Mawlamyine is an important port city in Madaban Bay, Myanmar. It is located on the east coast of the Andaman Sea, at the confluence of the Salween River, Kien River and Zami River. It is located in the alluvial plain with the Iberau Mountains at its back. There is Belu to the southwest of the port.
The island barrier has been an excellent haven since ancient times.
Since the start of the war on September 16, the situation in southern Myanmar has deteriorated rapidly. The Siamese army has been fighting in the north. Since the fall of Garoubi by the 7th Motorized Infantry Division, southern Myanmar has been cut into two sections, the north and the south.
At present, among the fifteen divisions of the Siam Army, the 9th, 13th and 14th divisions have been completely wiped out along the Zami River. Three divisions are stranded in the Tanintharyi area of southern Myanmar.
There are still nine divisions on the front line, seven of which have been captured by Phibun. Songkan gathered in Moulmein and resisted stubbornly.
In order to prevent the Anjia army from attacking, Phibun Somkheng ordered the bridges on the Zami River and the Huancheng River to be blown up. On the other side of the Zami River and the Huancheng River, the Siamese army built a large number of trenches, including anti-tank trenches.
There are as many as three tunnels! Bunkers, bunkers and various firepower points. Various tunnels are connected vertically and horizontally. Barbed wire and roadblocks are densely covered, and various firepower points are arranged in depth.
On September 23, the Third Group Army of the Central and Southern Front, which was tasked with clearing southern Myanmar, officially launched its general attack on Moulmein City.
At the beginning, hundreds of 150mm, 120mm, and 105mm caliber cannons and howitzers, as well as one hundred and sixty-two 130mm 19-barreled rocket launchers, fired countless meteor fires at the Siamese defense line on the other side of the Zami River and the Ring City River.
The rain made the people on the ground feel like they were standing in the center of an earthquake, and the earth trembled violently.
The 20-kilometer front surrounding the south and east of Mawlamyine City was like a volcanic eruption. Countless fires shot into the sky. The entire river defense ring almost turned into a sea of flowing magma and fire. The explosions of artillery shells became more and more intense.
Smoke and dust mixed with firelight spewed straight into the sky, and the violent smoke almost blocked all sunlight.
In order to effectively destroy the Siam Army's river defense fortifications, the Front Army Headquarters specifically issued an order to send train guns specially used for coastal protection to the Mawlamyine Fort via the railway that engineers rushed to repair. The train guns were 380mm.
Large-caliber naval guns with advanced electromagnetic guidance devices pose a great threat to fortresses and barriers.
Today, the artillery suppression technology of the Anjia Army has made great progress. The mortars of each regiment and battalion deployed on the front line are used to shoot at the opponent's trenches, and the rapid-fire 75mm mountain cannon and 105mm and 120mm howitzers are used to sweep the barbed wire fence.
And minefields, longer-range cannons and 150mm heavy artillery groups bombard the enemy in depth to suppress the opponent's artillery counterattack.
The self-propelled mortars of 210mm or above were bombarding those seemingly extremely solid permanent fortifications. The explosions caused by the shells were like the earth falling apart. The Siamese army's solid fortifications built with reinforced concrete
, under the impact of such powerful artillery shells, it is like paper. As long as it is hit, it will explode into pieces.
In the air, artillery calibration aircraft were constantly circling at low altitudes, correcting the firing coordinates of each artillery position in a timely manner.
The Siamese army was passively beaten, and finally couldn't bear to use anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on pre-set anti-aircraft positions to drive away the annoying school-shooting aircraft. This kind of school-shooting aircraft equipped to the artillery unit is mainly made of wooden "carriage"
The transport aircraft is used as a transport aircraft. It is low-cost and can take off and land on extremely simple sites. The pilot does not need too many skills. He only needs to be equipped with a dedicated radio personnel to report the detected ground information to the artillery headquarters.
.
Under the fierce anti-aircraft firepower of the Siamese Army, the two school-launching aircraft dragged thick smoke and glided into the ground to the south. More than 200 meters before contacting the ground, four parachutes rose, and then the school-launching aircraft collided.
There was a violent explosion on the ground. The remaining six school launchers quickly evaded and quickly reported the Siamese Army's air defense positions on the ground to the Air Force Command.
Only five or six minutes later, a large number of aircraft swarmed from the southeastern sky. Horizontal bombers dropped a large number of bombs on the exposed air defense positions. If there were still anti-aircraft guns to counterattack at this time, the attack aircraft would conduct a second round of strikes at low altitudes. Finally,
Completely solved by dive bombers.
Of course, just relying on artillery fire coverage and bomber bombings was not enough to destroy all resistance. Under the fierce attack of the Anjia Army, the Siamese soldiers endured hardships in the artillery holes. These carefully constructed defenses
The shell holes are like living coffins, sifting through the shelling like chaff.
It shook violently. Many Siamese soldiers were leaning against the wall and were shocked to death. The shell-proof cave where a large number of Siamese soldiers were located was directly hit by falling shells. All the people in the cave were buried alive.
Many more people were bombarded by large-caliber mortars and were blown into minced meat, with no bones left.
The Siamese army's artillery only fired back a little at the beginning, but soon became mute under the bombardment of large-caliber cannons and heavy howitzers. Occasionally, the remaining artillery was also attacked accurately by the Anjia army's air force, which had absolute air supremacy.
Disappeared.
After the bombardment achieved the expected results, the 70mm infantry guns and various 75mm mountain guns, field guns, and mortars of each division moved forward and concentrated on the banks of the Zami River and the Ring City River, ready to attack the Siamese army on the other side of the river.
Firepower points are suppressed to ensure the smooth progress of the siege.
At the same time, the train gun came along the railway track and stopped behind the third front. It supported the huge base of the turret and stretched out eight spider-leg-like brackets. The 380mm naval gun, which was originally pointed to the rear, was at the gun sight.
Under the control of the system, it turned to the direction of river defense.
In this kind of siege warfare with moats and anti-tank trenches built, tanks and armored vehicles cannot play a role in the first wave of offensive. The infantry can only rely on the strong fighting will and flesh and blood to break the enemy's defense line.
Then the engineers will clear the way for the tanks and armored vehicles!
The entire defense line of Mawlamyine City is more than 20 kilometers long. It is impossible to attack more points and kill them from all directions. In this way, all the enemy's defense points can be used. Using this method to attack the city is purely courting death.
The correct approach is to choose a point, concentrate on breakthrough, and then use this gap to expand to both wings to slowly expand the results.
Since both the eastern and southern fronts were under bombardment, the senior Siamese army did not know from which direction the Anjia army would launch an attack. They could only distribute their forces evenly to the east and south wings, but they paid more attention to the defense of the eastern front because the eastern front
The defensive positions are all built on the plains, while the southern front has a gentle slope four kilometers long and nearly 100 meters above sea level from south to north. Relatively speaking, the eastern front is easier to achieve a breakthrough.
However, Lieutenant General Fu Guanjie, the commander of the group army who presided over the siege, believed that if the attack was from east to west, when the central area of the city was attacked, the nearly 100-meter-high ridge would suddenly appear in front of us, rising from bottom to top.
On the other hand, if the attack is launched from the southern front, since the attack is along the ridge, the Siamese army will not be able to use the existence of this ridge to resist.
As the artillery fire extended, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the 33rd Infantry Regiment of the 7th Motorized Infantry Division began to launch a forced crossing operation. Carrying rafts and rubber boats, they rushed out of the position and came to the bank of the river surrounding the city.
, put the raft and rubber boat on the river, the officers and soldiers quickly jumped in, and then began to paddle and move forward bravely.
When the soldiers rushed to the middle of the river, the Siamese army position on the other side, which had been silent, suddenly shot out countless tongues of orange flames. Bullets hit the river like a heavy rain, and countless small water columns rose from the river, including from time to time.
Sandwiched with a burst of grenade grenades and mortar shells, amidst the huge explosions that hit people's eardrums, large white water columns rushed into the sky.
Many officers and soldiers who were crossing the river were shot. Some fell into the river from rafts, some fell into rubber boats, and some rafts or rubber boats were directly hit by falling shells and were overturned ruthlessly.
On the river surface, the rafts were scattered directly, and the messy wood floated along the river surface.
How could the artillery that had been prepared allow the opponent to go wild? 70mm infantry cannons and 60- and 80-caliber mortars were fired at the firepower points on the other side of the river that were spitting out flames crazily.
The gunners quickly loaded the shells into the barrel, pulled the firing rope, and the shells roared out and hit the target accurately and directly.
For a moment, large and small fireballs and shrapnel flew across the Siamese army's position, frantically harvesting all lives it touched. The flesh and blood fragments of Siamese soldiers and broken machine gun parts flew into the sky together. Sandbags and
The remains of the fortifications were shot everywhere.
At the same time, hundreds of general-purpose machine guns that arrived at the river bank began to spray dense rain of bullets on the enemy positions on the opposite bank, hitting those positions that were originally incomplete under the shelling, splashing flying sand and rocks, and many enemies were killed.
The dense flying bullets shattered it into pieces.
The snipers, on the other hand, showed off their special skills, looking for targets everywhere, and headshotting the enemies who dared to shoot.
The commander of the Siamese Army, Phibun Somkhram, knew very well that if Moulmein could not be defended, his Siamese government would not only have no hope of recovery, but would even be unable to survive. Therefore, a large number of supervisory troops were deployed on the front line to serve as frontline positions.
The last group of people died, and the other group of people quickly moved forward to take up their positions under the guns of the supervising team. They picked up machine guns and grenade launchers and continued to shoot wildly towards the river.
Under the cover of artillery fire and general-purpose machine guns, the first batch of rafts and rubber boats of the Anjia army had already approached the other side of the river. The officers and soldiers jumped off one after another and rushed towards the Siamese army's position. Unfortunately, at this critical moment, the Siamese army
The devil's skills
The tactics worked. Another row of melon grenades and heavy rain of machine gun bullets were fired from the grenades. They were sprinkled like water. Many officers and soldiers who had not had time to disperse covered their chests and fell on the charging road.
.
"kill!"
More landing officers and soldiers rushed forward, shouting loudly to kill. On this river bank that had been cleanly cleared by the enemy, there was no way to hide. If they wanted to survive, they could only bravely break through the enemy's defense line.
The Siamese army was obviously trying their best. Although they were suppressed by artillery, mortars, general machine guns and snipers, the enemy refused to retreat. From time to time, it could be seen on the position filled with smoke and flames.
The looming tongues of fire continued to splash towards the river bank, and the battle was extremely cruel.
The artillery group once again aimed at the Siamese Army's front-line positions. Artillery shells of various calibers fell like raindrops. Often one fireball had not dissipated, and another fireball had risen. Thick black and red flames spread into one, covering the entire Siamese Army's front line.
The position was covered repeatedly.
The most terrifying thing was the 162 130mm 19-barreled rocket launchers. After one round of shooting, more than 3,000 rockets with trailing flames roared and fell into the middle of the enemy's position, splitting the front and rear.
, an area of several hundred meters became a death zone.
One-third of the more than 2,000 officers and soldiers who crossed the river in the first batch had already suffered casualties. The surviving officers and soldiers, under the cover of artillery fire, rushed towards the river defense positions held by the enemy.
Behind them, the second batch of troops crossing the river had begun to force the crossing, and the convoy of the engineer brigade began to move closer to the river. Once the infantry crossing the river took control of the river defense position on the other side, the engineers began to build the bridge.
The officers and soldiers who crossed the river still used their squads as strike units and charged at the Siamese Army positions in skirmish lines. In the air, attack planes of the Anjia Army Air Force continued to use aircraft machine guns to straf the enemy positions and hit the enemy's trenches.
It caused a bloody storm.
Soon, the officers and soldiers of the 33rd Infantry Regiment rushed to the enemy's trenches and threw rows of grenades into the enemy's trenches. The violent explosions swept all the enemies in the trenches into smoke.
The officers and soldiers jumped
When entering the trenches, three solid reinforced concrete semi-covered bunkers arranged behind the front-line positions suddenly showed their power. A dense rain of bullets was poured out from each shooting hole, knocking many officers and soldiers who were preparing to enter the trenches to the ground.
.
At this time, the train gun that had been silent suddenly roared, and the 380mm-caliber naval gun shells, under electromagnetic guidance, roared and landed on the top of one of the bunkers. Such caliber naval gun shells, even the thick steel alloy of the battleship
Armor too
It can be torn apart, not to mention these cement blocks. Almost in the blink of an eye, the roof of the bunker was overturned. The entire bunker was like a clay plane, and it was shattered into pieces. Dozens of Siamese soldiers and a large number of people in the bunker were
The light and heavy machine guns were buried underground together.
The train gun, which was quickly loaded by power machinery, once again made a huge roar. The shells seemed to have eyes, opening the skylight of another strong firepower. In less than a minute, the third half-covered bunker was completely
The earth disappears from the world.
"An Jiajun, charge!"
The overwhelming shouts of killing rang out. The second wave of troops crossing the river had already caught up with the 33rd Infantry Regiment. The two forces joined together and jumped into the trenches.
The officers and soldiers rushing in front discovered that the Siamese army had deployed firepower points at the bend of the trench. The flamethrowers in the strike team immediately cleared the obstacles at the bend of the trench. Quickly, the fire dragon shot out. In an instant, the fire dragons in front were fired.
The tunnel turned into a sea of flames, and the Siamese soldiers hiding in individual bunkers and shooting bunkers burst into flames and screamed horribly.
As each burning man appeared around the corner, the automatic rifle immediately fired a dense rain of bullets, killing the enemies who tried to carry out suicide attacks one by one.
The troops advanced along the trenches and eliminated all enemies who tried to get close. At this time, the machine gunners had already occupied the enemy's trenches and used the existing fortifications to suppress the enemy's counterattack. All the mortars of the two regiments crossing the river were
Gather together and fire rapidly at the enemy trenches in the rear to block their reinforcements.
At this time, the vehicles of the engineering brigade were already close to the river. As the prefabricated components were thrown into the river, steel bridges soon emerged from scratch, connecting the river surface more than 100 meters wide.
The assault engineers who crossed the river in advance have begun to try to blast the embankments on the river bank to clear the way for tanks and armored vehicles.
The commander of the Siam Army has obviously realized that the situation is not good. With the fall of Huancheng River, the tanks and armored vehicles of the Anjia Army will definitely enter the battle soon. Although there are still three anti-tank trenches in front, there are engineers carrying out blasting operations.
The natural chasm would also become a thoroughfare, so a desperate charge was ordered.
Countless enemies rushed toward the front-line positions. They learned from the Japanese's iconic grenades and fired dense melon grenades at the positions held by the Anjia Army. The explosions caused shrapnel to fly across the trenches, and many soldiers who were shooting died heroically.
The snipers who had already crossed the river quickly jumped into the battle, specifically looking for the enemy's grassroots officers in the charging queue, while the mortar soldiers, under the guidance of the sky ranger, attacked the Siamese grenadier soldiers.
Carry out fierce strikes to suppress the enemy's firepower.
At this time, a group of armed helicopters came to the sky above the battleground. First, rockets hit the machine gun fire points. Then, the Vulcan cannons emitted terrible tongues of flame, like the scythe of death, killing all enemies who tried to attack the Anjiajun position.
land.
The rocket launcher group that had finished loading again let out a scream of death. The dense rockets fell on the almost crazy enemy group. The ground shook violently. The rising fireballs exploded the groups of enemies into bloody pieces.
fly.
On the river, the infantry continued to cross the river. More and more officers and soldiers boarded the river bank and advanced towards the enemy's deep positions.
The engineers followed the charging officers and soldiers and began to blast the Siamese Army's anti-tank trenches. When the third anti-tank trench was taken, the first Leopard II tank had already crossed the river and rumbled along the road opened by the engineers.
, rushed towards the city of Moulmein.
Large-scale tanks and armored vehicles were used in urban warfare, which meant that the Siamese army in Moulmein city had reached its end. After crossing three anti-tank trenches in a row, the tanks and armored vehicles pursued the Siamese army that panicked and fled towards the city.
Go, accompanied by the infantry, shoot tongues of fire at the enemy, and the shells roar and explode in the enemy's ranks, killing and injuring a large number of the Siamese army's effective forces.
The tanks roared and crushed the Siamese soldiers who were overtaking them under their tracks. Along the way, the ground was covered with mud and shocking traces of blood.
The city of Mawlamyine was mostly made up of old-fashioned wooden buildings, and the Siamese army did not expect that the city defenses would be breached so quickly. They were panicked. Faced with the coordination of infantry and tanks of the Anjia army, and the various strike groups, they accurately destroyed all threats.
The target quickly fell into a state of collapse, with soldiers everywhere raising their hands in surrender.
These prisoners are naturally guarded by dedicated personnel. The tanks and armored vehicles continue to move forward, using their bodies to cover the infantry. At the same time, they use tank guns and machine guns to eliminate those firepower points hidden in the buildings. If they encounter that kind of extremely strong, even tank guns and
The stronghold was unable to cope with even the rocket launchers, so it asked the air force for help. As the aerial bombs fell, everything turned to dust.
The fighting in Mawlamyine City continued until the next day. The last building conquered was a six-story building in the dock area. Half of the building had collapsed during the previous air force bombing, but the Siamese army was still hiding there.
Inside, the final resistance was carried out. After using tank guns to attack to no avail, the frontline officers and soldiers requested train guns to solve the problem.
As a result, four giant 380mm-caliber artillery shells fell in succession, directly blowing the building into pieces, and then collapsed. When the officers and soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, they found a man who was killed alive by the shell explosion in a house on the underground floor.
The commander-in-chief of the Siamese Army, Phibun Somkheng, and his loyal followers finally removed a cancer that had been plaguing the Nan Hua regime for a long time.
With the command center of the Siamese Army eliminated, the next war in southern Burma will be much easier. The Siamese Army that has lost its soul will inevitably become mediocre and will perish sooner or later.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
:Thank you for Crane Flying to the Sky, unguzi, Devil Knife Boy Kill, Dead Head, A Brief Look at History, Hazy Moon Night.
Li, whoever holds the gun, Xuan Yizi will give you a big reward! Thank you brothers!
I have coded two or three chapters of the new book in the past two days, and the long-lost passion suddenly came to my face, which is really embarrassing!
However, "Iron Bones" still needs to be completed conscientiously, and it will never be unfinished. I think that by the time "Iron Bones" is finished, the new book will have more than 100,000 words of manuscripts, and then everyone can enjoy a rich meal.
Dinner!
Haha, keep asking for recommendations, subscriptions and !ro!.