Chapter 667: The Sword Goes Sideways
Soon, the generals and staff officers of the Southern Army Command expressed their opinions, summed up various inferences, and finally came to the conclusion that with the number of forty or fifty aircraft, it can be seen that this is already mass production and is a mature product. This plane can fly at a low altitude, and the blow to the ground troops is unprecedented, and it is impossible to imagine what a tragic scene it is for the officers and men of the imperial army to charge below, but countless planes are hovering overhead, and they are volleyed at them with machine guns and machine guns.
And with the ultra-low-altitude flight, the Chinese army can search inch by inch, and the cover of any jungle and trenches will no longer exist, and the body of the warriors of the imperial army will be directly exposed to the muzzle. The shells suspended under the wings can be accurately dropped on tanks and armored vehicles on the ground. From ground offense to reconnaissance, rescue, airborne and other uses, in general, this is a strategic weapon.
I have to say that the analysis of the Japanese army is quite comprehensive, and with two sketches, I was stunned to guess the basic situation of the helicopter.
But they would never have dreamed that the helicopter also has a hovering function, and the shells carried do not need to be dropped, and can be fired directly from a long distance, although it is not equipped with infrared guidance, and the aiming and firing are operated manually by the gunner, but the hit rate is very high. Even more terrifying is rocket artillery, and a large area of cluster firing is simply a nightmare for the ground forces.
In view of the unpredictable situation on the battlefield, Terauchi Shouichi immediately ordered the troops to switch from an offensive state to a defensive state, and immediately ordered the air force to immediately send the two sketches to the base camp for tactical guidance, and at the same time, requested the base camp to immediately deploy a flying regiment to support Burma and regain air supremacy. Although Jiang Haoran's new aircraft is powerful, Terauchi Shouichi can still see that this must be under the premise of complete control of air supremacy, in the face of fast and efficient fighters, this new aircraft has absolutely nothing to hide.
At this time, Terauchi Shouichi also discovered that against this kind of low-flying aircraft, the bazooka is the best weapon, but unfortunately the performance of the bazooka in the Battle of Nomenkan was mediocre, and the Japanese army regarded it as a chicken rib product, and there has been no large number of equipment troops, and now it is only urgently deployed from the base camp.
Indeed, the rocket launcher has a short range and insufficient firepower, and it is accurate to deal with the Japanese army's thin-skinned bean tank, but in the face of a tank cluster like the Soviet army, there is no advantage at all, especially after the bazooka came out, the Soviet army and the US army have increased the armor of the tank, even if the Japanese army itself has greatly increased the latest 974 and 5 tank armor put into the battlefield, so this rocket launcher is even more powerless on the battlefield. On the contrary, on the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese army's shoddy tanks are still rampant, the Nationalist Government's thirst for artillery fire is as always, and the bazooka has become an omnipotent magic weapon, but it is a pity that even such a "magic weapon" The Nationalist Government cannot generally equip the troops, although Jiang Haoran has already contributed its production drawings to the major arsenals soon after the bazooka came out, so far, only the descendants of the Central Army have been fully equipped.
As soon as he had finished dealing with the helicopter issue, a military staff officer hurriedly walked into the headquarters and brought two telegrams, one from Tada Jun, commander of the 55th Division, and the other from Jun Imamura, commander of the 2nd Division. And the reasons are similar, they all think that Jiang Haoran will not retreat, this person's character is that he would rather take the middle than seek the middle, he is very adventurous in tactics, good at taking the sword sideways, and starting from the places that the opponent dare not think of or can't imagine.
"That's unlikely, right?" Shouichi Terauchi pinched the message for a long time before this sentence came out.
"Shhh The chief of staff on the side, Tsukada Tsukasaki, suddenly took a breath of cool air, as if he had discovered something, and then said: "I think this reminder is worth our caution, Tada Jun and Imamura have both fought with Jiang Haoran and are familiar with his tactics, and it is no accident that the two of them put forward such a suggestion at the same time, let's take a look at the map." ”
Tsukada picked up the command pole and walked to the giant curtain wall of the headquarters, and a staff officer on the side had already opened the curtain, and a huge map of Myanmar was presented in front of everyone.
Tsukada waved the command pole in his hand, pointed directly to Baoshan in western Yunnan, and said: "There is a special operations division of Jiang Haoran's 40th Group Army stationed here, and they have been here for more than a year, the battle in China has been turned upside down, but Jiang Haoran's ace army has been hidden to this day, and now it seems that Jiang Haoran's army is waiting for today, Jiang Haoran seems to have already calculated that the imperial army will enter western Yunnan from Burma, so this unit is placed here to impose drills, and even make secret weapons." If they had gone out of Baoshan at this time and crossed Longling from the Huitong Bridge to capture the 56th Division of the Imperial Army, Jiang Haoran's expeditionary force had captured Myitkyina as scheduled, and the two teams would have advanced side by side, and they would soon be able to join forces at Wan Town. ”
Terauchi Shouichi said suspiciously: "The Nu River is a natural danger, the 56th Division of the Imperial Army has attacked the Huitong Bridge for a long time and cannot be broken, maybe the special operations division will be able to chisel through the defense line of the Imperial Army?" ”
Tsukada attacked: "Your Excellency Commander, don't forget, this special operations division completely annihilated the 116th Division of the Imperial Army in Dawei Mountain, and then completely annihilated the Sixth Division and the Ninth Division of the Imperial Army at Mantou Mountain at one time, and its combat effectiveness has reached a terrifying level, especially after they have this new flying machine, they can directly fly over the Nu River and carry out a devastating blow to the defense line of the 56th Division, how long can the 56th Division of the Imperial Army hold on?" Moreover, from the fact that they have so far refused to blow up the Huitong Bridge to stop the advance of the imperial army, it can be seen that they have the idea of entering Burma to participate in the war. ”
"Yaga!" Terauchi Shouichi scolded unconsciously angrily, and seemed to be a little moved by Tsukada's words, but he still said unrelentingly: "No matter how you say that the imperial army still has more than four divisions in this line, with the strength of the special operations division, it is impossible to collapse at the touch of a button, plus the jungle is dense and the terrain is complicated, even if the imperial army is invincible, it is conducive to the terrain of the mountain to fight and fight with them repeatedly, so that they can't reach Ba Mo for two months, it is still completely possible, but the supply of the expeditionary force may not be able to drag on for two months, right?" Moreover, once the Imperial Army regained air supremacy, their short-lived advantage was lost. What's more, during this time, the imperial army could put a large amount of troops into the central areas of the battlefield such as Lashio, Bhamo and Myitkyina through the central railway in Yangon. However, according to the information we have obtained, the new Fifth Division and the new Third Division of Jiang Haoran's 40th Group Army have only just opened the 331 base, and the reinforcements of the Nationalist Government are even more far away, and it is absolutely impossible for the Longyun Department in Yunnan to transfer troops into Burma. ”