More and more small boats arrived at the sandbar in the river, and the officers and soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army jumped from the small wooden boats, stationed on the sandbar, and fired at the Japanese troops entrenched in the No. 5 sandbank. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A fierce battle ensued. Those small sandbanks are only a few dozen meters away from the No. 5 sandbar. For the Japanese army, whose marksmanship was very accurate, they could almost kill their guns.

Of course, although the marksmanship of the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army is slightly inferior, at this distance, there are also many people who can hit the enemy. And this made the battle between the two sides even more brutal, and almost every moment, someone was shot and fell to the ground.

"How's the situation at the front now?" Lu Hengliang, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, was a little anxious. From the beginning of the battle to now, almost half an hour has passed.

"Division commander, now that the battle between the two sides has reached a stalemate, we have gained a foothold on sandbanks No. 1, 2, 3, and 4. A fierce battle was being fought with the Japanese troops entrenched on the No. 5 sandbank. However, for the time being, there is not much of an advantage. After all, these sandbars are too small to accommodate too many people. If too many troops are deployed, it is easy to become a live target for the Japanese to attack. Colonel Han Jianfang, commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment, reported.

"Let our artillery, step up our efforts, and destroy all the little devils entrenched on the No. 5 sandbar with artillery fire." Major General Lu Hengliang was also ruthless. Since the resistance of the Japanese army was so fierce, the only way to reduce losses and speed up the progress was to use strong firepower.

"Yes, Commander. However, division commander, in addition to letting the artillery figure out a way, we can also request air support. Colonel Han Jianfang proposed.

Major General Lu Hengliang nodded: "I will contact the air team." ”

In addition to suppressing the 5th Flying Division of the Japanese Army and ensuring air supremacy on the battlefield in Thailand, the rest of the tasks of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army Air Force are to support the 1st Army of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in the operation in Thailand.

As the strength of the anti-Japanese salvation army air force became stronger and stronger, the role they played on the battlefield naturally became bigger and bigger.

In the entire South Seas, the Air Force of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army has now developed into the most powerful air force. Of course, if the United States and Japan send more forces to Nanyang, they can compare with the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Otherwise, no one would be able to jeopardize the strong position of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army here.

After receiving the request of the 1st Infantry Division, the Air Force of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army immediately made arrangements, and a fighter squadron that was originally going to go to the airspace of eastern Thailand to guard changed its combat objectives and rushed to the battlefield.

The four P-51B fighters, in addition to aviation machine guns, also had rocket launchers mounted under the wings. For ground targets, it also has extremely strong lethality.

Four P-51B fighters rushed to the battlefield and immediately attacked.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! ”

Rockets flew towards the Japanese positions, and then a dense explosion sounded. I saw that the Japanese army's position was completely shrouded in gunsmoke and firelight.

When the smoke cleared, it was discovered that the Japanese positions had become a mess. Several heavy machine guns, destroyed. The stumps and broken arms were scattered all over the place.

Seeing such a situation, Kishida Kanan Shaozo was even more angry and almost vomited blood. After the loss of these heavy machine guns, they were even more inferior in terms of firepower. It is even more impossible to resist the attack of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

However, the attack of the fighters of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army Air Force did not end there, but had just begun.

After running out of rockets, the fighters began to fire at the Japanese on the ground with their aviation machine guns.

Those Japanese soldiers who were lying in the trenches and shooting at the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army could be regarded as bad luck this time.

Dense aviation machine gun bullets strafed down, and many Japanese soldiers were shot. The caliber of the aviation machine gun, however, is 12.7 mm, and the bullet is very powerful, and generally speaking, if the human body is hit, there is often only one result, that is, it is broken in two.

Under the attack of four P-51B fighters of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army Air Force, the 3rd Brigade of the 8th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, which was entrenched on the No. 5 sandbank, suffered heavy losses. 4 infantry squadrons, all of which have been disabled. The machine gun squadron was almost wiped out. In such a situation, it is almost impossible for them to hold their ground.

"It's over, it's all over now, we can't hold it." Kishida Kanan Shaozo is already on the verge of despair.

"Send a telegram to His Excellency the Wing Commander, informing him that we have suffered heavy losses under the blows of the Chinese and asking for tactical guidance." Kishida Kanan Shaozo ordered. What he meant by this undoubtedly showed that they were powerless.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Captain." The communications corps immediately went to send a telegram.

At the same time, the 1st Regiment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, of course, will not let go of this opportunity. With the help of the air team's suppression of the Japanese army's firepower, Colonel Han Jianfang immediately gave the order to attack the No. 5 sandbank.

The officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army immediately carried small wooden boats and put them into the river. After climbing into the small wooden boat, we quickly paddled towards Sandbar No. 5.

The surface of the river of several tens of meters is nothing at all to the officers and soldiers of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Especially when the Japanese army is completely suppressed, it will not be able to affect them.

The officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army only needed one or two minutes to reach the No. 5 sandbank.

Soon, the first small wooden boat docked. Several soldiers jumped from the boat, lay on the ground, and opened fire on the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese also found out about the situation here and began to block them.

However, as more and more small wooden boats docked, more and more soldiers of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army threw themselves into the battle, and the Japanese army, which had suffered heavy losses, could not be suppressed at all. On the contrary, they were defeated and retreated by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, and even the No. 5 sandbar was about to be unable to hold.

When the commander of the 8th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, Haruji Morita, received a telegram from Kishida Kanan Shozo requesting tactical guidance, he did not send reinforcements to the No. 5 sandbank, but ordered the remnants of the 1st and 2nd Brigades to hold the defense line on the east bank of the Wangbin River. At the same time, ask for more support.

At noon, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army took the No. 5 sandbank, and the 3rd Brigade of the 8th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army entrenched here, except for a very small number of people who fled back to the east bank of the Wangbin River, the rest of the people were all killed here. Including the captain of the group, Kanan Kishida.

In this battle, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army won a preliminary victory.