At this moment, the six P40 fighters flew into the sky again after passing Baoshan Airport for supplies, and swept in again with full aerial bombs.
Because the war is moving forward, the U.S. Army Aviation Command in China has arranged part of its air power at Baoshan Airport, not far from the front line. From here, it only takes 10 minutes to fly to Mangshi or Zewan Town.
After the first wave of air strikes, Jamie and his team did not stop at all, and quickly flew the plane back to reload their bombs. The damn high-level officials have not yet made it clear whether they will dispatch large-scale air power to support the Wanding battlefield. This was done on the grounds of maintaining a certain amount of air pressure.
He deeply understood that he only had 6 fighters on his side. If they wanted to support the front line to the greatest extent, they could only fly more and do more, and one person could complete the work of two people.
"Wesker, let's use up all the artillery shells and then return. The Chinese soldiers below are about to break through the defense line along the river."
Jamie controlled the plane and circled in the sky. He found that the Japanese were already in decline, and the friendly forces were only one step away from crushing the opponent.
"No problem, let's see who can shoot more muddy suns!" Wesker turned the plane's nose and made a sharp turn towards the Japanese position.
After the aerial bombs were dropped, each plane still had four 12.7-caliber heavy machine guns that could be used as dive attack weapons. The Japanese, who lacked anti-aircraft firepower, could only become rabbits running around.
The battle situation instantly became one-sided. The infantry from the rear arrived one after another. They brought more artillery. The tank battalion, which had been firing continuously for more than ten minutes, increased its firepower instead of decreasing. For a time, the north bank was plunged into endless explosions. , the Japanese could no longer carry out an effective counterattack.
The leading troops of the Engineer Corps also arrived on the battlefield. Without saying a word, they immediately took the tools and started building the pontoon bridge.
In addition to building bridges, the engineering corps also brought out a lot of kayaks to prepare the troops to forcibly cross the river. These were the remaining river-crossing tools from the original attack on Nantianmen, and they came in handy again at this moment.
"Monk, take advantage of the fact that the little devil is surrounded by the explosion, and quickly bring someone with me to cross the river!"
"Company Commander, let me lead the team to hit you. Your injury... otherwise you should rest." Monk Zhou looked at his left arm hanging on his chest with some unbearable sadness.
Unexpectedly, Mo Youcai stared angrily and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, isn't it just one arm? I can't shoot with my right hand, hurry up and organize people to cross the river!"
"Yes! Everyone gathers their equipment and prepares to board the ship!"
The monk had no choice but to follow the order. A row of soldiers quickly boarded each kayak, and soldiers from the engineering regiment rowed the boats to quickly approach the other side.
Fortunately, the flow of the Wanding River was not fast and relatively narrow. They quickly reached the north bank despite the hail of bullets. Although there were still some Japanese soldiers on the bank who resisted desperately, they could no longer prevent them from landing.
"Take cover on the spot, guard the river bank, and beware of the Japanese counterattack!"
Monk Zhou took the lead and immediately occupied the fortification group along the river. There was no need for him to continue fighting in. As long as he guarded this area now, more and more comrades would cross the river later.
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"Captain Chen, a report just came from the front line. The battle in Wanding is basically over?"
On a jeep, Fang Jingyao asked Chen Jize with some doubts. It's just that the latter was concentrating on looking at the map in his hand and didn't hear the inquiries from the people next to him.
"Captain Chen?"
"Oh? Sorry, I was just thinking about something. What can I say?" Chen Jize finally came back to his senses and stared at Fang Jingyao without blinking. He still had a relatively respectful attitude towards this powerful person.
"I mean, the battle over Wanding is over? Why are the troops still advancing westward?" Fang Jingyao was not angry and asked patiently again.
It is now around 6 o'clock in the evening. The battle in Wanding only lasted for more than two hours and ended with the cooperation of air and ground forces. Although there are still sporadic battles taking place in some places, they are just ringworm and scabies and are insignificant. , their defense is doomed.
Although Fang Jingyao was a little surprised by the sharpness of the army's offensive end, what really surprised him was that the main force of the tank battalion and the third regiment continued to advance westward.
Logically speaking, shouldn't we stop and make up our mind first before making any plans? After all, there are still some enemies on the battlefield that have not been completely eliminated. If the troops advance too fast and cannot coordinate, it will be a disaster.
"It's been a sleepless night today, Commander Fang, have you ever heard of blitz warfare?" Chen Jize asked in return.
"Blitzkrieg? The tactic the Germans used against Poland?" Fang Jingyao said casually,
"The essence of blitz warfare is speed, surprise, and concentration. This time we marched westward to Myanmar to try out what Shenzuo meant and made a less than decent imitation."
Seeing Fang Jingyao's confused expression, Chen Jize put away the map and continued to explain unhurriedly:
"This tactic makes full use of the speed advantage of aircraft and tanks to defeat the enemy with a sudden attack. First, the air force is allowed to make a breakthrough when it has air superiority. The armored force uses speed and radio advantages to outflank the enemy and occupy key areas such as roads and bridges. area to cut off the routes of the outflanked enemy troops, and quickly advance deep behind the enemy's rear."
"So the tank battalion has no need to worry about the enemies who are surrounded and still resisting, because other troops will quickly follow up, divide and annihilate them before the enemy can organize a counterattack, causing the enemy to completely collapse and completely eat them."
At this point, Chen Jize's eyes showed a hint of fanaticism, and he said with great excitement: "This tactic is really ahead of its time. When I was studying in the United States, I had never heard that a battle could be fought like this... "
"It's just a pity that our troops can't be like the German army. The environment and hard power don't allow it. But as you can see, Commander Fang, just imitating. The little devil can only eat dirt in front of this devastating offensive formation." , the losses of our soldiers can also be minimized."
The basis of blitzkrieg is mechanization, and the premise is air superiority, which is mainly reflected in the coordinated cooperation of air, tank and infantry.
The tactics are to find the breakthrough point, open the gap with the air force and artillery, the armored group enters the gap and develops the results, the motorized infantry follows up, and finds the two wings of the breakthrough.
5-10 minutes after the air force opened the gap, the armored group then attacked, followed by the motorized infantry. Quickly destroy the enemy's command center, communication hub, and transportation hub, trap the enemy in a blind and deaf situation, and cooperate with frontal troops to quickly encircle the enemy's main infantry group.
Of course, such excellent tactics have very high requirements on the quality of soldiers and logistics capabilities of the implementing troops. They must also ensure air supremacy at all times. It is by no means easy to use tanks and aircraft alone.
"This is a good way to win quickly and defeat the enemy with surprise. No wonder the soldiers rushed all the trucks to the front line. I just don't know if the soldiers can guarantee a high-intensity march."
After listening to these words, Fang Jingyao thought about it carefully and agreed with the tactics arranged by Liao Mingyu, but he also raised some doubts.
"People will not stop driving. Division Commander Gao also promised to send a large number of vehicles to cooperate with this operation. The troops' attack routes are almost all along the Burma Highway. This is our advantage. I can guarantee that the soldiers of the Third Regiment will not have any problems." , I’m just worried about whether other troops will..."
Chen Jize explained, but there was something in it that could be felt from his words.
"Don't worry, the Engineer Regiment can definitely keep up with the Third Regiment. Just don't think that your chariot battalion will think that we are too slow in building bridges and paving roads." Fang Jingyao, a seasoned man, couldn't understand the meaning. He promised at the same time. Didn't forget to make a little joke.
"Haha, Captain Fang is joking."
"The mission of the tank battalion is to continue to make breakthroughs. The ammunition supply trucks and fuel trucks I arranged are already on the way. They will arrive at Nankan tonight. They are expected to launch an attack on Nankan at 12 o'clock in the morning. If everything goes well, the US military will launch an attack on Nankan tomorrow. If planes continue to come for reinforcements, we can even hit Lashio directly and complete the half-month battle in a few days!"
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