Chapter 1177: Li Dai Tao Stiff!

Partial repetition, wait and see!

The desperate attack of the Japanese troops before dawn reduced their new guard squadron to only half a squadron, and finally captured the first line of American positions by the river, and the American troops had to retreat to the second line of positions two hundred meters away before dawn.

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

"Da Da Da ......"

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

On the second line, the US soldiers kept shooting at the first line with their guns, which had long been riddled with holes because of the shelling of the devils, and the devils had to brave the rain of bullets to renovate if they wanted to use the bunkers there.

"Boys, show your marksmanship!"

Inside the position, the American officer shouted that he was very angry, fought for a night, and had to follow the order to retreat, so the current use of firepower makes it impossible for the Japanese occupying the position to survive in peace.

"Buzz ......"

It was just dawn, and the Allied planes came here on time, and now they didn't have much to worry about, the Japanese occupied two positions, and they could bomb the area outside the line at will.

"Don't worry, they don't dare bomb here."

On the riverside position, the Japanese commander squatted in the bunker, he was not worried at all about the overhead, they were too close to the Americans.

"Boom, boom......"

The planes did not dare to drop bombs here, but they could not bomb the river indiscriminately.

"Brush the lala......"

The river water was blown into the air by aerial bombs and poured on both sides of the river, just like in the rainy season, and the devils on the position soon turned into chickens, and even the bunkers were flooded.

"Damn aviation, are they all dead?"

The devil officer cursed, they now miss their plane very much, if the plane on their head is their own, how can it be so difficult for them to attack.

"Whoosh ......"

Bombers are dropping bombs around the nameless village, and transport planes are dropping guns, ammunition, medicines, food and other supplies, and the Japanese encirclement will become smaller and smaller, and they need to increase their material reserves as much as possible while they can airdrop.

"Your Excellency, after a fierce battle, the guard squadron captured the enemy's front-line positions......"

The day finally dawned, and in the Japanese forward headquarters, the Japanese staff officers were moving the flags representing the positions of both sides, and the forward positions by the river were finally captured.

"Yo Si! At night, we can start from here, and while maintaining frontal pressure, we can turn to the north or south to attack, and they will lose the other. ”

Jiro Kajima is in a good mood, they have finally opened up the situation, and it is time to write their exploits with the blood of the enemy.

"Your Excellency, but we have suffered heavy casualties, and without new reinforcements, it is very difficult for us to even maintain the encirclement, and we have no way to attack."

The staff officer was very helpless, last night's attack, more than half of the Burmese casualties, now there is not even a brigade, even the Japanese soldiers in the field, after reorganization, only have the strength of only one brigade.

"They won't know about our casualties, and I hope they break through and get out of position, and they'll quickly disappear in pursuit."

Jiro Kajima pointed to the front line of Yubang not far away, where they still had the strength of two wings.

"Good, has the gap finally opened? Kajima Nakasa finally did not disappoint. ”

Yubang defense line, the devil's Dazuo officer looked at the telegram, his back, was actually occupied by the allies with airborne troops, this is very bad, when the defense line is broken, his troops are facing the possibility of being surrounded and annihilated, unless they fly away to break through, but then they will also be hunted down, the next line of defense is in the Taibai line in the Hukang River Valley, there is still a long distance, they will lose heavy losses in the long retreat.

"Where are the Wehrmacht?"

But then, it was their turn to have a headache, the 5,000 Burmese defense troops that had just been reinforced were depleted, and Jiro Kajima even pressed the Japanese army to press up, and the gap was opened under a large number of casualties, and he did not want to lose the captured position again.

"The Separate Fourth Division has four hours to go; The 3rd Separate Division arrived about evening; In addition, there was a problem with the 2nd Separate Division, they were in this position, they had already rested for two hours, and there was no tendency to move on. ”

The staff officer took the telegram and reported the three divisions that had been urgently transferred to this line, these three divisions were authentic defense forces, not the militia that had been drawn from the surroundings two days before; Authentic defense forces, they are also veterans of the battlefield, and with the newly equipped weapons and the wisdom of Japanese officers, they are also very combat-ready.

"Why? Why don't they move forward? Does the Front Command know? ”

The devil officer was surprised, this situation is rare, and such a critical moment is even more unlikely.

"The front army has intervened in the investigation, and the specific situation is not clear."

The staff officers knew so much, and they didn't know what was happening in Rangoon.

"Two divisions, if you want to take it in one fell swoop, the strength will be insufficient."

Officer Dazuo frowned, it seemed that there were two divisions, but the divisional structure of the Burmese Defense Force was seriously reduced, and they only had more than 4,000 people in one division.

"Your Excellency, why don't we use the Burmese to continue to compress the living space of the allies, and then take it in one fell swoop when the reinforcements arrive?"

The staff officer whispered that this was their approach at the moment.

"No, the nights are long and dreamy, the Allies occupy the air, their airborne troops can be airborne again at any time, they can't be given time."

Officer Dazuo shook his head, if it weren't for the fact that Yu Bang's front line was too important, he would have wanted to transfer the troops here.

"Your Excellency, if you force your attack at night, the imperial army will not be able to suppress the Burmese, and they will not attack desperately......"

The staff officer told the truth that in the face of huge casualties, the Burmese defense forces could easily collapse, and they may not be willing to move forward in a round of artillery fire, and they must have a large number of Japanese soldiers to accompany them in the attack, plus the machine guns of the overseers behind them, they will be free.

"I also know that the casualties of Jiro Kajima's direct troops are too great!"

Officer Dazuo frowned, on the front line of Yubang, there were only 55th Wing and 56th Wing, but they were facing the elite Chinese Expeditionary Force New First Army, the two main divisions attacked in turn, plus the assistance of aircraft and artillery, which required a strong will to hold.

"Your Excellency, this ......"

The staff officer was holding a telegram, he was waiting for an answer, and Jiro Kajima was still waiting for their reply.

"Troops on the front line of the state."

Officer Dazuo squinted, in the past few days, although the firepower of the Chinese expeditionary force was fierce, the pressure of the infantry attack had not been great, and he was ready to take risks.

"Your Excellency, think again! We already have no reserves, and if we draw more troops from the line, our line will be dangerous. ”

The staff officer was in a hurry and tried to stop the officer from doing so.

"Order the 4th Independent Division not to stay and go directly to the front-line position in Yubang."

"Order the first brigade of the 55th Wing to stay behind, and the rest of the troops to all withdraw from their positions in concealment and assemble on standby."

"Order Kajima Nakasa, don't attack during the day, keep an eye on the enemy on the opposite side, and at night, I will personally bring reinforcements to attack here."

Jiro Kajima squinted his eyes and gave the order loudly.

"Yes!"

The staff officer shouted, to convey the order.

"Your Excellency, a very clever plan; This may be what the Chinese say about Li Dai Taozhuang? ”

The wing commander of the 55th Wing complimented the officer in front of him, although they had the same rank, he had to accept the command, this is the rule of the army.

"That's right, we have a strong defensive line, and the defense army is weak to attack, but it shouldn't be a big problem for them to rely on the defensive line to defend it, besides, there is a large group of imperial soldiers in the defensive line, and they can't fight to the death."

Officer Dazuo nodded, which is why he dared to draw most of the main force.

It is only 30 kilometers from Xinpingyang to Yubang, but it is full of thorns and locusts, and it takes several days to walk. In such a place, it is far more difficult to attack than to defend, and of course, the side with strong firepower and means can be exempted from this rule; That's why there was a plan for the commando to sneak attack from behind with an airdrop.

The Burmese defense forces reinforcing this line have no means of transportation, but they have the improvised roads urgently built by the Japanese army in the dry season, and in the sound of a large number of trucks rumbling motors, they go all the way through the primeval jungle that covers the sky and the sun.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Surrounded by primeval jungle, the sound of plants dripping and the shaking of branches and leaves can be heard in the enclosed space, amidst the roar of amplified motors.

There will be no one here, not even the Burmese, who are not operating in this area, so don't expect British and American intelligence officers to know that the Japanese are moving troops through this improvised road.

"Buzz ......"

Overhead of the primeval jungle, the Americans' reconnaissance planes kept going back and forth, and in the air, all they could see was bushes and jungles, and they found nothing.

"Commander, the Japanese have completely become honest during the day."

Outside the position of Nameless Village, Wang Ning muttered, how good it would be if the devil attacked during the day.

"The quieter the day, the more ferocious their attack will be at night; Are the brethren ready? ”

Feng asked.

"No problem, this line of defense is no better than the temporary lines of defense in front of it; The woods and shrubs are still there, this village is the commanding heights nearby, there are many caves around, that is our natural hideout, don't look at the trenches here, but as long as the devils dare to attack, they will understand that they are surrounded. ”

Wang Ning grinned, in fact, this is also the reason why Feng Yi chose to be surrounded here, the village was built on a huge forest sky (a place with sparse vegetation), from which airdrops could be received.

The assault team set up defensive positions around this huge forest sky, which could not only use the jungle to weaken the Japanese army's artillery fire, but also defend the forest sky.

The assault team had strong light firepower, relying on fortifications to hold on to reinforcements, and the Japanese could not approach at all.

The sight of the jungle was too poor, the Japanese artillery was difficult to observe, the accuracy was very poor, and the Japanese army was quite difficult to transport supplies, and the artillery shells were limited, so the artillery had no way to shell at will; This is no longer the battlefield that was burned before, and the battlefield has become a jungle battle in positional warfare, and the environment is even worse, especially for the attacking side.

Of course, this was only for the Chinese commandos, and for the Americans, they had to continue to fight the Japanese face to face on the riverside positions, unless they retreated another two hundred meters and completely abandoned the natural dangers of the river, so that they could fight in the jungle.

The desperate attack of the Japanese troops before dawn reduced their new guard squadron to only half a squadron, and finally captured the first line of American positions by the river, and the American troops had to retreat to the second line of positions two hundred meters away before dawn.

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

"Da Da Da ......"

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

On the second line, the US soldiers kept shooting at the first line with their guns, which had long been riddled with holes because of the shelling of the devils, and the devils had to brave the rain of bullets to renovate if they wanted to use the bunkers there.

"Boys, show your marksmanship!"

Inside the position, the American officer shouted that he was very angry, fought for a night, and had to follow the order to retreat, so the current use of firepower makes it impossible for the Japanese occupying the position to survive in peace.

"Buzz ......"

It was just dawn, and the Allied planes came here on time, and now they didn't have much to worry about, the Japanese occupied two positions, and they could bomb the area outside the line at will.

"Don't worry, they don't dare bomb here."

On the riverside position, the Japanese commander squatted in the bunker, he was not worried at all about the overhead, they were too close to the Americans.

"Boom, boom......"

The planes did not dare to drop bombs here, but they could not bomb the river indiscriminately.

"Brush the lala......"

The river water was blown into the air by aerial bombs and poured on both sides of the river, just like in the rainy season, and the devils on the position soon turned into chickens, and even the bunkers were flooded.

"Damn aviation, are they all dead?"

The devil officer cursed, they now miss their plane very much, if the plane on their head is their own, how can it be so difficult for them to attack.

"Whoosh ......"

Bombers are dropping bombs around the nameless village, and transport planes are dropping guns, ammunition, medicines, food and other supplies, and the Japanese encirclement will become smaller and smaller, and they need to increase their material reserves as much as possible while they can airdrop.

"Your Excellency, after a fierce battle, the guard squadron captured the enemy's front-line positions......"

The day finally dawned, and in the Japanese forward headquarters, the Japanese staff officers were moving the flags representing the positions of both sides, and the forward positions by the river were finally captured.

"Yo Si! At night, we can start from here, and while maintaining frontal pressure, we can turn to the north or south to attack, and they will lose the other. ”

Jiro Kajima is in a good mood, they have finally opened up the situation, and it is time to write their exploits with the blood of the enemy.

"Your Excellency, but we have suffered heavy casualties, and without new reinforcements, it is very difficult for us to even maintain the encirclement, and we have no way to attack."

The staff officer was very helpless, last night's attack, more than half of the Burmese casualties, now there is not even a brigade, even the Japanese soldiers in the field, after reorganization, only have the strength of only one brigade.

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