Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

Regarding this plan, Jiang Haoran seemed to have no objection, and ordered the troops to implement it according to this plan, the only requirement was speed.

The generals who received the order dispersed happily, and those who did not get the mission wanted to find Jiang Haoran, but Jiang Haoran unceremoniously drove them out. However, James was named by Jiang Haoran to stay. This made the two people who thought there was no hope suddenly ignite the fire of hope again, and the expression on their faces was full of excitement.

As soon as the generals left, the headquarters immediately quieted down, only Huang Jie, Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xianwei and Williams were left. Only then did Jiang Haoran comment on the plan just now, pointing out that Huang Jie and Luo Zhuoying made a plan The plan is more than rigid, but not flexible enough. The two people's thinking patterns are still stuck in the past and have not jumped out. The current expeditionary force is already an integrated force with sea, land and air forces, but this combat plan does not reflect it at all.

It is true that there is nothing wrong with the handling of the frontal attack. With a strong force superiority to crush the enemy, there is almost no suspense in taking down Mandalay, but the casualties are bound to be staggering, and as long as the plan is slightly changed, Casualties will drop sharply immediately, and it can even achieve the effect of four or two thousand catties.

As soon as Jiang Haoran's words came out, Huang Jie and Luo Zhuoying immediately blushed, and the smugness that was supposed to be a little bit was wiped away.

Huang Jie explained that it was not that they did not consider using the navy. A large-scale air battle was inevitable. The four aircraft carriers would definitely have to go to the waters of Myanmar, and the joint army aviation fighter jets would compete for air supremacy over Mandalay.

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly, not in a hurry to refute Huang Jie, and waved his hands to signal everyone to follow him into the war room.

Several people entered the war room full of doubts. Jiang Haoran picked up the command pole, pointed to Chittagong on the sand table and said: "The coastline of Maungdaw from Chittagong to Myanmar is only more than 1000 nautical miles. They have suffered heavy losses, and the Pacific Fleet of the US Army is eyeing them. They dare not go out of the Strait of Malacca. Therefore, no matter how hard our navy struggles in the Indian Ocean, it will not be in any danger. It can do far more than participate in air combat, for example Surprise attack on Mengdu."

"A surprise attack on Mengdu?"

There was a sudden exclamation in the room. As an important port city in Myanmar, Mengdu must be heavily guarded. This is undoubtedly a very risky operation for the newly formed navy.

But Jiang Haoran ignored everyone's astonishment, and continued: "Don't feel incredible, and don't worry about whether the navy has this capability. I can tell you that I don't know about other navy officers and soldiers, but I am No. 40 First Army Navy Independent Division A year ago, intensive training for landing operations began. This time, a regiment of more than [-] people has arrived in Chittagong. They will be the main attackers for this surprise attack mission. The defense of the coastline of Mengdu may not be weak, but the four aircraft carriers , Dozens of warships sailed past, with strong guns, even a large port city can be fought, let alone a small Mengdu, it should be a chance for the navy to practice combat."

Having said that, Jiang Haoran turned to Williams and said, "John, after the navy successfully seized the beach, I will leave it to you to capture Mengdu. Can you complete the task?"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" John Williams replied excitedly, puffing out his chest.

Although their regiment suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Lashio, and there were only more than [-] people left in the regiment, they were the only British army to participate in the Burma campaign. The troops were replenished immediately, all of which were elite soldiers selected from the British army, and many of them were airlifted from the African battlefield.

"What about us, Chief?"

Seeing that Williams got the task, Liu Xianwei became anxious immediately.

Jiang Haoran smiled knowingly, and said: "Don't worry, your task is more serious, the goal of your airborne brigade is here??????"

As Jiang Haoran spoke, he swung the command stick, and the tip of the stick landed on the place name Ren'an Qiang. There was another exclamation in the war room, but everyone soon realized that Jiang Haoran was so powerful.

Mengdu and Ren'anqiang are on the same parallel line. Ren'anqiang is more than a hundred kilometers east of Mengdu. There will be less, but not too many. The great thing is the formation of the regiment. Whether it is the Predator Independent Regiment or the Airborne Brigade, there is almost no suspense against a regiment of the Japanese army, and it can be completely defeated.

Two hundred kilometers to the north from Ren'anqiang is the defense line on the west bank of Mandalay, because across the Inovaddy River, the reinforcements and supplies from the two places can only cross the river through the Awa Bridge in Mandalay, and then go to Mandalay. After turning back, once the airborne brigade and the Predator Independence Regiment suddenly attacked and occupied the two places, the two hundred kilometers long distance, the island army was almost hopeless, and even the entire west coast defense line would be destroyed because the airborne brigade formed a two-sided attack situation behind them. accelerated crash.

Moreover, there is another biggest advantage of doing this. The airborne brigade landed in Ren'anqiang by surprise, and made a surprise attack without artillery support throughout the whole process, thus preserving the integrity of the entire oil city of Ren'anqiang.

In front of the expeditionary force, the navy, air force, and armored force are fully equipped, and the fuel consumption is astonishing. Having an own oil field is much better than counting on Yingmi's assistance.

Obviously, these two changes by Jiang Haoran immediately made the entire battle plan more operable. The panic caused to the enemies in Mandalay was indescribable, and the pressure on the frontal troops was virtually reduced, which naturally reduced Casualties are simply a stroke of magic, even Huang Jie and Luo Zhuoying can't help but admire them.

After Liu Xianwei and Williams left, Huang Jie hurriedly called Chen Shaokuan, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, to inform them of the battle plan and get them ready for battle.

At the same time, Ye Zhaofeng was ordered to step up the arrangement of transport planes, and to fly the Predator Independent Group to Chittagong early tomorrow morning.

There is no problem with the transportation of the independent regiment of more than 3000 people, but the airborne division of 8000 people is a headache.

The transport aircraft used by the current expeditionary force are generally the C-47 transport aircraft of the Mi Army, which has the title of "sky train". One sortie can carry 27 or eight fully armed airborne troops.But 8000 people is not a small number, which means that it takes three hundred sorties to do it.

When Jiang Haoran took office, the United States sent a thousand transport planes to the Chinese battlefield at one time under his suggestion, but the opening of the Hump route and its extremely dangerous voyage caused at least half of the transport planes to crash in the ridge and canyon.