Chapter 240: Annihilation
"Da Da Da!" A stiff light and heavy machine gun was firing frantically, and the machine gunners, as if they had integrated their own anger into it, used powerful firepower to avenge the comrades who died in the shelling just now. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "The rifles in the hands of the infantrymen are also shooting. Although, the firepower of the rifle is far inferior to that of the machine gun. However, the rifles in the hands of many infantry still caused huge casualties to the British army.
Brigadier General Lebert watched all this dumbfounded, he never imagined that the attack of their soldiers would lose so much. The positions of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, after being heavily shelled by their artillery for so long, still have such strong firepower.
Watching a soldier with one being shot by the powerful fire of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army made Brigadier General Lebert ashamed and angry.
"Bastard! Damn the yellow-skinned monkeys, how could they still have such a lot of firepower? Brigadier General Lebert roared.
The other British officers also looked at each other. They also originally thought that after a powerful round of shelling, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army should be almost dead and wounded. Even the rest of the men did not have the courage to continue fighting. However, everything is not what they imagined!
"Order the infantry to retreat at once. The artillery prepares, and when the infantry retreats, they will open fire, and give me a hard blow, and blast those damned yellow-skinned monkeys to the slag. Brigadier General Lebert ordered.
"Yes, General." Colonel Charles went to give the order with a serious face.
The attacking British troops, with heavy losses, hurriedly retreated. The powerful machine-gun fire of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army chased them and fought. Many British soldiers, in the process of escaping, were hit and fell to the ground.
The British attack ended in this way. After counting the losses, Brigadier General Lebert was even more angry. In the round of attacks just now, more than 500 people were lost, which is directly equivalent to the loss of half an infantry battalion!
"Fire, keep shooting me, blow up those yellow-skinned monkeys!" Brigadier General Lebert ordered in a fit of rage.
It's just that the artillery of the British no longer had a chance to open fire. The fighters of the Air Force of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army have already flown over their heads. 12 B-25 medium bombers, skimming the artillery positions of the British army. The magazine under the belly of the plane opened, and one bomb after another roared towards the British artillery positions on the ground.
"Shit, the Chinese bombers are coming. Run! ”
The British artillerymen on the ground, their faces were green with fright, and they scattered and fled for their lives.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "One bomb after another, fell on the artillery positions of the British army. These bombs are all aerial bombs weighing 500 pounds! Naturally, the power is very strong.
After the bomb exploded, huge craters were left on the artillery positions of the British army.
Many of the British artillery pieces were directly destroyed in the explosion. Neither an 18-pounder gun nor a 4.5-inch gun could withstand the bombardment of these aerial bombs.
As for the artillery of the British army, quite a few were killed.
The 12 B-25 medium bombers quickly ran out of bombs and climbed home. 24 P-51B fighters, followed by an attack. The bombs hanging under their wings were all dropped, which further inflicted heavy damage on the British artillery.
After that, these P-51B fighters continued to hover over the positions of the British troops, and from time to time they strafed the positions of the British troops with aviation machine guns, inflicting even greater losses on the British troops on the ground.
"Bastards, damn the Chinese, they actually sent fighters into battle. Aren't they afraid that our fighters will also join the war, causing the situation to further expand? Brigadier General Lebert trembled with rage.
Their artillery was all gone, and the infantry suffered heavy losses. In such a situation, how to launch an attack! In the face of the powerful firepower of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, if you launch an offensive again, you will be killing yourself.
Reason told him that he should retreat now. In this way, you may be able to save a little strength. However, Lieutenant General Slim is full of hope for this attack. If they retreat like this, how can they explain to General Slim?
This made Brigadier General Lebert hesitate. And this made them, in this battle, lose the opportunity to escape.
"Haha! The brothers of the air team, well done, are all good. This time, I want to see how these British will fight us without artillery. Could it be that you want to pile it up with human life like Ri* himself? Qi Meng laughed.
The air force wiped out the British artillery at once, and at the same time inflicted heavy losses on the British infantry. This undoubtedly relieved them of the crisis. If the British army wanted to continue the offensive, there was only one result in front of the defense line of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army. That is, the head is hit and the blood flows.
"Battalion commander, the regiment commander has already arrived with reinforcements. However, the regiment commander ordered us to pretend not to know and not to startle the snake. The regimental commander had already ordered the 1st and 3rd Battalions to make a detour through the dense forest and prepare to flank the British. A communications officer reported.
"Very good, tell the regiment commander that our 2nd battalion will cooperate fully." Qi Meng said immediately.
It would be great if this British* army could be completely annihilated.
Although, the roads in the dense forest are difficult to navigate, and there are almost no roads. However, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has been stationed in this area for a long time, especially the reconnaissance troops, and they have been soaked in the mountains for a long time. Able to find a relatively safe way to go around behind the British army.
Of course, those heavy weapons obviously can't be taken with them. But even so, the British army, which suffered heavy losses, did not want to break through their encirclement.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when Brigadier General Lebert was still undecided, whether to retreat or continue the attack, the 8th Infantry Regiment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army launched an attack first.
The 18 75-mm field guns, the 6 107-mm heavy mortars, and the Type 92 infantry guns of the battalions below all joined the shelling.
For a time, their fierce shelling immediately blinded the British army. The 7th Brigade of the 2nd Indian Division of the British Army never thought that the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army would have such a powerful artillery. So much so that they were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
Seeing this, Brigadier General Lebert also made up his mind and planned to retreat.
But then they found out that their retreat had been blocked. They have fallen into the encirclement of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.
Fierce fighting ensued, but the British tried several times to break through without success, and instead suffered heavy losses. The rest of the troops all raised their hands cleanly and surrendered to the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.