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As a professional artillery observer, Meng Xiaozhu knew what it meant to receive the order of Zheng Yong, the supreme commander of the artillery, which meant that he and his observation group would be the first to be covered by heavy artillery fire, as a reference point and correction point for the shelling, and the first shell must fall on his coordinates.

To put it mildly, if it's not good, they will finish up earlier than the little devils and be killed by their own artillery, this is not to correct the impact point outside the shelling area, Meng Xiaozhu hesitated, and replied loudly: "Report to the commander, promise to complete the task, my observation group, will definitely accurately report the impact point of the first shelling to the artillery group." ”

Zheng Yonglian said: "Okay, good! Putting down the phone, with a solemn face, a staff officer asked: "Commander, do we have to do this?" All the people present were professional veterans, and they all knew what this meant, Zheng Yong turned his head, stared at the staff officer and asked, "Do you have a better way?" "yes, could there be a better way?" Everyone hung their heads.

No, the position of Meng Xiaozhu's observation group is exactly a little to the left of the center of the predetermined shelling area, that is to say, the Japanese army will pass guò their observation point, and the left and right flanks will say the Japanese army's pass-by area, Meng Xiaozhu put down the walkie-talkie and ordered the two assistants: "You two, immediately enter the cave to hide, after I provide the direction and coordinates of the first impact point, immediately enter the cave to hide." ”

When the two assistants heard this, they became anxious, "Team leader, that's too dangerous, why can't we observe at the entrance of the cave?" Meng Xiaozhu didn't speak, just smiled, "In the end, it is a novice, observing at the entrance of the cave, of course, it is safe, but what can be observed is only the situation in front of you, and you can't see the shelling effect of the left and right flanks," He didn't know the scale of the entire artillery group of the independent division, but he knew that his third artillery group alone had more than 800 artillery pieces of various calibers, and a salvo was an overwhelming explosion.

At 4:45 a.m. on 10 October, 150,000 Japanese troops of the six divisions of the 1st Attack Wave poured out from the direction of Mogok under the cover of heavy fog, and the two divisions in the vanguard had already left Mogok for a considerable distance.

The battlefield is calm, the sky is full of fog, and he can't see any target clearly, Ito's hands are soaked in cold sweat, his heart, uncontrollable wild beat, give him another fifty minutes, and the imperial army of six divisions will appear in front of the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli without warning like divine soldiers, and launch a fatal blow that will change the entire situation of the war in Burma.

For the troops who were suddenly attacked, this fog would increase the fear of the soldiers of Shina, they did not know how many Imperial soldiers would jump out in the dense fog and stab their bayonets into their chests, this was a fog that blessed the Southeast Asian troops of the Empire of Japan, and it was the special favor of Anameasu for his Ito Yanzaburo.

Chief of Staff Takemura's cold voice shattered the almost frozen atmosphere, "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, I have a doubt, since the Imperial Army troops of the first attack wave are progressing smoothly and have not encountered any resistance at present, and have approached Meng Mi, why don't we connect with the rhythm of the attack in the second echelon of the Libao Grand Canyon defense line?" ”

"If the forces deployed by the Devil Tang Qiuli on the front line of Mengmi far exceed the troops of our first attack wave, the separation between this link will bring great danger to the imperial army troops, even if the commander-in-chief's second echelon attacks, the attack rhythm of nearly forty minutes is blank, and all the imperial soldiers of the first attack wave will be shattered or severely damaged, and I hope that Your Excellency the commander-in-chief will give you a lesson or two?"

Ito almost couldn't help but turn around and fan over with a big mouth, "I've seen an idiot, I've never seen such a pig's head, even if Tang Qiuli arranges a million troops on the front line of Meng Mi, and the six divisions of the first attack wave are encircled, he has the ability to swallow 150,000 imperial soldiers in one bite within an hour?" ”

"Before the gunshots sounded, no one knew what would happen next, rashly put all the main forces of the dispatch army into it, the big trap of Mogu would be more afraid than this thick fog, if an accident happened, Ito would lose all the capital, and his current tactical configuration is a strategy that can be attacked, retreated, and defended."

Ito didn't have the patience or disdain to say these words to Takemura, he didn't even have the mood to take a look at this guy, so Ito didn't look back, and said in the same cold tone: "Chief of Staff, about the details of the battle command, it's not your turn to point fingers, not to mention, Takemura-kun has never been to the real battlefield." ”

Takemura was Ito's few words, angry and pale, originally by Ito shabu, on the fire in his heart, this kung fu, the fire in his heart "whirring" up, just about to lose his temper, see all the officers in the headquarters, unkind eyes, only to wake up, he is in Ito's territory, alone, stalemate, no good fruit to eat, what he just said, in fact, forced Ito to put the second echelon of troops, all into it, is a little overstepping, forced to swallow a breath back into the stomach, His eyes were burning and he replied: If the Imperial Army suffers heavy losses or fails to lead the plan for the Battle of Burma due to the command error of the Supreme Commander, I will report the situation truthfully to the base camp, and ask Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to do it yourself! ”

The last few words were already threatening, Ito turned his head suddenly, his eyes were like poisonous snakes, swept over Takemura's fair skinny face, and squeezed out four words from between his teeth, "Listen to Zunben," and then, directly treated Takemura as air, did not take another look, did not order the guards to blast this pig-like stupid person out directly, Ito was already doing his best to restrain himself.

Just when Ito and Takemura were intriguing and facing each other coldly, the Third Artillery Group of the Independent Division's artillery was ready for shelling, and Zheng Yong said concisely into the phone: "Let's start!" ”

A loud thunderous sound, in this foggy early morning, suddenly sounded, from far and near screams, tearing the air, piercing through the dense fog, suddenly, "Boom, boom, boom!" The explosion resounded in the dense fog, Meng Xiaozhu spit out the dirt in his mouth and grinned, "The artillery is accurate enough, and the shell almost hit his back." ”

Although the fog was heavy, the fire when the shell exploded, like lightning in the clouds, instantly illuminated the surrounding space, Meng Xiaozhu caught it from the artillery team mirror at a glance, flying limb fragments, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Good fight!" "Artillery group, artillery group, one hundred and one three to the left, one hundred and eighty in the direction, all-round coverage," after reporting these numbers, he put away the artillery team mirror, like an agile monkey, and drilled into the cave.

If he didn't run, he would really be blown to pieces by his own people's shells, he knew too well what would happen next after the time reported these figures, thousands of artillery salvos, high-speed flying metal projectiles, tearing the air, tearing through the dense fog, with a sharp whistling, whistling, and then, like thousands of golden snakes in the flash of light, huge and continuous explosions, echoed in the dense fog, the shock wave stirred the dense fog, in the dense fog, there were countless metal fragments, whistling, rotating, cutting, destroying.

Ito, who was standing in the command headquarters, suddenly felt a tremor under his feet, a low muffled sound rolling in, and his heart jumped violently from the impact, Ito immediately grabbed the telescope, and in the lens, there were flashes of light that seemed to swim in the clouds, Ito's heart sank, the artillery of the independent division was shelling, did they find their offensive intentions //- no advertising ///, or were they conducting tentative shelling?

Due to the limited angle of the observation post, it was impossible to see the whole picture of the battlefield, so Ito turned around and ordered: "Find out the situation immediately, and the attacking troops report their current situation!" "This staff officer who received the order has not left yet. Another staff officer hurriedly ran in, "Report to Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, I have received a report from the troops of the first attack wave that they have been subjected to heavy shelling, and the troops are suppressed in place, unable to continue the attack and advance!" ”

Ito turned around abruptly, almost roaring, and said, "Yaga, won't you report it?" Whether it was shelled locally or on the whole line, whether it was aimless, or whether it was shelling on the offensive route of our Imperial Army's troops, quickly ascertained, "Ito is not confused, if it is a local area or a few points that are shelled, that is, it is a routine artillery reconnaissance of the forward troops of the independent division, and they have not yet discovered their large-scale attack."

Of course, Ito didn't believe in such a coincidence, but when his troops attacked, Tang Qiuli's troops carried out artillery reconnaissance, and the electric shells were not in the thick fog, and the devil Tang Qiuli was not so boring, and what he was most worried about was that his offensive intentions were discovered, and the opponent answered himself with countless shells.

A few minutes later, Ito's premonition came true, it was still the same staff officer, but he was even more panicked than just now, "Report to the commander-in-chief, report to the attacking troops, all the offensive routes have been subjected to heavy shelling, indiscriminate, all-round coverage shelling!" The shells of the Chinese people covered all the areas from Mogok to the Mong Mi line. ”

Ito shook suddenly, and the staff officer next to him hurriedly supported him, and the staff officer's words explained a terrible result, the imperial army troops of the first attack wave six divisions were ambushed by the artillery of Tang Qiuli's troops, and they used countless artillery pieces to shroud 150,000 imperial soldiers in a sea of shrapnel and fire of death.

Mogu is really a huge trap, the artillery of the independent division must have pre-demarcated the shelling area, but how could Tang Qiuli know that the imperial army troops he was hiding in the fog were so accurate?

The plan to take advantage of the fog to conceal his offensive attempt obviously failed, and the failure was irretrievable, and the 150,000 Imperial soldiers became lambs to the slaughter under the rain of bullets, and the help of God, the favor of Amaterasu, gave themselves a fog.

The only offensive that could grasp the initiative on the battlefield was about to end before it began, and Ito was not reconciled. ~-~