692 Battle of Augusta (3)

"Boom....... (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)"

The 250-kilogram incendiary bomb fell freely from an altitude of 800 meters, and the moment the fuse touched the ground, the thick shell cracked like fragile glass, and then countless phosphorus powder and flammable powder that were raised by the central trace amount of N** scattered and covered tens of thousands of square meters of ground surface with the help of the blast wave.

19 years ago, Li Mo took the lead in developing white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and then completely burned Etajima, the cradle of the Japanese Navy, destroying the elite generation, so that Japan has not been able to muster a few qualified naval officers.

Ten years ago, because of the desire to be cheaper and more economical, napalm was released, and the first victim was Vladivostok, once known as the first fortress in the Far East by Russia, although it has now become an important seaport in the North Pacific of the empire, or the first stop from the sea into Eastern Siberia, the prosperity is far greater than before, but the fire still makes the land there still cannot be cultivated.

Today, in China's secret test site, the terrifying aluminum powder incendiary bomb has entered the test stage.

All this is in pursuit of strong and fierce flames, because from ancient times to the present, melting the enemy in the sea of fire is the best way to protect their soldiers and reduce casualties.

Since the first white phosphorus bomb, Li Mo has raised the incendiary bomb to a strategic height, when all countries are still in a state of exploration, Hua from 152 mm to the current large 406 mm naval guns, are equipped with a full range of incendiary bombs, although most of the incendiary bombs are not easy to store, it is impossible to manufacture too long in advance, but he has long been preparing for this battle ten years ago began to store a large number of bomb bodies.

This is like a distillery, before the wine is brewed, a large number of wine bottles with the same specifications are ordered, especially aviation incendiary bombs, Li Mo, who knows better than anyone the direction of the future war, asked Chen Ping to reserve aerial bomb bodies, from 125 kg to 500 kg, in the case of limited military spending at that time, he was stunned to save money and make 2.7 million semi-finished products.

From the day Germany entered Belgium, white phosphorus, aluminum powder, and napalm began to be filled in a steady stream, and then packaged and shipped to various bases, including Guam, Truk and Perth, the three major bases in the southwest and Pacific Ocean, the largest of which was Guam, with 200,000 pieces, and Perth, although it was smaller, but secretly stored as many as 50,000 pieces.

From white phosphorus incendiary bombs to napalm bombs, from 250 kilograms to 500 kilograms, one by one, strings of bombs, constantly flying out from under the belly of the Kunpeng machine, only one is needed, and it can cover tens of thousands of square meters.

It is impossible for 112 Kunpeng to drop all 50,000 incendiary bombs at once, but Pete, who is hiding in the bunker, no longer feels any sense of security, even if the total thickness of the stone walls and cement around it exceeds 3 meters, he is chilled all over his body, because these flames are too terrifying.

When the latter bomber left, there was a lot of screaming and clamor in the small harbor town.

"Water, ahem, give me water!"

"Turn on the pump,!"

"I'm going to choke to death, ahem...... it's over!"

Several water dragons rushed out of the leather pipes, many buckets were found, and the soldiers rushed to the nearest water intake, and buckets of bitter sea water poured into the flames.

Corporal Pete followed everyone, led a bucket full of water, and rushed towards the bunker where he was, bucket after bucket, but before he could continue, several nervous shouts suddenly came from inside. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

"Damn it!"

"How is this possible, how is it possible!"

"Get out of here, it will float on the surface of the water and burn, stop watering!"

"Ah, save me, save me, my hair, ah......, God!"

In a miserable scream, I saw several partners in the bunker rushing out in a hurry, and the two people who ran behind were already covered with flames, and one of them was running and jumping around in pain, and his hands were constantly waving as if he wanted to grab something.

A soldier rushed at him and poured a bucket full of seawater into it, but instead of extinguishing the flames, he himself was caught by the flaming fellow, and the spark enveloped him in an instant.

"Damn it, don't use water, use sand, use sand!"

The second lieutenant was the first to understand in the terrible screams, and several shovels flew wildly, covering the two of them with shovels of sand, and the sand began to rise higher and higher, until after the two of them were submerged, the flames continued to rise from below, and brought a trace of a vomiting unpleasant smell.

That's the smell of death!

"Poof."

Pete's bucket fell to the ground, his eyes widened, his whole body trembled, and the blood on his face faded and turned white until it became iron-blue, for he saw that the sparks were spreading all around him.

"Bang bang bang ......."

Sporadic gunfire rang out from everywhere, and soldiers on fire were shot and killed by their own partners, who were their comrades, but if they were allowed to run wildly, the losses would be even greater.

What the hell is this?

No one knew that when everyone threw away the buckets and began to try to plug the flames with sandbags and shovels, there was a terrifying clatter in the sky, and only the metal fighters that shot down and slaughtered more than 200 camels were seen constantly bursting from the wings and noses, and they formed several together, lowered the nose, and scattered the bullets like a torrent on the ground to the coalition soldiers who were fighting the fire and were helpless.

The sound of chirping bullets frightened Pete to the ground, he didn't dare to hide in the smoke-filled bunker, but how could he avoid the machine gun overhead?

Several bullets hit a running partner next to him, the bullets passed through his waist, and the moment the blood exploded, his upper and lower bodies suddenly cracked, and his intestines and organs were torn apart, gushing out like a fountain and scattered all around.

"Run, keep running!" Pete had only one thought left in his head, but as he and countless soldiers ran towards the low mountains dozens of kilometers away, a large number of smaller bombers appeared overhead.

Although the bomb load of the hurricane is not as good as that of the Kunpeng, but their bombing accuracy is high, and they are also free, this time they are carrying an interdiction mission, so they carry a total of 4 125 kg high-explosive bombs under the wing and fuselage, although the high-explosive bombs are not as terrible as the incendiary bombs, but they are enough for the soldiers who have no cover on the flat ground.

Two bombs that fell from the sky exploded a hundred meters in front of Pete, and the shrapnel and stirred up mud and sand instantly put dozens of partners around, so frightened that he hurriedly turned to avoid it, but when he ran to the right less than 100 meters, another bomb exploded, and the air wave knocked him to the ground.

Pete was already desperate, and all the strength of his body seemed to have been drained in this explosion, and he lay on the ground gasping for breath at the same time, wishing that a bomb would fall from the top of his head immediately, and he would save himself from this crime again.

Unfortunately, God was unwilling to grant the little corporal's wish this time, and batch after batch of bombs seemed to insulate him, and one after another of flames and explosions continued from early morning to evening, when the next few reconnaissance enemy planes left in the smoke of gunpowder and the afterglow of the sunset, and the ordeal of the first day finally ended.

Pete, who had regained a little strength, stood up, and when he turned his head to look at the small town of Puerto Augusta behind him, it was already in flames.

According to later statistics, on the first day of the decisive battle of Port Augusta, the Chinese Air Force dropped 2,300 incendiary bombs and nearly 1,000 high-explosive bombs, and 30,000 of the 110,000 Allied troops stationed here were directly burned to death and more than 6,000 were wounded.

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Sergeant Thompson held up the binoculars, the fear in his eyes began to magnify, and the billowing dust rising on the horizon told him that the enemy was coming!

"Ready!"

"Machine gun, pull the machine gun out."

"Artillery, salvo!"

"Boom, boom, boom......."

The American-made French 75 gun, which was introduced and copied, began to erupt into bursts of violent roar, and the shells continued to explode from a distance.

In the afterglow of dusk, 20 Cheetahs took the lead in rushing out of the gunsmoke, and the 37mm rapid-fire machine guns continued to fight back at all those who stood in the way, especially the American machine gun point in the middle of the town, which received special care.

Seeing that the machine gun point was destroyed, Sergeant Thompson bared his teeth in a hurry, and immediately asked the soldiers to push 2 75 guns, no one knew how many rounds, and when 2 minutes later accurately hit a tank, and after tearing a big hole in front of it, everyone was excited, and immediately aimed the muzzle of the gun at the next one.

But at this moment, Sergeant Thompson's face suddenly changed, and he only heard the sound of explosions accompanied by bursts of tearing and breaking the air, and he immediately understood what it was after fighting with the Chinese soldiers.

"Heavy artillery!"

Sergeant Thompson shouted, lying on the ground with his helmet in his hands, he did not understand how the enemy's heavy artillery units could appear in Mali and not on the front line of Port Augusta, 300 kilometers away.

Boom, boom, boom.

A series of explosions tore through the dusk, for the infantry, the 152 mm shell is definitely a heavy artillery, although the 45 kg projectile is less than 10 kg**, but the power of its explosion can definitely be pushed to a building.

The 12 Warhammer 152mm self-propelled howitzers were the first to be deployed, dropping shells at the Malian town at a rate of 3 rounds per minute, and the artillerymen ran back and forth in front of the trucks and self-propelled guns, and the shells and kits were reduced like water.

In just 20 minutes, the town of Mali, the only thoroughfare in the middle of Flinders Ridge, was wiped from the face of the earth, rubble and flames, making it a place of hell.

By the time Sergeant Thompson struggled to raise his head from the rubble, the tanks had already crossed the trenches in front of him and killed in front of him, and the sound of machine guns began to echo throughout the town, and the battle suddenly entered a white heat!

"Shell the hills on both flanks, get the infantry of the 17th Division ready, launch a charge in a quarter of an hour, and be sure to take the commanding heights before ten o'clock." Wu Peifu pointed to the hills on both sides of the town, and as far as his finger went, many heavy artillery began to join the roar, and a moment later, large fireballs rose on the mountain.

In the distance, there is the famous Lake Torrens, densely packed with tanks and armored vehicles like migrating behemoths, tried from the flat saline land, even if the body weighs more than a dozen tons, it only leaves a few latent marks on it.

In order to ensure the success of this detour, Huang Fuqi gave Wu Peifu three infantry divisions, plus his own Fifth Armored Division, a total of nearly 80,000 people, and just to improve the mobility of the detour troops, 1,300 trucks and more than 500 horse-drawn carriages were transferred.

Although the Fifth Armored Division was formed after the war, its combat effectiveness was not mixed with a single bit of water, and the three infantry divisions were the main force for many years

Now the first step has been taken, as long as you take this small town called Mali, you can bypass the annoying Flinders Ridge, and then follow the flat salt lake to the east, all the way south to Youngta, not only to grab the railway into Wales, but also to encircle the enemy's main force in one fell swoop.

But Mali is not easy to fight, because there is only one road, and there are mountains on both sides as high ground cover, so the 27th Infantry Division of the US Army stationed here built fortifications on the mountain ridge early, trying to cut off the only road from a high position.

Rounds of shells fell on the hills on both sides, which suddenly turned the slopes into potholes, and with the cooperation of two tank battalions, the 17 Infantry Division began to charge.

It was difficult for both tanks and infantry to break through quickly in the face of the light and heavy fire of the condescending infantry, and the heavy artillery had stopped firing because the soldiers were mixed up, making the charge even more difficult.

"80 fire, knock out that fire point!"

The soldiers quickly set up the recoilless guns, and several shells drilled into the US machine gun point 200 meters away as if they had eyes, and the explosion opened a thick pile of sand, revealing a large pile of American corpses.

Immediately after that, the mortars began to fire, and more than 30 mortars continued to throw ammunition, and the mountain ridge hundreds of meters away suddenly fell into despair.

"Fire! There is no need to save shells! ”

"Machine gun, fight back!"

After the heavy fire was ignited or suppressed, the soldiers began to launch a tidal charge, and the Type 97 semi-automatic rifles in their hands were far faster than the American soldiers' Springfield, often the American soldiers fired a shot, and there were already four or five rounds chasing after them.

As night fell, the U.S. troops not only did not get a respite, but were hit hard, 20 Siberian Tiger tanks have rushed into the town at this moment, 76 mm shells are much more powerful than 37 mm, often only one shot can take out not particularly strong fortifications.

At 10 o'clock on the night of September 2, the West Route Army of the Central South Theater officially opened up the small town of Mali, and almost did not even bother to catch its breath, and the outflanking troops led by Wu Peifu immediately turned around and began to move down the Flinders Mountains.

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