Chapter 345
Although the early offensive of the Indian army was blocked, Liao Mingyu was not worried about it. On the contrary, he was happy to witness the legendary Battle of Hukang River Valley.
After all, it has brought together the preparations of Britain, the United States and China in the past two years, and the troops stationed in India have reached their peak in terms of weapons and equipment and overall combat power.
This vanguard 112th Regiment is the best proof. He was surrounded by enemies five times more than he had in the valley basin but was not afraid. The Japanese chewed for a few days but had no choice. Instead, they were attacked by the American fighter jets and suffered several counterattacks, causing a lot of losses.
In the past two days, Smith's supplies were sent to the front line one after another, just because of the huge amount of transportation, but there was some inconvenience. Fortunately, Wei Lihuang promised him to surrender unconditionally and fully support the logistics supply of the Third Division, and the entire Yunnan Expeditionary Force logistics system was helping to run errands.
"My goodness, God of Wealth brings back so many things, good guy..."
Looking at the cart of weapons and ammunition, Kang Ya couldn't help but sigh. The things we came here this time were relatively single, but I was all in short supply on the front line.
"Brother Kang, you can take your brothers to unload this batch first. After the statistics are completed, I will be able to go to the front line as soon as possible. I will have to go back to Zenda, so I won't stay for too long."
As soon as the convoy of the transport regiment arrived in Wanding, Zhao Gongming hurriedly found Kang Ya. After the matter was explained clearly, he immediately rushed back to Zenda because there were still a lot of supplies waiting for him to pull them.
Most of these supplies were transported from Dali and Kunming, and were concentrated until Chanda and then Zhao Gongming took people to transport them back.
"Feng San! What's the matter with the help of Qikanzheng? Ask someone to come and move quickly."
"Oh! Yes, come soon..."
Commander Kangda's "human body shocked" his subordinates acted promptly when they saw this.
Now the Third Division has been initially completed the conversion to mechanization. In addition to the vehicles exchanged by Liao Mingyu from the system, Wei Lihuang also gave him a lot. In addition to the seized from the Japanese, the entire division owned nearly a thousand motor vehicles and countless mules and horses.
A large number of vehicles require a large number of drivers and logistics auxiliary soldiers. A group of veteran drivers led by Kang Ya are also training drivers at full speed. They do not require much precision as long as they can drive normally. After all, experience is accumulated slowly in practice.
At present, the entire transportation regiment has more than 1,000 drivers, and the total number has exceeded 4,000. The troops are a bit bloated, so Liao Mingyu had no choice but to split them into two regiments.
The first transport regiment led by Zhao Gongming continued to be responsible for the army's logistics supply transportation. Their task was to send things to the front line from the rear military stockpiling department.
Kang Ya led two thousand people to form the Second Transport Regiment, mainly responsible for the statistics and allocation of materials, as well as helping infantry deliver them to the battlefield quickly.
In the past two days, the transportation troops worked overtime and kept shuttled on the Yunnan-Burma Highway, sending countless equipment and ammunition to Wancheng and Nankan.
The soldiers of the supplementary regiment have been in place, and the Third Regiment and the Second Regiment are also catching up on time to replenish the lost source of troops. All aspects have orderly restored the combat effectiveness of the troops, but behind this calmness is murderous intent.
"It's been three days, why is the 200th Division still in Laibe Mountain? Is the tank maintenance team I sent to have no effect at all?"
In the Wanding Frontier Command, Liao Mingyu slapped a telegram heavily on the table, staring at the division headquarters with cold eyes.
Seeing that sharp gaze swept over, everyone was one of the lieutenants whispering, "The t26 crew often broke down...it was mainly because the engine and internal parts were aging, and the Allied maintenance personnel were helpless about this problem. Moreover, there were some sporadic Japanese soldiers near the Laibe Mountains, and they often carried out sneak attacks and ambushing..."
Although the 200th Division owns many wheeled trucks, the infantry did not dare to lose the tank and run first. Since entering Myanmar, the T26 has not stopped being defective. After repairing this one and the one broke, the other went wrong. After not taking two steps, the other one had problems.
Moreover, there were still many Japanese strongholds from Wanding to Lashio that had not had time to clear them, especially the number of them on the necessary roads in Laibe Mountain. At that time, in order to quickly conceal the marches, the first regiment almost broke into pieces and quickly interspersed, and did not pay much attention to these Japanese devils.
But the huge 200th Division is different. They have been targeted by the Japanese army for a long time. Although the other party cannot compete with it head-on, it is still easy to fight, ambush and bleed behind the scenes.
When Liao Mingyu heard this, he also had a headache. It seems that he underestimated the impact of the Myanmar battlefield on the armored troops.
Indeed... This tank from the early 1930s has been in China for ten years. Its performance is quite good, but it cannot withstand the rough treatment of the national army. The inadequate maintenance and maintenance of long-term services has also greatly reduced its service life.
In addition, the harsh and humid climate in Southeast Asia has a great impact on this tank before World War II, which is also one of the reasons for frequent t26 failures.
To put it bluntly, the engine needs to be overhauled and maintained for a certain period of time, but where can I have time to do that on the battlefield? I can only use emergency methods to overcome the difficulties first.
The people of the 200th Division even dragged the troops in front with armored vehicles and trucks, but this still slowed down the entire team. Coupled with the harassment of the Japanese army, the troops were advancing at a speed.
Liao Mingyu had a gloomy face and didn't say anything. He was pressing another piece of paper under his hands, which was a telegram for help sent by Long Wencheng.
The staff of the Planning Division, who were guarding Lashio, mixed opinions, and some felt that since the team's ammunition was exhausted and their support was not in place, it would be better to destroy the materials and withdraw from Lashio now to ensure that the entire team did not suffer major losses.
Some people also believe that Lashio, as an important town in northern Myanmar, is connected by railways and highways, is itself an important transportation location, and its geographical location is particularly important.
Now that the first regiment has taken the lead, it is necessary to try every means to defend Lashio and wait for the arrival of subsequent troops, so that the entire battle situation can be opened, otherwise the main forces entering Myanmar will be at risk of being attacked from both sides.
The two groups of people argued endlessly about this. In fact, Liao Mingyu was more inclined to have a second opinion. After all, he gave up the territory he captured so much that he might pay a greater price to fight again in the future.
It would be fine if it was generally a place, but he still understood the principle of losing land by saving people. But the location of Lashio is so important that even if you pay a certain price, you must keep it firmly in your hands.
Chapter completed!