Chapter 802: Onslaught of Lashio (3)
The soldier was obviously experienced and hid next to a bush, stretched out the launch tube of the 40mm bazooka and aimed at the very "spectacular" armored vehicle not far away.
The main reason why it is "spectacular" is that there are many Japanese officers hanging outside the armored vehicle, and there are even many panicked Japanese soldiers following behind the armored vehicle. These more than a dozen Japanese soldiers are obviously preparing to break through with the armored vehicle and rush out from the valley entrance.
"boom!!!"
With a loud bang, a rocket dragged its long tail and flew over with a "swoosh" sound, and successfully hit the little Japanese armored vehicle. After the loud bang, the armored vehicle completely turned into a pile of scrap iron. The Japanese Lieutenant General, Major General, Colonel and other Japanese officers in the armored vehicle all went to see their great master Amaterasu.
Even the little Japanese officers who fell outside the armored vehicle were blown away. Even the Japanese who followed the armored vehicle to break through and escape were mostly affected. These Japanese soldiers who were affected were injured even if they were not killed, and several of them were even blown away.
"good!!!"
On the top of the mountain, Commander He from the First Infantry Regiment was holding a telescope and closely following the battle here. When he saw a fleeing Japanese armored vehicle being destroyed by a rocket, and many Japanese officers were bombed away, Commander He was so happy that he cheered.
The soldiers of the three battalions joined the battle together. The battle went very quickly. In just over a dozen minutes, hundreds of Japanese devils were all turned into corpses, and the soldiers suffered minimal casualties. The main reason was that at the beginning of the battle, a large number of mortars caught these Japanese devils off guard.
Seeing that the battle was approaching, Commander He and his several guards walked quickly down the top of the mountain. Not long after, they arrived at the basin of the valley.
"Report to the regiment commander! Kill a lieutenant general, a major general, and two colonels."
"Oh!" He heard the report, Captain He immediately said excitedly: "Take me there and have a look!"
Everyone soon came to the armored vehicle that had become a pile of scrap iron. In the broken armored vehicle, there were several corpses that were blown up. It could be seen that they were several Japanese officers, and they could be vaguely identified through their tattered uniforms. It was a Japanese lieutenant general, a major general, two colonels, and there were some other Japanese middle and low-level officers, but these officers, Captain He and others were too lazy to see.
Unexpectedly, he actually shot a lieutenant general and a major general. Thinking of this, Commander He laughed: "I didn't expect that my old man He was very lucky today and also shot two Japanese generals."
"Captain! This is undoubtedly a division command of the Japanese devils."
"That's for sure." Captain He nodded. Then he said happily: "Report to his superiors as soon as possible, and in addition, hurry up and clean up the battlefield. We will continue to go south in ten minutes."
Everyone cleaned the battlefield a little, and ten minutes later, nearly two thousand soldiers lined up in an orderly manner, trotting all the way towards Lashio.
A few minutes after the soldiers left, a large group of Japanese devils, led by a Japanese colonel, hurriedly came here. The lead was several tricycles and large trucks, and at least thousands of Japanese devils were running and following them.
The Japanese colonel who led the team saw that the valley was in a mess and his heart almost sank to the bottom of the valley. The Japanese colonel never expected that such a situation would occur in the rear of his division defense zone.
"Hissing Commander of the Division! His Excellency Chief of Staff!"
Seeing the armored vehicle that had become a pile of scrap iron, the Japanese colonel finally recognized it, which was his division commander and chief of staff. Suddenly, the Japanese colonel shouted and cried bitterly.
Next to him, several Japanese officers saw that their division commander and chief of staff were all broken, and there was no one living in the entire division headquarters. All these Japanese officers looked tragic and were greatly hit.
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When Wang Haiyang and Chen Erwa learned that the division headquarters of the 22nd Division of the Japanese were taken over by their own troops, the two were extremely happy and immediately issued an order to increase the offensive efforts to the troops attacking head-on.
The two armies, nearly 100,000 people attacked the Japanese's front line of defense, were simply a thrust and destruction, and the soldiers' offensive was unstoppable.
At the same time, the 13th Army located in the northwest of Lashio and the 15th Army located in the northeast of Lashio also began to launch a large-scale attack.
Although the Japanese deployed heavy troops in Lashio, the Japanese still retreated in front of the soldiers' heavy artillery, tanks and armored vehicles.
After a day of fierce attack, the major armies advanced more than 20 kilometers, broke through several Japanese defense lines in succession, and annihilated more than 50,000 enemies.
The four major armies attacked from the northwest, north and northeast were less than 10 kilometers away from the Lashio urban area. Some vanguards were even close to the edge of the urban area, and the troops advancing from the mountainous areas were approaching the edge of the Lashio urban area.
At dawn the next day, the 28th Army successfully reached its designated position and successfully controlled the southern area of Lashio. At this point, the Japanese Lashio defenders were surrounded by soldiers.
As the sky was dawn, the major armies, led by tanks, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, and off-road vehicles, invested more than 100,000 people and advanced from all directions to the Lashio city.
In this form, the Japanese outside the city will soon be cleared by the soldiers. At most, the soldiers should be able to break into the city and clear away the remaining Japanese in Lash city.
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It was a little dawn, less than ten kilometers south of Lash City, a mountain dirt road and several small hills on both sides of the dirt road were not too late to rest, and everyone was building fortifications.
In order to prevent the Japanese in Lashio City from escaping and to block the Japanese intensified north, the 28th Army not only prepared to build several defense lines in Lashio Chengnan, and control some major highways, but also some paths in the mountains. The 28th Army did not let go.
After all, many Japanese soldiers are light infantry nowadays and can escape even if they leave the highway. Similarly, it is also possible for Japanese Japanese to step into Lashio from the mountain path to reinforce them.
Most of the Japanese troops are not motorized, and are not equipped with so many chariots and large trucks like the Chinese team. The Japanese troops are basically mules and horses, and some equipment and supplies are transported by horse-drawn carriages. Therefore, some mountain dirt roads leading to Lashio are also the focus of defense for soldiers.
This time, the Japanese army reinforced Lashio, two entire divisions. Except for some Japanese soldiers who took trucks to advance along the main road, most of them marched with their legs, some light infantrymen even prepared to cross the mountainous areas and reach Lashio.
This inconspicuous mountain dirt road is only two or three meters wide, and trucks are absolutely inaccessible. However, in this area, the 28th Army still deployed an infantry battalion.
At around 8 o'clock in the morning, the soldiers had just built a position and had breakfast. Many soldiers were resting, and only a small number of soldiers were on guard.
This infantry battalion started marching yesterday and reached this designated location at dawn today. As soon as it arrived here, it was busy building fortifications. The soldiers were already very tired.
At the beginning of rest, many soldiers slept soundly, and they slept very soundly, as if they were sleeping on a soft and comfortable bed.
The soldiers had just rested for less than an hour, and some of the alert soldiers heard the sound of horse hooves. Although they were far away from here, these soldiers still heard it. Obviously, it was the sound of a large number of war horses galloping.
Something is happening!
As soon as he discovered this, a soldier rushed to his battalion commander and said loudly: "Battery Commander! There is a situation, a large number of cavalrymen were found."
The major battalion commander also heard the faint sound of horse hooves. According to experience, at least thousands of war horses were running. The major battalion commander immediately looked up and shouted: "Comrades! The Japanese cavalry are here, prepare for battle!"
Those soldiers who were still sleeping soundly immediately lost their sleep when they heard the order, and were full of energy. These soldiers were all veterans of war. They had extremely rich combat experience. When they could sleep, they could sleep soundly. When they were fighting, they could get into the state quickly.
After the founding of New China, millions of troops across the country were reorganized, and so many troops were reduced to more than 30 armies. All of them were eliminated. All of them were the essence and were veterans of a hundred battles.
In the distance, after turning a few turns, a long team of Japanese cavalry was running along this dirt road between the mountains about two or three meters wide. This was a Japanese army to reinforce Lashio.
A Japanese colonel was riding on a tall horse with his own sword on his shoulder. Obviously, this was a Japanese cavalry regiment. The Japanese were very fast. After turning a few turns, the Japanese discovered the defense line of the soldiers not far away.
The Japanese Cavalry Regiment Captain saw that there was only a position of hundreds of people in the centre team with hundreds of people in front of him, and his number was two or three times that of this centre team. The Japanese colonel raised his command knife.
"Kill and give it to me!!!"
The Japanese colonel shouted with all his might, ordering the entire cavalry corps to charge, preparing to rush to the soldiers' positions in one go, and destroy the hundreds of soldiers.
The terrain here is also very suitable for the Japanese to charge. There are open lands hundreds of meters wide on both sides of the dirt road, and a few hundred meters ahead are several small hills. This dirt road passes through these small hills.
The soldiers chose to build fortifications here, which is very particular. Although such a terrain is very suitable for the Japanese to charge, it is also very beneficial to the soldiers, that is, the shooting range is wide.
The soldiers' fortifications were built on the hills and were conspicuous and could use firepower to seal the open land on both sides of the road ahead. As long as the Japanese charge, they would inevitably be hit by the fierce firepower of the soldiers.
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Let me post a chapter first. I accompanied my wife to my mother-in-law's house to celebrate the festival early this morning. I came back after dinner. I didn't rest after I came back. I immediately typed it. I have only finished the first chapter and I haven't even taken a shower. I went to take a shower and then wrote it. I don't know if I can finish the second chapter, so I will post it after I finish it.
Chapter completed!