Chapter 73 Mountain Cannon
"At least we know the Japanese firepower deployment!" Slim said dejectedly in Chokbadang's command.
In fact, Slim had expected this situation from the beginning, but he did not expect it to be so miserable. He lost five tanks and more than 300 British troops in just over ten minutes of meeting.
Thinking of this, Slim couldn't help but look at Zhang Chi in front of him. Slim had a premonition that the Chinese also knew that all this would happen, but he still suggested that the British army attack. The hateful thing was that Andy was still fooled... This was not a matter of how many tanks and troops were lost. In fact, most of the casualties were Burmese soldiers. Slim didn't feel sorry for them at all. What Slim couldn't stand was that these Chinese people trampled the dignity of the British Empire under their feet.
"Okay!" Zhang Chi was so cheap that he was still behaved: "It seems that we Chinese people have to fight him again! Do you think so? Colonel Andy?"
As he said that, Zhang Chi turned his gaze to Andy, who was in a dirt position on the side.
Andy was so angry that his face was pale, but the fact was in front of him. The Chinese could easily defeat the Japanese army and achieve great results, while his troops were seriously injured under the attack of the Japanese army, so he could only grit his teeth and swallow the breath.
Zhang Chi smiled with satisfaction and said to Slim: "We need time to discuss the offensive plan, no problem!"
"Of course there is no problem!" Slim replied.
After pausing, Slim asked again: "Are you still not going to let us participate? We have artillery, at least we can provide you with fire cover! And you should cooperate with us too!"
This suggestion was indeed very tempting, but Zhang Chi thought about it but refused. He didn't want the chaos of the British Army to have trouble.
"Then let me know your plans at least!" Slim looked at Zhang Chi almost with a requesting look.
"I'm still saying the same thing." Zhang Chi replied: "Do you want to know the plan? Or do you want to rescue the British army trapped in Ren'anchang?"
Slim gritted his teeth and forced his anger down: "Of course, it's to rescue the British army!"
"Then don't know too much!" Zhang Chi smiled at Slim.
That expression made Slim almost want to shoot the Chinese man who disrespects his superiors in front of him, but Slim knew that he could not do this, because the 7th Armored Brigade trapped in Ren'anqiang was all real British people, and they were all waiting for the Chinese to rescue him!
In fact, Zhang Chi was not sure, even though he knew how General Sun Liren fought this battle in history.
"This is the situation!" After the command center came out, Wang Mazi drew a sketch on the ground: "The Japanese army built a solid bridgehead position on the other end of the Binhe Bridge and occupied the 501 Highland. At the foot of this 501 Highland is a three-way intersection. It can be said that it has controlled the transportation hub from a high point. At the same time, the 501 Highland is facing the Binhe River in the north. The Japanese army arranged heavy machine guns, mortars, mountain cannons and other firepower above, which can almost be said to have blocked the Binhe River!"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but take a breath. So, they just need to unplug the 501 high ground!
"How did those mountain guns of Japanese were transported up the mountain?" After pausing, the tank battalion commander said in confusion: "You know that it is a high ground with an elevation of 501, and there are jungles everywhere. A Japanese army can actually transport mountain guns up?!"
The engineer battalion commander also felt a little incredible: "It is a trivial matter to transport this mountain cannon. It is even more difficult to ensure that these mountain cannons have enough shells!"
Zhang Chi of course understood these principles. First of all, each mountain cannon used by the Japanese was more than 500 kilograms. If it was normal, it would not be very difficult to transport it up the mountain, because the reason why it is called a "mountain cannon" is because it is suitable for mountain combat and can be easily and quickly decomposed into several pieces. Each piece is about 100 kilograms and then assembled. The weight of its shells is also lighter, with only five or six kilograms per shell.
But the problem is that the Japanese army was interspersed troops... The interspersed troops passing through the jungle as fast as possible to reach the Bin River, could they actually have mountain cannons and so many shells? This makes people feel a little unbelievable.
Wang Mazi couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's probably the ones that the Burmese Independence Volunteers are doing it again!"
Wang Mazi is right. Although the Japanese were interspersed with troops, it is logical that the interspersed with troops cannot carry much heavy equipment, the Japanese army interspersed with troops in Binhe is different.
First of all, of course, it was because the Japanese army knew that they were going to block the British Seventh Armored Brigade. If they didn’t have heavy equipment, even if the Japanese army was tenacious, they would not be able to withstand the impact of tanks, so they had to carry artillery to penetrate.
The problem with carrying cannons is: are the artillery and shells brought enough? Carrying too many will reduce the speed of the troops' interweaving, and carrying too few will not be enough to play a role.
However, this problem was quickly resolved. The Myanmar Independence Volunteer Army mobilized a large number of Burmese people to help the Japanese army transport artillery shells. The Japanese army only needed to transport mountain artillery artillery up the mountain, and then the Myanmars would transport one round after another of the artillery shells, and even brought a lot of food to the Japanese army... This made the Japanese army so grateful that they shouted that Japan and Myanmar were friendly.
Of course, this is just a superficial effort made by the Japanese army or the Japanese are using the Burmese people. The Yangon Massacre launched by the Japanese army later was not ruthless to the Burmese people.
So I got into trouble now. If you want to cross Binhe, you have to pull out the nail of the 501 Highland. Otherwise, the gods would not think about going there.
In fact, this battle was fought in history. General Sun Liren sent people to swim secretly across the river from both wings and sneaked to the vicinity of the Japanese artillery position on the 501 Highlands. The next day, when the battle started, the lurking troops also launched an attack on the Japanese artillery position.
Perhaps Zhang Chi can also use the same method to fight this battle.
But the problem is that it is the Engineer Regiment here now, not the New 38th Division.
It was a tough battle to capture the 501 Highland and even attack the Japanese artillery positions. The lack of combat effectiveness of the Engineering Corps was exposed when they attacked the Binhe Ferry just now... The New 38th Division had no difficulty in attacking the Binhe Ferry, but the Engineering Corps was almost blocked. If it weren't for the sniper rifle in Zhang Chi's hand, the Engineering Corps would not know how much casualties it would take to take it down.
If this is the case at the Binhe Ferry, can the Engineer Regiment take over the Japanese artillery position and the 501 Highland? I’m afraid it will be difficult to sneak into the Japanese artillery position in the jungle!
Chapter completed!