Chapter 1185: Loss!
The Japanese and Burmese Defense Forces lost more than 1,000 men in the day's fighting, but they were reinforced by the turn of night, and the 2nd Independent Division of the Defense Forces finally arrived.
"There are several enemy fire points on the periphery, which should be support points on their defensive line, during the day we have figured out their position, and tonight our task is to clear them you, so that the enemy will have to retreat to the next line of defense......"
Tengi Daisa was very anxious, but he didn't show it, jungle warfare was not so simple, and it was destined to take time to consume the defenders' troops.
"Da Da Da ......"
"Sudden ......"
"Boom, boom, boom......"
In the dark jungle, the gunfire in the dark night lasted all night, and in every direction, there was news of the loss of fixed fire points, and at night, in the jungle, the Burmese attacked more efficiently, because they did not shoot at all, but only moved forward, knowing that when they encountered the enemy, they would shoot to clear the defenders on the way forward, and then wait for them to get close to the bunker, and directly stuff the grenade through the shooting hole, and the brothers inside could only wait for death in despair.
"Whew!"
Feng Ye woke up suddenly, no one came to wake him up, when he opened his eyes, the sky had already appeared white, and he had a good sleep in this bunker.
"Commander, you're awake; Something to eat? ”
The staff officer handed over a lunch box containing steaming mushy food.
"Hmm!"
On the battlefield, you don't need cold water and biscuits to fill your stomach, it's a pleasure to eat this kind of food, Feng Yi took a few bites and swallowed it, the effect was obvious, he felt alive all over his body, and a breath of heat emanated from the inside out.
"How's it going last night?"
Feng Ye walked into the simple command headquarters, and the radio and walkie-talkie inside were still working.
"This is the death count as of yesterday afternoon."
The staff officer first handed over a piece of paper, on which a series of numbers were simply recorded, which were the statistical results of each battalion and company.
"At the present position, two fixed firing points of the 1st battalion line of defense have been lost; A firing point was lost in the direction of the 2nd Battalion, and Battalion Commander Wang reported that five of their firing points had been attacked the previous night; Three firing points were lost in the direction of the 3rd battalion. ”
The staff officer recounted what happened last night, and it was obvious that he understood Feng Yi's thoughts, and first talked about the losses on his side.
"That means at least twenty brothers were killed in battle?"
Feng Ye squinted, the lost firepower point must have been accompanied by the death of the brothers, as for the firepower point that was attacked, there was no way to judge, he didn't know what the battle situation was.
"It's almost dawn, and the battalion commanders are waiting for orders."
The staff officer asked Feng Yi, in fact, this is also something that Min Fei, Wang Ning and Zhang Chuan have been urging, and they are waiting for the order to counterattack.
"Tell them that if they lose it, they will lose it, they are not allowed to fight back, guard the current firepower points, confirm that the exposed firepower points can be abandoned, let the devils in, and labor and management now have time to play with them."
Feng Yi squinted his eyes, in this forest, not to mention the kind of semi-underground bunkers dug temporarily, the natural cave is enough for a devil to drink a pot.
Losing only six points of fire in a day and a night, at this rate, he was confident that he would hold here for more than a month, if the enemy really had so many people to die.
"Feng, last night they went crazy, frantically attacking the southeast defense line, and I lost more than fifty soldiers."
Feng was just about to fill his kettle with some hot water when Kinnison walked in, complaining.
"You didn't sleep?"
Looking at Kinnison's bloodshot eyes, Feng Ye was a little surprised.
"The Japanese are crazy, they are crazy, yesterday day, my soldiers killed at least 200 of them, but they still have to come to die."
Instead of answering Feng's question, Kinnison continued to complain.
"How many firepower points are missing? That dangerous cave is still there! ”
Feng Yi squinted his eyes, the southeast is different from other places, all the firepower points on its periphery can be abandoned, but that piece of natural danger cave cannot be lost, not a single one can be lost, if the devils and the Burmese are allowed to attack it, then the whole piece will be lost sooner or later.
"All the fire points are lost, they are coming out of the dirt like ground rats, and my soldiers have no time to defend ......"
Kinnison's answer surprised Feng Ye a little, there were at least twenty firepower points in that area, and none of them were left?
"Where's the cave?"
Feng Ye didn't want to listen to this Yankee's explanation at all, he just wanted to know the answer.
"It's still in our hands."
Kinnison's answer finally made Feng Yi breathe a sigh of relief.
"How many casualties did you have yesterday?"
Feng Yi silently calculated in his heart that he had lost more than 20 firepower points in one day during the day and at night, and he was afraid that the loss of the US army would exceed 100 people.
"Thirty-eight wounded, twenty-six killed!"
The number that Kinnison said out of his mouth surprised Feng Ye very much, how could it be only such a little.
"Is the night's battle damage in there?"
Feng Yi wanted to confirm.
"Yes!"
"If it weren't for the enemy's sneak attack at night, my wounds would have been much smaller, in fact, more than a dozen soldiers were killed at night."
Kinnison cursed his damned foe in his heart.
"You ......"
Feng Yi wanted to say that this point was forgotten, I am afraid that they didn't have the heart to guard the firepower outside at all, and after losing a few, I am afraid that they all withdrew to the cave.
"Colonel Feng, the weather will be very good today, and the air force's supplies should be able to drop off; I applied for a flamethrower, and we'll quickly make the enemy who occupies cover pay the price. ”
Looking at Feng Yi's expression, Kinnison knew that what they did at night made the Chinese officer guess, and he felt a little embarrassed, everyone was in the same boat, and as a result, this incident happened to his troops, and if they really wanted to be investigated, they would not be able to escape the charge of retreating without a fight.
"Alright! That cave must not be lost, if you feel that you can't hold it, you can ask for it, and I will send someone to take it over! ”
Feng Yi waved his hand, he was too lazy to care about it now, and he didn't want to investigate what happened in the southeast last night.
In fact, the Americans were fortunate to have wisely withdrawn to the cave last night, otherwise all the soldiers in their bunkers would have been blown up or stabbed to death, because almost all of their firepower was exposed to the eyes of the Burmese and Japanese during the day.
It's the same fighting, why can other lines of defense not be exposed, while the Americans are exposed so much? This has something to do with their combat habits, all their firepower points, as long as there is a shooting angle, they will open fire to the enemy, they never consider the problem of ammunition consumption and reasonable matching, because they do not waste firepower; The Chinese soldiers, on the other hand, would not expose two points of fire if they could do what they could do with one point of fire, not to mention, in the woods outside the point of fire, the brethren of the commando team were the main candidates for fire, and only when they needed support, the point of fire would shoot.