strictlysupreme Chapter 866 Breakthrough
Chapter 866 Breakthrough
866 breach
Buzz!
A day later, the roar of bombers could be heard over Ban Vu province as a large group of bombers took off from airfields around Mangu in the north.
Based on the coordinates provided by Lu Dahai and Zhang Fa, they prepared to go and drop the bomb.
"Our bombers are here."
Quickly, lay out the directional signs.
On the ground, a platoon of expeditionary soldiers, in the jungle of the front line, looked up and saw bombers flying in from the distant sky.
The platoon leader immediately shouted a message.
Immediately, the soldiers in the surrounding platoon laid out the directional markers they were carrying on an open area of the ground.
Before long, the bomber pilots in the sky saw the guidance signs on the ground.
Suddenly, the area they wanted to bomb became even clearer.
"Brothers, I see the directional sign."
"Everyone, descend and prepare to drop the bomb."
A young man's voice rang out on the communication channel, first shouting in Chinese.
Then he repeated it in English.
Because among the thirty-odd bombers that flew in, there were also one-third American bomber pilots.
Just as these bombers were preparing to dive and drop their bombs...
On the ground, in a semi-underground bunker on a hilltop, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Japanese Imperial Guard Division, who was defending the area, also clearly saw the approaching bombers through his binoculars.
"Baka! Enemy bomber squadrons."
"Quickly, notify everyone to get into the pit."
The Japanese regimental commander shouted loudly.
At this moment, they had no anti-aircraft weapons at all, and the Japanese could only endure the bombing when faced with the incoming bombers.
The Japanese Second Regiment had already considered this point when they were on defense.
Therefore, their solution to deal with the bombers attacking from the expeditionary force was to go underground.
During this period, the Japanese soldiers dug many tunnels in the surrounding mountains.
To be honest, the Japanese were quite talented at digging tunnels.
As a large number of Japanese soldiers entered the tunnels to prepare for the bombing.
Indeed, a series of booming explosions could be heard in the distance.
Strangely, the bombs that fell did not land on their positions.
"Strange, why didn't the Chinese bombers bomb our positions?"
The Japanese regimental commander, in his underground command post, listened to the tremors coming from outside and became somewhat puzzled.
"Go, let our observers find out."
Where did the enemy bomb?
The Japanese regimental commander immediately issued the order.
At this moment, flames erupted in the gap between the three Japanese mountain peaks, in the area marked as number five by Lu Dahai and his group.
One after another, aerial bombs weighing hundreds of kilograms fell on this area.
The huge explosion detonated most of the landmines planted by the Japanese in the area.
The bombing ended quickly.
Meanwhile, waiting one kilometer away were an assault battalion of an armored division and a main force regiment of the New 1st Division with more than 2,000 soldiers.
They are already on high alert, just waiting for the bombing to end.
"Everyone, attack!"
Immediately after the bombing ended, a regimental commander of the New 1st Division issued orders to the assault force.
Immediately, the more than twenty Sherman tanks in front formed three attack squads, arranged in a triangular formation, and quickly drove into the jungle.
They charged ahead, entered the minefield, and cleared the way for the infantry behind them.
Behind the tanks followed squads of soldiers from the New 1st Division.
On other fronts, the expeditionary force and armored divisions had also begun their offensives.
The Japanese soldiers quickly realized what was happening.
"Baka! The Chinese have chosen the jungle as their point of attack."
The Japanese regimental commander's expression changed immediately upon receiving the report from the soldiers at the front.
He realized that the attacking expeditionary force had found the biggest weakness in their defenses.
Indeed, the direction in which the Japanese built their fortifications in this area, relying on three hilltops, were all easily defensible and difficult to attack.
They couldn't even easily deploy their forces; a dozen or so Japanese soldiers defending a steep cliff were enough to hold off an entire battalion of the New First Division.
The advantage in troop strength was completely negated by the terrain.
The only place where troops can be deployed is the surrounding jungle.
To this end, the Japanese had laid ambushes in these jungles beforehand and also set up a large number of minefields.
Now, after studying the situation, Lu Dahai and Zhang Fa discovered that a direct assault on the three hilltops held by the Japanese Second Regiment was a better option.
The best strategy is to first seize the surrounding jungle and occupy the less important small enemy positions to create a breakthrough.
"Kill him!"
The Japanese troops defending the jungle were not numerous.
But even when faced with an overwhelming armored battalion and a regiment of expeditionary soldiers, they did not flee.
Instead, they launched a fierce attack.
"Damn it, these Japanese devils are really fierce."
"Machine gunners, kill them all! Let's see if they still dare to yell!"
The commander of a Sherman tank was also quite surprised to see Japanese soldiers launching a suicide attack that had emerged from the surrounding jungle.
Da da da!
Immediately, the machine guns on the Sherman tanks began firing wildly forward.
The charging Japanese soldiers fell like wheat being harvested.
That same day, they cleared the jungle, creating an opening in the Japanese defense line.