Two 250-pound aerial bombs and one 40-pound aerial bomb were detonated almost at the same time. A huge shock wave swept through the surroundings. Captain Besier experienced the feeling of the earth shaking in the car. His head hit the bulkhead of the tank. Fortunately, he was wearing a tank cap, otherwise it would have been a big bag at the very least.
Looking through the periscope, I saw billowing smoke and dust in front of me, and two large craters suddenly appeared on the ground? A quarter of the team of more than a hundred people disappeared in the blink of an eye?
The broken limbs and soil debris that had been blown up into the sky by the horrific explosion just fell down one after another, and were scattered over a radius of several hundred meters.
Most of the nearby infantrymen who had survived were thrown to the ground, but flames broke out on the ground. Many people were on fire and were rolling or running around in panic.
"It's a pity, there's not enough gasoline." After witnessing his proud work, Zhou Changfeng said with some regret.
Several gasoline barrels buried next to the bomb contained various brick and tile fragments, but only half of the gasoline was left.
Xie Wancheng, who was at the deputy headquarters at the post office, was also very excited, "Good guy, now I have paid you back in full. Let's not forget that we will reimburse No. 30 people at once."
Company A of the Hyderabad Battalion, which participated in this exploratory attack, was stunned by a sudden huge explosion. The company commander died on the spot, and the deputy company commander was seriously injured and went into shock. The situation was chaotic for a while.
The heavy machine gun firepower of the Ming army was still silent, and only rifles and light machine guns fired one after another. So amidst the "click, click, click, click" gunfire, the embarrassed Company A fled back.
Major General Wilson and Major Sampson, who looked particularly ugly, stood on Highland Zero. After witnessing what had just happened, they put down their telescopes one after another.
The latter shook his head and sighed: "Damn it, are they devils?"
Later, all the information about the exploratory attack was reported back. Company A lost forty-one people, the company commander was killed, and was unable to regain combat capability in a short period of time; the result achieved was only a rough understanding of the perimeter of the hospital building. layout, not even a single heavy machine gun fire point was found.
Listening to the staff officer's description, Major Sampson's scalp was numb - who commanded the defense?
All the houses, shacks and obstacles within 200 meters were knocked down, and the shooting range was basically cleared, with only a few places barely able to be used as bunkers.
The surrounding ground is covered with sharp and hard rubble, iron pieces, and broken glass? If you dare to lie down, you will be stabbed to pieces by these things.
The entire first floor was surrounded by masonry and concrete fragments. It was so dense that even if you rushed downstairs, you would not be able to find a place to break in.
At the same time, no heavy machine gun firepower point has been detected until now. There seem to be Chinese troops ambushing everywhere in the ruined city?
Major General Wilson frowned and said solemnly: "We have met an expert commander!"
So far, the main force of Wilson's task force, the 16th British-Indian Infantry Brigade, has lost more than 700 people. If the 4th Artillery Battalion and the 5th Royal Tank Battalion are also included, the total casualties must exceed 800.
Six out of the nine companies of the Raigarh, Natipur and Hyderabad battalions of the 16th Brigade were disabled. Currently, Wilson's final trump card is only the Gurkha regiment (battalion).
A few days ago, everyone thought that the Ming army in front of them was just a wretched man trying to block the traffic, and that little Demaji had a cake within easy reach, but now it seems who is the unlucky guy and the wretched guy?
Our own side has all the aircraft, artillery and tanks available, and has an absolute advantage of five times in terms of military strength. However, it turns out that we are still unable to win such a small town with the loss of troops and generals? The exchange ratio between the two sides has probably reached three to one!
Demaji has now become a piece of hot butter. No matter whether you swallow it in big bites or chew it in small bites, you will still be injured in the end.
Should we continue to besiege Demaji? According to the current situation, Wilson can be sure that the unknown opponent he has never met has laid one terrifying trap for himself.
Is the Chinese army getting stronger or the British Empire army getting weaker? Or maybe it was an unfortunate coincidence that I met a master figure this time? Wilson smoked a cigarette, lost in thought.
Boom!
A huge thunder startled the soldiers on both sides, and some people lay down subconsciously.
Immediately, heavy rain poured down, and the extremely dense and huge raindrops crackled, as if the sky was cracked.
In the basement of the hospital building, Zhou Changfeng learned about the latest developments from all parties:
The Second Battalion of the Thirty-seventh Regiment of the Twelfth Division was forcibly separated from the main force by the pursuing British and Indian troops, and was trying its best to hold on and wait for reinforcements. But the Twelve Division is determined to rescue it, but this will take time.
So the chief of staff who was currently acting as the command actually telegraphed the first battalion directly, imploring them to persist, otherwise he would have to let the surrounded second battalion disband on the spot and break out individually.
The Ming Dynasty's official newspaper "Beijing Official News" and the official radio station "Sun and Moon Radio" officially reported some of the latest details of the border war, including the ongoing Battle of Demaji.
It is conceivable that Demaji, a small town that was unknown in the past, will become famous from this.
Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of the commander-in-chief of this battle, Wei Gaoming whom he met at the Lingzhi headquarters. A few days ago, after a battalion marched at night and under the stars to reach Demaji, the message he sent said: If we persist to the end at all costs, all soldiers will surely gain supreme glory."
Supreme glory? Glory is undoubtedly precious, but is it as precious as life? Obviously not.
At least that's what Zhou Changfeng thinks. He fulfills his duties not to gain profits or gain honors, but simply to fulfill his responsibilities. In the words of his plane, it is "protecting the family and the country", and in the words of the Ming Dynasty, it is "defending the country". "Protect the environment and the people."
At least in the current situation, there is no difference between the two.
The pouring rain did not last long. The rain gradually became lighter and the heavy rain turned into moderate rain.
Everyone knew clearly that the British and Indian army's attack was coming.
What made Zhou Changfeng most helpless and angry was that the Ming army did not have tanks and fighter planes, but it was unable to fight due to the special battlefield. Therefore, our own side could only use the flesh and blood of infantry to compete with the enemy's aircraft, artillery and tanks.
It can be concluded that our only remaining anti-aircraft machine gun and two anti-aircraft guns will not be able to withstand the enemy tanks that will swarm up later, so it is very likely that death squads will have to be organized to blast? Just thinking about it makes me cringe!
This is not the tragic story of an agricultural country resisting the invasion of an industrial country. This is the helplessness and frustration of being unable to swing a fist!
"Boom boom boom—boom—"
The attack of the British and Indian troops came as expected. After a short and powerful artillery bombardment, Company B of the Hyderabad Battalion and Company C of the Raigarh Battalion broke into the city from the south and north of the city respectively, while Company A of the Gurkha Battalion attacked from the west of the city.
The troops were divided into three groups, regardless of priority. Each group was supported by at least three A9 cruise tanks and four Carden-Lloyd ultra-light tanks.
"Enemy tanks are approaching! Four hundred meters away!"
