Chapter 579, The Battle of Burma 27

The 25th Armored Regiment, as the pioneer of the right flank of the armored group, rushed to the forefront, and fought bloody battles with devils along the way, but basically small-scale offensive and defensive assault battles, although there were blockages, but the overall progress was still very smooth. But just as it broke into the depths of the position of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, an unexpected scene suddenly happened. I saw thousands of devil soldiers with white cloth strips on their heads, their upper bodies exposed, and the Type 38 rifles and light machine guns with good bayonets, holding explosive bags, anti-tank grenades, and other weapons and ammunition, and launched a board charge at the tank cluster with a frantic roar.

"Mom! Many, many devil soldiers! "Tuanza, ghosts, devils are crazy, devils, all crazy!" Su Gang, the observer of the command vehicle of the 25th Armored Regiment, looked at everything in front of him, and shouted loudly, and his emotions were extremely excited. This is the first time he has encountered such a scene in his life, nervousness, fear, and excitement instantly surged into his heart, and the whole person trembled, and he couldn't even speak!

"Xiao Su, what's wrong? Holy shit, it's really crazy! Quick, all parking spaces are available, fire with all your might, don't let these devil soldiers rush in! Seeing this, the regiment commander Li Feng hurriedly looked through the lookout, and was immediately shocked, the crazy posture of the devil soldiers was really scary. This time it was a lightning raid, and the vanguard was a pure armored assault, and there was no infantry to fight together, so there were many dead ends in firepower when forcibly breaking through the Japanese position.

The 25th Armored Regiment, which rushed to the forefront along the way, has been beaten by the devil soldiers who are not afraid of death, and the damage rate is nearly half. At this time, seeing thousands of devils running out at the same time to fight with him, Li Feng was naturally panicked! If this wave is not good, it will be wiped out! "Xiao Huang get out of the way, let me fight!"

However, as a veteran armored soldier of the Shandong Army who had been in battle for a long time, Li Feng quickly overcame his panic, and then his adrenaline soared and he became extremely excited. Li Feng immediately abandoned the main gunner output position and took over the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun in front of the roof. "Holy shit, let me die!" As soon as he got started, Li Feng roared with a hissing sound, and then pulled the trigger hard.

......The machine gun in front of the tank immediately roared, and I saw that the raging bullet lines rushed away like a storm, just like the Reaper harvester splashing blood flowers among the devil soldiers!

"Kill!" "Kill these brutes!" "None of them will be left!" At the same time, dozens of tanks around were not idle, and at the first time they opened fire with all their power, and dozens of vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns fired wildly.

As dozens of dazzling tongues of fire flashed, strings of metal warheads swept past, intertwining into a dense web of crossfire. Large-caliber ammunition fired at high speed is by no means something that flesh and blood can withstand, and once it is swept away, it will either die or be crippled, and there will be no suspense at all.

I saw that the flesh and blood were flying everywhere the firepower net passed, and the ghost soldiers who were launching a board charge forward fell in rows like straw under the harvester. And these Japanese soldiers who were determined to die were indeed fierce and ferocious enough, and the devil soldiers in front of them fell in pieces, or even were interrupted by the waist, turning into a mutilated corpse.

But the ghost soldiers behind continued to charge forward without fear of death, without any emotional fluctuations at all, as if they were a war machine composed of flesh and blood, continuing to launch a brave charge against the tanks of the Chinese army with their flesh and blood. I have to admit that during the entire period of World War II, in terms of ferocity, hardship, and tenacity, Japanese soldiers were among the best in the world.

Although Japan is said to be a small island country, it has almost won many battles in Asia! This has a lot to do with the madness of the Japanese army, the Japanese soldiers are completely convinced of militaristic ideas, and they are even more desperate for the emperor, and if they do not complete the task, they would rather commit suicide by seppuku. If a person's spirit is completely convinced, he will become a puppet, without flesh and blood, without pain. Some just obey the task.

Especially the current 1st Division of the Devils, they are all a group of veterans who have been poisoned by bushido, and they are also a group of blood-stained executioners! "Tuanza! The barrel of the machine gun is already red and smoking! After a frenzied output, the barrel of the gun was turned red, reaching a critical point, and the observer Su Gang faithfully performed his warning duty.

"Damn! It's a lot of work! Turn around and rush over and crush these turtle grandchildren for me! Li Feng could only roar angrily, and he could only choose to attack by crushing, which was also a way out of the way. If you continue to fire forcibly, the barrel will become soft and deformed due to the high temperature, and the successive rounds will hit the previous bullet and explode.

As for the main artillery, it is no longer needed in the stage of a big melee, otherwise it is very easy to accidentally injure friendly troops. "Eight Ga Ya Road!" "Dead, dead!" "Great Japanese Empire onboard!" "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!" After paying the price of thousands of casualties, the ghost soldiers who launched the onboard charge finally broke into the middle of the tank cluster, and many ghost soldiers with explosive bags and anti-tank grenades rushed to the front and rear of the tank and did not hesitate to play self-detonation!

And those devil soldiers who don't have explosive packs and anti-tank grenades climb directly on the tank, trying to open the hatch, or put guns and grenades from observation holes, etc.! "Quick, rush over! Support the 25th Regiment, hurry! Brothers, hurry! "The 26th Regiment, which was 2 kilometers apart, broke through a devil's defense line, and after hearing that the 26th Regiment was charged by the devils, they rushed to the aid as quickly as possible.

At the same time, several other armored regiments also encountered the onboard charges of the devil soldiers one after another, and the bloody and cruel infantry hand-to-hand tank battles broke out in an instant. "Someya-kun, please send a decisive telegram to the army headquarters and the general army headquarters!" After the commander of the 8th Devil's Division, Masako Honda, put down the binoculars, he turned his head to look at the chief of staff, Tetsuji Akai, and said in a deep voice:

"All the imperial soldiers of the 1st Division have launched a plate charge to the tank cluster of the Huaxia Army, and our 8th Division will follow in the footsteps of the 1st Division and swear to live and die with the position, and the Huaxia Army will not want to cross the position of the Imperial Army of the 8th Division by half a step!" "Your Excellency, Division Commander, is there really only one way we can go? It is too much of a loss to use flesh and blood to attack the Huaxia tank cluster! ”

Hearing this, Tetsuji Akai trembled in his heart, and tried to persuade him: "We may be able to adopt more flexible tactics, we might as well let go of the Huaxia chariot cluster first, and then start a bloody battle with the Huaxia infantry troops, so that at least we can kill and injure more Huaxia troops." Tetsuji Akai was really panicked in his heart, although he had always had the consciousness of "coming out to mix and having to pay it back sooner or later", but at this moment, he was about to face the final life and death, he was still a little unwilling, and he didn't want to be so glorious!

"Akai-kun, I understand what you mean, but it doesn't make much sense to do this, but it may be a big loss because of a small one!" Honda Masasai shook his head bitterly and said: "The armored forces that the Chinese army has put into the attack this time are too large, if they can't use all their strength to block and destroy this assault force, they will easily cut through the defense area and break behind our army." In that case, our 18th Army will only be completely annihilated, and even the entire Burmese army will be in a desperate situation!

Therefore, at this time, only by fighting to the death, only by destroying the armored cluster of the Chinese army at all costs, can our 18th Army gain a glimmer of life and win more opportunities for the Burmese army! Hearing this, Tetsuji Akai was stunned and asked, "The entire Burma sent troops?" Your Excellency, Commander, do you mean that the Chinese army has the ability to annihilate the entire Burmese Dispatch Army? ”

Honda Masako laughed miserably: "Yes, I'm the same as you, I originally thought that the worst result would be that Yang Fan would concentrate superior forces and eat our 18th Army at all costs!" But only now do I understand that Jiang Qiang's appetite is so big, he has only shown his fangs until now, and it is not difficult to see that he is going to swallow our entire Burmese army in one gulp! ”

"Nani? How is this possible? The Imperial Burma Dispatch Army still has 400,000 troops! Tetsuji Akai was really shocked, as Honda Masasai just said, he always thought that the worst-case scenario was that the 18th Army, which was going deep alone, would be in danger. But he never felt scared because of this, because the 18th Army has more than 100,000 troops, of which 3 are veteran A divisions, even if they encounter the concentrated fire attack of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, they can hold on and wait for reinforcements.

Even if the 18th Army were to be wiped out, Akai Tetsuji firmly believed that such a sacrifice would be worth it, and would certainly attract a large part of the Chinese army and provide a crucial assist in the final victory of the Burmese Army. However, now everything is beyond expectation and judgment, and they are completely denied the opportunity to defend obscenely and wait for help!

In fact, Tetsuji Akai is not really afraid of death, but he is afraid that death is not valuable enough, and death is not glorious and great! After a pause, Tetsuji Akai continued unwillingly: "Your Excellency, the Imperial Air Force in the Burma Theater is still very strong, and if they strike with all their strength, they will not be able to cause significant damage to the Huaxia Armored Cluster!" ”

"Akai-kun, haven't you seen the seriousness of the problem until now? Yang Fan, haven't you seen through it? Honda Masako laughed miserably: "How could he expose such a big flaw, if he couldn't guarantee air supremacy, he would never expose such a huge armored cluster to the threat of the Imperial Air Force!"

I also have an ominous premonition that their ultimate goal this time is not only the Burmese Dispatch Army, but even the Imperial Air Force and even the Imperial Burma Theater Task Force are also in their calculations! "What? How is this possible! Tetsuji Akai was deeply shocked again, and he really couldn't understand how the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which was still dying yesterday, suddenly opened his mouth today, and had the terrifying strength to swallow the entire Burma Theater Empire's navy, land and air forces in one go!

Honda Masasai sighed deeply and said: "Okay, Akai-kun, hurry up and call the army headquarters, please ask Your Excellency the commander to gather all the forces that can be gathered as soon as possible, our 8th Division will do its best to block and consume the Huaxia tank cluster, so that the other divisions and regiments are also ready to fight to the death!" "Your Excellency, Commander!" Tetsuji Akai whispered, "But now that our army's defense line has torn a huge gap in the armor cluster of the Huaxia army, can we still hold it in this situation?" What is the point of such a resolute perseverance? ”

"If you can't hold it, you have to hold it!" Honda Masasai said categorically: "For the sake of sending troops for the whole of Myanmar, for the future of the Yamato nation, our 18th Army has no choice!" As long as we can inflict heavy damage on the Huaxia tank cluster, can kill and injure a large number of Huaxia infantry, and can create an opportunity for the imperial combat cluster on the southern front battlefield to turn defeat into victory, our sacrifice will be worth it! ”

"Your Excellency, I see! As samurai of the Great Japanese Empire, we can always be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Great Japanese Imperial Tamama! Tetsuji Akai nodded silently, and the last moment was finally inevitable. Yes, I don't go to hell, who goes to hell! Akai-kun, let's also make the final preparations, the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire can only die on the way to the charge! ”

Honda Masato smiled miserably, and then silently pulled out the Emperor's Imperial Saber! In the offshore waters of Madaban Bay, in the command module of the No. 1 submarine of the Huzi Expeditionary Submarine Detachment. Xia Shaonan, a communications staff officer of the submarine detachment, saluted at the solemn Huzi and said: "Report to the military seat, the submarine detachment has arrived at the designated combat area, and according to reconnaissance intelligence, the Japanese task force is heading along the coastline towards the mouth of the Xidang River, and it is expected to enter the ambush circle of our army in half an hour!" ”

"Excellent! After a thousand days of raising soldiers, it's finally our turn to play! Huzi nodded excitedly, and then said with a solemn expression: "Pass my order, this is the first naval battle of our Asian People's Liberation Army Navy, and it will give me a twelve-point spirit, and this battle must be fought beautifully!" We must kill a few big guys, let the devils know how powerful we are, and let everyone know that our navy is not eating dry rice for nothing! "Yes!" Xia Shaonan responded excitedly, and then took the order. Luo Faren, the captain of the submarine detachment, said to Liu Qiang with a smile: "Military seat, the first naval battle of our navy is about to start, and the soldiers are very excited and excited!"

Especially you and your old man are on our submarine, and the big guy is even more nervous! I'm really worried that if we start fighting, it will affect the combat effectiveness of our submarines! "Okay, you Luo Mazi, and you're starting to make me retreat in a roundabout way?"

Jiang Qiang naturally understood that Luo Faren had good intentions, and he was afraid that he would pretend to be unable to force him today, but he would be grassed, and he would die before he could get out of the school.

Luo Faren smiled and said, "Junzao, I really mean that!" Instead, I want to say that you are the backbone of our Asian PLA Navy, and nothing can happen! Otherwise,......" "Okay, don't make noise with me, I'm not so expensive!" Everyone is the same person, brothers can sacrifice their lives for the country and the people to fight with the devil to the end, and I can do the same! ”

Without waiting for Luo Faren to finish speaking, Huzi waved his hand resolutely and said: "This topic ends here, if you continue to talk about it, I will turn my face!" "As a minister of the dragon, Huzi has now been promoted to the important position of commander of the Asian People's Liberation Army Navy, but so far he has not made a decent record, he has always held back his strength!

Now that it is not easy to usher in the debut of the navy, Huzi has long been determined to follow the troops to fight on the front line. On the deck of the Japanese Yamato-class battleship, the commander of the task force, Ryu Takenaka, held a telescope and looked into the distance, his expression was extremely solemn. Tsukasa Nakatani, chief of staff of the task force, and Hidetoku Miyazato, captain of the Yamato battleship, stood on both sides, and both of them were also holding binoculars and looking into the distance.

The two of them were also frowning, and their faces were extremely ugly! I saw that at this time, dozens of kilometers away on the land, gunpowder smoke was billowing and flames were soaring into the sky, and the sound of rumbling artillery and explosions was constantly heard. Although it is far away that it is impossible to see the specific battle situation clearly, but from the urgent telegram sent by the army for help and the fierce scene in front of them, several old devils know that the situation is very serious, and the Japanese Burma dispatch army is suffering from a powerful counteroffensive by the Chinese Expeditionary Force and is in an extremely dangerous situation!

Especially in the distant sky, there were still a large number of fighter groups from both sides that were fighting fiercely up and down, making several old devils feel a strong threat. Due to the establishment of an independent air force, the Japanese navy was equipped with an aviation regiment that was greatly weakened, and the entire task force was equipped with only more than 70 carrier-based aircraft, although the anti-aircraft firepower of this task force was really not weak, especially the flagship Yamato battleship, which was not only rough and thick-skinned, but also equipped with 156 25-mm anti-aircraft guns, which could be said to be covered with thorns.

In addition, the anti-aircraft firepower of two Kong-class battleships and more than a dozen cruisers and destroyers can cope with dozens or even hundreds of combat aircraft groups. But the old devils know very well in their hearts that if the Huaxia Air Force is desperate to concentrate all the combat aircraft to make trouble, this seemingly powerful task force will have to shed its skin if it does not die.

Because of the seemingly powerful anti-aircraft firepower and carrier-based aircraft formations, there is simply no way to deal with the high-intensity saturation bombing of the large number and excellent performance of the Huaxia combat aircraft group. Therefore, until the Japanese Air Force was unable to control the air supremacy of Burma, the task force had always been careful not to approach the coastal waters around Yangon too closely. However, the situation suddenly changed, and the Burmese dispatch army, which was originally thought to be about to win a complete victory, suddenly encountered a large-scale strategic counteroffensive by the Chinese Expeditionary Force!

Overnight, the Burmese dispatch army, which has more than 400,000 strong troops, was in a comprehensive emergency and faced the danger of annihilation! Today, as a last resort, under the repeated strong demands of Umezu Mijiro, the Burmese task force had to take risks to save the scene! "Yaga! Are the army all a bunch of idiots? Just yesterday, Umezu Mijiro was telling me that in three days at most, the Burmese army will be able to come to Rangoon and completely conquer the coastal defense line around the Siddang River!

He is still asking the Imperial Navy to cooperate with the army to meet the Chinese Expeditionary Force at that time, conquer Tonggu and Yangon in the shortest possible time, and then push and crush all the way along the Irrawaddy River! Looking at everything in front of him, Takenaka was really angry. The promised Chinese Expeditionary Force will not work, and the promised will soon be able to conquer Rangoon and lay the best home port in Southeast Asia for the task force, all of which will come to naught, and they will have to let their navy take a huge risk to wipe the army's ass!

The Japanese Navy and the Japanese Army have always been deeply contradictory and look down on each other, and this time the Burmese dispatch army has made Takenaka feel as if he is wearing nothing, and he has been dragged to an extremely dangerous situation!

Uncle can bear it, aunt can't bear it, Takenaka Lian's resentment once exploded, and he really wanted to pick his son and leave! The chief of staff, Tsukasa Nakatani, answered: "Yes, how did it become so bad just overnight! I really don't know what Umezu Mijiro is doing, the Imperial Army has such a big advantage, and it will end up in such a situation! ”

At this moment, a devil naval communications staff officer ran to Zhuzhong Lian, and saluted: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the vanguard of the fleet is about to sail into the mouth of the Xidang River and enter the range of anti-aircraft artillery along the coast of China!" "Spread out the formation according to the original battle plan and enter the battle state!" Takenaka nodded his head, and then instructed again with little reassurance: "The submarine forces and destroyers must be prepared for anti-submarine operations, and the Imperial Navy must not make stupid mistakes like the Army!" ”

At present, there are two main types of anti-submarine methods: surface ship anti-submarine and aviation anti-submarine warfare, and anti-submarine means include sonar buoys, radars, searchlights, and so on. Due to its lack of resources and its blind pursuit of the theory of giant ships and cannons, Japan has spent all its limited resources on building battleships and aircraft carriers, and destroyers and cruisers have either continued to use old ships for overage and service, or their technological costs have shrunk greatly, and the development of antisubmarine warfare has lagged far behind that of Britain and the United States.

So far, the Japanese army has not developed anti-submarine aircraft, and the sonar and radar equipped with it can only detect a few hundred meters, which is not as far as the naked eye, and it often breaks down. However, the devil's submarine force is not weak, and it can be used as an anti-submarine vanguard to explore the way for the ship force!

"Hello!" The Devil's Navy Communications Staff Officer immediately took the order and left. Takechu Ryu turned his head to look at the captain of the Yamato battleship, Miyazato Hidetoku, and commanded in a deep voice: "Miyazato-kun, the Yamato battleship is the pride of the Yamato nation, and it is one of the strongest battleships in the world.

Then you need to play well next, let those damn Chinese troops taste how terrible the anger of the Yamato nation is, and knock out all those damn coastal defense guns first! At the same time, it also makes those idiots of the Imperial Army understand that they are nothing without the assistance of the Imperial Navy! "Hello!"

Miyazato Hidetoku was extremely excited about the order of the leader of the ton, due to caution and caution, so far the Yamato battleship really has not participated in many battles, this time it is just to show its skills! "Military seat, the devil submarine force has touched it! It is about to enter the effective range of our army, please instruct! "After remaining silent for more than an hour, the Huben submarine detachment finally ushered in the devil fleet." These dogs are really cautious enough to use the submarine force to open the way! ”

Huzi frowned slightly, originally thinking of squatting in the grass and killing a few big guys first. But I didn't expect the devil's navy to make an obscene stroke, and I didn't give this opportunity at all. The best weapon against an attack vehicle is an attack vehicle of its kind, and the same submarine is an extremely effective anti-submarine means against a submarine. Because of the relationship between the depth environment of marine sonar, the submarine can detect the submarine at a distance longer than the ship on the sea, and the engagement distance is also very far, and it has a good long-range attack means, so it is more effective than the surface ship.

The reason why surface ships sank more submarines in history is because submarines were special operations weapons in that era, and they often attacked the fleet with a single ship without performing defensive tasks, so generally submarines and submarines could not meet each other, and of course there was no record of engagement. "In that case, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, so let's get to work!" After thinking about it for a while, Huzi immediately gave an order: "Pass my order, all boats enter a state of free attack, and give me a hard beat!" ”