In the large conference room of the General Staff Headquarters located in the Duzhu Temple in the northwest of the city, daily war situation briefings and seminars are ongoing.
After two consecutive weeks of fighting, all fronts are progressing smoothly.
In the direction of Malaya, since the Japanese troops on the Japanese-German defense line did not send reinforcements, the First Group Army of the Central and Southern Front captured the Port of Kota Baharu on the 19th. Afterwards, the main force of the group army went directly south along the coastline and successively occupied Bazo, Pasir Fudi.
, advancing towards the Japanese and German defense lines on the 21st.
Unexpectedly, the 21st Division originally stationed on the Japanese-German defense line for fear of the Japanese army retreated on its own initiative, and was replaced by more than 2,000 Japanese troops from the Majiang Garrison, a division of the Malay Army, and more than 60,000 indigenous armed forces. The suicide attack area
For the Anjia Army, which was engaged in coordinated land and air operations and had sufficient supplies for the troops moving south along the coastline, it was basically a matter of two days and two nights of continuous fighting. The First Group Army finally overcame the Japanese and German defense lines and broke into Terengganu.
area.
On the 27th, the East Route Army successively annihilated the Japanese troops in Wuluo, Meilan, Pinlin, Lachi, Tanjong and other towns, advanced to the Terengganu River, and launched a forced crossing the next day, and once again fought with a Japanese garrison and
More than 60,000 Malay armed forces clashed violently. In the early hours of this morning, the city of Kuala Terengganu was successfully recovered.
More than 100 kilometers to the west of the First Army, as the railway between Suai Town, a border town in Narathiwat County and Pasir Mas, a town in the middle of Kelantan River, was urgently repaired and opened to traffic by engineers on the 22nd, the 10th Central and Southern Front Army Lu Shunchen
The Ninth Army Group joined the battlefield, and together with Zhang Zuying's Eleventh Army Group, formed a huge middle road cluster and moved south at high speed along the railway line that ran through the middle road of the Malay Peninsula.
On the 23rd, after paratroopers suddenly dropped into Tanah Merah and Machang towns on the upper reaches of the Kelantan River to ensure the safety of the railway bridge, the 19th Group Army used an unstoppable momentum to capture the port city of Tanah Merah in the west of the river within one day.
Cross the river with the railway bridge and defeat the enemy in Machang Town.
On the 28th, the 19th Group Army followed the railway from the Kelantan area through the Tahan Pass and entered the Cameron Highlands in the central part of the Malay Peninsula. This area is under the jurisdiction of the Malay Pahang Province. Tropical jungles are densely covered along the railway. Although the mountains are
There are many valleys and river beaches, but the altitude is generally not high. In addition, it coincides with the rainy season, continuous heavy rains and swollen rivers have brought a lot of trouble to the mechanized troops.
However, due to the support of the railway and the fact that more than ten kilometers of trees along the railway line had already been cut down by the Japanese, there was no logistical problem. Therefore, the 19th Group Army's attack speed was so fast that the Japanese behind it
The Eleventh Army has still fired a single shot at the Japanese army, so much so that Zhang Zuying complained.
As for the Western Route Army, the tenth Army of Zong Xingzhen, who was stubborn and unforgiving, rested for a day in Beihai and New Road Town, west of Penang Island, and launched an offensive against the Bukit Mertajam defense line held by the Japanese army on the 22nd.
The 10th Group Army, which became more and more successful in fighting, still demonstrated its strong offensive capabilities. It eliminated more than 4,000 Japanese troops, more than 30,000 Malay troops and nearly 120,000 Malay indigenous armed forces in one day and night, almost overwhelming the Japanese armed forces in Kedah Province.
Power cleared.
On the 25th, the Tenth Army broke through the line between Pingan Island and Mount Besa and entered Perak Province.
On the 26th, the town of Balibunta was captured, and on the 27th, the town of Bagan Serai was captured. Yesterday evening, Taiping Town also fell into the hands of the Tenth Army.
On the previous 23 days, the rear clearing operations of the Second Army of Yue Jingxian were basically completed. The entire army took a short rest and replenished its troops, then quickly moved south along the railway line. It is expected that it will replace the already exhausted troops early next month.
The Tenth Army continued to attack southward.
In northern Myanmar, starting on the 19th, Luo Lei's Fourth Group Army and Jiao Guangxu's First Mountain Group Army of the Northern Myanmar Front surrounded Mandalay City. They are currently seizing the time to stock up on siege materials and strive to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
The Fifth Army, which was originally preparing to engage in the siege of Mandalay, crossed the Irrawaddy River at Amarapura, more than 20 kilometers southwest of Mandalay, on the 20th, and then followed the railway that the Japanese army had not yet had time to destroy.
The line went from Saye and Uelai to Ruibao, an important town in northern Myanmar.
On the 26th, the Fifth Group Army, which was heading north at high speed, launched an siege operation under the leadership of its commander, Lieutenant General Bi Jumin. After two days and one night of fighting, more than 6,700 Japanese troops and 21,000 Burmese troops were wiped out.
There are 1,400 people and 70,000 indigenous armed forces. Currently, the entire army is resting and reorganizing, and will move north again in the next few days, preparing to attack the railway hub of Datse, and at the same time cut off the enemy's retreat route in Mandalay and Kyauktang Mountains.
In the central Myanmar region, the 6th Army of Weiyihang and the 21st Army of Li Zhenhan, which were responsible for fighting southward, were divided into two as the railway branched off in Suva Town, 30 kilometers south of Mandalay.
The Sha and Wendun lines go directly to the south and prepare to go eastward in late September.
The 3rd and 4th Mountain Group armies that launched the attack met in the railway hub city of Daxi, and the other group followed the railway along the Irrawaddy River to attack Muda, Velu, Nadokki, Myingyan, Jiaobodong, Ren'anqiang, etc.
The target is Pyay, the center city of the Central Railway.
Because it was a plain battle, and the Anjia Army had air superiority and a railway for supply in the rear, although the battle was very cruel, the two armies were invincible and good news came frequently. However, as the front stretched, the newly occupied areas continued to be retreated to the countryside.
Attacks by the Japanese and Burmese troops disrupted railway lines from time to time, and officers and soldiers were attacked by local indigenous suicide bombers from time to time, which affected the morale of the army to a certain extent.
In the northeastern region of India, the Second and Three Mountain Groups of the Northern Myanmar Front broke out of the Patkai Mountains on the 24th and suddenly appeared in the plain area at the mouth of the Brahmaputra River, occupying Margherita, Digboi, Dinsukiya, etc.
town, while repairing the airport, the troops divided into two groups and followed the railway to attack the southern region of Assam.
So far, the main force of the Japanese and Indian troops has not been found, and the progress is very smooth.
Looking at the battlefield in Myanmar, since the main force of the Japanese army has not appeared and the front line has been stretched too long, the overall situation is in a state of anxiety. Only after Mandalay is captured, the battle situation will gradually become clear. Now it depends on the Fourth Army and the First Army.
The mountain group army's ability to attack difficult problems has improved.
In the East India battlefield, in the area south of the Ganges River, after taking Patna City on the 18th, Liao Minlin's 7th Army and Zhou Dingcheng's 9th Army separated two motorized infantry divisions to continue sweeping away the remaining enemy forces, including the remaining two tank divisions and
Two motorized infantry divisions approached the city of Bihar.
Bihar is a city with a population of more than 100,000. Bihar is named after the city. However, with the rise of Patna, the capital of Bihar was moved to Patna. Although this area is rich in
Rice, wheat, beans, sugar cane, jute, etc. However, due to the backward production relations that are almost serfdom, it has restricted the development of Sanyanli. It is currently the poorest region in India. The city of Bihar is also dilapidated due to financial difficulties.
On the 21st, when the main force of the Anjia Army approached the city, the Japanese army fled without a fight and retreated to the southern mountainous area. In accordance with the orders issued by the Japanese army base camp, the Japanese army took away the indifferent indigenous people, and the thousands of miles of plains were deserted. It seemed that
A desolate place.
The retreat of the Japanese army was completely under the close supervision of the Anjia Army Air Force. As long as the weather allowed, the air force fleet frequently dispatched bombings to attack the fleeing people. The Japanese army, the Japanese and Indian troops and the people they held hostage died countless lives on the plains with no place to hide. It was embarrassing.
Called the Death Journey.
Unlike China, India's railway network extends in all directions. Therefore, in its attack on East India, the Anjia Army mainly focused on occupying major cities along the railway line, and then used the railway line as a branch to gradually tie up the hands and feet of the Japanese army and force them to
Submit.
Seeing that the Japanese army had no intention of engaging the Lou army for the time being, Zhang Chengzhu and Li Jinlong once again deployed Fang Jide's 14th Army on the south bank of the Ganges River, heading south from Patna City and directly into Gaya City in southern Bihar, occupying this railway center.
city, and on the 29th, they occupied the city of Cerbo on the shores of Lake Borsi to block the way out for the remaining Japanese troops who retreated into the mountains.
After handing over the defensive tasks to Category B troops, the Seventh and Ninth Group armies gathered again. The six divisions were divided into two groups, and two motorized infantry divisions advanced eastward at high speed along the railway on the south bank of the Ganges River, and occupied the city on the 28th.
Mengjier City, an important town at the northern foot of the Burkhand Mountain pass, and two other tank divisions and two motorized infantry divisions moved south from the town of Jemuyi between the Burkhand Mountain and the Bursa Mountain.
Occupied Deokr, an important city in southeastern Bihar.
The final goal of these two armies is to meet up at Jinder Nagar on the west bank of the Hooghly River, and then attack Calcutta.
On the north bank of the Ganges, Sun Desheng's Eighth Group Army and Chi Zongyuan's Thirteenth Group Army attacked each other alternately. After capturing the city of Muzaffarpur on the 18th, they rolled eastward along the railway on the north bank of the Ganges and occupied Samas on the 20th.
The city of Tipur was captured on the 22nd, the city of Delshingserai was captured, the city of Begusserai was captured on the 26th, and the city of Kgeria was captured on the 29th.
Relatively speaking, the area on the north bank of the Ganges is narrower, and the railway network is not as complicated as on the south bank, making it easier to fight.
However, in order to strengthen the clearing of the Japanese army, the remnants of the Indian army and indigenous armed forces in the vast rural areas on the north bank of the Ganges, Qin Zhirong's 15th Group Army entered the battle on the north bank of the Ganges, focusing on clearing out Birganj, Melungwa, and Janakpur in the north.
The landlords in other places armed themselves to fight against the remnants of feudalism, and at the same time assisted the work of the Category B troops and the Democracy Movement Corps.
The biggest problem facing the Indian theater is that this land is too vast. The eight armies plus the logistics and radial troops number nearly one million. However, after being dispersed into the vast rivers and lakes plains, it is still impossible to control every area. The battle lines and
There are many loopholes between the battle lines. It depends on whether the Japanese army has the courage to seize these loopholes and fight decisively with us.
"In general, the battle situation is relatively smooth, but there are still some unsatisfactory aspects... As the war continues, the Japanese army's tactics have gradually become exposed, which is to actively abandon undefeable plains and shallow hilly areas
, abandoning villages and towns with small populations and converting houses, fields and planting
Burning parks and other buildings to the ground, blowing up mines and mines, concentrating people in mountainous areas or major cities, building multiple lines of defense, driving the natives to launch suicide attacks, trying their best to consume our army's ammunition, and then holding on to the city to defend it, even if our army finally captured it
These places will also cause greater casualties.
"In addition, the most abhorrent thing is the cold shooting and suicide attacks by indigenous people in various places. So far, hundreds of our officers and soldiers have been injured or even died when in contact with indigenous people. This has had a certain adverse impact on our military morale. Finally,
According to the intelligence of counterattacks in various theaters, we are basically fighting with local Japanese garrison troops. The main force is only to surround the 53rd Division in Mandalay. Other troops have not yet contacted us. We must beware of Japanese counterattacks.
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After listening to Yang Fei's report, there was a lot of discussion in the conference room. Everyone was troubled by the hostility shown by the indigenous people.
In the previous battles to regain Annam and Siam, due to language and cultural reasons, as well as the fact that the Chinese had integrated into the local society, there were not many obstacles to the actions of the Anjia army. However, in Central Asia and Siberia, due to the ethnic cleansing of the Soviet Union
The conflict with the policy and the fact that the Far East Army was the leader greatly increased An Jiajun's recognition and did not cause any major problems.
In Afghanistan and West India, Sheng Shicai's perverse actions gave the Anjia army a just excuse to launch troops. The march into Bosnia was under the guise of expelling the Soviet army, while the strategy of attacking the coast of Bosnia Bay and Iraq was hampered by the Japanese army's crazy plundering and
Killing indiscriminately won the support of the local crowd.
Now, although the Japanese army still treats the natives of Malaya, Burma and East India badly, it helped establish national governments and promised to give these countries independent powers after the war. At the same time, the Japanese colonists also tried their best to portray South China as a
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The invaders in the region gained a certain moral upper hand and won the support of some nationalists. In addition, after the war, the Japanese army decisively adopted measures, such as threatening to take hostages, which drove the indigenous people to adopt extreme combat methods. This resulted in
Overcome today's difficulties.
An Yi is also very troubled. How similar is the scene that An's army is facing now to the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan in later generations?
According to the experience of later generations, these ethnic hatreds are difficult to stop!
Countries in Southeast Asia often oscillate between the great powers. If you have breasts, you will be a mother. Most of the time, they act as the vanguard. Massacres against Chinese people occur almost every few years or more than ten years. In terms of the overall interests of South China,
, this situation is absolutely not allowed to occur.
South China's current territory is divided into two parts, the east and west, which must be connected by land. From the perspective of the long-term stability of the country, at least the central and northern parts of Myanmar and the northern part of East India should be included in South China's territory. As for Malaya, it strangles the Strait of Malacca.
It is tantamount to the bridgehead for Anjiajun's navy to enter the Pacific region, and there is no room for failure.
Moreover, the indigenous people generally have a fear of the former suzerain country and are not willing to make a comeback of the Chinese who have a large number of immigrants and have far-reaching influence in Southeast Asia. In this way, the national interests of South China are at odds with the interests of those indigenous peoples.
, there are irreconcilable contradictions.
Seeing that no one could come up with an effective solution, Yang Jie couldn't help it. He stood up and said harshly: "Anyone who is petty is not a gentleman, and anyone who is not poisonous is not a husband. The current situation no longer allows us to hesitate. Since Americans can
A large number of concentration camps have been built in the United States to imprison Japanese Americans. So why can't we build a large number of concentration camps in the areas we occupy?
"My opinion is to put all the troublesome indigenous people into concentration camps, and wait until the war is over, and then set aside some areas for these indigenous people to live. Taking India as an example, we had planned at the beginning that there would be no Kanata
ka,kerala,tamilnad,and
We will now imprison the Indians in the occupied areas according to different regions in the interior of Yangtze state, central Yangtze state and southern Bihar. After the East India is pacified, they will be divided into different areas according to race, religion and individual volition.
Different countries built with our support.
"Another example is Myanmar. The Tanintharyi region in southern Myanmar is vast and sparsely populated. The rolling Bilao Mountains in the east serve as our national border. The south of Yecheng is also lined with high mountains, which is a natural dividing line. This relatively closed area
, it can be used to house those mobs, and they will be free to make trouble there in the future!"
An Yi was a little disgusted at first, but after thinking about it carefully, under the current circumstances, Yang Jie's suggestion may be the best choice.
However, there is a problem with this. If it is forcibly implemented without any preparation, the Nanhua government will definitely become the target of public criticism in the future and be criticized by the world.
An Yi thought for a while and then said: "Brother Geng Guang's suggestion is good, but we can do it more cleverly. It is best to use courtesy first and then attack. Everyone, what do you think? Every time we occupy an area in the future, we will sign an agreement on a village basis.
, and asked all villagers to sign and pledge that they would not
If there are situations such as damaging railways and highways, firing cold shots or carrying out suicide bomb attacks, once the violation is violated, the entire village will be implicated! At the same time, we will give heavy rewards to those who report the whereabouts of the Japanese and puppet troops. In the future, we will allocate land and enter the city.
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"We are the incarnation of justice. We will punish them if they don't teach them. We give them a chance to choose in advance! If they don't take advantage of it and insist on going against us, then they can't blame us for carrying out Lei Xia's methods! By the way, we still have to choose.
We can combine the difficulties we face with
We have made the choice to inform our American allies and ask the Americans to vouch for us! Now the war in the Pacific and Indian Ocean is urgent across the board, and the young people of the United States are throwing their lives and blood. I am afraid that Roosevelt wants to do it sooner than those of us here.
Let’s open up the situation!”
"wonderful!"
The eyes of Hu Jialin, Deng Bin and others are bright. You must know that the current national governments of Malaya, Myanmar and East India have all chosen to join the camp of the Chinese nation and declared war with the allies. Now this kind of almost crazy suicide attack, in
In the eyes of Europeans and Americans, it is undoubtedly barbaric and ignorant, and incompatible with Western civilization.
Look at the graceful surrender of the French a year ago, and then look at this year's battles in North Africa and the Middle East, where Germany and Britain fought like ancient knights in a gentle battle. Those civilized people will feel more and more that these indigenous people are backward and unbearable. Moreover, South China
beat
Opening the mainland communication line and completely expelling the Japanese army from the Indochina Peninsula and the subcontinent will greatly weaken the war potential of Japan. From these aspects, treating the indigenous people with courtesy first and then fighting is in line with the universal values of this era.
of!
As a result, the meeting quickly adopted An Yi's proposal and quickly followed it up, instructing all theaters to implement it immediately. There will be no tolerance or mercy towards any "anti-Lou." elements who sabotage the war of resistance!
Just when An Yi was about to announce the adjournment of the meeting, Intelligence Minister Liu Qing quickly walked into the conference room and handed him a thick telegram.
After reading it, An Yi was surprised but also felt it was reasonable. After thinking about it, he simply asked the staff to hang up a large map to let everyone know the latest situation of the Soviet-German battlefield.
It turns out that as of about 8 o'clock last night, the Kiev Battle, the largest siege and annihilation battle in the history of war, came to an end.
This unprecedented scale of encirclement and annihilation officially began on September 16. The troops of the Southwest Front of the Soviet Red Army were divided and surrounded by the German troops outflanking from behind, and fell into chaos.
On September 17, Stalin, the loving father of the Soviet people, finally came to his senses and asked the Soviet Chief of General Staff, Marshal Shaboshnikov, to give the order for the Southwest Front to break through, but it was too late.
On September 19, after three days and three nights of fierce fighting, Kiev fell. The main force of the Southwest Front, located on the east and west banks of the Dnieper River, continued to fight while being surrounded by German troops.
The attempt of the Central Front Army under the command of Soviet Army Yegorov to relieve the Southwest Front Army was fruitless due to insufficient strength. Marshal Timoshenko had to command the troops and divided them into small combat groups to break through to the east.
In the end, a total of 150,000 officers and soldiers were able to overcome the heavy German encirclement.
On September 20, General Kirbonos, commander of the Southwest Front of the Soviet Red Army, Burmistenko, member of the Military Commission, and Major General Tupikov, chief of staff, were killed in the breakout battle. Botabo, commander of the Soviet Fifth Army,
The tank corps major general was captured.
At 8 pm on September 29, the main force of the Southwest Front Army was basically wiped out.
The day before, Timoshenko led the remnants of the Southwest Front and the troops drawn from the Reserve Front, and received the task of organizing solid defenses on the Belobolye, Shishaki, and Krasnograd lines.
The entire Kiev campaign lasted for more than two and a half months, and was fought over a large territory of more than 300 kilometers in front and about 600 kilometers in depth. The Soviet army lost about 700,000 people, and 670,000 were captured. The German army destroyed or
Nearly 1,000 Nan tanks, 4,000 artillery pieces, and more than 4,000 handles were captured, which can be described as a brilliant victory.
In this battle, the German army also lost more than 100,000 people.
Due to Stalin's pride, more than 800,000 Soviet troops were encircled. The fate of the encircled Red Army was doomed from the moment the German troops detoured back into position. For the Soviet Red Army, the scope of the encirclement was so large that it was unbelievable. Since there were no motorized troops or
Led by military genius, it was impossible for them to break through the siege.
The Seventeenth Army and the Sixth Army of the German Southern Army, and the Second Army of the Central Army, with the support of armored forces, continued to narrow the encirclement. The surrounded Soviet army did not give up Kiev easily. In a cruel battle
In the middle, Soviet soldiers were attacked by German artillery
, tanks and aircraft were wiped out. Finally, on the evening of September 29, the last Soviet army surrendered in the east of Kiev. The German army claimed to have captured more than 600,000 Red Army soldiers. The German leader Hitler proudly declared in Berlin that this was