Iida Shojiro happily drank the sake in his glass and glanced at Major General Ohno Nanichi, whose facial expression was like a playing card. Before Ohno Nanichi was transferred to the Southern Army, he worked in the China Section of the General Staff Headquarters and studied systematically in Germany.

Cross-mountain tactics, and served for one year in the German Wehrmacht Alpine Infantry Battalion. Compared with special operations and armor tactics, the Japanese Army Headquarters showed better performance in mountain tactics.

I have a strong interest in the spiritual almighty tactics advocated by the Japanese. Mountain tactics can indeed play a certain role, especially on the Chinese battlefield with changeable terrain. Ohno Nanichi was a hero who had no use before, but Terauchi knows people and makes good use of them.

However, Shouichi discovered the rare talent of Ohno Nanichi. Myanmar's special terrain of multiple tropical rainforests and Hengduan mountains is very suitable for Ohno Nanichi to develop his expertise.

Ohno Nanichi is very much in favor of Shojiro Iida's combat plan, because the key to the latter part of this combat plan lies in whether the Ohno detachment under his command can successfully attack Myitkyina and quickly capture the Chinese Expeditionary Force's logistics supply base in one fell swoop.

, and cut off the return route of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, forcing it to fight a decisive battle with insufficient ammunition and resources.

Iida Shojiro was celebrating the success of the battle with the division commanders. It can be said that this move has made many Japanese officers and generals very disgusted. The soldiers at the front are fighting bloody battles. The situation between the enemy and ourselves in the battle with the ancients is still unclear.

, as the commander, he hurriedly led a large group of geishas to summon the division commanders who were supposed to be in command positions to have fun? It seems like

As uncertain as the current war situation is, the new division, which is the absolute main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, appears to be very strange in its defense of the ancient city. The high ground to the east of the city can be described as a deep trench and fortress, while the south and north of the city are the most suitable.

The old city where street fighting was fought was completely abandoned? The 55th Division attacking from the west of the city encountered unprecedented heavy artillery fire.

The New 1st Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is one of the few units in the Chinese army with honorary call signs. The Heroic Division was obtained by the unit when it was stationed in Nanchang. The organization of this unit has always been a problem for the Japanese intelligence department.

A mystery, because Gao Fei’s division level

The unit strength ranged from 18,000 to 30,000. This time, the New 1st Division, which was stuck in the ancient city, easily gave up its surrounding positions? Moreover, it even gave up most of the old city. By the time of the battle, even the Chinese defenders

The main defense direction is not clear yet?

Are you eager to celebrate under such circumstances? Although everyone knows very well that the initial goal of this operation is not to annihilate the New 1st Division guarding Tonggu, but to destroy and cut off the supply base of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Myitkyina.

who returned home

Route, this is the core point of this operation. Once the Ono detachment succeeds in the surprise attack, the main force of the 15th Army will immediately conquer Tonggu, advance on the east and west fronts, and divide and surround the Chinese Expeditionary Force's entry into Myanmar to defeat them.

Ammo and supplies

With its retreat route cut off, the Chinese Expeditionary Force will definitely choose to return to the country through mountains and virgin jungles or withdraw to India. If the Chinese Expeditionary Force withdraws to the southwest, it will have to concentrate at least four divisions to follow and attack, and attack the southwest in one fell swoop to establish a bridgehead.

In order to jointly attack Chongqing on two fronts, completely resolve all the major wars on the Chinese battlefield, invest the main force in the Far East, and implement large-scale and long-term public security operations throughout the entire occupied area of ​​China, in conjunction with the enlightenment of kings and emperors, etc.

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Shojiro Iida actually kept one thing secret from his subordinates for the time being, that is, the 1st and 4th Guards Divisions have already boarded the ship and will complete the landing in Yangon in less than a week. This can be said to be a secret within the temple.

Your Excellency, General Shou Yi, will give you the most favorable support.

As for these two divisions, Shojiro Iida planned to use them in the breakthrough on the east and west fronts, making it possible to deliver an annihilating blow to the Chinese Expeditionary Force in one fell swoop.

Shojiro Iida was enjoying singing, dancing and delicacies, while the battle on Old Bell Tower Street was in full swing under the bombardment of heavy artillery. High-explosive grenades fired by the Type 96 150mm field heavy howitzers equipped by the Japanese army were flying near Old Bell Tower Street.

Falling, the earth is pounding with heavy artillery fire

Trembling under the fierce shelling, tall smoke columns rose into the sky. The Chinese garrison officers and soldiers closed their eyes and opened their mouths slightly, squatting in the fortifications waiting for the end of the shelling. Except for support points and firepower points, ordinary fortifications were very

It was difficult to withstand direct hits from Japanese heavy artillery grenades.

If you are hit, it can be said that you have won a big prize. All the officers and soldiers in a bunker will not be spared. Although the Japanese artillery bombardment was fierce, it did not last long, because before this, the Japanese army had used heavy artillery in conjunction with bombing to carry out multiple rounds of bombardment in the old city.

A large-scale bombardment, purely from the perspective of the artillery effect, without accurate coordinates and covering firepower, the consumption of ammunition is very huge, which makes the Japanese who are stingy by nature very intolerable.

After the Japanese heavy artillery fire extended, Geng Jingbin did not immediately order the troops to enter the position. Sure enough, about five minutes later, the Japanese infantry all fell down after advancing about a hundred meters, and the Japanese mountain artillery fired another round of fierce

of shelling.

Explosions one after another turned the entire Old Bell Tower Street upside down. Shrapnel flying indiscriminately made a sharp whistling sound in the air. The thick smoke corresponded to the deathly silence of the Chinese garrison positions. The 75mm caliber mountain field guns

The shelling seemed to be extremely violent, but everyone knew that it was just an attempt to kill the Chinese troops entering the position. This trick of spacing out shellings was played by the Japanese and also by the Chinese.

The smoke from the shelling had not yet cleared. The 113th Infantry Regiment and the 55th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army sent out an infantry brigade. Under the cover of smoke grenades fired by heavy mortars, they began to swarm towards the Chinese defenders' positions.

At the end of the day, completely different from the alternating cover and tactical implementation during the first attack, the Japanese soldiers lined up in a dense formation, holding bayonets with shining cold lights, running as fast as possible and swarming in like a sprint.

The Japanese troops in a group that had tried to attack before had all lost contact after a fierce exchange of fire after climbing over the blocking wall. The Japanese troops were obviously well prepared for this attack and began to use frontal containment, looking for a breakthrough from the left and right wings.

As the Chinese defenders opened fire with light and heavy machine guns, a blood dance suddenly broke out in the Japanese offensive formation. The Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and died like cutting wheat.

The streets were immediately filled with the corpses of Japanese officers and soldiers, and the blood seeped into the soil. The Japanese soldiers who followed swarmed over the corpses of the officers and soldiers in front and struggled to advance. However, in the face of fierce firepower blockage from the Chinese defenders, the Japanese attacking troops were discharged.
Chapter completed!