My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 380
In mid-December, the counter-offensive campaign has been fought until now, and the entire Japanese army in northern Myanmar has almost been separated from Myanmar and China. It is difficult to communicate between the north and the south.

At present, the Indian Army, the Expeditionary Army, and Liao Mingyu are in a three-pronged attack. From the perspective of the strategic situation, Myitkyina is already in deep siege, and if it does not receive support, it is likely to be gradually swallowed up.

But the Japanese army still tried to regain the initiative with a fluke mentality. They were decisive and did not hesitate to completely abandon the border between India and Myanmar and the territory in the west of China and Yunnan, and instead regrouped in Myitkyina, Menggong, Weimao and other places. , Prepare to fight to the death with the enemy here.

The Second Division from Mandalay also arrived in Myitkyina by railway, and at the same time brought a large amount of supplies. Shojiro Iida was relieved. The arrival of the Second Division somewhat eased the situation.

The Second Division claims to be the top three in Japan's permanent divisions. It originally belonged to the Kwantung Army's battle order. When the September [-]th Incident happened, it was this unit that took the lead in breaking into the Peking University Camp.Then Shenyang, Harbin and other places were occupied. Domon Jiro and Okamura Ningji all served as division commanders of this force.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Second Division was transferred to Guadalcanal and participated in the brutal battle for Guadalcanal. After fighting with the U.S. Army for more than half a year, the entire division was almost disabled. It had no choice but to withdraw to Southeast Asia for supplementary repairs. Incorporated into the Myanmar Front Army.

Most of today's second divisions are reorganized by recruits and second-line troops. In terms of the quality of the soldiers, there is a huge gap with the early days. Although they are famous, they are not what they used to be.

The Japanese Burmese Front Army also realized the seriousness of the situation. The Commander of the Front Army Heitaro Kimura immediately issued a combat order to increase troops to the north. In addition to the Second Division and the 53rd Division blocked in Lashio, another independent The mixed 24th Brigade went north along the railway line in an attempt to make Myitkyina an insurmountable fortress.

Little Japan's character is such a stick, as long as there are people, I will fight with you to the end, and if there is a gap in weapons and equipment, I will use "spirit" to defeat you. I have to admit that their fighting will is also one of the best among the armies of all countries.

The battle of Myitkyina was inevitable, and the top allied forces immediately began to discuss the battle plan. The new 1st Army led by Sun Liren would be the main offensive, Liao Yaoxiang's new 6th Army would be on the right wing, and the US 5307 Detachment would coordinate operations from the left wing.The Army Air Force bombed along the roads and railways, destroying the supply lines and follow-up support of the Japanese army.

Stilwell was very worried about the progress of the battle. If the Japanese army went north for reinforcements if it was delayed for too long, Myitkyi would become a "meat grinder" in northern Myanmar, constantly devouring the lives of all armies.

Stilwell wanted to defeat the Japanese army in Burma, and the long-term tug-of-war definitely did not match his plan to recover northern Burma in June. Therefore, he repeatedly asked the western Yunnan side to cooperate with the counteroffensive as soon as possible, and asked the head of state to give He took command of the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force.

Who is the head of state?How can you easily hand over military power to you if you regard military power more important than your lifeblood?

The first time I entered Myanmar to fight, I gave you the command of the [-] expeditionary army to show my sincerity. What happened?
Although everyone has a reason for the failure of the battle, this inevitably made the head of state distrust Stilwell even more, especially when he stood against him time and time again. If it wasn't for the sake of the United States, he would have dealt with you a long time ago, and he would have tolerated you The kid yelled "Peanuts" every day? (Stilwell's nickname for Lao Jiang, ridiculing him for being petty and stupid)
In addition, the head of state also specially called the 71st Army and the 2nd Army, urging Yu Xiaoqing to keep the troops, and not to act recklessly to cause unnecessary losses.

Yu Xiaoqing was very happy. This was the first time that the head of state contacted him in person, and it represented a different concept to him.

So Yu Xiaoqing strictly carried out the order of the head of state, slowed down the marching speed, and slowly advanced towards the Wei Mao area step by step.

Not to mention the slow progress of the two armies coming from west Yunnan, and intentionally or unintentionally delaying the marching time, Stilwell was furious and cursed loudly that the peanuts would die.

Seeing that he could not count on this group of people, Stilwell turned his attention to Liao Mingyu in the south again, and sent a telegram with a very tough attitude to the Nankan Division Headquarters.

The telegram stated that the Third Division was required to concentrate all its forces immediately to launch an attack on Myitkyina, and to form a north-south pincer offensive with the Indian troops without any delay...

What kind of person is Liao Mingyu?I don't even listen to the words of my immediate boss, how can I listen to you, a foreign monk, reciting Wangbajing?
Regarding Stilwell's telegram, Liao Mingyu directly threw it into the trash can, and didn't even reply to a single sentence.

Originally, he planned to continue to let Chen Jize go north, but that doesn't mean you, Stilwell, can tell me what to do. I don't know how to fight the battle, don't I?

The battlefield situation was changing rapidly, and now the Japanese are fully retreating, bringing together the remnants of the 2nd Division, 31st Division, and 33rd Division, as well as the troops directly under the 15th Army of the Japanese Army and the Army Aviation Unit, a total of 8 to [-] people are in Myitkyina.

If the troops stationed in India took advantage of the victory after the Hukang River Valley was settled, and then cooperated with Bhamo's Chen Jize to stab the chrysanthemum in the north, then maybe they could quickly break through the Japanese defense line and attack Huanglong.

But it's too late now, they resolutely abandon those unimportant areas on the periphery, concentrate their superior forces on one point, and wait for you to bump into them with a dull head.

How can this be solved with a fast break?We can only find a way to open an opening from somewhere step by step, and coupled with the mobilization of logistics materials from various ministries, it will not be fast at all.

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At this time, in one of the rooms of the Third Division Field Hospital in Nankan, there was a wailing sound.

"Hey, hello! You bastard is a veterinarian... Are you treating your leg or amputating it? It hurts! It hurts..."

"Changing the medicine is like killing a pig? Don't complain, it will be fine soon!"

The veterinarian scolded impatiently with a straight face, but the movement of his hands did not stop for a moment, and he continued to say: "Not hot baby, why don't you listen to the advice to keep you from touching the water? This leg needs to be If you get infected again, there will be no way to cure it, and then it will become troublesome. It depends on what you did at the beginning."

"Hey, you old gangster! Are you such a gossip? You will rot your tongue if you tell someone's behind the scenes."

As soon as the words were finished, Meng Anfan flashed in from the door, staring at the veterinarian with an unfriendly expression.

"Hehe... Annoying baby, why do you have the time to come to me?" The veterinarian laughed shyly.

"It's annoying, this old black heart is so miserable, he doesn't even give me painkillers, which makes me so painful that I can't sleep every night, and... ouch, hey!!"

The non-spicy complaints were not over yet, and Veterinary Hao's movements of wrapping the bandages suddenly increased, and the pain made the boy scream for life.

"Things without conscience, if I didn't change your dressings and debride the wound on time every day, your rotten leg would have died long ago!"

The veterinarian gave him a blank look, and scolded angrily: "Besides, that painkiller is so delicious? If you use too much, you will become addicted, don't you know?"

The most effective analgesics of this era are morphine-like drugs, and they are the most commonly used in various armies, but the side effects are quite obvious.

Morphine is purified and separated from opium. If it is used in excess, it is very easy to make the human body addicted. There are many cases of abuse of such drugs in the US military. After the end of World War II, many soldiers became "addicts" All of them have caused great harm to society, which is why veterinarians hide them from him.

(End of this chapter)