Chapter 349: Allied forces regain Myanmar (11)

The Japanese soldiers blocking the positions prepared their bags and cluster grenades, and they all scattered the soft sand and soil on their bodies, pretending to be dead bodies, and lying quietly in the trenches.

Jiang Weiguo saw the remaining Japanese troops retreating over the Salwen River and blew up the river bridge. He sneered, "Hmph, we have heavy boat bridge troops, and we can build a floating bridge soon. Do you think the explosion of the bridge can block us?"

Jiang Weiguo was too lazy to take a look at the Japanese blocking positions and ordered coldly: "Use flamethrower to burn the Japanese positions to me! No matter if he has anyone on it."

Five fire-breathing tanks rumbling out of the queue, the car-mounted machine guns spit out flames, and the chariots slowly approached the Japanese positions. The Japanese soldiers on the positions were lying quietly, holding fuses and grenade springs in their hands. They listened quietly to the sound of the ** chariots, and they waited for the ** chariots to climb onto their positions.

The fire-breathing tank chose the wind direction, widened the distance between the tanks, and was 20 meters away from the position. The tank turret aimed at the position. The fire-breathing tube suddenly spurted out five fire dragons. The fire-dragon continued to spray for forty seconds, and stopped for a moment, and then five fire dragons rushed towards the Japanese position.

The napkin fuel was burning, and the fire spread rapidly. The Japanese soldiers on the positions were so angry that they cursed: "The despicable Chinese people actually used such a poisonous strategy."

Before the four Japanese soldiers could stand up, they were covered with flames. The fire ignited the ** bag or cluster grenade. The loud bang, and the Japanese soldiers suddenly flew with flesh and blood, and their bodies remained.

The other eleven Japanese soldiers immediately stood up and looked around, but there was a sea of ​​fire on the position. They hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up, throw away **!" They hurriedly threw away ** bags or cluster grenades.

Five Chinese fire-breathing tanks kept spraying fire dragons onto the Japanese positions. The standing Japanese troops were soon surrounded by fire and they could not rush out at all. Several Japanese troops gritted their teeth and tried to rush out of the sea of ​​fire. As soon as their bodies stuck to the flames, the flames immediately ignited their clothes and licked and burned their skin.

Several Japanese soldiers endured the severe pain and rushed out of the sea of ​​fire. Before they could tell the difference between the east, south, west and north, the machine gunners on the fire-breathing tank had already discovered them, and a violent rain of bullets covered them.

The body of the Japanese soldiers was shot into a hornet's nest. The Japanese soldiers lay unwillingly on the ground, and their bodies were immediately submerged by flames. Immediately afterwards, a roar of thunder on the position, and the explosion of air waves blew the flames everywhere, and the ground quickly spread again.

Jiang Weiguo ordered the Zhouqiao troops to occupy the Salwen River Ferry and start building a floating bridge. A regiment of tanks aimed artillery at the Japanese positions opposite the river, sent shells to the Japanese positions, and covered the Zhouqiao troops to build a floating bridge.

From time to time, a ball of smoke columns rose up in the Japanese position opposite the river. The Japanese light weapon bullets shot to the opposite side of the river. The effective range of the bullets was approaching the end and it was not a big threat to the boat and bridge troops.

The boat bridge soldiers put down the assault boat, and the mechanic infantry of the First Armored Division drew a company and took the assault boat to seize the beachhead opposite the river, establish a beachhead position, and cover the large army to cross the river.

The principle of the assault boat is very simple. In fact, it is to install propellers on the iron-shelled boat and drive it with a car motor. A assault boat rides 8 infantrymen. Given the small load capacity, all the vanguard infantry carry light weapons.

An infantry of a company of the First Armored Division boarded the assault boat, and tanks and machine guns on the shore kept firing at the opposite side of the river to suppress the Japanese firepower. 15 assault boats started the motor and rushed to the other side with a "bang" rushing.

When they reached the center of the river, the Japanese machine gun bullets flew past the soldiers with "chubby" and some bullets fell into the water and "squeaked" sounded. The soldiers on the ship lowered their bodies, leaned on the cabin with their helmets. The soldiers at the stern controlled the tail rudder, and advanced in front of the river in a zigzag shape.

100 meters away from the opposite side of the river, the soldiers on the ship frequently fired at the Japanese with their submachine guns. The closer they were to the river bank, the denser the Japanese bullets and the higher the accuracy. The iron shell was hit by the bullets and made the "dingdong" sound, and soldiers were shot and fell into the water from time to time.

The assault boat finally rushed to the shore of the river. The Chinese soldiers jumped off the boat, spitting out the flames in their hands and rushed towards the river beach. A small team of 50 Japanese soldiers rushed out with rifles. The number of Chinese soldiers landed on the shore was about 70. They relied on their fierce firepower to rush into the bushes beside the river beach, looking for hidden dangers.

The soldiers of China and Japan each looked for places where they could hide and launched fierce battles on the beach. The Chinese soldier company commander Shang Zhigang opened fire at the Japanese while scanning the surroundings, looking for places where they could establish positions.

Company Commander Shang glanced around and finally found that there was a small embankment 300 meters away from the river beach, which was the outer embankment of the Salwen River. When the water was not strong, the outer embankment could block the river water.

Company Commander Shang Zhigang ordered loudly: "Brothers, let's rush forward! Is there a river embankment in front of you? Let's build a beachfront position there to cover the main force's crossing the river."

Chinese soldiers threw rows of grenades first, and with the help of the smoke rising from the explosion, they stood up and rushed towards the Japanese. The firepower of the submachine guns was too strong, and the Japanese soldiers could not raise their heads.

The Japanese soldiers were driven back by the charge of Chinese soldiers. Soon, the Chinese soldiers occupied the embankment. The height of the embankment was only 2 meters. The Chinese soldiers quickly dug a single pit next to the embankment and opened fire frequently based on the embankment.

This embankment is only about 100 meters away from the outpost of the Japanese Beach Head. The terrain is low and completely suppressed by the Japanese. Company Commander Shang Zhigang was stunned, "Who brought the grenade?"

The soldiers shook their heads, "We are mechanical infantry, and firepower support depends on tanks and armored vehicles, and we don't bring it."

Company Commander Shang slapped the embankment in anger, and a soldier who had just arrived stepped forward, "Company Commander, my grenade is thrown far away. Let me try it to see if it can be thrown on the Japanese position."

Company Commander Shang was overjoyed and laughed and scolded: "***, let me say it earlier! Hurry up, try."

The soldier took out a grenade, measured the distance with his eyes, and exerted force with his arms. The grenade flew out with blue smoke, drew a grey arc in the air, landing accurately on the Japanese position. With a loud "boom", a pillar of smoke rose up. The Japanese screams came vaguely, and the machine gun suddenly stopped shooting.

Company Commander Shang was so happy that he smiled, "Oh, you kid, okay! Hurry up, throw a few more shots over."

The soldier threw several grenades one after another. After a burst of explosions, the firepower of the Japanese positions was significantly weakened. The soldiers took the opportunity to fire and suppress the Japanese firepower.

Company Commander Shang patted the warrior on the shoulder: "Brother, okay, you can even throw a grenade to a grenade! Why don't I know you? What's your name?"

The soldier touched his head and smiled shyly, "Company Commander, I just joined the company shortly after I was assigned to the company, and my name is Zheng Hongxiu."

Company Commander Shang was stunned, "What words?"

The soldier blushed, "Guan Daozheng, red, sleeves."

Shang Zhigang almost glared out his eyes, and was stunned for a long time before laughing out loud. "You are a powerful guy, Kong Wu, why do you call such a name?"

Zheng Hongxiu blushed, "My father is a businessman and has no books. Although his family has some money, he looks down on him. He hopes that I can study and not be underestimated by the small family. He heard that scholar Hongxiu has a lot of fragrance, so he gave me such a name."

Shang Zhi asked curiously: "Then why do you have such great arm strength? Can you throw grenades so far?"

Zheng Hongxiu said: "After I went to school, this name made my classmates look down on me even more. In order not to let them laugh at me, I practiced the most difficult discus in school. In school, my discus is thrown the farthest. It can reach 120 meters."

Shang Zhigang nodded, "Okay, brother, no one dares to underestimate you from now on. You have made great contributions today."

Shang Zhigang concentrated all the grenades of the company into Zheng Hongxiu's hands. Zheng Hongxiu followed the company commander's instructions and threw the grenades wherever he asked him to throw them. The accurate head was completely a light mortar. With Zheng Hongxiu's grenade suppression, the Japanese's firepower advantage was completely curbed.

The infantry of the two companies were transported by assault boats one after another, and one infantry battalion was concentrated behind the dam. Battalion Commander Hua Shouzhang decided to capture the Japanese positions and expand the landing ground.

Under the cover of Shang Zhigang Company, the other two companies attacked the Japanese positions from the left and right wings respectively. Company Commander Shang handed over the firepower suppression mission to Zheng Hongxiu, and the firepower of this "light mortar" was accurate.

** Position, the gunshots are fierce, and the firepower of the submachine guns is shrouded towards the Japanese position. The other two companies extend along the Xiaojiang embankment to both sides to avoid the front of the Japanese. After detouring to 2,000 meters away from the Japanese position, they will attack the Japanese outpost from the flanks.

The Chinese troops attacking from the flanks detoured the Japanese and suddenly launched an attack. Under the fierce attack of Chinese soldiers, there were only about one hundred people on the position, and they could not withstand the powerful firepower of the Chinese soldiers. They were driven out of the position by Chinese soldiers.

Company Commander Shang Zhigang took the opportunity to lead the company into the Japanese position and strengthened the position with the battalion commander. This position is the Japanese outpost position, with few fortifications, mainly based on trenches.

**Soldiers occupied the position and immediately began to repair fortifications and establish a stable beachhead position. The infantry battalion stood on the opposite side of the river, covered the subsequent boat bridge troops to build pontoon bridges, and crossed the river with heavy equipment such as tanks.

The assault boats traveled several times, transported heavy machine guns, flat-fire cannons, mortars and other weapons to strengthen infantry firepower. Some steel plates were also transported for reinforcement of fortifications.

Subsequently, Commander Jiang Weiguo moved another infantry battalion across the river, and built a new beachhead position 300 meters away from the original Japanese outpost position, forming a guardian force with the previous position.

At this point, the Chinese team established two beachhead positions on the other side of the Salwin River and occupied a safe landing ground of 2 kilometers. The boat bridge troops were no longer raided by Japanese light weapons, and accelerated the speed of building bridges.

Jiang Weiguo reported to the commander Huang Wei: "Our troops have occupied two landing grounds on the east bank of the Salwin River, and the pontoon bridge is being built. Please ask the commander to adjust the armored division of Bogu as soon as possible to rush to the Paga Crossing River."

Huang Wei immediately sent a telegram to the Third Armored Division, which was confusing the Japanese army on the outside of Bogu, quickly rushed to Paga. Commander Sun Liren led the newly formed First Army to take a car along the passage opened by the Armored Army to Paga. It is expected that Paga can reach Paga in just 14 hours.
Chapter completed!