Chapter 269 Jingdong Blocking Battle (I)

The sound of artillery "boom boom boom boom" shattered the Japanese dream of trying to resist stubbornly. The artillery shells of the Chinese team fell on the Japanese high ground like raindrops, and the violent explosion made the Japanese soldiers dumb. Such fierce artillery far exceeded the artillery strength of a large group of Japanese troops.

The fortifications built by the Japanese with great effort were easily torn apart like paper under the violent artillery fire of the Chinese team. At this time, the Japanese army did not pay attention to fortifications and did not learn the tunnel defense system of the fortifications. When the fortifications were destroyed, the Japanese soldiers were completely exposed to artillery fire.

With a high-density shell, a few Japanese soldiers were blown down and bloody and shattered. Tanks and armored vehicles were approaching and firing, almost pushing the cannon barrel on the Japanese's forehead to fire. One shell completely overturned a bunker, and the Japanese soldiers inside turned into pink dust.

The soldiers of the 201st Division, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, rushed to the Japanese high ground with carbines. The Japanese firepower points had almost no ability to fire. As soon as the firepower points opened, they were immediately suppressed by tank guns and machine guns.

The Chinese soldiers' carbines were shot at the Japanese army with continuous and fierce firepower. In just forty minutes, the larger highland was successfully captured by Chinese soldiers. The captain of the brigade Tobuki, who was personally guarding the highlands, was shot dead by random shots.

Then he turned his troops to attack the smaller highlands, covered with artillery fire, and the Japanese garrison system was completely disrupted. Not long, the highlands were captured by Chinese soldiers without any effort.

The 201st Division immediately cleaned the battlefield, briefly repaired it for an hour, and set off immediately to pursue the main force of the Japanese 56th Division.

All the armored vehicles and cars of the Youth Army were gathered together and a rapid column was temporarily formed, with a total of 237 tanks and armored vehicles, 200 cars, and two infantry regiments.

The fast column immediately followed the forests outside the Lailin Mountains and quickly penetrated towards Jingdong.

The 133rd Division is the unit of the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army, Yang Gancai. Since entering Myanmar, the division has been on guard duty on the Myanmar-Thailand border to prevent the Thai army from attacking the side and rear of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Jingdong front line.

Commander Yang received the order from Yue Hanping and immediately followed the order to advance in the direction of Jingdong. The Sichuan Army today is a world of difference compared to the Shanghai War of Resistance Against Japan. The soldiers' carbines were equipped with a large number of submachine guns, Czech light machine guns, and Civil 24 Maxim heavy machine guns. Mortars, imitating Japanese 92 infantry artillery, forming the main equipment of the artillery, greatly enhancing the Sichuan Army's firepower.

It is common for the Sichuan Army to walk the mountain road. Sichuan is already mountainous. Since ancient times, the Shu road is difficult and difficult to reach the blue sky. However, the mountains in Sichuan are essentially different from the mountains in Myanmar. Myanmar has a tropical climate, with rainforest plants in the mountains and a high forest vegetation coverage rate.

Especially in the tropical jungle, there are many mosquitoes and lees. Once people are bitten, they are easily infected with malaria. However, the Sichuan Army soldiers are simple and gather the wisdom of everyone, and have a way to deal with these things.

For example, some soldiers use smoke pot oil to drive away lees. As long as they are bitten by lees and apply a little smoke pot oil, the lees will automatically relax and their whole body will become dry and die.

There were many herbs such as mugwort in the mountains, and the soldiers collected these herbs and burned them to repel mosquitoes, which had a significant effect. This method was later greatly promoted in the Expeditionary Force, which instead accumulated some experience in jungle combat and survival for the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Sichuan soldiers walked through the jungle with tenacious perseverance and soon surpassed the marching speed of the Japanese 56th Division. It was just that the two troops marched in parallel, separated by many mountains and did not march speed of each other.

The 133rd Division walked out of the mountainous areas of eastern Myanmar, and soon seized two important exits in the mountainous areas of Jingdong. Yang Gancai each guarded the mountain pass with one regiment, and left another regiment as the reserve team. Relying on the mountain situation, defensive fortifications were built.

When Yue Hanping received a telegram from Yang Gancai of the 133rd Division, he was overjoyed. He immediately called back to commend all the officers and soldiers of the 133rd Division for not fearing hardships and rushing to the battlefield beyond their schedule. Yue Hanping's heart was suspended and landed slightly. Now it was to see if the 133rd Division could withstand the attack of the Japanese and block the Japanese's exit.

The 133rd Division arrived one day earlier than the 56th Division of the Japanese Army. Lieutenant General Watanabe did not expect that it was this day that determined the fate of his division.

One of the exits from Jingdong is Zumoyu and the other is Bentleydo. The 397th Regiment is responsible for the garrison mission of Zumoyu, and the 399th Regiment is responsible for the garrison mission of Bentleydo.

After Li Wenxiang, the 397th Regiment Commander, arrived at Zumoyu, immediately summoned all the soldiers of the regiment to give a speech. "Brothers, our Sichuan Army can go abroad to fight this time, which is the glory of our Sichuan Army. Our 20th Army is the first unit in the Sichuan Army to participate in the War of Resistance. We cannot insult the name of the children in Sichuan. Now, we are competing with the Japanese to see which one will arrive at the battlefield first.

Judging from the current situation, we are one step ahead of the Japanese. But we cannot be proud. The Japanese's equipment is much better than ours, and the soldiers' individual combat capabilities are also higher than ours. We should not be afraid of fatigue now, and carry forward the tradition of our 20th Army's continuous combat. Build fortifications and be ready to fight the Japanese at any time."

Commander Li's words aroused the blood of the Sichuan Army brothers. The officers and soldiers of the regiment worked together to dig a trench 1,000 meters outside the Zumoyu Mountain Pass based on the shape of a mountain, and connected to two peaks on both sides. This trench only had a company of troops as an outpost to block the battle.

400 meters behind the trench is a stone-built corridor, and both sides are also connected to the peaks. The corridor and the trench are connected by traffic trenches. At the foot of the mountain, five plum blossom-shaped castles were built each. The castles were made of huge rocks in the mountains, with a thickness of nearly 5 meters. The height was only 2.5 meters, and a castle only accommodated 6 people.

The outer edge of the castle is covered with a thin layer of soil attached to wild grass. From a distance, it looks similar to a lump of soil. If you don’t pay attention, you can’t think it is a castle. These castles serve as dark fire points, forming a covering corridor and cross-cover supporting firepower.

The waists of the peaks on both sides are the main positions, with trenches as chains, artillery holes, garrison holes, and scattered trenches as knots, forming a tunnel defense system. Two companies of troops are placed on each side of the main positions on both sides. The garrison holes behind the higher peaks are used as reserve gathering grounds, and a battalion is stationed.

For a whole day, the brothers of the 397th Regiment sweated heavily and raced against time to build fortifications. The sunset was red in the west, and the sunset filled the entire valley, and the fortifications of the 397th Regiment were basically formed.

Commander Li Wenxiang stood on the left and looked down at the main position of the 183 Highlands. The mountains were like winding giant snakes, the jungle was like scales on the giant snake's body, and the mountain pass was like seven inches of the giant snake. The 112 highlands opposite and the highlands where they were located were like two big hands holding the giant snake's seven inches.

The brothers of Sichuan Army who had been working all day long looked at the solid fortifications and complete defense system, just like steel plates. The brothers actually felt embarrassed to see the Japanese kick the steel plate with a grin.

The cautious Commander Li carefully checked the fortifications again. Seeing that all the fortifications were in necessary disguise, Commander Li arranged a post and ordered the kitchen team to cook.

At noon the next day, the main force of the 56th Division of the Japanese finally walked out of the mountains and ridges and vast jungles exhausted. There was a flat land of 2 kilometers in the exit of the mountain forest. Lieutenant General Watanabe immediately ordered the engineers to seize the flat land and build an airdrop site. The telegram commander Iida asked for airdrop equipment, ammunition and food.

Two hours later, the Japanese aviation army flew to the airdrop yard of the 56th Division on time. The wings of the five transport aircraft shook and hundreds of white parachutes were spit out from their stomachs. Most of the parachutes landed in the airdrop yard, and a small part landed in the nearby jungle and hung on branches.

The Japanese army quickly replenished supplies and camped on a hill outside the jungle. The entire division carried out a brief renovation. Lieutenant General Watanabe sent scouts to inspect whether there were any teams guarding the valley exiting the front.

Soon, the reconnaissance vanguard reported that the Zhongxun team was guarding the Yamaguchi in front. Lieutenant General Watanabe took a breath and the thing he was most worried about finally happened. Half an hour later, the Japanese aviation army also transferred the information of the aerial reconnaissance. There was about one regiment of the Zhongxun team at the Zumoyu Mountain Pass.

Lieutenant General Watanabe had the urge to arrive at Ren'anqiang to strangle Lieutenant General Iidan to death, "Baga is not this stupid pig, why is my division in desperate situation?" Watanabe cursed Lieutenant General Iidan in his heart and scolded the 18th generation of ancestors in his heart.

Commander Iida, who was thousands of miles away, felt a sense of sensitivity and sneezed several times. Since the 56th Division turned to Jingdong according to the order, Lieutenant General Iida has been restless.

The lieutenant general even made a skeptical decision. Watanabe's coward is right? Iida quickly denied the speculation that he had obtained information. The Thai team dispatched 20,000 people to secretly cross the Thai-Myanmar border and attacked Jingdong. The Thai team, familiar with the jungle terrain, would not fight head-on with the Zhong** team, and would definitely attack Jingdong on the side.

As long as the Watanabe Division forcibly tear open the Jingdong defense line and attacked on both sides, Jingdong could get out in one go. But for some reason, Commander Iida had an indescribable worry in his heart.

"Your Excellency Commander, Lieutenant General Watanabe's urgent telegram" The report of a staff officer woke up the lieutenant general.

Iida hurriedly grabbed the telegram, and Lieutenant General Watanabe first reported that he had walked out of the mountains in the Lailin Mountains and arrived at the periphery of Jingdong. Before he could let Commander Iida be happy, Lieutenant General Watanabe had already taken the lead in guarding the Zumoyu Pass and drove Commander Iida into a thick ice cellar.

Commander Iida only felt that his eyes were dark and his heart was beating wildly. "It is impossible for the Chinese to arrive at Zumoyu so quickly. Aerial reconnaissance of the aviation team showed that the Zhong** team was still on the front line of Lailin, and there will be Zhong** who will guard the mountain pass first and block the exit of the 56th Division."

Chapter 269 Jingdong Blocking Battle (I)
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