The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Inada Katasan, the captain of the Japanese Army, stared dumbfounded. The sky above his head was covered by streaks of dazzling light!Countless shells, grenades of various calibers, mixed with rockets with long tail flames and screaming screams, swarmed in densely, covering his troops like sparrows in the middle!

"Sho Dessina!"

Shao Zuo Inada let out a sigh as if he had understood all the truth, and was immediately blown away by a 155mm shell that was flying towards his raised face!

"Boom! Boom...!"

The huge explosion sound like the beating of war drums became the main rhythm highlighting the mountains on the east side of Imphal. Hundreds of shells and rockets smashed into the marching queue of the Japanese army without warning. The mountain road is strangely arranged in a two-kilometer-long serpentine landing point. The high-temperature hot wind formed by the explosion in an instant blows up the ground, arousing a roaring air wave that rushes upwards from the bottom. Wherever it passes, green vegetation, Trees stretched out in various postures, bent over the ground in unison, and even snapped from them!

The dry grass and trees near the landing point were carbonized rapidly, and the billowing smoke from the burning was blown by the air waves and rolled close to the rising hillside, wrapping those light grass leaves and branches into big balls in the middle, hula It climbed up to the top of the mountain hundreds of meters away, as if it had suddenly lost its shackles, it collapsed and flew wantonly, together with the gray smoke and dust, forming pieces of billowing clouds of smoke, covering the sky and the sun!

A brigade of Japanese troops, almost all fell into the roaring hell of steel flames!They had no place to hide, no place to hide, no warning, no psychological preparation, and there was no reminder at the critical moment of the British checkpoint that should have existed in front of them, so that they still thought they were still in the safe area. Such a terrible attack for no reason!

Shao Zuo Inada, who was awakened on the verge of death, did not know.The so-called military depot in front of them, which promised them supplies with good words and good words, was snatched by the paratroopers in the first place. The captured British and Indian soldiers chose to surrender and cooperate in the face of bayonets and brutal killings. .

Especially after confirming that the Japanese soldiers came, these traitors have no psychological burden at all, as long as they are not allowed to help their own people.Or simply to ensure their own lives, and others, let them die!

Dozens of large-caliber heavy artillery snatched from the defensive position on the east side of Imphal, together with the 76mm guns of the airborne troops, and light rocket launchers, formed a group of hundreds of artillery pieces, all aimed at this area. The direction of stockholders and horses gave them a devastating blow at the first time!

The 143rd Regiment Captain Uno Setsu's reaction speed is not slow.I just realized that there seems to be something wrong in the front, and I am going to send a power to remind me that a brigade of people is finished!He furiously scolded the British guy for his inaction, and at the same time went to the brigade and regiment headquarters, requesting to contact the British army to confirm what was going on!

At a loss, Major General Slim, who did not know that he had made his allies miserable, made a firm promise through the rare smooth communication: "We have been fighting arduously! The main direction of the enemy's attack is on the east side. It is a pity that you will be on the I ran into their powerful obstruction for a while. But I believe that with the strong combat power of the Japanese army, they will definitely be able to completely defeat them, thus encircling them in the middle and completing a comprehensive extermination!"

Arrogant gentleman of the British Empire, are you finally willing to put down your dignity and say something nice?

Commander Hiroshi Takeuchi's self-esteem was immediately satisfied so much that he didn't seriously consider what the reason was.The British guy who can always look at people with his chin with pride, actually said such nasty flattery against his will.

In other words, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi felt in his heart that this was the treatment that the Imperial Japanese Imperial Army deserved.The British must have suffered a lot.Only then did I think of the benefits of the empire, not bad, it seems that the Chinese have tormented them a lot, but it's worth it!

So he personally gave the order to Uno Jie: "Uncle Yu! You must be clear about the mission on your body! You can represent the brave fighters of the Imperial Japanese Army and successfully rescue a main force of the British on the international battlefield. Rescue from a crisis, such an honor, is hard to come across once in a lifetime, I hope you can cherish it, do it beautifully, and set a good example for all the gentlemen!"

"Hi! Please rest assured, Lieutenant General! We will do our best to not shame the flag of the Imperial Army!"

Uno Jie's blood boiled immediately!Not only was a senior lieutenant general and regiment commander personally confirming the order for him, but more importantly, it was the temptation to become famous in that battle!Come to think of it, for so many years, the Japanese Empire was not really recognized by the great powers.Today, he has the opportunity to personally save the former First Empire from crisis and greatly add luster to the empire. It must shine in the annals of history, be glorious through the ages, and be talked about forever by future generations!

Well, I have to say that the Japanese still learned something from China, that is, the content of "name" in Chinese culture, even worse than the Chinese, to put it bluntly, it is "death to save face"!It can be said that they are blue out of blue and better than blue.

The difference is that countless shameless literati throughout the ages in China are good at "being a bitch and erecting a memorial arch". Just like the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty, they ganged up to control the country's economy, politics and military, but paid a penny of tax. They refused to hand over, so that the empire was killed alive, and each of them seemed to be "hard-core" on the surface.As a result, since the founding of the slaves, they immediately shaved their hair and dressed in clothes, but were forced by the swords and guns of the slaves to spit out the fat and ointment of the people and pay taxes together.It's really cheap.

The Japanese are not good at cultivation, and on the surface they seem to be more polite than anyone else, which is cumbersome and serious, but once the disguise is revealed, they can become angry in person, and their dignity is completely destroyed. Black Shameless background is still a little bit worse!

Cough cough, it should be said that the skills of "City Mansion" and "Nurture Qi" are not enough!

As a result, General Uno Jie, who was still worried and cautious just now, was overwhelmed with imagination, and suddenly his head became hot and he forgot about it. He ordered the other two brigades vigorously: "The second brigade is in great trouble! They are engaged in a fierce battle with the Chinese paratroopers. ! As the vanguard of the Imperial Army, we must not let them fight alone, we must immediately attack with all our strength, and we must defeat the Chinese army in front of us in one fell swoop. Forward!"

The slogans are shouted loudly, and the actions are really quick!

They were not far away from the second brigade, and they rushed towards the battlefield with all their strength like flying!

Not long after, among the valleys that suddenly opened up, the potholed battlefield that was blasted out by thousands of shells came into view, and the black explosion traces in patches were shocking.A pile of corpses of five short Japanese soldiers dressed in green U.S. military uniforms were lined up twisted and twisted, like bollworms that had just been sprinkled with pesticides and killed all over the place, posing in various weird poses.

Out of the trumpet-shaped valley mouth, the ground has completely become difficult for tanks to move. The fires caused by the explosion on the mountains on both sides are still raging. Oxygen!

After all, Colonel Unojie has some knowledge.His face darkened immediately, and he hurriedly ordered the troops rushing up to disperse immediately to prevent another violent shelling.Afterwards, a squadron leader who had escaped the attack by chance was called over, and asked anxiously with a pale face: "What happened?! Did the members of your second brigade just fail like this?"

Half of the squadron leader's face was licked yellow by the fireworks, his hair was burned off, a lot of blisters were still developing, and one eye was so swollen that he couldn't see anything.Barely standing still, he said tremblingly: "Commander! We were attacked by shameful artillery fire from the Chinese! They had already occupied the surrounding positions. The sudden bombardment was too violent, our soldiers! Our troops, all There is no way to fight back...."

Unojie realized that he was most likely fooled.All the burning enthusiasm was swept away, and he cursed through gritted teeth: "Damn British ghosts! You really can't be trusted as always! It's unforgivable to cause damage to our precious imperial soldiers like this!"

Leaving aside the hapless squadron leader, he raised his head and looked around.There was still a burning battlefield ahead, only the screams and groans of the Japanese soldiers, but no trace of an enemy could be seen. Obviously, they had no intention of coming out to fight head-on.This section of the road of unknown length is most likely a dead zone.Yes, or not?

After hesitating for a while, Colonel Uno Jie made up his mind, there is no turning back at this time, go!He can't be a coward who gets cold feet!

Immediately ordered the two brigades to disperse, stop breaking forward, and leave a few people to rescue the wounded. The artillery was erected on the spot to support, and the main force climbed over the mountains from both wings, bypassed this terrible area, and headed towards the goal ten kilometers ahead. Attack and outflank each!He didn't believe that the other party could have so many troops and stretch out an encirclement circle with a width of [-] to [-] kilometers to block his own strength.

What's more, behind me, there are two other regiments approaching quickly. I believe that the troops from the other side will be able to go around in a short time. At that time, at least 1 people will come to besiege. Let's see How long can these guys last!

But in this way, their speed of action will inevitably slow down.Uno Jie is not stupid. If he hadn't thought at this time that the enemy must have been fully prepared, and there was even a big encirclement in front of him, waiting for him to drill into it, he would be too sorry for his wisdom.

In his assumptions, the British must have lied, and Imphal must have been under attack by less force than they claimed.The Chinese obviously chose the tactic of "surrounding the spot and fighting for aid". Some of the elite are violently attacking the city that must be saved, and then most of the forces set up an ambush here and lay their hands on it.Hmph, such a strategy will not fool the Japanese Army.

Uno Festival had a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that at this time, the British were completely dispersed and ran away. It was not just a part of the aid force that was stuck here, but a large part of it!Moreover, he thought that the limited number of paratroopers had been increasing day and night. Not only elite paratroopers came, Zhu Bin even sent a group of armored soldiers!

It is conceivable that as the strategic core of the encirclement on the right, Imphal's position is so important that it cannot be overestimated!The Japanese army sneaked in without fully thinking about it. What awaited them would be an unprecedented and tragic blow!

Over Imphal, an early warning aircraft was slowly circling from a high altitude. Under her command, a large number of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft were released and scattered on the north, southeast, three sides of Imphal on the mountainous traffic arteries for strict monitoring.A reconnaissance satellite was suspended overhead and scanned synchronously, and another air force attack brigade also flew thousands of miles from Yunnan. The large amount of infrastructure built by the British army was rapidly being filled by a large number of advanced Chinese equipment. The combat effectiveness of more than 1 airborne troops is rapidly multiplying!

To the west of Myitkyina, the fully mobilized 55th Division of the Japanese Army, led by Lieutenant General Hiroshi Takeuchi, divided into two groups excitedly and vigorously, chasing the tail of the 143rd Regiment and advancing quickly.Breathtaking.

Along the way, your Excellency, the head of the division, did not forget to let out a faint sigh: "Compared with Yingmi ghosts and animals, our war action is still quite lacking. If the imperial army is as extravagant as they are, it may be a long time ago , conquered China in one fell swoop, and won't be at the mercy of others like today!"

Yes, Brits and Americans are fucking extravagant!

They can take out hundreds of planes dedicated to transporting food, and even pure drinking water in glass bottles.Canned spam is available wide open.Chewing gum has also become a must.Compared with a pinch of white sugar and the Japanese army that looks like Chinese New Year, this is heaven and earth!

During the march, a large number of geep cars from the United States, and the jeep they hurriedly put into production (the two are two brands of the same thing, when the war started, the Yankees unceremoniously started copying), all the company commanders and above Officers don't have to come down and walk, even ordinary soldiers.There is also plenty of trucking.gasoline?There are countless tens of thousands of tons of oil tankers in the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand!Myanmar's oil fields are producing oil barrels piled up like mountains.No need to worry about running out of waste!

The most enviable thing is ammunition and communication facilities.Compared with the previous ration of 150 bullets per person in the Japanese army, now the M1 Garand with eight rounds is used, but there is no need to worry about consumption at all, you can grab as many as you want!Heavy machine guns are all m1919a4 supplied with ammunition chains, compared to the Type [-] with bullet protection plates.In terms of rate of fire and sustained firepower, it is ashamed in comparison!

Besides, the portable radio station attached to the company level, damn it!In the Manchurian battlefield, if the Kwantung Army also had this thing, how could it be fighting in the mountains.They were beaten with heavy casualties by the Chinese who owned them!

This is the gap!

Hiroshi Takeuchi thought with emotion, now they not only have almost all the staff transported by motor vehicle, but the worst is also riding a mule, they don’t have to worry about food, drink, ammunition, there are fighter jets in the sky to cover them, and there are enough medicines and doctors for the wounded. It's a war here, it's like a vacation!

Hmph, this time, we must wipe out all the Chinese troops in Imphal beautifully!Well, I heard that there are countless supplies stored there, and it is the most important stronghold of the British.Then maybe the feats made this time are enough to be promoted to general.

He was still thinking about good things, but a series of great changes happened behind him!

In just a few days, the changes that took place in the entire southern battlefield made everyone dizzy.When the Imphal raid started and the Japanese reinforcements were confirmed, the 55th Division on the front foot did not move. The Liao Yaoxiang Division, which had just occupied Myitkyina, received a new order and immediately gave up going south. Attack in your direction!

Liao Yaoxiang's 22nd Division, who had switched shotguns to cannons, was only getting a bit warmer. The retreat of the British army basically did not cause any casualties, and the morale was high.The security and southward movement of Myitkyina were handed over to Yu Shao of the 96th Division. In addition, the tanks, artillery, engineers, and army aviation units directly under the 5th Army were all assigned to him, escorting the left and right, and even a bomber brigade. Make corridors for them in the air.

Liao Yaoxiang was a proud man, and he was determined to make some noise to add luster. After giving the order for a full-scale attack, he took the lead with a special agent battalion and a tank battalion to occupy the middle and rushed towards the retreating half of the brigade of the British army. Set up a defense line!

This half of the brigade had to give up Myitkyina and came here to take a breath. They thought that the main force of the enemy army would go south to attack Mandalay. How could they have thought that they would be the main target?Caught off guard again, they were scattered by Liao Yaoxiang's main force, and most of the thousands of people surrendered.

They made it all the way, but Hiroshi Takeuchi fell ill!He never expected that the backyard would catch fire just by moving his front feet!When he got the news, most of the main force of the 55th Division had already entered the mountainous area, and there was no way to turn back except to keep going.Because the supply troops dragged behind had been blown to pieces by the vicious Chinese Air Force, and the tenacious soldiers couldn't withstand the impact of the tanks. All of a sudden, he fell into the enemy's back and belly!

"Baga Yalu! Baga! Damn it! Bastard!"

Hiroshi Takeuchi yelled endlessly, not knowing whether to scold the Chinese or the British more.Say the British are incompetent?He knew it a long time ago, but since he knew it, why did he give them such an important part of the back line?Originally, the 15th Division wanted to come up urgently from Mandalay for reinforcements, and cooperate with another brigade of the British [-]st Division to block the attack, forming a situation of encirclement and attack, taking down the pursuing enemy, and by the way, strengthening his defense line defense.But now, it's all messed up!

Venting his complaints, Takeuchi Hiroshi ordered the two brigades viciously: "Don't be disturbed by the poor performance of those stupid British ghost animals behind. The other divisions of the Imperial Army can naturally clear the way for us. We want All we have to do is to move forward and completely wipe out the Chinese paratroopers!" (To be continued...)