Chapter 1002 Tropical Thunder (22) Not a single one is left!(1/2)
ps: I accidentally wrote too much, so I’ll just post it like this.
The reborn elites of the Central Army, with the help of sharp tactics and weapons from Zhu Jiajun, gave the British a gorgeous lesson in modern warfare. The effect was quite good!
"Aerial tanks" are sharp weapons that move cannons into the air to overlook the attack. With advanced infrared night vision and radar fire control systems, they can openly bully these British devils who do not even have complete air defense facilities, and fight with ground offensive troops and attackers.
The machine system is integrated into the air and ground, and the momentum of pushing forward is devastating!
Liao Yaoxiang never thought in his life that war could be fought in this way. After fully realizing the difficulty of fighting in tropical mountains, he once believed that the advantages of technical equipment would be infinitely equalized. If he wanted to win, he must pay as much as the enemy.
But today, at this moment, at this moment, he has truly grasped the essence of modern warfare---using technological advantages to bully others and cooperating in real time with air and ground is the way to victory!
What is said is always more intuitive than what is done!
The charging motorized troops accumulated thicker and thicker as the British positions blocked and delayed. An hour later, the entire motorized infantry regiment arrived, including the 105mm self-propelled artillery!
Once a big guy of German descent approaches and attacks, no fortress can remain intact. The British strongholds are detected through fast-moving armed off-road vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, and real-time battlefield communication data links are used to
Convey the coordinates to Zhuyuan as quickly as possible
To them, there were only a dozen 105mm artillery pieces, but they were arrayed across a battlefield more than ten kilometers wide, pointing east and west, swaying freely. Every time, clusters of artillery shells hit the solid bunker in a rapid fire manner.
Immediately, various numbers of British troops were blown up, causing their bodies to fly everywhere!
The first round of artillery fire was completed. The "air tanks" followed up to replenish their guns, but their "guns" were too large in caliber, especially the condescending attack from the top, which was really defenseless. And a sweep of them
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The hot steel whip drawn out by the machine gun was a sharp long knife that slaughtered everything. The dazzling tracer light swept across the ground, treetops, and overhead, ruthlessly tearing the blocking objects into pieces. The scene was completely frightening.
The courage of the British soldiers!
The brigade commander of the British garrison in Myitkyina witnessed with his own eyes the overwhelming and terrifying firepower, and a series of high-level cries and screams for help, which converged into a magic sound like a reminder in his ears, leaving him with no fighting spirit at all.
.Plus being caught off guard by the Japanese army
, but could no longer hold on, and called Major General Scott: "Major General! I'm sorry, we really have no way to stop the Chinese attack. They came too fast and their firepower was too fierce! Our young man
We can’t hold it anymore! I’m leaving!”
Major General Scott's eyes were red. He shouted into the microphone: "Damn it! You can't give up just like that! The dignity of the British Empire does not allow you to give in easily! Give me support for a while longer, as long as you persist until
At dawn, I will send reinforcements there, and our air force will also arrive! Do you hear me?"
"Bah", the phone on the other end was hung up neatly. Scott called again, but no one answered!
"Asshole!" Major General Scott spat out saliva from his mouth, as anxious as a rat in a cage. His subordinates were so disobedient that they were just slapping him in the face!
But when it comes to this matter, I really can’t blame all the people at the front. Fundamentally speaking, the British army does not have a high fighting spirit. Especially since everyone from top to bottom is accustomed to thinking that the Japanese are the spearheads, they
You can sit back and relax, you never thought something like this would happen.
What to do? Scott thought nervously, and suddenly realized that actually withdrawing might not necessarily be a bad thing.
In the final analysis, the coalition forces have been taking the initiative to attack. They have underestimated the consequences of failure, and the defense deployment in the rear is not very strict. Therefore, once the Myitkyina Valley plain is attacked by the opponent's armored forces, it will not be able to withstand it for long.
Only by introducing them into dense jungles and complex mountains can we effectively delay or even attack them.
"Forget it! Just withdraw! We are not here to fight the Chinese."
From the beginning to the end, the British never thought about how much effort they would make in the war with China. None of them had money, and they only had the ability to use the Burmese colony as a battlefield, conserving their strength for a major counterattack later.
, is the true meaning!
Ahead, the British troops who suffered over a thousand casualties in just a few hours immediately retreated. In the blink of an eye, they all retreated to the other side of the river bank. However, they did not immediately go south to Bhamo, but went straight west to the rugged and dangerous mountains in the mountains.
Jungle trails, trying to rely on the terrain and natural environment to avoid pursuit.
In addition, the British also considered that since the Japanese could give up such an important position in front of them, would the front of Bhamo also be abandoned? It is very possible! If they bump into it without knowing what is going on,
Maybe you will be caught by a group of more aggressive Chinese troops, and it will be exciting to watch!
The key point is, the two long legs of the British are really useful! They decisively threw away their heavy weapons and cumbersome self-weight. They only carried light weapons and took advantage of the darkness of the night to fly around in a truck or something.
Entering the jungle through Myitkyina.
At daybreak, all the British troops in Myitkyina had fled. The commander at the front unexpectedly encountered the Japanese troops at the rear. He discovered that they had not disappeared all the time, so they stationed themselves in the mountains, with their backs to the rear.
The plains and Indawgyi Lake area, stop and wait to see the excitement!
It is foreseeable that a fierce quarrel broke out between the two sides. The Japanese soldiers, who are not afraid of boiling water, don't care about the threats from the British. Anyway, they have already lost their country and their families. It's up to you to do what you want.
The British really don't have a better way. For such a group of bastards who are completely scoundrels, they pretend not to understand English when they get angry, spit on them with straight eyes and expressionless, and pull out a knife when they get angry.
Shouting some threatening words that no one can understand is a complete waste of effort and time!
One day and one night, the important military town of Myitkyina was easily captured by Liao Yaoxiang's division, with minimal casualties, and so smoothly that many people did not react.
The progress on other fronts is also about the same. The British resistance on the front of Lashio is even weaker. At least some Japanese troops there were blocked by the Xue Yue Armored Corps and had to fight to the death. The two sides fought fiercely for two days and killed most of them who fell.
The Japanese troops in the encirclement ran out of a small amount of ammunition. They did not want to surrender, so they decisively headed into the dense forests on both sides.
The mountains in northern Myanmar can only be described as ghostly. Even if you are very well prepared, whether you can get out alive after getting in depends on your luck. Not to mention that the Japanese troops who were defeated and fled had no food or drink.
Not to mention medicines and the like, even if the Chinese don’t hunt them down, it’s unknown how long they can survive!
On the eastern front, after taking Kengtung, the large forces began to advance towards Taunggyi, and successively cooperated with the other two groups, and then prepared to attack Mandalay, occupying the center of the northern Myanmar battlefield in one fell swoop.
But now, the battlefield has suddenly expanded more than ten times. A mere three divisions plus some armored forces are far from enough. After emergency discussions at the Western Front Army Headquarters, it was determined that the entire First Army Corps would be dispatched, together with the Armored Corps and the Air Force.
The troops should be coordinated as one, and at least 150,000 troops should be put into it. They must ensure continuity so as not to be cut off due to the weak strength of the troops.
The terrain of tropical mountainous areas is too complex. Once it is divided and surrounded, it is very difficult to support a group of people trapped in the boundless mountain forest. Even if the air defense firepower is fully prepared, even Zhu Bin's strategic air force will not be able to provide support to someone trapped in the boundless mountain forest.
The branch provides support, which is very dangerous!
Of course, this kind of mistake cannot be allowed to happen. In terms of actions, the rhythm control of the legion is still relatively rational. Moreover, up to now, the results achieved are already amazing enough. Next, it depends on whether the enemy army will regroup and launch a major attack.
A large-scale counterattack. When that time comes, it will be a good opportunity for them to continue to show their fighting power!
With the simultaneous advance of northern Myanmar, northern Thailand, and North Vietnam on three battlefields, most of the 300,000 front-line troops pushed past the stalemate and occupied more than a dozen strategic locations, causing earth-shaking changes in the entire situation in the third theater!
The price paid is surprisingly small!
As for the senior leaders of the coalition forces, they finally got together again after a few moments. However, MacArthur and Alexander did not even have the strength to curse. However, the French, who were purely soy sauce, were full of complaints and dissatisfaction: "We cannot allow this.
Give up the battlefield so easily! You must know that the interests of France must be guaranteed! We must not let those damn Chinese guys rob the fertile plains of northern Vietnam! You must know..."
Rory's fluent but fastest French made even the gentleman Lord Alexander frown. MacArthur simply waved his hand and interrupted: "Okay! Stop talking useless nonsense now! Gentlemen, we must
Make sure as soon as possible, what should we do next? All the favorable terrain for attack has been lost, are we just waiting to be encroached on by the Chinese step by step?"
After saying that, he glared at the old bastard Juichi Terauchi, wishing he could bite the damn bitch to death.
Terauchi Shouichi also knew that what the Japanese did was not honest, but he would never admit his mistake until death. He said calmly with no expression on his face: "The Chinese army will not easily go south to pursue! They also know that in such an environment,
, Just relying on more people and better weapons is of no use. Once the advance is too deep and the front is stretched too long, when the rainy season comes, all their people will die in the jungle!"
"Oh? According to what you said, voluntarily giving up key positions is a good thing? If you could judge the Chinese so accurately, I'm afraid there wouldn't be a strong China today, right?"
Lord Alexander was so angry that the Japanese in Male Gobi were so stubborn even at this time, it was so shameless!
Unexpectedly, Juichi Terauchi actually nodded: "Our judgment has always been accurate. Haven't you noticed? Now, we must pay attention to increasing supply at all times, and we must try to maintain a long front of more than a thousand kilometers. It has become a Chinese people
! And we can allow the large army to make sufficient repairs, and use small-scale elites to continuously launch harassment operations against them. Think about it, how long can they persist with their national strength? After one rainy season, millions of troops
The consumption is quite large!"
Huh? Can you put it this way? It seems that no matter how you explain it, you are right!
I have to say that in theory, Juichi Terauchi's statement is correct. After all, all the coalition forces, equipment, supplies, etc. all had to be transported thousands of miles from the United States, and the freight for every pound of items was its production.
Ten times the cost, to supply an army of one million people. Even if the food is collected locally as much as possible, it is still a huge number.
This is still the case when the coalition forces control Malacca, and the US military can come from the Philippines, and the British army can come from Malaya and Thailand. Once the other side's navy is freed up to block the route, and their millions of troops are alone on the peninsula, then
Really dangerous!
Especially for offensive operations, the coalition forces must maintain supply lines of thousands of kilometers each from south to north. The losses in this area alone are so great that even the wealthy Americans are struggling.
On the other hand, although the Chinese now occupy a large strategic area in the north, they have also stretched their supply lines from the mainland by at least two hundred kilometers on average. In particular, Yunnan and Guangxi are economically backward and have serious traffic problems.
In a backward place, having to provide supplies to maintain an army of millions and having to deal with attacks from everywhere at any time sounds very tiring, right?
"We have experience in this area! So please don't doubt our final calculation!"
Temple Shouyi was calm and calm, as if everything was under control. He refused to say how much money they spent in the mountains during the years they were operating in the Northeast just by fighting the endless guerrillas, the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and bandit caravans.
Energy and funds. That’s still the mountains and forests of the north!
The current tropical mountainous areas in the south are ten times worse than those in the Northeast. The price to clear out the invading troops in the jungle is so high that no country can afford it.
Commanders like MacArthur and Alexander, who were so cunning and cunning, were almost brought into a ditch by the old Japanese Touichi Terauchi. They couldn't help but think deeply. It seemed a bit unreliable?
After all, China is an emerging economy. Its population of 4 to 5 billion is a daunting and huge burden. No matter what Zhu Bin does, there are still many people who don’t have enough to eat, and the national infrastructure is simply too simple. That is to say, for
With the convenience of mobilizing troops, they built a large number of railways and roads in succession, connecting major cities and frontiers. But if the country is torn by natural disasters and wants to reach the level of the great powers, it will take another ten or twenty years for them to do so.
It may not be completed.
Therefore, the current China is actually resorting to militarism and concentrating all its economic and industrial productivity on military construction. Once it reaches its limit or even collapses, it is more likely to fall back into the abyss. In terms of underlying strength, there is less to say than the realization of industrialization.
Foreign devils who have been around for more than a hundred years are far behind!
So, can a rainy season that lasts for half a year, hundreds of kilometers in depth, hundreds of thousands of first-line troops and millions of second-line and logistical forces be able to completely bring China to its knees?
To be continued...