Chapter 710: The Unlucky British (Part 2)
However, the British God of Luck seems to have been resting these days, just like the Japanese Amaterasu missing some time ago, a regiment of the British-Indian 17th Infantry Division commanded by Skunas and the 7th Armored Brigade, and the British-Indian 7th Division, the 10th Division, the 15th Division, the 21st Division and the 29th Armored Brigade, were actually wiped out silently? The connection between the two combat clusters was interrupted except for radio? The cavalry connection between Vettelcarter and Scottivus was also interrupted. The most important thing is that the convoy of the supply troops that originally arrived in the morning still has no news yet?
The smooth battle situation became strange in an instant. Skunas immediately contacted Slim, the commander of the 14th Army, who was still in Impal. Slim was not very clear about the situation on the front line, because all the battle reports were sent to various army and even division-level troops after they were sent to Mountbatten's headquarters. This is a typical British bureaucracy, and it is also Mountbatten's own authority and absolute power. This is what Mountbatten wants to shape. The entire Allied forces suffered a crushing defeat in Southeast Asia and achieved such a brilliant victory in India. Shouldn't this be celebrated?
Mountbatten remembers that Churchill once said that the British Empire needed heroes, and he who won the victory of Impal is a hero of Great Britain? Mountbatten has even begun to choose the fabric of his own dress. Should he wear all the medals? What kind of gifts should be prepared and what to say when he met the royal family?
Obviously, Mountbatten was too optimistic, wrongly understood the characteristics of the Japanese nation, and miscalculated the situation. The Japanese army had not been injured at all, and was in a passive and gradual retreat in tactical terms, and made overall strategic adjustments. The Japanese army was not defeated, but preserved their strength and moved forward. Gao Fei judged that the Japanese fleet that arrived in the Bay of Bengal was probably carrying ammunition, materials and supplementary soldiers, not a factual retreat. The Japanese were the ones who were beaten to the death and were desperate to regret even if they smashed their heads. They took the initiative to retreat before the main force was damaged, and there must be fraud.
Sure enough, the British counterattack troops were cleverly divided and surrounded by the Japanese army in the hilly areas near Tona City. The British troops who were cut off the supply line also realized the trap they were in. So Skunas, Scott Vince, and Vettelcarter did not cooperate and broke through. Skunas and began to break through at 21 pm. The fierce fire of guns and cannons turned red. The British and Indian 17th Infantry Division, with the cooperation of the 7th Armored Brigade, launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army, and the Japanese army used rapid-fire artillery troops and meat-bomb suicide squads to specifically attack British tanks that lacked infantry cover. The Anti-Japanese Blood Sacrifice Mountains and Rivers 710
The Japanese army used mortars to fire air-detonated bombs, causing shrapnel to fall like raindrops. The British infantry, who had originally followed the tanks to attack, fell to the ground in the blood mist. Once the previous contact cover between the tanks and the infantry was cut off, especially in the dark night when they were unable to see their fingers, the British tanks were soon destroyed by the Japanese army's continuous protrusion. Although Skunas' breakthrough was supported by artillery fire, the shells carried by the two artillery battalions were quickly exhausted. Skunas was trapped in an unknown valley. Thanks to the troops' tenaciously defending several nearby commanding heights, they gave the Japanese army's head-on strike, which defeated the Japanese army's attack like a nightmare.
Skunas persisted and failed to break through less than one kilometer an hour ago. Scott Vince also launched a breakthrough operation. As a result, the fierce battle with the Japanese army was not until dawn that Vettel Carter's two Royal Rampage Revolver regiments began to break through according to the scheduled plan. In terms of breaking through, it was very obvious that Skunas, Scott Vince and Vettel Carter each had their own grudges and did not want to use it for the other party, nor did they want to cut off the back for others.
In fact, if Mountbatten is smarter, he should let Slim continue to command all counterattack forces in a unified manner, rather than letting his so-called favorite general Vettel Carter make a big splash on his own. It was Churchill's idea that he had not even commanded an infantry platoon and had not been in the trenches for a day. He always relied on the guy who boasted about his so-called achievements in bombing Africa and how to escape from the prisoner camp, and knew what combat was? What was tactical command? Churchill was much more suitable as a journalist and a politician than a soldier.
Mountbatten obeyed Churchill's orders many times. Churchill, who was far away in London, had a vicious mouth, was a big idiot, who was also a daydream of the British Empire for generations. Churchill did not understand the truth of the battlefield. Mountbatten attached importance to the smoothness of his horse boots and read the battle reports and intelligence. Many documents were reviewed by the Secretariat. Gao Fei expressed deep doubts about how the so-called famous generals of the British were born?
The victory that the British in Impal in history seems not to be too powerful, but the Japanese are too arrogant and stupid. Moreover, the British's ability to destroy bridges across rivers is unique in the world. It is the most unreasonable to cooperate with such a pig-like allies to fight without losing.
The British were in trouble, Gao Fei was the worst happy, Shen Yingxiong and others almost set off firecrackers to celebrate, but the ecstasy in their hearts could not be expressed. India is an important transit station for the British to transport materials and weapons to Africa. The British have hoarded a large number of supplies and weapons here, and Gao Fei has planned this. If Mountbatten dares to beg for him with shame, he promises to let the British peel off a few layers of skin this time. As the saying goes, it is not a husband, but a gentleman is not a gentleman. This time he must be a complete villain for the British to see what the price of treason is.
Chapter completed!