All gods, the lord who started with the bright sword

Chapter 307, the division shakes

Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar, is located in the north-central inland of Myanmar.

The railways and highways from Yangon to Myitkyina pass here. It is the material distribution center in central Myanmar and the largest transportation center in the mainland.

The colonial Britons drove the Burmese to build a magnificent mansion for the governor, which now serves as the command post of the new occupiers, the Japanese army.

The Sixth Division of the Japanese Army is still here.

But looking at the appearance of the soldiers packing their luggage inside and outside the mansion, it seemed that they were about to set off.

"In the Battle of Mandalay, 25 Chinese and British coalition forces blocked us for 2000 days. The small gold mine airport, more than [-] people blocked our army for [-] days, and it is only now open.

I don't know if the enemy is too strong, or some of our frontline commanders have water in their heads. "

A lieutenant staff officer, who was sorting out the documents, sighed with emotion.

The chief of staff, the superior, cast a glance at him, then chuckled after thinking about it, and there was indeed nothing wrong with what the chief of staff said.

The Battle of Mandalay that took place here a month ago is still vivid.

The Huaxia Expeditionary Army had three entire armies, the Fifth, Sixth, and No.60 Sixth Armies, and the British side had five entire divisions, with a total of 25 superior troops and a decisive battle with the Japanese army.

The Huaxia people are not unwilling to fight, but they must fight the enemy decisively under the premise of preserving their strength and being sure.

There is a well-known military principle called "avoid the truth and wait for the work".

The coalition forces found out that there were four divisions of the Japanese army entering Burma, nearly 100,000 people, and they drove straight in from east to west.

If one of the roads is stormed with the superior force of the Allied Forces, there will be almost five times the force advantage, and a complete victory is assured.

Mandalay's terrain is condescending, and it is backed by the Burma Highway. It can be attacked when entering, and it can be defended on the spot when retreating.

The chairman chose Mandalay as the ideal battlefield for the battle, because it really had the right time, place and people, and he was not afraid of any tricks from the British.

The plan for the Great Battle of Mandalay was also quickly approved by the British Allies.

In the eyes of the British, sooner or later Burma will be lost to the Japanese.

As long as the Chinese are willing to fight and attract the attention of the Japanese, they will agree with any strategy, plan, plan, or policy.

Their only purpose is to withdraw the troops safely and leisurely to India.

This unreliable fighting friendship between the allies will undoubtedly ruin this hastily pieced together battle.

On the contrary, the Japanese army has been planning for a long time.

Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, commander of the No.15 Army, a general who only loves precious swords but not beauties, has long set his sights on the Eastern Front.

He learned from aerial reconnaissance that the Sixth Army of the Eastern Front Expeditionary Force was scattered across the [-]-kilometer defense line, with gaps everywhere.

He didn't want to defeat the Chinese Expeditionary Army in Mandalay.

He wants to penetrate from the eastern front in a wide range and depth, cut off the retreat of the expeditionary army, swallow the expeditionary army, the most elite force in China, and then take advantage of the momentum to attack China and Chongqing.

In the battle of wits between the two commanders, the Japanese are even better.

When the units of the expeditionary force were concentrating on Mandalay one after another, the Japanese Fifth Division had quietly moved eastward, aiming at the weakest eastern front of the expeditionary force.

The Fifth Division attacked Lashio via Le Ke and Lei Liemu, cutting off the expeditionary force's escape route back home, and then advanced towards the Nu River.

The strategy is not ambiguous.

Why did his staff give such an example?
In Mandalay, 25 won against [-], which shows that the combat effectiveness of their Sixth Division is not bad.

At the Gold Mine Airport, the divisions invested nearly 2000 people in combat forces. The infantry artillery and air force suffered heavy losses, and they were only used to deal with a mere [-] people.

Just looking at the comparative battle report data, the officer in charge of the command was more than out of his mind.

Everyone has to wonder if it is a spy sent by the enemy, deliberately sending his subordinates to die.

Only by understanding the details of the battlefield in more detail can we know that although the enemies they faced twice were both Chinese expeditionary forces, the difference between the two was greater than the difference in skin color between whites and blacks.

They cannot be regarded as the same force at all.

The combat capabilities are very different, and failure is not incomprehensible.

The staff slander was just because he always looked down on Takeuchi Lianshan.I think that guy who studies civil engineering should build a house instead of being a soldier.

"Stop what you're doing."

A general with short stature and gray hair came in and gave instructions in a low spirited manner.

He is Lieutenant General Hiroshi Watanabe, the backbone of the entire division.

Everyone in the room was stunned. Is there a new order from above?
The chief of staff asked forward, Watanabe gave him a telegram, and walked inward dejectedly.

Your Excellency the lieutenant general is really exhausted, as if all the strength in his body has been taken away.

The telegram was sent by the Takeuchi United Team. After reading the news on the telegram, the chief of staff widened his eyes and was shocked: "This is impossible, how could this happen?!"

"What happened?"

The staff officers gathered around curiously to inquire.

After getting the telegrams and circulating them one by one, they were all silent again.

The enemy suddenly received reinforcements, and the sure-fire attack failed. Six bombers were shot down, the artillery brigade was completely lost, and the total casualties increased by nearly a thousand due to continuous shelling.

One pile after another is dizzying.

Everyone was silent, and their thoughts were spinning. They suddenly understood why the head of the division looked so haggard.

If it weren't for fake news, the situation would be too bad.

"Have any of you ever heard that the propeller is the aircraft above the plane?"

"In addition to dropping aerial bombs and small-caliber cannons, can aircraft have large-caliber artillery?"

The Chief of Staff asked two more questions in succession.

No one could give an answer, only a silent silence.

It is undoubtedly very fatal to not even know the enemy's situation. Fortunately, one thing is clear, the key to changing the situation of the battle is that inexplicable aircraft that suddenly appeared.

As long as it is destroyed and shot down, the battle situation can be restored, and the doubts at this time will probably be resolved.

After a brief discussion, the chief of staff asked the division chief for instructions and sent a request to the air force for coordinated operations.

Not long after, the Air Force at Mandalay Airport took off four Zero fighters and four Type [-] bombers.

The air defense forces on the ground were not dispatched immediately.

First of all, there are only two squadrons in small numbers, because the enemy's air force is weak, and they don't have to pay attention to air defense.

Second, the long-distance water cannot quench the near-thirst. When the air defense force arrives, the enemy's aircraft may have been shot down by the Zero fighter.

Since the Rangoon landing battle, the British air force has been completely defeated, and the airspace is completely in the hands of the imperial air force, flying wherever there is no one.

The strength of the air force has given everyone in the division command post great confidence.

Everyone believed that the Zero fighter jets destroyed the enemy's aircraft, and the bombers destroyed the enemy's artillery, so the blockade of the Burma Road would definitely be reopened.

However, not long after, two bad news came back one after another.

The supply brigade was attacked by enemy aircraft, and 420 vehicles and [-] tons of materials transported to the front were all destroyed.

From Shao Zuo Yoshida down, there were more than [-] casualties, and there were less than [-] empty soldiers left in the supply team.

The chief of staff held the telegram in his hand, and felt his world spinning for a while. He couldn't even stand still, and slumped on the chair.

The resources of the Japanese army were limited, and not all the logistics units attached to the division were equipped with trucks.

Only one brigade is like this, and the remaining two brigades still use camel horses, mules and other livestock as the main force for pulling carts.

There is no doubt that cattle are inferior to trucks, and the two are not equal in efficiency and value.

In addition to distressing the loss of the truck, the loss of more than 400 tons of materials on the truck is also breathless.

The Takeuchi Alliance's shells are almost exhausted, and they need supplies to continue fighting.

However, the artillery was destroyed, the combat troops suffered a lot of losses, and they couldn't fight if they wanted to.

There is also the [-]th Regiment, which quickly and lightly traveled today and pursued the enemy through the Burma Highway. In order to speed up the pace of advancement, a large number of necessities were not carried.

The supplies could not be delivered, and everyone in the [-]th Regiment had to go hungry.

With the news that all eight aircraft of the Air Force were destroyed, almost the entire army of the supply team was wiped out, it seems that it is not so important.

Eight planes and the Empire's best, world-class Zero fighter, how could it be like this?

Mr. Watanabe rested on the bed for a while, and his anxiety eased a lot. When he came out of the lounge, he saw that everyone was focused and silent, and he knew that something happened again.

After hearing the news from the chief of staff, he also asked the same question.

After a while, Takeuchi Lianshan sent eight planes, and lost more details of the battle at Jinkuang Airport.

The observer lurking in the jungle can see very clearly through the telescope.

Before the eight fighters flew over the Gold Mine Airport, eight missiles flew out of the airport, heading in the direction of the fighters.

The enemy's missiles seem to have eyes, chasing the plane no matter what.

Although the eight fighters tried their best to make various evasive actions, they still couldn't avoid being shot down.

"Didn't it mean that the enemy's missiles can only hit targets below 3000 meters? Hasn't the Air Force learned their lesson!" Watanabe asked dissatisfied.

Previously, it was plagued by enemy missiles in combat. Some clever pilots later discovered the loopholes and were lucky to avoid the pursuit of enemy missiles.

It's just that it seems to be discovered too late, and the enemy's missiles have been exhausted.

Of course, that made the air force more unscrupulous in the subsequent bombing, and all kinds of dives, bombs and strafing were very fun.

It's a matter of life and wealth, so Air Force pilots will naturally not take risks.

On the contrary, this time is different from the past. According to the reported situation, the air force is still more than three kilometers away from the target, and the flying altitude is above 500 meters.

The only explanation is that the enemy used more advanced missiles.

Hearing that the chief of staff pushed the reason for the failure to the enemy's advanced weapons, Watanabe's lungs were about to explode, his face was flushed, and he glared at him furiously:
"Asshole, the empire's scientific research strength is first-class, and they haven't even touched the threshold. Could it be that they have mastered alien weapons?"

"Hey, the General is right, maybe that's what it is!"

"Bageya Road!" Mr. Watanabe yelled angrily, spit all over his face.

The chief of staff lowered his head and didn't dare to refute. In fact, he had been wondering whether the enemy had the support of British and American ghosts and animals.

There are a large number of submachine guns and artillery. The British probably don't know much about it, but the Americans cannot be ruled out.

Their industrial strength is the first, and those guns and artillery are not enough for a week's production task of a large arsenal.

A reason they can afford.

But later discoveries overturned this possibility.

The shells that chase the plane after firing are called "flying bombs" by them, and they are a weapon that they don't even have a clue about at the moment.

Aiming at the infiltration of American scientific research intelligence, it has been verified that the Americans are secretly researching a variety of new weapons, but it is still unknown.

Missile weapons are not currently equipped with the US military, and it is logically impossible to aid them abroad.

So after much deliberation, it seems that it only makes sense to get alien technology.

The chief of staff really thought so.

Watanabe couldn't believe it, what do aliens look like, and how did they come here?

Although in the last century, there were media reports that some people saw disc-shaped UFOs and believed that they were aliens from outer space, and they were called aliens.

But no one has actually seen it so far, so maybe someone is just making up nonsense?
If there is really alien technology, why not come to the Empire of Japan and help the Empire establish a political circle.

So Hiroshi Watanabe never believed this to be the case.

He would rather believe that it was the support provided by the Allied Forces, even if those advanced weapons have not yet been found to be used by the Allied Forces.

Watanabe's mood gradually calmed down, he thought for a while and said: "Let the air force send two more Zero fighters, please be careful, and test the boundaries of the enemy's missiles."

"Hi."

The chief of staff was like a respondent, not daring to talk too much.

There is no need to speak for the pilot, it is best if it succeeds, if it fails, it is also an indispensable sacrifice for the empire.

The air defense forces of the two squadrons, and the order to strengthen the Takeuchi unit was also transmitted simultaneously.

It's better than nothing if you can't quench your near thirst.

Facts proved that the chief of staff's idea was predictable, and it didn't take long for the bad news to come again. The two Zero fighters were shot down again without even seeing the enemy's aircraft.

The only good news is that the pilot can't do anything but parachute.

Two pilots survived, mitigating the cost of the expedition.

Their enemy has never been a good man who only takes beatings and never fights back, but a hungry wolf and a mad dog who must retaliate.

Soon the helicopter took off, and the Takeuchi United team was hit by an air-ground integration.

The plane went to the sky to reconnaissance, and directed the artillery to bombard it. The infantry was the last to enter the field to wipe out the remnants. Once locked, there were very few survivors.

Under the novel combat method, the Takeuchi United has no ability to counterattack.

Lacking air supremacy, the aircraft can't be helped, and it will be discovered even if it hides in the jungle.

The enemy's artillery fired recklessly, and no one with a mortal body could withstand the precise strike.

The wing suffered heavy losses, so they had to disperse and retreat, and the front line was forced to retreat ten kilometers.

When the news came, the whole division was shocked.

Such an enemy, such a situation, how to break it?

(End of this chapter)