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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 1446 Ambush, Battle of Magao!  (Nine)

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    When the Blood Hand Regiment started in the northeast, he followed Tang Qiuli's side. Zheng Yong was the first artillery battalion captain when artillery first came into existence. At that time, the assets were very few. Mortars were the main force and could capture  I would be very happy to see several Type 92 infantry artillery pieces of the Kwantung Army. Zheng Yong, who was born in a major, has a deep understanding of the power of artillery on the battlefield.

    Moreover, he always kept in mind the words of his division commander Tang Qiuli, "If a battle can be solved with artillery shells, you must not use guns. If a battle can be solved with guns, you must not let soldiers fight with bayonets." Therefore,  , Zheng Yong's theory for commanding artillery operations is one, "Don't be stingy with artillery shells, use the most violent artillery fire to kill the enemy's effective force as much as possible!"

    Tang Qiuli still clearly remembered that when Zheng Yong came up with this plan, he had a murderous look on his face. Now it seems that Zheng Yong's goal has been achieved. In more than 40 minutes, the British and Indian soldiers were defeated without mercy.  There is nowhere to hide, and he is always within the range of artillery fire. Moreover, he has a heavyweight killer, but he has not appeared yet, Tang Qiuli thought with a smile.

    Ten minutes later, a storm-like scream suddenly sounded outside the shelter. From the sound, Tang Qiuli knew that it was the rocket artillery that was launching a second round of attacks on the already overwhelmed British and Indian troops. He  After rushing out of the shelter in a few steps, the entire regiment's rocket artillery fired a salvo. This kind of scene is not something you can see often.

    Not a single shell fell in the area near the shelter. Shan Hu felt relieved and no longer restricted Tang Qiuli's actions. He watched the division commander go out to observe the battle. Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, together with a large group of idle staff officers,  The correspondents all rushed out of the headquarters with a "hoorah" and ran outside to see the shelling scene.

    Under the already setting sun, above their heads, rows of rocket shells trailing long tail flames screamed across the sky.  Like a meteor, it fell on the smoke-filled battlefield. This time, it rose.  It was no longer just clusters of smoke pillars, but flames steaming everywhere. On a front line that was more than ten kilometers wide and more than thirty kilometers long, there were bursts of fire everywhere.

    If you look down from the air, Meisikailing looks like it was cut into two parts by a roiling fire dragon.  In the sea of ????fire, there were figures of British and Indian soldiers screaming and wailing, running and rolling around, tanks and trucks burning like torches, and exploding artillery shells, with a "bang", exploding into flames flying all over the sky.

    Zheng Yong¡¯s rocket artillery was a fatal blow to the British and Indian soldiers.  It is nothing more than a reminder of death that adds insult to injury. When ordinary artillery shells come, you can still beg God.  They used the craters to avoid the flying shrapnel, but the intensity of the rockets was beyond the imagination of the British and Indian soldiers. When a row of rockets fell, a sea of ????fire rose up. In the sea of ????fire, there were no living things, only charred soil.  , burnt cracked rock.

    Three rocket launcher regiments.  In addition to the twelve attached rocket launcher battalions in each brigade, each battalion is equipped with twenty-four thirty-two-tube "Thunder" rocket launchers. One salvo fire is 16,000 rounds, which is more powerful than the US-made 155mm howitzer shells.  Rockets that are twice as big.  They lined up on one side of the ambush position, covering the entire ambush circle, creating a hell on earth for the British and Indian soldiers in the ambush circle.

    Liu Hongzhang, commander of the 1st Brigade, held a telescope and lay on the lookout hole in the shelter to observe the situation of his brigade's ambush position. When he saw the overwhelming rockets coming from the sky, a sea of ????fire exploded, hugging the thick tree.  , like a huge candle, burning with flames, crashing to the ground, the shelling area was shrouded in flames, making it impossible to see the situation clearly.

    Liu Hongzhang threw the telescope on the shell box, sat down on the canvas marching chair in frustration, took out a cigarette and lit it, and said sourly to the brigade chief of staff, Colonel Jin Changhe: "Zheng Yong is too greedy.  If he keeps fighting like this, what else will we be able to catch after the bombardment is over? Not even picking up rags. He is enjoying himself and doesn't want to think about the big guys."

    "This fight has been going on for more than forty minutes. We even used rocket launchers. He can do it. Why did he use our twelve brigades of infantry to lie in ambush in Meisikailing for several days? He Zheng Yong's artillery  , can you eat more than 200,000 British and Indian soldiers in one go? At least leave some for our infantry, no, I have to talk to the division commander!

    Jin Changhe said with a smile: "Brigadier Commander, you have to be mentally prepared and be prepared to be punished by the division commander. This ambush battle is mainly based on artillery. What about others? Have you thought about it before the war starts?  Did you give way to other brigades? No! It wasn't you and Brigadier Chu who made the most noise during that mission. The chiefs of staff of our brigades complained to me a lot. "

    Liu Hongzhang's eyes widened and he said: "That's right, when a war begins, who doesn't want to kill more enemies? Especially when fighting against the Japs, they are afraid that they will take advantage of the task that they have taken so much effort to seize.  Can you let others compete with the teacher if they can? If you can¡¯t compete, stop nagging behind your back!of!  "

    After saying that, he looked at Jin Changhe as if he had woken up, and smiled and scolded: "You kid, set a trap for me to get in. Don't say anything, I really don't dare to argue with the teacher. I'm just worried. There are more than 10,000 people."  , What¡¯s going on when you¡¯re idle? The British are so damn cowardly, but we should organize a counterattack. If we take down the artillery positions, we can also fight!¡±

    Jin Changhe was overjoyed and said: "Brigade Commander, you are standing and talking without pain in your back. Our artillery bombarded us so fiercely that the impact of the artillery shells was like having eyes. There was no blind spot for the artillery fire. The British and Indian Army  The troops and structures have all been disrupted, and they can¡¯t even gather themselves, so what can we do to fight back?¡±

    Liu Hongzhang nodded in agreement and said: "That's right, let alone these young masters and lambs who have never seen blood, our brigade will not be able to organize an effective counterattack if we encounter such a bombardment without losing more than half of our people!  Hey, just wait! Zheng Yong¡¯s cannonballs will eventually be finished!¡±

    Just as Jin Changhe, the chief of staff of the 1st Brigade, judged, the structure of the British and Indian troops had been completely disrupted by the sudden shelling. Two rounds of shelling covered the entire march area. First, there were shells everywhere, and then there was an explosion.  A large swath of rockets set the woods on fire, the ground rolled, and there were howling and falling shells everywhere.

    The British and Indian Army's various units, divisions and subordinate regiments completely lost contact. The British and Indian Army soldiers who were bombarded by artillery shells and rockets and had nowhere to hide instinctively crawled into the woods on both sides.  Before they could get very far, a group of artillery shells flew in, as if they had eyes, exploding into a wall of death in front of them, blocking the road.

    Everywhere was burning, and there were shrapnel everywhere, whistling and flying randomly. Sharp metal shrapnel cut the air and penetrated the bodies of the British and Indian soldiers. Blood spattered, and the shells fell into the crowd, leaving broken limbs.  Broken arms flew across, followed by rockets and thousands of degrees of heat, turning the outstanding descendants of the British Empire into ashes, together with the Indian soldiers they looked down upon.

    In this death zone, the life of a major general and division commander is no more valuable than the life of a private. When the artillery shells fall, the officer's body still becomes a pile of minced meat. When Zheng Yong's artillery launched the first round of strikes, many British and Indian soldiers  The military command organization was killed, and their bodies, together with the military jeep, became fragmented parts with a puff of black smoke and a loud noise!

    In contrast, Major General Fisher, the commander of the First Division of the British-Indian Army who served as the commander of the vanguard, was definitely one of the lucky ones favored by God. Through a combination of mistakes and errors, he escaped.

    The 1st Division and the 3rd Division rushed to the front of the Central Route Army side by side, and the commander of the 1st Division, Major General Fisher, led the division's leading regiment, and under the cover of a battalion of tanks, rushed to the front of the entire army.

    Major General Hopkins, commander of the Third Division, after hearing the news, curled his lips in disapproval and muttered in his heart: "This pushy guy has a bit of knight's blood in his bones. He is starting to have a fever. How old is he?  , and he still plays like a knight. As the commander of a modern army, his command position should be where he can coordinate and command the troops, rather than serving as the captain of the vanguard! "

    The two men, who are both commanders of the main division of the British Army in India, do not have a harmonious personal relationship. They often do little things behind each other's backs and step on dog paws.  Coming from a family background, I always felt that Major General Fisher, who had noble blood and showed aristocratic demeanor from time to time, was very cold-blooded and wished that he would fall into a big trap and be embarrassed.

    Commander Fisher, it¡¯s really interesting. After a single artillery shell flattened Xindu and felt like burying Chinese soldiers, Major General Fisher was indeed full of confidence. He set out from Ramgarh in East India, except for  Except for every battle in Xiduo, the First Division was always at the forefront. The troops suffered little losses and their results were defeated again and again!

    Major General Fisher concluded that the British Empire's army was well-equipped and its soldiers were well-trained. The equipment level of the Chinese Army was low and the soldiers' combat effectiveness was not strong. Otherwise, they would not have been driven hundreds of kilometers by themselves, and they would have been left alone.  As for what Commander Alexander was worried about, he had never fought against the Chinese Tang Qiuli's main force and did not know. Anyway, in the major general's mind, the Chinese soldiers were all about the same.

    Think about it, he was the first general who was at the forefront when the British Empire's troops returned to Indochina. He was also the first when they came to Magao City. Even Commander Alexander was left behind. This  A feeling of contentment, very comfortable.

    Division Commander Fisher, with his vanguard regiment and more than forty tanks, rushed through the Meskai Ridge. In front of him, under the setting sun, was a flat land with undulating hills and clumps of shrubs.  In the wilderness, the field of vision suddenly broadens, making people feel relaxed and happy.

    BypassIn a small forest, the military jeep rushed up a low hill, with Meskai Ridge already behind it. Division Commander Fisher suddenly said to the driver: "Stop!"

    (To be continued)
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