On November 7, the last day of the enlarged meeting of the Military Committee, Zhan, on behalf of the General Political Department, read out the list of awards for the heroic models who emerged in this battle.
For the commended troops, units and individuals, the commanders of the front armies will come to the stage to receive certificates, medals and bonuses on their behalf. After returning home, the front armies will hold a summary meeting. At that time, the front army commanders will
The group army, division, etc. held their first meeting to convey the spirit of the meeting one by one.
At the end of the meeting, An Yi concluded: "Brothers, the attack is not completed now. Even if it is completed in the future, defending the territory will be far more difficult than attacking, so we cannot have any arrogance and complacency! All officers and soldiers have the responsibility to defend the territory and should
Be vigilant and guard the borders. Once an enemy dares to invade, we will resolutely fight back. We must not lose an inch of the ground under our feet!
"All ministries must actively cooperate with the work of the Sports Corps, carry out political power construction as soon as possible, and establish military control committees at all levels. For counties and townships where cruel recruitment and oppression exist, they must resolutely carry out democratic system reforms, allocate fields to households, and fully liberate productivity.
, improve people’s living standards as soon as possible.
"I firmly believe that as long as we consider all difficulties and take precautions, the final victory will definitely belong to us!"
As An Yi's words fell, the audience burst into snoring applause, and the meeting ended.
At ten o'clock in the morning on the same day, the North Road Group of the Anjiayou Indian Front Army and the Second Mountain Group of the Burmese Front Army met outside Rangpur.
Rangpur is located in northern Bengal, on the banks of the Gagat River, an important tributary of the Brahmaputra River, adjacent to Bihar, Assam and Meghalaya. It is an important industrial and commercial city. There are cotton blankets and cigarettes in the city.
, tea making, rice milling, flour and other factories, with a permanent population of about 200,000.
According to the investigation, since the plain further south is already a swamp, the Japanese troops on the north bank of the Ganges, whether they are troops retreating from Bihar or Assam, are unable to retreat, and almost all of them are concentrated here, preparing to take advantage of them.
Strong city defenses provided the final resistance.
Judging from the photos taken by S high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, there are at least tens of thousands of Japanese troops stationed here, which can be regarded as a relatively capable armed force of the Japanese, Burmese and Indian Fronts in East India.
The east and west armies marched all the way, encountering almost no resistance from the Japanese army along the way. The only obstacle was that the Japanese army blew up the railway bridges along the way when they retreated. The engineers had to attack them once and twice.
Emergency repairs were carried out three or four times in a row. Fortunately, the transport helicopters and airships cooperated throughout the process, and the logistics department provided full support for bridge repair materials, which greatly shortened the construction period. Therefore, the two armies were able to join forces easily.
The North Road Cluster of the Indian Front Army has three main forces: Sun Desheng's 8th Group Army, Chi Zongyuan's 13th Group Army and Qin Zhirong's 15th Group Army. The deputy commander of the front army, Lieutenant General Wu Xianwei, personally participated in commanding the operation. This time, he and the Myanmar Northern Front Army's Second Mountain Group
After the rendezvous, Wu Xianwei discussed with Sun Desheng, Chi Zongyuan, Qin Zhirong and other generals and decided to let the friendly forces who had more advantages in mountain operations rest, and let his troops resolve the battle alone.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, all preparations were in place. Lieutenant General Sun Desheng, the commander of the Eighth Group Army who took the initiative to take over the main offensive task, gave an order. A total of more than 600 howitzers, cannons and mortars with a caliber of more than 120mm made a huge roar, and countless
The shells hit the heads of the Japanese troops like hailstones. Each huge shell exploded with a deafening roar, shaking the whole earth.
After the heavy artillery unleashed its power, a total of 162 130mm 19-barreled rocket launchers from nine rocket launcher battalions directly under the concentrated group army also began to participate in the attack. All kinds of fireballs shot into the city with screaming sounds, and a large number of fireballs were fired into the city.
Large fireballs suddenly rose up, and thick smoke dyed pink by the fires shot straight into the sky. After the subcontinent entered the dry season, the blue sky suddenly turned gray.
Under the guidance of the Lieutenant Colonel's gunner in the sky, the artillery bombardment was extremely accurate. The solid buildings collapsed like shattered matchboxes in the explosion, with black and red smoke columns rolling everywhere.
The city trembled violently amid the constant explosions.
In just over ten minutes of bombardment, almost all of the city's landmark buildings were destroyed. The missile launchers were circling at low altitude, and the feedback information showed that there were no suitable targets to attack inside or outside the city.
In this case, in order to save ammunition, Sun Desheng ordered the artillery to stop shelling. Then more than 50,000 officers and soldiers of the Eighth Army's two motorized infantry divisions and one tank division, under the command of grassroots officers, poured into Rangpur City from all directions.
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According to normal circumstances, when attacking an enemy's solid defensive position, it is best to break through from one point, and then spread from this point to the two wings to expand the results. The advantage of this is to avoid the enemy's front facing the enemy like a hedgehog.
Fire strikes to reduce casualties.
However, the advantage gained by the Anjia Army is now too great. Due to limited resources, the Japanese army mostly adopts civil fortifications in their peripheral positions. When faced with heavy artillery with a caliber of 120mm or above, such fortifications have little defensive power and are like tissue paper.
That is to say, the battle actually evolved into urban warfare from the beginning.
In this case, a concentrated attack will not only fail to achieve the desired effect, but will also cause greater casualties due to overcrowding of troops!
Due to long-term competition with the Anjia Army, the Japanese army's technical and tactical level has improved rapidly. In the previous series of offensive and defensive battles, the Japanese army fully absorbed experience and lessons and used urban buildings to carry out maneuverable and flexible interspersed operations. The Japanese army used squadrons, squads and even detachments as
The units traveled back and forth between the various building groups, freely choosing firepower points for defense and taking the initiative to counterattack, which caused some trouble for Anjiajun's offensive.
According to the previous fighting style, if the attack is concentrated on one point, after capturing this point, the Japanese army can use their familiarity with the buildings to conduct roundabout maneuvers and wait for opportunities to launch counterattacks, which will often form a local pattern of arrogant fighting.
Now Sun Desheng's method of fighting was to beat Zhu Bajie to death with random sticks. The dispersed troops, following the group warfare method that Anjiajun was best at, poured into the city from all directions, and under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, they captured the city step by step in a ring.
Buildings gradually compressed the Japanese army's mobile combat capabilities, suppressing and attacking the reinforcements sent by the Japanese army from the garrison points hidden underground.
At these key nodes, the special operations brigade directly under the group army and the special brigade of the three divisions below formed an elite strike force, equipped with the latest Type II automatic rifles and general-purpose machine guns, coupled with 75mm recoilless rifles.
The 127mm anti-materiel gun and III-type 40mm rocket launcher were used to maneuver and flexibly intersect in combat, and used powerful firepower to drive wedges into the joints of the Japanese army to carry out active defense and effectively block the connection between the various departments of the Japanese army.
Here is a brief introduction to the Anjia Army infantry’s new killer weapon, the Type III 40mm rocket launcher.
This new type of rocket launcher is a new type of anti-tank weapon based on the II rocket launcher. It is the latest product of the Syrian Ordnance Research Institute. It adopts the principle of open balanced ejection and consists of a launch tube, sight, guard plate, and grip.
It consists of a handle, a launcher, and a firing mechanism.
The Type 444 launch tube is made of high-strength anti-re-corrosion alloy steel. It has a smooth bore tube and a ranging optical sight installed on the tube. It can effectively measure the target distance and correct the impact of target speed and wind on the ballistic trajectory. The following is
The grip connects the lug and the firing pin seat, there is a strap ring on the left side, and there is a protective flange at the end of the barrel to limit the propagation direction of the gas impact bo.
The left and right guards of Type III rocket launcher are made of fiberglass. The guard plate hoop is positioned in the middle of the barrel to isolate the heat transfer from the barrel to the shooter's face during launch. The firing mechanism is installed in the grip, and the firing mechanism consists of a rebound firing pin.
It is composed of components, etc. In addition, there is also a trigger safety component to ensure safety.
Different from the Type I and Type II rocket launchers, the Type III also adds a rocket range-extending engine.
It can effectively increase the range of the grenade and improve the warhead of the projectile. At the same time, it can also use low-light sights and infrared night vision sights for use under starlight or other low-light conditions, which greatly increases the night fighting capability.
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Type III rocket launcher is very easy to operate. After loading, turn on the trigger safety, press down the hammer, and it is ready to fire. When the trigger is pressed, the upper flange of the trigger lifts up the sear, releases the hammer, and the hammer acts on the hammer spring.
The firing pin is struck down, and the firing pin strikes the flash cap at the bottom of the projectile, igniting the propellant, and launching the armor-piercing projectile.
There are three main types of ammunition for Type III rocket launchers: ordinary armor-piercing rounds, tandem warhead armor-piercing rounds and anti-personnel grenades. The fuzes of these three types of ammunition are generally trigger fuzes, but most of them are equipped with timing devices to prevent the projectile from breaking away.
After the target self-destructs, this time is controlled between four and five seconds. At the same time, the maximum flight distance of the ammunition is limited to one thousand meters to prevent accidental injuries.
The armor-piercing projectile specially used for III-type rocket launchers has reached a new level in its armor-breaking ability. It can penetrate the thickness of rolled homogeneous armor to 350mm to 400mm, and the direct firing range exceeds 400
meters, and also adds anti-personnel grenades, which have a killing radius of up to fifteen meters and can effectively kill enemy soldiers and attack infantry and other effective forces.
At 4:35 in the afternoon, a wave of troops charged bravely amidst the loud sound of charging horns.
Tanks making loud roars continuously dropped 105mm cannon shells on the Japanese position. Together with the armored vehicles that continued to spit out tongues of fire, they covered the infantry like a surging wave. Looking from the sky to the ground, the momentum
Magnificent and majestic.
After heavy artillery plowing, the peripheral defense fortifications of Rangpur City have become ashes. A large number of Japanese soldiers hiding in the peripheral fortifications were torn into pieces by the ruthless steel rain before they could even fire a shot. The dilapidated defenses could not survive at all.
No protection can be given to them.
Those Japanese soldiers who managed to survive were either blasted into the sky by tank cannons or suppressed by the high-caliber dual-purpose machine guns of armored vehicles. They were unable to fight back and were quickly wiped out by the Anjia officers and soldiers who rushed towards them.
Only a quarter of an hour later, the warriors of the Anjia Army rushed into Rangpur City, and then spread out in all directions to attack the Japanese firepower points in the form of strike groups.
Not to be outdone, the Japanese army immediately deployed its troops tit-for-tat, using its familiarity with the terrain to cover the artillery with machine guns, grenadier soldiers to cover the machine guns, artillery to cover the grenadier soldiers, and infantry to counterattack in a roundabout way.
, the shouts of killing were overwhelming.
At 5:55 pm, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, the Eighth Army resolutely pushed back the Japanese counterattack and successfully pushed the front to the core area of the city center. This area is the most densely populated area in Rangpur City.
important commercial and industrial areas, although most
The buildings have collapsed in the shelling, but the ruins of two, three or even four or five-story buildings are still very strong, and there are stairs and secret passages connecting the buildings. The terrain is more complicated, and the difficulty of attack is higher.
It is much more difficult than destroying the surrounding private houses.
The Japanese army is obviously preparing to fight to the death here. Not only has it deployed more than 60 75mm and 88mm anti-aircraft guns for air defense to various fire strike points, but it has also built a huge underground transportation network to carry out rat wars, preparing to fight against the Anjia Army.
Everyone is destroyed.
What is particularly strange is that since the war started, none of the Japanese and Indian soldiers and indigenous armed mobs that could be seen everywhere before have been seen. This made all the commanders feel incredible and worried that the Japanese army might have some conspiracy or attack.