Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2291 The East Indians Return One

Major General Douglas, the commander of the Rainbow Division, is now in a dilemma.

Douglas did not have the courage to reject MacArthur, and ordered the troops to attack the island in depth. As a result, not to mention the loss of troops, his men were still surrounded by the Japanese. This is a great shame.

Douglas wanted to take revenge, but he didn't have the strength to do so. The Rainbow Division was short of troops. If they continued to attack, they might suffer more serious losses, but the impact of retreating to the beachhead would be even worse.

Even in the last World War, when the Rainbow Division faced the Germans, it had never suffered such a big insult.

Americans have different attitudes toward Germans and Japanese.

The United States needs Germany to break the monopoly of Britain and France on the colonies. There are still many German immigrants in the United States, so the United States has always had an ambiguous attitude towards Germany. That is, the Russians won the Moscow defense war, and the American attitude became firm. Otherwise, it is hard to say which side the United States will join.

The attitude of the United States towards Japan is very consistent. The gate of modern Japan was opened by the Americans. Japan won a lot of compensation through several wars, but most of them were earned by the Americans in the end. The Japanese only wanted to earn money from the Americans. Can rely on women's flesh and blood business, other things Americans look down on.

Oh, that's not right, Japan's raw silk exports are still good, the United States and Europe have a great demand for Japanese raw silk, and this is one of the few businesses in Japan that can make money.

Before the outbreak of the World War, the Americans sucked up the blood of the Japanese with the help of export resources. The Japanese were desperately expanding in East Asia. They were beaten to death, and all the things they robbed were turned into worn-out steel from the United States. Japan is like the United States. I have worked hard for decades as a long-term worker, and although I have saved some property, I found out that I still owe Americans mortgages and car loans.

The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry.

Americans look at Japan like their own dogs.

Now that the dog has bitten its owner, the mentality of the Americans is completely out of balance, and they wish they could be hung up and killed to eat meat.

On June 6th, Douglas went to William, hoping that the Red Division could cooperate with the Rainbow Division.

"Don't be silly Mike, we only have 3 people now, and we have no ability to occupy the entire Mindoro Island, unless there are more reinforcements, or the help of southern Africans." Major General William disagreed, he would rather defy MacArthur's order, He is also unwilling to let his soldiers take risks.

The key pay and return are not proportional.

If the First Dahong Division and the Rainbow Division go all out to meet MacArthur's requirements, then even if the losses are heavy, it will be admitted. Major General William still understands the truth of not being kind to soldiers.

The problem is that it can't be done.

MacArthur wants to fulfill his promise, at the cost of the life of an American soldier.

Major General William made no promises to the Filipinos, he was responsible for the officers and men of his Red Division.

Of course, William is not doing nothing. These days, William has been busy stabilizing his defensive position. The beachhead with many automatic firepower is impenetrable, weak in attack, at least more than enough to protect himself.

"William, we can't rely on the southern Africans for everything." Douglas looked at the map in front of him, which represented the Stars and Stripes of the US military, which still only occupied a small corner of Mindoro.

And the tricolor flag, which represents the southern African army, is steadily advancing towards Manila.

The landing point of southern Africa on Luzon Island is less than [-] kilometers away from Manila.

Unlike the U.S. troops who were trapped on the beach, after the southern Africans landed, using the East Indian army as an arrow, they were gradually advancing towards Manila.

Luzon Island was the core of the Japanese defense in the Philippines. The Japanese army deployed more than 30 defensive troops on Luzon Island. The difficulties faced by the southern African troops were much higher than those of the U.S. military.

Angie can command more troops. So far, two marine brigades and two southern African army divisions have landed in Luzon.

There are more East Indian troops. There are more than 7 East Indian troops that have landed on Luzon Island, with a total strength of about 13 troops.

Just look at the East Indies.

Look at the Philippines again.

They are also servants, the contrast is too stark.

William was embarrassed to say something. He didn't know what MacArthur had done in the Philippines all these years, causing the Filipinos to be so alienated from Germany and have no affection for the suzerain country.

It's not true, it's not emotionless, it's not gratitude, it's just hate.

Otherwise, the Filipinos would not work so hard to help the Japanese.

"Our patrol force captured a few Filipinos, and they explained that there are less than [-] Japanese troops on this island. As long as we find the main force of the Japanese, we will definitely be able to defeat them." Douglas is confident, although the US military also has many A novice, but has an overall advantage in weapons.

"Then the question is, how do we find the main force of the Japanese army?" William smiled wryly. With the current strength of the US military, it was simply unable to undertake the combat mission alone, but it happened to meet MacArthur who was so successful, so he was completely exhausted.

In contrast, the Allies faced the same problem in Luzon.

An Qi's solution to the problem was simple and rude. After the troops landed on Luzon Island, they began to advance towards Manila, forcing the main force of the Japanese army to fight a decisive battle.

For the Japanese, Manila must be defended. Once Manila falls, the Japanese army will lose confidence and suffer a crushing defeat.

In the port of Manila, there are still two aircraft carriers of the United Fleet sinking.

These two aircraft carriers did not sink completely, they just sank in the port. If Southern Africa occupies Manila, then these two aircraft carriers will definitely be salvaged and publicized. At that time, Japan's international image and the morale of the people in Japan will be damaged. critical hit.

The Japanese base camp has issued an order that once the situation is irretrievable, the two aircraft carriers will be completely blown up to the state of spare parts, and those two aircraft carriers must not be left to the southern Africans.

Angie doesn't care about the aircraft carrier, if she wants to capture the Japanese "Yamato", she can drag "Yamato" back to southern Africa as the flagship of the Indian Ocean Fleet, or the flagship of the local fleet——

If you think about it this way, the "Yamato" and "Musashi" are not enough. The Japanese should build another one, so that the three major fleets can be evened out.

The first unit to set out for Manila was the [-]rd East Indian Division.

The Third East India Division is one of the earliest army units formed in East India. This unit is well-equipped, and its level of equipment is on par with that of the Southern African Army, except for high-end equipment such as night vision goggles.

The training level of the third division is also good. Most of the officers have work experience in the umbrella company. Since about ten years ago, East India has been one of the important sources of umbrella mercenaries. About 6 people have worked in the umbrella company. .

Li Anping, the division commander of the Third East India Division, and Huang Xiumin, the chief of staff, both graduated from the Nyasaland Army Academy. The Nyasaland Army Academy has long held a crash course for middle and senior officers for soldiers from the countries of the Southern African Union. Li Anping and Huang Xiumin are both The graduates of this class have many friends in the Southern African Army.

Like the Southern African Defense Forces, the [-]rd East India Division is equipped with a large number of tanks and cars, which has brought a lot of trouble to the [-]rd Division's operations. The traffic conditions in the Philippines are not good. There is a decent road between Calatagan and Manila. There are no roads, and the tanks of the third division cannot enter the rugged mountain roads in the mountains, and can only advance along the plains in the coastal areas.

"Why don't we just land in Mani? The Japanese don't have the ability to stop us." Li Anping was in a bad mood. The advance speed of the third division was very slow. It only advanced less than ten kilometers on the first day, and it was almost repairing at the same time. Walk on the side of the road.

"The headquarters wants to draw out the main force of the Japanese and wipe them out in one fell swoop. I don't want to play hide-and-seek with the Japanese in the Malay Peninsula like the Indians." Huang Xiumin was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, and his shiny long military boots were covered with There was a heavy rain just now, and the troops were forced to camp on the spot. At this rate, they would not be able to reach Manila in half a month.

The weather in the tropics is erratic. There was no cloud at the last moment, and suddenly there will be a violent storm. It may reach the level of heavy rain in a short period of time, and it will rain again after a while.

This is all trivial, and what I fear most is the typhoon.

When a typhoon comes, all the buildings on some small islands will be blown down, the century-old trees will be uprooted, the crops will fail, and sometimes it will even cause a tsunami, which is even more catastrophic.

When East India was first established, many southern Africans were keen to buy islands in East India.

Soon the enthusiasm of the southern Africans faded. The island scenery in East India is indeed very good. There are enough islands to buy in the country of ten thousand islands, and the price is indeed very cheap. However, many islands are uninhabited islands, which are not unsuitable for human habitation. But the natural environment is too harsh. In addition to typhoons and tsunamis, there are more environmental diseases, which are a huge threat to human beings.

Compared with East India, southern Africa is better. Even Bechuanaland, which has the worst conditions, has become a rich granary after decades of transformation by southern Africans. Now southern Africans understand why East India is so backward. It has a lot to do with natural conditions.

Of course, this is only for small islands. For a large island like Borneo with an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, the conditions are quite good, at least there is no need to worry too much about typhoons.

Angie also didn’t want to play hide-and-seek with the Japanese in the Philippines. She was not in Manila to avoid street fighting with the Japanese. The Allied forces were equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, which gave them a greater advantage in field battles. Once they entered the city, tanks would be on the streets. Can't turn around, too many restrictions received.

This is very good now. The Allied forces are in a stance to attack Manila, and the Japanese have to defend. Gather the main force of the Japanese army together and complete their efforts in one battle, which can save a lot of trouble.

The East Indian army was born out of the southern African army, and even the temporary camps have a complete and layered fire defense network.

Fighting outside the Philippines, the third division did not worry about damaging the environment. It knocked down all the trees around the temporary camp to clear the shooting range for tankers and machine gunners. Before night fell, the mortars began to fire flares non-stop. , This made the Japanese army who attacked at night have nothing to hide.

The Japanese are not stupid. They know that frontal combat is not the opponent of the Allied forces, and night combat is the best choice for the Japanese army.

Having the East Indian troops in southern Africa responsible for logistics is as luxurious as the Southern African National Defense Force. If there is a little trouble around the temporary camp, mortars or tanks will bombard it immediately. Anyway, you don’t need to spend your own shells Money, hit whatever you want.

The Japanese who have fought in the East Asian battlefield for decades have never seen such a formation. Since the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese have fought against the great powers, and the only one that has really fought a tough battle is the Russo-Japanese War.

The Japanese nominally won the Russo-Japanese War. In fact, the Japanese killed more than 8 people in the Russo-Japanese War, twice as many as the Russians.

The firepower of the East Indian troops in 1942 was significantly higher than that of the Russians in 1904.

Compared with the Japanese army in 1942, the firepower of the Japanese army in 1904 was not substantially improved.

In such a fight, the result of the battle can be imagined.

In the second half of the night, there was another storm, and the effect of the flares was greatly limited. The Japanese finally found a chance.

The East Indian troops had been prepared for a long time. The Japanese offensive had just begun. All tanks and cars turned on their lights together. The searchlights powered by generators were not affected by the storm. The machine gunners hiding in the tanks were very happy. They ignored the machine guns. The barrel of the gun has turned red from continuous firing, and it desperately fired at the attacking Japanese army.

The Japanese soldiers who were completely brainwashed by the spirit of Bushido fell into madness. The sight conditions were very poor on rainy nights. The Japanese soldiers who launched a swine attack at the beginning of the battle did not care how many casualties they had. Shouting and rushing to the temporary camp of the third division, imagining that the East India army would be like their former opponents, as long as they fell into hand-to-hand combat, they would completely collapse.

This is also a fact. From the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War, the morale of the opponents of the Japanese army would quickly collapse after the Japanese army launched hand-to-hand combat. Whether it is the Huai army or the Indians, they performed well when shooting against the Japanese army. Once they fell into hand-to-hand combat will quickly collapse.

The firepower of the East India Army is more than one level higher than that of all the previous opponents of the Japanese Army.

The pig rush attack is essentially the human wave offensive, which has been completely eliminated in the last world war.

The Japanese have never experienced the Battle of the Somme or Verdun. They seem to have no idea what kind of firepower a five-meter machine gun can create. The semi-automatic rifles equipped by East Indian soldiers are actually as powerful as light machine guns. Not much difference, the role of the two semi-automatic rifles is actually similar to that of light machine guns.

So the attacking Japanese army was a complete tragedy.

The fight lasted less than an hour.

It only lasted an hour because of the heavy rain.

An hour later, the Japanese army took the initiative to stop the attack. At this time, the corpses of Japanese soldiers were densely packed around the temporary camp, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers at some key points were piled up to a height of nearly two meters.

This is similar to Jingguan.

(End of this chapter)