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- Chapter 349: Allied Forces Retake Burma (11)
The Japanese soldiers in the blocking position prepared bomb bags and cluster grenades, and braved artillery fire one by one. They scattered the soft sand on their bodies indiscriminately, pretending to be dead corpses, and lay quietly in the trench.
Jiang Weiguo saw the remaining Japanese troops retreating across the Salween River and blew up the river bridge. He sneered and said, "Huh, we have heavy pontoon bridge troops, and we will be able to build a pontoon bridge soon. Do you think that blowing up the bridge will stop us?"
Jiang Weiguo didn't bother to take another look at the Japanese blocking position, and ordered in a cold voice: "Use a flamethrower to burn the Japanese position! I don't care if there are people on it."
Five fire-breathing tanks rumbled slowly out of the queue, their machine guns spitting flames, and the tanks slowly approached the Japanese position. The Japanese soldiers on the battlefield were lying quietly, holding the fuse and grenade spring in their hands. Listening quietly to the sound of Japanese tanks, they waited for the Japanese tanks to climb up to their position.
The fire-breathing tank chooses the wind direction, widens the distance between the tanks, and is 20 meters away from the position. The tank turret is aimed at the position, and the flame-throwing tube suddenly sprays out five fire dragons. The fire dragon continued to spray for forty seconds, paused briefly, and then five more fire dragons rushed towards the Japanese position.
The napalm fuel was burning, and the fire spread rapidly. The Japanese soldiers on the battlefield were so angry that they cursed: "The despicable Chinese people actually used such a vicious strategy."
Before the four Japanese soldiers had time to stand up, their bodies were covered in flames. The fire ignited the bomb packs or cluster grenades. There was a loud bang, and the Japanese soldiers were suddenly covered in flesh and blood, with no bones left.
The remaining eleven Japanese soldiers immediately stood up and looked around, but there was a sea of ??fire on the position. They hurriedly shouted: "Quick, throw away the bombs!" One by one, they hurriedly threw away the bomb bags or cluster grenades.
Five Chinese fire-breathing tanks kept spraying fire dragons into the Japanese positions. The standing Japanese soldiers were quickly surrounded by fire and they could not rush out at all. Several Japanese soldiers gritted their teeth and tried to rush out of the sea of ??fire. As soon as their bodies touched the flames, the flames immediately ignited their clothes and licked and burned their skin.
Several Japanese soldiers endured severe pain and rushed out of the sea of ????fire. Before they could distinguish between east, west and north, the machine gunner on the fire-breathing tank had already discovered them, and a fierce rain of bullets covered them.
The bodies of the Japanese soldiers were shot into a hornet's nest. These Japanese soldiers lay down on the ground unwillingly, and their bodies were immediately submerged in flames. Immediately afterwards, there was a roar on the position, and the air waves of the explosion blew up the flames everywhere, and another ball of flames quickly spread on the ground.
Chiang Weiguo ordered the pontoon bridge troops to occupy the Salween River ferry and begin to build a pontoon bridge. A regiment of tanks aimed its artillery at the Japanese position across the river, sending shells one after another to the Japanese position, covering the pontoon bridge built by the pontoon troops.
From time to time, a column of smoke rose up from the Japanese position across the river. The enemy's small-arms bullets were fired across the river. The effective range of the bullets was close to the end, and it posed little threat to the Zhouqiao soldiers.
The Zhouqiao soldiers put down their assault boats, and the mechanized infantrymen of the First Armored Division dispatched a company to take the assault boats to seize the beach on the opposite side of the river, establish a beachhead position, and cover the large forces crossing the river.
The principle of an assault boat is very simple. In fact, it is to install a propeller on an iron-hulled boat and drive it with a car motor. An assault boat carries 8 infantrymen. In view of the small load capacity, all the leading infantrymen carry light weapons.
An infantry company of the 1st Armored Division boarded an assault boat. Tanks and machine guns on the shore kept firing across the river to suppress the Japanese firepower. The 15 assault boats started their motors and rushed towards the other shore with a "boom".
As we walked near the center of the river, the enemy's machine gun bullets "chirped" past the soldiers, and some bullets landed in the water and made a "swirling" sound. The soldiers on the ship lowered their bodies and lay in the cabin with their helmets on their heads. The warrior at the stern controls the stern rudder, and the hull moves forward in a zigzag shape on the river.
100 meters away from the other side of the river, the soldiers on the boat frequently shot at the Japanese with their submachine guns. The closer we got to the river bank, the denser the enemy's bullets became, and the accuracy became higher and higher. The iron shells made a "ding-dong" sound when they were hit by the bullets. From time to time, soldiers were shot and fell into the water.
The assault boat finally rushed to the river bank, and the Chinese soldiers jumped off the boat one after another, with the submachine guns in their hands spitting tongues of fire, and rushed towards the river beach. A team of 50 Japanese soldiers rushed out with rifles. About 70 Chinese soldiers landed on the beach. Relying on their fierce firepower, they rushed into the bushes beside the river beach to find cover.
Soldiers from China and Japan each looked for a place to hide and started a fierce battle on the river beach. Shang Zhigang, the commander of the Chinese company, fired at the Japanese while scanning the surroundings for a place where he could establish a position.
Captain Shang glanced around and finally discovered that there was a small embankment 300 meters away from the river beach. It was the outer embankment of the Salween River. When the water was not strong, the outer embankment could block the river water.
Company Commander Shang Zhigang shouted loudly:?: "Brothers, let's charge forward! Do you see the river embankment in front of us? We will establish a beachhead there to cover the main force's crossing of the river."
The Chinese soldiers threw rows of grenades first, and with the help of the smoke raised by the explosion, they stood up and rushed towards the Japanese. The firepower of the submachine gun was so fierce that all the Japanese soldiers could not lift their heads.
The Japanese soldiers were driven back by the charging Chinese soldiers. Soon, the Chinese soldiers occupied the embankment. The height of this embankment was only 2 meters. The Chinese soldiers quickly dug individual soldier pits beside the embankment and fired frequently based on the embankment.
This embankment is only about 100 meters away from the Japs¡¯ beachhead outpost. The terrain is low and it is completely suppressed by the Japs. Company Commander Shang Zhigang scratched his head and asked, "Who brought the grenade?"
The soldiers shook their heads one after another, "We are mechanical infantry, and our fire support relies on tanks and armored vehicles. We don't have any."
Company Commander Shang slapped the embankment angrily, and a soldier who had just been assigned came forward and said, "Company Commander, my grenade can be thrown farther. Let me try and see if I can throw it to the Japanese position."
Company Commander Shang was overjoyed and scolded with a smile: "***, you should have told me earlier! Come on, try it."
The soldier took out a grenade, visually measured the distance with his eyes, and with a push of his arms, the grenade flew out with a "whoosh" of green smoke, drew a graceful arc in the air, and accurately landed on the Japanese position, "boom" There was a loud noise and a column of smoke rose. The screams of the Japanese were faintly heard, and the machine gun suddenly stopped firing.
Captain Shang was so happy that he smiled happily, "Oh, you boy, okay! Quick, throw a few more."
The soldier threw several grenades in succession. After a burst of explosions, the firepower of the Japanese position was significantly weakened. The soldiers took the opportunity to open fire to suppress the enemy's firepower.
Captain Shang patted the soldier on the shoulder: "Brother, okay, throwing a grenade can be as big as a grenade launcher! Why don't I recognize you? What's your name?"
The soldier touched his head and smiled mischievously, "Company Commander, my name is Zheng Hongxiu just after I was assigned to the company."
Company Commander Shang was stunned, "Which words?"
The soldier blushed, "Guandao Zheng, red is red, sleeve is sleeve."
Shang Zhigang almost stared out of his eyes. He was stunned for a long time before bursting into laughter. "You are such a strong and powerful young man, why do you have such a name?"
Zheng Hongxiu blushed, "My father is a businessman and has not read much. Although the family has some money, people look down on him. He hopes that I can study and not be looked down upon by my family. I heard people say that a scholar's red sleeves add beauty, so That¡¯s how I was named.¡±
Shang Zhigang asked curiously: "Then how come you have such great arm strength and can throw grenades so far?"
Zheng Hongxiu said: "After I went to school, this name made my classmates look down on me even more. In order to prevent them from laughing at me, I practiced the discus throw, which was the most difficult in school. In school, my discus throw was the furthest. .Can reach 120 meters.¡±
Shang Zhigang nodded, "Okay, brother, no one dares to underestimate you from now on. You have made great achievements today."
Shang Zhigang gathered all the grenades in the company into Zheng Hongxiu's hands. Zheng Hongxiu followed the company commander's instructions and threw the grenades wherever he was told. That accurate head is exactly like a light mortar. With Zheng Hongxiu's grenade suppression, the Japanese's firepower advantage was completely contained.
The infantry of the next two companies were transported by assault boats one after another, and an infantry battalion was concentrated behind the embankment. Battalion Commander Hua Shouzhang decided to capture the Japanese positions and expand the landing site.
Under the cover of Shang Zhigang's company, the other two companies attacked the Japanese positions from the left and right wings respectively. Company Commander Shang handed over the fire suppression task to Zheng Hongxiu. This "light mortar" had accurate firepower.
In the ** position, there was fierce gunfire, and fierce light machine gun and submachine gun fire enveloped the Japanese position. The other two companies stretched to both sides along the small river embankment to avoid the front of the Japanese. After detouring 2,000 meters away from the Japanese position, attack the Japanese outpost from the flank.
The Chinese troops attacking from the flanks detoured behind the Japanese and launched a sudden attack. The Japanese soldiers were under a fierce attack by the Chinese soldiers. There were only about a hundred people on the position, and they could not withstand the powerful firepower of the Chinese soldiers. He was driven from his position by Chinese soldiers.
Company Commander Shang Zhigang took the opportunity to lead the company into the Japanese position and reinforced the position with the battalion commander. This position is an outpost of the Japanese. There are not many fortifications, mainly trenches.
**The soldiers occupied the position and immediately began to repair the fortifications and establish a stable beachhead. The infantry battalion established a foothold on the opposite side of the river, covering the subsequent pontoon bridge troops in setting up pontoon bridges to ferry tanks and other heavy equipment across the river.
The assault boats made several trips, transporting heavy machine guns, flat-fire cannons, mortars and other weapons to strengthen the infantry firepower. Some steel plates were also shipped.Used to reinforce fortifications.
Subsequently, Division Commander Jiang Weiguo once again transported an infantry battalion across the river, and built a new beachhead 300 meters away from the original Japanese outpost, forming a defensive position with the previous position.
At this point, the Chinese ** team established two beachheads on the other side of the Salween River and occupied a safe landing site with a radius of 2 kilometers. Without the harassment of Japanese light weapons, the pontoon soldiers speeded up the construction of the bridge.
Jiang Weiguo reported to Army Commander Huang Wei: "Our unit has occupied two landing sites on the east bank of the Salween River, and the pontoon bridges are being erected. Please ask the Army Commander to mobilize Bago's armored division to cross the river in Paga as soon as possible."
Huang Wei immediately sent a telegram to the 3rd Armored Division that had confused the Japanese on the outskirts of Bago and quickly rushed to Paga. Commander Sun Liren led the newly formed First Army in a car along the channel opened by the armored army and rushed to Paga. It is expected to take only 14 hours to reach Paga.
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