575 Assault on the Doge's Palace4

Lieutenant Colonel Allen Smith, who was commander of the British Special Air Service Regiment at the time of Operation Hasegawa's arrest, returned to the Middle East and took part in a very successful coup d'Γ©tat against Turkey, which was not intended to assassinate high-ranking Turkish officials but deliberately blamed the Soviet Union, and he did so, becoming almost the equivalent of the German Scarface special operations hero of his time. In a way, this operation had more significance in changing history than the first one that killed Hasegawa. Now he is here for the third time, carrying out a conspiracy directed by Churchill himself, and with success in sight, but unfortunately making a wedding dress for someone else. His unit was no longer a special unit with strange movements, but had become an ordinary unit that fought head-on with the enemy, and was even surrounded by the Japanese, although the Japanese army did not have heavy weapons to eat him, but it made him lose the ability to maneuver.

Just now, the lieutenant colonel saw from the roof of the building that the Chinese troops were approaching along the river, and a flare that the Japanese army missed, occasionally exposed the column of He Bisheng's troops. He was amazed that there was an even more sneaky army than himself, driving tanks a kilometer away, and the Japanese in the whole city seemed to be dead, and they suddenly did not stop at all, and they wanted to get along with themselves here.

The tanks and infantry disappeared into the darkness, and when they reappeared for the second time, they were already near the Doge's Palace. Sure enough, they didn't come to save the British. The lieutenant colonel immediately reported the news to his superiors by telegram. The superiors apparently thought Smith had made a mistake because it couldn't have happened and asked him to verify it a second time.

He Bisheng commanded his troops to attack in the tank, he didn't know why Chu Shizuo had to take this place before dawn, but the gods of Xianshizuo chattered, there are always a lot of heavenly opportunities that cannot be disclosed, and if the time is missed, it may cause some trouble, right? He ordered one unit to be left to monitor the nearby Japanese army, while the rest of the troops piled up on the governor's palace to launch a strong attack.

Most of Bai Qi's troops defending the Governor's Mansion were old and weak, and even some of them were temporarily recruited female soldiers, who had little combat effectiveness. A large number of automatic weapons of the national army, coupled with the support of tanks outside, quickly broke through the gate. The enemy used the partitioned rooms to put up a stubborn resistance, but most of the rooms in the Doge's Palace had windows. Under the tight coordination of the radio station, Sherman's 75mm* could directly support the first floor. After 40 minutes, the first layer is captured, and if you don't worry about accidental injury, the time can be doubled.

In all these operations, Chu Tingchang demanded that the first consideration be the casualty. This is not the same as the thinking of all national commanders of this era. Of course, this is also due to the fact that before He Bisheng's team set off, each platoon commander was given a floor plan of the headquarters, on which each room was coded with letters and numbers, so that when the soldiers instructed the outside artillery fire to shoot through the wall, they would not inadvertently injure themselves because of very confusing descriptions such as "behind the corridor and aisle, there are remnants of the enemy in the kitchen next to the bedrooms".

This highly professional preparation made this indoor assault extremely smooth, at least on the first floor, and if the Smith troops were to attack, the casualties would have been greater due to the lack of heavy fire support.

Bai Qi leaned on the window and looked down, he wanted to know what kind of troops it was, he could put down his cost-effective cloth and attack under his nose, he wanted to know how the enemy could seize the opportunity everywhere, whenever he took a little risk and moved, the enemy would take advantage of the situation, who was he fighting with?

Sittwe's radio was still urging him to send Pu Jie to the port safely and to the submarine, and he turned a deaf ear to such an absurd and inhumane order from the command, and he didn't know where Pu Jie was now. The most important thing now is that the command will hold on until dawn, not that there are other opportunities to stay until dawn, but that he yearns for suicide in the face of the east at sunrise. This is his last wish, hoping that God will not deprive him. However, this simple and humble wish happened to be contrary to Chu Tingchang's political ambitions.

The assault team of the 200th Division attacked along the transfer staircase to the second floor. The Japanese finally formed a support point, they blocked the staircase with two machine guns, and constantly threw down*, causing certain casualties. Due to the high position of the staircase, the fire of the tanks below could not be directly supported, and even if it was fired, it hit the ceiling. And the Japanese blocked the passage up with a large number of furniture and other obstacles, and kept throwing down * negative corners to resist stubbornly, while the Chinese army was a field force after all, and there were no good means to attack in a narrow room.

In the distance, Ma Qiang, who was passing quickly, could tell that the enemy's resistance had temporarily succeeded by the flashing bright light inside the house, because the troops were always blocked below and could not get up, so the explosions occurred repeatedly in one place.

"It looks like the offense is thwarted. It's probably impossible to take this place before dawn. Ma Qiang said.

"Yes, it's dawn soon, but we have dawn here four time zones ahead of the USSR. It shouldn't be a problem. Xu Chong said that he didn't really understand the strange political purpose of the deputy captain, so he felt that it didn't matter.

"Look at the wounded and corpses brought out below, it seems to be a lot." Ma Qiang said he could see the injury being lifted out through his night vision device.

"What do you want? Our mission has been accomplished. Xu Chong asked vigilantly, what did he think when he met Ma Qiang.

"Find a place at the right angle, use your anti-materiel weapon, and fire a few bursts. Give them a hand. ”

"Our task now is to retreat, and as soon as dawn comes, we will lose cover."

"In 65 minutes, we can reduce a lot of casualties with a little help."

"Let's discuss it with the team leader first, right?"

"Hi, we have flexibility in our actions, we don't have to apply for everything."

"I don't care, my task is to blend in with the national army, you are different, if you are delayed, will we blend in together?" Xu Chong said, in fact, he also hoped that Ma Qiang could be with him, and the deputy captain was currently the division commander, after all, there was a status gap with him.

"It's not like I haven't gotten in, don't worry, I know it in my heart, let's go."

The two left the original hidden area and began to look for an area with the right angle and height, of course, this kind of thing is not difficult for them, they have a drone mapping near the Governor's Palace, which is simply accurate digital map, you can find a suitable angle for sniping in advance, the two quickly transferred, and found a sniper point 950 meters away from the target, it turned out to be a post office, two stories high, and the top can be hit from a narrow and good angle to the top of the stairs on the second floor. And like the other buildings, the interior was completely devoid of Japanese defenses.

At present, the city is in chaos, and all the Japanese troops are working on their own. Bai Qi's headquarters could receive telegrams from the Sittwe headquarters 550 kilometers away through the radio, but it could not command the troops in the city, because He Bisheng cut off all the nearby telephone lines as soon as he surrounded the headquarters. Of course, there can be such a high efficiency in destroying communications at night, because the master personally noted on the map, and the direction of all the telephone lines, some of which were hidden underground, were also found and cut off.

There are so many examples of the omnipotence of the Throne that no one wants to pursue these small miracles in the details. Anyway, whatever he says is what it is, and it must not be wrong.

However, the position occupied by Ma Qiang and Xu Chongsuo also has hidden dangers, because behind it is the breakthrough of the main force of the 200th Division, and once Zhou Youfu's Stewart tank breaks through, it may block the way of the two. However, Zhou Youfu's troops did not make much progress overnight, and it seemed that they were really just carrying out a feint mission.

Ma Qiang served as an observer and saw the stubborn Japanese troops on the rooftop, but this was not a priority target, and Xu Chong decided to ignore it. Through the 8x night vision scope, he searched the windows one by one, and soon saw the backs of the Japanese soldiers who were desperately defending around the stairs. At this time, Ma Qiang's laser ranging number was also available, and he began to aim carefully. Although he is a veteran, he has never sniped in such a chaotic situation, but since he is here, there is absolutely no room for error.

The fanatical Japanese shouted and shot downstairs, and the tables and chairs were constantly pushed down to block the way of the attackers, and once the Chinese troops began to clear these barricades, they were given the opportunity to shoot condescendingly.

A commanding ensign hiding behind a couch suddenly burst in the chest and fell down as the couch broke through the railing. No one nearby saw the scene where he was hit, not even the sound of gunshots, only the sound of broken bones. Several Japanese soldiers looked at each other, and the battle seemed to be suspended. One of the Japanese soldiers, who had just pulled the latch*, also stood still until he was hit and the dead body hit the wall, and then the * that fell to the ground exploded, reimbursing several others nearby.

"Two." A kilometer away, Ma Qiang said.

"It's a pity that I didn't catch up below, and I missed the opportunity." Xu Chong said, he watched the enemy's troops replenish again, he was in a hurry to go, but now he can't go, although they are now wearing the uniform of the 200th division and can also blend in with the national army after sunrise, but the weapons are too weird.

"Why haven't you arrived at the designated place yet?"

Lin Xiuxuan asked on the radio.

"There's also a sniper mission."

"Sniping?"

"It can be done in 5 minutes." Ma Qiang continued.

"There is not enough time to delay Xu Chong's entry into the 200th Division. The co-captain and I arranged a place for him to meet with his cronies, so that he could not be bogged down in the chaos of the battlefield. ”

"Understood."

Lin Xiuxuan didn't seem to be too obsessive, but just asked for it to be faster.

The second wave of enemies, still unaware of what had just happened, swarmed to the top of the staircase, trying to stop it by the old way. Xu Chong cleaned up a few of the emerging ones, and the rest panicked, not even knowing how to hide? The hiding places they had found by instinct all exposed their reserves to Xu Chong, who quickly cleared up most of the defenders near the staircase. The commandos downstairs, realizing that the frantic cries of the Japanese troops above had decreased, launched an attack, and the troops crossed the chaotic barricades upward, which were blown up by the Japanese army* and piled up everywhere. It was very difficult to carry out a back attack in such a place where there was nowhere to put your feet, as long as the opponent had a machine gun to guard, I don't know how many corpses had to be piled up to go up, but the death squad found that the Japanese army had no defense? They clumsily moved away from the various obstacles, then turned around to find that there was indeed a crooked handle on their heads, but the Heavy twisted and fell to the side, and the death was extremely horrific.