The shells burst through the air and roared sharply, a position was almost shrouded in fire and smoke, violent explosions destroyed improvised fortifications and trenches, and even improvised anti-artillery holes like dog holes were blown up, burying the soldiers hiding inside.

The Chinese National Defense Forces Army does not have many artillery pieces, but basically all of them are heavy artillery of more than 100 millimeters, and their shelling power is huge. Due to the limitation of the number of skilled workers, the Chinese army had to replace almost all artillery below 100 mm with mortars, because of the simple production process of mortars.

Across the artillery fire, an American officer emerged from the bombarded coalition position, shouting with all his might: "Artillery fire extends, immediately enter the position, prepare for battle!" ”

With the shouts of the American officer, many American soldiers struggled from their stumps and broken arms, rushed to the trenches with fear and set up guns, some stepped up to repair the fortifications, and some soldiers desperately put grenade boxes into the trenches.

The cannonballs in the sky were terrifying.

But this officer of the US army has obviously experienced the battlefield, and he didn't care about it, but still continued to direct the soldiers into the position. Fortunately, this officer, under his command, the US soldiers temporarily repaired the anti-artillery hole before the Chinese side entered the palace, although the anti-artillery hole in this ghost place could not be dug very deep, but it still effectively reduced casualties.

However, while he was commanding, more than a dozen high-explosive shells fell on the position, and the violent explosion caused the flesh and blood of countless American soldiers preparing for the battle to fly, followed by an entire base of artillery bombardment, which almost leveled the position.

In the distance at the Allied Headquarters, Admiral Hagrid watched this scene blankly, while the Chief of Staff, General Marshall, closed his eyes in pain, and he knew very well what the consequences would be if the position of such a regiment was covered by the artillery fire of the Chinese heavy artillery group.

"False extension of artillery fire." Itagaki Seishiro only felt that his mouth was unusually dry, and the command procedure of that US military officer was not wrong, it should be said that he was very sophisticated. But what's there? The Chinese artillery sent him to the west with a false shot, and they were afraid that the American troops of this regiment who came out of the anti-artillery hole would at least be disabled, if not lose more than half.

The Chinese artillery fire extended again, and in the smoke of gunfire, the American officer actually did not die, but still stood up, roaring constantly on the position, driving the remaining American soldiers who were dazed by the artillery fire to quickly go to the position, and he pulled out even those who were hiding in the anti-artillery hole.

However, the US troops never expected that the extension of artillery fire this time was still fake, and the US officers and men who entered the position were once again covered by heavy artillery fire

There was silence in the headquarters, and Admiral Hagrid, Marshall, and Seishiro Itagaki all looked unusually ugly.

"Artillery, when will our artillery return!" Marshall yelled like a delirious man.

Hagrid sighed and said, "A batch will arrive tonight, but even if two artillery regiments come, it will not be possible to compete with China's current artillery group." ”

Marshall exclaimed, "But what then? The Chinese are slaughtering our soldiers with artillery, and if this continues, there is no need to wait for the artillery to come up, and our infantry will all die. ”

Hagrid could only be speechless, the Chinese were indeed massacring the soldiers of the coalition army with artillery. But what can it be? The enemy's artillery fire is extended, can't the infantry not take position? In the unlikely event that the Chinese side attacked the position with infantry and artillery, not only would the position fall, but the officers and men on the position would be annihilated. Didn't you see that the infantry regiment of the Chinese Army was waiting three or four hundred meters in front of the position? Three or four hundred meters can be rushed in less than a minute.

The troops can't afford not to go to their positions, but when they do, who knows if the Chinese side is making a false shot? The officers and men of the coalition were hit again and again by this trick and were covered by Chinese artillery fire, and suffered heavy casualties.

Seishiro Itagaki said in a deep voice: "This is not the way, I think we must distract the Chinese." ”

Admiral Hagrid looked at Itagaki and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Itagaki Seishiro said: "I was thinking that if General Xia Fei launched an attack in the direction of Myitkyina in Mandalay, it would be able to contain the firepower of the Chinese side to a certain extent, at least the pressure of the air force. As long as it buys us time, that's easy. I think it shouldn't take too long if our fighters take off from Europe and keep moving to the front. Three days, and three days is enough time for us to pull up a group of artillery groups that can compete with the Chinese artillery. ”

Marshall immediately said: "Commander-in-chief, I think this proposal is very good. He couldn't understand why the Chinese side kept firing at the positions defended by the US troops, as if they had a deep hatred for the United States. After thinking about it, he could only think that the Chinese hated the shelling of MacArthur in Tokyo Bay and triggered this great war, and in his heart he had already destroyed eight generations of MacArthur's ancestors, but he still could not care about the lives of US officers and soldiers.

Admiral Hagrid sighed and said, "Okay, let General Xia Fei launch a tentative attack first." ”――

Sha Fei in Mandalay is not having a good time, and in Myanmar he is also denied food.

It is not easy to expel the tens of millions of victims from Myanmar to the west, well, it can be regarded as the removal of spies planted by the Chinese among these disaster victims. But he also encountered a big problem, it was difficult to supply, he thought that he could get local food, but now he didn't, for the sake of his million-strong army, he could only desperately order the rear to transport food over.

The first batch of grain arrived, enough for his million-strong army to eat for half a month, and he felt a little at ease.

So, Xia Fei ordered the troops to advance to Mandalay, but the worst thing is that although the railway in Mandalay is still there, there are no locomotives, and the usable and intact locomotives are all repaired by the Chinese side and get to Myitkyina, and those that cannot be used are directly blown into slag.

Well, if there are no trains, then let's go inland shipping. However, this road is also impassable, and the Chinese side has already taken away all the transport ships in Burma, and the Irrawaddy River is bare and empty, so angry that his blood is almost full.

Lake said worriedly: "The Chinese have been trying to delay our attack, which is increasing our supply pressure. ”

Xia Fei said viciously: "They are doing this because they are afraid, they are afraid that we will attack Myitkyina, and what the enemy is afraid of, then we need to do what makes them afraid." Command the troops to launch an offensive on Myitkyina as soon as possible. ”

Lake said anxiously, "But General, if the supplies of our attack cannot keep up, such an attack without a sustained surname is meaningless. ”

Xia Fei smiled and said, "Lake, it seems that you are frightened by the Chinese, which is not good." Please remember that our army in France is the largest in the world, and no one on land can stop our attack. ”

Despite his age, Xia Fei is still enthusiastic, aggressive, confident and stubborn.

He has the capital and qualifications to be confident.

"Report, call from coalition command." Suddenly, the staff officer quickly delivered a telegram.

After Xia Fei took it, he laughed: "A big war has broken out in the Assam battlefield, and they asked us to immediately attack Myitkyina to contain the Chinese's forces and firepower. As he spoke, he handed the telegram to Lake, looking a little smug.

After reading the telegram, Lake pondered for a while, and said with an ugly face: "Why do you use the word immediate?" Is there something wrong with them? ”

Xia Fei smiled and said, "How is this possible? Do you mean that Hagrid, Marshall, they were beaten by the Chinese and asked for help? No, it can't be, the Assam side has an army of about 1.5 million, even 1.5 million sheep, and it doesn't go wrong so quickly. Perhaps they want to annihilate the Chinese forces in Assam as soon as possible, urging us to speed up our operations. ”

Lake thought about it and thought so, they naturally never imagined that the battle for Assam would start, the air force of the Western coalition would be quickly destroyed by the Chinese side, and the artillery of the front-line war would be destroyed and suppressed so quickly. It's really that Hagrid and Marshall can't pull their faces to explain this ugly thing clearly, because they can't afford to lose that person.

Lake did not object again, as a good officer, he knew deeply that in addition to tactics, cooperation is also very important in war.

So, Xia Fei quickly launched an attack in the direction of Myitkyina in the north, as for the tentative attack that Hagrid said, he didn't pay attention to it at all, as the general of the Taishan Beidou general of the army, the first powerful army in the world, is not as good as the army general of a navy-dominated country?

For this reason, as soon as Xia Fei launched an attack, it was to invest 9 divisions in one fell swoop, and equipped with fierce artillery fire, although the Chinese side in northern Burma has two group armies, but in the Jinwu area, the Chinese side only deployed one division, and the Chinese side did not expect Xia Fei's fierce combat style at all, and was forced to break through the defense line by Xia Fei.

The news reached the ears of Li Bufan in Assam, which made Li Bufan's face turn blue with anger.

In the last battle of Mandalay, it was also this defensive line, which caused so much trouble after being broken through by Dannatt, although it was said that there was a reason for it, and the deployment of troops in a hurry was not in place, but now it has been broken through again, which is a bit of a slap in the face.

Li Songshan smiled bitterly: "This Xia Fei actually invested nearly ten times the number of troops and several times the artillery fire to attack at one time, which is really unexpected, and the surrounding troops have no time to reinforce." ”

Li Bufan said in a deep voice: "What other mobile troops are there in this area of Myitkyina? ”

Zhang Xiaozhun looked at the map and said: "Liu Cunhou's 47th Army suffered heavy losses in the last battle in Myitkyina, and it is here to replenish troops and recuperate. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "Last time Myitkyina was battled? It's been half a year. Then they ordered the 47th Army to quickly reinforce and counterattack Jinwu, and to block this opening at all costs. ”

This battle is completely different from the last battle in Myitkyina, the last time the Chinese side was just a group army in Assam, and it was really urgent, and the airdropped ammunition could still hold on to the combat defense. But now there are more than one million troops, and the front line is fighting fiercely on the whole front, and the materials consumed are astronomical, and it is impossible to completely rely on airdrops, and once the materials are exhausted, the consequences can be very serious

Li Bufan is not a god, although according to normal reasoning, it is impossible for Assam to have consecutive sunny days in this season, and he may soon be able to implement the "Gonggong Plan", but what if there are consecutive sunny days? The consequences were unimaginable. (To be continued.) )