The military meeting has ended and the officers have left one after another.
Major General Luo Youlun said to Yue Weihan with some worry: "Commander, is it too hasty to arrange the mortars and heavy machine guns forward? Although this can greatly kill the Japanese aggressors, the battle damage rate will inevitably be quite alarming.
With the remaining wealth of the Sixth Army, I’m afraid it won’t be able to withstand two days of consumption?”
Teacher Peng Bisheng next to him also said: "Yes, sir, I am also very worried about this even if I am a junior minister."
Yue Weihan looked at Peng Bisheng and Luo Youlun, and suddenly felt an indescribable sadness.
Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Japanese soldiers have sacrificed their lives and fought bloody battles on the battlefield, especially those grassroots officers and ordinary soldiers. They have fought particularly bravely, but what kind of equipment do they have in their hands?
Some Maxim heavy machine guns and mortars had to be picked and hidden like treasures, and the ammunition was never enough.
More often than not, the Japanese soldiers used their flesh and blood to fight the Japanese invaders to the death!
But now, the expeditionary force must abandon this style of play. Although officers and soldiers are not afraid of death, their lives are the most valuable asset of an army. Equipment can be replenished if it is damaged. Soldiers who die in battle cannot be resurrected, especially
Those brave and fearless veterans are the cornerstone of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. They are the guarantee of combat effectiveness!
There is really no need to be stingy with equipment now. What the U.S. government does not lack most is steel and ammunition!
At that moment, Yue Weihan patted the shoulders of Commander Peng Bisheng and General Luo Youlun and said, "Don't worry, you two. Tomorrow, in addition to airlifting the 5th Regiment of the Baoshan Division to Mandalay, the US Air Force will also randomly send a large amount of equipment and ammunition.
Heavy artillery cannot be transported, but heavy machine guns, submachine guns, rocket launchers and mortars are available to all ages!"
"Yeah, how come we forgot about the Yankees?" Mr. Peng Bisheng suddenly realized.
Yue Weihan nodded and said: "The Yankees have a lot of weapons, equipment and ammunition. They can replenish as much as we consume. But if our soldiers die in battle, the Yankees can't replenish them for us. Our soldiers are not afraid."
Death, but as commanders, we must try our best to let them survive until the end!"
Airport, position of the 3rd Battalion of the 146th Regiment.
The sun was setting in the west, and it was getting dark soon. The Allied reconnaissance planes that had been hovering in the sky finally returned.
The return of the Allied reconnaissance planes meant that the Japanese attack was about to begin. Taking advantage of this short gap, Lieutenant Colonel Wei Jie, commander of the 3rd Battalion, was adjusting the defensive deployment.
"Wang Dazhu, put your precious mortar forward."
"When the Japs start attacking later, don't save your artillery shells. Give me the covering firepower of the Japs!"
"Shi Guoquan, Niu Sigen, and the heavy machine guns are also at the forefront. As soon as the little devil enters the shooting range, I will open the fire. Don't save your fucking bullets. Do you understand me?"
"Also, Deputy Li Ying, bring up all the grenades in stock and distribute them to the brothers!"
Wei Jie's orders were issued one by one, and the officers and soldiers quickly began to get busy. One veteran joked: "I have never seen you so generous in the camp. After tonight's battle, our 3rd Battalion will not be able to defeat it?"
"That's not something you should worry about!" Battalion Commander Li Jie curled his lips and said to the veteran: "While you still have some time, you'd better think carefully about the guy in your hand. Later, the little devil's tanks and armored vehicles will be all
I'll leave it to you. If you have diarrhea and diarrhea for me, don't blame me for not being friendly to fellow countrymen."
"Don't worry about this camp." The veteran patted the rocket launcher on his back shoulder and said carelessly, "This thing, I know how to use it just by looking at it. If we want to destroy a Japanese official a hundred meters away, we can't
I can guarantee that it will be a piece of cake to destroy a tank or armored vehicle as big as a little devil."
Wei Jie snorted, then raised his head and shouted: "I need to hurry up and prepare! Pay attention to the artillery!"
The officers and soldiers on the position immediately stopped talking nonsense and began to nervously adjust their deployment and strengthen the position.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the last ray of light finally sank into the western horizon. Accompanied by a piercing scream, a flare had risen from the Japanese position. Through the bright light of the flare, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion could clearly see,
A hot air balloon has slowly risen from the Japanese army's position. It is the standard artillery observation equipment of the little devil.
Soon, the flare slowly extinguished, and soon several red streams of light appeared in the dark sky.
Amidst the ear-piercing screams, several artillery shells landed at the front of the 3rd Battalion's position and exploded immediately.
There followed a few minutes of silence. It was obvious that the Japanese artillery was nervously adjusting its shooting at Zhu Yuan.
Five minutes later, clusters of dazzling lights suddenly bloomed on the Japanese military positions in the distance. Soon, streaks of light had risen into the sky, instantly piercing the dark night sky. The scene was like streaking across the sky.
The meteor shower was so beautiful! Ten seconds later, the meteor shower flew over the 3rd Battalion’s position and then roared down.
In the blink of an eye, the 3rd Battalion's position was caught in a huge explosion like the earth was shattering!
Through the dazzling light produced by the explosion of the artillery shell, you can clearly see that countless debris such as the blown wooden bunkers, weapons, equipment, and ammunition boxes are flying over the position, and the splashing mud is even more than ten meters high in the sky.
Several meters high, from time to time the bunker was directly hit by artillery shells, and the entire roof was blown away instantly, as if the end of the world had come.
Ten minutes later, the Japanese artillery fire began to become sparse, and the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion got out of the artillery holes one after another.
Battalion Commander Wei Jie dusted off the mud on his shoulders, put his helmet heavily on his head, and immediately raised his head and shouted: "Hurry up and enter the position, seize the time to check the equipment and ammunition, and prepare to fight!" The officers and soldiers quickly entered their designated positions.
In the fighting position, the veteran who just talked back led two soldiers into the warning position like flying.
Although the rocket launcher is powerful and can directly penetrate the armor of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, its range is actually quite short. If you want to effectively destroy the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, the rocket launcher can only be deployed at the forefront of the warning position.
After another two minutes, the Japanese shelling finally ended. Almost at the same time, the dull roar of engines sounded from the Japanese position. Through the endless firelight on the battlefield, a huge black figure could be faintly seen.
It had already broken out of the night fog and rolled towards the 3rd Battalion.
Battalion Commander Wei Jie opened the nose of the cleansing box, then raised the muzzle of the gun slightly and pointed it at the night sky, then turned to the adjutant beside him and said: "Give me the order, no one is allowed to fire, wait until my gun rings!"
Battalion Commander Wei was also a veteran. Of course he knew that exposing the firepower point before the Japanese tanks were destroyed would be a living target.
Battalion Commander Wei's command was issued quickly, and the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion suppressed their restless emotions.
Under the night sky, the Japanese tank rushed over recklessly, with about a hundred Japanese soldiers following behind the tank. The Japanese tank fired violently as it advanced, and the 3rd Battalion's position was immediately hit with mud flying everywhere. However, due to ***
The firepower points were not exposed in advance, and the main guns of the Japanese tanks did not pose much of a threat.
Suddenly, the Japanese tank was less than a hundred meters away from the security position.
Soon enough, a long tongue of flames sprayed out from the guard position, and immediately hit the Japanese tank accurately. After the huge explosion, the Japanese tank was swallowed up by the flames, almost at the same time
, Battalion Commander Wei Jie also pulled the trigger hard, and the light and heavy machine guns on the 3rd Battalion's position suddenly opened fire.
However, the reaction of the Japanese soldiers was not slow. Almost as soon as the tank was destroyed, they fell to the ground one after another and quickly organized firepower to counterattack. Especially the few grenades of the little Japanese soldiers, almost all of them within three hundred meters were
Nine out of ten shots hit the mark, which was even better than a mortar. Soon, the two Maxim heavy machine guns on the 3rd Battalion's position went silent.
Battalion Commander Wei Jie was furious and ran quickly to grab one of the heavy machine guns.
When he picked up the heavy machine gun, he saw that only half of the bracket was left. Battalion Commander Wei Jie immediately placed the heavy machine gun on an ammunition box and fired fiercely. However, within half a minute of firing, the ammunition box was shaken.
Having to fall into the trench, Battalion Commander Wei Jie placed the heavy machine gun on the sandbag, but the sandbag was too soft, and the barrel jumped up and down when the gun was fired, and there was no chance of hitting at all.
"What a fool." Battalion Commander Wei Jie turned around and roared, "Li Guoquan, come here quickly and hold the machine gun for me!"
"Yes!" The seventeen-year-old orderly rushed forward and picked up the heavy Maxim heavy machine gun with his young shoulders. At the same time, he grabbed the hot barrel of the gun with both arms. Maxim
Although the barrel of the heavy machine gun is covered with a cooling tube, after firing for a long time, the outer shell of the cooling tube is already very hot.
Battalion Commander Wei Jie now took matters into his own hands and started shooting violently at the front of the position with the gun pressed.
After half an hour, the Japanese attack was finally repulsed. Battalion Commander Wei Jie released the gun and patted the orderly Li Guoquan on the head, indicating that he could put the machine gun down, but Li Guoquan did not do anything.
When there was no response, Battalion Commander Wei Jie pushed him gently again, and Li Guoquan fell straight down.
"Li Guoquan!" Battalion Commander Wei Jie paused for a moment and was confused.
He quickly turned over the orderly and stretched out his hand to check his breathing. He found that he had run out of breath. He pulled off the heavy machine gun barrel that was so hot it could cook an egg. He saw that the right half of the orderly's neck had been completely cooked. He then pulled it open.
In the orderly uniform, his right shoulder was also cooked, and he could still smell the aroma of meat.
The orderly who was only seventeen years old was actually scalded to death!
However, until his death, he still maintained an upright posture, he still hugged the hot barrel sleeve of the Maxim heavy machine gun, and he still faithfully served as the machine gun rack of the camp! What is a military order?
Like a mountain? This is called a military order like a mountain! What is a soldier? This is called a soldier! Once the military order is issued, you will have no regrets until you die!
Battalion Commander Wei Jie couldn't help but burst into tears. He stretched out his hand and gently touched the young face of the orderly. The orderly's eyes, which were still glaring in front of him until his death, were closed forever. Battalion Commander Wei Jie sighed softly again and turned around to tell the adjutant:
"Carry it on your back, cremate it, and put his ashes together with the ashes of all the fallen brothers. After this battle is over, if there are still people alive in our battalion, don't forget to take the ashes of the brothers back home."
"Yes!" The adjutant's eyes turned red as he carried the orderly's body and left.
"Barracks, the Japs are here again!" The guard post in front suddenly fired a warning shot.
"Hit me, hit me hard!" Battalion Commander Wei Jie didn't have time to wipe away his tears, and reached out to pick up the Maxim heavy machine gun that had just been replaced with cooling water. Then he turned around and yelled, "Shitou, come here, give me the gun." Pick up the machine gun!" Another soldier ran over like flying and picked up the heavy machine gun in one go.
Battalion Commander Wei Jie tightened his grip on the gun, aimed forward and fired violently again.
On the outskirts of Mandalay, the headquarters of the Japanese 55th Division.
It was already dark, and after a round of retaliatory bombardment, the Japanese army finally stopped their attack.
The Chief of Staff of the 55th Division, Colonel Kato Gennosuke, walked into the war room with a solemn expression. He immediately put his feet back and stood at attention, saying to Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi, the commander of the 55th Division: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Colonel Kogennosuke reports, China The firepower and combat effectiveness of the defenders have been significantly improved compared to the past few days, and there are also rocket launchers on the battlefield!"
"What, a bazooka!?" Hiroshi Takeuchi's heart suddenly trembled when he heard this. This thing is the nemesis of tanks.
"Hai!" Colonel Kato lowered his head suddenly and said, "Due to the ambush by China's rocket launchers, more than twenty tanks launched by the imperial army in the attack were destroyed, causing the casualties of our division to increase greatly! After a night of fierce fighting, the 112th Infantry Division The regiment suffered a total of more than 500 casualties, of which more than 400 were killed or captured!"
"Baga Yalu." Takeuchi Hiroshi cursed, and his head suddenly felt as big as a bucket.
In the fierce fighting to this day, the Japanese 55th Division has suffered more than 4,000 casualties.
Moreover, because the Japanese army failed to control the battlefield and could not rescue the lightly or seriously injured in time, the number of casualties of the Japanese army was basically the number of killed. Although the Japanese 55th Division had more than 25,000 people, more than half of them were technical troops. , logistics personnel or supplementary troops, the real elite infantry has less than 10,000 people.
In other words, after 12 days of fierce fighting, the Japanese 55th Division had lost 40% of its combat effectiveness!
What's even more terrible is that Takeuchi Hiroshi doesn't know when this fierce battle will end. With the arrival of Yue Weihan, the morale and fighting spirit of the Chinese *** team have been significantly improved. Judging from the situation last night, the Chinese *** There is no problem for the team to hold on for at least another ten days. However, how many elite infantrymen will be left in the 55th Division after ten days?
At this moment, a major officer suddenly walked into the war room in a hurry, immediately put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, division commander, transport planes, there are many Allied transport planes in the sky!"