My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 522

If it had not been necessary to worry about the friendly forces in the village, Jamie's aviation squadron estimated that the entire small village could be razed to the ground in the first round of bombing, but even if they did not use their full strength, they still caused the death of more than 200 Japanese soldiers. Little devils basically escaped alive.

The Japanese attacking troops fled in all directions in a panic. The bombs were like hailstones. When they exploded, they turned into a hole like a basketball court. Who would dare to continue to attack in this environment?
But the fighters above did not want to just let them go. This time a total of 18 F4U pirate fighters were dispatched. Each fighter carried two 250 kg high-explosive aerial bombs and hundreds of machine gun bullets under its wings. , all these things are given to the Japanese, which makes sense.

The Japanese army fled to the rear in groups, but they became perfect targets on the open ground without shelter. Every fighter plane swooped down like a hunting eagle with wings spread in the sky, and the large-caliber machine guns swept across a barrage of bullets. , leaving a large trench on the ground like an iron plow, and all the little devils who were hit had their hands and feet cut off...

The scene in front of him made the Japanese army commander resentful. He was about to wipe out that team of Chinese people, but in the end, he was bombed by the opponent's fighter planes and fell short. It was really unacceptable.

"Damn... Let the troops retreat to the woods three kilometers away, and notify the Kawashima Brigade in Meiktila, pay attention to air defense..."

"Hey! Your Excellency, shall we... continue to attack?" The adjutant looked at him curiously.

"Stand by, the Chinese planes can't be there all the time..."

The Japanese commander frowned and kept thinking, and he didn't want to just give up the victory at his fingertips: "How about this, gather the troops and retreat temporarily, let the Kawashima Brigade move closer to our troops immediately, and launch an attack later in the evening!"

Their army was divided into two groups at the beginning, encircling the remnants of the transport regiment all the way, and capturing Meiktila all the way, but now their side has suffered heavy casualties, and if they want to attack, they can only let the other brigade come to support them.

"Sikashi... Meiktila's side..."

The adjutant hesitated to speak, and the decision of the regiment captain showed that he was ready to abandon the captured Meiktila and concentrate his forces to attack the Huaxia troops here.

"The Huaxia people here are nothing more than a solitary army. Your Excellency, Captain, in fact, we don't need to compete with them at all..." The sober adjutant finally couldn't help reminding.

"Foolish かなやつ!" The captain interrupted it rudely, pointing at the village and angrily said:
"It caused us such a big loss, how could we just let them go like this? And... what does it mean that the Chinese people care so much about the troops inside? Stupid stuff!"

"Hey!" The adjutant had no choice but to bow his head to be scolded, he really shouldn't question the decision of the chief as a young commander, it's not bad that he didn't get slapped.

The regiment leader snorted coldly, and turned his gaze to the sky again. The damn fighter plane was still showing off its power in the air. They lacked air defense power and they had nothing to do with each other. Their own strength was limited and they couldn't just pile up people regardless of casualties. It's too aggrieved.

I hope the situation will be better after the Kawashima Brigade comes over. It is impossible for these fighters to remain on standby 24 hours a day. I hope nothing will go wrong. As long as night falls, we can definitely take down the village in one go!
But as the saying goes, the house leaks happen to rain overnight, the more you worry about it, the more likely it will happen... While the captain was still thinking about the next attack strategy, the communications soldier brought a very serious news.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, the Kawashima Brigade has just received a request for tactical guidance. They are surrounded by the enemy and are fighting with them at the moment, but the situation is unfavorable..."

"Nani!?" The captain turned pale with shock, and asked with wide eyes, "Where did the enemy come from? The Huaxia people are hundreds of kilometers away from here if they can mobilize troops. It is impossible to arrive so quickly!"

"Hey... The telegram shows that several mysterious troops suddenly appeared in the northern part of Meiktila. Their firepower is extremely fierce, and they have completely surrounded Meiktila in a three-way attack posture. There are also US fighter planes bombing in the sky. Captain Kawashima... The jade has been broken, and now the troops are under the command of Major Hikawa Jiro, the first squadron leader, and the situation is very critical."

The communications soldier's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting the captain's heart hard. What's going on?

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At the same time, the former Japanese City Defense Command in Mandalay... has now been converted into the command center of the Allied Operations Conference. General Stilwell, who has been "disappearing" since he came out of the Heihe base, is sitting comfortably in it at the moment, talking He even smoked a cigarette with his mouth in his mouth.

As the only large city in central Myanmar, Mandalay's importance is self-evident. Liao Mingyu sent people here early to renovate several airports and some military facilities.

Although there are not too many troops placed here, it is also an extremely important air force base and logistics transfer station in the rear. Most of the materials shipped from India will be hoarded here.

The door of the office was pushed open, and a blond-haired, blue-eyed American female major walked in:
"Reporting to the general, the Merrill detachment has completed the initial combat mission. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th teams have all airborne to the target area to launch an attack on the Japanese army. The 3rd, 5th, and 6th teams starting from the railway line have also arrived at the Misha area. , is walking to the vicinity of Xigao Village, and is expected to arrive at the battlefield in three hours."

The major spread out the folder and sent the materials to Stilwell, looking at him with his beautiful big eyes without blinking, waiting for instructions.

Stilwell briefly glanced at the content of the report, and asked softly, "Has the transport plane formation returned?"

"Three squadrons returned to the base in Mandalay, and the remaining two squadrons chose to land at Heihe Airport due to fuel reasons."

The female major answered truthfully, and seemed to suddenly think of something while speaking, and quickly added: "The Huaxia general sent a message to you and Brigadier General Merrill to express his most sincere thanks, and he said that he would come over in person afterwards to express his gratitude."

Hearing this, Stilwell's smile grew stronger, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "This guy with eyes above the top finally knows how to be humble? Haha... Now he understands, apart from their 88th Army, other troops also It can beat the Japanese to pieces!"

It turned out that Stilwell came to the Meiktila logistics station from the Heihe base before the start of the southward operation. After seeing the weak defensive force here, he immediately reported the situation to Liao Mingyu.

After all, Meitiera is too close to the front line, and there are so many supplies here, it is really unsafe, but Liao Mingyu also expressed that it is very difficult, because there are not many troops to deploy, such an arrangement is really helpless.

Out of consideration for his own safety, Stilwell was unwilling to stay here longer, and ran to Mandalay with his people. It happened that the rebuilding of the new city was being organized here, so after discussing with Liao Mingyu, he sent the Allied forces forward The command post was arranged in Mandalay.

Insufficient manpower of the frontline troops has always been a problem, and Stilwell has also tried his best to solve this problem. As early as three days ago, he issued an order to the air force transport unit to use the transport plane to transport the McRae who was still training in Imphal, India. The Seoul detachment was transferred to Mandalay.

This commando team composed of American mercenaries was born for jungle warfare. The members are all experienced veterans, and their combat effectiveness is not bad.

Although it is a US military force, except for the commander, Brigadier General Frank Merrill, who is an American, none of the soldiers in this force is American. Most of them come from Central America, such as Guatemala, Panama and other countries, and even Southeast Asia. Some overseas Chinese.

The way to join the army is also voluntary participation, that is to say, all soldiers who join this army are not actually protected by the United States.They traveled thousands of miles to fight the Japanese invaders, more out of hatred for the Japanese invaders.

The commando team is divided into six action teams, with a total of about 3000 people. In the original time and space, the Merrill detachment can be regarded as a great military exploit. The Mai detachment fought more than 30 battles in northern Myanmar for more than a year, which effectively delayed the Japanese army from Myanmar. North-to-north speed.Let the Japanese troops stationed in Burma restless day and night.

What is admirable is the battle of Myitkyina at that time. A total of 6000 people from the Mai Detachment and the Indian Army fought head-on with the 56th Division stationed in Myitkyina. They did not retreat in the face of the enemy's tight fortifications. Next conquered Myitkyina.

But almost all the soldiers of the Mai Detachment were killed, and only a few survived, and these survivors were awarded honorary awards marked with the word "Myitkyina" and the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal to demonstrate their brave performance in this battle.

Although the almost complete annihilation of the Mai detachment was largely due to the commander, their fearlessness and sacrifice are worthy of recognition.

After the end of World War II, the Mai Detachment was renamed the Quick Response Force and became a trump card in the hands of the US Army. Today's Ranger Unit was developed on the basis of the Mai Detachment.

But this time, because of the wings inflamed by Liao Mingyu's "butterfly", the Merrill detachment, which was almost wiped out in the Battle of Myitkyina, was able to preserve its entire establishment, and returned to Imphal after the war to receive equipment updates.

This is the only force that Stilwell can use now. In order to make it more effective, he asked Liao Mingyu after the Battle of Mandalay to ask him about his unique method of training troops. .

Liao Mingyu didn't hide it. Aiming at the nature of Mai Detachment, he gathered a lot of special forces training content, including a series of combat methods such as airborne, guerrilla, interspersed behind enemy lines, and precise guided strikes. He also used Dong Dao's The Falcon team was sent to Imphal for training.

Coincidentally, when they flew from Imphal to Mandalay, the news that the transport regiment was ambushed and besieged Xigao village happened to reach Stilwell's hands. The detachment and Falcon squad were airborne directly near Meiktila.

Because the incident happened suddenly and there were not so many parachute equipment on the plane, Stilwell did not hesitate to transfer three additional formations of transport planes from Indochina, and at the same time brought a large number of parachute bags, more than 40 C-47s and a small number of C-87s A transport aircraft joined the airborne operation.

(End of this chapter)