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East Indies Battlefield, Diawan region south of the Ganges. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

More than 2,000 devils, more than 12,000 Japanese and Indian troops, mixed with nearly 80,000 indigenous Indian armed forces with rifles or grenades in their hands, marched towards the besieged city of Patna. At first glance, the momentum is earth-shattering, but it is a pity that such a rabble has no combat power, and even those devil soldiers who look majestic are mostly Japanese expatriates wearing military uniforms and having an empty pair of flowers.

In order to cover the advance of the ground troops, the Japanese army, navy, and air force sent several reconnaissance planes to give early warning, and after marching overnight, this huge reinforcement force finally fell headlong into the encirclement set by the three main divisions of the Ninth Army and the 20 th Tank Division of the Seventh Army.

This time the army did not even call for air support, two of the four tank divisions spread out on the plain, two motorized infantry divisions followed, and the hordes of tanks, like thousands of horses galloping, let out a fierce roar, rushed in the direction of the enemy. Countless Anjia Army infantry, with earth-shattering shouts of killing, followed closely behind the tanks under the cover of armored vehicles, forming an unstoppable torrent.

Tanks and armored vehicles, as well as the infantry trailing, under the tacit coordination of infantry and tank tactics, unstoppably completed the set action, cutting, dividing, encircling, and slaughtering!

That's right, it was undoubtedly a one-sided massacre!

Mechanized troops collided on the plains against the marching contingent that had no position to rely on and could not be covered by heavy artillery, not to mention the current rabble, even the elite infantry of the devils could not resist, and the battle situation showed a one-sided trend from the beginning.

Although the Japanese commanders organized suicide attacks again and again, in the wilderness, without the cover of the trenches, in front of the dense artillery fire and fire protection net composed of Zi shells, the hope of approaching the blasting and succeeding can be described as very small, and batch after batch of cannon fodder turned into blood and rain and flesh, moistening the earth, presumably next year's crops will be blessed.

The fighting lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and continued.

The sun pierced through the thick clouds and shone on the earth, and in the golden light, the crimson blood quickly condensed from the side of the stiffened corpse, and the stumps and flesh mixed with the inexplicable liquid splattered in all directions, and all kinds of terrible howls became almost inaudible under the violent artillery bombardment and tank crushing. The remaining enemies, with fear written on their faces, have no choice but to die in the face of the rumbling steel behemoth.

The battle ended in the middle of the night, and the vast field was littered with corpses, and although the enemy's combat strength was not to be a concern, as a certain big man said, it would take a lot of time to kill even tens of thousands of pigs, let alone nearly 100,000 people. After a great battle, the water of the Ganges River also changed color, and the tragedy can be seen.

In the rear of the four divisions, the attack of the 19th Motorized Infantry Division on the city of Patna was still proceeding in an orderly manner.

In the western direction of the city of Patna, as another round of artillery bombardment began, the artillery of the artillery regiments directly under the division and the heavy fire battalions of the regiments, including howitzers, cannons, howitzers, infantry guns, and mortars, formed a tight network of echelon fire, and in the deafening explosions, the infantry assault began.

Infantry and artillery coordination was a compulsory subject for the infantry of the Anjia Army, and the officers and men of the three regiments, under the cover of some tanks and armored vehicles, rushed along some of the outskirts of the city towards the central area of Patna.

According to the order of the Burmese and Indian Front Headquarters, Takezono Yoshii Daisa formed the citizens of Patna into death squads and threw them into battle in batches, but unfortunately under the heavy artillery fire, the results achieved were almost negligible.

Soon, the 77th Infantry Regiment gained a consolidated support point in the central area of the city, while the 76th Motorized Infantry Regiment occupied the railway station southwest of the city.

The battle became more and more intense, and the humid and hot air was filled with gunsmoke and war, and the smell of scorching and bloody blood filled the nose.

Sending a ** indigenous death squad into a death trap, the Japanese army succeeded in slowing down the speed of the castle. The battle lasted until two o'clock in the morning, and as the "consumables" ran out, the devils sent the Japanese and Indian troops again.

The fighting was unusually brutal, and after repeated tug-of-war battles in many areas, most of the Japanese and Indian troops, under the supervision of the machine guns behind the stormtrooper formation, bravely took the pit and raised their bayonets, and launched a surprise attack on the positions of the Anjia army under the cover of night. However, the launch of the flares made them have nothing to hide, and then mortars and infantry guns continued to send red-hot sheln into people's bodies, and Yuan Shu's figure fell on the way to charge.

Under the training of the devil instructors, the Japanese and Indian troops maintained some of the characteristics of the devils, attacking in a skirmish line, and in order to reduce fear during the assault, they often ran wildly with their heads down, passed quickly, and quickly approached within two or three hundred meters of the position held by the Anjia army.

At this time, the shooting sound of the An Jiajun's general-purpose machine gun and Gaoping dual-purpose machine gun sounded, and the Japanese and Indian soldiers fell, even if they were lucky enough to get close to a distance of twenty or thirty meters, before they could be happy, what greeted these "cups" was a grenade that split their heads and covered their faces.

Seeing their companions fall one after another, the Japanese and Indian troops suddenly collapsed psychologically and quickly fled back, but they were greeted by the same dense rain of bullets and the scolding of "cowards" and "cowards".

The assault operations organized by the devils everywhere were declared unsuccessful, but at this moment, Takezono Yoshii Daisa already knew the news that all the reinforcements had been wiped out, and his mentality was unbalanced, and he still ordered the Japanese and Indian troops to attack the Anjia army as the main assault force, even if he fought to the last man.

It was a pity that at this time, the dense gunfire also sounded in the east of the city, and it turned out that after solving the reinforcements of Patna City, Sun Desheng, commander of the Eighth Army, transferred a part of the vital force committee that did not participate in the annihilation operation against the Japanese reinforcements during the day, and threw it into the attack on Patna City.

Fierce battles broke out on the east and west roads at the same time, leaving Takezono Yoshii Daisa at a loss and could only divide his troops to defend it.

The officers and men of Anjia gave full play to their skills in night warfare, and with strict organization and cooperation, they constantly compressed the living space of the devils, and by 9 o'clock on the morning of 18 July, they finally completely annihilated the enemy defending Patna.

Myanmar Tip, Mandalay.

Xia Jian held the telescope in one hand, observing the situation near and far, although the battle had passed a day and a night, but from the dense craters and the fast-deteriorating corpses of the sappers and Class B troops still in the clearing, we could see how cruel the battle was the night before.

The devil's frenzied behavior has made Xia Jian have a certain psychological preparation for the battle in Mandalay, and the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, which is related to the overall strategy of the An Jiajun, Xia Jian is very cautious, and he is unwilling to take responsibility for himself in the current situation where all fronts are receiving good news. The war zone became a laughing stock, so after the main force entered the outside of Mandalay, he personally went to the front-line positions to check the situation.

After instructing Major General Pan Che, director of the Political Department, to dispose of the corpse as soon as possible and beware of the outbreak of the plague in hot weather, Xia Jian then got into an armored command car and arrived at the front headquarters of the Fourth Group Army of the Anjia Army, eight kilometers southeast of Mandalay City, two hours later, and joined several major generals of the group army.

Mandalay is the political, economic and cultural center of central and northern Myanmar, the famous ancient capital, named after the Mandalay Mountain, because the famous ancient capital of Myanmar history Awa is in its suburbs, and the overseas Chinese in Myanmar call it "Wacheng", it is located on the east bank of the middle reaches of the Irrawaddy River, with an altitude of 76 meters.

The city of Mandalay was once destroyed in the battle between the Japanese and the British, but after more than two years of construction, it has become a strong defensive fortress.

Today, more than 60,000 people from the 53rd Division of the Japanese Army, as well as the 5th and 6th Divisions of the Burmese Army, are tightly hugged together to resist the attack of the An Jia Army.

Xia Jian came to the hill of Qinghua Mountain, which is more than 300 meters away from the headquarters and more than 300 meters above sea level, and used high-powered telescopes to overlook the defensive position of the Japanese army in Mandalay.

The Japanese army was ruthless enough to build countless criss-crossing infantry trenches, road trenches and anti-tank trenches in the east and south directions of the city, which looked like a hedgehog with a barbed ball, which was very difficult to provoke.

Xia Jian only saw a few buildings with more than four floors from the telescope, the layout of the city is very chaotic, the streets and most of the buildings are made of ashlar or strip stone, although it looks antique, but there is a lack of modern atmosphere.

Lieutenant General Luo Lei, commander of the Fourth Group Army, said:

"Obviously, the Japanese realized a long time ago that the line from Lashio to Mandalay was our main direction of attack, so the defensive positions were mainly built on this line. However, this did not mean that the Japanese army gave up the defense of the north side, and the Mandalay Mountain in the northeast, with an altitude of as a meter, has many temples, pagodas and steles on it, and there are winding corridors from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and the Japanese army has built a three-dimensional defense system relying on buildings such as temples and white pagodas.

"At the same time, the Japanese army is also at the wharf west of the city, docked a huge transport fleet, and at a critical moment can withdraw the troops to the west bank of the Irrawaddy River, which can really be described as attacking and retreating, but unfortunately, losing air supremacy, everything is in vain, under the intensive bombardment of our air force, the Japanese fleet has been almost completely destroyed, and it is not easy for the devil to escape!"

Xia Jian nodded, continued to look with the telescope, and threw a question out of his mouth: "Do you know what the Japanese army is doing now?" ”

Lieutenant General Pei Guangrong, political commissar of the Fourth Army, replied:

"After we approached Mandalay yesterday afternoon, we tried to organize an attack, and the Japanese defense system was extremely tight, and we lost more than 200 officers and men in a tentative attack. As if the Japanese were still not satisfied with this, they used the cypress trees on the nearby mountains to reinforce the defensive bunkers outside the city again, and continued to dig tunnels frantically inside the city. From this point of view, the Japanese army is ready to thwart our offensive under the fortified city of Mandalay! ”

"Let's talk about it, how are you going to fight this battle?" Xia Jian continued to ask.

Major General Lin Bingning, chief of staff of the Fourth Army, pointed to the Japanese positions in the northwest:

"The Japanese army's blocking trenches are very cleverly constructed, the three outer trenches, each of which is basically 20 meters wide and 5 to 6 meters deep, when our army launches an attack, the Japanese army can fill the trench with water at any time, and on the other side of each trench, there are scattered Japanese firepower points and overlapping positions, our mechanized troops are difficult to display, and the Japanese army and the Burmese army are doing a battle of trapped beasts, relying solely on the infantry to attack one by one, I am afraid that there will be no one or two months to take it.

"After the Japanese bunkers are reinforced with cypress, they can defend against our phoenix~~~~. Radial cannon shells hit directly, and at the same time, the thick overburden on top of those fortifications can greatly offset the direct damage of aerial shells to forts and bunkers. At the same time, between these fortifications, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were deployed, which posed a great threat to our helicopters...... Therefore, this time we must have enough patience to deal with the enemy, any light enemy advance may bring huge casualties, I suggest that the offensive task be left to our army group alone! ”

Xia Jian was a little surprised, put down the binoculars, and asked, "Xiaolin, what do you mean...... Attacking Mandalay doesn't need so many troops? ”

Lin Bingning smiled slightly: "There is only such a big place here, it is enough to have us and the First Mountain Group Army!" The Fifth Army could completely cross the Irrawaddy River at Amarabra, southwest of Mandalay, first occupy a large area of plains on the left side of the northern Burmese River, cut off the Japanese railways and roads leading to the Imphal and Kohima areas, and truly trap Mandalay as an isolated and dead city, and shake the confidence of its officers and men in fighting. ”

Xia Jian groaned for a while, stuffed the telescope into the hands of the guards beside him, and waved his hand:

"Let's go, go to the headquarters, let's make a good total, it is best to take Mandalay and Da Ze at the same time, and we must try to hurry up as much as possible in terms of time to respond to the southward operation of the Sixth Army of Wei Yihang and Li Zhenhan's 21st Army......"

As a group of generals left, the verdant Qinghua Mountain fell silent again.

On the battlefield of Malaya, the second army on the western front was still clearing out the devils and the Malay army hiding in the Mt. Besa, and the 10th Army of Zong Xingzhen had already taken over the pursuit and pounced on the town of Niulun, which was located on the right bank of the Strait of Malacca.

The elevation of Nulun Town is only 80 or 90 meters high, but the elevation of China Mountain on the left side of the town is as high as 1,000 meters, and the altitude of Muda Mountain on the upper right of the town is also more than 200 meters.

You must know that Penang and its surroundings are very densely populated areas of Chinese in Malaya, and although the Anjia Army evacuated a large number of expatriates from the cross-border operation two years ago, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Chinese are still in place. In view of the extremely brutal organization of the Japanese army to launch suicide attacks by the natives, the headquarters of the An Jia Army was worried that the Japanese army would also treat the Chinese as well, so it demanded that Penang must be taken as soon as possible to relieve the worries.

The battle began in the early morning of the 18th, and the towed artillery, self-propelled artillery, infantry guns, and mortars of the 28th Motorized Infantry Division of the 10th Group Army launched a bombardment of Niulun Town together, and one shell after another fell on the defensive position built by the Japanese army relying on the mountainous terrain............ occupy

A large number of devils and Malay troops were blown up to a blur of flesh and blood, and sharp shrapnel flew in all directions, like a moving meat grinder, twisting the stumps and broken arms into tiny minced meat, and throwing them everywhere, and the blood stained the earth red.

At this time, the aircraft group of the 10th Flying Regiment under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Air Division happened to be above Niulun Town, and the horizontal bombers dropped dense bombs and, together with the dive bombers, carried out a brutal and humane massacre of the Japanese artillery positions deployed in the town, while the strong attack planes that could withstand the blows of anti-aircraft machine gun shells sprayed furious aviation machine gun and machine gun fire, and fired fiercely at the Japanese and Malay troops attacking in the town, completely blocking the enemy's passage for reinforcements to the Su position.

After the artillery fire was extended, tanks and armored vehicles rumbled into action and, under the cover of helicopters, launched an attack on the Japanese fortifications north of the town.

The Japanese and Malay troops were caught off guard by this six-body offensive in the open field, and under the almost perverted firepower, they were unable to organize a useful defensive line, and the infantry followed behind the tanks and armored vehicles, climbed the gentle slope, crossed the collapsed fortifications, and successfully rushed into the town of Niulun.

The entire attack was carried out in one go, and it took just over half an hour from the launch of the attack to the entry of the infantry into the town.

Guarding Niulun Town was a 2,000-strong garrison brigade of the Japanese army, as well as more than 10,000 Malay troops.

As the founder of the special forces of the Anjia Army, the troops led by Lieutenant General Zong Xingzhen were completely branded by him, and this battle was completely like a textbook exercise.

The infantry was divided into squads and platoons, each platoon was assigned an armored vehicle, the squirrel was used as a fire support point, and the strike groups carried road machine guns, automatic rifles and rocket launchers, as well as five. Six. Caliber mortars, striking every building held by the Japanese and Malay troops.

Once an anomaly is found in the building, the enemy fire is suppressed with machine guns and armored vehicles, and the bazooka hand strikes at close range after approaching, destroying the building and eliminating the enemy hiding inside.

For those enemy officers and soldiers hiding behind buildings, they bombarded with mortars, and the shells fired by the mortars showed a perfect arc, and they could easily destroy the enemy who thought they were safe.

When the attack is met with strong fortifications, the easiest and most violent way to play is to call in helicopters or attack planes, and directly destroy these obstacles with bombs or rockets, if they cannot be called for a while, then the sappers attached to the combat team can show their skills, they use explosives to carve a passage in the buildings on both sides of the street, skillfully go around the back of the enemy and shoot, often without losing a large number of enemies.

The snipers assigned to the strike team are even more powerful, following the group while looking for suitable places to snipe those cleverly hidden enemies.

Under the careful "care" of the snipers, the firing points of the Japanese army and the Malay army were dumb one by one, and many devils who shot with their heads were shot by the snipers behind the firing holes of many firepower points, and none of the devils and puppet soldiers dared to approach the machine guns, because the machine guns were full of corpses, and each of them died in a miserable state, tormenting everyone's nerves in pain.

In desperation, the devil commander picked up the spirit of "pig stupor" and sent batches of death squads to prepare to eliminate the snipers of the An Jiajun at close range, but it was not easy to break through the defense of the strike group, and the general-purpose machine gun and automatic rifle were woven into a tight firepower net, coupled with the snipers picking up leaks, and the hope of the Japanese army's assault success was very slim. Even if you are lucky enough to get closer, grenades rain down, and then everything falls silent.

In this fierce battle, the officers and men of the special brigade also showed their skills, they bypassed the walls, roofs, beams, and other places, seized the commanding heights and vital points on the enemy's flanks, and then set up general-purpose machine guns to cut off the enemy's interconnection.

Although the street fighting was very smooth, the Japanese army's will to fight was not covered, and in some places, just after seizing the building, they were counterattacked by the Malay soldiers led by the devils, and the officers and soldiers of Anjia who had just taken the position struggled to repel the enemy's counterattack, and then they would continue to advance without hesitation with the follow-up troops.

The striking firepower of the An Jiajun army was several times that of the Japanese army, and there was no chance for the enemy to carry out white-knuckle warfare, and automatic rifles, pistols, and submachine guns, like the scythe of death, harvested all lives to their heart's content. Every time they attack a building and find a dying and struggling enemy wounded soldier, unless they take the initiative to throw down their weapons and raise their hands to surrender, the officers and soldiers of the An family will shoot these guys in the head and kill them directly to avoid casualties in Yuan.

Since three or seven years later, with the frequent victories of the Japanese army in the Indian Ocean and the Asia-Pacific region, the devils whose national self-esteem and self-confidence have been greatly encouraged have rarely surrendered, and they generally fight to the death.

After more than four hours of fierce fighting, the battle ended at 3:20 p.m., the enemy in Niulun Town was basically cleared, and a small number of routs fled towards the town of Meinong to the south, while behind them, a large force of "rumbling" tanks and armored vehicles advanced rapidly along the road on the railway side towards the south.

In the course of the battle, the 29th Armored Division under the command of Colonel Feng Jiaqi had already moved in place, and as soon as the battle was over, the armored division rushed through the town and continued to pursue southward.

And behind the 29th Armored Division, Colonel Duan Jinhan's 30th Motorized Infantry Division had already followed. By noon on 20 July, the 10th Army had all crossed the Muda River and approached Beihai Town, east of the Penang Strait.

On the afternoon of the previous day, the paratroopers of the Anjia Army Air Force parachuted into Penang, and after fierce fighting, wiped out more than 600 Yue troops and more than 2,000 Malay troops on the island, stabilizing the security of this Nanyang Chinatown. Under these circumstances, it was no longer possible for the Japanese army to withdraw to Penang and take advantage of the advantage of the strait to resist stubbornly, so they had to take the initiative to retreat from Beihai Town to Dashanjiao Town on the afternoon of 20 July, relying on the mountainous terrain at an altitude of more than 400 meters northeast of the town to build fortifications.