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- Chapter 341 The Allies Retake Burma (3)
In order to strengthen Yue Hanping's offensive capabilities, General Stilwell ordered Yue Hanping to suspend the attack and wait for the arrival of the new army. At the same time, all fighters of the U.S. 10th Air Force were ordered to move forward to Mandalay to strengthen Magway's control of air superiority.
Beginning on October 26, U.S. Air Force bombers, under the cover of fighter jets, carried out violent bombings on the Japanese-garrisoned Magway City. On the 26th alone, US military aircraft dispatched more than 700 sorties and dropped thousands of tons of bombs.
Magui City was a sea of ??fire. Several important Japanese military camps were bombed, and the soldiers suffered heavy losses. It was not until nine o'clock in the evening that the Japanese army completely extinguished the fire in the city. The US carpet bombing reduced the city of Magway to ruins.
On the 27th, the US military once again dispatched more than 200 bombers to bomb Magway. At the same time, the Chinese Expeditionary Force outside the city concentrated all its artillery and bombarded Magway City. The Japanese troops in the city couldn't tell which was the artillery shell and which was the air-dropped bomb. The ground in Magui kept shaking amidst the continuous explosions.
The Burmese residents in Magway City also suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck with the Japanese army. Their houses were constantly bombed down and the streets were densely packed with bomb craters. Many innocent city residents were killed in gunfire. Under Allied ground and air artillery attacks, the Japanese army still drove many citizens to help them repair their fortifications.
For seven consecutive days, U.S. planes arrived at Magway City on time. Although Japanese fighter planes took off several times to intercept, the large number of U.S. fighter planes always firmly controlled the sky. The Japanese flying division was already in short supply of aircraft, and now it shot down one less aircraft. With a large number of excellent pilots spilling blood in the sky, the Japanese aviation force was no longer able to compete with the Americans in the skies of Burma.
The Chinese artillery on the ground also fired artillery shells crazily for seven days in a row. Tens of thousands of artillery shells turned the city of Magway into a riddled area and changed beyond recognition. The Chinese artillerymen have never been so relieved and fired so many shells in one go.
In the basement of the HSBC Bank in Magway City, the command post of General Ueda Kenkichi, there was a tremor from the ground from time to time, causing the lights in the basement to shake. The general didn't bother to listen to the report. Anyway, there was either a fire here or a bomb there. He didn't dare to use his cannons casually. He only had about 200 cannons in hand, because the city was tightly surrounded and there was no ammunition supply. Ammunition in stock should be used at the most critical moment.
Almost all of his artillery pieces are arranged in bunkers. Otherwise, under such a fierce artillery fire attack, he doesn¡¯t know how many of his artillery pieces would be left. Even so, seven or eight artillery pieces were blown up every day.
On the ninth day, all the officers and soldiers of the New First Army were airlifted outside Magway City, but they only had light weapons with them, not even mortars. However, General Sun Liren was not in a hurry. The artillery in Yue Hanping's hands was enough to deal with the Japs, not to mention that the Americans had to airlift a batch of flat-firing artillery for attack.
The new army rushed to the battlefield, giving Yue Hanping another trump card in his hand, and a new round of attacks could begin.
On November 10, hundreds of artillery pieces of the Chinese Expeditionary Force fired at the Magui City Wall at the same time. Three artillery groups concentrated on bombing the northwest of the city wall, and raindrops of artillery shells flying in the sky fell near the city wall. The fierce firepower made the Japanese soldiers turn green in the face. The Japanese soldiers who had never seen such powerful artillery firepower were stunned by the shells.
In just one hour of shelling, a hole about 20 meters wide was blown down in the northwest city wall. As the loud charge horn sounded, in the attack tunnel about 100 meters away from the city wall, a wave of Chinese infantry rushed out of the tunnel and rushed towards the gap in the city wall.
The Japanese firepower points on the city wall were spitting out tongues of fire crazily. Rows of Chinese soldiers fell down, and rows of Chinese soldiers rushed forward. The heavy machine guns covering the attack made terrifying sounds, and the dense barrage tried to suppress the Japanese firepower. The flat-fire cannon was pushed along the tunnel to the end, and fired fiercely at the fierce Japanese firepower points on the city wall.
As soon as a shell went down, it blew up a Japanese firepower point. The Japanese army fought fiercely. One firepower point was silenced, and another soldier took over and fired. The forward flat-fire artillery will fire as fast as possible, constantly suppressing the Japanese firepower.
A battalion of Chinese infantry rushed into the gap. The Japanese troops on both sides of the city wall threw grenades and fired at the gaps. The Chinese soldiers at the breach suffered heavy casualties.
The battalion commander led the soldiers to resist tenaciously. The two sides threw grenades at each other from time to time. At the breach, the corpses of soldiers piled up in a thick layer. The body was mangled with blood and flesh, and there was almost no complete body.
The battalion commander led a company to rush into the city wall with difficulty, but was attacked by fierce Japanese firepower on the inner city wall. The battalion commander was killed on the spot, and the remaining soldiers, led by the company commander, retreated to the breach.
Yue Hanping saw that the attacking soldiers were suppressed in the command post. He picked up his telescope and looked through the gap in the outer city and found that there was an inner city inside. The livid commander put down his telescope and ordered the attack to be suspended.The soldiers at the breach retreated to the tunnel and were on standby. A forward battalion only had less than one company of troops left. Just after entering the tunnel, our artillery opened fire again. The fierce artillery fire flew over the breach and focused on the inner city wall exposed at the breach. At the same time, dozens of artillery pieces were drawn out and a consolidated bombardment was launched against the breach.
Japanese soldiers kept braving artillery fire and stuffed rocks and sacks into the breach in an attempt to seal it. Dozens of artillery shells roared towards the breach, and amidst the "bang", the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground. The blood stained the rocks and the sacks containing soil red, but the Japanese soldiers still firmly filled the breach with rocks. Another row of artillery shells flew over, and another group of Japanese soldiers fell to the ground.
Covering the position, more than twenty heavy machine guns fired fiercely at the breach in the outer city, and bullets like splashing water formed a net of death fire. Thousands of Japanese soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Under the double suppression of heavy machine guns and artillery shells, the Japanese soldiers were no longer able to seal the gap.
There were 30 tanks, braving the fierce firepower of the Japanese army, they drove close to the city wall and aimed at the inner city. General Ueda Kenkichi learned the news and immediately ordered an artillery group of 36 artillery pieces to be concentrated. Under the guidance of the artillery observation post, they opened fire to bombard the Chinese tanks.
The general understood that if there was no need for artillery to intercept the Chinese tanks, and once the tanks calmly blew through the inner city, it would be too late. For several minutes, fierce Japanese artillery fire fell around the Chinese tanks. The tank immediately maneuvered to avoid the gunfire.
The Japanese artillery sounded, and Yue Hanping heard the sound of the 125th heavy artillery group. Immediately ordered the tanks to come back to avoid being covered by Japanese heavy artillery. At the same time, a running group was separated to carry out retaliatory bombing against the Japanese troops.
Under the guidance of the observation post, the Japanese heavy artillery fire was very accurate. Groups of artillery shells roared and fell on the tank group. After a burst of artillery fire, seven or eight Chinese tanks were immediately destroyed. The tank kept maneuvering to dodge and quickly retreated to a safe area.
The Chinese artillery force separated out 72 105-mm howitzers, and estimated the approximate gun positions based on the measured ballistic trajectories of Japanese heavy artillery. There was a loud "boom, boom, boom" and the roaring shells flew towards the Japanese heavy artillery group. The Japanese heavy artillery group was about to move its position. Unexpectedly, the Chinese artillery responded quickly and detected the Japanese artillery position in just a few minutes.
Groups of artillery shells landed on the ground with loud explosions. The Japanese artillery was hit by flying shrapnel, and three heavy artillery pieces were damaged by the shells. The Japanese artillerymen, braving fierce retaliatory fire, dragged heavy artillery and tried to move to the bunker. Thanks to the desperate efforts of the Japanese artillerymen, 4 heavy artillery pieces were destroyed and 5 pieces were damaged by Chinese artillery pieces.
When the Japanese artillery entered the bunker, they allowed the Chinese artillery to bombard them and never dared to fight back. After half an hour of retaliatory bombardment, the artillery fire shifted again to bombard the inner city.
The inner city wall was finally blown down with a hole about 12 meters wide, and the Chinese infantry attacked again. The 20th Army, which was responsible for the offensive mission, used the elite newly formed 49th Division as the main offensive division. Soldiers rushed towards the two breakthroughs like a tide.
The Chinese artillery formed another artillery group and blasted the northeast corner in an attempt to create another breakthrough.
Commander Li Linzhao is a veteran who participated in the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, because in the Sichuan Army, even after so many years, he is still a regimental commander. Li Tuan was the main attacking group of this attack. He personally led the second echelon of soldiers to attack.
The first team was led by the first battalion commander Hou Ligang. Hou Ligang's first company launched a grenade battle with the Japanese at the breakthrough, and finally repelled the Japanese soldiers and occupied positions more than 30 meters on both sides of the breakthrough. The second and third companies quickly followed up, rushed into the breach, and consolidated their positions. The second company attacked for the first company and attacked the second breakthrough.
This attack was far more difficult than the first. The second breakthrough was sandwiched between two city walls, facing Japanese fire from all sides. As soon as the second company charged, a dozen soldiers were knocked down by dense bullets.
The second company commander's eyes were bloodshot, he picked up his submachine gun and shouted: "Brothers! Charge with me!" His body kept making snake-like maneuvers, and bullets flew past him.
The soldiers of the second company followed the company commander and bravely rushed forward. The submachine guns in their hands were aimed at the Japanese soldiers who were lying on the ruins of the second breach and were fighting back. Fierce firepower exchanged fire with the Japanese army, and two Japanese machine gunners were killed one after another. There was a burst of light machine gun fire, and the Japanese soldiers rushed into the gap with shouts.
The Japanese soldiers at the gap kept firing. The firing speed of the 38 rifle was too slow. Just after one round was fired, a dozen Japanese soldiers fell. The submachine guns in the hands of the Japanese soldiers who followed were like iron brooms. Sweeping the Japanese troops fiercely. There was a crash, and the Japanese soldier fell in a pool of blood with his eyes wide open.
The second company, led by the company commander, rushed into the breach, with only about 30 people left. The second company commander tenaciously led the soldiers to hold on to the second breakthrough. Some of the soldiers lay on the ruins and shot, and some pressed close to the city wall and shot. The Japanese army went crazy and gathered about 300 troops to fight back at the breach.
There are fewer and fewer soldiers of the second company commander, with only about ten people left. At this moment, the third? Rushing in, with fresh troops, the soldiers of the Second Company rushed forward to face the Japanese soldiers, and fired fiercely with the submachine guns in their hands.
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