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Monte Volta, with an altitude of only 549 meters, can only be regarded as a low hill in the area where the Carmen River flows out of the Chinese border. However, this hill guards the valley area, and its strategic location is very important.
After the Ninth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army was ordered to garrison this hill, all the artillery was sent up the mountainside more than 30 meters high through the rugged mountain road. The artillery positions established there could enable the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army to cover the entire battlefield.
included in the bombardment range.
On the hillside, because the terrain is relatively narrow, the Ninth Brigade has only set up two lines of defense. One is at the foot of the mountain, and the other is more than 20 meters high. However, if the British and Indian troops attack, they will be attacked at the same time.
The firepower from the two lines of defense made the defensive position of the Volta Mountains much stronger than that of the valley area.
Originally, Du Qizheng, the commander of the Ninth Brigade, complained that if the Ninth Brigade was placed here, the British and Indian troops would not dare to attack. Then the Ninth Brigade would not be able to win any big battles. But he did not expect that during the attack on the valley
After the defeat in the area, the British and Indian troops immediately took Volta Mountain as the main direction of attack, which made him extremely happy.
"Little bastards, cheer me up, the British and Indian troops are about to attack. I'm going to make them bruise their heads in front of our position and let them know how powerful our ninth brigade is!" Du Qizheng shouted
commanded.
The soldiers of the 9th Brigade were also gearing up to give the British and Indian troops a head-on attack. During the battle on the 16th, they encountered the 28th Brigade of the British Army in a narrow road in the river valley. But in the end, they almost annihilated them all.
A brigade of British troops made the soldiers of the Ninth Brigade very proud and showed their momentum. In this battle, they became more confident in dealing with more British and Indian troops.
"Boom! Boom!" The bombardment began. A large number of artillery shells were thrown at the position of the 9th Brigade. The British and Indian troops also knew that the Volta Mountains were more difficult to attack than the valley area, so they prepared more firepower for the charge.
The shells hit the mountain hard, and the soil and gravel were blown away, and many trees were knocked upside down. However, the casualties caused to the soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army were not large. The fortifications of Volta Mountain
, it was very difficult to build. There were rocks under the thin soil. The soldiers of the 9th Brigade, plus the supporting soldiers of the 8th Brigade, just used the engineering shovels in their hands to dig out half-man caves.
The trenches were very deep, and artillery-proof holes were dug one after another. The defense of these artillery-proof holes was much stronger than that of the artillery-proof holes in the river valleys. No matter how fierce the artillery fire of the British and Indian troops was, it did not cause any damage.
harm.
"All 105mm light howitzers, come back to me. Suppress the enemy's artillery fire!" Just being beaten without fighting back is not Du Qizheng's style. Under his order, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army deployed on the mountainside immediately started firing
Artillery attack. The artillery of the Western Sichuan Army and the artillery of the British and Indian Army had the same performance. However, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army was deployed on the mountain and had a longer range. Suddenly, a large number of artillery shells fell into the artillery position of the British and Indian Army, and the bombs hit those who were operating the cannon.
The British soldiers rose into the air one by one. Many cannons that were firing suddenly stopped firing.
"Boom!" An earth-shattering sound sounded. It turned out that a bunch of artillery shells were hit by the artillery shells of the Western Sichuan Army, causing a violent explosion. The explosion killed all the British and Indian troops within a few dozen meters, and several 3
The 1-inch cannon was also destroyed.
"Artillery counterattack, counterattack!" the artillery commander of the British and Indian Army cursed angrily.
"Report, our artillery cannot reach the opponent's artillery position and cannot counterattack!" a junior officer reported.
"All artillery, move forward and must destroy the enemy's artillery!" The artillery commander hesitated for a moment and gave the order. The artillery of the Western Sichuan Army was deployed on the mountain with a longer range. They wanted to start an artillery battle with the Western Sichuan Army.
If so, they must continue to move forward and close the distance between the two sides. However, this will also put more pressure on their artillery. However, their number of artillery is more than twice that of the Western Sichuan Army. Therefore,
The artillery commander of the British and Indian Army was confident of defeating the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army.
The artillery of the British and Indian troops immediately pushed the cannon forward. In the process, they were once again violently bombarded by the Western Sichuan Army. Artillerymen were constantly killed and the cannons were blown up. But these British soldiers still
They carried out the commander's orders very well. If it were the Indian army, they would have collapsed long ago!
"Okay, good job, give me a good beating on those bastards!" Du Qizheng saw from the telescope that one after another the British and Indian army's cannons were blown up by the Western Sichuan Army, and one by one the British soldiers
The artillerymen also blasted the Western Sichuan Army into the sky, and they couldn't help but cheer loudly.
However, the British artillery soon entered the artillery range. They quickly set up the artillery and began to counterattack. The two sides began a fierce artillery battle. Although the Western Sichuan Army had the advantage of the geographical location, the British artillery had more artillery.
, the two sides went back and forth, and the fighting was very fierce. Cannons were constantly being destroyed, and even shells were exploded. The losses of the artillery on both sides were rising rapidly.
"Damn it, the British are trying to destroy all our artillery because they have more artillery than us!" Wang Yuze's face looked very ugly. The artillery of the Western Sichuan Army was less than half of the British army. This way
If they continue to fight, the Western Sichuan Army will suffer a great loss.
"Yes! If our artillery is exhausted, we will have no choice but to be bullied by the British army!" Su Hongguang, commander of the 8th Brigade, also looked a little ugly. The artillery battalion of their 8th Brigade is also on Mount Volta.
Don't know what the situation is yet.
"Order the artillery, move their positions, stop the bombardment, and conserve your strength!" Wang Yuze hesitated for a moment, then issued the order.
"Yes, Marshal!" The signal corpsman immediately sent a message to the 9th Brigade.
Soon, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army stopped shelling. The soldiers pulled the cannon from the gun emplacement and moved it to the prepared position that had been built. In just such a short period of time, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army had been lost.
One-third of the artillery has been reduced, and only 31 of the 48 Type 82 infantry guns are left. 18 of the 24 105mm light howitzers are left.
The artillery of the Western Sichuan Army stopped watching and firing, which greatly cheered up the British and Indian troops. Although they also lost dozens of cannons, there were only 102 3-inch cannons and 21 4.5-inch cannons left. But in general
, or they won the artillery battle. At least, their artillery was still firing, while the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army had died down.
After there was no artillery interference from the Western Sichuan Army, the artillery fire from the British and Indian Army concentrated their artillery fire on the Western Sichuan Army's defense line, bombarding the Western Sichuan Army's defense line wantonly, clearing obstacles for the infantry's subsequent charge.
Seeing their own infantry struggling to hold up under the opponent's artillery fire, the artillerymen of the Western Sichuan Army felt very aggrieved.
"Batalion Commander, let's fire! Even if we're all out, we won't hesitate!" the artillerymen of the Western Sichuan Army asked for battle one by one.
"Wait a moment, I'll ask the young marshal for instructions." The commander of the artillery battalion nodded, and then said. The order to stop the artillery bombardment was given by Wang Yuze, and he would not dare to disobey even if he had the courage to do so. However, he had already thought of it.
There is a better way.
A few minutes later, Wang Yuze responded to the telegram and agreed with his tactics.
"All artillery positions, aim at the British artillery position. Fire five rounds rapidly! Then cease fire immediately and move to position 3!" the artillery battalion commander ordered. When building the artillery position, except for the main position 1, they
, and two additional backup positions were built, and now they are fully put to use.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The artillery of the Western Sichuan Army, which had been silent for less than ten minutes, opened fire again. In just two minutes, more than two hundred artillery shells slammed into the British artillery position.
The British artillery that was ravaging the defense line of the Western Sichuan Army was suddenly stunned. More than a dozen cannons were blown up by the Western Sichuan Army's cannons in the previous shelling.
"This damn guy still dares to start an artillery battle with us, adjust the direction of the bombardment, and destroy all the cannons of these yellow-skinned monkeys!" the British artillery commander roared.
The British artillery immediately began to turn its muzzle and launched a frantic bombardment at the place where the Western Sichuan Army fired. However, at this moment, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army had withdrawn from the No. 2 artillery position and deployed to the No. 3 artillery position.
Although the British artillery attack was fierce, it did not cause any damage to the Western Sichuan Army.
After moving to Position 3, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army once again aimed at the artillery of the British Army.
"Still 5 rounds of rapid fire! Immediately move to position 1 after that!" the artillery battalion commander of the Western Sichuan Army ordered.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The artillery of the Western Sichuan Army started bombarding again, and more than two hundred shells hit the British artillery position. This time the effect was greater than the last time. The British artillery
, more than twenty doors were blown up.
After the shelling was completed, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army immediately began to move. As soon as they moved, Position 3 fell into fierce shelling by the British army.
Subsequently, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army moved back and forth on Artillery Positions No. 1, 2, and 3. Although the artillery category was very difficult, its own losses were very small, but it caused great losses to the British artillery. In Western Sichuan
Under the almost rogue tactics of the British army, the British artillery suffered very heavy losses. After several times, only a few dozen cannons were left.
The British artillery commander screamed with anger, but at this moment, he knew very well that this time they lost the artillery battle with the Western Sichuan Army, and they lost completely. In order to preserve their strength, he even had to order the artillery to withdraw
The artillery firing range of the Western Sichuan Army.
The retreat of the British artillery immediately stunned the British and Indian troops who were still waiting for artillery support.
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