News that a regiment had missed its defense quickly reached Liao Mingyu's ears, but at this time the two main regiments were at the forefront, and he did not have the extra troops to support them.
Moreover, the Japanese's action tonight was very large. Not only the train station, but also the entire north-south encirclement was in a battle. There were flying flares and dazzling flames everywhere. The little devil took advantage of the night and acted like crazy. launched wave after wave of long-lived charges.
The sudden and crazy attack completely disrupted the deployment of the troops. Facing the dense crowds of people who kept screaming like ghosts, it was difficult for the soldiers to be as fearless as they were during the day. In the panic, several lines of defense were torn open by the Japanese army. .
The little Japanese were not willing to fight. After some defense lines were breached, they immediately broke away from the battle and concentrated on evacuating toward the gap. By the time the expeditionary forces reacted, it was already too late.
"Report to Junzuo, the entrance to the Third Regiment has been blocked, and the Second Regiment is encircling and suppressing the last enemy. The problem should not be big, just... over there at the train station..."
Listening to Chen Jize's report, Liao Mingyu's brows slowly knitted together: "What's the specific situation?"
"The southwest corner of a regiment was lost. The Japanese army opened a gap in that position. Their main force was breaking out. A company defending this place...all died."
After saying this, Chen Jize sighed helplessly. This was partly due to his own mistakes in defensive planning.
Liao Mingyu was silent and stared at the map, playing with a pencil in his hand.
They were some distance from the train station. It was dark and the road was far away. The battle was probably over by the time they got there. Besides, except for Dong Dao's half of the guard battalion, there were no other troops in hand. Even if they wanted to support them now, it would be a drop in the bucket.
After secretly planning for a moment, Liao Mingyu casually threw the pencil on the table and said sternly: "Inform Kaima and ask them to temporarily shrink their defense line, at least to ensure that the main position is not lost. Let's talk about the rest."
"clear."
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After a night of fierce fighting, those beast-like figures could no longer be seen on the battlefield where the gunpowder smoke had still lingered, but the corpses on the ground seemed to be telling the story of last night's bloody storm.
The military positions were also in a mess. The soldiers were expressionless as they mechanically carried the remains of their fallen comrades. The smell of blood seemed to linger in the air for a long time, but the crows on the treetops made a harsh croaking sound, as if Can't wait to start this feast.
The Japanese are famous for being crazy, and these pigs and dogs are even more insane in desperate situations. The human sea counterattack they launched under the cover of night did cause varying degrees of casualties to various troops, but the price was also huge.
At least five thousand Japanese soldiers were killed on the battlefield, but there was not a single wounded one among them. They had either committed suicide on their own or were executed on the spot by the expeditionary soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield in the morning.
The Japanese army's main breakthrough directions were concentrated at the railway station stationed by the First Regiment in the southwest and the defense line of the New 22nd Division of the Indian Army in the northwest. Because throughout the entire encirclement, only these two directions have the weakest defensive strength.
The soldiers tried their best to prevent the enemy from counterattacking, but many fish that slipped through the net managed to escape. Although it is unclear how many Japanese soldiers successfully broke through, one thing is certain: there are not many Japanese troops left in Myitkyina after a bloody night.
"Krupp, how many shells do we have left?"
On the artillery position, Liao Mingyu was observing the front with a telescope. At present, all the artillery parameters have been adjusted, and the muzzles are pointed directly at the city of Myitkyina.
Krupp stood next to him like a mountain of meat, holding a lamb thigh in his hand and feasting on it. His mouth was filled with unspeakable joy, and he didn't even notice what others were saying.
Li Liansheng quickly stepped forward and reminded: "Fat man, Junzuo is asking you something!"
"Huh? What...?" Krupp was stunned and asked vaguely, puffing out his cheeks.
"Is the leg of lamb delicious?"
"tasty…"
What a shame. Li Liansheng rolled his eyes, kicked Krupp on the fat ass, and cursed: "You're a bastard, you only know how to eat it. I'm asking you how many shells our artillery regiment has left." !”
It turns out that this is what happened. When he talked about the artillery issue, the fat man immediately became energetic. He wiped his oily hands on his body and quickly took out a small book from his pocket and turned it over: "This... there are three hundred and eighty-six of the 75 mountain artillery left." There are still 233 105 mortars, 80 155 mortars, and almost a base number of other mortars of each caliber."
"On average, each large-caliber field gun has less than 10 shells left. It's been a lot of fun for you these past two days." Liao Mingyu teased with a smile.
When Krupp heard this, he could only smile and scratch his head, but that's all. The feeling of a hundred cannons firing at once was really refreshing.
"Forget it, the supplements are coming soon anyway. You two, please listen to me. You will use up all the artillery shells later, and then go to the city with all your strength. Our Third Division must not be left behind in this final battle."
"Yes! Junzuo!" The two replied in unison.
Liao Mingyu smiled and nodded without saying a word. Stilwell's joint action plan had been sent over early in the morning. Today, the entire front will launch a final general offensive to annihilate all the Japanese in Myitkyina in one fell swoop.
According to the artillery-minded character of "Vinegar Joe", artillery must open the way before the attack, and then the armored troops will cooperate with the infantry to kick down the door, so he conveyed the order to all the troops early in the morning, preparing to give the little devil a "baptism of God"
Although the battle last night was fierce, Liao Mingyu knew very well that the Japanese had exhausted all their strength. No matter how much they escaped, the remaining troops would never launch another long-lived charge like last night. These beasts The failure of the sacrifice is a foregone conclusion.
Around eight o'clock in the morning, the 3rd Division on the South Road, the 72nd Army on the East Road, the 2nd Army on the East Road, the two divisions of the Indian Army in the north, and the artillery regiments of various armies were all ready. As the order to fire was issued, dozens of artillery units in a radius of A deafening loud noise suddenly sounded within a kilometer.
Countless artillery shells hit the city like a downpour, and the terrifying and dense explosions covered the sky. This scene of hundreds of artillery firing at one point is not common. Various houses were blown to pieces in an instant, and people hiding in the city were stunned. The Japanese soldiers inside could not find any safe zone at all, and would only be turned into powder together with the rubble in the sound explosion.
The Allies did not consider the issue of preserving the building at all. Stilwell was also frightened by the crazy little Japanese last night. Now there is no time to fight with him honestly. Destroy and then build is the way to go.
In just ten minutes, Myitkyina was bombarded with unprecedented artillery fire. There were not many complete buildings visible within the area of more than ten kilometers.
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