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At 8 o'clock in the morning, with the air-ground coordination of the 1st Mountain Group Army of the Northern Burma Front Army, the Anjia Army broke through the defensive line built by the Japanese army and the Burmese army at Anikan, 32 kilometers east of Mandalay, with a lightning offensive, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the helicopter was directly airborne to the rear of the last mountain defense line in Mandalay, Luoying Gorge, to carry out a roundabout outflanking attack, and finally opened the road leading to the plain area.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the Sufeng Regiment of the 1st Mountain Army was advancing rapidly towards Mandalay.

Although the combat superiority of the mountain troops could no longer be manifested ......after entering the plains, the mechanized troops still had to wait for the engineers to repair the more than 30 kilometers of railway from the Meimu to the mountain pass, and tanks and armored vehicles would not be able to participate in the battle until at least tomorrow, so the mountain troops continued to be in front of the whole army, on the one hand, to compress the Japanese air force, and on the other hand, to widen the occupied area and protect the safety of the Luoying Gorge and the mountain pass, which had not been opened up for a long time.

"Company commander, why do I think something is wrong!"

Wang Dekun, the commander of the second platoon, who was carrying a machine gun on his shoulder, trotted to the side of Zhang Yuntao, the commander of the reconnaissance company, and said while keeping up with the company commander: "Along the way, we have passed through four or five villages, but all of them are silent. ”

Zhang Yuntao wiped the beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, and while walking forward, he turned his head to answer Wang Dekun's question:

"Maybe it's the Japanese who are in the clear field! The battle in the early morning was very sudden, and it did not take much effort to capture the Aniscan line, but then we attacked the Luoying Gorge, ran into a hard bone, and fought for eight hours before finally winning. During this time, enough devils and puppet armies organized the evacuation of people in the area north of the mountain pass and south of Mandalay!

"Due to historical reasons, the Burmese people are deeply wary of us, coupled with Japan's deliberate anti-scandalous propaganda, when they see us coming, the people here are not hiding from us like the plague? I hope we can influence them with practical actions......"

"Bang Bang"

At the front of the marching procession, fierce gunfire was suddenly heard.

The marching team quickly dispersed in battle formation, Zhang Yuntao heard the gunfire in front of him becoming more and more intense, and hurriedly said to Wang Dekun: "Kunzi, you go back and lead the second platoon, quickly reinforce, I'll go see what the situation is!" ”

More than 200 meters ahead, the sound of machine guns and mortars sounded one after another, and Zhang Yuntao and the Taoist messenger hunched their waists...... Lu dodged the stray bullets in the air, jumped into a canal, approached a long Li Zishan, and asked urgently: "Lao Li, what's the matter?" ”

The entire platoon of officers and men had all dispersed at this time, hiding behind ditches, trees, and fields to shoot at a distance, and Li Zishan was lying on a canal ridge with a shell gun in his hand, commanding the troops to carry out a fire counterattack.

Hearing Zhang Yuntao's question, Li Zishan found out that the company commander had come to the front line in person, and hurriedly replied:

"When a squad was scouting the situation in the village that was lying across the road in front of them, they were attacked by a dozen civilians with bombs wrapped around their waists, and five soldiers were killed on the spot, and then all the nearby natives took out their guns and opened fire. The first squad leader took the other surviving fighters and retreated while fighting.

"There are a lot of people mixed among the villagers

ou bombs, they hid on the side of the road and in the woods, suddenly rushed out and hugged our fighters, detonating the bombs.

Retreat here, only the last officer and soldier of the first squad are left, and the leader of the first squad died heroically, and then we will fight the enemy! ”

Zhang Yuntao took a closer look, and the people who shot at the row were indeed people dressed in people's clothes, and there were even women and children among them, and he couldn't help frowning:

"Not good! In the worst-case scenario, these people treat us as enemies of life and death! I said why I didn't see anyone in the villages I passed along the way, and they all gathered here to fight our bury Fei told the soldiers that it was the time of the war, and they must not be merciful, and they must resolutely push back the enemy's attack! I estimate that behind these villagers, there are Japanese troops and Burmese troops organizing, if we are in a mess, the Japanese army and Burmese army hiding behind will take advantage of the situation to kill! ”

"Yes!"

Li Zishan, the leader of the platoon, also realized the seriousness of the problem, and after listening to Zhang Yuntao's order, he immediately hunched his waist and ran towards a general-purpose machine gun that was approaching.

Zhang Yuntao quickly mobilized each platoon to organize defensive positions through the walkie-talkie carried by the communicator, and arranged the general-purpose machine guns of the heavy fire platoon to strategic points to ensure that the enemy's attack could be resisted.

When the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Wang Wentong, heard Zhang Yuntao's report, his heart sank, and instead of launching a charge as before, he spread out a defensive line along the wilderness.

While most of the fighters were still rushing to repair the trenches, a dense crowd appeared on the horizon, quickly pressing from the front and from the left and right.

The situation was urgent, and each company was assigned to serve as defensive figures, while other officers and men stepped up their efforts to repair the trenches to the extent that they could withstand heavy artillery bombardment.

When the crowd in all directions entered the 300-meter range, the general-purpose machine guns of each company began to make a sound of tearing cloth, and automatic rifles and semi-automatic rifles also began to fire. The charging enemy did not slow down at all, and pressed forward and successively pressed towards the temporarily constructed position of the An Jia army.

Mortars from various companies and battalions rang out one after another, blowing up in the dense crowd, and almost every bomb that went down took several lives.

Under such a dense firepower, the enemy's tidal wave of offensive was unexpectedly choked! The officers and men of An Jia were still a little flustered at first, after all, it was the first time to see so many people launching a group charge, and the scene was too scary, but when each of them killed a few or even more than a dozen people, they calmed down and shot steadily. Due to the large number of attackers, under the cover of twilight, the officers and soldiers hardly had to aim, and each shot could take a life.

The attack lasted more than an hour, and in this more than an hour, at least tens of thousands of people were killed in the field, and in many places, the corpses were piled up heavily, becoming effective cover, and many enemies threw themselves on the corpses and fired at the positions of the An Jiajun.

What makes people feel crazy is that the attacking crowd has no intention of giving up, and still continues to carry out large-scale, irregular cluster charges, and the field is full of crazy charging crowds.

Night is falling, but the scale of the encounter is growing.

The other three mountain regiments of the 1st Mountain Division and the troops directly under the division finally arrived and quickly repaired the fortifications and consolidated the battle line. Attacking from three directions, the enemy takes full advantage of the emptiness of the field, the inability to hide, and the use of shelter for cover, and launches a tidal wave of attacks.

The screams were earth-shattering, and the figures in the wilderness understood the buildings, and the enemy could not see the end at a glance!

Countless stray bullets swept over the defensive area of the An Jiajun, and people were constantly knocked to the ground by the rain of bullets.

The defensive position of the Anjia Army was in a triangular shape, and the front was suppressed in an area of less than five kilometers, and the rear defense was firmly defended. It's a pity that there are so many enemies that they can't be killed, and the improvised trenches for temporary beggars are all filled with officers and soldiers transporting ammunition.

When the grenades in the front-line position were exhausted, the artillery regiment directly under the 1st Mountain Division arranged in the rear couldn't help it, and the four-mm rocket artillery and, Dai~~~~ Mountain howitzers started with all their might, and the shells rained down on the enemy's head.

On the forward position, the general-purpose machine gun was like the sound of torn cloth, the sound was non-stop, and everywhere the whip went, people fell one by one. As a result of the continuous firing, many of the barrels of the guns turned red and had to be replaced urgently, and the charging enemy took advantage of the brief gap to quickly approach the position, but they were greeted by flamethrower flames, and a large number of the enemy were covered in flames, screaming and rolling on the ground, illuminating the front of the position.

Unfortunately, this is not a good thing. Since we were in the dark, the enemy, who was hiding in the night, took full advantage of this advantage, aimed and shot, and soldiers constantly fell into the trenches.

"Boom"

After several rounds of continuous artillery bombardment, a blank space was created between the front and rear of the enemy who launched the attack, and the continuous shelling blocked the offensive line of the people behind, so that the enemy who rushed in front lost the momentum of continuous attack in the rear, resulting in a situation of lack of stamina, and the pressure on the officers and men on the front line was greatly reduced, and they could finally take a breath.

It is a pity that the shells are not endless after all, although after the capture of Luoying Gorge in the afternoon, the ammunition of the troops has been replenished, but the carrying capacity is insufficient after all.

You must know that the weight of mountain troops, except for a few half-track motorcycles, mainly relies on animal power. Although the roads in northern Burma have been repaired to the point of aberration for more than a year, the more than 30 kilometers of mountain roads leading from there to the Luoying Gorge are not good for travel, at least tomorrow at sunrise, the 1st Mountain Division will not be able to replenish it.

As the shells thinned out, the enemy again became frantic, and under the cover of the night, the crowd rushed towards the front-line positions.

"*** milk, why do those Burmese people listen to the devil so much, aren't they afraid of death?"

Wang Dekun, the commander of the second platoon, hunched his waist and came to the side of a simple tunnel, holding an automatic rifle in his hand, and shot at several relatively clear targets, watching several enemies more than 30 meters close to the position fall, and then panting and asking the company commander Zhang Yuntao.

The general-purpose machine gun that Wang Dekun was carrying before had been abandoned due to the exhaustion of ammunition, and the automatic rifle in his hand was still obtained from a sacrificed soldier.

Zhang Yuntao was also shooting with an automatic rifle, and only after firing all the enemies within fifty meters in front of the position did he say calmly:

"No one is not afraid of death, but it depends on how to die. I estimate that these Burmese who participated in the assault were all coerced. But for the time being, I haven't figured out what kind of tricks they have in the hands of the Japanese, and they actually regard life as a mustard! ”

Wang Dekun was stunned for a moment, and then shuddered:

"Wouldn't it? There are more than 10 million people in Myanmar, which means that we have to fight against these more than 10 million mobs, which ...... Is there any hope of winning? ”

"Don't worry, it's absolutely no problem!"

Zhang Yuntao shot again, killing three or four enemies who rushed to the front of the position, seeing that there were no new enemies near and far, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the nearby soldiers to be vigilant, and then sat down against the wall of the trench and explained to Wang Dekun:

"We occupy northern Myanmar, most of which can find a place in our country, after these years of assimilation education, they all identify with their Chinese identity, and other ethnic minorities are also very interested in our ethnic equality, freedom of religious belief and other ideas, and take the initiative to rely on us......

"After the Japanese army occupied Burma, it only organized the construction of the railway connecting Mandalay, Jiling Temple, and Impal to Dimapur, which cost the lives of more than 200,000 Burmese, and the construction of several other railways was also stained with the blood of the Burmese people. For more than a year, the Japanese army requisitioned a large amount of rice and slaughtered cattle for food, causing the Great Famine in Burma.

At the same time, the Japanese army, like in other occupied areas, used worthless military tickets to buy the food and war supplies they needed, causing widespread inflation, hoarding, and speculation. Myanmar, which was originally a major rice-producing area, starved to death more than a million people from last year to this year.

In addition, the Japanese used forced conscription to form 25 indigenous divisions to fight with the Japanese army, and at the same time, the puppet government also organized a large number of laborers, who were sent to the front after a little training, engaged in transportation work, construction of airfields, construction of roads and railways, etc. In this way, there are at least two million fewer people. Now there are more than 6 million people in Myanmar! ”

"More than six million people are enough!"

Wang Dekun knew that Zhang Yuntao, who graduated from the non-commissioned officer academy, did not smoke, so he took out a cigarette and lit it alone, and complained: "Our troops are bound by the "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions", and the political commissar reiterated the policy before departure. ”

Zhang Yuntao comforted: "No one expected this kind of thing in advance, and it is estimated that this kind of thing will be adjusted soon...... Auntie, what's the sound? Lie down! Lie down! ”

"Tweet ......"

A meteor drew an arc-shaped trajectory in the air, and the piercing screams produced by high-speed flight slammed into the defensive position of the 1st Mountain Division from far and near, like a hammer!

In the pillars of fire that rose into the sky, the scorching waves of air swept through the fragments of the human body and weapon parts flying in the air, and soon turned into a torrential rain, spilling on the ground, and the area of several kilometers was soon shrouded in smoke and dust.

The whole earth trembled, and with every explosion, the position was left with craters like a lunar crater.

From time to time, a shell landed accurately on the position, and in the fireball that exploded, several officers and soldiers flew into the sky screaming, and the sharp shrapnel that filled the space cut the fragile human body into a sky full of blood in an instant.

Flying shrapnel, human blood, and all kinds of debris formed an impermeable curtain that swept the entire position.

The artillery that the devil had endured for a long time finally began to wreak havoc after the artillery of the Anjia Army consumed the shells!

The officers and men lying on the ground of the trench all opened their mouths wide, and all the officers and soldiers were using the greatest courage to endure the intensive bombardment of a large number of artillery!

"***, the devil is hiding deep enough, only do it at this time!"

On a hill five kilometers southeast of the front line, Major General Zhang Fenghua, commander of the First Mountain Division, put down the binoculars in his hand and flattened his feet in anger.

At the first moment of the attack on the troops, he informed his superiors of the situation and called for friendly support, but the 2nd Division, which could move westward, and the 3rd Division, which was attacking southward, were all attacked by the Burmese suddenly appeared, and all of them fell into a bitter battle.

Major General Straw Zhize, the political commissar of the division, glanced at the eastern sky a few times, frowned and said, "Why hasn't the Army Aviation Brigade come yet?" They are the key to our position, if the devils break through the position and push us back to the Yingxia Pass, our division will make a joke! ”

Zhang Fenghua just wanted to answer, but suddenly heard the roar of the motor, and his face was happy: "It's here!" If you don't come again, Lao Tzu will make a small report from Lu Hang! Our mountain troops don't have much heavy firepower in the first place, and the ammunition they carry is insufficient, so they all rely on them to support the façade!

"Old straw, what do you say is going on? The devil suddenly went crazy and wanted to drown us with a sea of people offensive, didn't the intelligence department have any news beforehand? ”

Straw Zhize shook his head: "I don't know, maybe it's a temporary idea!" Division commander, let's not talk about this for now, quickly order the artillery to fire flares! ”

"Ahh I almost forgot! ”

Zhang Fenghua patted his head, hurriedly walked to the Daoxun staff officer, and gave an order loudly.

Eighteen Type 444 helicopters of the First Squadron of the Armed Helicopter Brigade of the Army Aviation Brigade directly under the Northern Burma Front Army flew in the shape of a zigzag from the eastern sky.

The Devil artillery unit, which was carrying out the shelling, quickly became a live target for the helicopter.

The two air-to-ground rocket launchers of the 444 type gunship frequently sprayed four ~~~~ rockets at the Japanese artillery positions, and at the same time, the three Vulcan cannons began to rotate wildly, and the force was ...... The shells carried a terrifying meteor shower, quickly messing up the Japanese artillery position.

The reason why the devil commander dared to assemble artillery and attack the officers and men of the Anjia Army was that he believed that under the cover of night, the high-speed bombers could not distinguish between friend and foe, and when they were entangled in each other's battle lines, they could play a surprisingly winning role.

Now that he was suddenly attacked, the devil commander panicked, so he had to mobilize the chicken neck and the crooked machine gun to temporarily act as an air defense weapon. The machine gun shells made the helicopter fuselage "crackle," and the army pilots circled around the Japanese artillery positions, evading the machine gun shells while spraying a rain of bullets, beating the devil's artillery to the ground, and no longer had time to bomb the defensive positions of the An Jia army.

In the distance, 18 more helicopter gunships flew over, spraying bullets at the Burmese who were attacking the An Jiajun position like ants on the ground.

The crowd that was charging fell one by one, but more people came out of the night and continued to attack the position of the An Jiajun!

A quarter of an hour later, eighteen helicopter gunships of the 3rd Squadron, replacing the 1st Squadron returning from running out of ammunition, began to strike at important targets in the rear of the Japanese army. Unfortunately, the night was shrouded, and although the flares were frequently lifted into the air, the visibility was not satisfactory at a little distance, so the blow was not effective.

As the helicopter finally departed, the two sides, deprived of heavy fire support, were once again locked in a bitter battle.

At this time, the night was already dark, and the air was filled with the smell of gunsmoke, and the only thing that could be seen in the night was the faint light of the bullets leaving the muzzle, and the dense gunfire resounded all over the earth.

Night battles can test the courage of officers and soldiers the most, in the dark night, the original advantage of weapons and equipment, will be much lower in the night, for the attacker as long as they know the approximate location of the onslaught, but for the defenders, they do not know where the enemy will emerge from the night, can only shoot blindly, where the bullet hits, what to hit, it is necessary to pay attention to luck and character.

On the front-line positions, the officers and men of the reconnaissance company, who had been reduced by almost half in the battle and artillery bombardment in Xiansu, fired tirelessly day in day. After hours of fighting, most of the people were running out of ammunition in their automatic rifle magazines.

Suddenly, a black shadow rushed down from the right front of the position, although it was not very realistic, but the strange reflection on the long bayonet exposed the target...... I don't know when, the devil also mixed in the crowd to launch a surprise, encountered a rain of bullets and bullets and crawled forward, and finally approached the position.

At this moment, the devil soldier who touched the trench in charge of the reconnaissance company rushed towards a soldier who was changing the magazine with a cruel smile.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the light fired by the bayonet, and without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Yuntao turned the head of the gun and shot out two short shots in succession.

The devil let out a miserable scream, and his chest was beaten into a bloody hole, but due to inertia, the 38-type rifle in the devil's hand still stabbed forward, but fortunately, a veteran soldier was quick to move, and the soldier who changed the magazine moved more than ten centimeters, and the bright bayonet pierced the trench wall beside the soldier.

"Everyone be vigilant, a devil has come in!"

Zhang Yuntao roared loudly, at this time a cold wind suddenly blew to his neck from the left, Zhang Yuntao was alarmed, did not turn his head sideways to see what the situation was, many years of combat experience, told him that if he turned his head, he would definitely die, so without the slightest hesitation, he rolled to the right on the trench, and the moment he lowered his head, a long bayonet covered with a 38 big cover, rubbed his scalp and inserted it into the earthen wall on one side.

At the same time, Zhang Yuntao threw down the automatic rifle in his hand that had lost the shooting angle, and with his right hand, he easily touched the pistol pinned to his thigh, and before the devil could pull out the bayonet and continue to attack, a few shots of "popping" passed, ending the devil's life.

After killing the sneak attacker, Zhang Yuntao did not have any static behavior after being frightened, nor did he pick up the automatic rifle, because there was no more Zi bullet in the gun, he immediately picked up the gun from the hand of the fallen Japanese soldier, and then picked up the 38 big cover, and looked around vigilantly.

At this moment, a string of flares rose in the sky again, and the artillery of the 1st Mountain Division, which had been silent, began to vent their fire again, bombarding the enemy who was frantically rushing in the night!

It turned out that the front army command had sensed that the situation at the front was critical, so it requested the air force to urgently reinforce it, and at the same time sent a transport helicopter brigade of the army aviation brigade directly under the front army to urgently deliver ammunition to the front line. At present, the first batch of emergency artillery shells and ammunition has been delivered, and the airship transport troops, which carry a huge capacity, are flying over the Dongse Heights, and soon the first batch of five large airships will land in the mountain pass area to strongly support the front-line operations.

ps: Well, the weather is getting warmer, and I have a strange cold and fever, and my head is burned in a mess, if there is any fallacy, please understand! (To be continued)