Chapter 188: American Tactics
"Fire!" On the afternoon of September 29, the heavy artillery brigade, which had completed its preparations, launched an attack under the orders of Yu Fei. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
Seventy-two 155-mm heavy howitzers opened heavy fire on the city of Naypyidore from multiple artillery positions. One after another, the shells whistled into the city and exploded in the city.
At the same time, howitzers of infantry divisions and field artillery of infantry regiments were added to the shelling. For a time, Naypyidaw, a small city, was shelled by hundreds of cannons.
"Boom! Rumble! "Shells exploded inside Nay Pyi Do, and buildings were constantly being destroyed. In particular, the slums in the city are burning. Myanmar is wooded, and many slums are built from local materials and directly from wood. After the Japanese army entered the city, they did not demolish these slums in time, which made these slums seem to be set on fire after being shelled.
The officers and men of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army in Naypyidore City hid in the fortifications and withstood the heavy artillery fire of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Although, after entering the battlefield in Burma, they often heard that the firepower of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was very strong. However, now I have undoubtedly personally felt how powerful the firepower of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was.
Shells rained down and exploded everywhere in Nay Pyi Do. Building after building was destroyed, and streets were destroyed in the explosion. Even, if you look down from the sky, you can clearly see that the entire city is turning into ruins at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.
"Yaga! Why is the artillery fire of the people of China so fierce? More powerful than the legend! Can we really survive such heavy artillery fire? A Japanese soldier cowered at the bottom of the trench and thought secretly. This overwhelming artillery fire made him feel a deep fear, and even made him not believe that he could still live.
At this moment, probably all the Japanese soldiers have such thoughts. Such a fierce shelling, this is definitely something these Japanese soldiers have never experienced. I haven't even heard of it.
"Boom!" One shell was impartial and hit exactly one of the Japanese pillboxes. Suddenly, under the gaze of the rest of the Japanese army, the pillbox was blown to smithereens at once. Several Japanese soldiers inside were also killed, and none of them survived.
"Amagasu!" The Japanese soldiers who saw this scene were stunned. They were afraid that this would be their fate. Everyone prayed to Amaterasu and prayed that the bomb would not fall on their heads.
The headquarters of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army, located in the center of Nay Pyi Taw City. It was originally a Burmese toast residence. After the Japanese army arrived, they drove out all the Burmese natives in the city.
For the sake of safety, the sappers of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army, under this residence, dug out a headquarters. The entire headquarters, located five meters underground, is reinforced with logs to ensure that it can withstand heavy artillery or heavy bombs.
But even so, when Lieutenant General Miharu Agito, the commander of the division, stayed in his office, he could clearly feel the shaking around him, and the earth was constantly falling from the top, making the people below disgraced. Of course, this is already much better than enduring the shelling of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army outside.
"How's it going?" Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji asked.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the people of China are shelling Naypyida. Their shelling was indeed very tough. Even though we have built fortifications, the casualties are still rising. Chief of Staff Masao Yamawaki said.
"Damn!" Lieutenant General Oshito Sanji couldn't help but scold. If the shelling of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army had continued like this, wouldn't they have suffered very heavy losses? How can this battle continue!
"Let the divisions, as far as possible, hide in the fortifications, the shelling of the people of China will not continue like this. Their supply lines are not short. Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji said.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." Masao Yamawaki nodded heavily.
At this time, dozens of warplanes appeared over Naypyidaw. It was three squadrons of P-51B fighters covering 24 B-25 medium bombers involved in the bombing of Naypyidaw.
Each of these P-51B fighters had two aerial bombs weighing 500 pounds suspended from its wings. Without the threat of Japanese aircraft, they could also participate in the bombing of Naypyidaw.
The 24 B-25 bombers were the first to drop bombs, and when the magazines were opened, aerial bombs weighing 250 pounds fell from the magazines. Suddenly, a dense explosion rang out inside the city of Nay Pyi Do. A large area of the city has been directly wiped out. All the buildings were blown to pieces. The Japanese troops stationed in this area were also completely lost.
Subsequently, 36 P-51B fighters also attacked, and these fighters were able to select more important targets to attack than the larger, bulkier bombers. The barricades and pillboxes built by the Japanese army in Nay Pyi Tau were undoubtedly the best targets.
A P-51B fighter, skimming through a street. Two 500-pound bombs have been dropped. One of them hit the barricade controlled by the Japanese army. Immediately, all those Japanese soldiers were blown away.
Under the destruction of the fighters of the anti-Japanese salvation army air force, the Japanese troops stationed in the city of Naypyidore suffered heavy losses.
The planes dropped all the bombs before leaving. They will return to Morey's airfield, refill with fuel, refill with ammunition, and then launch a new assault.
If the airport in Mandalay had been repaired, their attack would have gone much more smoothly. After all, from Mandalay to Naypyidaw, it's much closer.
On a high ground outside the city, the generals of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army are paying attention to the battle situation at this moment. Of course, the current situation is completely that the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army is pressing the Japanese * himself to fight, and the Japanese * himself has no strength to fight back at all. Their fortifications, along with Naypyidaw, were being destroyed little by little. At the same time, the Japanese soldiers were also destroyed.
"Commander, with such a fierce attack, the Japanese * himself in the city will definitely not survive." Sun Changwu said.
"Don't underestimate the Japanese themselves, our heavy shelling and bombardment will certainly wipe out many Japanese people, but it is almost impossible to destroy them all. Of course, even then, when we attacked, we received much less resistance. Qin Shou smiled. At present, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army is undoubtedly using the tactics of the US military. Use powerful firepower to directly crush the enemy. (To be continued.) )