The attack of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army in Taunggyi City was blocked, but the 571st Regiment here in Mitiera City was in great trouble. When the Japanese came up, they used the heavy artillery of the 4th Heavy Artillery Brigade. The Japanese Army's 4th Heavy Artillery Brigade was already a strategic force, equipped with 36 Taisho 7-year 15O caliber heavy cannons, 20 90-type 24O heavy cannons, and 10 96-type 3O5 heavy howitzers.

Fortunately, the Japanese army did not pay much attention to Mitiera City, and just wanted to open the road to Mandalay City as soon as possible, so they only used 15o caliber heavy cannons. But this is not something that the dozen or so 75-caliber field guns of the 571st Regiment can fight, let alone those mortars. Under the bombardment of the Japanese 15o caliber heavy cannon, the fortifications, trenches, and anti-artillery holes on the defensive positions outside the city of Mytiera were completely destroyed, leaving only dense craters, and most of the officers and men of a battalion placed on the position were also lost.

The regiment commander Zheng Daodong saw that the position was ravaged by Japanese artillery fire, and his officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties. As a result, the field artillery battalion only fought an artillery battle with the Japanese army for half an hour, and all 18 field guns were destroyed by the powerful artillery fire of the Japanese army, and more than 300 artillery members of the field artillery battalion were killed and more than 100 were wounded.

Without artillery for confrontation, the Japanese artillery bombardment was even more unscrupulous, and when the 16th Division began to attack, the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery brigade stopped shelling and was replaced by the field artillery wing of the 16th Division for artillery support. The 571st Regiment could only abandon its position outside the city and block the Japanese attack with the walls of Mitiera City.

Knowing the strength of the Japanese army, no one in the 571st Regiment flinched, and with the determination to die, stubbornly resisted the Japanese offensive. The regiment commander Zheng Daodong also found an opportunity to use the remaining eighteen 12O heavy mortars of the field artillery battalion to inflict heavy damage on the field artillery wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army. The Japanese fought from morning to three o'clock in the afternoon, and made five charges, all of which were stubbornly blocked back by the 571st Regiment.

In most of the day's fighting, the 571st Regiment lost most of its officers and men, and its artillery was basically destroyed. But the Japanese army did not win the favor, and nearly 1,000 corpses were left under the city of Mitiera. The failure of the offensive also made the newly appointed division commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Morioka Hayabusa, secretly surprised by the tenacity of the Shina troops. However, Lieutenant General Morioka Hayabusa again requested artillery support from the 4th Heavy Artillery Brigade.

This time, facing the walls of Mitiera, the 4th Heavy Artillery Brigade used 24o caliber heavy cannons. The 24O caliber heavy cannon weighed 185 kilograms in one shell, and the power was amazing. The walls of Mitiera City were only bombarded by more than a dozen such shells, and they could no longer withstand it. A hundred-meter-long section of the city wall collapsed under the sound of cannons, and dozens of soldiers on this section of the wall were buried in the ruins after the city wall fell.

Seeing the collapse of the city wall, the Japanese army sent four Type 95 chariots and an infantry brigade to attack the gap together. In peacetime, Zheng Daodong would not pay attention to the four Type 95 chariots at all, not to mention that he had a killing weapon like the 82 recoilless gun, even the Type 56 heavy machine gun in his hand with armor-piercing bullets was enough to deal with these thin-skinned iron kings.

But now its own regiment has suffered heavy losses, and the losses of heavy weapons are also quite serious. Zheng Daodong personally led the guard company to the gap, used the only 82 recoilless gun to kill four Type 95 chariots, and commanded his subordinates to fight with the Japanese army for more than an hour before the Japanese army retreated this attack. When the Japanese army retreated, Zheng Daodong sat on the ground, let out a long breath, and asked the commander of a battalion next to him to count the number of people.

After a while, the battalion commander returned to Zheng Daodong's side and said, "Report to the regiment, there are only 845 people left in the regiment who can continue to fight." The commander of the second battalion was seriously wounded, and the commander of the third battalion was killed in battle. Zheng Daodong was silent for a while, and said in a heavy tone: "You go and organize all the people in the regiment who can hold guns, if little Japan wants to pass from here, you have to step on the corpses of all the officers and soldiers of our 571st Regiment!"

The battalion commander saluted Zheng Daodong with a solemn face, and turned away without saying a word. After the commander of the first battalion left, Zheng Daodong ordered all officers and men to sort out their weapons and equipment and count their ammunition. A few more light and heavy machine guns were mounted in the gap. After finishing these, the commander of the first battalion also rushed over with more than 200 people, Zheng Daodong understood that these people were all people from the logistics baggage troops, and they basically had never been on the front-line position, and only God knows how much combat strength they could have.

By evening, it was clear that the Japanese were preparing to occupy the entire city of Myitira today. An infantry battalion attacked Mitiera again. Before the attack, the Japanese concentrated the remaining artillery of the field artillery wing, as well as the Type 92 infantry guns of the infantry wing, and mortars of various calibers shelled the defenders at the breach.

Without the artillery fire of the counterattack, the remaining soldiers of the 571st Regiment could only lie on their positions and endure the bombardment of Japanese artillery. Zheng Daodong watched the Japanese shells take away the lives of several of his soldiers from time to time, but there was fire in his eyes but he was helpless. When the Japanese army reached 200 meters before the gap, Zheng Daodong shouted: "Hit Lao Tzu hard!" The pistol in his hand opened fire first.

At this time, the soldiers braved the fire of the Japanese army, stretched out the muzzles of their guns from the ruins of the gap, and fired at the Japanese soldiers who rushed up. Fortunately, the 571st Regiment had a large number of automatic weapons, and hundreds of submachine guns made up for the lack of machine guns. The dense firepower stopped the pace of the Japanese attack, and after dozens of soldiers fell, the Japanese also found cover and launched a confrontation with the defenders.

There are more than 200 non-combat units on the 571st Regiment's position, and although they have had combat training in peacetime, they have very few opportunities to actually go to the position to fight, and then it can be seen that the gap between them and the veterans has come, and the veterans are shooting at the enemy while concealing themselves, while they only care about shooting at the Japanese army.

The attacking 16th Division of the Japanese Army was a standing division of the Japanese Army and one of the elite units of the Japanese Army. When several heavy machine guns at the gap were also destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, the Japanese gradually entered the area 100 meters before the gap.

At this time, the commander of the Japanese army drew out his command knife, pointed in the direction of the gap, and shouted: "Kill and give!" The Japanese soldiers, who had bent down and carefully attacked forward, suddenly stood up as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and tried to move their two small short legs to charge towards the gap. The officers and men of the 571st Regiment saw that the Japanese troops were charging, and the guns in their hands hit even more fiercely.

But after all, the number of people is too small, and Zheng Daodong saw the Japanese army at 90, 80, and 70 meters、...... Fifty meters, forty meters. I couldn't help shouting: "Grenade!" After shouting, he grabbed a grenade from his side and threw it. With his shout, a burst of grenades flew from the position towards the charging Japanese troops. The explosion of the grenade stopped the Japanese charge, but soon another Japanese rushed out of the smoke.

Zheng Daodong jumped up suddenly, and as soon as he shouted: "Fight with Little Japan!" was hit by a bullet and fell backwards. The soldiers on the battlefield drew their broadswords from behind their backs, and those who did not have broadswords put bayonets on their guns. Just as the fighters were about to jump out and fight with little Japan, the roar of the motive came from behind them, followed by the sound of heavy machine guns.

With the roar of the heavy machine guns, the Japanese soldiers who had just approached the position fell down in rows like wheat that had been cut down. At this time, the soldiers of the 571st Regiment had time to turn around, and in their sight, several chariots painted in camouflage rushed over, and the heavy machine guns on the chariots spat out long tongues of fire. Immediately after that, more chariots appeared in the sight of the soldiers, and the Japanese had to retreat because of the heavy casualties of the chariots.

The Japanese retreated, reinforcements also arrived here, and the surviving officers and men of the 571st Regiment on the position cheered. The chariot stopped not far from the position, and as soon as the back door of the cart opened, a group of soldiers rushed out. An officer walked over quickly and asked, "May I ask where is Regiment Commander Zheng?" An officer on the battlefield who could not read the color of his military uniform stood up and replied: "I am Lu Mingyu, the commander of the first battalion of the 571st Regiment. Our group was seriously injured, and the hygienist was in charge of resuscitation. After speaking, he stopped and let go, revealing a figure lying on the ground.

The officer who came was not polite, and said: "I am Wei Song, the commander of the first battalion of the second regiment of the guard brigade directly under the army, and our regiment was ordered to reinforce Mitiera City. How is Regiment Commander Zheng?" replied, the hygienist who was resuscitating Zheng Daodong: "Tuanzuo was shot in the right chest, and he must be operated on as soon as possible, otherwise his life will be in danger." At this time, Zheng Daodong woke up and asked with difficulty: "First battalion commander, has the attack of Little Japan been repulsed?"

Lu Mingyu hurriedly squatted down and replied: "Tuanza, fortunately, the brothers of the guard brigade have been reinforced in time, and little Japan has withdrawn. Wei Song came to Zheng Daodong in a few steps, saluted and said: "Commander Zheng, the 2nd Regiment of the Army Guard Brigade was ordered by the military seat to reinforce the 571st Regiment, and our first battalion arrived first in armored personnel carriers, and our regiment arrived with the rest of the troops later. Commander Zheng first asked the brothers of the 571st Regiment to go down and rest for a while, and this position will be handed over to our first battalion. ”

Zheng Daodong coughed up a mouthful of blood and said weakly: "Okay, the position will be handed over to the brothers of the guard brigade." After speaking, he signaled the commander of the first battalion to lead the people to retreat. After the commander of the first battalion gave the order to the soldiers of the 571st Regiment to retreat, these soldiers supported the lightly wounded, carried the bodies of the seriously wounded and sacrificed comrades, and withdrew to the city. The soldiers of the Oath Brigade consciously lined up and saluted the officers and soldiers of the 571st Regiment.

After the 571st Regiment left, Wei Song gave an order, and the officers and men of the 1st Battalion began to repair their positions and arrange fire points. The three armored personnel carriers withdrew to the city and hid themselves despite the powerful artillery fire of the Japanese army. The officers and men of the first battalion were busy for two hours before they basically completed the deployment, and I don't know if it was because it was dark, and the Japanese did not attack again.