My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

In mid-December, the Chiang Mai battlefield, which had been stalemate for nearly a month, finally ushered in a new breakthrough. Fierce air battles were still staged every day. Originally, all of this was still in a state of balance, but it changed completely after the newly formed 12th Air Force of the US military joined. the status quo.

Under the new round of joint air strikes, the Japanese army aviation troops will lose their troops and retreat steadily. They can no longer maintain the current situation, and they have withdrawn from the Chiang Mai area in desperation.

In fact, the little devil launched several attacks before losing the air supremacy, but they were all pushed back by Gao Xijiang and the others, and they failed to take advantage of it.

Kimura did not adopt Baba Masao's mobile warfare tactics, but still used the old method of cannonballing the front, trying to forcefully tear through the enemy's defense with the blood and bravery of the soldiers.

Although the Siamese who were frightened were no longer willing to serve as cannon fodder on the front line, they were quite happy to provide some fire support.

Gathering a division, two mixed brigades and the artillery unit of the Siamese infantry division, the dense firepower network composed of a huge number is the strongest killer in Kimura Jiro's hands.

It's just a pity that in this dense jungle, the field of view of the artillery's observation position is limited, the power of the shells is greatly reduced by the tree trunks, and the role of the artillery is also reduced to a minimum.

The opponent's position has been changing, and it seems that it will never be fixed. It is difficult to determine the specific position even if they send out scouts for reconnaissance, and they also have several considerable artillery units. Basically, no one can do anything to anyone on the battlefield.

The little devil should be thankful that the 200th Division and the 88th Division on the opposite side are mobile units of the 75th Army. In order to facilitate rapid movement and transfer, most of their artillery calibers are mainly Bofors 105 mountain guns. 155 howitzers are rare, and [-] caliber is even more so. None.

If the Heavy Artillery Brigade were here, they wouldn't be entangled with them, and they would be directly covered by the firepower of Mount Tai, and any form of resistance would disappear in smoke.

But these days, the little devils have not been feeling very well. Their fighter planes were completely defeated, and the air cover was gone.

The terrain in Chiang Mai is dominated by high mountains, and the altitude is not low. The high mountains and dense forests are the main theme here. Its complexity is no worse than that of Burmese Savage Mountain. It is very difficult for the army to march and fight in it. Jiang and the two had no reason to attack easily.

The bombing by U.S. planes forced the Japanese to keep shrinking their defenses, and they no longer dared to be as arrogant as they were two days ago. Their main position and command center were located at Inthanon Mountain in the lower reaches of the river, and they were attacked by bombers in the past few days. The whole mountain was riddled with holes as if it had been hit by meteorites.

This is not over yet. In addition to the 20th and 14th Air Forces originally deployed at Indochina and Heihe bases, Stilwell also transferred a B29 squadron from Sri Lanka. 24 super sky fortresses flew to Heihe Airport in a mighty manner. Go to the front line immediately after refueling.

Each B29 only needs to carry two 500-kilogram "milk pounds", but this super-large napalm bomb is not comparable to ordinary aerial bombs.

On the 19th, the offensive order was officially sounded. The 200th Division crossed the Binhe River and marched towards Chiang Mai City in three groups. warm mountain.

The U.S. air force almost came out in full force, and the fighter planes rushed ahead of the infantry and carried out carpet bombing against the enemy, turning all the Japanese strongholds along the way into ruins and clearing the way for the follow-up offensive troops.

The Japanese also reacted quickly. They resolutely abandoned the original stronghold of the defense line. The troops broke up and went into the woods to avoid the bombing. At the same time, they were preparing to continue to entangle with the enemy in the jungle.

It's just that all of this was in vain. When the "terrible" milk pound fell to their side, they realized...the real hell is like this...

Under the guidance of the ground reconnaissance forces, 24 B29 bomber squadrons dropped "milk pounds" into the suspicious woods. The moment the 500-kilogram napalm bomb exploded, it roared like a fire dragon on the ground.

The pain caused by the milk pound to the human body ranks among the top three among all weapons in the world. Although it is called napalm bomb, it is not solidified in essence. The inside of the bomb is mainly viscous gel-like fluid. When it is detonated, The viscous liquid will splash around at the moment of detonation and burn at the same time, and the temperature will exceed 1200 degrees Celsius in an instant.

How could the little devil think that there are such terrifying weapons in the world, the flames that strike like lightning seem to be able to swallow all life, and the Japanese soldiers in the center of the explosion were roasted into coke before they even had time to scream. A single bomb can cause terrifying damage within a range of several hundred meters.

Miserable scenes abound, and the flames began to spread rapidly. The Japanese army originally planned to fight to the death in the forest, but at this moment, the forest has become their own grave!
All of a sudden, "fire men" with teeth and claws appeared in the green forest. Their desperate screams echoed in the forest, and the companions around wanted to help put it out, but how could the gangrene flame be so easily destroyed? Doused?In many cases, the rescue soldiers took advantage of the burning sticky oil to put themselves in it.

These viscous liquids, which are N times hotter than boiling oil, can flow into bunkers or tunnels, which is any accessible area.If it gets on the skin, it cannot be removed unless the whole skin is torn off.It continues to burn after it sticks to the skin.

It can even penetrate into the skin and continue to burn under the skin, but it will not directly damage the internal organs, and the victim will not immediately go into shock or die because of this.Many "accepted" little devils still have a clear consciousness after burning, and can even run and avoid obstacles. This situation can last for 1-3 minutes, but the pain in just a few minutes cannot be described in words of.

Even a small splash on the skin, you either wait for it to burn itself, or take a knife and peel off the flesh, there is nothing else to do.

Southeast Asia in December belongs to the dry season. In recent months, there has been very little rainfall. Compared with the end of the first half of the year, the humidity is much higher than that of the end of the first half of the year, but the temperature is still very high. A monstrous fire ignited!The uncontrollable flames spread like a plague.

No one expected that the fire would spread so fast. After a while, the coverage reached an astonishing over ten kilometers, and this range was still expanding. Even the soldiers of the 200th Division who were about to attack were forced to retreat by the rolling heat. Withdraw, for fear of falling into it.

Those little devils who were not killed by the napalm bomb explosion were also surrounded by flames at the moment, coughing one after another, surrounded by hot and dazzling flames, they fled around like headless flies, but under the high temperature, people kept falling on the ground. On the ground, even if they are not burned to death, a large amount of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are enough to poison and suffocate people.

The fire intensified, and the situation seemed to become more and more uncontrollable. The raging wildfire was completely uncontrollable, and the forests were ignited in pieces in an instant.

The burning branches made a crackling sound, and the billowing smoke was so choking that people couldn't open their eyes, and the entire battlefield was surrounded by flames.