. Chapter 1105: Flesh and Blood Flying Mandalay (1)

Liu Hongzhang's 1st Brigade was in the north of Myitkyina, fighting in full swing, and the officers and soldiers of the 6th Brigade who were secretly waiting in the southeast of Myitkyina listened to the sound of artillery, and all of them felt itchy in their hearts.

After a while, he shouted loudly, "Chief of Staff, artillery and tanks, are they all in place?" The attack order was issued, the first wave of artillery bombardment, I will be bombarded with the first-line fortifications and pillboxes of the little devils, the credit of the first to enter Myitkyina, our sixth brigade can't grab it, the second to attack Myitkyina, you must grab it for me! That department delayed things, don't blame me Chu Ziye turned his face and didn't recognize people! ”

After a while, he complained to the chief of staff, "Chief of staff, you said, our Sixth Brigade is no worse than his First Brigade, isn't it just that the movement is not as big as his?" The division commander is really eccentric, Liu Da made a noise at the meeting, yes, the main attack task was snatched, is the level of the first brigade just like that? ”

"After more than three hours, I am still going around in the suburbs, if our Sixth Brigade goes up, it is estimated that at this time, we are digging out the nest of the old devil Shouichi in the temple!" While talking, there was a sound in his mouth, and he seemed to be unconvinced by Liu Hongzhang.

The chief of staff said with a smile: "Brigade commander, the first brigade is tasked with attracting the strength of the Japanese defenders in Myitkyina, so that it is easier to attack in other directions, or you send a telegram to the division commander to ask for battle, and in such a direction, also launch an attack at the same time?" Chu Ziye shook his head again and again, and said, "Don't, at this time, I won't be looking for training!" The division commander is the most taboo about the troops, and if they do not fight according to the plan, let's wait. ”

Just when the commanders of the four brigades in other attack directions were anxious to spark, Liu Hongzhang had already moved the positions of the two heavy artillery regiments to the northern suburbs of Myitkyina, where the Japanese army was strong, which was a field of houses, low earthen houses and grass houses, as well as hidden bunkers built of stone, dug road fortifications, anti-tank trenches, and the steel helmets and bayonets of the Japanese soldiers in the fortifications reflected the cold light in the noon sun.

If the infantry charges, the casualties paid will be incalculable, Liu Hongzhang licked his dry lips and said to the chief of staff Ren Zhaoquan: "Zhaoquan, order the rocket artillery battalion, within a width of four kilometers and eight kilometers in depth, covering in all directions, leaving not an inch of grass, heavy artillery groups, shelling the depth of the Japanese army, I don't believe it, this hammer goes down, the old devil Terauchi Shouichi still doesn't move?" ”

According to the requirements of the battlefield conditions for rocket artillery, it was not suitable for carrying out intensive firepower strikes in the area where the enemy was about to pass through guò, but Liu Hongzhang could no longer care about it in order to seize time, and the Soviets were still experimenting with this cutting-edge weapon of rocket artillery, and the troops of the independent division had already been organized and equipped to various brigades.

The disadvantage of rocket artillery is that the accuracy of artillery is poor, it is somewhat powerless to deal with point targets, it can deal with surface targets and line targets, it is definitely a big killer, where the rocket shells fall, a sea of fire rises, thick smoke mixed with dark red flames, mushroom clouds, soaring up to the sky of Myitkyina, and a huge explosion echoes in the air.

In the first wave of shelling, the low-rise residential areas were reduced to a cloud of flying ash, and fragments of reinforced concrete flew all over the sky, and the Japanese trenches, pillboxes, bunkers, and anti-tank trenches were flattened in an instant, and the rockets as dense as flying locusts swept the sky overhead, blowing up the Japanese positions into a furnace of boiling molten iron.

The heavy artillery group of the independent division is blocking the way back, there is no way to hide, rocket shells, plowing every inch of land, 30 minutes of effort, Liu Hongzhang's predetermined attack area, falling tens of thousands of rounds, this is not an ordinary shell, but a rocket shell with a power of more than 155 howitzers.

The area of eight kilometers long and four kilometers wide has become an incomparably clean pure land, and all the Japanese soldiers who are stationed in this defense system built on the basis of private houses have not survived, and their flesh has turned into fly ash and mixed into the red soil of northern Burma.

After the shelling of the rocket artillery battalion stopped, Liu Hongzhang looked at the shelling area that was still blazing, and grinned, "Damn, the division commander gave us a big guy, it's really scary, don't talk about the little devils, it's also difficult for us to get through, order, the first tank unit, cover the third and fourth regiments, attack the two wings, expand the breakthrough, give me a hard blow, the heavy artillery group stops the shelling, the first regiment and the second regiment, prepare for a counter-assault." ”

Terauchi Shouichi finally couldn't sit still, his northern Myitkyina defense system had been filled with more than 8,000 people, accounting for one-fifth of the Myitkyina defense force, he did not expect that the suburban defense line that gave him high hopes still did not block the attack of the independent division troops, and what surprised him even more was that the commander of the independent division attack unit actually ordered the shelling of residential areas.

This is also the insidious place of Terauchi Shouichi, at the beginning, the second defense system in northern Myitkyina, built in residential areas, also contains his vicious intention to use Myitkyina residents as human shields, with his understanding of the Chinese ** people, it is impossible to attack ordinary residents, of course, for the Japanese emperor, there is no problem at all, all of them are targets that can be hit and destroyed, including local residents.

In this way, not only can the troops of the Independent Division be stopped in the north, but also the fortifications can be used to inflict heavy casualties on the troops of the Independent Division, at least to support Ito Yanzaburo's troops, and go north to rescue, but the commander of the Kochina Army really shelled it, and the one and a half wings he put there, more than 5,000 troops, together with thousands of houses, as well as pillboxes and fortifications, as well as his own intentions, were all turned into ashes in this steel storm.

In the northern part of Myitkyina, the door was opened, and Terauchi Shouichi gave a painful order to leave the 19th Division as a general reserve, and to draw half of the troops from each of the three other non-combative directions of Myitkyina, to form a counterattack force, and at any cost, to recapture the second line of defense in the north and expel the army of China to the outskirts of the city.

The Japanese troops in Myitkyina pieced together more than 20,000 counterattack troops, and under the command of Lieutenant General Koizumi, commander of the 19th Division, rushed towards the direction of the 1st Brigade with great momentum.

Liu Hongzhang was in the telescope, and when he saw the Japanese troops in the dark, he shouted excitedly, "Zhaoquan, immediately send a report to the division commander, Terauchi Shou has moved, and about 10,000 Japanese soldiers are pressing towards the breakthrough," as he was speaking, a burst of shells flew in, and the stirred up soil splashed Liu Hongzhang's body.

He patted the dust on his body and scolded angrily, "*** little devil and artillery? The fight just now was so lively, and it didn't show its head, now it's time to be majestic, order the heavy artillery group, knock out the little devil's artillery, if you let the little devil shoot another shell at the brigade command post, the commander of the two heavy artillery regiments, I will be replaced! ”

In the direction of the artillery position of the First Brigade, there was a loud noise like thunder, in the sky, a group of black heavy shells flew over, swept over the heads of the Japanese infantry, under the frightened gaze of the Japanese soldiers, fell on the Japanese artillery positions in the rear, Terauchi Shouichi cried and called his mother to put together the artillery wing, until the time of the counterattack, he was reluctant to take it out, just ten minutes of effort, shrouded in a smoke of gunpowder, dozens of Type 92 infantry guns, together with artillery, turned into parts everywhere and a rain of blood.

Division Commander Tang Qiuli called, "Retreat to the first line of defense of the original Japanese army, nail it, attract the Japanese army to fight repeatedly, and set the time for the general attack on Myitkyina at 6:30 p.m. this evening," that is to say, the first brigade had to hold on to the breakthrough for two and a half hours, and withstand the frantic counterattack of the Japanese army that exceeded its own strength, and this task was not light.

Liu Hongzhang rolled up his sleeves and said: "Okay, I can finally let go of my hands and feet to fight, order, the first regiment and the second regiment, after a little blocking, immediately retreat, the third and fourth regiments, in the original defense line of the Japanese army, build a position, tell the commander of the tank brigade Shen, line up the tanks on the front line, as a mobile pillbox, the heavy artillery group continues to suppress the follow-up troops of the Japanese army, order the rocket artillery battalion, the first regiment and the second regiment to withdraw, on the Japanese attack route, blow up a sea of fire for me, this is a big fat meat, I want to have a braised little devil." ”

Liu Hongzhang bullied the Japanese army that there was no artillery, so with more than 600 tanks, he was able to break the front teeth of the little devil.

I don't know why, when most of the troops of Terauchi Shouyi were transferred to the north of Myitkyina, he felt weak and scared for a while, the attacking independent division troops, although the firepower was fierce, but the strength of the troops would definitely not exceed 20,000 people, Tang Qiuli used a small part of the troops to storm Myitkyina, is it to contain himself, his main force went south to Mandalay, and relieved the siege of the British army?

Still around Myitkyina, there are other troops hidden, and the attack in the north is to attract my attention, and all kinds of speculations have stirred up the feeling of confusion and restlessness in Terauchi Shouichi, and the feeling of emptiness in his heart should not be groundless, and he sent a telegram to Ito Yanzaburo.

"Commander Ito, the troops of the independent division, fiercely attack Myitkyina, our troops are all engaged in the battle, the battle is fierce, I hope that Your Excellency will end the battle of Mandalay and go north to demycinate the siege of Myitkyina, otherwise, our department will definitely fall into a dangerous situation, Tang Qiuli has two intentions for this move, one is to drag our Myitkyina Imperial Army, and the other is its main force, go south to Mandalay, rescue the besieged British army, the next one is more likely, Ito-kun, please carefully consider my construction."

At the same time, Tang Qiuli also said to the chief of staff, Chang Feng: "Send a telegram to Alexander, the line from Myitkyina to the Hukang River Valley, before 11 o'clock tonight, the whole line will be opened, please order the troops of your army in Mandalay to break through in the direction of Myitkyina, be sure to break through tonight, this is the only chance!" ”

(To be continued)

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