Chapter two hundred and ninety first fire preparation
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One by one, the artillery entered the predetermined artillery position, raised its gun high, and aimed at the Japanese defense line on the east bank of the Dangweng River.
The 72 155mm heavy howitzers from the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade of the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade of the 1st Army of the Anti-Japanese and Rescue **, and the artillery regiments under the 6 Infantry Divisions each have 12 155mm heavy howitzers and 36 105mm howitzers. The 18 75mm field guns from the artillery battalions under the infantry regiments have a total of 144 155mm howitzers, 216 105mm howitzers and 324 75mm field guns.
There are more than 600 cannons in total, scattered on the defense line of 60 kilometers, with more than ten cannons per kilometer. This ratio is already quite high.
On the battlefield of Myanmar, the Japanese army relied on powerful firepower to fight and fled in a row, causing heavy losses. Although this made the logistics pressure of the Japanese army to fight against Japan and rescue, and consumed a lot of war materials. But at the same time, this undoubtedly played a great role in the fight against Japan and rescue against Japan himself. At least, after suffering from the powerful firepower of the fight against Japan and rescue, the Japanese army had suffered heavy losses. Under such circumstances, the difficulty of fighting against Japan and rescue against them was naturally reduced a lot.
Compared with the 1st Army of the Anti-Japanese and Rescue, the Japanese army and the Thai army opposite the Wenghe were much weaker. The two divisions of the Japanese army only had 108 75mm field artillery pieces. As for the two armies of the Thai army, there were a total of ten infantry divisions, and the cannons they had were only more than a hundred. They were almost cannons with a caliber of less than 100 millimeters. Such weapons and equipment may be effective when dealing with weak enemies. However, it is undoubtedly far from enough to fight against the powerful anti-Japanese and rescuers.
On January 19, at 9 a.m., the attack of the 1st Army of the Anti-Japanese and Rescue officially kicked off. More than 600 howitzers and field artillery began to pour shells into the Japanese positions. One by one, one cannon began to roar. The shells smashed the Japanese positions like raindrops.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
When the sharp whistling sounded in the sky, the Japanese soldiers on the position changed their faces one by one, and they drilled into the nearest anti-aircraft holes, trying to avoid the violent artillery attacks falling from the sky. The Thai soldiers were still in a daze.
Although the soldiers of the 15th Division and the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army were reserves and were not as good as those of the real elites. However, they had received regular military training at least and knew what this meant.
But Thai soldiers are different. Before the outbreak of the war, Thailand had only 100,000 troops, which was considered a relatively modern army, with better equipment and more adequate training. However, after Thailand and Japan-British alliance, the Thai army expanded from 100,000 people, like snowballing, to 600,000 people. While the troops were rapidly expanded, not only did not improve their combat effectiveness, but also caused the quality of the army to decline sharply. If the Thai army before was considered a second-rate army around the world, then now, the Thai army can only be regarded as a third-rate army.
"Hurry, shelling, hide!" Some officers in the Thai * army also noticed the situation and shouted quickly.
However, it was already a little late at this time. The shells had already fallen.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The continuous explosion sounded on the positions of the Thai army, and countless Thai soldiers were torn to pieces. After the shells exploded, one after another of the bombs were left on the positions of the Japanese-Thai Alliance.
The powerful 155mm heavy howitzer shells and 105mm light howitzer shells even collapsed the trenches excavated by the Japanese-Thailand coalition forces. Some machine gun fire points and machine gun bunkers were destroyed during the explosion.
"The Buddha is above, bless the Chinese shells, do not fall into the trenches." A young Thai soldier prayed devoutly.
However, his prayers were useless at all. In a few seconds, a shell was smashed into the trench. After the shell exploded, the Thai soldier had turned into a pile of minced meat. At the same time, the trench was also blown down.
The Thai soldiers who had no time to hide suffered extremely heavy casualties in the anti-Japanese and rescue artillery bombardment. There were countless people killed and injured by the bombardment. The remaining Thai soldiers had to quickly drill into the anti-aircraft artillery hole or trenches to avoid the violent anti-Japanese and rescue artillery bombardment. However, when their defenses were destroyed in the anti-Japanese and rescue artillery bombardment, the Thai soldiers would also be killed.
The Japanese soldiers who hid in the anti-aircraft hole or trenches were not much better. Although they avoided the first wave of artillery bombardment, when the anti-aircraft hole was blown down, all the Japanese soldiers inside were buried alive.
Although the Japanese army carefully constructed fortifications, their fortifications were usually made of civil structures with local materials. Fortifications of steel and cement were very rare. Because for Japan himself, steel and cement were important strategic resources, and it was often difficult to separate on the battlefield on the front line except for seizures.
The civil structure fortifications cannot withstand the fierce shelling of the anti-Japanese and rescue efforts. Especially heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm can easily destroy the Japanese fortifications. Even the anti-aircraft holes are easily blown down.
"Baga! A crack appeared on the top. This anti-cannon hole is about to collapse."
Inside an anti-cannon hole, a Japanese soldier roared in horror.
Immediately, the Japanese soldiers in the anti-cannon hole rushed to the exit of the anti-cannon hole, trying to escape the collapsed anti-cannon hole.
At this moment, a 105mm shell hit the top of the anti-aircraft cave. A violent explosion sounded, and the entire anti-aircraft cave collapsed in an instant. Large pieces of soil were smashed down. The Japanese soldiers inside screamed even more.
Except for a few lucky people who were originally at the entrance of the cave, the rest of the Japanese soldiers were buried alive.
This is not the only anti-aircraft hole that was blown up. Under the fierce shelling of the anti-Japanese and rescue efforts, there were many destructive fortifications of the Japanese-Thai Alliance. Naturally, there were a lot of explosions of anti-aircraft holes.
Chapter completed!