235. Battle of East Bengal 24
The radio of the "Dididi" Dibrugger headquarters rang non-stop, and countless battle reports continued to gather.
The situation of friend and foe on the huge sand table in the middle of the headquarters is constantly changing with the intelligence.
Li Bufan's face sank like water, staring at the sand table.
Li Songshan and Zhang Xiaozhun were both a little anxious, Zhang Xiaozhun said: "Commander-in-chief, the enemy's air force fighters of about a division are directly attacking our Guwahati airfield, and our air force has to take off early, will this affect our plan?" ”
Li Bufan shook his head lightly and said, "It is estimated that the impact is not big." Judging by the time and speed at which the enemy plane group took off, the enemy plane will soon reach the skies over East Bengal. ”
Li Songshan nodded and said, "The air force will start fighting soon." What I'm worried about now is the army, the British are really ruthless enough, they actually used six or seven hundred thousand Indian and Arab legions as cannon fodder, the troops on the defense line consumed extremely huge ammunition, not that there was no ammunition, but almost all the loaded magazines and chains were almost empty, but the other side used a large number of machine guns at this time to suppress the fire on our position. If the enemy continues to charge on a massive scale, I fear that in this case, it may not be able to stop it. ”
Li Bufan frowned and said, "It seems that we want to stimulate the enemy." Naval guns were ordered to strike at British positions. ”
Li Songshan hesitated for a moment and said, "Commander-in-chief, the British Navy is already close at hand." ”
Li Bufan said lightly: "Isn't it close to the eye yet?" The naval guns carried out artillery fire for several minutes, and there was no big problem. ”
Zhang Xiaozhun said: "A few minutes doesn't have much effect, right?" ”
Li Bufan said: "The main thing is to give a buffer. With this buffer, we mobilized a certain amount of artillery fire to strengthen the counterattack against the British artillery. Of course. Don't fight back too strongly, so as not to scare the enemy away. We want to give the British a feeling that they can capture positions with a little more effort, and they will be firmly attracted to them. ”
The front line was full of war, and Zhu Guangming's position was already in danger.
Although the firepower of the semi-automatic rifle was still quite strong, in the face of the enemy's massive machine-gun fire, the casualties of the troops under the counterfire continued to increase.
"Sniper! Take out the enemy machine gunners! Zhu Guangming saw that the brothers in the troops were almost overwhelmed by the opponent's dense machine-gun fire, and the opposing colonial army had already begun to charge, rushing to the position like a tide, and he was anxious.
"Battalion commander. All 9 snipers of our battalion have been killed. ”
Zhu Guangming hated his mother so much that he scolded his mother. Viciously: "Get on the bayonet!" "The enemy has rushed to the front of the position for more than twenty meters, charging in such a way that the British do not care about the life and death of the colonial legions, and the opponent only needs a few seconds to rush to the position, at this moment. He had a kind of martyrdom in his heart. The enemy is several times more than theirs. If you have enough energy. He may still be sure to fight, after all, the First Army is the elite of the Wehrmacht, and it can fight for hours on end. The soldiers are exhausted, so they have to fight to the death.
"Woo", a series of whistling sounds as sharp as the front of a locomotive pierced the sky.
Zhu Guangming was already holding a semi-automatic rifle, the bayonet on the rifle flashed with cold light, jumped out of the trench, and shouted: "Brothers, I am invincible, rush with me!" As soon as he finished speaking, an earth-shattering explosion occurred two or three hundred meters away, and the explosion was like the explosion of a small ammunition depot.
He watched countless enemies be shattered by the violent explosion in an instant, and even saw a piece of shrapnel cut off the neck of an enemy, castration followed by another enemy's leg, and then almost cut off an enemy's waist. Then he felt a huge shock wave coming over him, and he was thrown into the trench on the spot.
Many officers and men of the 2nd Battalion were dumbfounded, they could not imagine what kind of artillery fire this was, and this kind of shelling was simply much bigger than the "strategic rocket artillery."
Zhu Guangming was helped up by several soldiers, only to feel that his eyes were full of stars, but his mind was clear, and he immediately shouted: "Get down!" Get down!! The shelling of the main guns of the capital ships of our Navy. After all, the First Army was the elite of the elite, and with his order, the officers and soldiers quickly lay down and hid in improvised anti-artillery nests.
Countless cannonballs beat the earth, like the drums of war beating the world, as if the whole world was trembling, and everything was shattered and destroyed.
The Guwahati airfield has been reduced to a sea of fire under the bombardment of enemy aircraft.
Several enemy planes were shot down and landed on the ground with thick smoke.
More than a dozen anti-aircraft fire points on the ground kept firing into the sky, but the enemy planes obviously did not want to fight hard with the anti-aircraft firepower and quickly left westward.
Command of the British Army in Lambour.
"Well done!" Dannatt clenched his fist hard.
Marshall looked at the telegram and smiled: "It is indeed very beautiful, only seven planes were lost, and the Chinese Guwahati airfield was destroyed." The Chinese are said to be preparing to build a super airport here that could accommodate hundreds of aircraft. ”
Dannat said in a deep voice, "That's right. We got the news that the Chinese sent hundreds of thousands of tons of aviation gasoline to the Guwahati line in one fell swoop (the piston type uses gasoline, and the jet type uses kerosene), which is prepared for this airport. However, according to reliable sources, because the Chinese are not familiar with the hydrology of the Brahmaputra River, they are actually avoiding the boat is hitting the reef and a large number of oil tanks are damaged, which can be regarded as God helping us. ”
Hagrid sighed: "If there is not enough fuel, then the threat of the Chinese's air force will be greatly reduced, which is indeed good news." ”
While he was sighing, a staff officer suddenly made an urgent report: "Report, report to the commander, the Chinese Navy has carried out naval artillery strikes on our attacking troops, and the troops have suffered heavy casualties. ”
Everyone's faces changed drastically, Britain and the United States are both naval powers, and no one knows better than them the terrifying power of the main guns of the main ships of the navy, and that kind of shelling is absolutely devastating.
Dannatt's face turned pale, and he immediately said: "Where is the combined fleet?" ”
"Report to the Commander, we have arrived in the waters near Chittagong. However, they have already seen Chinese fighters in the sky and refused to attack the Chinese Navy until the Chinese Air Force intervenes to ensure the safety of their airspace, so as to avoid being attacked by the Chinese sea and air at the same time. ”
Dannatt and Hagrid were both pale, knowing that it was the British army that was bombarded, and the strength of the British army was lost.
Dannatt looked at Marshall viciously and said, "General Marshall, the war has been going on so far, and all our troops have gone all out. Is Admiral Panetta afraid of the enemy, or do you Americans want to preserve your strength? Don't forget, Xia Fei's Burmese Front has the strength of two American armies. ”
Marshall's face was also ugly, and he could naturally hear the meaning of Dannatt's words, the Xiafei Burma Front had two American army groups, while the British army only had a dissatisfied division there. He didn't dare to think about it, and immediately said: "Damn Panetta, I will definitely send him to a court-martial." Admiral Dannat, I will immediately send a telegram asking the fleet to immediately launch a full-scale attack on the main forces of the Chinese Navy. ”
Marshall knew that Dannat must not be provoked now, and Dannat was angered, and if he ordered his troops to retreat and hold on to the Brahmaputra-Tista line line, no one in the Western world could say anything about Britain. Because Dannat organized such a large-scale rescue offensive operation, the British army also paid a huge price, even if most of the sacrifices were colonial legions, but that was also part of the British army's battle sequence. However, the US Navy's fear of the enemy will become a criticism of the entire Western world in this war, and there is no doubt that the United States will be isolated, knowing that this war was caused by the shelling of the MacArthur flagship of the United States.
Marshall knew very well that although Dannat had planned such an offensive rescue plan, the main force of the British army had been in a state of being ready to retreat at any time. It is not so much that they want to rescue the troops of the Burmese Front of Xia Fei, but that the situation forced the British army to carry out such a rescue operation. If you don't get it, you have to get it unless you find the right excuse.
Although it is a matter of time before a war breaks out between the Chinese and the West, the war is caused by the United States, and the United States has an unshirkable responsibility.
"Attack immediately, or military law will deal with it!"
Admiral Panetta looked at the simple ten-word telegram with an extremely ugly face.
He did not believe that Marshall and the US staff would not know the huge threat to the navy from the Chinese Air Force, but it was still this kind of order that had no room for reversal, and this paper order weighed on his heart like a mountain.
A few minutes ago, he had already spotted a formation of Chinese fighters passing through the air on the side of the fleet, and there was no doubt that he knew their position very well, and that a large number of Chinese fighters might be flying in the next moment, and he had already ordered the fleet to prepare for air defense. The reason why the main force of the Chinese navy was not immediately attacked was because no one wanted to face a flank attack from both sides at the same time, and he was equally unwilling.
It's not that he doesn't want to attack, but he just wants to be late, and wait for the coalition air force to contain the Chinese air force before attacking, so that the chances of victory will be greatly increased.
However, the military order is like a mountain. If he could not attack as ordered, then the next telegram would be to remove him from command, and when he returned home, he would have to go court-martial immediately. Even if the United States wants to let him go, the US government is afraid that it can only sacrifice him under pressure from Western countries.
Panetta looked at Miller, saw that his face was expressionless, and gritted his teeth: "I order: sound the battle alarm, the fleet will rush to Chittagong at full speed, and fight to the death with the Chinese navy!" At this moment, he had already let himself go, drew his command knife and pointed it in the direction of Chittagong, and roared with all his might.
A faint sneer appeared at the corner of Miller's mouth: The strength of the US Navy is too strong, and letting it lose both the Chinese Navy is the best result (to be continued......