Chapter 825: The battle is tragic
The Japanese attack was contained, and the big sa was about to crack. He has a military order, and if he doesn't take the position, he will be a mortal situation, and he will be disemboweled to thank the emperor.
"Yaga!!"
He brandished his command knife and shouted: "Shelling the position, the original coordinates remain unchanged!" Call the group of planes, bomb the depth of the position, bomb the junction of the city!! ”
His roar was immediately answered, and a few minutes later the whistling of shells swept across the sea and into the ears of the British, who had just recaptured their positions and had not had time to clean up the battlefield.
"Retreat !!"
"Retreat!!"
The British were horrified. Here even the trenches are filled, what do they use to withstand the shelling? Shocked that the Japanese army reacted so quickly, they shouted and retreated like a tide behind.
In their continuous research, they summed up a method of direct command from the front, so that the artillery positions were directly under the command of the front, and the original coordinates were marked and fixed, as long as the artillery was fired, the speed was much faster than the original telephone command.
And the battleship, of course, is also under the command of the front, and even the planes are called in a clear code, and the command between the front lines is given, and the commander behind does not participate.
In this way, the accuracy and timeliness of the target can be ensured, and the delay time when transmitting information can be reduced, which is much faster.
A loud bang began to explode in succession as the British army ran wildly. Pieces of British troops were blown up in the air. Those tanks were still showing off their might before, and they would be blown to pieces like toys when huge shells fell, and they didn't even have a chance to escape.
This is a huge cannon of more than 150 to 300 calibers, and the explosive power of the shells is especially what they can block? In just a few seconds, the forward position that had just been recaptured turned into a sea of fire, and the life on the position was once again obscured by gunsmoke and dust.
The Japanese bombardment was intensive and accurate, and the battleships, although not stationary at sea. But the plane's guidance allowed them to deviate very little, allowing the shells to land mostly in an almost fixed area.
The heavy artillery fire did not give the British time to retreat much, and thousands of British soldiers died in the raging artillery fire, and the corpses all over the ground were quickly covered by the falling earth, and then the next shell was turned over and ran into the air.
Flying corpses and debris were torn by screaming shrapnel. Rapid decomposition, in just a few seconds, before it landed, it was cut into countless pieces, but it was astringent, and it was mixed in the soil, acting as an organic fertilizer for this scorched earth.
During the shelling, the bomber flew again, and with it crossed the smoke-filled area. It flew very low, 100 meters above the ground, and swooped straight into the rear positions and roads, and then the bombs in Putian fell and fell on the British troops who rushed to reinforce them.
The intensive bombardment caused heavy casualties to the unsheltered reinforcements, and the trucks and artillery on the road were blown up in the air, and the fire was ignited, completely blocking the road.
In the face of a blow from the air. The British were helpless, and the only dozens of fighters and bombers were wiped out by the Japanese in just one round. Most of the mech fighters that took off were able to cast them, but they were bitten by the nimble flamingo, aka the Zero, and were destroyed with it.
They can't keep up with the agility and firepower of the Zero, and for the first time they encounter the British fighter of the Zero in an air battle, how can they defeat if they can't even catch the shadow? And this will. Without planes, in the face of the bombardment, they could not resist at all except for vain light machine gun fire, or hastily evasion.
During the shelling, the big man brandished his command knife and ordered the troops to move forward. At the risk of being hit by his own shells, he approached the forward position, only two or three hundred meters away from the location of the explosion, and then he gave the order to stop the advance, contact the battleship, and extend the artillery fire.
The British troops, who were being pursued by death, had just fled to the second line of positions, and before they could recover their senses, the shells approached again, and in a few explosions, they crossed the open area and landed on the position.
"The Japanese artillery fire has extended!!"
"Enter the anti-artillery hole!!"
One shout after another rang out, and then, in the explosion, the British quickly drilled into the nearest anti-artillery hole to avoid the impending bombardment.
But where do they know what happened to the first line of the Dao? Even if you hide in the anti-artillery hole, how can a small hole in the dirt one or two meters deep block the bombardment of a 360-caliber cannon? If the cannon goes down, Bi Bao will be blown up, and the people inside will naturally be buried, needless to say.
In the loud bang, the Japanese army successfully landed on the ground first position, and then, when shelling the second position, they did not rush to attack, but quickly began to build fortifications and completely occupy this place first.
The Japanese army's strategy was obviously effective, and before the shelling was over, the general shape of the defensive position came out, and the machine gun was also mounted, and the big man also followed, standing on the ground and standing on the ground, feeling the huge earthquake from a few hundred meters away, and calmed down a lot.
He looked at the figure rushing to repair the trench in the dust, and then ordered: "The Kawada Wing stops building positions, approaches the front, and occupies the second line of positions after the artillery bombardment is extended!" ”
"Hayi!"
Koji Kawada, who was covered in dust, stood up and took orders loudly.
The big sa then gave another order, called the battleship, and the artillery fire continued.
The ears of the British soldiers who were blown up by the shells were buzzing, and those who were not buried, who were not killed, would be almost the same as the dead, but they would just take a few more breaths than those who died first.
They were cowered in the bombshells, their ears nearly deaf, their chests were stuffy, their throats were salty, and they threatened to vomit blood at any moment. The eyes will not be closed, even if they are opened, I am afraid that they will not be able to see the figure within a few meters, and it will be blurry.
Their rush was extremely weak, and they could not feel the extension of the Japanese artillery fire, although the shock was lighter, but they could not judge whether the shelling had stopped.
The Japanese attack was very fast, and Koji Kawada stepped on the edge of the position as soon as the artillery fire left the position and extended backwards, and then tied to the collapsed trench, risking the danger of falling shells above his head at any time, and began the strangulation of the position.
In the explosion of the roaring grenade, the anti-artillery holes that did not collapse were blown up, and none of the British troops inside could not survive, and those British soldiers who felt the slight shock and struggled to crawl out fell under the already blood-red bayonets one after another, and they died without understanding how the Japanese army attacked so fast.
They don't know what to do again, the Japanese army has repeatedly fought with the county advance, with countless casualties, but not all of them are strangled every time, and there are always those who miss the net or are defeated, resulting in the combat style and strategy of the advance army being learned by the Japanese army, and following the artillery charge, this is the masterpiece of the advance army.
As they poured into position, the artillery fire extended again, and under the bombardment of aircraft, continued to advance. Koji Kawada, on the other hand, completely controlled most of the collapsed positions in less than five minutes, and then reported to the commander that he began to build and consolidate the positions before the widow, clean up the British troops buried in the soil, and eliminate the remnants of the enemy.
At this time, the British troops who rushed to reinforce had been completely bombed, and the strafing and bombardment in the sky had scattered the army in a matter of minutes. The corpses of the Mandao, the wreckage of the Mandao, burned fiercely. The British soldiers who escaped the catastrophe crawled out one by one in horror after the Japanese plane left. They left their hiding places and looked at the tragic situation in front of them in fear, and the hearts of countless people began to tremble.
How could a living British commander allow this devastation to continue to ferment? They kept calling for peace, wheeling their guns in their hands, urging the soldiers, who were on the verge of collapse, to clean up the mess, to help the wounded, so that they could rush to the tidal flat defense line as soon as possible to support the defenders there.
But they didn't know that his front edge had been lost, and at the stall where the plane had left, there had been a change of owner.
As soon as Yamada Kuma received the report, he looked at his watch, and there were only ten minutes before the time limit for the last day, he couldn't help but nod, and ordered the headquarters to move forward, go to the position, and the troops spread out left and right, assist the attack point next to it, defeat the defenders there, and completely occupy Shek O.
This situation is not unique to him, Stanley is also a little fierce, opening the gap with all his might, occupying the front line, and then expanding the results, attacking left and right, detouring to both sides, outflanking and annihilating those defenders.
At the same time, the Japanese troops who had stood on their feet began to transport supplies, one cannon after another was transported to the coast, and one by one the tractor trucks left the transport ship, went up to the land, pulled those cannons, entered the occupied British positions, and then began to move forward, approaching the city of Hong Kong in the distance.
At this time, looking at the telegram in his hand, the Portuguese general in Macao was full of fear, he would not send troops, but he must do a good job of defense, otherwise, the mad dog of the Japanese army would pounce and bite him.
This was a letter of request for help from the British generals of the Hong Kong garrison, who felt that it would be too difficult to hold out for two days, and they were afraid that they would not be able to wait for the support of the advance army, so they wanted to fool the Portuguese into sending troops to support Hong Kong and block the Japanese attack.
Although Portugal will not be as strong as before, it is not weak, but the generals are not stupid, they remain neutral, and the Japanese army should not send troops for no reason.
For the sake of safety, he still ordered mines to block the sea to block the sea route into Macao, and prevent the Japanese army from coming and biting like mad dogs.
Where would the Japanese army be in the mood to deal with them? Those who have already removed the skin and swallowed it if they dare not enter will let the rich people there escape.
So, while sending supplies and troops to the shore, planes were dispatched to bomb all the ways out of the port, and it was necessary to completely control the place
As for the British army, Zhilang Road only learned at this time that the tidal flats on the south and east sides of Zhilang Road had been lost, and Hong Kong would be attacked at any time. They panicked, and while sending electricity to the base camp, they organized the most rear-end city defense, and wanted to rely on the defense of the city to block the Japanese attack.
Churchill was shocked when he received the telegram, he never expected the Japanese attack to be so fast, he urgently sent a telegram to Henry, asking Henry to urge the advance army to hurry as soon as possible, and if it was too late, Hong Kong would be occupied by Japan. (To be continued......)