Age of Rebirth

Chapter [-] Flesh flying across Mandalay ([-])

Liu Hongzhang's [-]st Brigade was fighting in full swing in the northern part of Myitkyina. The officers and soldiers of the [-]th Brigade who were hiding and waiting in the southeast of Myitkyina heard the sound of artillery, and everyone felt itchy. Ziye, like a wounded old wolf, bared his teeth and whirled around.

After a while, he shouted loudly, "Are the chief of staff, artillery and tanks in place? The attack order is issued, and the first wave of shelling will blow up all the first-line fortifications and bunkers of the little devil. Our Sixth Brigade won’t be able to grab the credit for entering Myitkyina the first time, but I must grab the second one for entering Myitkyina! Don’t blame me, Chu Ziye, for turning my face and denying anyone for delaying the matter!”

After a while, he complained to the chief of staff again, "Chief of staff, tell me, our sixth brigade is no worse than the first brigade with Liu's loud voice, isn't it just that the movement is not as loud as him? The commander is really partial, Liu A loud noise at the meeting, well, the task of the main attack has been snatched, is the level of the first brigade no more than this?"

"We've been playing for more than three hours, and we're still wandering around the suburbs. If our Sixth Brigade goes up, we're probably digging out the lair of the old devil Shouyi in the temple right now!" Hongzhang was not convinced one hundred times. [

The chief of staff said with a smile: "Brigade Commander, the first brigade is charged with attracting the Japanese defenders of Myitkyina to make it easier to attack in other directions. Otherwise, you can send a telegram to the division commander to ask for a fight. In this direction, Attack at the same time?" Chu Ziye shook his head again and again, and said, "Don't, I don't want to be punished at a time like this! The division commander is most jealous of the troops, and they don't fight according to the plan. Let's wait."

While the commanders of the four brigades in the other direction of attack were staring anxiously, Liu Hongzhang had already moved the positions of the two heavy artillery regiments forward to the northern suburb of Myitkyina, which was occupied by the Japanese army. Earth houses and thatched houses, as well as stone bunkers, excavated fortifications, and anti-tank trenches, under the midday sun, the helmets and bayonets of Japanese soldiers in the fortifications reflected a gloomy light.

In such a terrain, the tanks cannot go up and use it, and it is very easy to become the target of the Japanese soldiers' blasting. If the infantry charged, the casualties would be incalculable. Liu Hongzhang licked his dry lips and said to Ren Zhaoquan, the chief of staff: "Zhaoquan, Order the rocket artillery battalion to cover all directions within a range of four kilometers in width and eight kilometers in depth, leaving no blade of grass, heavy artillery groups, and shelling the Japanese army in depth.

The overwhelming rockets made a penetrating scream, dragged a long tail flame, and landed on the Japanese army's position. According to the requirements of the battlefield conditions for the rocket launcher, it was originally not suitable for carrying out intensive firepower in the charge area that one's own side was about to pass through. The attack, but Liu Hongzhang couldn’t care less in order to save time. The Russians are still experimenting with the cutting-edge weapon of the rocket launcher. The troops of the independent division have already been organized and equipped to each brigade. Today it is the rocket launcher battalion of the brigade. Show off for the second time.

The disadvantage of the rocket launcher is that its shelling accuracy is poor. It can do little to deal with point targets. It can deal with surface targets and line targets. Like a mushroom cloud, it soared up to the sky of Myitkyina, and the sound of a huge explosion echoed in the air.

During the first wave of bombardment, the low-slung residential areas were reduced to fly ash, pieces of reinforced concrete flying all over the sky, and the trenches, bunkers, bunkers, and anti-tank trenches of the Japanese army were instantly reduced to flat ground, densely packed into the sky. The rockets of the migratory locusts flew across the sky overhead without listening, blasting the Japanese army's position into a furnace of boiling molten iron.

There is no safe corner, the Japanese soldiers can retreat, the heavy artillery group of the independent division is blocking the way back, hiding and hiding, rockets, plowing every inch of land, within three to 10 minutes, Liu Hongzhang's planned attack area, landed Tens of thousands of rounds, this is not an ordinary gun, but a rocket launcher that is more powerful than the [-] howitzer.

Within a range of eight kilometers long and four kilometers wide, it became a relatively clean pure land. All the Japanese soldiers guarding this defense system built on the basis of civilian houses survived their lives, and their minced meat was turned into fly ash and mixed into northern Myanmar. In the red land, no one can know the effect of this intensive shelling, and the first brigade can only count the results of the battle.

After the shelling of the Rocket Battalion stopped, Liu Hongzhang looked at the still blazing shelling area and grinned, "Damn it, the big guy the commander gave us is really scary, let alone the little devil, even if we want to pass, it will be difficult." Son, order, one tank unit, cover the third and fourth regiments, attack the two wings, expand the breakthrough, hit me hard, the heavy artillery group stops shelling, and the first and second regiments are ready to counter-attack."

Terauchi Shouichi finally couldn't sit still anymore. His defense system in the north of Myitkyina has filled in more than 8000 people successively, accounting for one-fifth of the defense force in Myitkyina. What surprised him even more about the attack of the independent division troops was that the commander of the independent division's attacking troops even ordered the shelling of residential areas.

This is also the insidiousness of Shouyi in the temple. At the beginning, the second defense system in the northern part of Myitkyina was built in the residential area, which also contained his vicious intention of using the residents of Myitkyina as human shields. , It is illegal to attack ordinary residents. Of course, for the Japanese imperialists, there is no problem at all. Everything is a target that can be attacked and destroyed, including local residents.

In this way, not only can the independent division troops be stopped in the north, but also the fortifications can be used to inflict heavy damage on the independent division troops. At least it can support the troops of Ito Gensaburo to go north for rescue, but the commander of the Chinese army really bombarded the troops. Well, the one and a half regiments he placed there, more than [-] troops, together with thousands of houses, bunkers and fortifications, as well as his own intentions, were all reduced to ashes in this storm of steel.

In the northern part of Myitkyina, the door is open, and Shouichi Temple's painful order is to reserve the No. 19 Division of the General Reserve, and draw half of the troops from each of the three directions of the Myitkyina war to form a counterattack force. It is necessary to recapture the second line of defense in the north and expel the Chinese army to the outskirts of the city.

Putting together, tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall, the Japanese army in Myitkyina put together a counterattack force of more than 19 people. Under the command of Lieutenant General Koizumi, the commander of the No. [-] Division, they marched aggressively towards the first brigade. The direction rushed over. At this time, it was already around [-] pm on June [-]th.

Liu Hongzhang saw the black Japanese army in the binoculars, and shouted excitedly, "Zhaoquan, send a report to the division commander immediately, the temple has moved, and there are about 1 Japanese soldiers pressing towards the breakthrough. "Just as he was talking, a burst of artillery flew in, and the stirred up soil splashed Liu Hongzhang all over.

He patted the dust off his body, and cursed angrily, "You little devil still has artillery? The fight was so lively just now, and he didn't show his face. Now it's time to show off his prestige. He ordered the heavy artillery group to knock down the artillery of the little devil. If you let the little devil fire another shot at the brigade command post, the two heavy artillery regiment leaders, I will replace them!"

From the direction of the artillery position of the first brigade, there was a loud noise like thunder. In the sky, a group of black heavy artillery flew past the heads of the Japanese infantry. On the artillery position of the Japanese army, the artillery unit put together by Shouyi in the temple crying for his father and mother was not willing to take it out until it was time to fight back. In just ten minutes, it was shrouded in a cloud of gunpowder smoke. Dozens of [-]-style The infantry guns, together with the artillery, turned into spare parts and a rain of blood all over the sky.

The division commander Tang Qiuli called, "Retreat to the original Japanese first line of defense, pin it down, and attract the Japanese army to fight repeatedly. The time for the general attack on Myitkyina is set at [-]:[-] this evening." That is to say, the first The brigade had to hold on to the breakthrough for two and a half hours, and withstand the crazy counterattack of the Japanese army that exceeded its own strength. This task was not light.

Liu Hongzhang rolled up his sleeves and said: "Okay, finally you can let go of your hands and feet and fight hard. Order, the first and second regiments, after a little blocking, retreat immediately. The third and fourth regiments will build a new line of defense on the original Japanese defense line. For the position, tell Commander Shen of the tank brigade to line up the tanks and treat them as mobile bunkers. The heavy artillery group will continue to suppress the follow-up troops of the Japanese army and order the rocket artillery battalion. I exploded a sea of ​​flames, this is a big fat piece of meat, I want a braised little devil.”[

Liu Hongzhang bullied the Japanese army without artillery, and with more than 600 tanks, he was able to break the kid's front teeth. Facing the superior force of the Japanese army, he was not afraid, but had a kind of extreme excitement.

I don't know why, when most of the troops in the temple were transferred to the northern part of Myitkyina, I felt guilty and scared. Although the attacking independent division troops had fierce firepower, their strength would never exceed 2. Tang Qiuli Using a small number of troops to storm Myitkyina, is it to contain themselves, and the main force goes south to Mandalay to break the siege of the British army?

Still around Myitkyina, there are other troops hidden. The northern attack is to attract my attention. All kinds of speculations have disturbed Shouyi in the temple, restless, and the feeling of emptiness in his heart. Send a telegram to Yan Saburo Ito.

"Commander Ito, the independent division troops are attacking Myitkyina fiercely. Our troops are fighting across the board. The battle is fierce. I hope that you will end the battle of Mandalay as soon as possible and go north to decrypt the siege of Myitkyina. Otherwise, our department will surely fall into a dangerous situation. War, Tang Qiuli's move has two intentions, one is to hold back our Myitkyina Imperial Army, and the other is to send its main force south to Mandalay to rescue the besieged British army. The next possibility is more likely, Ito-kun, Please consider my suggestion carefully."

At the same time, Tang Qiuli also said to Chang Feng, the chief of staff: "Send a telegram to Alexander. The line from Myitkyina to the Hukang River Valley will be opened before eleven o'clock tonight. Please order the noble troops in Mandalay to You can break out in the direction of Myitkyina, it must be tonight, this is the only chance!"

(To be continued)

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