A total of more than 23,000 Japanese troops were stationed on the Pyay front line, including an independent mixed brigade of the Japanese regular army and a division of the National Liberation Army composed of Indonesians and Malaysians. In general, Koizumi Toshiichiro was the master of Southeast Asia.
The system of "using barbarians to fight barbarians" planned and established was successful. As colonized people, Indonesians and Malaysians did not have much status. At this time, the Japanese entered as liberators and took some appropriate measures to benefit the people.
, and immediately gained the allegiance of the Indonesians and Malaysians. In addition, Japan at this time was the strongest country in Asia. Koizumi promptly introduced the policy that those who accumulated certain military exploits could become Japanese nationals, and the Indonesians were immediately
and the enthusiasm of Malaysians was ignited.
As the frontline of the de facto confrontation between the Japanese and Allied forces in the Southern Peninsula, Pyay will naturally not be short of wars. However, after the Japanese army shifted its focus to Australia, the scale of the wars that occurred here was very small, and they were basically experimental.
Nature. It is worth mentioning that at the end of last year, the British organized a counterattack. In this battle, the British Army in India invested a total of 150,000 troops and dispatched one aviation division and two armored divisions. However, they
The superiority of troops failed to translate into victory. Except for a small breakthrough at the beginning, they suffered repeated defeats and were even almost cut off by the Japanese army.
After this battle, the British were completely honest and no longer dared to easily provoke war. As the war in North Africa intensified, the British government began to transfer troops from India to the North African front line. They did not even have the capital to compete with the Japanese army.
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On the Pyaoi front line, the highest commander of the Japanese army is Major General Aida Masao, and the troops directly under him are the Marine Corps, which was later formed into an independent mixed 13th Brigade. The current structure of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia is jointly controlled by the Army and the Navy. Among them, the Army is responsible for the defense of the Philippines.
, and the navy is responsible for the defense of Indonesia, Malaysia and other places, and is responsible for the strategy of Australia. Such a situation is naturally related to the battle between the army and the navy. If it were not for the failure of Koizumi Minichiro's attack on the Philippines, the Japanese army would not even have intervened.
Opportunities in Southeast Asia. As the war situation in China becomes increasingly unfavorable to Japan, Southeast Asia has actually become the most important supplier of raw materials for the Japanese military industry. For this reason, Tojo Hideki's Japanese army personnel are doing everything possible to control more
Southeast Asian territories in order to obtain more production areas of military industrial raw materials for the army.
The struggle at the top affected the unity of the troops below. So an interesting phenomenon emerged. When the war in Australia was tense and the Japanese Navy was in urgent need of elite land-based armed forces to enter the front line to improve the war situation, the Philippines' Masaharu Honma Corps was in Krabi.
They were conducting so-called "anti-landing exercises" on the ground, looking as if they were too idle.
Closer to home, precisely because of the battle between the army and navy, Koizumi Toshiichiro did not have many Japanese local troops at his disposal. Therefore, although the Piaomi Defense Line was very important, he ended up with only one brigade of local troops stationed here, and
Within this brigade, at least two brigades are actually composed of Indonesians.
There has been no major battle for a long time. Although the soldiers of the 13th Brigade formed independently by the Japanese Marine Corps have maintained daily training, the quality can be imagined. In the past, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Marine Corps was notoriously poor.
.In this time and space, although the situation has been improved due to the emergence of Koizumi. However, because the quality of its soldiers cannot be guaranteed, their level can only be deceived. The war in the country is tense, and Taiwan is captured by the Xuebing Army.
In addition, the Kwantung Army had to cooperate with Germany to launch an east-west attack on Soviet Russia... All of the above have increased the demand for fresh blood in the Japanese Army, and also made Tojo Hideki have an extremely tight control over the domestic reserves. The Japanese Navy wanted to
To expand the Marine Corps, we can only select personnel who have been eliminated from the Army, and you can imagine their quality.
For Aida Masao, the days when he came to Piaomi were wonderful. In just half a year after he came to Piaimai, his military rank had already been promoted by two levels, from a lieutenant to the general level in one fell swoop. However, the war in Australia was tense, and the Western Expedition Fleet
When his focus on combat shifted to the South Pacific, he became the commander-in-chief of the Pyai Garrison as a major general. In fact, he was already the commander of a front army. Looking at his classmates at the same time, in terms of position and authority, he was already
He is the first person, which makes him feel complacent. However, it seems that his complacency ends here.
The rumble of cannons sounded, and Aida woke up immediately. After all, he is an officer who came from a regular military academy and has undergone rigorous training. Even if he encounters sudden changes, he can still remain calm. Getting up calmly, he first turned on the light, and then called: "Ono!
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Ono was his adjutant and lived next door to him. Ono ran in immediately, and he was still holding his military jacket in his hand, which showed that he was not as vigilant as the infantry drill required. However, Aida
Not paying attention to this, he ordered: "Go out and see what happened."
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent explosion sounded. Then, Ono, who had just stepped out of the house with one foot, turned around and exclaimed: "The fierce gunfire, Your Excellency, does not seem to be harassment."
Aida had already noticed something strange at this time. This density of shelling was only seen when the British launched a counterattack. Could it be that the British had recovered from the last setback and launched another counterattack? This thought came to mind.
, and was immediately eliminated by him. The New Delhi agency had just sent information not long ago, saying that the British were currently unable to take care of him due to the tight war in North Africa. And except for the British, who else dared to defeat the imperial army in the southern peninsula?
The French? The Thais? I believe they don’t have the guts, so the only ones are the military soldiers. Thinking of this, Aida thought of what a patrol unit reported to him yesterday, and he could no longer remain calm.
"Quick, gather the troops immediately. The Sakamoto brigade is on duty today, right? Call Major Sakamoto immediately and ask him to be more vigilant. The attackers may be Chinese people."
Aida's reaction was not unpleasant, but compared to the cannonball, he was slow.
Sun Liren and the officers of the Third Expeditionary Army under his command had made sufficient preparations to fight this battle. Although the command of the headquarters was to conduct a feint attack and then decide on the backup plan according to the situation. But for Sun Liren and the others,
He said that they all felt that their rest time had been too long and they would be rusty if they did not go to the battlefield, so they were not willing to let this opportunity go.
Sun Liren's order to the artillery unit was to continue the bombardment for half an hour, and then extend from the front line to the rear of the enemy's position for a quarter of an hour. Based on this order, Zhang Lingfu decided to take the infantry and artillery units that had been trained for a long time to the battlefield.