stop…
boom!
boom!
boom!
The artillery shells streaked across the hilltops, setting off huge explosions one after another on the battlefield. The smoke and dust columns flying straight into the sky were more than ten meters high. Each artillery shell could create a crater several meters deep on the ground.
At the forward observation post one kilometer away, Liao Mingyu was leaning down to observe the situation ahead with the artillery scope, with a solemn expression on his face.
The terrifying shelling almost covered the entire mountain, and the formations were huge and continuous. The position that was originally the offensive position of the Fourth Battalion of the Second Main Regiment has now become a sea of rolling shells.
It can be said that even the 155mm howitzer group in the heavy artillery brigade can hardly achieve this effect. Judging from the explosion radius of the shell, the power of this artillery is definitely greater than that of a larger caliber.
"Hmph, the little devil's 203 naval gun is really bluffing." Liao Mingyu sneered and looked straight ahead.
Fortunately, the team had been withdrawn in advance, otherwise the establishment of the fourth battalion would have been cancelled.
"Reporting to Jun Zuo, the 1st and 3rd Squadrons have taken off and are expected to arrive at the battlefield in twenty minutes. However, according to intelligence, there are more than ten Japanese fighter planes taking off from the Malaysian airport and they should arrive over Yangon at the same time."
Yu Sifan stood straight with a folder. As the head of the intelligence department and the secret service battalion, this time he also came to the Yangon battlefield with Liao Mingyu.
"At this point, it's really not easy for a little devil to be able to assemble a squadron of fighter pilots."
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Liao Mingyu smiled. Everyone knows how difficult the current situation of the Japanese army is, especially the pilots, who are basically in a dilemma of having planes but no one to fly them.
Most of the experienced pilots have been lost in various battles, and the rest are just novices who have just passed flight training. They can barely get by with the "Kamikaze" skills. In aerial combat with real swords and guns, they are just targets.
Even the few remaining aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy have all ceased activity due to lack of pilots and have been parked in the military port as a display.
In order to avoid US air attacks, they planted plants, fields, cabins and other camouflage on the flight deck of the ship to pretend to be an island.
Under such circumstances, the Japanese army was able to squeeze out more than a dozen pilots to launch combat operations. It is not difficult to see how much they attach importance to the Yangon battlefield, or to the few naval warships outside Yangon Port.
"Contact the aviation command and ask them to act with caution and not to blindly attack the enemy's air defense firepower network. They should mainly focus on containing the enemy ships and evacuate immediately after completing the ground bombing!"
Liao Mingyu ordered in a deep voice, and after saying that, he couldn't help but look up at the sky.
Although the current Japanese pilots are not very good in air combat, they are easy to kill because they are so stupid, so it is better to be careful.
"Those bastards on the sea have been disgusting me for two months. If it weren't for them... I would have torn the crotch cloth of these gray grandsons!"
Long Wenwen complained angrily. His unkempt face was unshaven, and his eyes were sunken and bloodshot.
The high-intensity command pressure on the front line for days and nights also made Long Wenwen look a lot thinner. If it weren't for this military uniform, he would probably not be able to recognize who he was if he was thrown into the pile of refugees.
"Why do you have such a strong taste? You always pick off people's crotches. Is this a habit you developed in Savage Mountain?" Liao Mingyu gave him a joking look and joked.
"Pfft..."
"Hahaha…"
As soon as these words came out, the officers present laughed out loud, and the dull atmosphere became a lot lighter.
Even Yu Sifan and Chen Jize, who had serious poker faces, couldn't help but curl up the corners of their mouths.
Patting Long Wenwen's shoulder, Liao Mingyu then comforted him: "Don't get angry, the little devils don't have many trump cards anymore. It's understandable how concerned they are to bet on these possessions this time, but they are all queens of autumn." They are nothing more than grasshoppers, nothing to be afraid of."
To despise the enemy strategically and to attach importance to the enemy tactically is the classic strategic thought of Taizu.
I have to say that Liao Mingyu was still very envious of those steel behemoths on the sea.
The navy of a great country, this is such a far-fetched word. Warships are not something you can just drive. Even with system support, it is impossible to realize the dream of a navy in a short time.
If China had a complete and systematic naval fleet after World War II, how could it have been suppressed in the first island chain for decades to come? How could compatriots from other places face each other across the sea and not be able to return home? Ten years of army and one hundred years of navy are not just words.
But all this will not always be like this. China will be a different world seventy years later.
But this is all a story for later. The current difficulties are the most important. After all, in order to stop the expeditionary force, the little devils sent several main warships to support Yangon.
In addition to the heavy cruisers Myoko and Ashigara that first docked in Singapore Port, as well as several destroyers. In recent days, the heavy cruiser Haguro, which was originally used as a supply ship, has been dispatched, and it is already an attitude of spending a lot of money.
Although the Japanese navy was beaten to a pulp by the United States in the Pacific battlefield, there was still not much that could threaten their existence in Southeast Asia.
The three main ships outside the port all belong to the Japanese Navy Myo high-end heavy cruisers. They were launched in the late 1920s and have been modernized and modified. They have 10 twin-mounted 203mm main guns and 6 127mm secondary guns. If It is compared to the Army Artillery, each ship is equivalent to more than an artillery regiment.
Coupled with the Bailu-class destroyers with 127mm 50-caliber naval guns, the fleet outside Yangon Port formed an outrageous firepower network.
Due to the lack of large-caliber cannons, it is difficult for our own artillery to pose a threat to those fleets.
In the first two battles, the heavy artillery brigade had a real exchange of fire with the Japanese navy, but the results were not satisfactory. The other party suffered no losses, but several heavy artillery pieces on its side were destroyed.
They mainly use 155mm and 105mm howitzers. The range is not their specialty, and the opponent is not completely close to the shore. This means that if you want to hit the Japanese navy ships, you must move the heavy artillery brigade forward enough, but the price of being forward is that it is easy to be counterattacked by the opponent's firepower.
The head-on battle between land artillery and naval artillery is inherently disadvantageous. In addition, there is no good terrain for cover near Yangon. It is basically impossible to use artillery to attack the Japanese fleet.
Although using fighter planes to carry bombs or torpedoes to attack the fleet is the best option, Liao Mingyu lacks torpedoes and other means of attacking ships.
The opponent's anti-aircraft artillery is not a vegetarian, not to mention that there are many anti-aircraft weapons in Yangon City. The risk factor of dive bombing alone is quite high, and it may cause very large battle losses.
The dozens of fighter planes in the air force that he finally formed are his treasures, and most importantly the pilots. He will be very distressed if he loses even one.
