During the arrival of his own reinforcements, Zhou Changfeng carefully observed the battle situation, dozens of his own men were firing at the enemy hiding in the ruins, but the latter only returned fire with rifles, and the machine gun fire remained hidden.

Pretty cunning, huh?

One of the sergeants shouted, "That one over there!" Do you know where the devil's machine gun is?! ”

When the wounded soldier who was hiding behind the drop box heard this, he replied loudly: "One window on the balcony on the second floor!" There is also one on the first floor next door... Beneath the shadow of the ruins! ”

The Anglo-Indian troops who had successfully penetrated the Ming line were a combat patrol led by Second Lieutenant Dragan, consisting of two infantry squads and a 2-inch light mortar group, who had chosen such an excellent position to hold on to it and become a fishbone stuck in the Ming army's defense area.

As a Greek-British, Second Lieutenant Dragan was known at school for his boldness and impulsiveness from an early age, and now he cherishes his opportunity to serve, and his short-term goal in life is to receive an MC, or Cross of Merit, which he feels like is already waving at him in the middle of enemy lines.

In the morning, Ming heralds and small groups of infantry passed through this three-way junction, but he kept ordering to remain silent and prohibit firing; And then a drop box slowly fell to his delight—a godsend, a good opportunity to wait for the rabbit.

"You take two squads around from the left and get them out of the way." Zhou Changfeng gestured ahead and ordered the other officer: "Spread out along the right, and then rush in to clear them, and pay attention to the concentrated use of automatic weapons!" ”

As his side circled the flanks, he also commanded the other soldiers to keep the house under bay with grenades and light machine guns.

The enemy's two light machine gun firing points finally opened fire, and the sound of "da-da-da" gunfire suddenly drowned out the sound of the other rifles.

Zhou Changfeng found that the Anglo-Indian Lewis light machine gun was obviously better in short-term fire durability - the 47-round disc was enough for the shooter to fire more than a dozen short shots, compared to the 25-round magazine used by the Ming army's Type 33 light machine gun.

However, the barrel of the old Lewis light machine gun cannot be replaced, and its huge heat sink can be described as better than nothing; This is not the case with the own side, the Type 33 light machine gun can quickly change the barrel even if it is a single person.

Long-stroke piston air conduction, clamp iron landing lock, double-row single-feed magazine feed below, four-stage air intake adjustment, theoretical rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute, total combat weight of 22 pounds, with reference to the Finnish Lati M26, Czech Prague ZB-26, Swiss SIG Cheerali KE7 and other guns, the carefully designed 33 type light machine gun is definitely the ingenuity of the Jinling Arsenal.

In Zhou Changfeng's opinion, at least it must be scored eighty points in terms of appearance, and the angular appearance is very smooth and tough.

In any case, it is better to fight more and less, and it is even better if you can concentrate the superior firepower.

So when the flank-outflanking team was ready, a Type 20 heavy machine-gun squad also rushed behind a low wall to the south of the three-way intersection.

After several 64mm mortar shells fell, the Ming army, which fired from multiple directions, completely suppressed the Anglo-Indian detachment in the ruins.

According to Zhou Changfeng's order, the soldiers who launched the assault from the right rushed to the wall at once, first threw grenades inside, and then swept people inside with guns.

Several Indu soldiers were knocked down before they could recover their senses, and the other enemy soldiers who reacted also began to throw grenades, and the Lewis light machine gun shooter fired directly at the ruins through the wall, and the fragile brick wall could not stop the .303 full-power rifle bullet anyway.

In the blink of an eye, there were also a few casualties on their own side, and the assault was blocked, and after dragging back a wounded man who was still rescued, more than a dozen Ming soldiers launched a close-range fire with the enemy.

The brief stalemate lasted only a few minutes, and the annoyed officers and men brought a few blasters from a nearby ammunition supply point after the assault was blocked; Pull the fuse, then throw it a few meters away like a javelin.

In addition to the thin steel shell on the outside, the ten-pound blasting barrel was filled with a full B2 charge - 50% ammonium picrate + 50% TNT.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The two blasting canisters exploded one after another, and the deafening roar and sweeping shock wave made the surrounding Ming soldiers feel that their brains were buzzing, and the stumps, broken arms and rubble fragments that were blown away even fell hundreds of meters away.

Before the smoke and dust had cleared, the soldiers poured into the place that had completely collapsed into ruins, and the few enemy soldiers who were lucky enough not to be on the spot were already dying.

Second Lieutenant Dragan, who longed for honor, is now nowhere to be found, and although he cannot get the Military Cross, the Medal of Death is secure.

After eliminating this audacious Anglo-Indian detachment without any delay, the first battalion finally had time to check the airdropped supplies.

Since the four service planes were risked to hover at low altitude and low speed, all 20 crates were recovered in their entirety.

The size of the drop box is large and small, and this time the small drop box of 250 catties was used, that is, a total of two and a half tons of materials were obtained.

48 boxes of 80 mortars, 3 rounds per box, a total of 144 rounds; 24 boxes of June Fourth mortars, 8 rounds per box, a total of 192 rounds; 28 boxes of two and three pointed rounds, 1,000 rounds per box, a total of 28,000 rounds; 18 boxes of Type 18 grenades, 20 pieces per box, a total of 360 pieces.

There are not many of them, and it can only be said that they are better than nothing.

Just after eight o'clock in the morning, when Zhou Changfeng sent a telegram to the command to request the continuation of the airdrop of supplies, the shelling of the British and Indian troops began again.

Looking at the Zero heights covered by artillery fire, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's another difficult day." ”

In order to hinder the bombing of the British and Indian air forces and interfere with their targeting and bombing, the soldiers, at the behest of Zhou Changfeng, arranged anti-aircraft smoke in the city - cut the empty oil drums in half, placed one at a distance of 100 meters, and threw wood, plastic, torn clothes, branches, small pieces of tires, and so on.

Piles of blazing bonfires emitted black smoke, and dozens of billowing black smoke rose into the sky under the action of the low-pressure air currents of the tropical monsoon climate.

The British and Indian forces fired a number of colored smoke bombs at the city of Demagi, but a dozen fighters and bombers hovered over Demagi in a late manner, and the target designation smoke could not be seen at all.

Viewed from above, the thick black smoke turned Demagi into a realm of chaos, and the pilots had to drop bombs indiscriminately to settle the matter.

The falling bombs exploded violently, flashing dazzling fires in the billowing black smoke, making this small place feel like hell.

After heavy shelling and bombardment, the attacking force, mainly from the Hyderabad battalion and supplemented by the Raigar battalion, immediately left the starting position and launched an attack on Heights Zero from the front and the right flank.

At the same time, the hundreds of British and Indian troops stuck between this small hill and the city were not idle, but used rifle, machine gun, and light mortar fire to attack Heights Zero, and even sent several platoon-level detachments to carry out feints to prepare for the frontal attack.