In addition to these heavy field guns, the artillery battalion received some stupid Grant tanks. After all, the 7th Brigade had seen real tank battles and knew that these tanks with tall fronts and multiple turrets would not work, but this American product was not useless, and its 75 mm * gun made it a reliable self-propelled gun. It can even be deployed very close to the front line, far superior to towed artillery. There are currently 12 such tanks assembled here, also under the command of Sartre.

Now that he has a target, regardless of whether the forward scouts are messing around or not, today's firepower pouring show begins, anyway, he has no shortage of shells now, and if he is destined to withdraw from Burma and cannot bring the mountains of shells back to India, it is better to smash them at the Japanese as soon as possible.

The artillery group then began to fire, and it was scheduled to hit a base number first. The shirtless artillery squad began to operate in an orderly manner, and they were somewhat numb from the shock of the huge sound of artillery, and they carried ammunition, loaded, and fired as they were. It doesn't matter what it hits.

The scout at the front heard the screaming shells passing overhead, and he hurriedly raised his binoculars to see how many Japanese troops were hiding behind the big trees that were obscuring his vision after they were blown up. But the shells seemed to overshoot and flew to a much deeper reach. The landing point was at least 1.5 kilometers away from the position he had reported, and dense coverage was used, rather than just a few shots as he had requested. I didn't expect the artillery battalion to be ridiculous like this. He quickly called on the radio to stop shooting, but there was no reply.

The Harada Wing was struggling to organize its forces to repel the enemy forces that had infiltrated the infiltration, and a round of shells came down and hit the vicinity of the headquarters, which was not very well settled, but covered a squadron that was being assembled underneath.

The national soldiers hiding in the bushes were secretly surprised, they didn't know how the guy of the 96th Division in front of them colluded with the British, and maybe they didn't know some details of artillery coordination. However, to be able to enter the tax police regiment is at least to graduate from high school and know some common sense of artillery shooting, which is a high-tech industry that requires a high degree of coordination between reconnaissance and communications command. An important reason why the Chinese army was repeatedly defeated by the Japanese army was that it was lost in artillery, not only because it was inferior in weaponry, but in fact it was not able to play well in technology, and it could only provide simple support. If you stretch the hit, you will often hurt your own people.

Why did the British shell fire so timely, and I didn't see this guy in front of me shouting with the radio.

Lin Xiuxuan poked his head out to take a look and found that the shelling had stopped.

"Boss, shall we go up?"

Tao Mingzhang said next to him.

"Don't worry, it's just a correction, there are still a few rounds."

"How many rounds are left?"

It seems that this guy has an iron relationship with General Alexander. When Tao Mingzhang was fighting in the country, the artillery was just a meaning, and after a round, the soldiers had to rush forward, the shells were expensive, and Qiu Ba's life was not valuable.

Sure enough, the second round of artillery bombardment soon arrived, this time corrected 150 meters to the west, and hit the baggage troops who were in a mess, and the artillery just now did not hurt this baggage squadron, but it alarmed the livestock, so they gathered their horses everywhere and did not transfer in time. I can't run away if I want to.

Those horses were carrying 92 infantry guns, which were the most ruthless weapons of the Japanese for ordinary Chinese soldiers. This time the knot was covered firmly.

Everyone craned their necks to take a closer look. But except for Lin Xiuxuan, who is looking forward to the telescope, he can't see it really.

"Why can the devil be so accurate when hiding in the woods?" Tao Mingzhang asked excitedly.

"I think it's because the Japanese have done too much evil and have heavy karma, so the cannonballs will have accurate heads." Lin Xiuxuan said that of course he knew that he couldn't tell the truth, but this explanation would be effective.

Sure enough, a few people around them smiled when they heard it, they had waited too long for this day, and it seemed that God's retribution appeared with a precision strike, but it was too late.

"The British can fight so hard without worshipping Guan Gong? Is there something more powerful in them that is shrouded in immortals? Tao Mingzhang got carried away.

"Don't talk nonsense." Someone next to him hurriedly stopped him, for fear that he would be so contemptuous of Master Guan, maybe he would not be allowed to do it later.

"Remember, we'll charge later, and the Japanese officers will take precedence. Can you recognize it? ”

"Yes." Everyone nodded.

They continued to squat, waiting for the Japanese soldiers over there to jump.

In the encirclement, General Alexander stood on a high slope and watched the shelling in the depths of the jungle with a telescope. He didn't know how accurate the artillery fire was, but he was surprised that the Chinese captain could penetrate behind enemy lines, and his troops couldn't get through it after several charges.

"Sir, do you remember the name of that Chinese? I only saw the 96D on his ID card, but I couldn't read the Chinese characters. ”

He asked Anderson, who was next to him from the Military Intelligence Agency, who was the intelligence chief of the five departments stationed in Rangoon, responsible for monitoring the communications of the Japanese Navy and Army, as well as observing the movements of the Southern Agency, and Alexander's rout caused him to be trapped in the encirclement. He was originally going to interrogate Hamid just now, but when he arrived, Hamid had already collapsed, but he had a face-to-face with Lin Xiuxuan; Anderson was also one of the few people around the general who was proficient in Chinese. So he could read the identification tag sewn into his chest.

"The identity card says 96D sapper, and his name is Lin Linqi."

"Sounds weird, huh?"

"Well, it's kind of weird to read. In fact, as far as I know, most of the 96th Division is still in Yunnan, and the headquarters has just arrived in Mandalay, so I don't know how this captain got here. ”

"No matter so much, the more comes, the better, hey, I'm in a hurry, the Seventh Brigade hasn't started yet. The Air Force just reported that the Japanese army had built a few more pontoon bridges over the river, and we had no time to waste. ”

The general became agitated.

"I just got the news that 8 hours ago, the division headquarters of the enemy's 33rd Division was attacked, and at the moment they have lost their command and may only be attacking according to the predetermined plan."

"The Japanese are terrible, they can stay on the offensive without command, I have never seen such an enemy. If I can break out of the encirclement, I will show my superiors that I am not suitable to fight the Japanese in the jungle. ”

"So who do you think is better suited for the Burma war?"

"General Slim would be the best candidate. I can keep him as commander here, but if he can't get us out today, he won't get this letter of recommendation. ”

On the periphery of the battlefield, the British 13th Infantry Brigade and the 7th Armoured Brigade prepared to attack.

The artillery battalion stopped the previous shelling and began to prepare for fire for the attack of the armored brigade. Since the Japanese were well camouflaged, they aimed their fire in the direction of advance and began to smash, and then the fire extended step by step. Such aimless firing could only lead to one result, that is, the Japanese were well aware of the direction of attack in which the British were about to attack.

Brigadier Antis was not unaware that the essentials of tank combat were maneuvering, and the M3 light tanks provided by the U.S. Army were not suitable for attacking fortifications, but his superiors asked him to attack along the road and not blindly enter the forest; Of course, judging from the map, attacking along the road is indeed the closest way to rescuing the besieged army. Alexander is waiting on the other side of the road.

The heavy Churchill tanks began to move forward, and the owner did not know how many Japanese troops were waiting for them in the jungle that had been plowed by shells in front of them. The poor design of this tank made the interior of the vehicle have poor visibility, and the commander has only two options, either stick his head out and get shot, or hide inside, and eventually crash into enemy anti-tank fire because of poor visibility.

The Japanese Fujia Brigade was waiting for the British to send it to the door themselves, although 8 hours ago it had lost its division command, and 20 minutes earlier, the company had lost its wing command. But his troops remained unmoved. Today could be a crucial moment in the fate of the Burma campaign, and if the British do not break through, they are likely to give in as they did in Singapore, and if they do not, the war will continue.

The key to winning this battle is that every Imperial soldier, no matter what kind of predicament he suffers, must work hard to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors and not think too much about other things.

British artillery fire drowned out the sound of the approaching tanks, but scouts hiding in nearby Burmese villages saw the enemy in advance, and a valiant soldier crossed the front line and waved the flag a kilometer away.

Fuku's Nakasa looked at the flag with a telescope: There are many enemy tanks, attacking from the predicted route, and in front of the line are Churchill tanks, there are 20 of them, and there are at least 40 tanks of other models behind. The tank group had about a battalion of infantry in coordination.

Japanese intelligence had expected that the British would have no more heavy tanks to sort, but there was obviously some misunderstanding. In a few minutes, they were about to rush through the open field in front, and the 94 anti-aircraft guns were almost useless against the front of these tanks. Judging from the example summarized in the last battle, at that time, there was an ambush anti-aircraft gun that fired at this tank from 50 meters away, but it did not penetrate the front of the tank, and the only result was that the collapsing shells killed the anti-aircraft artillery group.

"Tell the anti-artillery units to retreat and let the enemy tanks come." Nakasa calmly gave the order, "Let the scouts in the village report the position of the enemy infantry at any time, and I ask the mountain artillery to carry out accurate interdiction fire to separate the enemy infantry and tanks." ”

His orders were immediately deployed via flags and radios, and the complex terrain of Burma was very conducive to the implementation of this tactic against swarm tanks, and the British had strengthened infantry coordination with tanks after their last loss, but the Japanese still had many ways to deal with it.

Shells began to fall around the tank group, and the Japanese artillery hid in the jungle and were scattered, and after each shot, only a cloud of green smoke could be seen rising, which quickly dissipated.

The shells scattered, causing the infantry to look for cover, or lie down on the spot, and they unconsciously came to the distance from the tank. However, the tank was unwilling to stop and be fired by hidden direct fire, and still maintained two gears of propulsion.

The British and American armies are still underestimating the enemy, and they have never understood one thing, the Japanese in front of them are a professional army armed with backward equipment. Their professionalism lies in the fact that they are good at using all the weapons at their disposal and are good at organizing all firepower.

This army is dull, old, offensive, armed to the teeth, and they have field artillery belonging to divisions and regiments, mountain artillery below the wing level, unique 70-mm infantry guns at the brigade level, and grenadiers mastered by squads. To put it simply, the characteristics of the Japanese army are that there are fewer radios and more artillery, which is of course also reflected in their tactics.

At every level of the Japanese commander, they were able to use their clumsy but effective weapons to take charge of themselves without much direct command. This is also a big problem that the task force and Chu Aiyun, who is about to arrive, must face. They have destroyed all the command nodes that can be destroyed, but the enemy's combat effectiveness is not much reduced by this.