The parachutes that landed in the sky caused the Chinese soldiers to cheer indulgently, and if they had any worries about being surrounded by Japanese regiments before, they had no worries now.
In the siege of the city, the Chinese soldiers were most worried about the lack of weapons and ammunition to resist the enemy, the lack of medicine for the wounded, and the hunger of the Chinese soldiers was now not afraid of anything.
A major jumped onto the trench, fired a random magazine at the Japanese position with a machine gun, and shouted: "Little devil, you have the ability to block the sky for grandpa."
The major's words caused the Chinese soldiers around him to burst into laughter At this moment, Xu Tuan and others knew why Song Yuhang dared to sit firmly in Diaoyutai, such a large-scale airdrop, not to mention supplies, as long as the First Mechanized Army can maintain enough airborne sites, it is possible to replenish airdrop personnel.
Sticking to Longling, Song Yuhang gave great trust to the US military's airdrop capability, because he knew that when the expeditionary force made the second expedition to Burma, Song Xilian's 11th Army relied on the airdrop materials of the US 14th Air Force to fight before capturing Tengchong, Longling, and Songshan to open up the Yunnan-Burma Highway.
Song Xilian's Eleventh Army failed to capture Longling, and only then fell into a supply crisis and retreated for a time.
And now the vast majority of the supply of the 11th Army is also supplied by US airdrops Now, due to the astonishing turn in history, the role of the Chinese theater in the world war situation has become prominent, and the United States has also increased its investment in the Chinese battlefield.
Although it could not be compared with the supplies that the United States supported Britain and the Soviet Union, these extra traffic shares have played a considerable role in the war situation in the Chinese theater.
The Chinese soldiers were smiling and carrying all kinds of supplies and ammunition supplies, while the Japanese were gloomy, and Kawabe Shozo's tactics of besieging the First Mechanized Army were aborted before they could be implemented, which made Kawabe Shozo lose face unprecedentedly.
"Can you shell the squadron's airdrop area," Saburo Takehara tentatively asked Kiji Kobayashi, the captain of the 49th Field Artillery Wing on the side Kiji Kobayashi raised the binoculars and looked at them, then put down the binoculars and said: "The Type 92 105 cannon equipped by our army fires a 16-kilogram sharp grenade, and the maximum range of the full charge of the Type 99 105 mountain gun is only 7,500 meters.
The Type 38 150mm howitzer has a full charge range of less than 10,000 meters, unless it is the latest Type 96 150 cannon, which uses sharp grenades with a full charge range of 26,200 meters, which can barely threaten the opponent's airdrop area, and it is a pity that the front army has not yet been equipped with this kind of artillery. ” "Nonsense" Saburo Takehara glared at Kiji Kobayashi fiercely.
Kobayashi's words made the captains of the ground wings very depressed.
When the ground firepower of the Imperial Army was already greatly weaker than that of the Chinese Army, whether the Japanese officers recognized it or not.
The Japanese army encircled Longling with great momentum, and its firepower was already much weaker than that of the opponent, the Chinese First Mechanized Army, in terms of firepower projection.
Standing aside, the head of the intelligence agency of the local army, Kiyohara Gomoto, frowned and said, "According to the latest intelligence.
Before the war, the First Mechanized Army of China received 12 155-mm cannon howitzers, the latest type of 1943 of the US military, which was used by the US military in the battle for the Guadalcanal Islands.
The cannon howitzer, which is fixed on the deck of a transport ship, is estimated to have a maximum range of about 30,000 meters for a full charge.
Using artillery to attack the enemy's airdrop site will definitely be at the effective range of the enemy's artillery.
I am afraid that our army will not lose anything. ” After returning to the command post.
After being silent for a long time, Kawabe Shozo suddenly stood up and said, "Immediately draft a telegram and report it to the staff headquarters of the base camp."
The 1st Mechanized Army of the China Army had long been prepared.
It relies on strong infantry firepower and trench depth to match artillery fire.
Under the cover of the United States.
Our army is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of air power and firepower projection.
If our troops attack the enemy's positions, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
I ask the base camp to adjust the first section of the army aviation and the artillery to strengthen the guidance as soon as possible."
The following pauses were made.
Kawabe Shozo seemed to make up his mind: "Electricity."
Transferred to the 6th Division. 1st Division 1.
Together with the 10th Heavy Artillery Wing, they quickly came to Longling to assist in the battle. ” Isomura Takeliang, deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Burma Front, who had been standing aside, gasped.
The 6th Division is the strategic reserve of the Burmese front.
It has been deployed in Tonggu.
Moreover, the 1st Division of the 18th Division was to be transferred to the 10th Heavy Artillery Wing to Longling Takery Isomura sighed lightly.
At this moment, Myanmar has entered the winter rainy season.
The roads that were dry became muddy.
Your Excellency the Commander actually wanted to mobilize the 10th Heavy Artillery Wing in Rangoon, and today at a meeting, Shozo Riverside revealed his scars and talked about the battle of Kunming.
It already made Isomura Takeliang smell a trace of unusual smell Kawabe Shozo, who has obviously made up his mind, is drilling the tip of the horns to completely eliminate Song Yuhang, a guy who has repeatedly brought shame to the Burmese front, and at this time, he is not sure that persuasion is suitable for Isomura Wuliang.
The core meaning of Kawabe Shozo's latest order is to attack, that is, to drag down the First Mechanized Army of Chongqing, and to defeat the opponent from spirit to double.
The prelude to the bloody battle of Longling has begun, and the 5th and 6th tank wings under the 2nd Tank Division of the Japanese Army also appeared in the north and south of the city respectively, and the 153rd and 168th Infantry Wings of the 49th Division of the Japanese Army replaced the 106th Wing that had suffered heavy losses before, and the 129th Infantry Wing, which was assigned to the 49th Division before the war, served as the reserve of the division.
On the south side of the city.
The Japanese army was independently mixed into the 51st and 72nd mixed brigades.
Each deployed an infantry wing in the south of the city, and the terrain in the south of Longling City was woodland and depressions.
There were great restrictions on the tank troops, but the Japanese army still attached the 6th Tank Wing in this regard.
The Japanese army is actively adjusting its deployment.
Song Yuhang is also actively responding.
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He knew that most of the so-called tank divisions and regiments of the Japanese army were formed relatively late, mainly stimulated by the brilliant victories achieved by the German armored divisions and armored armies, but the Japanese tank units have always developed slowly because of the lack of main models of combat vehicles and the lack of proficient commanders.
Due to the extreme scarcity of resources in the island nation of Japan.
The so-called medium tanks of the Japanese army can only barely compete with the light tanks of European and American countries, and the combat vehicles equipped by the so-called rapid armored units of the Japanese army are nothing but a big joke compared with the tanks equipped by European and American armored divisions.
However, the thin iron tanks of the Japanese army caused heavy casualties to the squadron that lacked anti-tank weapons and anti-tank-related training, and Song Yuhang realized that in the south of the city, the Japanese army was likely to use the tanks as a fixed fire point to support the infantry attack.
In the south of the city, the 3rd Infantry Division of Liang Chaodi is deployed, and the fortifications are built as impregnable, the firepower equipment system is reasonable, the three-layer firepower system of the medium, long and near is clear, and the American 1942 100mm powerless guns of one battalion are strengthened in the various support points of the front.
At 16 o'clock in the afternoon, all the Japanese artillery groups began to shell the positions of the Chinese defenders in the south and north of the city.
A few minutes after the Japanese artillery bombardment began, the 1st Mechanized Corps in Longling City, with the heavy artillery brigade directly under the army as the main force, supplemented by the artillery groups of various divisions, returned fire on the Japanese in an all-round way.
For a time, Longling City was shrouded in smoke from various artillery fires, and the deafening explosion was accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, and the Chinese defenders' positions were flooded by the smoke and dust of the explosion.
The 49th Field Artillery Wing of the 49th Division of the Japanese Army was the first to be targeted by the Heavy Artillery Brigade of the 1st Mechanized Army.
The 155-mm high-explosive grenade landed on the position of the 49th Field Artillery Wing with a piercing and sharp whistling sound, and the 49th Field Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, which was preparing to transfer its position, was wiped out, and the huge killing radius of the 155-mm high-explosive grenade covered the entire Japanese field artillery position.
The detonated ammunition, the dust and sand stirred up by the explosion, the stumps and broken arms that flew high, and the Type 38 75-mm field guns that were still neatly arranged were blown to pieces, and the fleeing Japanese artillery kept disappearing in the flash of the explosion.
Looking at the release of ammunition like a salute at the Japanese artillery position, Song Yuhang's mouth showed a seemingly cruel smile The war is like this, and to be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to yourself.
Cui Zhijun, who was standing on the side, said in a deep voice: "As the saying goes, one infantry dies.
The artillery is dead, it seems that the artillery group of the little devils is enough to choke, hehe, I really want to see the miserable situation of this group of bastards being bombed" Song Yuhang smiled slightly and said: "The little devil doesn't measure himself, don't you give them a little bit of strength if you take my heavy artillery brigade as a fake, how do they know that Emperor Ma has three eyes?"
The artillery fire of the Chinese and Japanese armies almost turned over the outskirts of Longling, and the Japanese army finally launched an attack at 18 o'clock.
The Japanese attack in the evening when the view was poor was clearly premeditated, and shrewdly Kawabe Shozo tried to take advantage of the darkness to weaken the heavy fire of the Chinese defenders.
Nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers lined up in dozens of waves to attack formations, and under the cover of the approaching fire of chariots and field artillery, they began to attack the south and north of Longling City.
Compared with the previous battle for the first trench with tentative colors, it is obvious that the Japanese army did their best to attack this time, and there was a great posture of success.
In the darkness of the night, the Japanese troops lined up in stragglers like the waves of the sea.
One rushed to the Chinese defenders' positions.
The night did cancel out part of the fire of the Chinese defenders, whose firing points on the positions of the Chinese defenders undulated each other and alternated fire using tracer rounds.
While suppressing the Japanese infantry, the artillery was instructed to shoot at the target.
The night of Longling is as lively as the thirtieth night of the Lunar New Year.
The cannon fire and the dense gunfire like the torrential rain echoed in the night sky, and the rising gunpowder smoke obscured the stars and avoided the moon, and the bright moon in the sky seemed to be unbearable to see all this bloody everything, and quietly hid in the dark clouds
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