The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

Chapter 237: Siege and Electronic Warfare

The establishment of the Lashio administrative district and the mining of a large number of silver mines in the surrounding Baowen mining area can be traced back to the first year of Zhishun in the Yuan Dynasty. It was later established as Mubang Prefecture in the fifteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.

Later, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongli was hanged by Wu Sangui with a bowstring, and the large number of Qian people who followed him simply stayed in Mubang Prefecture and took root there.

Therefore, although the city of Lashio was not large at that time, it was home to a large number of pure-blooded or mixed-blooded descendants of the Qian people, and the artillery fire of the Anmin Army was also very restrained.

In addition to the artillery suppression targeting the commanding heights of Luomingang, the rest of the mountain artillery and M8 light self-propelled artillery mainly fired at the Japanese military camps, police stations, warehouse areas and other places in the city.

It was 10 o'clock in the morning. When the deafening sound of artillery was heard, the locals immediately knew that the war had begun.

A large number of Qian people immediately hid in their homes if they had cellars, and those who did not have cellars also closed their doors and windows to take shelter.

Some guerrillas who had sneaked into the city in advance also took action, gathering together to distribute weapons, explosives, and bullets, ready to support the attack of the army outside the city at any time.

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Zhang Chi finally understood why Hao Yi was short of ammunition.

This bastard really doesn't care about spending money when fighting!

72 105mm howitzers bombarded the small Luominggang area, and in just 20 minutes they had completely plowed through almost all the areas where the Japanese might have built fortifications.

As for the remaining 40 minutes of shelling, it was just to loosen up the soil for Uncle Shui Lanxing. Zhang Chi estimated that after the battle, there would be half a pound of iron shrapnel in every pound of soil on Luomingang.

Seeing Zhang Chi's unfriendly expression in the command center, Hao Yi smiled innocently:

"The brothers under my command were all born and raised by their parents. It took 18 years to raise such a brave man. I would be heartbroken if any of them were killed. I can only ask the artillery and air force brothers to work harder."

Zhang Chi was silent and confirmed that talent is the greatest non-renewable resource. If it can reduce casualties, then let it be wasted.

Anyway, most of these shells were bought by him in the system using Silver Lion Coins, and the Silver Lion Coins were mainly obtained by killing the Japanese, so it can be said that he made full use of them and used them in their original form.

Not long after, the pre-arranged air force troops roared in.

The "gunship" modified from the C-47 has developed into the third generation model.

This latest model of the "gunship" is not only equipped with a 105mm recoilless rifle and a 40mm grenade launcher, but also has additional batteries and high-power radio equipment, and an additional antenna installed on the back of the aircraft.

This allows these "gunships" to not only circle over the target and provide continuous fire support, but also conduct relay communications between heaven and earth.

Walking out of the command center, Zhang Chi looked up at the slowly flying "giants" in the sky and nodded with satisfaction. These were all the new changes and influences that he, a time traveler, had brought to this era.

At this moment, the words of the director of Radio Institute No. 6 came to his mind:

As long as the power of this onboard high-power radio equipment is higher, and the antenna is placed on the belly of the aircraft facing the ground, and high-power continuous noise broadcasts are carried out in the radio frequency bands commonly used by the Japanese, an effect similar to "full-band interference" can be produced.

Of course, it is a copycat version. Due to technical limitations, it can only interfere with a few frequency bands and the interference time is not long. It can only interfere with reception and cannot interfere with transmission.

But even so, Zhang Chi is very satisfied.

This is 44 years, and the Anmin Army is already preparing to use high-end "electronic warfare"!

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On the other side of the battlefield, with the end of the shelling, the reverse slope of the hill was covered with napalm bombs, and the 1st Infantry Training Regiment of the Infantry Training Division that launched the attack successfully occupied Luomingang.

On the scorching hilltop, the flames of the napalm bombs had not yet completely extinguished, and the scorching air was filled with a burning smell.

The soldiers of the 1st Teaching Regiment continued to advance on the melted soil and the broken corpses of the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers on Luomingang who tried to play "hide and seek" with them wandered among the rocks like ghosts, but as bullets accurately took their lives, this cruel game of hide and seek gradually came to an end.

The complete change of hands of this commanding height has already announced the death sentence for the Japanese in Lashio City.

At this moment, Hao Yi and Zhang Chi were watching the situation on the battlefield together in the command center.

When he learned via radio that Luomingang had been taken, the stone in his heart finally settled down a little.

He picked up the radio receiver and gave the order in a firm tone: "The 2nd Infantry Division and the 13th Armored Regiment of the 7th Armored Division must quickly reorient themselves. All units must launch a general attack on Lashio City as planned."

With Hao Yi's order, the attack on Lashio City began immediately.

In order to prevent the 105mm howitzer's shooting at the city wall from crossing the wall and accidentally injuring the people in the city, Hao Yi deliberately chose only the armored unit's 75mm self-propelled artillery to fire directly at the city wall.

The infantry units used Type 88 rifles and PRGs to fire at the city gates.

"Boom! Boom!"

The iron-clad city gates could not block the metal jets of high-explosive armor-piercing shells, and the rammed earth and brick-clad city walls collapsed under the continuous bombardment of 75mm high-explosive shells.

Dozens of M2HB heavy machine guns set up in advance firmly suppressed the Type 99 light machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns that the Japanese had placed on the top of the city wall. In the exchange of fire, the parapets and the Japanese shooters hiding behind them were penetrated.

The M3 half-track vehicles carrying infantry also had M2HB heavy machine guns installed on their roofs, and the idle anti-aircraft company's M16 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns with quad-mounted M2HBs joined in. In an instant, countless tongues of fire spewed out.

The 12.7mm bullets tore apart the Japanese machine gunners on the city wall one by one, and blood splattered between the parapets.

The battalion commander of a training division waved his hands vigorously, and the charge horn sounded through the sky.

"Kill--!"

Accompanied by the shouts of the soldiers, tanks and infantry moved forward quickly. The Japanese troops relying on the city walls for defense had to face not only the suppression of artillery and machine guns, but also the slow calls of fire from the "gunships" circling in the sky.

Under attack from both sides, the morale of the Japanese troops dropped visibly.

Several breakthroughs quickly appeared in the north and west city walls. Under Hao Yi's command, subsequent reinforcements were continuously deployed, and the breakthroughs expanded rapidly.

"Hold on, hold on! Do not retreat. There are no cowards among His Majesty the Heavenly Locust's warriors!"

Colonel Shigeru Yamamoto, commander of the 143rd Infantry Regiment of the 55th Division of the Japanese army, who was defending the front, killed two wavering reinforcements with his sword in succession, finally stopping the decline.

However, even though he had taken off his collar badge in advance to guard against the snipers of the Security Army, his exaggerated movements, hysterical shouting, and the saber in his hand that was obviously not an ordinary one still attracted the attention of the sharpshooters.

Soon, his action of leaning out of cover to observe brought a fatal blow.