Chapter 1058: Psychological Game!
The surroundings of the town were not peaceful, with intermittent gunfire looming in the air from time to time, and the town in the distance was punctuated by Japanese soldiers and Burmese people coming and going, some with weapons, and some seemingly harmless like civilians.
The houses in the town did not suffer a lot of damage as a result of the war, thanks to the rapid rout of the British and the cooperation of the locals with the Japanese army.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, dozens of houses in the town were scattered across the plain, and apart from the occasional gunshots and cheers, everything seemed peaceful.
"Buzz ......"
When a dozen planes appeared on the edge of the sky, the peace of the town was finally broken.
"Woo woo woo ......"
The whole town boiled over at the terrible air defense siren, and it was certainly not the Japanese planes, because the Japanese planes rarely carried out large-scale air support now, and their limited air resources were to be used where they were most needed.
"The planes of the British, what are they coming for?"
The Japanese barracks and the prisoner camps were not together, and the Japanese officers in the two places invariably raised questions.
"Don't panic, they don't dare to bomb here, we have amulets."
These were the words of the devil officer in the captive camp, and his words quieted the somewhat panicked devils and the Burmese, who for the first time felt that the large number of prisoners in this place had become their shields.
"Evacuate, go into the wilderness, quick, fast ......"
At this time, the Burmese in the town and the troops in the Japanese military camp began to panic, and one by one they ran frantically out of their original positions and rushed towards the field; The difference is that the Burmese are very chaotic, while the Japanese army maintains a basic army structure, and this is the difference between a well-trained army and the people.
"Tweet ......"
British planes circled over the town, and one plane after another began to dive, and bombs screeched down on the town.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The bombing of the planes was not as earth-shattering as Feng Yi originally imagined, and among the types of bombs of the British, in addition to the 250-pound and 500-pound general-purpose aerial bombs that terrified ground targets, and the more powerful 500-pound to 12,000-pound heavy aerial bombs, they actually had small general-purpose aerial bombs, that is, 20-pound and 40-pound general-purpose aerial bombs.
"Boom, boom!"
The British did not dare to use incendiary bombs, and the Burmese town was too easily set ablaze by aerial bombs, and they were afraid of threatening the prisoner camp.
In fact, they could bomb the town with 20-pound and 40-pound aerial bombs, and the reason why the British command did not agree to bomb the town was that in addition to worrying that their own people would be injured by mistake, they were also afraid that the prisoners would also be scattered in all corners of the town.
The British pilots were very skilled, and the bombardiers were also very well coordinated, and the bombs kept falling around the river, blowing up a cloud of mud and sand and water curtains, and a large number of large and small craters soon appeared on the open river beach.
"Boom, boom......"
The bombardment, which lasted twenty minutes, continued, and the weight of the bombs became lighter, which meant that they would carry more of them.
"He's a girl, fooled, why don't the British bomb with such a power bomb just bomb the town?"
At the edge of the forest, Feng Ye held a telescope to watch the bombing in the distance, the scene was spectacular, but the effect was not good.
"Buzz ......"
The bombed plane circled twice over the town, ostentatiously vibrating its wings, as if to vent its might.
"Let the brethren prepare to attack as soon as it gets dark."
Looking at the plane in the sky, Feng Yi cursed in his heart, the British plane came half an hour early, according to his plan, they should have bombed half an hour later, he can only hope that the devil does not know the meaning of the bombing now.
"What do the British want to do? What are you doing by bombing the river? ”
The casualties in the town were not large, and if we were to say that the two large holes in the wall near the river were blown out, it was one of the few losses.
"Did you find that unit last night?"
Officer Shao Zuo raised his head abruptly and asked the devil officer next to him.
"No, they seem to have disappeared, perhaps retreating in the direction of Chittagong, and they have half the night to escape."
The devil next to him answered the question in tentative language.
"No, they didn't go, maybe they already came."
"Order the first squad, the second squad to all assemble in the southwest, they will definitely attack from the river, their goal is here."
"Order the 7th Squadron of the Defense Force to dispatch two squads to assist in the defense of the southwest, and the collapsed wall must be repaired immediately."
"The rest of the people, hold on to other positions."
The devil officer gave the order loudly, and in his mind, the possibility of that force attacking here was getting higher and higher.
"Your Excellency, concentrate on this side, what if they attack from the main entrance? More than half of our forces are concentrated here......"
The devil staff raised his concerns.
"Don't worry, those Burmese in the town are our best forward positions, not to mention, Your Excellency Mu Chi will support, once the enemy attacks from the main gate, they have no chance to attack here."
Officer Shao Zuo kept shaking his head, in fact, he was now wishing that Feng Yi and them would attack from the main gate, and it would be very difficult to clean up the scattered Burmese buildings, and those British and Americans could not distinguish between the civilians in the town, those were the soldiers of the Defense Forces, and they would suffer heavy losses in the street fighting.
"Regiment commander, after the bombing, there are many craters by the river to provide us with cover, and the bombing is not without effect, there are two aerial bombs that have collapsed the wall in two sections......"
Before nightfall, taking advantage of the last rays, Feng Ye and his brothers appeared in the lonely little forest outside the town; This kind of dusk light, the line of sight is not visible at all.
"No, we are still attacking from inside the town; Let the brethren rest for half an hour, and after half an hour the attack begins, with squads as a unit, three squads in front, directly towards the prisoner camp, and there will be squads on the left and right flanks to provide them with flank cover, so that the brethren can remember the rules of engagement, and before entering the prisoner camp, as long as anyone who appears in sight is our enemy. ”
Feng Ye said to the officers around him, if the devil is prepared, he will definitely focus on defending the direction of the river where there is a loophole, maybe the pressure to attack from the front will be much less, as for street fighting, he really doesn't care, these brothers' training in Ramgarh is not in vain, street fighting, they also know how to fight.
The reason why Feng Yi chose to attack from the front, in addition to the psychological game, more importantly, according to the intelligence during the day, there were more than 2,000 devils and Burmese people who went out, and less than 500 people came back.