Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Shozo Sakurai himself does not have any great background, but as a graduate of the saber group, Shozo Sakurai, who is in his early 50s, has achieved the position of lieutenant general division commander, and he can be regarded as successful and successful.

To the southeast of Hpa-an town is a mountain stretching for more than ten kilometers. In order to prevent the artillery position from being countered by the artillery of the national army on the other side, Sakurai Shozo set up the heavy artillery unit and the mountain artillery unit on the anti-slope position of the mountain near Hpa-an town. .

After receiving the offensive order from Shojiro Iida, the commander of the No.15 Army, Shozo Sakurai ordered the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 33rd Mountain Artillery Regiment to bombard the national army positions on the west bank of the Salween River.

Nearly a hundred artillery pieces that had been prepared for a long time roared one after another, and shells rushed out of the barrels and blasted towards the riverside defense line of the 31st Chinese Army on the west bank several kilometers away.

"All of them! Assault!"

"The Great Japanese Empire is on board!"

"The Great Japanese Imperial Army is on board!"

"His Majesty the Emperor onboard!"

After the shelling started, taking advantage of the fierce artillery fire, more than 215 devil infantrymen of the 3200th Regiment of the Japanese Army and more than 1500 Burmese indigenous militiamen shouted and pushed rafts, fishing boats and other crossing tools into the river, and began to forcibly cross the river!

The average width of the Salween River near Hpa-an town is 700 meters. The Japanese army relied on fishing boats and rafts to cross the river. Even at a normal rowing speed, it took 15 minutes to cross the river smoothly.

But now on the other side there is still the Chinese army that has been recharging their energy for a long time to block it, so the difficulty of crossing the river can be imagined.

The width of the middle and upper reaches of the Salween River is relatively narrow, and the narrowest point is less than 100 meters, but the river is very turbulent, and there are mountains on both sides.

If the devils wanted to cross the narrow middle and upper reaches of the river, they had to go through hundreds of kilometers of mountainous jungles, which not only made it extremely inconvenient to move, but also made it difficult to carry heavy equipment and sufficient supplies.

Even if the Japanese army caught it by surprise and managed to succeed from a certain section of the river, they would still have to cross a large area of ​​mountains on the west bank before they could attack the towns where the Chinese army was stationed.

Therefore, although the lower reaches of the Salween River have a wide surface and the Japanese army now lacks sufficiently powerful motorized ships to cross the river, the 33rd Division has no extra options.

However, Shozo Sakurai did not feel pessimistic. In his view, although the Chinese army had built a relatively strong defense line along the river on the west bank, the east and west banks were flat plains, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Under the cover of the powerful firepower of the artillery unit, large-scale river crossing operations are carried out within a wide enough river section, and if enough pressure and impact are given at one time, there is a high chance of tearing a hole from here!

As long as the breakthrough is opened from then on, the 33rd Division can rampage all the way, attack Zhitong, Bilin and other places upwards, and then cut off the land passages of the Huben Army stationed in Mawlamyine and Motama.

Then, the 33rd Division can cooperate with the Guards Division and the Japanese Navy to encircle and suppress the Chinese Huben Army, thereby opening the entrance to the Salween River.

In this case, the Japanese 15th Army can attack Zhulin, Mokpalin, Bago, and Yangon along the railway line without any scruples, until it occupies the entire Burma!

Chapter 841

"Quick! Gou Ri devils are starting to cross the river, ready to fight!"

The section of the river that the Devil's 33rd Division chose to forcibly cross happened to be the defense line of the 135th Division of the National Army, and its division headquarters was located on a high ground 4.3 kilometers away from the river bank.

The division commander Su Zuxin stood on the high ground and saw from the binoculars that the Japanese devils crossed the river under the cover of artillery fire on a large scale. The devil soldiers paddled the raft frantically and rushed towards the opposite bank.

And the line of defense along the river is being heavily bombarded by the devils, and it is completely beaten up. At first glance, it feels that the line of defense along the river is already crumbling!

"Heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, flat-fire guns, all aimed at me!"

"Heavy Artillery Regiment, quickly destroy the devil's artillery position!"

"Give me orders, and stand up to me. The little devil must not break through the line of defense! If there is a mistake, it will be dealt with by military law!"

"Hey, Deputy Commander He, the devils have launched a strong attack on our division's position, and please ask Deputy Commander He Neng to provide artillery support to the troops!"

"Quickly, send power to the commander's headquarters and request air fire support!"

Seeing that the situation suddenly became so urgent.Su Zuxin was really anxious, and gave several orders again and again, and personally called the deputy commander He Weizhen.

In addition to the defense line along the river, the 31st Army also built several mountain positions, including several anti-slope artillery positions, which can completely cover the river within the defense zone and the Japanese positions on the opposite bank.

After a while, the artillery unit of the 31st Army began to show off, targeting the Devils artillery position on the opposite bank!

At the same time, long-distance lethal weapons such as heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, flat-fire guns, and mortars along the river defense line rang out.

Strings of metal warheads spewed out crazily without money, forming storms of death metal storms. The shells blasted out, blowing up huge waves continuously on the river.

The devil soldiers on the raft were constantly hit by bullets and fell into the river, and many rafts were hit by shells, and the devils on it were blown to pieces!

After a while, the originally clear Taotao River was dyed blood red, and sawdust and fallen devils could be seen everywhere.

"Baga! Shoot!"

"Die, die! Destroy the heavy machine gun!"

Naturally, the devil soldiers on the Salween River would not stand still. They set up light and heavy machine guns and grenades on the raft and fired wildly at the officers and soldiers of the national army in front!

"All gun positions are available! One test shot! Fire!"

After calculations, the shooting of Zhu Yuan was initially locked, and the artillery units under the 31st Army began to test fire at the devil soldiers on the river and the devil artillery positions on the opposite bank.

Dozens of cannons fired their power one after another, and monstrous waves exploded continuously on the river, harvesting the heads of devils continuously.

The devil's troops crossing the river, which had suffered a lot of casualties, suddenly experienced a sudden increase in pressure, and the huge river surface seemed to have become an insurmountable thunder pond!

The high ground where the devil's artillery position was located on the opposite bank was also covered by firepower.

"Baga! Unexpectedly, the firepower of the kuomintang's miscellaneous army has become so powerful! Today's battle may be difficult!"

From the binoculars, it can be seen that the troops crossing the river suffered huge casualties, and no less than 500 people were lost before reaching the center of the river. Moreover, based on the current casualty rate, it is likely that nearly half of the troops would be lost if they rushed to the opposite bank.

In other words, it would be great if 5000 of the nearly 3000-strong crossing force could reach the other side of the river.

Thinking of this, Shozo Sakurai's face was as dark as the bottom of the pot, but at present, he had no choice but to make a move. No matter what, Shozo Sakurai must go all out to sprint!

Gritting his teeth, Shozo Sakurai looked at a devil's communications staff officer and shouted loudly: "Order the artillery to intensify the bombardment of the West Bank!

Immediately request air support from the Myanmar Air Force Command, and ask them to come and destroy the Huaxia artillery positions!

In addition, send an order to get the second wave of troops crossing the river ready for battle! "

"Hay!"

The devil's communication staff officer hurriedly gave orders.

After receiving the bombing order, 30 bombers docked at Tonggu Military Airport took off immediately. In addition, for safety reasons, another 2 fighter flight regiments escorted them.

"Don't pay attention to the artillery of the Chinese army, they can't hit us! All the artillery positions will be hit hard by me. The Imperial Japanese Army is fighting bloody battles. They urgently need our artillery support!"

Kazuo Mitsui, commander of the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, was located on the back of a mountain.

Although Kazuo Mitsui's position was no longer absolutely safe under the repeated bombardment of the Huaxia Artillery, even the fallen gravel and flying fragments had already caused damage to the artillery position.

However, Kazuo Mitsui did not have the slightest fear or fear, some were only excited and murderous, and some were just eager to make contributions.

"fire!"

"Die, die!"

"All Chinese people die!"

The devil artillerymen were also red-eyed, shelling crazily and non-stop, wishing to shoot out all the shells at once, and kill all the Chinese defenders on the other side.

Since the artillery of the 31st Army was unable to destroy the Devil's artillery in the anti-slope position, the two artillery regiments of the Devil were fully fired, and heavy bombs kept falling on the 135th Division's position, causing damage to the 135th Division. Great casualties.

But at this time, the devil soldiers had already passed the center of the river, and there were only more than 200 meters away from the river bank. The officers and soldiers of the 135th Division had to bite the bullet and shoot at the devil troops who were desperately crossing under artillery fire.

"What's going on here? It's impossible to fight like this!"

Seeing that her position was constantly being hit by artillery shells, seeing the fresh lives falling one after another, and her own artillery couldn't suppress the devil's artillery after fighting for a long time, Su Zuxin was anxious and angry.

Su Zuxin, who was really worried, looked at Feng Lang, the communication staff officer with a dark face, and said, "Why can't we suppress the devil's artillery now? Quickly ask!"

Feng Lang quickly replied: "Reporter, Commander Liu called just now and said that the artillery position behind the devil is a reverse slope position, and it is difficult for our curved artillery to pose a threat to it."

"Damn! These bastards!"

Su Zuxin cursed loudly. In fact, this principle can be understood after thinking about it casually, but now she cares about it and has not recovered for a while.

After a pause, Su Zuxin immediately said again: "Since you can't hit the devil's artillery, then focus your firepower to fight the devil's troops in the river!"

But at this time, Feng Lang showed distress and said: "Master, I'm afraid it's too late now!"

Chapter 842 The Devil Has Crossed the River

"What do you mean? What do you mean it's too late!"

Su Zuxin's face became extremely ugly, and she thought Feng Lang was talking about frustration, her eyes widened, and she looked at Feng Lang with a murderous look, as long as this guy dared to "can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth" , ranging from being served with military sticks, to being directly dragged down to death.

"Ah, Master, don't get me wrong! I didn't mean that!"

It was the first time I saw Su Zuxin's fierce eyes, and even a sign of blowing his head off if he disagreed with him. Feng Lang trembled all over, and instantly understood what was going on, and explained in a hurry:

"Master, the devil's troops crossing the river are less than a hundred meters away from the shore, and the accuracy of our artillery fire cannot achieve precise hits.

, if you continue to shell, it is easy to hurt your own people.

What's more, it takes at least 3 minutes to adjust the shooting of Zhu Yuan, the fastest howitzer, and it's too late to lock on to the devil's troops across the river."

"Ok?"

Su Zuxin frowned, pointed at the other side of the river and said, "Then how did the Japanese devils do it? Why are they still shelling?"

At this time, Sun Minggang, chief of staff of the 135th Division, who was standing aside, explained: "Because we are a fixed line of defense, the little devil's artillery has already locked the shooting elements, and there is no need to adjust at all.

Moreover, the devil officers would never treat grassroots soldiers as adults. Most of them planned to treat the troops crossing the river who were the first to attack as artillery fire! "

"What? Four or five thousand devil troops are all used as cannon fodder?"

Su Zuxin was stunned. Since he fought the first tough battle with the Japanese invaders in Mingguang Town, Anhui Province in mid-January 1938, he has no idea how many battles he has fought with the devils.

However, today was the first time that Su Zuxin met a little devil who was so ruthless. In order to break through the defense line along the river, he used 5000 people as cannon fodder at the beginning of the war, so ruthless that he even killed his own people!

Sun Minggang went on to say: "Conversely, our artillery has to constantly adjust the firing angle in order to effectively kill the devils crossing the river, which is not good for us.

But fortunately, Commander Yang repaired us an extremely solid defense line along the river ahead of time, and we also added enough automatic firepower, even if the little devil rushed to the shore, he wouldn't be able to break through our defense line! "

"assault!"

"Hurry up!"

"Come on!"

Just when the first wave of devils was about to land, the second wave of devils crossing the river began to attack. More than 4000 Burmese soldiers rushed out pushing five or six hundred rafts!

The dark crowd is very visually impactful, and at first glance it seems that there are endless devils!

Plop, plop, the raft was pushed into the river like dumplings, and then the ghost soldiers and the Burmese militiamen screamed and swarmed up onto the raft, then squatted or lay down on it and paddled crazily.

"There are so many shits coming again! Hurry up and organize artillery fire and beat me hard!"

Seeing the densely packed rafts going into the water again, Su Zuxin's face turned green immediately. Damn it, the first wave has not been settled yet, and the second wave of devils is coming again.

If the third wave of devils comes later, won't they be unstoppable?

After a pause, Su Zuxin said to the communication staff in a panic: "Hurry up and call Commander Wei, the little devil is determined to open the gap from us, and ask the brother troops for immediate support!"

This is not to blame for Su Zuxin's panic, but mainly because they have always been on the weak side in the war with the devils, and often a devil's regiment can strengthen a division of the national army.

Just now that the devils have dispatched more troops than the two regiments, it is equivalent to the 135th division going head-to-head with a brigade of devils.

What's more, it seems that the devils will probably have a third wave, or even a fourth wave of attacks!

Faced with such a forceful breakthrough, if Su Zuxin can still keep calm and calm, then it will be called hell!

"Onboard!"

"Onboard!"

After rushing to the shore, the devil soldiers and the Burmese militiamen jumped off the raft excitedly, then quickly picked up the raft from the water, preparing to establish a riverside position first to stabilize their position!

In order to effectively break through the firepower net after landing, the devils put a steel shield on each raft to block bullets. At this time, the devil soldiers took off the shields one after another to provide cover for the devil soldiers who were building positions!

"Tao time to change!"

"Fire suppression! Shoot!"

Miki Yu, the captain of the devils, finally rushed to the opposite bank alive, jumped off the raft and threw himself directly behind the bunker made of two rafts.

After a wave of desperation, more than 3300 devil soldiers and Burmese militiamen landed in the first wave of troops crossing the river, and more than 1400 devil soldiers and Burmese militiamen died in the Salween River.

At the same time, the loss of the 135th Division was not small, with more than 600 casualties, most of whom were killed or injured by the Devils artillery.

"Yo Xi! Sixty percent of the imperial soldiers successfully crossed the river. It's very beautiful! Order the artillery to stop shelling on the other side of the river, and divide the artillery into half to bombard the positions on both sides, so as to prevent the surrounding Chinese troops from coming to support!"

Seeing this scene, Sakurai Shozo screamed with joy, and the more than 1400 Japanese soldiers and Burmese militiamen who died in the Salween River were nothing worth mentioning in his eyes!

Since the vanguard had already received fire from the Huaxia army at close range, Shozo Sakurai did not allow the heavy artillery to continue the indiscriminate bombardment. After all, thousands of lives are worth it!

However, the heavy firepower with high precision and low power, such as the Devil's mortars and grenades on the other side, did not stop, and they were still outputting crazily.

"Brothers, hit me hard!"