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    Chapter 352: Allied Forces Retake Burma (14)

    On the east bank of the Zami River, sporadic Japanese artillery fire fell on the river beach, stirring up strings of smoke columns.  Chinese soldiers busily and orderly tied the trees into rafts, reinforced gasoline barrels on the rafts, and the pontoon soldiers pushed the rafts into the Zami River.

    The soldiers drove thick wooden piles on both sides of the raft to secure the raft, and tied steel ropes between the wooden piles.  The soldiers from Aunqiao braved Japanese bullets, laid steel plates on the gasoline barrels, drilled holes, tightened bolts and screws.  From time to time, Pontoon soldiers were hit by bullets, and their blood stained the steel plates red.

    The pontoon bridge soldiers spent 14 hours and finally completed the pontoon bridge.  Jiang Weiguo led the armored troops to slowly drive across the pontoon bridge. As soon as the tracks of the tanks crossing the river touched the land on the other side, they immediately launched an attack on the Japanese defenders.

    The ferocious artillery fire covered the Japanese troops attacking the beachhead. The shells roared and fell on the Japanese troops, and the exploding shells cut into the bodies of the Japanese troops piece by piece.  The tank-mounted machine gun poured out bullets like water, beating the Japanese troops into panic.

    A regiment of tanks defeated the attacking Japanese army, took a short rest at the beachhead, and then quickly moved towards the Zami River Bridge.  The remaining tank troops attacked southward along the Zami River to seize the Japanese outlet to the sea.

    On the Zami River Bridge, the infantry of the New First Army attacked several times, but were repelled by the powerful firepower of the Japanese troops guarding the bridge.  When the New First Army was preparing to step up its attack and seize the bridge, they suddenly heard the rumbling of artillery on the other side of the bridge, and then saw the Japanese soldiers in chaos.

    The New First Army infantry in front of them took the opportunity to launch an attack. When the New First Army soldiers rushed across the bridge, they found dozens of Chinese tanks flying the Qingtian flag crushing Japanese soldiers wantonly.  With the assistance of tanks, soldiers of the New First Army quickly seized the Zami River Bridge.

    After the troops of the New First Army consolidated the defense of the bridge, the tanks immediately turned around and headed south, chasing the main force along the Zami River.

    The three infantry divisions, the New 30th Division, the New 38th Division, and the New 50th Division, rushed across the bridge and advanced toward the city in two directions.  Mawlamyine is a coastal city with a flat terrain and almost no commanding heights such as hills. The Japanese army built a large number of fortifications on the periphery of the city and fought stubbornly.

    On the outskirts of the city, at the edge of the city, the first line of defense was the defensive trenches dug by the Japanese army, with anti-tank trenches set up at the front of the trenches.  The trenches were densely covered with small-caliber artillery and heavy machine gun bunkers, and various firepower points were set crosswise to control the 200-meter distance from the front.

    The New First Army is very experienced in dealing with this kind of fortifications, and the troops of three divisions are spread out across the board.  Some of the infantry dug soil and filled the sacks, and some of the infantry, under the cover of artillery fire and heavy machine guns, stacked the filled sacks in the anti-tank trench and laid a channel.

    The artillery group of the New First Army concentrated its firepower to attack the Japanese positions in the east. The fierce artillery fire repeatedly bombed the Japanese positions.  The Japanese soldiers' trenches were almost turned upside down by the bombing, and dense artillery shells kept exploding in the position. Many Japanese recruits had never seen such fierce artillery fire, and they were bombarded so much that they squatted in the trenches and shivered.

    The artillery fire shifted and the Chinese infantry in front of them immediately launched an attack.  Chinese soldiers held submachine guns and shouted as they rushed through the anti-tank trenches.  The Japanese positions opened fire at the same time, and the heavy rain of bullets formed a barrage and enveloped the front line.

    The Chinese soldiers were immediately swept away by bullets. The brave Chinese soldiers crossed the anti-tank ditch. The soldiers fell down automatically, and the submachine guns in their hands frequently spit tongues of fire at the Japanese positions.

    The heavy machine guns in the offensive position fired fiercely, and they started a tenacious exchange of fire with the Japanese army. From the Chinese ** team position, slender tongues of fire continued to spit out. With the number and performance of the heavy machine guns, they finally suppressed the Japanese heavy machine guns.

    The mortars seize the opportunity to target the Japanese firepower points for targeted clearing. The whistling shells accurately blew over the Japanese machine gun firepower points that were spitting tongues of fire.

    The Chinese soldiers crawled tenaciously, 30 meters away from the Japanese position. The crazy Japanese soldiers immediately threw rows of grenades.  The brave Chinese soldiers grabbed the smoking grenades and threw them back. Some of the grenades thrown back exploded in the Japanese trenches, and there was a wailing sound from the Japanese soldiers.  Many Chinese soldiers were also killed by grenades. The Chinese soldiers with quick hands and feet immediately took out grenades and threw them.

    The two sides started a fierce and cruel grenade battle in front of the position like holding a volleyball.  A dozen fast-moving Chinese soldiers threw grenades while bending down and quickly maneuvering towards the position.  About 10 meters away from the position, the submachine guns in the hands of these Chinese soldiers fired violently.

    Intense bullets were fired into the trenches, and the Japanese soldiers in front of them were shot into a hornet's nest and fell in the trenches.  The soldiers rushed into the trenches and immediately pursued the Japanese troops on both sides.  With a little breakthrough, more and more Chinese soldiers rushed into the trenches.  Many Chinese soldiers chased the Japanese troops in the trenches along the edge of the trenches. The Japanese soldiers had no chance to turn back with the firepower of their submachine guns and kept running forward along the trenches.

    The infantry of the New 30th Division first opened the gap, and the Chinese soldiers attacked the Japanese armyThe two wings of the defense line should be expanded as much as possible to open up a breakthrough.  All subsequent infantry divisions broke through from here and entered the Japanese defense line.

    The first line of Japanese defense immediately collapsed, and the Japanese troops on the first line withdrew to the second line of defense to re-stabilize the front.  In just two hours, the Chinese soldiers broke through the first line of defense of the Japanese army. Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo threw away the phone angrily and cursed the staff officer who came to report.

    The staff officer lowered his head in aggrieved manner, and Nuonuo did not dare to answer.  The lieutenant general, who was angry, felt a little better, and waved his hand angrily, "signaling the staff officer to go down." The Japanese staff officer, who was about to receive amnesty, quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead and ran out of the lieutenant general's headquarters.

    The second line of defense of the Japanese army is located in the outer circle of the city, 1,600 meters away from the first line of defense.  Outside this line of defense is a group of bunkers densely packed with bunkers, surrounded by a trench behind it. 100 meters behind the trench is a group of bunkers, with more than 30 bunkers of different sizes.

    The bunker is a bunker exposed above the ground. It is only about 2 meters high and has different diameters. The large one is about 10 meters (quincunx-shaped distribution) and the small one is only about 3 meters (single bunker structure).  It is all a solid reinforced concrete structure, with only one floor, and the entire lower 60 centimeters are solid.

    The Chinese ** team occupied the first line of defense, and the artillery group immediately followed up, concentrating firepower to bomb the second line of defense.  The fierce artillery fire was a bit unable to deal with the bunker in front.  These bunkers were only 50 centimeters above the ground, and were buckled into the ground in an arc shape. Japanese soldiers dug meters into the ground in the bunkers, which were equivalent to trenches with lids.

    To the east, the first attack of the New 30th Division was killed and wounded many soldiers by the Japanese bunkers and was forced to suspend the attack.  Division Commander Tang Shouzhi instructed the frontline troops to dig tunnels and approach the Japanese positions, collect a batch of flat-firing artillery pieces, and transport them to the frontline attack troops.  The troops of the New 30th Division at the front immediately dug tunnels and approached the Japanese positions under the cover of artillery fire.

    ??The tunnel dug by the soldiers slowly extended forward.  Approaching 100 meters from the Japanese bunker area, and even as close as 50 meters in some areas, bullets from the Japanese bunkers were fired intensively into the tunnels.

    Braving the enemy's bullets, the Japanese soldiers pushed the flat-fire cannon to the end of the tunnel. The Japanese in the bunker saw the flat-fire cannon advancing and knew that the end was coming. The gunfire became more intense, and grenades were thrown from the bunker from time to time.  Due to the height limit of the bunker, the grenade that was thrown exploded even though it was far away from the tunnel.

    The Japanese soldiers in the tunnel loaded the gun with the enemy's bullets, pulled the breech, and the flat-fire cannon flashed, and a shell went straight to the nearest Japanese bunker.

    "Boom", the shell hit the outer wall of the bunker, and the violent explosion blew up a corner of the bunker.  The Japanese soldiers in the bunker fired desperately, and the dense bullets jingled on the gun mantlet.  The flat-fire cannon then fired another shell directly at the bunker. With a roar, the bunker collapsed.

    The Japanese soldiers inside were pressed to the bottom by the collapsed ruins of the bunker, and the shooting stopped abruptly.  The Chinese soldiers resolutely sent the Japanese bunkers into the sky one after another. The battlefield was filled with smoke and dust.

    In the Japanese trenches behind the bunker, light and heavy machine guns rained down on them. However, the Chinese soldiers relied on tunnels to attack, and the bullets were not very lethal to the Japanese soldiers in the tunnels.

    When the Japanese bombed all the Japanese bunkers and wiped out the bunkers in front of the trenches, the Japanese positions were directly exposed to light and heavy firepower from the Japanese.  The carpet bombing of ** artillery made the Japanese army unable to lift their heads.

    The Chinese attacking troops, covered by light and heavy machine guns and mortars, gradually moved forward and closely approached the Japanese positions.  The Japanese mortar operators who have undergone rigorous training have extremely accurate measuring scales. They often test-fire a shell, and the second shell can directly blow up the enemy's firepower point.

    Under the command of division commander Tang Shouzhi, the newly formed 30th Division advanced steadily, and the Japanese second line of defense was in danger.

    On the northern front, the newly formed 38th Division, under the command of division commander Li Hong, used a regiment of infantry to circle toward the west coast, forming a pincer attack.  The two infantry regiments in front of them tenaciously attacked the positions occupied by the Japanese.  When the newly formed 38th Division encountered a group of Japanese bunkers again, Commander Li Hong adopted the strategy of approaching in tunnels and using flat-fire cannons and flames. The nearby bunkers were burned with flames, and the bunkers farther away were hit with flat-fire cannons.

    The attack speed of the New 38th Division is also very fast. It has knocked out all the Japanese bunkers and is approaching the Japanese trenches.  The two regiments of the New 38th Division cooperated tacitly, and the front moved forward as a whole.

    Let¡¯s talk about the southern front. Huang Wei¡¯s three divisions of the Armored Corps attacked the Japanese army from east to south and advanced along the Zami River.  This urban area is completely flat terrain, which is conducive to the deployment of tanks.

    The entire front line of Chinese tanks was pushed forward in an arc, and the Japanese anti-tank trenches on the periphery were filled with sandbags by the accompanying mechanical infantry to pave a road.  The tanks directly rolled over the sandbags and crossed the anti-tank ditch.  The moving steel fortress roared close to the Japanese trenches. The Japanese infantry, which lacked anti-tank weapons, could only stare blankly in the face of the behemoth tanks.

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