There was no way to continue the construction in the Nandu River for the time being, but the brothers' hands did not stop, and the wood kept being piled up on the bank.

"Keep it all up!"

"Rope!"

"Quick, let's build a raft first!"

……

Amid the shouts, the brothers of the engineer battalion and the baggage battalion worked together without a trace of pain, even though the brothers who fell in the river were their brothers who lived and died.

"Commander, the position on the east bank of the Nandu River has been taken; The special battalion suffered more than 200 casualties. ”

The communications soldier put down the phone and reported to Du Yuming.

"Let the engineer battalion continue construction."

Du Yuming clenched his fists and finally took it.

"There are still shells falling on the river, and according to the estimation of the artillery regiment, it should be the devil artillery position of Nalang; The 96th Regiment of the 287th Division has all crossed the river and is advancing towards the Nalang attack. ”

The chief of staff reported on the state of the battle.

"What about the artillery regiment? When will they launch a counterattack and destroy the artillery positions of Nalang. ”

Du Yuming frowned, since the devil's artillery could hit the Nandu River, then they must be within the range of his artillery regiment.

"The Japanese have just started shelling, and it will take at least half an hour to lock on to the target."

The artillery staff officers were sweating profusely, and now should be the time for the artillery regiment to counterattack, but they have to rely on pencils to calculate the location of the devil's artillery positions, which does take time, and it will be very slow.

"Order the 288th Regiment to continue crossing the river and occupy positions on the east bank; Order the special battalion to advance towards Nalang, no need to exchange fire when encountering devils, and report immediately after finding out the location of the devil's artillery position. ”

Du Yuming looked at his watch, time passed minute by minute, there was still Nalang in front of him to attack, if he didn't speed up the time, I am afraid they would have to approach Lashio at dawn, at that time, the unobstructed Fifth Army would have to face the bombing of devil planes.

Less than three kilometers east of the Nandu River position is Nalang, a town where there are now many Burmese volunteers in addition to devils, who appeared as auxiliaries of the Japanese army.

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

The brethren of the special battalion were advancing at full speed, and they were heading straight for the glowing artillery positions.

In this dark night, apart from the sound and fire of the devil's artillery position, there was only the bonfire of the devil's forward position; At this time, the devils are finally no longer hidden, and they have been exposed anyway.

"Huhuhu......"

With heavy breathing, the camp approached the campfire in less than ten minutes, and the brothers in front raised their hands, and the team stopped.

"A long line, go around from the left."

"Second platoon leader, you go around from the right."

Li Gongyu was very anxious, but he couldn't get past it, so he could only let the brothers separate to find a route that could be touched.

"Huhuhu......"

Similarly, the troops led by Feng Yi were also continuing to approach Nalang, and they had just walked less than half of the distance of more than 20 kilometers.

"Commander, you see, it should be the devil who is fighting with Chief Du and them."

Sweat soaked through his military uniform, Zhang Chuan pointed to the distant firelight, which was Nalang's line of defense.

"Speed up, let's give the devil a hard blow from behind."

Feng Yi nodded, the Fifth Army entered Lashio one minute earlier, and there would be one more minute of preparation time; For the Chinese Expeditionary Force, time is running out now.

"Who?"

"Sudden ......"

"Bang, bang!"

In the sudden reprimand, Thomson's point fire and the shooting of the Type 38 rifle rang out.

"Battalion commander, a platoon was spotted by devil sentries and is now in a firefight."

"Battalion commander, the second platoon can't get around......"

In less than two minutes, Li Gongyu received the worst news.

"Artillery regiment!"

"Get the first and second rows back."

"Everyone, get ready; Now that the devil has found out, we will attack! ”

Li Gongyu gritted his teeth, the 287th regiment was not far behind him, and after he called for artillery shelling, they were almost there, and they would attack together when the time came.

"The special battalion encountered a devil's position near Nalang and couldn't get around, so they were ready to storm and asked for artillery support."

At the military headquarters, the communications staff officer relayed the news from the artillery regiment.

"Allow shelling, tell the artillery regiment that they will continue to find the location of the devil's artillery position, and after finding the artillery position, immediately turn the muzzle of the gun to counterattack."

Du Yuming decisively ordered, he can no longer care about the consumption of shells.

"Put!"

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

According to the parameters of the shelling provided by the special battalion, the artillery regiment that had set up artillery positions on the west bank of the Nandu River was shelling.

"Boom, boom......"

The cannonballs of the mountain artillery crossed the Nandu River and fell on the front position of the devils, and in the brilliant fireworks, the positions of the devils shone with firelight, and in the firelight, the corpses of the devils rose and fell, and the screams kept coming.

"Little devil, eat the cannonballs!"

The brothers of the special battalion were lying on the ground, their hearts were very sour now, they had been bombed before, even if they came to the battlefield in Burma, they had not enjoyed the fire support of their own artillery; Tonight, the devil's plane couldn't get out, and it was finally the devil's turn to be bombed.

"Thirty seconds!"

Li Gongyu shouted, he looked at the time when the shells landed, the artillery regiment said very clearly, there was only three minutes of artillery support, and they wanted to reserve the artillery positions for the devils; From the beginning of the retreat from Mandalay, the artillery battalion was never replenished with a single shell, and now their shells are one shot less.

"Up!"

When Li Gongyu shouted for 30 seconds, the platoon commander had already taken the lead in crawling forward, and shrapnel whistled over their heads from time to time, but they didn't care, they wanted to take advantage of the time when the artillery fire was covering, and try to get as close to the devil's position as possible.

"Rush!"

The last shell fell to the ground, and the platoon leader shouted, rushed to the ground, got up, and shouted to lead the brothers to the devil's position.

"Huhuhu......"

5 meters, 10 meters, 20 meters......

The devil was still immersed in the shelling just now, and no one dared to poke his head out to check the situation in front of the position.

"The Chinese came up."

"Bang!"

Amid the lonely sound of rifle fire, a ghost soldier screamed miserably.

"Da Da Da ......"

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

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

With the sound of gunfire, the position instantly burst into gunfire, and amid the gunfire of crooked handles, Type 92 heavy machine guns, and Type 38 rifles, bullets rained down on the attacking special service battalion.

"Sudden ......"

There was no need for an order, and at the sound of submachine gun fire, the charging brethren reflexively lay on the ground, pouting their butts and crawling forward.

"Hurry up, keep up!"

"His female horse, Li Gongyu, the bastard, attacked in advance; I'm X! ”

The commander of the 287th regiment now wanted to curse, and this was the case on the beachhead, and now it was like this; Will he die in a minute? I can't be a witness to their exploits every time!

"Commander of the first battalion, rush up; The special battalion is not afraid of death, and our 287th regiment is not a bad breed; The commander was watching us from the other side. ”

After the commander of the 287th regiment finished scolding, he shouted for the commander of the first battalion to hurry up and bring people up.