After careful consideration, Mudaguchi Ryokawa also answered the five questions raised by Kawabian Masazo: "1: Use the 54th and 55th Divisions to control the direction of Ajip, and firmly block the British army's possible landing operations to defend the left wing security of Impal's combat.

2: The three divisions have sufficient troops to be used for Impal operations, and there is no need to increase troops. Once the Impal Battle is victorious, it will not only not bring adverse consequences to Myanmar's defense, but will also cut off the logistics supply line of the Chinese army in the north and bring great benefits to Myanmar's defense.

3: It is recommended that our air force fully invest in Impal's operations and form an air superiority against the enemy in a local area of ​​Impal.

4: There may be a lack of supplies, but I believe that the Great Japanese Imperial Army can overcome it with spirit and will.

5: Provide enough supplementary troops for the 18th Division to block the attack of the Chinese army to protect the security of Impal's right wing."

It should be said that Mudaguchi Ryo's reply was a bit irrelevant, especially the fourth one... The solution to the lack of supply actually depends on spirit and will.

But this does make sense in the Japanese army, so Kawabian Masato finally agreed.

So the Japanese army launched an attack on India from north of the Aragan Mountains with three divisions of 15,31,33, and two armored wings and the main force of the aviation division. They even planned to use Inpal as the foothold of Boss in India and establish a puppet regime, and then use this as a base to continue to control the surrounding areas and introduce war into India.

Mudaguchi Ryokawa was even having his own dreams, thinking that under the inspiration of the "Indian National Army" led by Boss, Indian people would rise up like the Burmese people to cooperate with the Japanese army in battle.

But what he, including other Japanese people, did not know is that ******* visited India not long ago, and during the visit, ******* had a long talk with Gandhi and reached a consensus... China and India cooperated together to work hard to defeat the fascism.

Because Gandhi had a great influence in the country, and the Indians had a kind of "obedience" in their bones, they lacked national sentiment like Myanmar, Vietnam and other countries, the situation that the Japanese army expected was purely a paper talk.

The Japanese army's tactics at the beginning of the Battle of Impal were still extremely clever.

They used a means of striking the east and attacking the west, and first launched a fierce offensive against the British and Indian troops stationed in western Bangladesh (Note: This offensive is known in history as the Second Battle of Ajip). In this battle, the Japanese army easily surrounded the British and Indian 7th Division, which was not strong in combat, and advanced to the strategic location of Chittagong.

The British army did not expect that the Japanese army would launch an attack from this direction, and in order to protect Chittagong, they had to send troops to reinforce... So among the three armies stationed in Impal, the 15th Army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, was hurriedly transferred to Chittagong.

This caused a gap in the defense of the British army in the direction of Impal. So the Japanese army easily crossed the Qindun River and launched a real attack on Impal with lightning speed.

In other words, when crossing the Qindun River, Mutaguchi Ren also made a ridiculous mistake... In order to make up for the shortcomings of supply difficulties, he actually ordered the soldiers to drive tens of thousands of cattle and sheep collected from the Burmese people across the Qindun River and head to Impal.

This trick should have been learned by Mudaguchi Ryo from Genghis Khan.

The characteristic of Genghis Khan's combat is that cavalry interspersed the enemy in a deep way without much supplies. In addition to "fighting with war", these cavalry survived, which is to seize the enemy's materials as supplies. When the Qinghuang was not in contact with him, there was another way, that is, to drive cattle, sheep and horses to accompany him.

This does not mean that cattle and horses can be slaughtered and eaten, but that these livestock "eat grass and milk." Genghis Khan's elite cavalry unit is often a cavalry carrying several mares. If he is really thirsty and hungry during the march, he will go to the mare to drink horse milk. It is said that this will allow the Mongolian cavalry to fight for more than ten days without supplies.

Mudaguchi Ryoko was also very inspired by this tactic, so he asked the soldiers to take cattle and sheep to the battlefield with them and ordered the soldiers not to slaughter these cattle and sheep for consumption until they were absolutely not allowed to be killed.

But modern warfare is no better than ancient wars, and the Japanese were not Mongolians... All the Mongolians were masters of animal husbandry. They knew how to control groups of animals. Although the Japanese might have raised several cattle and sheep, it would be really difficult for them to let them control tens of thousands of animals.

So when the British plane saw the wonder below, it only dived and then fired rows of bullets, which scared the cattle and sheep running around the mountains and fields. No matter how the Japanese baggage soldiers chased and shouted, it would be useless.

Most of the Japanese army were mentally prepared for the situation of being faced with a shortage of supplies. When the commander of the 31st Division, Sato Division, said, "Everyone, we are going to start crossing the Qindun River tonight. Before that, I have something to explain to you, please listen carefully! As long as no miracles happen, your lives will be lost in the upcoming battle. However, if you don't fall under the bullet, most of you will starve to death in the Alagan Mountains. Please be mentally prepared!"

In the end, the Battle of Impal was indeed as what Masazo Hebang and the Japanese army themselves were worried. They were not defeated by the British planes and cannons, but by the lack of supplies... Although the hungry Japanese soldiers showed amazing combat power. However, when they reached the door of Impal's house, they were already at the end of their strength and no longer had the strength to take a step forward.

Therefore, the so-called "Impal Victory" of the British was actually a narrow victory, and it was a narrow victory with the Chinese army and the US air support.

But the situation is a little different now.

Because Zhang Chi knew one thing... When attacking Impal, the Japanese army actually had the opportunity to "put food for the enemy". The British army was hurriedly transferred to Chittagong, which caused a gap in defense, which promptly made the Japanese army to quickly penetrate the rear of the British army. However, due to unknown conditions, there was only one brigade of interspersed troops. As a result, after occupying two British stations, they could only watch the British army's thousands of cars and a large number of artillery and ammunition fleeing. Later, the British army even recaptured the Japanese station, burning 1,200 cars, a large number of ammunition, gasoline, food and other items to ashes.
Chapter completed!