Age of Rebirth

The first thousand and 130 chapters and four blood-stained Meng Mi

Just when the Battle of Degang came to a stalemate, more than 1000 soldiers from one and a half battalions of the First Brigade were encircled by the new Japanese army commander, Major General Nakazawa, in a canyon west of Degang, causing the corps directly under it to stop attacking. , in Banmao, more than 100 kilometers away from Degang, Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, the deputy commander of the independent division in charge of this combat direction and commander of the Sulu Mobile Corps, began a general attack on the Nomura headquarters of the Japanese army's vanguard.

The Japanese commander Toshihiko Nomura paid a heavy price for his carelessness and arrogance. Three heavy artillery regiments and three rocket artillery battalions belonging to the Sulu Mobile Corps Brigade of the Independent Division joined the battle against the Japanese troops at the same time. The artillery fire rushed, and the overwhelming artillery fell densely on the marching ranks of the Japanese army.

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, flames shone, pieces flew horizontally, and the sound of a huge explosion echoed in the Banmao Valley. From the Japanese army's vanguard troops to the rear brigade, on a route more than ten kilometers long, there was a cloud of smoke, a sea of ​​fire, and splashes everywhere. Sand, gravel and mud, especially the area covered by rockets, is full of people, the soil and rocks are scorched, and there is no grass.

In the front are mines and explosives that overturned the ground, and behind is the intensive firepower of the first brigade. They squeezed the Japanese army together twice. When Toshihiko Nomura saw it, he understood that the Chinese army was going to surround and annihilate me. ! [

Hiding behind a large rock, Nomura saw with his own eyes that a staff officer who had reported the situation to him more than ten minutes ago was directly hit by a large-caliber grenade, and the flames flashed. A living person disappeared just like that. On the ground, there is only one huge pit, still emitting lingering smoke.

This is the closest distance to him. In the distance, smoke and flames, gravel and mud obscured his sight, and there were officers covered in mud, whose faces were smoked like a stove king, rolling and crawling. The Chinese came over to report the situation, the content was the same, the Chinese troops blocked the advance and retreat roads, and artillery fire covered the entire area.

Nomura gritted his teeth. He understood that if he couldn't get out today, not to mention saving Nan Yun's troops, even himself would have to die in the mountains in northern Myanmar. Only by launching an attack on the two wings and tearing a hole, can we win a chance of life.

With the mud and sand falling continuously from the top of his head, Nomura carefully observed the situation on both sides of Banmao Mountain with binoculars. Not to mention, the artillery fire of the Chinese army was very fierce, but it was close to the two wings of the shelling area, and there was no abnormality. In this situation, Nomura suddenly had a strange idea, "Could it be that the Chinese army ambushing the imperial army here is insufficient in strength, so they can only use artillery fire to kill and injure our imperial army soldiers in large numbers, instead of the typical tactics. Army units attack."

I don't know why, but this idea, like a demon, churned in Nomura's mind and couldn't get rid of it. Otherwise, the Chinese troops have been shelling for more than 20 minutes, why haven't the infantry charged yet?With the fastest speed, he ordered the troops who were still under artillery fire and could not lift their heads to immediately attack the two flanks of the hills in order to get rid of the threat of artillery fire from the Chinese troops and seize the high ground.

Amidst the dense artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers were carrying out orders first, and more importantly, to get rid of the artillery roaring overhead. They also discovered that the artillery attacks were only concentrated within a narrow range of more than ten kilometers, and the hills on both sides Up, not a single shot was dropped.

Nomura saw that the soldiers had climbed halfway up the mountain, and he became more and more convinced of his own judgment. This guy didn't know whether he was not smart enough, or he was deluding himself. Nomura would rather believe that the Chinese troops are not strong enough to launch an infantry assault. This is what the cunning Chinese people often do. Perhaps, deep in Nomura's heart, this is the only place where hope can be seen in the midst of despair .

"Report to the commander, the Japanese army has begun to attack the positions on the two wings of Banmao," Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe reported to Tang Qiusheng, but Tang Qiusheng asked another question, "Yuhe, three to 10 minutes of artillery attack, based on your estimate , can cause most casualties to the Japanese army?"

Zhao Yuhe replied with the rigor of a chief of staff: "According to the reports of the troops at the front, the artillery fire killed more than one-third of the Japanese army." Tang Qiusheng calculated, and said: "In other words, the Japanese soldiers who can launch an attack The number will not exceed 6000, well, order the artillery to stop the shelling, and the frontline troops should immediately prepare for a counter-attack, and this time, more than half of the Japanese troops will be left behind."

Nomura's heart almost jumped into his throat. The nightmarish artillery fire of the Chinese army finally stopped. His infantry had already climbed to the position close to the peak, and the gunfire had not yet been heard. Then, there are some who have successfully broken through the encirclement. possible?

Nomura pinned all his hopes on the soldiers. In his hands, he no longer had any decent assault weapons. The tank brigade became the focus of the Chinese artillery. There were nearly a hundred infantry reconnaissance and assault vehicles, dozens of The tanks turned into piles of scrap iron on the mountain road emitting black smoke and dark red flames.

Nomura has also seen what kind of assault vehicle the bureaucratic lords in the imperial industrial department equip the front-line troops. A large-caliber grenade can blow up a few of these little bean-like guys. If he can get away with it this time, he will return the whole thing to the logistics department.

The soldiers of the Sulu Mobile Corps, in their respective positions, looked coldly at the Japanese soldiers who had worked hard to dig up the mountain. The commanders of each regiment of the Independent Division had different command styles, such as Liu Tiehan, brave and good at fighting, loving He competes head-on with his opponents head-on, and likes the thrill of a hungry tiger rushing for food. In his bones, there is a kind of toughness of the Northeast.

And Tang Qiusheng's commanding style is very similar to his cousin Tang Qiuli's. He loves to use tricks and ambushes. Therefore, the Sulu Mobile Corps has experience and experience in fighting ambushes. It stayed in Banmao for four or five days to prepare for this ambush.

The layout of the ambush positions of the Sulu Mobile Corps is also very distinctive. The firepower between the firepower points can be cross-fired, and there is no dead angle at all. In some places where the firepower cannot reach, almost vertical cliffs are artificially built to attack one side. , It is impossible to climb up at all, and the independent division is equipped with a lot of heavy weapons, and it is not afraid of the artillery of the Japanese army, which poses a threat to the blocking troops.

Mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and submachine guns constitute three layers of fire nets with different shooting distances. Coupled with the precise sniping of snipers, within a distance of 500 meters from the fortifications to the front, layers of fire nets are truly sub-components. The death line is so tight that not even a mouse can get in.

The Japanese army climbed to about 500 meters away from the position. In the mortar position behind, the gunners had already picked up the guns, but there was still no order to fire. At 400 meters, Tang Qiusheng put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: " Yuhe, you can start!"

In the Banmao Mountains where the sound of the guns had been silenced, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded from the high ground on both sides. After reaching the highest point, the mortar like a black old bird turned around and plunged down towards the Japanese assault formation. Halfway up the mountain, clouds of smoke rose, and the Japanese soldiers who had been bombarded quickened their pace and rushed up the hillside frantically and instinctively.

Thousands of gold stars appeared head-on, and the sound of a heavy rain suddenly falling on the ground sounded, counting, a metal storm blew up on the flat ground, hitting the body of the Japanese soldier head-on, blood spattering, screaming again and again, the huge kinetic energy of light and heavy machine guns , with the bloody Japanese soldiers flying out backwards. [

The remaining Japanese soldiers had forgotten their fear, and looked at the soldiers of the Independent Division less than 100 meters away with red eyes, howling and rushing up. The sound of white smoke fell on the side of the Japanese soldiers. Immediately afterwards, several Chinese soldiers stood up suddenly, and the unique "da da" sound of the Suomi submachine gun rang out deafeningly.

The layered and interlocking fire nets covered the Japanese soldiers within 500 meters of the front of the fortification at once. After more than 40 minutes, there was no longer a standing Japanese soldier or a dead body. The wounded soldiers of the Japanese army covered the hillside of Banmao. Tang Qiusheng's order was completely and thoroughly carried out by the troops. More than 1 Japanese soldiers threw their corpses into the mountains.

In just over 40 minutes, Nomura lost more than two-thirds of his troops under the coordinated attack of the Sulu Mobile Corps' excellent tactics and intensive firepower. It has only been more than two hours since the start of the battle. Shelling, followed by sudden melee firepower, the Japanese army has been crippled, and the broken limbs of Japanese soldiers are laid out on the front line of more than ten kilometers.

"Order, the tank units start to attack and wipe out the remnants of the enemy," Tang Qiusheng gave the last order. Hundreds of tanks roared, their muzzles spit out flames, and attacked from both north and south directions. The end of the Japanese army had arrived.

After dark, the Japanese army ceased to exist. When the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, behind a large rock, they found Lieutenant General Toshihiko Nomura, who had half of his head cut off by a cannon skin. The chief of staff of Dazuo and several senior officers, at around [-]:[-] p.m. that day, the ambush at Banmao Mountain ended in victory.

Banmao, north of Degang, fought very smoothly, while Changfeng's blocking troops and Yu Guanghan's flanking troops fought very hard on the Wubin line south of Degang, especially Changfeng's frontal blocking The troops suffered more casualties than most people expected. In Degang, the battlefield was in such a stalemate. Tang Qiuli's thoughts were involved in two aspects.

(To be continued)

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