Chapter 396: Tanks Enter the City
Although the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has not been established for a long time, it has a lot of combat experience in street fighting. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info In the previous battlefields in Burma, they conquered cities occupied by the Japanese army, and they had already accumulated quite a lot of experience in street fighting.
This enabled the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army to learn how to rationally use the weapons in its hands in street battles and exert greater combat effectiveness as much as possible. It was precisely because of such tactics that the Japanese army that fought was unable to compete with the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.
As all units of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army invaded the city of Bangkok, the fighting became even more fierce. Although, the fierce shelling and bombardment of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army before made the Japanese troops stationed in the city of Bangkok pay heavy losses. However, on the whole, their will to fight did not collapse because of this, but became more ferocious.
Day * himself, the personality is inherently paranoid. After falling into a desperate situation, it became even more crazy.
An infantry company of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, after being suppressed by the Japanese army's heavy machine gun fire, organized several attacks, but failed to succeed, but paid more than a dozen casualties.
"Signal Corps, call the battalion headquarters, we need artillery support to cover the position of the Japanese *." The company commander ordered.
After finding out that with their own capabilities, it was impossible to break through the Japanese defenses. In other words, if a forced assault would have cost more casualties, the company commander gave the order to request fire support.
"Yes, company commander." The communications corps immediately made contact with the rear.
Two minutes later, six Type 92 infantry guns of the infantry artillery company of the battalion headquarters, according to the coordinates provided by the front line, began shelling.
In just five minutes, dozens of shells fell. The Japanese position was completely enveloped in smoke and fire. When the smoke cleared, the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army found that the Japanese positions had been razed to the ground. As for the two Japanese heavy machine guns that suppressed them before, they have been blown into parts.
With the artillery support from the rear, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was able to successfully break through the Japanese defense line and further attack the city of Bangkok.
In street fighting, fire support is very important. Especially for the attacking side. In the face of the fortifications built by the defenders, the attacking side will undoubtedly suffer a lot in the battle. If you have strong fire support, you can use powerful artillery fire to knock out enemy fire points and destroy their fortifications. In this way, the attacking troops will be able to break through the enemy's defenses at a relatively small cost.
In addition, air support is also very important. Compared to artillery support, air support is more direct and effective. Artillery support may also need to rely on increasing the area covered to ensure the accuracy of the shelling. However, the possibility of an air support hit is even greater.
During the attack on Bangkok, the Air Force and carrier-based aircraft units were also constantly providing air fire support for them. In particular, those dive bombers of the carrier-based aircraft unit are more accurate than ordinary bombers. This made the infantry often like to call for air fire support in street battles, once they encountered the fire resistance of the Japanese army.
The 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army was blocked by the Japanese army when it attacked an intersection. Here, the Japanese army deployed two squadrons of troops. In addition, there was a battalion of the Thai Army as cannon fodder.
Although the enemy's strength was stronger, this infantry company of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was not timid. Instead, they took advantage of the advantage in firepower to constantly consume the living forces of the Japanese army. At the same time, don't forget to call for support from the rear.
Soon, a field artillery company launched an artillery bombardment of this Japanese fire point according to the coordinates provided by them. Dozens of shells fell, killing both the Japanese and Thai troops. Machine gun fire also destroyed most of it.
And that's far from the end. Four SBD2 dive bombers and four F4U fighters, arrived on the battlefield.
Four dive bombers began to dive and drop bombs, dropping eight bombs on the Japanese firepower points that had not been destroyed, destroying all of them. Subsequently, the remaining four F4U fighters began to use machine gun fire to strafe the Japanese troops on the ground, causing huge casualties to these Japanese troops.
Those Thai armies, under heavy losses, collapsed directly.
When the 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army then broke through this position of the Japanese army, the company commander couldn't help but sigh: "Dog, this battle is too easy." As soon as the artillery bombarded, the brothers of the air force bombed again, and they directly killed almost all those Japanese * themselves. We just need to come up and collect the bodies of those days* myself. If such a battle were placed in China, I am afraid that hundreds or thousands of people would have to die, and it would not necessarily be able to take the positions of the Japanese army. ”
This company commander is a veteran of the expeditionary force. I used to fight against the Japanese invaders on the domestic battlefield, so I naturally knew how powerful the Japanese invaders were.
However, in front of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, it seems that the powerful Japanese invaders are not vulnerable at all. Is this still the Japanese themselves who were able to easily defeat the Chinese army on the domestic battlefield? Sure enough, people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away!
Under this style of play of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the street battles on which the Japanese army pinned high hopes were not able to slow down the offensive of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, nor did it make the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army pay heavy losses. On the contrary, their own casualties are getting bigger and bigger.
Outside the city, Qin Shou, together with Sun Changwu and Yu Chengyin, watched the attack of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in the city of Bangkok. The staff officers kept marking the speed of the advance of each department on a large map of the city of Bangkok.
Although, it's only been half a day. However, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has completely entered the downtown area of Bangkok and occupied a large part of the urban area. The Japanese army that fought was even more defeated. This seems to indicate that victory is coming soon.
"Old Sun? Are the armored forces ready? Qin Shou asked.
"Commander, all the divisions of the armored forces are ready to take part in the battle." Sun Changwu reported.
"Well, let's get the armored forces into the fight. Add another fire to the day* himself. I'd like to see how long they can hold out in Bangkok. Qin Shou smiled.
"Yes, Commander." Sun Changwu and Yu Chengyin both nodded again and again.
After the order was given, the tank battalions of the 1st Armored Brigade and an infantry division divided into multiple routes and drove into the city of Bangkok. They will help the infantry to break through the Japanese defenses in the city and further accelerate the speed of annihilation of these Japanese troops.