dognovel Chapter 546 Cannon Fodder
Chapter 546 Cannon Fodder
546 Cannon Fodder
"Yes, I believe in the commander."
Luo Zhuoying next to him also nodded, agreeing with Ye Qingshan's judgment.
Just two hours later, Xiao Wusheng came in hurriedly and reported: "Commander, good news.
The devils in Mandalay have begun to break out. "
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan rushed to the sand table, pointed at it and said to Xiao Wusheng, "In which direction did the Japanese break through?
Point it out. "
Xiao Wusheng looked at the sand table, then pointed to the south of Mandalay and said to Ye Qingshan: "According to the information sent back by our reconnaissance team.
The Japanese broke out to the south from this direction.
Moreover, it was not just one group. So far, it has been discovered that at least three groups of Japanese invaders were acting simultaneously.
Moreover, the Japs who broke through moved very quickly."
"Commander, this is consistent with your judgment.
The devils are heading south, they must be heading for Misha and Timila."
Luo Zhuoying was standing nearby, and after listening to Xiao Wusheng's report, he said.
“Well, Timira’s position is too important.
After taking that place, the Japanese can either go south to break out through the central line of Taungoo, or go east to Taunggyi.
You can either go west and attack Yenangyaung.
It can effectively cover the Japanese's intention to break through.
Yamashita Tomoyuki has already made his move.
Next, it’s our turn to take action.
It’s time to let the little devils see the gifts I have prepared for them.”
"Order, headquarters to move."
"Chief of Staff, you follow the headquarters. I need to go to the armored division."
After talking to Luo Zhuoying, Ye Qingshan took Xiao Wusheng away from the headquarters and, under the protection of a guard company, headed for the armored division’s base more than ten kilometers away.
Yesterday, Zhang Kedi and Fu Hongyuan returned with the equipment of the British Armored Division.
At present, an emergency reorganization is being carried out with a regiment of the 208th Division in a small town called Buderin.
Fortunately, both the two armored regiments and the first regiment of the 208th Division are elite troops under Ye Qingshan.
The reorganization speed is very fast.
According to Ye Qingshan's instructions, this time the original 208st Armored Regiment and the nd Armored Regiment, as well as the st Regiment of the th Division, totaled three regiments with people.
The reorganized armored division consists of an armored brigade, two tank regiments, and a motorized infantry brigade.
The commander of the Armored Division is temporarily replaced by Ye Qingshan.
The main reason is that Ye Qingshan has not yet found a general capable of taking up this position.
Zhang Kedi served as the commander of the armored brigade, Fu Hongyuan served as the commander of the 1st Tank Regiment, and the former commander of the 1st Regiment served as the commander of the motorized infantry brigade.
Not long after, Ye Qingshan arrived at the armored division's temporary base in a military vehicle.
"commander!"
After knowing that Ye Qingshan had arrived, Zhang Kedi and others immediately came out to greet him.
"Has the reorganization of the entire division been completed?"
Ye Qingshan asked directly.
"Reporting to the commander, it has been preliminarily completed."
"That's fine, there's no time for you to continue to get along.
The battlefield needs you to go immediately.
Just practice in actual combat."
Ye Qingshan also knew that the combat effectiveness of an armored division assembled in such a hurry would definitely be greatly reduced.
But Ye Qingshan didn't have time to let them get used to each other.
Fortunately, the Japanese did not have any decent armored forces.
With the strength of the armored division at this time, Ye Qingshan firmly believed that as long as it was a field battle, no Japanese army could stop this steel torrent.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Qingshan assigned tasks to the armored division.
"This is your armored division's first battle, so you must fight well."
"Don't worry, Commander. We will definitely give the little devils a big surprise this time."
Zhang Kedi and others shouted loudly.
At this moment, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Armored Division was high, and they were all looking forward to driving their tanks and armored vehicles to hunt down the Japanese who broke through.
Ye Qingshan also wanted to see what expressions the Japanese would have when they encountered the armored division during their breakout.
On the afternoon of May 1, the armored division moved south to Moneva and then east.
We found a suitable place to cross the river and spent a whole night crossing it.
The wide Irrawaddy River is the biggest obstacle blocking the armored division. After crossing the river, they can push forward.
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Just as the Japanese began to break out on the northern battlefield, Ye Qingshan commanded the expeditionary force and launched a general offensive.
On the southern battlefield, the 100,000 British troops defending the coastline south of Rangoon had engaged in a fierce battle with tens of thousands of Japanese troops who had landed on the beach.
Whoosh whoosh!
Boom boom boom!
Along the long coastline, 100,000 British troops were scattered on various battlefields, fighting fiercely with the Japanese who had landed by force.
In the sky, fighter jets from both sides were engaged in an air battle.
On the ground, the Japanese used naval guns to bombard the British beachhead.
However, the British artillery division also used various artillery pieces at its disposal to bombard the Japanese troops that were landing on the beach.
The intensity of the artillery fire was already considered high-intensity on the Asian battlefield.
The fighting was brutal.
An attacking Japanese regiment was crippled in just half a day.
"Commander, our landing force has been attacking for more than three hours.
So far, no beachhead has been captured.
This time the British army was well prepared and their firepower was very fierce, and our landing troops suffered heavy casualties."
In the Japanese command center in Siam, Chief of Staff Suzuki So walked in and reported.
Yamashita Tomoyuki seemed not to have heard it, and after a moment he replied, “Tell Ono-kun not to tell me about any casualties.
I just want results.
Two days, I only give him two days."
"Hi!"
The reason why Yamashita Tomoyuki didn't care about the casualties of the Japanese troops in the beach landing operation.
It's not just that he's cold-blooded.
The more important reason is that at this time, the Japanese troops sent to participate in the first beach landing were actually a group of traitors.
They are all from Korean and other traitorous troops from all over Southeast Asia.
The equipment of these traitors is much worse than that of the real Japanese soldiers, but they have all undergone rigorous training by the Japanese.
Even on the battlefield, they were as brutal as the real Japanese devils.
This time, Yamashita Tomoyuki brought over more than 30,000 of these traitor troops.
They were all pulled over by him to serve as cannon fodder.
"Haha, just fight like that."
In an underground bunker, Stilwell held a telescope and watched the battle situation on various beachheads on the front line.
I saw that the entire front line remained intact and no place was broken through by the Japanese.
On the contrary, their defensive forces inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese troops who attacked during the day.
Stilwell also laughed happily.
"General, the enemy soldiers are really fearless."
The American division commander who was following nearby was also seeing the Japanese charge for the first time and was somewhat shocked.
In particular, he saw the Japanese soldiers landing on the beach, launching a charge, and falling down in large numbers.
The Japanese soldiers behind continued to charge forward, fearless of death, which made the American division commander feel cold on his back.
He had never seen soldiers like these.
“Yes, Alex.
You read that right.
These Japanese soldiers are so terrifying, they are really not afraid of death.
When I first saw this, I was as shocked as you are."
Stilwell next to him said in a deep voice.