"Fire!" With the commander's order, the artillery of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army on the west bank of the Mekong River began to bombard fiercely. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

A 155-mm heavy howitzer was the first to roar. This was followed by a 105-mm light howitzer. 75 mm field guns and infantry guns. Dense shells, flying towards the sandbar in the Mekong.

A series of explosions sounded, and a cloud of sand and rocks flew away, and craters appeared on the sandbar. The entire sandbar seemed to be shrouded in smoke and firelight. The fortifications built by the Japanese troops stationed on the sandbar began to be destroyed one by one under heavy shelling.

Although, these fortifications were painstakingly built by the Japanese army. However, in the absence of materials. After all, the fortifications of the civil structure could not withstand the shelling of these heavy artillery.

"Boom!"

A shell hit a Japanese pillbox built on a sandbar. Suddenly, the bunker exploded and fell apart. The Japanese soldiers hiding inside also fell apart in the explosion along with the bunker, which was very miserable.

"Damn the Shina people, don't they all have money for their shells? They are clearly ploughing the ground repeatedly with cannonballs! Lieutenant General Yanagida Motozo, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, gritted his teeth and said.

He was on a sandbar and prepared a wing. Originally, I expected to be able to hold on to the sandbar for more than two days. However, although the attack of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army was just beginning. But he already felt very bad.

Not for other reasons, but because the firepower of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was too strong. This method of directly launching artillery bombardment with powerful firepower undoubtedly made the Japanese troops stationed on the sandbar pay an extremely heavy price. In this case, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has not yet launched a real attack, and the Japanese troops on the sandbar will probably be completely lost.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what are we going to do? Our artillery, do you need to open fire? Chief of Staff Kumagoro Hashimoto asked.

"Fire? Forget it. Lieutenant General Yanagida Motozo shook his head directly. The entire 33rd Division also had only 12 105-mm howitzers, 42 74-mm field guns and 18 Type 92 infantry guns. This kind of artillery strength is only a fraction of the huge artillery of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Once the artillery bombardment is launched, it will inevitably cause the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army to retaliate frantically. When the time comes, their artillery will inevitably be lost in the artillery battle.

Rather than losing the precious artillery in this way, it is better to wait for the infantry of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army to attack, and then shell the infantry of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, so as to inflict as many casualties as possible on them. In this way, it can also reflect a little value.

Hashimoto Kumagoro Osaku nodded, it is true that in terms of artillery, the gap between the two sides is too big.

At this time, planes of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army flew from the battlefield in the distance. Two squadrons of B-25 medium bombers and two squadrons of P-51B fighters, air raids on the sandbar.

One bomb after another, falling from the magazine. The incessant sound of explosions sounded on the sandbar. I don't know how many Japanese troops stationed on the sandbar died in the bombing.

Those P-51B fighters even dived down from a high altitude and used aviation machine guns to strafe the Japanese troops hiding on the sandbar, further slaughtering these Japanese soldiers.

"Da Da Da!" A P-51B fighter jet swept past a section of the Japanese trench. Two aerial bombs weighing 500 pounds under the wings have been dropped. A bomb landed right in the trench.

"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded. I saw that the trench was blown up all at once. The Japanese troops hiding in the trenches have been torn to pieces.

Another P-51B fighter fired directly at a section of the trench with an aviation machine gun. Dense bullets swept through the trenches, and countless Japanese soldiers, hit by the bullets of the aviation machine guns, fell inside screaming. Some of the more miserable ones were even beaten in two.

Under the strong firepower of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the losses suffered by the Japanese troops stationed on the sandbar can be imagined.

"Yaga! Damn the Shina people, are they trying to blow up the entire sandbar? "The commander of the 213th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, Kawahara Youbingdasa, had a hideous face. Looking at his troops, constantly being killed in the heavy shelling and bombardment, his heart felt as if he was dripping blood. These are the elite troops of the Japanese army! But before he even touched the enemy's face, he was blown up and killed, and it was not worth it.

But even then, they don't have the slightest solution. Now, they are like live targets on a sandbar, allowing the artillery and planes of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army to bomb indiscriminately. And their own artillery can only keep silent.

"Send a telegram to Your Excellency the Commander requesting artillery support. If we can't suppress the artillery fire of the Chinese people, our entire wing will be reimbursed in the shelling of the Chinese people. Kawahara commanded.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Wing Commander." Wing Chief of Staff Maeda Jiro Shaosa nodded.

Now, the situation of the 213th Infantry Wing is indeed very bad. Under the heavy shelling and bombardment of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, their losses increased more and more. The morale of the troops has also been greatly affected because of this. If this continues, I am afraid that soon the troops will be completely lost, or even collapsed.

It's just that the request of the 213th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army was completely ignored. The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Yanagida Motozo, ordered their artillery to remain silent and continue to hide in the woods on the east bank of the Mekong River. In addition, Lieutenant General Yanagida Motozo asked Kawahara to preserve his vitality as much as possible. Once the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army launches a landing operation, it must resist the attack of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. It's best to be able to stick to it for two days, or even longer.

After receiving such a telegram, Kawahara wanted to cry without tears. Under the intensive shelling and bombardment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the losses of their wing are soaring. If this continues, I am afraid that in less than two days, they will all be killed.

Not only was the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army fiercely attacked by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, but the 49th Division of the Japanese Army stationed on the southern bank of Kampong Cham, as well as the 54th Division of the Japanese Army and the 105th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade stationed on the western bank of Hongyu, were also fiercely attacked by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Under the fierce shelling and bombardment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the Japanese army could only endure hardship, and had no strength to counterattack at all. It can be said that the Japanese troops on the entire Mekong defense line were suppressed by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in terms of firepower.