Chapter 1001 Tropical Thunder (21) Comprehensive breakthrough!(1/2)
To be honest, Terauchi Juichi did not expect that his order this time would be executed so decisively and quickly, which was very different from the usual Japanese officers' self-willed and self-righteous style. MacArthur and Alexander were so angry one after another.
Asked, he himself was a little dazed.
The celebrities contacted various divisions and found that all of them had withdrawn. Even the part that was confronting the South China Sea Fleet Marine Corps did not even dare to stay in Vietnam. They just rushed to Cambodia and withdrew, without any traces along the way.
No intention of stopping.
Yamashita Fengwen still had some moral integrity. Although the surroundings were filled with smoke and fierce fire, he still stayed at the headquarters and sent some engineers to help put out the fire. However, it seemed that it was a drop in the bucket. Unless there was a heavy rain, he would rely on manpower... waiting for half of Vietnam to be burned.
Let's make it white.
But even so, he also made the three half-disabled divisions retreat significantly, and asked the Guards Division to come forward to meet them, and try to hold up the Lang Son defense line as much as possible. As for the rear, he couldn't control it. However,
Come to think of it, a large number of mines have been laid from the Red River Port to the bay, and we won't be able to get in for a while.
The troops that originally attacked Jinghong from northern Thailand decisively stopped advancing and even withdrew most of their troops from the strategic location of Jingdong, leaving only some symbolic warnings and forget about trying to block them.
What Juichi Terauchi didn't expect the most was Takeuchi Hiroshi and the commander of the 15th Army, Shojiro Iida. They had previously vowed to "invade China, avenge their shame, and not withdraw their troops until they occupied Yunnan." They even arrived.
At this time, these two guys are still dreaming of making great contributions, being promoted to generals, and entering the upper echelons of the empire... Damn it, the Japanese Empire is almost over, so they haven't forgotten to fight for power!
Unexpectedly, even they withdrew. This thing went smoothly and unexpectedly!
Terauchi Shouichi did not feel the slightest bit ashamed, and even felt a little bit sincerely gratified at the quick actions of all the people - after so many years, the imperial generals were finally able to control the mid-level and lower-level officers and troops who were like wild horses. This was
What an achievement!
As for tricking the British and American bastards, that was his original intention! If he doesn't create some problems for you to see, those bastards won't really value the existence and value of the Imperial Warriors, and then they will do things that are not reliable.
Spectacular actions are deceiving!
In fact, Juichi Terauchi also ignored how big a blow Japan's Lu Shen had brought to the people of the entire country.
Unlike Tojo Hideki and his gang who stayed at home and continued to go crazy, these generals and soldiers who came out to fight were actually already desperate in their hearts.
The education they received since childhood all preached that Japan was "in danger" and extremely unsafe, so they had to desperately occupy North Korea, attack China, and seize the stable mainland. This resulted in a cultural tendency of collective self-destruction.
, has become something deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and accumulated more and more.
As a result, when the great earthquake broke out, the first reaction in the minds of most old people was: "The strength of the Yamato nation is exhausted."
Yes, they, who think they have inherited Chinese culture, especially believe in this. Without the blessing of their ancestors and Amaterasu, the eternal line of emperors is about to be cut off. Without local existence, they have become rootless floats.
Ping, don't worry about how the foreign devils deceive you. In their hearts, they no longer have the same crazy desire to expand.
In the past, ordinary soldiers could still miss their hometown after being out for a long time. Now that their hometown is gone, young people are all kinds of discouraged. Older officers, although they are still fierce and brave in battle, are actually just wailing in the form of a bereaved dog.
That's all.
In their bones, the ferocious and violent nature of the Japanese still drives them to fight with the mentality of "holding a support until death". Rather than a hopeful bloody sacrifice...
Therefore, time has changed, and many things are no longer based on one person's will. Terauchi Touichi accidentally made such a move, and inadvertently made it possible for the front-line troops to be unable to attack for a long time, and their energy was frustrated.
It is very suitable to be able to withdraw and repair the risk of possible collapse.
As for the issue of trapping British and American ghosts and losing ground, that is not within the scope of consideration.
The Japanese's deep-rooted national character of "everyone clearing their own troubles", "not causing trouble to others", and automatically and consciously obeying the orders of superiors without easily questioning them is too paranoid. They can't even imagine the crisis it will bring.
Not out!
Terauchi Juichi gave Alexander a vague answer, his tone saying "I don't know the situation very well and I need to investigate before I can draw a conclusion", which made the British gentleman so angry that his lungs were about to explode!
The Lord threw down the phone and tore off his disguise as a gentleman. He pulled out his cane and sword, swung it wildly and slashed, roaring: "I want to duel with him! Damn the Japanese devils, it is simply unforgivable! How can this happen in the world?"
What a bastard nation, we should not have tolerated them in the first place..."
The subordinates rushed forward to seize the rapier and held down the boss. They were not afraid that he would really go to the old devil to duel, but that he would hurt himself! You are so old, what can you do wrong?
The broken iron pieces are dancing wildly. Who can fight better than the Japanese bandit leader who spent the winter with bare legs since he was a child? You should quickly think of a way to plug the big hole in front of you!
The Japanese were not afraid of boiling water, so Alexander had no choice but to find MacArthur to urgently discuss what to do. The corn cob pipe that Old Mac chewed squeaked, and he sighed with a broken brow: "We can only let our troops go up first! No matter what
Why, we can't let the Chinese come over, once we cross the most important line of defense, we will be completely passive!"
Pushing it up? Alexander felt a bitter taste in his mouth. This meant that those precious British soldiers under his command would inevitably suffer a large number of casualties, but today's British Empire cannot afford it!
Tens of thousands of people cannot afford it. This is the current situation facing Britain. But Alexander remembered that before setting off, Churchill repeatedly told him to try his best to ensure that all the boys went home in one piece. He guaranteed the ticket, and he could
Why can't it be done? It's hard to say. Bullets don't have eyes on the battlefield. It's safest to stay behind, but now...
The two old guys were furiously trying to find a way to go. On the other hand, after Zhu Bin unexpectedly received various reports, he also felt it was quite strange. After following the investigation, he found that things were getting weirder and weirder.
"What is this for? Playing to lure the enemy deep in? It doesn't look like it! If they really want to use that move, the coalition forces should lay out a large number of ambushes in the main mountains and dangerous areas of dense forests. Wait until they get past this part and then attack from both inside and outside. This is
Righteousness. It doesn’t say that everything will be lost as soon as you run away!”
Bai Chongxi was puzzled. He had never seen such a fight in his life.
It makes sense to say that those on the front in Vietnam suffered heavy casualties and had no reinforcements, so they had to retreat strategically to avoid their sharp edges. What about the front in Yunnan? The two sides fought fiercely for more than half a month, but the real casualties were far from the level of broken bones.
, he actually ran faster than here, what kind of conspiracy are you planning?
Zhu Bin laughed disapprovingly: "No matter what tricks they are playing, we just need to advance steadily according to the established strategy! In any case, I do not advocate letting the troops fall into the tropical jungle and hide and seek with them. We have defended the line.
Let the Navy and Air Force handle the rest!"
Tropical jungle warfare is the least interesting thing in his opinion. There is no large-scale formation of troops. There is no salvo of tens of thousands of artillery, and there is no torrent of steel sweeping through. There are just small-scale conflicts. You come and I don't even make a big move.
It’s boring!
If it were not for the provocation by the coalition of powers, Zhu Bin would not even allow the third theater to launch an attack. Even though there are a lot of millions of people, they would be packed into the Indochina Peninsula in batches and not cause much trouble! The Japanese are not stupid. Disadvantage
Under this situation, they will not easily engage in a frontal and dignified formation.
"However, the strategic points still need to be stood down. Since they have given up, we don't have to be polite! Myitkyina, Lashio, and Jingdong, these three forward bases must be in our hands. Going forward, it depends.
It depends.”
At least on the front of Myanmar, with these three bridgeheads, taking Mandalay will be a sure thing. I believe that with strong armed forces, it will not be too troublesome to defeat the enemy in front of them.
Zhu Bin had carefully calculated that with that level of depth, he could completely ensure the smooth supply of supplies from within the country. It would be better to bring the war to the enemy's area than to fight at the door of his own home, right?
So how to deal with the coalition forces next? Bai Chongxi knows without thinking, it must be the strategic troops mobilized by Zhu Bin! Those bastards just turned northern Vietnam into a sea of fire, but this year due to the Japanese earthquake and volcanic eruption, the climate is abnormal
, the rain that was supposed to rain didn’t fall even once, God made him an accomplice, what a disaster for the Japanese and Japanese!
In the dry season in Vietnam, it doesn’t really rain. There is still about 20% of the annual rainfall. But this year is special. I guess the eyes of the coalition forces are blue in anticipation, right?
Without being greedy for success and having no interest in taking advantage of the situation, the war quickly developed in a direction that the coalition forces could not guess at all.
In northern Myanmar, three members of the Central Army faction who finally caught the opportunity to go berserk attacked violently in three directions. On the same day, they each defeated a small number of enemies and occupied nodes one by one.
The troops on the right, Liao Yaoxiang's troops, crushed a British regiment, and then advanced quickly with light equipment. In the evening, they fought ten kilometers away and started a field battle with half a brigade of enemy troops from Myitkyina!
After all, the British army had the advantage of the home field. They had built a large number of fortifications on the edge of the Malikai River early on, which was also intended to prevent the Japanese from rebelling. Many of the gun forts were originally facing the traffic chokepoints...
In addition, the brigade is also equipped with a battalion of tanks. However, the Matilda 2 tank, which only has a 40mm main gun, has armor-breaking power that is not even as good as the "Wild Badger" infantry fighting vehicle that uses special armor-piercing projectiles.
So the two opponents, whose weights were completely disproportionate, collided so gorgeously!
The sky was dark, and the British troops who were still defending were warned by the headquarters and realized that what they were about to face might not just be a small group of Chinese assault troops. There would definitely be more people coming from behind. Apart from complaining, they could only
You can risk your life to get on top of it!
The Matilda 2 tanks were gathered together and divided into two groups, each set up on the flanks of the position. When the first "Wild Badger" infantry fighting vehicle appeared in front of them spewing shells and bullets, they thought there was a cheap British guy to choose from.
He rushed out recklessly!
The British have never seen how awesome Chinese tanks are. The Japanese and Americans did share some information, but there were too few real objects, and the arrogant British people didn't take it seriously, especially when they saw the "Wild Badger" which was less than 10 tons.
With a thin body, he felt that his family was a beef-eating big man. Bullying them was like squeezing his little daughter-in-law to death? He rushed up aggressively.
But the John Bulls didn't notice that their tank's maximum speed was only a pitiful 25 kilometers per hour, and it couldn't fire while moving, and it couldn't aim accurately even if it was under a black light. If they just rushed forward, they might be able to use the 27-ton weight to find some bargains.
No matter how bad the "Wild Badger" infantry fighting vehicle is, it is still a fast guy that can easily reach 60 kilometers! The chassis and track system specially developed for the terrain with many mountains and rivers in the south can run rampant on the increasingly flat battlefield without any pressure! Discussion
The reaction speed of eyes is at least several times higher than that of British people!
Here Matilda 2 rushed out of the woods with a roar of billowing black smoke. The "wild badger" who opened the way turned around quickly like a wild cat. The muzzle of the gun was aimed at the tank that was jolting forward without any hesitation.
He hesitated and fired an armor-piercing bullet!
"Shit! The Chinaman actually fired first!"
The British commander's eyes were sharp and he immediately noticed the muzzle flash. However, he was rich in experience, so he immediately thought to himself: "It's just a small-caliber artillery. I heard that it is a replica of the German Pak35\36 37mm gun, which is the largest."
It is said that the armor-piercing ability cannot penetrate Matilda's frontal armor. Our outer shell has more than 75mm of armor, and its armor-piercing ability is only 50 at most..."
His thoughts couldn't fly as fast as the cannonballs. He didn't even finish the flash of thought in his mind. The cannonball "bombed" right in the front of the tank!
To be honest, the most commendable thing about Matilda is that she has thick skin and thick flesh. She has been equipped with more than 60mm of armor since the first generation. She was considered relatively ferocious and domineering in the world at that time. Her main attack weapon is relatively
It’s miserable, but you can survive it, right?
The British devils thought so in their hearts. Anyway, it was not the damn 75mm gun of the Chinese tank... But unexpectedly, it appeared so gorgeously!
The artillery shell that should have been directly deflected or made useless, but for some unknown reason, it tore open the front armor and drilled a slender black alloy armor-piercing head into the hapless commander.
After the arm was removed on the spot, it was inserted into the back and leaked something.
The high-temperature fragments generated by the collision with the armored steel plates spattered out faster than the bullets released from the barrel, opening several holes in the thigh of the other gunner, causing blood to pour out. The guy screamed in pain!
A ball of fire broke out from the front of Matilda 2, but equipped with two engines, she still had intact power and continued to push forward firmly and stubbornly!
To be continued...