Meng Gong, the forward position of the expeditionary force.
Yue Weihan walked into the regiment headquarters of the 598th Regiment of the 200th Division, surrounded by senior officers such as Luo Zhuoying and Dai Anlan.
Seeing a large group of shining generals walking into the war room, the combat staff of the 598th Regiment stood up to attention. The regiment leader, Colonel Zheng Tingji, immediately strode forward, stood at attention, and saluted: "The Fifth Regiment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force
Zheng Tingji, commander of the 598th Regiment of the 200th Division of the Army, together with all the officers and soldiers of the regiment, welcome the commander-in-chief to inspect and ask for instructions from the commander-in-chief."
Yue Weihan waved his hand and said calmly: "You should be busy with whatever you should be busy with."
"Yes!" Zheng Tingji waved his hand, and the staff in the war room got busy again.
Yue Weihan immediately walked to the map hanging on the wall and asked: "Commander Zheng, please introduce the situation of yesterday's battle."
The expeditionary force built a total of three lines of defense in Mengong. The 200th Division was on the front line, and the 598th Regiment was at the forefront of the 200th Division. It can be said to be the most advanced unit in the entire expeditionary force's defense system, and the 598th Regiment's
The position is also facing the highway where the Japanese army goes north, so yesterday afternoon, the 598th Regiment was the first to be attacked by the Japanese army.
Commander Zheng Tingji immediately replied: "Commander, the Japs' vanguard troops arrived at about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and immediately launched a probing attack on the position of our regiment's 9th company, but were repelled by our 9th company. At about ten o'clock in the evening, the main force of the Japs
More than 10,000 people arrived, but the lurking post reported that no Japanese tanks or artillery were found."
"Oh, no tanks or artillery found?" Yue Weihan's heart moved when he heard this.
"The highway dozens of miles south of Meng Gong has been destroyed by our army, especially the two small highway bridges that were bombed, so the Japanese heavy equipment cannot be loaded." Dai Anlan replied calmly.
Yue Weihan immediately turned around and asked Hu Xianqun, the commander of the tank regiment: "Captain Hu, is the tank regiment ready?"
"Report to the headquarters!" Hu Xianqun snapped to attention and said loudly, "The tank regiment has all entered the attack position!"
"Okay!" Yue Weihan nodded and said to Zhu Maozhen, commander of the artillery regiment, "Commander Zhu, where are your artillery?"
"Report to the headquarters, the artillery regiment is ready, and all shooting elements have been calibrated!" Zhu Maozhen replied loudly.
Yue Weihan patted Zhu Maozhen on the shoulder, then turned back to Dai Anlan and said, "Commander Dai, are the 200th Division ready?"
Yue Weihan actually didn't have much confidence in Dai Anlan, a famous anti-Japanese general in history. Dai Anlan was born in the Whampoa Military Academy and had been fighting on the battlefield since the Northern Expedition. He was experienced in hundreds of battles, but it must be pointed out that no matter what he accepted,
His military school education and the battles he participated in have nothing to do with modern military.
This is also a common weakness of all Huangpu generals. What they learned and were exposed to at Huangpu Military Academy was only modern military theory and command skills. This was determined by the quality of the instructors at Huangpu Military Academy at that time. A large number of them graduated from Baoding Military Academy and Yunnan Lecture Hall.
How can graduated instructors teach students who understand modern military affairs?
Therefore, Huangpu generals are basically incapable of commanding the armored forces. Historically, Huangpu generals such as Du Yuming, Liao Yaoxiang, and Zhang Lingfu were often annihilated by entire divisions and regiments of the Communist Party of China with backward equipment on the liberation battlefield. One of the important
The reason is that these Huangpu generals simply don't know how to use armored forces.
In fact, not to mention Japanese generals, even most of the Japanese generals at the same time could not command armored troops.
It wasn't until Yamashita Tomofumi and others went to Germany to systematically study Guderian's blitzkrieg that the Japanese army initially mastered the command skills of armored forces and quickly applied them to actual combat. In the Southeast Asian campaign, the tank troops affiliated to the Southern Army shone brightly.
The commander of the 25th Army Corps, Yamashita Fengfumi, even earned the prestigious reputation of the "Malay Tigers".
However, Yue Weihan did not expect Dai Anlan to command the armored forces of the New Fifth Army. He only hoped that when the armored forces of the Fifth Army moved forward, the infantry of the 200 Division could follow up in time, instead of letting the armored forces become a single force.
The lone force in front of the sudden attack. If this situation really happens, the armored force's logistics supply line will be easily cut off by the Japanese army. Once the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles are cut off from fuel supply, they will become a pile of scrap metal.
Dai Anlan heard Yue Weihan's distrust of the 200th Division, and frowned and said: "Our 200th Division will never hold back the Fifth Army, let alone disgrace the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Don't forget, Commander-in-Chief, in three years
In the Hengyang battlefield, our 200th Division also defeated the Japanese 5th Division, nicknamed the 'Steel Army'."
"Very good." Yue Weihan nodded happily, "Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. The real famous generals and steel armies are never shouted out, but fought and killed on the battlefield. Commander Dai, I hope that the current 200 Division
It’s still the same unit that participated in the Battle of Hengyang three years ago, an iron army that frightened the Japanese invaders!”
Stilwell, who was next to him, was already impatient with waiting, and immediately asked Yue Weihan: "Yue, can we start?"
Stilwell really couldn't wait. Ever since he came to the battlefield in Burma, the old American man had almost never had a good time. No matter how he jumped up and down, waved the flag and shouted, the British just wouldn't cooperate, and the Chinese just didn't listen, which led to
The Allied forces were defeated in succession in Mandalay and on the battlefield in northern Burma. Although Stilwell was not responsible, his face was disgraced.
Now, because of the arrival of Yue Weihan, Stilwell finally saw the dawn, the dawn of counterattack!
At this time, the Allied forces were still struggling to support the European and African battlefields, and the counterattack was still far away.
If Yue Weihan's adventure succeeds, then the *** on the Myanmar battlefield will become the first Allied force to switch to counterattack in the entire World War II, and the Myanmar battlefield will also become the first battlefield to switch to counterattack. As the China-Burma-India Theater
As the Chief of General Staff, Stilwell naturally also had a lot of face.
"Of course." Yue Weihan nodded happily, and when he was about to give the order, the sound of gunfire suddenly came from ahead.
Immediately, an officer hurriedly entered and reported: "General, the Japanese army has launched an attack on our forward position!"
"Chief, the little Japs have already started to attack. If we also launch an attack, it will be a confrontation. Let's defend first and then talk later, okay?" Luo Zhuoying grimaced and tried to persuade Yue Weihan to give up the counterattack plan.
He had no choice, because Chairman Chiang Kai-shek had given him a secret order to halt the expeditionary force's counterattack plan as much as possible.
Although Chairman Chiang is far away in Chongqing, his eyes have never been far away from the battlefield in Burma.
In Chairman Chiang's view, the British had already fled, and the Americans had no intention of sending troops directly. It was impossible to defeat the Japanese army in Burma with the 600,000 to 70,000 defeated soldiers of the expeditionary force alone, so the counterattack could only be self-defeating.
Chairman Chiang does not like to see the entire expeditionary force annihilated in the Burmese battlefield following this lunatic Yue Weihan.
Yue Weihan ignored Luo Zhuoying, just raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said loudly: "Start checking the watch now, the time is 7:25 in the morning."
Dai Anlan, Hu Xianqun, Zhu Maozhen and other chief officials immediately began to compare notes.
In response to the good watch, Yue Weihan immediately ordered: "At 7:30, the artillery regiment started shelling; at 8:00, the artillery regiment extended its firing, the tank regiment launched an attack from the front of the Japanese army, and the 600 regiment followed up on foot; when the tank regiment launched the attack
At the same time, the engineering regiment began to repair the road, and once the road was repaired, the artillery regiment quickly moved forward."
Opposite Meng Gong, the war room of the Japanese 33rd Division.
The commander of the 33rd Division, Lieutenant General Sakurai Shozo, was standing in front of the map with his swords in both hands. A dozen combat staff at the division headquarters were nervously working on the map. The huge red arrow was very close to Meng Meng.
Arched, Shozo Sakurai is very sure that Meng Gong will be covered with a red arrow by this afternoon at the latest.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!" Colonel Murata, Chief of Staff of the 33rd Division, strode to Shozo Sakurai's side. He immediately put his feet back and stood at attention, saying, "The 215th Infantry Regiment's attack is not going well. Should we postpone the attack until our division
Will we attack after the regiment's mountain artillery wing and search wing arrive?"
"That's not necessary." Sakurai Shozo waved his hand and said calmly, "Order the 215th Regiment to strengthen the attack."
"Hai!" Teacher Murata lowered his head suddenly and was about to turn around to leave when a deafening and huge explosion suddenly came from the front line. Teacher Murata listened for a moment, then his expression changed drastically, "Your Excellency, the division commander, it seems
It’s an American 150mm caliber field heavy howitzer group!”
"What, a heavy artillery group!?" Sakurai Shosan's expression suddenly changed.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!" Professor Murata said anxiously, "Will you order the troops to move to defense?"
"Bagagaru!" Sakurai Province slapped Mr. Murata in the face and said angrily, "Since the China Army has a group of large-caliber field heavy howitzers, wouldn't it be like waiting to be bombed if it switches to defense at this time? The Imperial Army
Only by strengthening the offensive and striving to break through the China Army's defense line in the shortest time can we eliminate the threat of China's heavy artillery group!"
After saying this, Shozo Sakurai said again: "Order the 215th Regiment to attack!"
"Hai!" Professor Murata lowered his head suddenly, then walked away with his saber in hand.
Forward position.
The attack position of the 215th Japanese Infantry Regiment is being violently bombarded by Japanese troops!
The Expeditionary Force Artillery Regiment has a total of 24 150mm caliber field heavy howitzers. The lethality of this thing is much greater than the Japanese 70mm caliber 92 Infantry Artillery or the 75mm caliber field artillery. Even the Japanese 105mm caliber
Field artillery is far from comparable to it.
The 150mm caliber artillery shell fell and exploded into a large piece!
Anyone within 10 meters from the center of the explosion, whether they are humans, animals or steel equipment, will be torn into pieces by the air waves. People and animals within 20 meters will not be killed by the fragments, but will be shocked to death alive. Within 50 meters, they will be killed by the fragments.
The force is enough to penetrate any human body. Once it hits a vital point, it is basically useless.
24 150mm-caliber heavy guns carry out cluster bombardment, the power can be imagined!
In addition, the Japanese army went directly into the attack after arriving at Meng Gong, and there was no time to build decent anti-artillery fortifications. When the Japanese army started shelling, the Japanese soldiers could not even find a place to hide. After two rounds of artillery fire, they launched an attack.
The battlefield was already littered with the broken legs and bodies of Japanese soldiers, and many Japanese soldiers who were seriously injured but still alive were wailing miserably.
"Whoosh, whoosh..." The shrill scream of shells pierced the sky again, followed immediately by continuous huge explosions.
A Japanese soldier was cut directly from the waist by a high-speed rotating fragment. The lower half stayed in place, but the upper half flew more than ten meters away. After landing, he miraculously did not lose his breath. He screamed like a killing pig while trying his best.
He crawled back, trying to retrieve the fallen half of his body and put it back on his body, but he only climbed less than two meters before the Japanese soldier died of anger.
A Japanese soldier jumped into the crater before the shell hit the ground. A shell exploded less than ten meters away from him. Miraculously, the Japanese soldier was not killed by the fragments, but was buried alive by the soil raised by the explosion.
By the time the nearby Japanese soldiers arrived to dig out the bomb crater, the Japanese soldier had already been dead for a long time.
The headquarters of the 215th Japanese Infantry Regiment also came under artillery fire.
When Colonel Harada, the commander of the wing, struggled to climb out of the ruins of the collapsed headquarters, he saw that the deputy captain and several combat staff members of the wing had all been killed. The shocked Colonel Harada had no time to take a breath.
The officer hurriedly came to the front, suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Majesty, Colonel, there is an urgent message from the division and regiment headquarters!"
Harada took the telegram in a hurry, and after reading it in a hurry, he suddenly looked miserable.
The next moment, Harada Dong suddenly drew out his saber and raised it forward with all his strength. Then he roared at the top of his lungs: "Flag soldiers, order all the brigade to attack on all fronts! Attack..."
The flag carrier quickly conveyed Harada's order.
The next moment, the Japanese soldiers who had been hiding from the artillery fire on the battlefield turned over and jumped up one after another, and began a desperate charge.
The 215th Japanese Infantry Regiment is worthy of being an elite soldier who fought on the Chinese battlefield. Even though it suffered a devastating bombardment from the Japanese heavy artillery group, the organization and formation of each infantry brigade were not in chaos. Although the Japanese soldiers
They suffered heavy casualties, but their morale was still not greatly weakened, and their fighting spirit still remained!
More than two thousand Japanese soldiers rushed forward quickly in the face of fierce artillery fire. In less than a moment, they rushed hundreds of meters and were about to break into the Japanese position. However, there was still silence in front. The Japanese soldiers thought that the Japanese soldiers were already there.
He ran away under the cover of artillery fire, and suddenly became more and more excited, screaming and continuing to charge forward.
Harada Tong held his saber high and took the lead in stepping onto the *** position!
Looking around, there was indeed no one on the *** position. Harada was overjoyed. He originally thought that the 215th Regiment would be collectively crushed on the battlefield in northern Myanmar today, but he did not expect that the battle situation would take a 180-degree turn.
, the Chinese *** team with the advantage of artillery fire actually ran away, these cowardly Chinese troops, haha!
But soon, the smile on Harada Dong's face froze.
Dozens of huge steel chariots suddenly emerged from the jungle ahead. They lined up in a row, spitting out billowing black smoke from their tails, and rolled towards the Japanese army with overwhelming force. At this moment, Harada clearly understood
I felt that the ground beneath my feet was shaking violently. The Imperial Japanese Army was in trouble, in big trouble!