All gods, the lord who started with the bright sword

Yangon is the largest city in Myanmar.

Here is the largest port in Myanmar, which carries most of Myanmar's economic transportation.

In 1855, Myanmar became a British territory, and the British moved the capital of Myanmar from Mandalay to Yangon, using it as a port for exporting teak and other commodities.

Yangon means stop war in Burmese, implying peace.

But peace has not ushered in here. The Japanese army successfully landed and occupied on March [-] this year, and Yangon has naturally become the advanced base of the Japanese army.

The No.15 Army Command, which is in charge of fighting in Myanmar, is located here.

In the headquarters office,
53-year-old Shojiro Iida, leaning on his reading glasses, carefully read the telegrams sent back from China.

I no longer have the radiant and confident appearance when I landed in Myanmar a few months ago.

A few strands of white hair grew out of nowhere on his sideburns, and his face was dull as if he had suffered a serious illness.

"Declaration of war, the war has already started, such a declaration of war is a demonstration against me!"

Putting down the telegram that relayed reports from European and American newspapers, Shojiro Iida sighed softly.

If it was two months ago, he would not have taken such reports to heart at all. At that time, the [-]th Army swept Burma invincibly.

The so-called British army is nothing more than a paper tiger, which can be broken with a light poke.

The Huaxia Expeditionary Army only has one or two troops capable of fighting, but the superior commander is really mentally retarded. He blocked the throat with one move and could only retreat.

No matter how powerful the enemy boasted about the great victory with Gu, Iida Shojiro just regarded it as a barking dog.

It's not willing to admit failure, but the duck's mouth is stubborn.

The fact that the imperial army won will prove everything.

Things are very different today.

The base camp will pay special attention to the enemy's troubles, as evidenced by the telegram on the table.

A friend who works in the base camp has revealed the above concerns to him.

The navy-led southward strategy has multiple purposes, including the primary plundering of resources in Southeast Asia and the survival of the empire.

War consumes resources extremely, and the consumption and plunder are completely out of proportion.

The domestic economy has collapsed.

Various quantitative purchase restrictions have appeared in people's lives, and even the most basic food supply is difficult to sustain, and most citizens are already hungry.

Various resources such as oil, steel, coal, etc., used to maintain the war are becoming less and less.

The generals of the General Staff were unable to take a car and went to work by bicycle instead.

All high-level officials knew that the empire was going downhill, but at the same time, they also knew that the train of their empire did not have brakes installed.

Even if there is a bottomless abyss in front of you, you can only continue walking.

Several secondary goals include cutting off the Burma Road, preventing the allies from transfusing blood to the Chongqing government, and forcing them to surrender.

Attacking India with Burma as a springboard threatened the crown jewel of the Queen of England and involved the energy of the British.

Or go one step further and take India over...

The military has such a plan, but it is undoubtedly a fantasy to achieve it. It needs to increase the army by 2 million, and more ships are needed to maintain logistics.

Both are not available in an empire that is already in decline.

Now it seems that cutting off the Burma Road is temporarily completed, and it is almost impossible to attack India.

A new force that suddenly appeared, the Sichuan Army, known as the Huaxia Expeditionary Army, completely became the enemy of the [-]th Army.

Although the number of enemies has only reached [-] so far, it is less than one-twentieth of the previous coalition forces of the two parties.

But the threat it brings far exceeds the former two.

After all, the first two failed to completely destroy his division.

Shojiro Iida took off his reading glasses, rubbed his forehead and was about to lean on the chair to rest for a while, when a timely report came from outside the door.

The door opened, and a senior officer in his prime walked in.

The name of this person is Nishimura Shou, who was born in a famous family and is responsible for intelligence work against the enemy.

It is one of his masterpieces to recruit General Aung San, the deputy commander of the Myanmar Independence Army.

Nishimura Shou is currently mainly responsible for the intelligence collection and spying on the Sichuan Army. According to Iida Shojiro's experience, there will be no good news when he arrives.

Sure enough, when Nishimura Shou opened his mouth, it was bad news:

"Commander, among the [-] guerrilla troops sent to the enemy's camp to create chaos, six of them have been encircled and suppressed, and only a few escaped."

A detailed document report was handed over.

Shojiro Iida took it over and frowned lightly, feeling really annoyed.

The guerrillas of the North China Eighth Route Army were elusive, and all kinds of ambushes and sneak attacks became a nightmare for the North China garrison. They had to spend a lot of resources to encircle and suppress the enemy, but they still couldn't wipe out the enemy.

In order to contain the energy of the Sichuan Army, he specially supervised his subordinates to learn from the experience of the Eighth Route Army, trying to replicate a similar situation and reduce the pressure for frontal combat.

How long has it been sent out now, and the bad news is back.

Could it be that this group of waste is not as good as the eight roads that lack weapons and ammunition?
With doubts in his heart, Shojiro Iida put on his reading glasses again and read the report carefully, after a while he let out a voice of surprise:
"Helicopter search and sweep is the main factor in the failure of guerrilla warfare?"

"Nishimura-kun, is it because I can't understand the current war?"

Facing the commander's question, Nishimura Shou said sincerely: "It's not that we can't keep up with the times, it's that the enemy's weapons are too novel, and we still have a little understanding of its various usage scenarios."

As soon as the helicopter appeared on the battlefield, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.

The Japanese army has never given up on intelligence collection in this area. Even though the Sichuan Army has done a good job of keeping secrets, the information collected from the outside is pieced together bit by bit.
The Japanese army also had a general understanding of the overall combat performance of the helicopter.

There is no doubt that helicopters are more suitable than aircraft for certain types of support to ground operations.

Shojiro Iida never thought that helicopters could be used for mopping up.

According to the description in the report, once the guerrillas are found to be locked, the helicopter will soon fire a large number of shells, completely turning the entire area into a sea of ​​explosive flames.

Dozens of shells hit dozens of guerrillas.

Such use is undoubtedly suspected of beating mosquitoes with cannons.

For the Japanese army, which encouraged soldiers to use accurate shooting in exchange for results, such a move was really wasteful.

At this time, the Japanese army had not fought a serious offensive and defensive battle with the big dog bald eagle, and had never seen the real waste of nonsense.

In their eyes, such a wasteful Sichuan army is definitely a prodigal.

Don't understand the preciousness of weapons and ammunition.

What was fired was not shells, but money!
It's not that I feel sorry for the enemy's waste, but the enemy's wasteful style of play just works, and guerrilla warfare may not achieve the expected effect.

Iida Shojiro suppressed the report and prepared to hand it over to the staff office for discussion.

Even though he knew that he had to evacuate because he was unwilling to bear the casualties, he still took some chances, what if the staff office could come up with a countermeasure?

Nishimura Shou delivered a second report:

"This is the information from the Sichuan Legion in the last few days. After the number of troops expanded, they received a large amount of weapons and supplies through the mysterious transport fleet on the Irrawaddy River.

Including two new helicopters, about a hundred light tanks and new heavy tanks each.

The new heavy tank was called the Type [-] tank by them, and the guerrillas had encountered it in combat.

The [-]-type infantry artillery was equipped with armor-piercing projectiles and failed to penetrate. This is indeed a problem that our army will face in the future. "

The invisible pressure rushed towards his face, and Shojiro Iida's blood pressure went up after hearing these words.

The dozens of light tanks of the Sichuan Army had played a decisive role in that war before, and they added [-] more at once, and there were even stronger guys.

Who can stand this?

Shojiro Iida held his reading glasses with his hands, and tried his best to restrain his emotions, so as not to show his gaffe on his face.

He checked the latest information carefully.

It not only records in detail the date of receiving a large number of weapons, but also the current establishment of the Sichuan Army, and the weapon configuration of each squad, platoon, company and battalion.

In the past, tank companies were empty, with only people and no tanks.

Now the four companies of a battalion are equipped with 26 light and heavy tanks each, adding up to a total of 52 tanks.

The tanks owned by a tank regiment of the Japanese army are nothing more than this.

Doesn't it mean that this battalion is as good as a chariot regiment?

More than that.

The intelligence department has already figured out the official designation of the weapon called ghost cannon by the majority of grassroots sergeants-Type [-] rocket launcher.

The Japanese army had a long-term understanding of its performance.

A maximum of two waves can be played in 1 minute, and a maximum of 24 rockets can be fired from one door.

The artillery company directly under the battalion is equipped with nine such rocket launchers.

Collected together, more than 1 rockets can be poured in 200 minutes, and the firepower is quite impressive.

The Type 1 mountain artillery equipped by the Artillery Brigade, the loader's waist is broken, and the firepower can be fired at most [-] rounds in [-] minute.

A brigade is full of twelve guns, and it can be compared with it if you don't skimp on shells.

Of course, if a sudden attack is fired, the rocket launcher still has an advantage in the war.

Run away after shooting, its mobility is unmatched by the [-]-type mountain cannon.It is not so easy to get revenge after being beaten.

"A battalion like the Sichuan Army, how many people do you think we need to compete with it?" Shojiro Iida suddenly raised his head and asked.

Immediately realized that Nishimura Shou is a pure intelligence officer, not very proficient in commanding military operations.

Asking him is asking about loneliness.

Nishimura Shou really thought about it when he saw the information, but he felt that he was suspected of expressing his opinion, and he didn't mention it before.

Since the commander asked, he boldly said: "We need a division."

Shojiro Iida was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he heard it wrong: "You mean we are going to use a division of more than 20,000 people to deal with just 700 people?"

"That's right." Hisashi Nishimura emphasized solemnly: "We need a division equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, capable of dealing with heavy tanks, and with air support.

No single infantry brigade can withstand the torrent of enemy tanks.

Not even a division lacking heavy weapons.

It is the most important thing to counterbalance the enemy's tanks. If you can't threaten to destroy the enemy's tank troops, no matter how many infantry, they will die for nothing. "

Iida Shojiro thought it was exaggerated when he first heard it, but after hearing such an explanation,
He imagined in his mind that heavy tanks, which could not be threatened by any weapons, rushed to the battlefield.

Disaster, it would be a massacre disaster.

The Soviet Union's T26 tanks can still be destroyed in a way. The Sichuan Army's new type [-] tanks and Type [-] infantry guns cannot be damaged by armor-piercing shells. How else can they be destroyed?

There are only larger caliber heavy artillery, and a new batch of armor-piercing shells.

After all, heavy artillery with a caliber of more than [-] mm was completely powerful in the past, and it did not need to have the effect of armor piercing.

In fact, the best way to deal with chariots is to send chariots.

Using cannons to anti-tank is too bulky and immobile is a living target. Once the target is exposed, it is very easy to be destroyed by enemy tanks.

But the chariots of the imperial army are too muddy to support the wall.

Not to mention the weak armor, those [-]mm and [-]mm tank guns may not be able to threaten the enemy's light tanks.

A heavy tank that the [-]mm caliber Type [-] infantry artillery can't penetrate,
Are these chariots sent to tickle others?

Or is it that there are not enough dead people, so go to die.

After thinking about it, Iida Shojiro had to admit that Nishimura Shou was right.

An anti-tank unit capable of threatening enemy tank units is the primary condition.

As for the strength of a division, it is an exaggeration. Even if there are many infantry, it will not be useful. A brigade of infantry is enough to assist the anti-tank force.

About 10,000 people are used to deal with 700 people in a battalion of the Sichuan Army.

How many such battalions are there?

Shojiro Iida took a closer look, and there were five of them.

At this moment, the shock in his heart couldn't be further increased. There are no five battalions here, it's a [-] strong enemy.

It needs 50,000 people from the imperial army to deal with it, isn't it?

The key is that the 50,000th Army can produce [-] people, and it cannot produce so many large-caliber artillery that can be used to deal with heavy tanks.

Once the enemy attacked, Iida Shojiro couldn't think of what he could use to resist it.

"Commander?!"

Nishimura Shou's call brought him back from his thoughts: "What's wrong?"

Nishimura Shou said: "Look at the back, the last time the heavy rocket launcher company of our heavy artillery brigade was destroyed, the enemy expanded two more, reaching five giants."

Shojiro Iida turned a page and saw it. They didn't know much about this weapon.

I only know that it is an enhanced version of the Type [-] rocket launcher, regardless of its range or power.

Only one company was used last time, but now five companies have been formed, and the fierce firepower can be imagined.

With the existence of this thing, the advantage of artillery fire on the frontal battlefield will be further absorbed by the enemy.

Using heavy artillery to anti-tank will also be hindered. After all, even a dozen tons of heavy artillery will be distorted and destroyed after a rocket bomb is knocked down.

"There is another piece of news. The Sichuan Army has recruited a group of pilots in the army and is training them. They should have the idea of ​​forming an air force. The aircraft may be more advanced than ours."

Nishimura Shou threw another intelligence bomb, blowing up Iida Shojiro's seven meats and eight vegetables.

Not only did my blood pressure go up, but I was about to have a heart attack.

The enemy even engages in the air force. According to the usual behavior, the aircraft must be more advanced than them.

Will the imperial army survive?

You bastard, don't talk about counterattacking Mandalay and destroying the enemy, I'm afraid you won't even be in Yangon for long.

Shojiro Iida had a severe headache, and he was already thinking of quitting.

Do you want to make a report and apply to return to your country?

Even if transferred to the reserve service, I don't care.

It's better than returning home with a mess in your hands and taking the blame for the defeat.

It's not that he was cowardly and didn't take responsibility, the key point is that this is not an enemy that the imperial army can contend with right now!
The advantages in all aspects are superimposed, even if the god of war is reborn to command, he still cannot beat it.

The hard conditions are there, and no one can do anything about it.

"Commander?"

Seeing that he was so worried and silent, Nishimura Shou felt uncomfortable.

Several bad intelligence came together, and he had no choice but to expect such a big blow.

As an intelligence officer, it is Nishimura Shou's responsibility to report the information truthfully.

Nishimura Shou could understand the Commander,

Faced with such a bad situation, it can be said to be a hellish situation.

Anyone who sits in that position will feel tormented and terrified like sitting on the crater of an erupting volcano.

I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep after that.

Shojiro Iida regained his composure. Of course he couldn't let himself fall asleep alone: ​​"Send these two reports to the staff office and let our outstanding officers discuss them."