself up again.
"This is indeed a good suggestion, surround the point and send reinforcements!"
"It's just that the Imperial Chinese Navy will come to reinforce it?"
Dennis said: "I think it is impossible for them to give up Guam, because the location of Guam is too important for the Chinese Empire, and once Guam is lost, the Philippines, Lanfang, Taiwan, and Ryukyu will all become our targets." ”
This is exactly what Matt's battle plan was before, but unfortunately Guam was not taken, which affected the overall plan.
"I'll try it, I hope the base camp will give me a chance!"
Matt sighed and immediately sent someone to contact the base camp to convey his battle plan. (To be continued.) )