My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 573
At the beginning of March, the climate in Myanmar gradually became humid and rainy again, especially in the southern coastal areas, the rain gradually became more abundant, but fortunately, the rainy season has not yet arrived, and the current weather is more like two days of rain and three days of sunshine. Generally speaking...for the troops The impact of marching and fighting is not too great.

It’s just that this year’s three provinces in southern Myanmar are destined to be less peaceful. Because the Japanese army was reluctant to abandon the land in their hands, they sent four additional divisions, two mixed brigades, and some second-line garrison brigades, with a total of nearly 10 people. The troops, as well as several destroyers, frigates, and the cruiser Ligan, docked in Yangon Harbor to serve as sea-based artillery fortifications.

Terauchi Shouichi originally did not intend to defend to the death. He felt that the cost of doing so was too great. The existing military forces should be withdrawn from the war quagmire of Myanmar to protect the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia, which are more resource-rich in Southeast Asia.

After all, the Huaxia Expeditionary Force lacks the ability to travel by sea. If they want to invade Malaysia from Myanmar, they can only pass through the narrow peninsula throat, the Kra Isthmus, and there are mountains and mountains. The large tracts of virgin jungle are very inconvenient for the army to move. The Huaxia people have nothing to do in the short term.

The US and British fleets are not strong in the Andaman Sea region of Myanmar, and there are no large warships here. Even if transport boats are used to transport Chinese soldiers, it is extremely difficult, and they may fall into the hands of the Japanese Navy. hand.

Terauchi Shouichi's idea is to procrastinate, one more day is a day, to preserve one's own strength as much as possible while consuming the enemy, in order to counterattack when new fighters emerge.

Because he has already understood that the empire is basically in its twilight years, and the domestic situation is getting more and more serious day by day. The repeated bombings have displaced the civilians. The waistband supports the construction of the country's military industry, and I don't know how long it can last in the afterglow of the current twilight.

It's a pity that the Japanese base camp is not willing to accept this plan, let alone admit defeat. They think that if they all lose Burma, it will exacerbate the decline in the Pacific battlefield, and let the U.S. military and the Chinese people form a situation surrounded by four sides, and then they will really be powerless. .

Many unconscious high-ranking military officers also radically stated that a decisive battle with the enemy in Yangon must not insult the original intention of the Bushido spirit, and it is even more impossible to directly abandon the Burmese land that has been operated for a long time.

They may think that relying on the cooperation of the army and navy cannons, not to mention defeating the flourishing Chinese Expeditionary Force, is still more than enough to defend southern Burma. As long as they can persist for three months, the opponent's logistics supplies will naturally be broken. There may be an opportunity to counterattack.

Terauchi Shouichi is not stupid. The purpose of dispatching the Tone and other ships is not only to increase Yangon's long-range firepower, but also to use ships and ships to evacuate the remaining soldiers if it is really irreparable at the last moment. It will not be annihilated.

But this plan will not be carried out unless it is absolutely necessary, and he will not say to the outside world that sending the navy to support is to leave a way for the army. The Japanese's madness and conceit do not allow them to be timid before fighting. How to retreat, if this idea is known by the base camp, it will be court-martialed.

As the rear granary of the Japanese army, Ayeyarwady Province is the province with the most dense population, the most concentrated cultivated land, and the densest navigable rivers in Myanmar. It is also a major rice-producing area and fishery area. The importance of relying on this province, and even relying on the grain production here to transfuse domestic and major battlefields, is self-evident.

This guy is also one of Tojo Hideki's three traitors and four fools. The title of robot is not a compliment, but a joke that he is like a machine that only knows how to execute orders mechanically, but he doesn't care about the consequences of doing so. No opinion.

To put it bluntly, I will do whatever the master asks me to do, and I will eat shit if I am asked to eat it, but it is such a dog who even eats shit. In the early days when he was the head of the 32nd Division in Huaxia Shandong, he also committed many crimes , Later, when he came to Myanmar, he indulged his soldiers and caused the Yangon Massacre, known as the Burmese Butcher.

At the beginning, Terauchi Toshi had a lot of opinions on his appointment as the commander of the Burmese Front Army, but after all, he couldn't hold back the thigh of the base camp, and let this simple-minded dog take command of the Burmese Front Army.

Immediately afterwards, the expeditionary force gave him a three-sided bloom. Not only did the troops in the north of Yangon attack in an all-round way, but the artillery firepower was completely suppressed, and it was completely breathless. He and Keyan Railway Station were bombed one after another, and the huge amount of supplies hoarded there were destroyed.

What's more terrible is that the Huaxia people actually came from the sea, advancing from the Donggua coast to the northwest, and several important areas fell one after another, and they were about to hit the face.

The current commander of the Burmese Front Army at the time was Heitaro Kimura, who is known as a robot, and he was also one of the officers who strongly demanded a decisive battle with the Chinese to the end.

This is not over yet. On March 6, the headquarters suddenly received a report from the garrison of the Ayeyarwady Province, saying that a large number of Chinese troops were found in the north of the province to be moving south.

The opponent has a large number and a lot of heavy equipment, and there are fighter planes in the air to escort them at all times. They sent several scouts and were discovered and wiped out by the enemy. It is difficult to detect the specific situation, but one thing is certain, the target of this force is Yiluo Wadi Province.

The change of the battlefield situation is much faster than expected. Originally, as the "artillery master" of the Japanese army, Kimura Heutaro still has certain opinions on the use and deployment of artillery. He was full of confidence and originally planned to use the coordination of artillery and infantry The battle inflicted heavy blows on the enemy, and as a result... he was immediately discouraged after seeing the terrifying firepower of the Chinese people. The artillery firepower is not at the same level, so what a fart.

The ambitious Kimura Bingtaro just took office as if he was making a big deal, and he was going to take the initiative to launch a massive counterattack against the Chinese Expeditionary Army. However, some time ago, the newly formed Katyusha Rocket Artillery Division and the Heavy Artillery Brigade had not started this battle plan. Hundreds of cannons were blasted into grandchildren.

The heavy punch of the Chinese Expeditionary Army can be said to have hit the vital point of the Japanese. To a certain extent, the Irrawaddy Province is more important than Yangon. If it is lost here, it will become difficult to defend Yangon. meaningless.

This is the largest river in Myanmar, where the Ayeyarwady River finally flows into the sea. There are many waterways in its territory, especially in the southern area, where there are a large number of alluvial plains, which are more suitable for mechanized troops to operate. A place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and there is no choice if you want to defend it.

When the fire was imminent, Kimura Bingtaro became impatient. He regretted why he took over the defense of the Burmese Front Army. Prime Minister Tojo has stepped down, and the situation in other battlefields is not much better than in Myanmar. It is estimated that the telegram sent back will get nothing but scolding.

Kimura, who has no master of six gods, called his attention to Singapore again, and wanted Terauchi Shouyi to send some military support over again, even a few more brigades would be good.But the latter was very happy when he saw that ridiculous telegram. You are now looking for me for tactical guidance, and you have exhausted all the troops you can send. You think I am a jingle cat, what the hell is there? Extra support for you?

(End of this chapter)