The military meeting was over, and the officers had left.

Major General Luo Youlun said to Yue Weihan with some concern: "General seat, is it too hasty to let mortars and heavy machine guns be arranged in the front?" Although this can greatly kill and injure the Kou, the battle loss rate is bound to be quite amazing, and with the remnants of the Sixth Army, I am afraid that it will not be able to withstand two days of attrition. ”

Master Peng Bisheng next to him also said: "Yes, Mr. Zuo, I am also worried about this." ”

Yue Weihan looked at Peng Bisheng and Luo Youlun, and suddenly felt an indescribable sadness.

Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the soldiers have sacrificed their lives and fought bloody battles on the battlefield, especially those grassroots officers and ordinary soldiers, who fought particularly bravely, but what kind of equipment did they have in their hands? The only Maxim heavy machine guns and mortars had to be hidden like treasures, and the ammunition had never been enough.

More often than not, the [***] soldiers are fighting to the death with their flesh and blood!

But now, the expeditionary force must abandon this way of fighting, the officers and soldiers are not afraid of death, but their lives are the most valuable wealth of an army, the equipment can be replenished if it is damaged, the soldiers are killed but cannot be resurrected, especially those brave and fearless iron-blooded veterans, but also the cornerstone of the Chinese expeditionary force, they are the guarantee of combat effectiveness!

Now there is really no need to be stingy with equipment, the last thing that the American political axe lacks is steel and ammunition!

At that moment, Yue Weihan patted Division Commander Peng Bisheng and General Luo Youlun on the shoulders and said: "Don't worry, you two, tomorrow, in addition to airlifting the 5th Regiment of the Baoshan Division to Mandalay, the US Air Force will also randomly send a large amount of equipment and ammunition, heavy artillery can't be transported, but heavy machine guns, submachine guns, bazookas and mortars are not old and young!" ”

"yes, how did we forget the Yankees?" Master Peng Bisheng suddenly realized.

Yue Weihan nodded, and said: "There are many weapons and ammunition Yankees, they can replenish as much as we consume, but if our soldiers die in battle, the Yankees can't replenish us, our soldiers are not afraid of death, but, as commanders, we must let them survive as much as possible and survive to the end!" ”

………… Airfield, 146 battalion of the 3 regiment position.

As the sun set, it was soon getting dark, and the Allied reconnaissance planes that had been hovering in the sky had finally returned.

The return of the Allied reconnaissance planes meant that the offensive of the Japanese army was about to begin, and taking advantage of this short gap, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wei Jie, was adjusting the defensive deployment.

"Wang Dazhu, put your precious mortar in front."

"After the devils start to attack, don't save shells, give Lao Tzu the cover firepower to knock the little devils hard!"

"Shi Guoquan, Niu Sigen, the heavy machine gun is also at the forefront, as soon as the little devil enters the firing range, he will open up to Lao Tzu to fight, don't fucking save bullets, do you hear clearly?"

"Also, Deputy Li Ying, bring up all the grenades in stock and distribute them to the brothers!"

Wei Jie's orders were issued one by one, and the officers and soldiers quickly began to get busy, and a veteran quipped: "Battalion, I have never seen you so wide, after tonight's battle, our 3rd battalion is not enough?" ”

"That's not something you should be afraid of!" Battalion Commander Li Jie pursed his lips and said to the veteran: "While there is still some time, you still think about the guy in your hand, the tanks and armored vehicles of the little devil will all be handed over to you later. ”

"This camp is reassuring." The veteran patted the bazooka on his shoulder, and said with a big grin, "Just this thing, I only need to look at it to know how to make it, if you want to collapse the egg under the crotch of a certain devil officer from a hundred meters away, we dare not guarantee it, but to collapse a tank or armored vehicle as big as a little devil, it is definitely a piece of cake." ”

Wei Jie snorted, and then raised his head and shouted, "Give Lao Tzu time to prepare!" Watch out for anti-artillery! ”

The officers and men on the position suddenly stopped talking nonsense and began to nervously adjust their deployment and strengthen their positions.

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the last ray of dawn finally sank into the western horizon, accompanied by a piercing scream, a flare has risen from the position of the army, through the strong light of the flare, the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion clearly saw that a hot air balloon has slowly risen from the position of the army, which is the standard artillery observation equipment of the little devil.

Soon, the flares went out, and several red streamers appeared in the dark sky.

With a piercing scream, several shells landed on the front of the 3rd Battalion's position, and immediately exploded.

A few minutes of silence followed, and it was clear that the artillery was nervously adjusting to shoot Zhu Yuan.

Five minutes later, in the distance, the position of the army suddenly bloomed one after another dazzling lights, and then one after another streamers had rushed into the sky, instantly piercing the dark night sky, the scene was like a meteor shower from the sky, beautiful! More than ten seconds later, the meteor shower flew over the position of the 3rd Battalion, and immediately roared down.

In an instant, the position of the 3rd Battalion fell into a huge explosion like the sky and the earth cracked!

Through the dazzling bright light produced by the explosion of the shells, it can be clearly seen that countless debris such as wooden bunkers, weapons and equipment, and ammunition boxes that have been blown away are flying over the position, and the mud that is splashed in all directions is more than ten meters high in the sky.

Ten minutes later, the artillery bombardment of the Japanese army began to become sparse, and the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion drilled out of the anti-artillery holes one after another.

Battalion Commander Wei Jie dusted off the mud on his shoulders, buckled the steel helmet heavily on his head, and immediately raised his head and shouted: "Hurry up and enter the position, hurry up and check the equipment and ammunition, and prepare for battle!" The officers and soldiers quickly entered their designated combat positions, and the veteran who had just spoken back even flew into the alert position with two soldiers.

Although the bazooka is powerful and can directly shoot through the armor of devil tanks and armored vehicles, the range is really closer, and if you want to effectively destroy the tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army, you can only deploy the bazooka on the most cutting-edge alert position.

After another two minutes, the artillery bombardment of the Yue army finally ended completely, and almost at the same time, the dull roar of the engine sounded on the position of the Yue army, and by the light of the burning fire on the battlefield, it could be faintly seen that a huge black shadow had broken out of the fog of the night and rolled towards the 3rd Battalion.

Battalion Commander Wei Jie turned on the nose of the clean face box, and immediately raised the muzzle of the gun slightly and pointed it at the night sky, then turned his head and said to the attendant adjutant beside him: "Pass the order, no one is allowed to fire, wait for Lao Tzu's gun to sound before fighting!" "Battalion Commander Wei is also a veteran, of course he knows that exposing the point of fire before the army tank is not destroyed, that is a live target.

Battalion Commander Wei's command was quickly issued, and the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion suppressed their restless emotions one after another.

Under the night sky, the army tank rushed over unscrupulously, and the tank was followed by about 100 devil soldiers, and the army tank opened fire fiercely while advancing, and the 3rd battalion position was suddenly splashed with mud, but because the [***] fire point was not exposed in advance, the main gun of the army tank did not pose much of a threat.

Suddenly, the tanks were less than 100 meters away from the alert position.

It was too late, and then quickly, a long tongue of fire had already erupted from the warning position, and it immediately hit the army tank, and after the huge explosion, the army tank had been swallowed by the flames, and almost at the same time, the battalion commander Wei Jie also pulled the trigger fiercely, and the light and heavy machine guns on the 3rd battalion position immediately opened fire.

However, the reaction of the devil soldiers was not slow, almost at the same time as the tank was destroyed, they fell to the ground one after another, and quickly organized firepower to counteract, especially the grenadiers of the little devils, almost nine out of ten shots within 300 meters, which was even better than mortars, and soon, the two Makqin heavy machine guns on the position of the 3rd battalion were dumb.

Battalion Commander Wei Jie's heart was on fire, and he strode to grab one of the heavy machine guns.

Pick up the heavy machine gun and look at it, the bracket has been blown to only half of the side, Wei Jie battalion commander immediately put the heavy machine gun on an ammunition box and fired violently, but after less than half a minute, the ammunition box was shocked and fell into the trench, Wei Jie battalion commander put the heavy machine gun on the sandbag, but the sandbag was too soft, and the barrel jumped up and down as soon as the gun sounded, and there was no hit rate at all.

"Dog." Battalion Commander Wei Jie turned his head and roared angrily, "Li Guoquan, hurry up and come over and carry the machine gun for Lao Tzu!" ”

"Yes!" The seventeen-year-old orderly hurriedly rushed forward, and with his immature shoulders he picked up the heavy Makqin heavy machine gun, and at the same time slapped the hot barrel with both arms.

Battalion Commander Wei Jie made it easy at this time, and grabbed the bolt and fired fiercely at the front of the position.

After half an hour, the attack of the Yue army was finally repulsed, and the battalion commander Wei Jie let go of the gun, and patted the head of the orderly Li Guoquan, signaling that he could put the machine gun down, but Li Guoquan did not react, and the battalion commander Wei Jie gently pushed him again, and Li Guoquan fell straight down.

"Li Guoquan!" Battalion Commander Wei Jie's heart chuckled, broken.

Hurriedly turned over the orderly and then stretched out his hand to probe his nose, and found that he had long been out of breath, so he vigorously pulled off the barrel of the heavy machine gun that was so hot that he could boil an egg, only to see that the right half of the orderly's neck had been completely burned, and then he opened the orderly's military uniform, his right shoulder was also burned, and he could smell a smell of meat.

The seventeen-year-old orderly was burned to death!

However, until he died, he still maintained an upright posture, he still held the hot barrel sleeve of the Maxim heavy machine gun, and he still faithfully served as the machine gun mount of the camp! What does it mean to have a military order? This is called a mountain of military orders! What do you mean by a military man? It's called a soldier! Once the military order has been issued, there will be no regrets until death!

Battalion Commander Wei Jie couldn't help but burst into tears, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the young face of the orderly, the orderly's eyes that were still glaring ahead to death closed forever, Battalion Commander Wei Jie sighed softly, turned around and instructed the attendant adjutant: "Carry it down, cremation, and then put his ashes with the ashes of all the fallen brothers, after this battle, if there are still people alive in our battalion, don't forget to bring the ashes of the brothers back home." ”

"Yes!" The attendant adjutant was red-eyed, picked up the corpse of the orderly and left.

"Camp, the little devil is up again!" The guard post ahead suddenly fired warning shots.

"Hit, hit Lao Tzu hard!" Battalion Commander Wei Jie didn't have time to wipe away his tears, and reached out to pick up the Makqin heavy machine gun that had just been replaced with cooling water, and then turned his head and shouted, "Stone, come here, carry the machine gun for Lao Tzu!" Another soldier rushed over as if he were flying, and with one he picked up a heavy machine gun.

Battalion Commander Wei Jie tightened his grip on the bolt, aimed ahead and fired fiercely again.

………… On the outskirts of Mandalay, the headquarters of the 55th Division of the Army.

It was already dawning, and after a round of retaliatory shelling, the army finally stopped the attack.

The chief of staff of the 55th Division, Gennosuke Kato, walked into the war room with a solemn expression, and immediately retracted his feet and stood upright, and said to the commander of the 55th Division, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiro: "Your Excellency the division commander, Ogen Daisa reports that the firepower and combat effectiveness of the defenders of Shina have been significantly improved compared with the previous few days, and moreover, bazookas have appeared on the battlefield!" ”

"What, bazooka!?" Takeuchi suddenly felt a pang in his heart when he heard this, this thing is the nemesis of the chariot.

"Hello!" Kato Osa bowed his head abruptly and said, "Due to the ambush of the bazooka of Shina, more than 20 chariots of the imperial army into the attack were destroyed, resulting in a great increase in the casualties of our division!" After a night of fierce fighting, the 112th Infantry Wing suffered a total of more than 500 casualties, of which more than 400 were killed or captured! ”

"Yagayalu." Takeuchi cursed, and suddenly felt his head as big as a fight.

So far, the 55th Division of the Chinese Army has suffered more than 4,000 casualties.

Moreover, because the army failed to grasp the control of the battlefield and could not rescue the injured and seriously wounded in time, the casualty figure of the army was basically the number of casualties, although the 55th Division of the army had more than 25,000 people, but more than half of them were technical troops, logistics personnel or supplementary troops, and the real elite infantry was less than 10,000 people.

In other words, after 12 days of fierce fighting, the 55th Division of the Yue Army has also lost forty percent of its combat effectiveness!

What's even worse is that Takeuchi Kuan doesn't know when this vicious battle will end, with the arrival of Yue Weihan, the morale and fighting spirit of the [***] team have been significantly improved, judging from the situation last night, there is no problem for the [***] team to hold on for at least another ten days, but, how many elite infantry will be left in the 55th Division after ten days?

At this moment, a young officer suddenly walked into the war room with a hasty expression, and immediately retracted his feet and said: "Your Excellency the division commander, transport planes, there are many allied transport planes in the sky!" ”

(To be continued)