"Smack!" "Smack! The resounding slap sounded on the faces of the two Japanese Army lieutenant generals, Takamori Takashi and Akakari, and instantly left 5 finger prints, but they didn't dare to say a word, only dared to bow their heads and say "Hai!" ”

The superior commanders of the Japanese army have always had the habit of slapping their subordinates, but at the level of generals, no matter who is opposite, this kind of punishment is basically gone, and now the slap has reappeared, and only extremely angry commanders can do this kind of behavior. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info At the moment, the commander-in-chief of the Indian Dispatch Army, General Yamashita Fengfumi, is angry, not ordinarily angry, but simply angry.

The two lieutenant generals, one in charge of the 11th Division and the other in charge of the 13th Division, are the first veteran divisions to enter India after the formation of the Indian Dispatch Army, which were drawn from the Kwantung Army and the Chinese Dispatch Army, and are said to be not weak in combat effectiveness, but they were defeated in the battle of attacking Calcutta, and the two divisions each lost half of their men and horses, and retreated more than 80 kilometers in one go, and only stabilized the situation after being covered and received by other troops.

Although they were very tempted to complain to Commander Yamashita that the battle order was given by Yokoyama Isamu Yokoyama, in the end no one dared to defend himself, and yesterday a telegram had arrived from Tokyo, and Lieutenant General Yokoyama had been transferred to the reserve on the spot and returned to Tokyo to wait for his fate. Earlier, Yamashita had released the news that if Tokyo didn't deal with Isamu Yokoyama, he would deal with it. As for the means by which he dealt with it, the senior officers of the Indian Dispatch Army, who knew the inside story, were a little chilled -- the last time Wing Captain Doi disobeyed the instructions to burn, kill, and plunder in the hinterland of India, he was directly ordered by Yamashita to use a Browning heavy machine gun to burst out in public, and the 12.7mm bullet broke his body into several pieces, and he turned back to Tokyo to report his death in battle.

It is not that Yamashita Fengwen is a good person who has not committed any crimes in Qiu, he did a lot of bad things in Singapore, and the reason why he killed the killer this time is that he thinks that the Indian people are obedient enough, and the Bose government is also very effective in carrying out its work, which is much better than the situation of guerrillas everywhere in Chinese mainland, and this situation is not easy to come by, but it cannot be destroyed. In particular, Ceylon Island, which is under the control of the navy, because the navy is too lazy to take care of civil affairs, it is all left to the English-speaking Indian elite to deal with, anyway, it is easy to communicate, the navy itself is rich, and it is not worth the income from scraping the land, plus there are fair-skinned German lords (marines) on the island, and other aspects are simply like heaven in the eyes of Indians, it is really orderly, and the people's mood is more Japanese than that of Japan itself.

Less than a year after India sent troops into India, more than 500 tons of gold alone were obtained, which was still obtained without stirring up a popular uprising.

India's dispatched officers and men have also reaped a lot of money from their private pockets. In addition to the high income, the living conditions are also satisfactory, and now the officers above the rank of second lieutenant have Indian servants to serve, and the service is in place, the intimacy of the work, and the taming attitude makes them cry out for satisfaction, even if they march and fight, they will take it away, who still uses the former orderlies? Although the Indian girl was a little darker and uglier, she was full of enthusiasm and gentleness when she had a relationship with the white-skinned Japanese officers and soldiers, and she even longed to come every night. The British are racist, and the Japanese are not interested in this, as long as you obey, you are your own people, so that in order to maintain combat effectiveness, the dispatch army specially issued an order not to accommodate women to spend the night in the barracks.

In this context, Doi's disregard for the overall situation is very abrupt: first, to offend the local princes and nobles, second, to make it impossible for Bowes to step down, and third, to make a very bad start, it is impossible not to punish him. Other officers at or above the rank of wing commander also thought that the commander had handled it correctly, and it would be too bad to burn and loot in this case.

Due to his repeated disobedience on the Chinese battlefield, Yokoyama had a stiff relationship with Yan Shunroku and Okamura Ninji, and it happened that Yamashita needed a capable deputy to help him because of the expansion of his territory, so he transferred him from China to India. When he first arrived in India, Isamu Yokoyama, who had learned from his experience, was still relatively obedient, worked hard in battle, and his command level was quite good, and Yamashita was quite satisfied with him in all aspects. He was deliberately chosen as the commander of the Right Wing Army, and together with the Left Wing Army under the personal command of Yamashita Fengfumi, he planned to launch a pincer offensive with 5 divisions to eat the British and Indian troops near Calcutta and occupy the place.

Calcutta was an important town in British India, and Yamashita had told the Right Wing Army before setting out to pay attention to cooperation and not to be too fast. Originally, everything was going according to plan, but who knew that Isamu Yokoyama, who had won a series of battles, suddenly had a hot brain, thinking that the British were not to worry, and the troops in their hands alone were enough to solve the problem, so they let the 11th and 13th divisions break through, but they were ambushed by the British Lieutenant General Slim, and were first beaten by British armored troops in the suburbs, and then they were trapped in the city of Calcutta and beaten half to death, and finally lost half of their troops and tanks before escaping.

As a result, Yamashita Bongfumi's pincer offensive immediately collapsed, and his hopes of taking Calcutta as soon as possible were dashed, forcing him to temporarily change his battle plan, sending troops to meet two divisions on the one hand, and stabilizing the left flank on the other.

Of course, another important reason for this defeat was the withdrawal of the three German Marine Brigades, which not only reduced the combat strength, but also increased the courage of the British and Indian troops. Knowing that the Germans were not the only ones attacking this time, their combat effectiveness was fully exerted. However, the reason for this cannot be summarized, and it can't be that Japan relies on the Germans to fight India, right?

The Indian dispatch army has always been smooth sailing, winning countless battles, and this big heel fight made Yamashita Fengwen extremely embarrassed, so that he couldn't help but think of the defeat that the Chinese dispatch army suffered in the Battle of Xuzhou in Taierzhuang, which was also a lure to the enemy to go deeper, and it was also the same embarrassment.

"You two are pigs...... "Yamashita scolded as he gasped after being tired, "who made you fight the Indians in the city?" Are the submachine guns and machine guns in your hands burning sticks? Also, who told you to use tanks to fight in the streets? You don't know that there is such a thing as an iron fist and a recoilless cannon in the world? ”

Speaking of two division commanders are enough for two, Slim's defensive force in Calcutta includes 2 elite Gurkor brigades, the Japanese army encountered their white-knuckle challenge soon after entering the city, and then the dizzy Japanese officers and soldiers really pounced on it and began to fight bayonets, as a result, the Gurkor people were more brave than they imagined, and the snow-bright Gurkor scimitar cut off the heads of many Japanese officers and soldiers in the narrow and complex urban area, and due to the long-term bushido spirit, Japan obviously has melee firepower. A cold-weapon war was fought in Calcutta, in which the two Gurkor brigades were nearly completely wounded, and the Japanese officers and men who fought for their lives also lost several wings.

And that's not all, in order to speed up the siege, the red-eyed Japanese commander also drove tanks in, only to encounter numerous counterattacks from recoilless guns, bazooka rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades, losing a large number of tanks, and finally fleeing in disarray.

"You usually always attack Takeda long and Takeda attack short, but the implication is not convinced by him, thinking that he is just relying on a little luck, and asked me to say, ten of you are not worth one Takeda attack! How could he use such stupid methods as you to fight? If I had been in Tokyo that time, I don't know how many times I would have been played to death! ”

After the rebellion was quelled, the Indian dispatch army was stunned to find that the young and always slippery Takeda not only became a lieutenant general, but also became the commander of the Guards Division, and it is said that he was also responsible for the implementation of armor transformation, and his strength in the limelight was not under Ishihara.

For a while, rumors were spreading, such as "I knew this kid had a good life!" "Hey, there are people in the DPRK who are good officials! "Why can't this kind of good thing be my turn? The commander is eccentric! This kind of talk is endless, Yamashita Fengfumi originally thought that if he had the opportunity to become the previous Minister of War in the future, Takeda would save himself a lot of trouble as a military affairs director or core section chief in the Ministry of the Army, but looking at the current situation, if he really had the opportunity to become the Minister of War in a few years, Takeda would be a candidate for the vice minister of the army.

I'm happy, but now that this battle is like this, he misses the days when Takeda was attacking, how clever that kid is, seeing that the red-headed three people are going to fight bayonets, he will definitely use 20mm cyclone cannons and 12.7mm Brownings to wash the floor desperately - he is an Osaka merchant, so he doesn't care whether Bushido or Bushido is good, it's good if he can win!

Tired and tired, he finally issued an order with a straight face: "The Germans left a total of 3 marine brigades of heavy equipment, and one of them was originally to be returned to the navy. Although many people are rushing to ask for it, I still plan to use this batch of ordnance to supplement your two divisions and regiments, and give you another 2,000 supplementary soldiers, you will restore my combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and the division commander will be the brigade commander for the time being! The Tokyo base camp was also annoyed by this defeat, and originally said that it would give me 4 divisions to reinforce it, but now it has changed its words to 6 divisions! The troops have set out one by one, and in the future there will be more wolves coming to India to steal meat to eat, and only the smartest people will stay. If you don't fight well, I'll let you transfer to the reserve and go back to Japan, anyway, you've made enough money, go back and enjoy yourself. ”

As soon as they heard "go back", the two division commanders were dumbfounded, whoever goes back to such a good place in India is stupid, although there is a lot of money, but who will be too much? Even if you have enough, don't you have children and grandchildren? Besides, who is not a bunch of henchmen, and what will they do if they leave? When the time comes, he will not be able to live in peace in his old age.

The two of them said with remorse on the spot: "Sir, we must be cautious and earnestly rectify and make up for it, and play a majestic role in the next attack." Don't be ashamed, swear not to be a person! ”

"Sir, please be sure to use us to fight the vanguard again in the next battle, we must take down Calcutta, if you don't take it down, I'll see you at you!"

Yamashita Fengwen nodded with satisfaction: "Shame is almost brave, I'll give you another chance, you guys study it carefully, and be sure to take Calcutta down before reinforcements arrive!" If you lose face, you are responsible for earning it back! ”