The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 592 The face of gold is bigger

The British Governor in Burma said: "Mr. Gao, we believe in you, and we will listen to you on how to fight." The officers of the British army and the Burmese servants also expressed their obedience to Gao Jiu's command.

Gao Jiu knew that the morale of the current British army and the Burmese slave army was low, and it was impossible to expect them to charge forward.The role they can play is to rely on fortifications to hold on.

Gao Jiu asked the British Governor in Burma to lead the 139th regiment of the British Army's Huang family to defend Shihu City, while the Burmese servants dug trenches outside the city. The 140th regiment was scattered among the Burmese servants and was responsible for monitoring them.Tagawa's Construction Workers' Self-Defense Force served as a reserve.Gao Jiu led the Taohuashan Special Forces to conduct mobile operations.

In order to prevent the British army or the Burmese slave army from continuing to flee during the battle, with the consent of the British generals, a detachment of the Taohuashan Special Forces and a reinforced company of the British army will form a supervisory team. Regardless of whether the British army or the Burmese slave army, dare to retreat Yes, shoot to kill.

After deployment, in order to boost morale, the British Governor in Burma gave an encouraging speech to all British troops and Burmese servant troops.His eloquence was eloquent, eloquent and eloquent, and he restored part of the morale of the British army and the Burmese servant army.Most importantly, he told everyone that now, Gao Jiu himself and his powerful troops are fighting with them, which greatly inspired the fighting spirit of the British army and the servant army.

At this time, the Kokang Regional Self-Government Committee also sent 3000 Kokang Regional Self-Government Army to join the coalition forces and accept Gao Jiu's command.Not only that, they also brought a large amount of supplies to supplement the British army and the Burmese slave army.

Gao Jiu and the Kokang Autonomous Army were originally rivals with the British, but now they have become close comrades-in-arms in the face of jointly resisting the Japanese invasion.

Gao Jiu placed the Kokang Regional Autonomous Army outside the city for defense, strengthening the strength to defend Shihu City.

This time the mood of the British and the Burmese servants became more stable.

Gao Jiu had a detailed understanding of the situation of the Japanese army on the opposite side. When he figured out the number of the Japanese army on the opposite side, he realized why the British could not beat these Japanese.Because the enemy they faced was the famous Fifth Division of the Japanese Army.

The Fifth Division claimed to have swept the entire Shanxi with half a division.This army must conquer when attacking and defend firmly. Basically, it has never lost a battle.Shiro Itagaki, the head of the division at the time, has now become the Minister of the Japanese Army.They originally belonged to the North China Dispatch Army, and later incorporated into the 21st Army of the Shanghai Dispatch Army.After conquering Guangzhou, he later joined the ranks of the South China Expedition Army with the 21st Army.Now it has become a unit of the newly formed Southern Expeditionary Army.After invading Southeast Asia, they became even more imposing, sweeping the troops of Britain, France, Rice, Thailand and other countries.

Now chasing the British army is the 21st Brigade of the 21th Division of the Japanese Army, the main force of the 22st Wing, and a part of the 5000nd Wing, with a total strength of more than [-] people.

Gao Jiu is very interested in the Japanese of the Fifth Division.He wanted to completely break the myth that the Japanese Fifth Division was invincible in Shihu City.

日军第五师团第21旅团全部是机械化部队，拥有中型坦克12辆、轻型坦克30辆、各种火炮130余门、各种车辆450余辆。作战的时候，还有日军第八航空队空中支援。难怪缺乏重武器的英军挡不住他们进攻的步伐呢。

Kiyoo Itagaki, captain of the 21st Regiment of the 21st Brigade of the Advance Detachment of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, is the nephew of Itagaki Shiro. with the best equipment.

After Kiyoo Itagaki entered Southeast Asia, he advanced all the way, and all the enemies were vulnerable in front of him, which made him very arrogant.

This time, he led the main force of the 21st Wing and a part of the 22nd Wing, and with thousands of troops, he took down the city of Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, which was defended by tens of thousands of British troops and servants. He was even more arrogant.

However, when he attacked Yangon this time, Kiyoo Itagaki also suffered a heavy blow.These blows were not from British troops, but from a small force that had come out of nowhere.There are only a few hundred people in this small army, but they come and go like the wind, and their combat effectiveness is extremely powerful.Their sneak attack caused the 21st Wing to suffer losses even more than the attack on Yangon City.

Although the 21st Wing is a mechanized force with strong maneuverability, the complex terrain in Myanmar greatly limits their maneuverability.And those hateful attackers were cavalry, they came and went freely in the complex terrain, and beat the Japanese army terribly.

After taking Yangon City, Kiyoo Itagaki decided not to give the British troops a chance to breathe, and launched a fierce pursuit of the British troops.On the way, they were still constantly attacked by the small army and had to stop and go.Only then did the British army break away from contact with the Japanese army and enter Shihu City first.

Although Kiyoo Itagaki is arrogant, he is also a top student at Tokyo Imperial University in Japan. After advanced studies at the Army University, the highest military academy in the Japanese army, he is not an ordinary person.He reported the strange situation he encountered to his superiors, hoping that the superiors could provide the origin of this powerful enemy army.

The Special High School of the Southern Expeditionary Army quickly provided them with relevant information.Those who appeared under the city of Yangon and harassed them all the way must be the Taohuashan special team under the famous Gao Jiu.

When Kiyoo Itagaki heard that the enemy he was facing was Gao Jiu, he also hesitated.Gao Jiu's reputation was too great, so many people couldn't beat Gao Jiu, and he doubted whether he could do it.But Kiyoo Itagaki went so smoothly, among the enemies he encountered, no one was his opponent.Most importantly, the troops he mastered were the most powerful mechanized troops in the Japanese army, which gave him a lot of confidence.In particular, he has his own uncle to take care of him, and he is one of the few army units that can directly mobilize the air force for support.

Kiyoo Itagaki believed that other Japanese troops could not defeat Gao Jiu because they were not strong enough.He decided to fight Gao Jiu to the death.If Gao Jiu can be defeated, he will surely become the biggest pride of the Japanese army.

Although he is full of confidence, he is not a reckless person, and he has raised his vigilance.In order to avoid ambushes during the march, he not only sent a large number of reconnaissance troops to carry out reconnaissance in advance, but also scattered a small number of cavalry in the troops around the marching route of the troops during the march to prevent the enemy from setting up ambushes. Opportunity.

This morning, the vanguard of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army was advancing north along the road from Yangon to Kunming.

Suddenly, gunshots were heard in the distance.Those Japanese cavalry who were searching and advancing on both sides of the road fell one after another.

After Kiyoo Itagaki received the report, he immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing and prepare for enemy attacks.

The one who attacked the Japanese army was of course the Taohuashan Special Forces led by Gao Jiu.This time Gao Jiu brought three squadrons of Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming, and Li Chengwu. They first destroyed the Japanese cavalry as a guard, and then began to attack the Japanese armored convoy parked on the road.

Kiyoo Itagaki's troops were equipped with three of the latest Japanese Type 57 medium-sized tanks. The main weapon was a 2580mm cannon with a loading capacity of 349.3 grams, a muzzle velocity of 6 meters per second, and a maximum range of 80 kilometers.In terms of ammunition, it is equipped with 40 rounds of grenades and 120 rounds of armor-piercing rounds, a total of 1 rounds of shells; the weapon of the machine gunner is a 7.7-type 2745mm heavy machine gun, which can carry 1 rounds of ammunition. On the right side, 100 rounds of ammunition are prepared. The biggest advantage of the 57mm artillery lies in its high followability to the target, and the tank can also shoot while on the move.It can be said that the vitality is quite strong.

The thickness of the frontal armor of the Type 97 medium-sized tank has reached 45cm, and the armor at the thinnest part is 23cm. It has a strong defense capability.Facing the British and French troops without heavy weapons, they are invincible.They already knew that the Taohuashan guerrillas had accurate marksmanship, but they were hiding in thick armor, so they didn't believe that Gao Jiu and the others could do anything to them?
They greeted the visible targets on both sides of the road with machine guns and cannons. They wanted to see how those nasty attackers could deal with them.

What they don't know is that bad luck is coming soon.

The three Japanese Type 97 medium tanks posed the biggest threat to the Taohuashan guerrillas. In order to destroy them, Gao Jiu brought a German-made 88mm anti-aircraft gun known as a tank killer this time.This anti-aircraft gun is capable of firing armor-piercing projectiles and can conduct direct and flat fire at a distance of 2200 meters.

Gao Jiu personally manipulated an 88mm anti-aircraft gun, aimed at a Type [-] medium tank in the Japanese army, and fired an armor-piercing projectile.

The German-made 88mm anti-aircraft gun is worthy of being called a tank killer. When an armor-piercing projectile hit the turret of the Army Type [-] tank, the powerful shock wave generated by the armor-piercing projectile instantly tore apart the armor of the Japanese tank, forming high temperature and high pressure inside the Japanese tank. The violent battle shock wave formed by it harvested the lives of the Japanese soldiers inside.

Then Gao Jiu destroyed the second Japanese Type 97 medium tank.This time it was even more outrageous. The explosion of the armor-piercing projectile caused the shells inside the tank to explode, throwing the Japanese tank into the sky like a toy, and then smashed it hard on the ground.

The third Type 97 medium tank of the Japanese army discovered the location of the Taohuashan Special Forces and fired a tank shell. Unfortunately, a guerrilla was shot and died.

Taking advantage of it finding its position, Gao Jiu directly fired a row of shells, destroying the last remaining Type [-] medium tank of the Japanese army.

After dispelling the threat of the Japanese Type [-] medium tank, Gao Jiu calmly attacked other Japanese armored targets on the road.

Wang Zhankuiran also wanted to have a hand addiction. He manipulated an anti-aircraft gun to hit the Japanese Douding tank.This kind of thin-skinned Japanese tank with a front armor thickness of only 23mm and a side armor thickness of only 8cm was torn apart instantly by an 88mm armor-piercing bullet like paper, and was blown into scrap iron.

Guo Hengming's personality has always been gentle, but seeing Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui fighting so well, he couldn't help himself, one by one, destroying the enemy's targets he could see.

Compared with hitting tanks, the 88mm anti-aircraft guns used explosive shells to hit Japanese trucks, which was more enjoyable.As soon as the cannonball hit, the Japanese army's truck was blown to pieces, and the soldiers on board suffered heavy casualties in the violent explosion. It was simply too enjoyable.

Kiyoo Itagaki did not expect that the enemy had such powerful firepower, and the small cannons on his remaining bean tanks could not reach the enemy at all.Seeing that going on like this was not an option, he immediately ordered the infantry to get out of their vehicles to attack the enemy, hoping to drive the enemy farther away and prevent their artillery fire from destroying the vehicles on the road.

The Japanese infantry, in skirmish lines, charged in the direction of the attackers.Those special forces members were happy, because the number of 88mm anti-aircraft guns was too small, and it was not their turn to enjoy themselves, but the Japanese infantry came up, which happened to be a good opportunity for them to practice marksmanship.There are more than [-] members of the three squadrons of the Taohuashan Special Forces, each with a sniper rifle.These Japanese officers and soldiers who rushed up did not have their turn.

Before the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army rushed to the position 200 meters away from Gao Jiu and others, they were basically killed and injured.

At the same time, Gao Jiu, Guo Hengming, and Wang Zhankui were not idle. They continued to use anti-aircraft guns to attack Japanese tanks and vehicles on the road.

Kiyoo Itagaki knew that what he was encountering was the world-famous Peach Blossom Mountain Special Forces. After this fight, he truly realized the power of the Peach Blossom Mountain Special Forces.Seeing that this was not an option, he immediately ordered the rear team to change to the front team, and he withdrew 30 kilometers before stopping.

Kiyoo Itagaki suffered this blow, and was a little discouraged for a while.However, he was still a little reconciled.After careful consideration, he discovered the operational characteristics of the Taohuashan guerrillas.So, he came up with a way, hoping to deal a heavy blow to the Taohuashan Special Forces this time.

He once again organized a brigade to march forward along the road. This time, he placed the skirmisher line in charge of security farther to reduce the damage of the Taohuashan guerrillas to the marching brigade.

As he expected, the Japanese army was attacked by the Taohuashan Special Forces again during the march.

Kiyoo Itagaki became excited immediately after receiving the report.Because he had already greeted the Eighth Air Force of the Japanese Army in advance. When his convoy was attacked by the Taohuashan Special Forces, the Air Force dispatched bombers to attack the Taohuashan Special Forces!He thought that no matter how powerful Gao Jiu and others were, they would not be able to withstand the bombing of the Japanese Air Force.

Kiyoo Itagaki was full of confidence in mobilizing the Eighth Air Force of the Japanese Army.Under the cover of the uncle of the Minister of the Army, the Eighth Air Force of the Japanese Army has always given him face. Every time he mobilized the Air Force, the Eighth Air Force of the Japanese Army quickly cooperated with him.

Unfortunately, this time he was disappointed.In order to attract the attack of the Taohuashan Special Forces, the infantry brigade of the Japanese army stood upright on the road, waiting for the air force to bomb the Taohuashan Special Forces.However, the bombers of the Eighth Air Force did not appear for a long time, and the Taohua Special Forces attacked them recklessly.

Kiyoo Itagaki didn't know that his uncle, General Itagaki, had more face than Gao Jiu's.

Not long ago, the Eighth Air Force of the Japanese Army received 15000 anti-Japanese medicines from Yokota Makio.A piece of anti-Japanese medicine is a small yellow croaker. Putting 15000 small yellow croakers together is a small gold mountain.No matter how great the face of Itagaki Shiro is, it is not as great as the face of these gold.

No matter which Japanese army Gao Jiu fought with, he would communicate with Yokota Makio in advance, and of course, he would be given certain benefits every time.Of course he is no exception this time.The Eighth Air Force of the Japanese Army learned that Gao Jiu had come near Shihu City again, so naturally they would not send bombers to attack.

After suffering heavy losses, the Japanese army finally couldn't take it anymore and turned around to flee.

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