Chapter 693: The East Is Not Bright, The West Is Bright
As soon as the morning dawned, more than 300 fighters of the Fifth Flying Regiment joined more than 200 carrier-based planes of the Navy to carry out an unprecedented round of aerial strangulation against the air force of the Zhina Army over Burma.
Counting today, Jiang Haoran has only three days to go to Burma, but in these three days, the imperial army has lost one flying regiment, three wings have been annihilated, and the situation has completely turned to the unfavorable side of the imperial army.
Three days earlier, the Imperial Army had been advancing so vigorously that it had almost forced the expeditionary force to withdraw from the Burmese battlefield and return home to the Savage Mountains, or flee to India. No one thought that such a big change would occur in three days, not to mention the loss of the imperial army, and the most difficult thing for Terauchi Shouichi to accept was that the expeditionary force was about to gain a place in northern Burma, and the imperial army would fight against the imperial army in a grand manner.
For such a strange and dramatic change in the battle situation, Terauchi Shouichi also discussed it with Tsukada Attack, and the reason was because Jiang Haoran, a demon, brought two strategic weapons - Mustang fighters and helicopters. And the imperial army couldn't predict it at all, so it suffered such a big loss. But since hundreds of fighter planes arrived in Burma, Terauchi Shouichi's restless heart has finally been relieved, and he believes that everything will end tomorrow and the good fortune of the expeditionary force will come to an end.
Because tomorrow is a decisive battle, and the brand-new combat deployment is a huge project, the command headquarters is busy, and Terauchi Shouichi and Tsukada Tsukashi are not idle, and personally lead the staff team to conduct drills on the sand table.
At this time, a major general's staff officer hurriedly came in to report that the commander of the 38th Division, Shinichi Tanaka, had sent a telegram, and he felt that the expeditionary force's attack this evening was somewhat abnormal. Jiang Haoran carefully arranged this bureau in the Hukang River Valley, just waiting for the 38th Division to jump in, and even transferred helicopters to support Mina, but he secretly hid 70 helicopters in the Hukang River Valley, the purpose of which was to lure the 38th Division to take the bait, judging from his layout, if the imperial army did not have strong air force support and attacked rashly in the afternoon, he was fully capable of eating the 38th Division, and now the goal has not been achieved, but he has been exposed in advance. Therefore, Tanaka Shinichi suspected that Jiang Haoran had already sensed the imperial army's plan for tomorrow and changed the battle plan, and he even suspected that the 75th Army in the Hukang River Valley had retreated in the direction of Mina. Tanaka Shinichi suggested that his 38th Division should attack the Hukang Valley overnight.
Tanaka Shinichi's message stirred up a thousand waves like a stone, causing an uproar in the headquarters, and Terauchi Shouichi exclaimed: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" He, Jiang Haoran, is not an immortal, how can he know our deployment, this is absolutely impossible? ”
Tsukada replied worriedly: "Yes, theoretically speaking, this idea should not be true, the planes for the reorganization of the Fifth Flying Regiment were all temporarily transferred from various places, which is not enough to arouse their suspicions, and this plan is only known to the commanders of Tanaka Shinichi, Tada Jun, and Nakajima Imasago Division, and the radio code is not the same as that of the Chinese battlefield, and it has gone through several encryptions, so it is impossible for the expeditionary force to crack it, and the theory of leaking news does not exist." But Shinichi Tanaka has fought against Jiang Haoran many times and is familiar with Jiang Haoran's tactics, so we can't ignore his proposal? ”
Terauchi Shouichi said angrily: "According to what you say, we should listen to Shinichi Tanaka and launch an attack overnight?" But have you thought about it, this may also be Jiang Haoran's trick, its purpose is still to lure the imperial army to attack, although his fifth army poses a threat to the imperial army Yingduo, but if his two armies can't break through as scheduled, Yingduo's second division can hold out until the arrival of the eighteenth division. Therefore, in terms of time, Jiang Haoran could not afford to wait even more than us, and he had to solve the threat of Mina and Hukang River Valley first, and the 38th Division that lured out of the Hukang River Valley was obviously the most direct. Also, we can assume that Jiang Haoran really saw through the intentions of the imperial army, he should be able to think that the mobility of the imperial army troops is far beyond the comparison of the expeditionary force, even if the 75th Army of the expeditionary force retreats overnight, the motorized wing of the imperial army can catch up with them in half a day, lose the barrier of the Hukang River Valley, and then lose air supremacy, his armed helicopter will not dare to show up at all, and one and a half divisions of the imperial army Mina are completely like a cage to get out of trouble, and if the whole line is attacked, the 66th Army of the expeditionary force plus an airborne regiment, Can you stop the attack of the Imperial Army? In this way, his two armies will immediately fall into the encirclement of the three divisions of the imperial army, can he Jiang Haoran be so stupid? ”
Tsukada pondered for a long time and said: "Maybe what you said makes sense, then let's implement it according to the original plan, it's just one night, I believe that no matter how Jiang Haoran tosses, he can't change the fact that he will be annihilated tomorrow." ”
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Mina Front, Headquarters of the 66th Army of the Expeditionary Force.
The Japanese army is in full swing deployment, Jiang Haoran is of course not idle here, since he has seen the current war situation clearly, it is destined to be an unquiet night tonight, unable to solve the 38th Division of the Japanese Army in the Hukang River Valley, Jiang Haoran had to focus on the 16th Division of Mina again, the east is not bright and the west is bright, and he has to find a place to vent.
In the command headquarters, all the officers from the regiment commander and above are here, and when they look at this posture, tonight's action will not be small.
Jiang Haoran raised his wrist to look at the time and said, "Su Canwen, have all the helicopter squadrons arrived?" ”
Su Canwen stepped forward and said, "It's all here, the second and third squadrons of the gunship are already refueling and loading in the rear, and the first squadron and the transport squadron can set off immediately." ”
Jiang Haoran said: "Well, this is not in a hurry, Zhu Maozhen!" ”
"Here!" Zhu Maozhen, the commander of the heavy artillery regiment, stepped forward.
Jiang Haoran said: "The artillery attack began at half past two, and after all the shells were exhausted, the artillery regiment immediately retreated in the direction of Meng Gong, and not a single heavy artillery was allowed to fall!" ”
"Yes, mission guaranteed!"
"Okay, let me repeat it again, the offensive position of each division remains the same, it is still the new 38th Division and the 28th Division, on the right side. The 29th and 28th divisions, on the left. The Snow Wolf Special Operations Team and the Airborne Regiment are in the center. Remember, our mission is to kill and wound the living forces of the Japanese army in Mina with all our might, not to occupy it. The time is two hours, and after two hours, no matter what the situation, immediately retreat in the direction of Meng Gong on all fronts, and the airborne regiment of the special operations division is responsible for breaking off, do you understand? ”
"Yes!" The generals agreed with a bang.
"Okay, let's start the table, it's now one o'clock and five o'clock, the artillery attack will start at half past two, the whole line will attack at three o'clock, and the whole line will retreat at five o'clock, let's act!"
"Yes!"