All gods, the lord who started with the bright sword

Chapter 398 Chapter 398–399, Ending the Fifteenth Army

Chapter 398, the defected Japanese army
In the dimly lit air-raid shelter, everyone was listless, decadently waiting for the trial of fate.

The person who went to negotiate for the second time was blasted away without even meeting the opposing commander.

The news was undoubtedly a blow like a hurricane.

Surrendering and becoming a captive and then being redeemed is the best way for those who are trapped in the isolated city.

none of them.

The trumpet of the Sichuan Army is counting down every day outside - how many days and hours until the final bombing.

The Sichuan Army made no secret of their style of play, which was to set the whole city on fire by bombing like before, and burn to death the fifteenth army trapped inside.

Even the officers at the bottom of the Fifteenth Army knew that they had no chance of breaking through.

It is also powerless to resist the enemy's bombing plan.

They are left with two choices, surrender or die.

The ever-shrinking countdown seemed to be tortured by the god of death, hitting their heads with a hammer and asking: "Are you afraid of death? Do you want to die?"

Those who are not afraid of death have already died under the enemy's guns in the previous counter-assaults one after another.

For the rest, there is no one who is not afraid of death, and no one does not want to live.

But the right to decide whether to surrender is not in their hands.

In the brightly lit meeting room of the military headquarters, more than a dozen senior military officers gathered together.

The lowest rank is the Colonel, and the upper ranks are several major generals and brigade heads. Everyone is the real power in the army.

Everyone was silent and looked at their commander.

Ren Mutaguchi's prestige has also been greatly reduced in repeated command failures, but the enemy is too strong, and he cannot be blamed entirely.

Plus the military rank is there, everyone is still willing to listen to him.

"Tomorrow is the time when the enemy claims to launch a general offensive, and we don't have much time left."

Mutaguchi Renya's voice was very hoarse. In the desperate countdown day after day, his spirit was tortured, and he no longer had the vigorous energy he had earlier.

He slowly described the two choices of everyone at the moment.

If you want to counterattack and break through, tonight is your last chance, after all, you can take advantage of the night to have an extra layer of cover.

Either take a gamble that the enemy is bragging and won't be able to do what they claim.

Continue to stick to the ruins of the city, waiting for the opportunity to change.

Of course, even Mutaguchi himself did not believe that the timing had changed.It's nothing more than living for a while longer, and living every day counts.

As for the choice of surrender, it is impossible to say it from the mouth of his lieutenant general commander.

He still has face after all.

There was no order from above, and his surrender to the Sichuan Army was undoubtedly a betrayal, and his family in the country would be implicated.

Anyway, I'm more than 50 years old, and I don't have a few years to live.

Ren Mutaguchi is also determined to go to death, to achieve a reputation of being loyal to the country.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of Shojiro Iida, the previous commander of the 56th Army. The defeat of a [-]th division caused Shojiro Iida's bizarre dismissal.

Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, as for that?
Ren Mutaguchi also had reason to suspect that the cunning guy had already sensed something was wrong, so he tried every means to transfer him away.

And he jumped into the pit in a daze, and was happy to think it was a good thing.

Putting down his erratic thoughts, Mutaguchi Ren also signaled for the staff office to start.

Kikuta Jiro ran away long ago, but Hasegawa Osamu, the director of the training staff, was still there. He led the rest of the staff to formulate a new plan.

The purpose is to launch a counterattack to break through tonight, and fight as much as possible, and count as much as you can escape.

All in all, it is not advisable to sit still.

After Hasegawa finished speaking, the powerful military officers with different thoughts raised some objections.

Some are dissatisfied with their breakthrough direction.

Some are unwilling to break through and want to be transferred to a defense zone near the port.

As usual, how could they dare to object when the superior issued an order?Objections were also raised.

It has come to the end of the road, there is no tomorrow, and no one cares about the status of the past.

The mood of the officers is the same as when the end comes.

Everyone is planning for their own interests and trying to survive by all means.

This final military meeting lasted for more than an hour amidst quarrels.

In the end there was a compromise.

"Your Excellency, aren't you going to leave?"

Hasegawa, who had packed up the meeting report, came to Muta and asked.

Several submarines were dispatched from above to preserve the essence of the [-]th Army—experienced and promising young and middle-aged officers.

After all, the cultivation of these people is not easy, and results cannot be achieved overnight.

The number of places is very limited, and officers of the minor rank cannot be ranked, and ordinary sergeants are completely unaware of it.

Of course, no matter how precious this quota is, it will not lose the position of Renya Mutaguchi.

Whether to go or not depends entirely on his choice.

Mu Takauchi also waved his hand and sighed dejectedly: "Go, I want to be worthy of this dress."

Hasegawa bowed and left with a heavy heart.

Watching people leave, Mutaguchi Renya's body fell apart on the chair.

"I am worthy of this clothes", he said righteously, but in fact, it is possible that no one wants to live!
The point is that he can't live even if he goes back.

Holding three and a half divisions in hand, the battle was fought like this, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

Since the Meiji Restoration, the army has not been defeated like him.

Even if it is due to the unspoken rules of the army, the Ministry of the Army will not judge him, and the emperor will not directly kill him.

But the family members of the officers who died in battle, the fanatical people, who will spare him once they know about it?
Huge pressure hit his face, and he had to die if he didn't die.

Mutaguchi Ren also looked at the top of the cave in a daze, and died with his brave soldiers. With so many people accompanying him, he probably wouldn't be lonely.

He thought too well.

Before night fell and the breakout officially began, the battle had already broken out.

"What's going on, is the enemy coming?"

"The enemy did not launch an attack, but some troops rebelled. Someone led the soldiers to kill their boss and defected to the enemy-controlled area."

The sudden bad news caught Ren Mutianguchi by surprise.

defection, how is this possible?

Even guys like Anyuan Taro chose to take refuge after being captured.

Who would simply take up arms and defect?
Mutaguchi Ren also ordered people to find out the situation on the one hand, and on the other hand ordered people to suppress it. There must be no precedent for defection, which is even more hated than traitors.

The suppression of the rebellion lasted for a long time, and both light and heavy machine gun grenades were used.

Even the enemies on the opposite side were watching the excitement, wondering why the fight broke out.

While watching a play, dozens of devils threw away their weapons and ran over in embarrassment holding a white flag.

What else is there to say, catching a prisoner is considered a credit, and he accepted it on the spot.

The area controlled by the Japanese army was lively. After one battle, two or three hundred people died in the internal friction of the rebellion, and thousands of people fled directly to the area controlled by the enemy and surrendered.

It was later found out that it was led by a major of the [-]th Infantry Regiment.

Disgruntled at learning that he would not be able to board the evacuated submarine, he instigated the soldiers to defect and surrender to the enemy, causing the incident.

Although he himself was shot dead, the impact was very significant.

Opened a very bad head not to say.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the battle, the front-line troops, which were already fluctuating in their hearts, dropped their weapons and fled to the enemy-controlled area one after another.

If it wasn't suppressed fast enough, I don't know how many people would escape.

The morale of the army is so unstable that if the enemy does not need to attack again, they will explode into chaos.

The supervising team has doubled and ordered that as long as fugitives are found, they will be killed without reporting.

Mutaguchi Lian also sighed and said to himself: "Has our army been reduced to the point where it will collapse without a supervising team?"

Needless to say, when the catastrophe came, those with status and status fled in submarines.

The middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers with no mediocre background were ordered to fight the enemy to the end to maintain the glory of the empire.

The desperation of the countdown to the enemy's general attack has tortured people's hearts for several days.

Not to mention that ordinary soldiers know how to run, even the supervising team sent to supervise them can't help but flee.

At that time, we still don't know who supervises whom!
Renya Mutaguchi, who has been in a high position for many years, will never be able to empathize with the middle and lower classes and understand why they defected.

This night's counterattack and breakout is destined to be chaotic and impossible to succeed.

Chapter 399, ending the [-]th Army

In the morning, the sun rises from the east.

In the city of Yangon, which has been fighting all night, black smoke is still burning in countless places.

Everyone stood on the city wall. Although it was downwind, they could still smell the strong smell of gunpowder.

Chief of Staff Wang Yunshan climbed up the city wall and reported the results of last night's battle:
"Slaying and killing more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers who escaped from the siege and capturing 400 taels more than [-] people, our army won a complete victory.

The exact number of Japanese troops remaining in the city is unknown, but the staff office estimates that there are about 20,000 people..."

The overall number of Japanese troops in the city was limited by intelligence capabilities, and the Sichuan Army Group never figured it out.

The rest of the numbers are not very precise for a reason.

In addition to those killed in frontal combat, many Japanese soldiers died under bombardment and aircraft bombardment, and their fragmented bodies were very difficult to identify.

Half of the body is hanging on the collapsed low wall, and the other half is in the pit more than ten meters away, which is not bad.

Some bodies were blown into four or five pieces, which were difficult to put together.

There were people who suggested counting people's heads, but some people's heads were blown to pieces, so they couldn't be counted.

Therefore, the number of kills is a rough idea, and it is not surprising that there are dozens of them.

As for the number of captives not accurate to single digits, it is because many of the captives were seriously injured, they were still alive when they were captured, and they might have died in a day or two.

The Sichuan Legion's medical resources are used by their own family, but they still feel that they are not rich enough.

Seriously wounded captives who could not create value were abandoned, which is a matter of course.

The slightly wounded can still go to mine after being cured, so the Sichuan Army will give them some basic medical treatment, don't expect much.

All in all, don't listen to how good it is when you persuade to surrender, and how the prisoners of the Geneva Convention are treated.

If you really want to regret being a prisoner, you can't help them.

"Half of the Japanese army was wiped out in one night. I wonder if the plan to burn the city can be stopped. After all, it is very resource-intensive, and the savings can be used in subsequent operations."

Long Wenwen standing next to him suggested.

As the direct planner and person in charge of the plan, Long Wenwen has a deep understanding of the production efficiency and cost of napalm bombs and so on.

A ton of napalm costs three times as much to produce as a ton of gasoline.

A bomber dropped nine tons of napalm at a time.

How many tons of napalm bombs will be thrown away in this plan to burn the city?

About two thousand tons.

The bombers have to dispatch more than 200 sorties before they can be dropped.

The bombs dropped, the aviation fuel consumed by the bombers, and the wear and tear of the aircraft cost about [-] million yuan.

Based on the exchange rate of gold, it was half a ton.

So don't be surprised, that day Chen Hao angrily reprimanded the Japanese envoy for sending beggars for the small amount of compensation.

5 million taels of silver are worth about [-] million.

According to the consumption planned today, it will be exhausted in nine days.

Not counting the consumption of the Army's infantry artillery, it's all money.The [-] million yuan is really not enough for this war.

It is no exaggeration to say that when the cannon is fired, it is worth ten thousand taels of gold.

It is difficult for others to object to Long Wenwen's persuasion to save some money. Even Li Yunlong didn't say anything, because he is not in charge after all.

Chen Hao squinted his eyes and said nonchalantly: "There is no need to save me money, how much money can this save?
If you don't follow the promise to send the little devil to hell today, they will all have to laugh at me for not keeping the promise when they go to Lord Yan.

Fry, let me blow it up according to the plan! "

Chen Hao waved his hand with a vicious vigor. He knew very well what the result would be after his order went down, and he was fully prepared psychologically.

Reporters not far away pressed the shutter and recorded this scene.

With one word, the [-] enemies were wiped out, probably referring to people like him.

The group seat's orders have always been solid, and Long Wenwen stopped persuading, turned and left to prepare for a bombing costing [-] million.

While waiting for the plane to arrive, Chen Hao called Ma Donna and her partner Randy.

"I know you are from military intelligence."

Chen Hao revealed their identities in one word, which surprised them. They never thought that they had been exposed.

Ma Danna wanted to defend herself, but Chen Hao stopped her with a wave of his hand:

"I don't want to hear your sophistry, but I still tell you that the U.S. bombing of Tokyo didn't work because it didn't find a technique.

Japan is all wooden houses, and the effect of using incendiary bombs is better.

Look at it today, our Sichuan Army Corps will make a sample first, and go back and tell them to learn hard. "

Randy submissively agreed like a quail, and he figured out that the commander Chen Hao didn't respect the United States as an ally.

The identity of the spy was exposed, and the identity of the American did not guarantee his safety.

Ma Dannuo was much more courageous because of her different status. She did not defend herself, but only raised a question.

Not all wooden buildings in Yangon City, wooden buildings probably only account for half.

Can the effects of the two be considered equivalent?
Chen Hao looked at Ma Dannuo seriously again, this woman's way of thinking is really different.

She really wanted to discuss the effects of incendiary bombing. Didn't she know that the US military bombed Tokyo and other cities, and most of the casualties and injuries were civilians?
Chen Hao wouldn't be surprised if a man who had a grudge against Japan came to ask.

After all, war and killing are genes in the bones of men, but women do not have them.

"You could argue that bombing Japanese buildings with incendiary bombs would have worked better."

Chen Hao replied to her earnestly, and after thinking about it, he added: "If you want to do an experiment, think about it. If you let me know about the experiment in China, it depends on whether you, the U.S. military, can handle it!"

Ma Danna felt that Chen Hao's supplement was inexplicable, no one would test it on the allies, right?
She still decided to tell the military, not because this sentence is important, but because the person who said it is important.

There are many people who dare to speak out against the U.S. military, but not many people can really beat the U.S. military.

Chen Hao and the Sichuan Army under his command are among the few who can put into practical action.

Of course, whether you have the guts to do it is another matter.

Based on Ma Danna's understanding of Chen Hao's personality, he is not just talking, but really courageous.

Because Chen Hao is a lunatic.

If you promise to burn a city, you will never break your promise.His subordinates couldn't persuade him.

There is nothing such a lunatic would dare to do.

Ren Mutaguchi, who was standing at the entrance of the air-raid shelter looking at the rising sun, also stayed up all night, his eyes were bloodshot.

Take off the hat, you can see that his hair turned white overnight.

Last night's breakout and counterattack all failed, and no one came to tell him how many people were lost.

Even if Mutaguchi Ren knew it, it didn't make any sense.

If there is no accident, the rest of the people will be finished today.

The only successful one, the elite officers of the [-]th Army were evacuated by submarine last night.

It's just that for tens of thousands of people, it's just an insignificant grain in the ocean.

Some black spots flew in the sky in the distance, Mutaguchi Ren didn't feel strange, and the enemy's plane came to bomb again.

It's just that this time there is no one who even raised the air defense siren.

Possibly the anti-aircraft siren was lost or destroyed in the melee last night.

More than a dozen bombers roared over, and quickly rushed to the sky above the bombing target, dropping a series of bombs.

The napalm bomb landed on the ground, and the entire area that was bombed was suddenly engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

"Well, why is it a propeller plane?"

The reporters watching on the city wall raised questions. They had never seen the Sichuan Army have a propeller plane.

They were all new jets before, and they were pretty fast.

There are also significant differences in appearance between the two.

Long Wenwen, who returned to the city wall, explained: "This is for more effective bombing, otherwise jet bombers may not be able to drop the bombs by tonight."

Everyone was a little understanding and a little confused, did they hear it wrong?Could this be more efficient?

It's not that jet planes are more efficient, but that they are more adaptable, and can fly on simple runways after emergency leveling and repairing.

This is what jet bombers do not have, and sophisticated things need better service conditions.

The simple airport is less than [-] kilometers away from Yangon, and it can fly five round trips in an hour.

Although the amount of ammunition loaded cannot be compared with that of the H-[-], the efficiency is greatly improved.

Thirty planes, [-] sorties in three hours are enough to complete the scheduled plan.

Of course, cheap and old propeller planes can show off their power over the Japanese army.

The premise is based on the premise that air supremacy has been seized and the Japanese air defense force is running low.

Otherwise, what you are doing is sending the record to the enemy air force.

The reporters closed their mouths after being relieved, and watched the planes in the sky like migratory birds. One batch dropped bombs and flew away, and soon the next batch came again.

10 minutes round, very regular.

Half of the city still under the control of the Japanese army was also set on fire very regularly.

The combustion zone presents a semicircle, extruding from the three outer sides in the middle.The Japanese soldiers who escaped from the burning bombing area were forced to move closer to the center.

This doesn't keep them alive, it just makes them live a little longer.

As the flames approached the middle, everyone felt as if they were about to be roasted.

There are only two ways ahead of them, wait for the incendiary bombs to be thrown on their heads and burn them to death, or attack the Sichuan Army positions covered with barbed wire and machine guns.

There are not a few people who choose the latter in desperation.

Another round of jade broken charges began. Their bodies were smashed into sieves by machine guns and torn to pieces by shells.

Some of the Japanese soldiers defeated by fear laid down their weapons and surrendered with white flags.

It is not too late to surrender at this time, and the Sichuan Legion is still very willing to accept the free labor of good mining.

When the air force's bombing came to the final part.

The front-line troops bordering the area controlled by the Japanese army were also quite uncomfortable by the heat wave blowing from a distance.

The soldiers gulped down water, and many of the hot ones took off their clothes and were shirtless.

They quickly received the order to retreat and retreated two kilometers back.In their place were napalm bombs dropped by the Air Force.

This time, the Japanese army still inside was completely surrounded by a sea of ​​flames.

There is no chance to surrender at this time.

As the last batch of napalm was dropped, the pilot flying the reconnaissance plane took a picture of half the city engulfed in flames.

Half of the city is in flames and billowing black smoke, and the remaining half is in ruins.

The war reporters on the city wall wore several layers of masks, endured the smoky burning smell, and stuck to their posts to record.

The photos they take are all about composition.

The sun hangs high in the sky, matching the burning city perfectly.

It’s just that the location is not good enough. The sea after the fire could not be included in the camera frame. Without the blue embellishment, the power of the fire could not be highlighted.

"Tens of thousands of enemies have been burned to ashes, and the city has been completely destroyed. This is war!"

Some people couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and it resonated with quite a few people.

As journalists, they are witnesses, witnessing the Sichuan Army’s campaigns in the South and North, defeating the Japanese army one after another, and taking one city after another.

The old invaders were completely defeated and driven away.

From now on, this country will completely usher in a new master.

The reporters wanted to interview the victor of the war, but looked around only to find that he had already left.

"Win, I won."

Chen Hao strolled in the simple camp area outside the city, feeling joy in his heart, as well as the relief of being relieved of the burden.

With the annihilation of the [-]th Army, Yangon City was captured.

His series of missions have been successfully completed, so there is no need to say more about dominating Nanyang as required by the main mission.

The Japanese army invaded Southeast Asian countries, and they were invincible.

Now that the Japanese army has been defeated and defeated, and they sent people to cede land to seek peace, who can deny that their Sichuan Army is a tyrant in Nanyang.

The task is completed, and the reward is a new task. Chen Hao wants to open up the next world and continue his arms trade.

The Sichuan Army has expanded the size of the army, increased the number of air force aircraft, and can train the navy with the seaport. There are many opportunities to fight the Japanese army in the future.

It even competed with the next new overlord, the US military, for hegemony in the Pacific Ocean.

Chen Hao thought about it, but it was not his turn to do it.

The future development and strategy of this world will be left to Long Wenwen and the others.

Chen Hao still trusts them, and there is a portal, he can drop by when he is free, guide them, and collect money by the way.

The return on investment of tens or hundreds of times is not a boast.

The mineral resources on the land of 67 square kilometers and the labor force of nearly 20 million, as long as they are developed, it will be a gold mine that continuously generates wealth.

Even if Chen Hao only charged [-] to [-] percent, it would be a fortune beyond ordinary people's imagination.

What's more, the world is so big, there is a lot of room for the Sichuan Army to fight, and it is absolutely possible to have more land, minerals and population.

Even simpler, monopolize the trade of the two worlds, use the cheap industrial products of the modern world to hit the markets of various countries, and collect colonial taxes from the whole world.

In Chen Hao's vision, once the trade is on the right track, it can replace the status of the United States after World War II.

How much wealth can that absorb?

No, wealth is not important at this time, what is important is that he has the power to influence the whole world.

It's going to be a pretty fun game, and the time is measured in years.

Although Chen Hao can't play it himself, he can control it behind the scenes and enjoy the fun of this large-scale game integrating construction, conquest, trade, and colonization.

Chen Hao suddenly thought of something: "Wait, let me see where the next stop is..."

(End of this chapter)