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- Chapter 350: Allied Forces Retake Burma (12)
Colonel Nakamori led the regiment to withdraw to Paga. Unexpectedly, the bridge defenders were attacked by the Chinese Army and blew up the bridge first. The Nakamori regiment could only find a place to cross the river downstream of Paga.
Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo, commander of the 62nd Division, received a report from Colonel Nakamori and had no choice but to dispatch a coast guard unit from Moulmein to mobilize a motorboat and carry a small boat to meet Colonel Nakamori. The colonel was not idle at the lower reaches of Paga. In order to speed up the crossing of the river, he ordered his soldiers to cut down trees and build rafts to transport troops or weapons.
When the Japanese army¡¯s motorboat arrived at the location of the Zhongsen Regiment, the Zhongsen Regiment had already built more than 20 rafts. In order to speed up the progress, the raft was tied behind the motorboat, and soldiers on the raft accompanied the motorboat across the river.
After several exchanges, 12 motorboats and 36 small boats carried the entire Zhongsen unit across the river. As soon as Colonel Nakamori crossed the Salween River, he received an order from the division commander to reinforce the Paga Ferry. Try our best to delay the Chinese ** team from erecting the pontoon bridge and gain the most preparation time for the Moulmein garrison.
Colonel Nakamori immediately led his troops to reinforce Paga upstream. At that time, Colonel Nakamori rushed to the Paga Ferry in a hurry, and the outpost position at the ferry had been occupied by the Chinese army. The remaining defenders had only more than a hundred troops and were unable to fight back. They had to establish a blocking position on the Pagaxi Highlands, 3 kilometers away from the ferry, to prepare to stop the Chinese troops.
Colonel Nakamori immediately left a brigade to build solid fortifications with the original defenders. He led the remaining two brigades to attack the beachhead of the Chinese Army.
The cunning Colonel Nakamori ordered hundreds of Japanese troops to disguise themselves as Burmese refugees and head for the Paga Ferry. A large force chased these "refugees" from behind, shooting at the same time.
At the Paga beachhead, the Chinese ** team occupied position 1 on the left with one company, and position 2 on the right with two companies. Position No. 1 was a position that was repaired later. It was slightly 300 meters ahead of Position No. 2. The terrain was slightly worse than the original Japanese position.
The soldiers at Position 1 had just dug trenches and were setting up some bunkers when they suddenly heard sporadic gunshots. The company commander quickly raised his binoculars to observe the enemy's situation.
About 3 miles away from the ferry, I saw a large group of Burmese refugees, some carrying baskets, some carrying bundles on their heads, and carrying a big bundle on their backs, stumbling toward the ferry. Behind them were a group of Japanese soldiers chasing these refugees, shooting at these "refugees" while chasing them. Bullets whizzed past the refugees.
The company commander immediately ordered, "Get ready to fight!" and simultaneously issued a battle alert to Position 2.
The machine gunner set up the machine gun, put several magazines at hand, and cocked the bolt. "Company commander, what should we do with the Burmese refugees?"
Company commander Zhu Yunting pushed up his military cap, "It's hard to tell the enemy from ourselves. No one knows what's going on. As long as they enter our 200-meter shooting range, shoot. For Burmese refugees, don't hit the body. The bullets will hit them near them. Warning Just stop them. Otherwise, shoot to death!"
The soldiers lay on the edge of the trench, watching the Burmese "refugees" getting closer and closer and the Japanese soldiers chasing them. 800 meters, 600 meters, 400 meters, 200 meters. Company Commander Zhu Yunting gave the order, "Hit!"
The machine gunner opened fire fiercely at the Japanese soldiers behind him. The 92-heavy machine gun captured by "chu tu tu tu" fired first, then the crisp "tap tap tap" of the Czech light machine gun sounded, and then the submachine guns sprayed tongues of flame one after another. The dense machine gun bullets knocked down the Japanese soldiers behind row by row.
All the submachine gun bullets were shot on the ground of the Burmese refugees. The Burmese refugees stopped for a moment and looked ahead. A Burmese translator at the ** position shouted: "Burmese people get down on the ground! Stop advancing!"
Unexpectedly, the Burmese refugees seemed to be unable to hear the shouting and continued to rush towards the ** position. The kind-hearted Chinese soldiers fired another burst of submachine gun bullets on the ground in front of them, stirring up strings of dust. These Burmese refugees rushed towards the position like crazy, getting closer and closer, only 50 meters away.
Company Commander Zhu gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, it's hard to tell the enemy from the enemy, shoot me!"
**The soldiers aimed at the non-lethal points of these refugees and fired. Almost at the same time, the Burmese refugees who were only 30 meters away from the position suddenly threw a row of grenades, and Japanese-style melon grenades with green smoke flew down.
The soldiers evaded and fired back fiercely. A dozen soldiers were still killed and wounded by grenades. The angry Japanese soldiers pointed the bullets at the Japanese soldiers without mercy.
The distance was too close, and the two sides almost shot face to face. The fierce firepower of the submachine guns in the hands of the Chinese soldiers instantly beat these Japanese soldiers pretending to be refugees and fled in panic. A dozen Chinese soldiers rushed out of the trenches and chased the Japanese butts and beat them hard.
More than 100 people were killed immediately by the Japanese soldiers disguised as refugees, and they were forced to retreat to their starting position. A dozen Chinese soldiers chased them more than 100 meters away, then stopped the pursuit and found pistols and grenades from the refugees.
The Japanese's first attack was crushed by the alert company commander Zhu Yunting. Company Commander Zhu immediately led the soldiers to count the wounded, count ammunition, and repair the fortifications. Welcome to a more brutal defense battle.
Colonel Nakamori had a sullen face. His attack that he thought was a plan was ruthlessly crushed by the Chinese team. I had no choice but to attack hard. Colonel Nakamori ordered the artillery to fire first. Type 41 mountain artillery and Type 92 infantry artillery aimed at the Chinese position and fired fiercely.
The total artillery of the Chinese defenders was the size of a company. The battalion commander gathered all the artillery and established an artillery position. As soon as the Japanese artillery fired, the Chinese artillery quickly calculated the Japanese artillery position based on ballistic measurements, and 12 75mm howitzers, 6 125mm mortars, and 6 82mm mortars opened fire at the same time.
The artillerymen of both sides refused to give in to each other and launched a fierce exchange of fire. At the same time, the ** called the heavy artillery on the other side of the river and told the heavy artillery regiment the coordinates. The ** heavy artillery roared across the Salvagen River and landed on the Japanese artillery position.
The Japanese artillery position was a sea of ??fire. The exploding shells and shrapnel flew in all directions. The Japanese artillerymen were littered with casualties. Three cannons were damaged by **120 heavy artillery shells. In just half an hour of fighting, the Japanese artillery lost 6 pieces and caused more than 60 casualties.
The Japanese artillery immediately moved their positions and no longer dared to be arrogant. The Japanese artillery suppressed the Japanese artillery, immediately transferred its firepower, and aimed at the Japanese forward offensive positions.
The Japanese soldiers who had gathered to attack were knocked upside down by the explosion, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. Colonel Nakamori had no choice but to change the assembly location and postpone the attack time.
At No. 1 and No. 2 beachheads, the Japanese soldiers have basically completed the emergency repairs of the fortifications, and all heavy machine guns are deployed in bunkers. The light machine gun implements roaming shooting to supplement firepower. In order to strengthen the connection of firepower between the two positions, three firepower support points were specially built, all of which are bunker-style fortifications. A bunker contains 5 soldiers and a light machine gun. There is a communication trench connecting the bunker and the position.
These bunker-style fortifications are actually semi-finished products. Yue Hanping quoted the experience of the Japanese army in the Pacific Island War and directly made steel plates or cast iron into a 6-meter-diameter arc-shaped steel tower with 30 mm of armor thickness. As long as the terrain is suitable, this kind of steel tower can be half-buried underground and then covered with a layer of soil.
It was already three hours later when Colonel Nakamori was ready to attack again. During this period, the Chinese defenders had received supplies of ammunition and light machine guns from across the river. The two positions have 60 light machine guns.
The Japanese artillery roared again, this time it was rapid fire, and it fired rapidly at the Chinese Army's No. 1 position for 5 minutes. The sound of artillery stopped. It is estimated that the Japanese artillery did not dare to fix a position due to their weak strength, so they had to measure the scale in advance, fire a round of rapid fire and immediately move the position to prevent Japanese artillery fire from retaliating.
The Japanese army set out to take position, with light and heavy machine guns barking wildly. A squadron of Japanese soldiers circled towards both sides of Position 1 with their guns in hand. The Japanese army was 600 meters away from the position, and the infantry began to fire, and dense bullets "chirped" over the heads of the Japanese soldiers. Several Japanese soldiers were even injured in the arm by the Japanese army.
The Japanese soldiers squatted in the trenches, and the lookout posts continuously reported the distance of the Japanese troops. "150 meters!" came the lookout whistle. The soldiers cocked their guns and unscrewed the grenade caps.
"120 meters!" The soldiers lay down on the trenches and fired fiercely at the charging Japanese soldiers. The heavy machine gun shot out long strings of flames in the bunker. The fierce and long-lasting firepower was like a chain of fire, knocking down the Japanese soldiers who were caught. The light machine gunners kept changing their shooting positions, making it difficult for the Japanese sharpshooters to capture the target.
At a distance of 100 meters, the Japanese troops were stunned and unable to rush forward. The fierce firepower of the Japanese army completely pinned them to the ground and could not move. **Hand grenades were thrown in rows, sending up puffs of smoke. When the smoke cleared, only a pile of Japanese corpses were left in front of the position.
Position No. 2 also opened fire frequently when the Japanese attacked, using firepower to block the enemy's roundabout troops and cover the flanks of Position No. 1. The two military positions were like two steel nails, nailed to the banks of the Salween River.
Colonel Nakamori looked at the two Japanese positions. He rolled his eyes and ordered the infantry to dig tunnels on the outside to approach the Japanese positions. He divided the two Japanese positions and concentrated his forces to attack at the same time.
The attack during the day was temporarily suspended. That night, Colonel Nakamori ordered the infantry of two brigades to dig tunnels in front of the position and surround the Japanese position. More than a dozen vertical tunnels leading to the ** position continued to extend forward, 50 meters away from the ** position, and then dug to both sides to form a trench.
The Japanese troops moved very lightly and did not dare to make a big noise. The excavated soil was put in sacks and was strictly prohibited from being piled on both sides of the tunnel to avoid being discovered by the police.
A tunnel runs between the two positions. There are three earth bags 30 meters in front, arranged irregularly. The Japanese army also wanted to use these three soil bags to transform into bunkers. The Japanese soldiers, who were thinking about what they wanted, never thought that these three ordinary dirtbags turned out to be Japanese bunkers.
Their movements alarmed the underground bunker, which looked like three dirtbags on the outside. The soldiers and policemen in the bunkerLooking outside, they saw a dark figure swaying in the faint moonlight.
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