This infantry brigade of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army fired at the defenders in front of the position for nearly an hour, although the Japanese could not take a step forward from 150 meters, and the defenders could not force the Japanese to retreat by killing and wounding the Japanese too much. Under the constant bombardment of the artillery fire of the Japanese Mountain Artillery Wing, the 875th Regiment could only use mortars to swim and counterattack by firing a few artillery shots to change places.Chinese

In the counter-fire, the Japanese army's marksmanship was also very accurate, and the soldiers on the position would be hit if they were not careful. Liu Mingde, the brigade commander who was watching the battle on the city wall, couldn't help it, and said to Zhang Sanli, the commander of the 875th Regiment beside him: "Commander Zhang, the quality of the individual soldiers of the little Japan attacking this time is really good, it seems that our brigade has met an opponent this time." ”

Zhang Sanli replied: "Brigade seat, the artillery of the little Japanese is fighting endlessly, do you bully us without artillery? Brigade seat, you order the artillery to fight back, and let these little Japanese people taste the taste of artillery shells!" Liu Mingde thought for a while and asked: "Are you sure that you can suppress the Japanese fire?" Zhang Sanli replied: "Brigade seat, now the artillery battalion of the 854th Regiment and the artillery battalion of our regiment together have 36 field guns, which is enough for the little Japanese to drink a pot." ”

Only then did Liu Mingde say: "Okay, I agree to use the field artillery battalion to counterattack, but we must be careful not to let the artillery battalion suffer too much loss, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the division." Zhang Sanli responded excitedly: "Yes, brigade." Humble duty understands. This is arranged. Ten minutes later, thirty-six 75-caliber field guns of the artillery battalion simultaneously launched a counterattack against the Japanese mountain artillery wing.

The Japanese mountain artillery wing was bombarding the defenders' positions vigorously, when suddenly there was a scream of shells flying in the air, and a shell flew straight towards their positions, and in the nervous eyes of the Japanese artillerymen, the shells fell more than ten meters behind the position. Although it did not hit the position, the experienced artillerymen of the Japanese army knew that it was just a correction shell, and a large number of shells would fly immediately after.

The Japanese artillery commander was not slow to react, and immediately shouted with all his might: "The artillery of the Chinese people, quickly transfer the artillery!" The Japanese 75-caliber mountain guns were very lightweight, and two or three people could push and run. A minute later, dozens of shells fell on the position, and in the smoke and fire of the explosion, the last few mountain guns that fell flew into the air, along with dozens of artillerymen.

The Japanese artillery bombardment was forced to stop, and their own artillery began to speak, and the morale of the officers and men on the position was greatly boosted, and the mortars were transferred without firing a few shots, and the infantry attacking the Japanese army was bombarded. The captain of the Japanese army who commanded the attack saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly ordered the Japanese army to withdraw. The offensive lasted for a short time, but the results of both sides were not large, and the casualties were in the dozens, and the two sides were tied.

This situation left both commands unsatisfied. Tanaka Shinichi believed that the Japanese had strong air superiority, and with the support of artillery fire for an hour, the 22nd Brigade was unable to make a breakthrough in front of the Shina position, which was really a bit unreasonable. However, Tang Hongming thought that Liu Mingde's command was a little too cautious, and the artillery counterattack was too late, and the Japanese artillery wing had not yet been eliminated.

In the afternoon, the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army mobilized two infantry brigades to attack the defenders' positions, and the 2nd Battalion of the 875th Regiment replaced the 1st Battalion in the hard battle. Before the attack, the Japanese sent dozens of planes to bomb the position. As soon as the plane flew away, the battle between the two sides entered a white heat.

The Japanese army began to shell first, and the 875th Regiment immediately mobilized the field artillery battalion to counterattack, and the two sides started an artillery battle. The field artillery battalion of the 875th Regiment was weaker than the Japanese mountain artillery wing in terms of quantity and power, but after the artillery battalion attracted the firepower of the Japanese mountain artillery, the mortars on the position could completely suppress the small artillery in the Japanese wing, and some of the surplus mortars bombarded the attacking Japanese infantry.

Major General Tong Meihao, the commander of the 22nd Brigade, sent two infantry brigades at once, originally hoping to rely on the advantage of a large number of people to break through the defenders' positions, but he did not expect that the defenders would use a large number of mortars as soon as they came up, and when the mountain artillery wing was attracted to firepower and could not support the infantry attack, and the dozen or so small guns in the wing were completely suppressed by the large-caliber mortars on the position, so that the attack of the two infantry brigades was completely suppressed.

Major General Tu Meihao had the intention of letting the two infantry brigades brave the artillery fire on the position to attack, but thinking of the huge casualty figure that would result, he couldn't help but dispel this idea. The attacking Japanese commander was the most depressed person, in the past, he used to suppress the defenders on the position with powerful artillery fire, and the infantry could easily attack in front of the position, but now there are still three or four hundred meters away from the position, and they are suppressed by the many mortars on the position and cannot move.

The officers and men of the 2nd Battalion of the 875th Regiment on the position showed excitement in their eyes, and there were only a dozen MG34 heavy machine guns on the position. In this way, the two sides fought for another two hours, and the Japanese had to withdraw again. Until he has figured out how to deal with the defenders, Tanaka Shinichi is not ready to attack again.

The Japanese attack was hindered by the sacrifice of the field artillery battalion and a large number of mortar shells. In this battle, the field artillery battalion was at a disadvantage in the artillery battle with the Japanese army, and a total of 12 75-caliber field guns were destroyed by the Japanese army, and hundreds of artillery soldiers were killed and wounded. And in this battle, each mortar fired dozens of shells, and a total of thousands of shells were used at once, and a third of the shells in the stock were used.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, division commander Tang Hongming was also very surprised, he knew that it was impossible to do such a battle every time, otherwise the mortar shells in stock would be used up in a few days, and now the transportation capacity of the Yunnan-Burma road is limited, and it is impossible to meet the troops' consumption of artillery shells. Therefore, Tang Hongming told Liu Mingde that in tomorrow's battle, we must pay attention to saving artillery shells, or we must block the Japanese attack by normal means.

After this battle, Tanaka Shinichi and Dubian Pifu sat together for a long time, and did not come up with a good way to deal with the defenders of China, and finally Tanaka Shinichi sent a telegram to the commander Iida Shojiro, in which he reported that he had met the ace army of China in Mandalay, the 90th Division under Wang Haitao. In view of the strong firepower and large number of artillery pieces of the 90th Division in China, he asked the commander to provide artillery support.

Commander Shojiro Iida was also taken aback when he received a telegram from Shinichi Tanaka, and hurriedly reported the situation to General Shoichi Terauchi. Terauchi Shouyi received the telegram and immediately attached importance to the Burma battlefield, and began to dispatch troops, wanting to wipe out the ace 90th Army of China and the famous Wang Haitao on the Burmese battlefield.

With General Terauchi Shouichi sending out a telegram, the Japanese army in Southeast Asia was suddenly in a hurry. The 16th Division, which was originally stationed in the Philippines, was urgently transferred to the Burma battlefield, along with the 4th Heavy Artillery Brigade, a tank wing, and a Taiwan brigade. This time, Shouuchi Shouichi increased his troops to Burma to 50,000 horses, which also shows that General Shouichi Terauchi attaches great importance to the Burmese battlefield and the 90th Army.

In the city of Mandalay, Wang Haitao did not know that General Terauchi Shouichi had increased troops on the battlefield in Burma. Wang Haitao saw that the Japanese army's attack on the city of Amarabra had been going on for several days, and although the losses of the elite 18th Division were not large, the morale had been lost, and it was time to make a move. With Wang Haitao's order, the 93rd Division launched an attack on Mitiera City overnight, and the 90th Division also attacked Dongzhicheng at the same time.

Neither the 18th Division nor the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army thought that the squadron would have the idea of encircling and annihilating the 56th Division and the 18th Division, so the Japanese army only left an infantry squadron and a baggage brigade of the 18th Division in Mitiera City. Also in Taunggyi, the 33rd Division also left only baggage troops.

It was easy for the 93rd and 90th Divisions to capture Mitiera and Taunggyi, but it was difficult to completely annihilate the Japanese troops in the city without allowing the Japanese troops in the city to report to their superiors. For this reason, Li Yuanhong and Tang Yikuan coincidentally asked for help from the reconnaissance brigade. After obtaining Wang Haitao's approval, Tang Xiaoshan sent a reconnaissance battalion to one division to assist the two divisions in the battle.

The two reconnaissance battalions were assigned to the two divisions, and they were given the same task, which was to cut the operation. These two reconnaissance battalions had to infiltrate the two cities separately to find out the location of the Japanese radio station, and destroy the Japanese army's command system and seize the radio station as soon as possible, so that the Japanese army could not report the news of the loss of the city to their superiors. The task is very arduous, but it is difficult for the officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion who have experienced a hundred battles.

In Mitiera City, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion who lurked into the city at night spent a day to find out where the Japanese army's troop deployment, the location of the headquarters, and several radio stations were. Late at night the next day, when the city of Mitiera fell silent, the officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion divided into several routes and began to move.

The first thing to be touched out of was several radio stations of the Japanese army, two of which were in command and four of which were in the baggage brigade. The reconnaissance battalion went to the headquarters and the headquarters of the baggage brigade and the brigade headquarters of the same company, and after touching the sentry post of the Japanese headquarters, some of the people went straight to the confidential room where the radio station was located, and the other part rushed to the commander's room and the room where the guards were stationed.

The people who went to the confidential room easily succeeded, and without making a sound, the bed killed the Japanese soldiers in the confidential room and seized the radio station. Several soldiers rushed into the commander's room, and when they rushed into the room, the Japanese squadron leader was not asleep, but was rejoicing with the two women who had been robbed. When the door was slammed open, the squadron leader jumped out of bed naked, and when he saw that something was wrong, he threw himself at the pistol placed next to the bed.