Cutting off the Japanese army's river transportation channel on the Mekong River will naturally bring a lot of trouble to the Japanese army's transportation of supplies to the front line. It's just that the battle on the front line is in full swing, and the Japanese army, which is fighting fiercely with the expeditionary force and the Allied forces in northern Burma, is simply unable to send troops back to help.

In order to restore the transportation channel of the Mekong River as soon as possible, the only way to rely on the Japanese army in the rear is to encircle and suppress the Xinghua Army as quickly as possible, and to restore the transportation on both sides of the Mekong River as soon as possible. If the time drags on for too long, it will affect the Japanese army's fighting on the front line.

In view of the increasingly severe situation in Indochina, the Japanese Army Headquarters also began to order the assembly of its garrison in Indochina, as well as the Chinese Navy and Army stationed in China, which was closer to Saigon, and began to send large-scale reinforcements to the Saigon area.

In this case, in order to avoid being flanked by the Japanese on both sides, Zhao Tiehu planned to contact the Zhongyan army stationed in Yunnan Province and let it raid the rear of the Japanese army in northern Burma from the Mekong River. In this way, I believe that the Japanese army will be caught off guard.

Another reason why Zhao Tiehu did this was that Zhao Tiehu felt that the main forces of the Japanese army fighting in northern Burma at this time still felt that they had hope of winning the final victory, and did not believe that the war they launched would end in failure.

Remembering the heavy price paid by the expeditionary force in later generations to recover Burma in the later stages of the campaign. Zhao Tiehu felt that if he could open up a strategic passage into the rear of the Japanese army, he believed that it would also deal a fatal blow to the Japanese army fighting in northern Burma.

At present, the Xinghua army raided the Mekong River and opened a river transportation channel in the rear of the Japanese army. As long as he seized the opportunity, Zhao Tiehu believed that the Zhongyan army assembled in Yunnan Province would definitely give the Japanese army a big surprise.

In order to ensure that the news was not leaked in advance, Zhao Tiehu contacted Dai Li directly, and the relevant orders were also issued by Lao Jiang himself. There was only one purpose for this, and that was to avoid the Japanese army being aware of the plan in advance.

Chen Youren, who was sent to Zhenyue County to liaise with the Zhongyan army and act as a secret guide for the army. It was the commander of the wolf detachment who guided the expeditionary force out of the primeval jungle when the expeditionary force failed to retreat in the first battle into Burma.

And the person Chen Youren needs to contact this time is also a general of the Zhong Yan Army who has a good personal relationship with him. After the two sides have contacted and negotiated, the two main divisions of the Chung Yan Army, which have completed the assembly, will be guided into Burma to launch an attack.

Although the number of troops in the two divisions was not large, Zhao Tiehu believed that these two divisions, with the cooperation of the Xinghua Army, would make a big move in the rear of the Japanese army. At that time, it will also pose a fatal threat to the Japanese troops on the front line.

Regarding the matter of luring the main force of the Zhong Yan army into Burma to fight, Zhao Tiehu did not pay much attention to it. In his opinion, most of the generals sent to Yunnan Province by the Zhongyan Army were of a relatively high command and combat level in the Zhongyan Army.

What's more, Zhao Tiehu doesn't want to get involved too much in this kind of thing. When it comes to military command, the priorities must be clearly distinguished. And how this battle is fought ultimately depends on how the commanders and generals of the Zhongyan Army choose.

At present, what Zhao Tiehu is really concerned about is still the war in Saigon. It was learned that the Japanese naval ships assembled from Hainan and Liangguang had arrived near the mouth of Sai Kung and intended to attack the Xinghua army stationed there.

In addition, army units drawn from Liangguang and Hainan are already being transported. If you look down from the air, the number of Japanese ships gathered in the Beibu Gulf at the moment is still very deterrent.

Just after receiving these telegrams from the submarine detachment, Zhao Tiehu also said decisively: "Order the wolves to attack!" Sink the imp's ship first, then attack the imp's troop carrier. This time, Lao Tzu wants to send the fleet of little devils into the sea to feed Wang Ba.

The 1st Division of the 3rd Theater was ordered to be ready to recover Hainan at any time. As soon as the wolf detachment succeeded, the 1st Division immediately launched a surprise attack on the Japanese troops stationed in various parts of Hainan. In the shortest possible time, the whole territory of Hainan will be restored. ”

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

Telegraphers began to send Zhao Tiehu's orders to the submarine detachment that had been lurking in the Beibu Gulf of the South China Sea recently. The submarine division of the Xinghua Army has assembled as many as 30 submarines of various types here.

Among them, there are 15 new submarines independently developed by the Xinghua Army, and most of the remaining combat submarines have been refitted. The combat performance of these submarines has surpassed the main battle submarines of many countries.

It can be said that this battle was also a battle to test the combat effectiveness of the Xinghua Army. Through this battle, Zhao Tiehu wanted to let the Japanese army and the allies know that the Xinghua Army was no longer a simple anti-Japanese army, but a real regular army.

After receiving the telegram from Zhao Tiehu, Liu Liming, the director of the submarine department who personally led the team to the waters of the Beibu Gulf of the Nanyang, also said excitedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the commander-in-chief's order has arrived, and it is finally our turn to take action!" ”

"Great! Watching the little devil's warship dangling under my nose every day, I'm really anxious! Now it's okay, I can finally do a big job, this time I must send a few more warships of little devils to the sea to feed Wang Ba! ”

Looking at the excited expressions of the captains, Liu Liming restrained his smile and said, "Everyone, the importance of this battle, I believe I don't need to say anything." In order to fight this battle well, the commander-in-chief pulled almost all the belongings of our submarine department over.

This battle is not only to correct the name of our submarine department, but also to enhance the prestige of our Xinghua Army. We have to let the little devils and the allies know that from now on, the waters belonging to our Xinghua Army will not be able to run rampant with their warships.

From now on, the boats immediately set off and rushed to the mouth of Saigon. The Sea Wolf Squadron is responsible for infiltrating and attacking, focusing on hunting down large Japanese warships. The rest of the submarines, blockading the bay, tried to annihilate the Japanese naval formation. ”

"Yes, General!"

"Let's go!"

As the submarine combat formation began to depart from the submarines, the submarine formation, which came earlier than the Japanese army, was already familiar with the situation in the surrounding sea areas. Even with Japanese warships cruising overhead, the submarine formation still sneaked into the blockaded Vung Tau Bay safely.

For the Japanese naval formations that were ordered to cover the infantry landing, perhaps the only thing they felt needed to watch out for was the Allied air force. It's just that at the moment, the whole of Southeast Asia is under their control, and the Allied fighters believe that they can't come.

After all, the Japanese army also deployed a lot of air forces in Southeast Asia, and as long as the Allied planes were in the air, the Japanese fighters would intercept them. As for the submarines worried about the Xinghua Army, the naval formations that came to help did not pay much attention.

Since the occupation of Saigon by the Hung Hwa Army and the push of the defensive front to the Vung Tau Bay, the entrance to the Mekong River has been successfully blocked. The Japanese warships that entered the bay also carried out corresponding patrols and inspections in the bay.

It was determined that the Xinghua Army was on the shore, and some artillery units were deployed, which could strike at the river defense ships that entered the entrance of the Mekong River, and the range of the naval guns was completely able to cover the shore defense artillery units of the Xinghua Army.

When the Japanese naval formation successfully entered Vung Tau Bay, it was determined that the Xinghua army did not have much to resist their weapons outside. A large number of troop carriers assembled in the open sea also began to carry out landing operations against the defensive positions of the Xinghua Army under the cover of the naval fleet.

Several Japanese cruisers began to carry out large-scale naval artillery strikes against the Xinghua army that controlled the estuary. One by one, the Japanese river ships with small tonnage, under the cover of the navy's naval guns, began to advance into the estuary.

The main force of the 1st Division of the Xinghua Army, which was staying in the coastal defense position, also seemed very helpless in the large-scale shelling of the little devil warship. Fortunately, Wu Hao, commander of the 1st Division, who was personally on the front line and commanded, told the troops that they could appropriately give up some forward positions.

Regarding Wu Hao's decision, the commander of the first regiment who served as the defense task was somewhat puzzled: "Division commander, why do you want to give up the forward position?" In this way, wouldn't it be easier for the infantry of the little devils to complete the landing? ”

"If they don't come ashore, how will you take them away? Don't worry, don't worry! Do you think that before the war, the commander-in-chief didn't think about the fact that the little devils would send the navy to help? This time, the little devil, I'm afraid that I will lose my wife and break my soldiers again!

Let the defending troops in the forward positions, after a little resistance, retreat to the second-line positions and get out of the range of the little devil's naval artillery. As for the river defense ships of the little devils, why not let them in? At the front, our river defense units have been waiting for them for a long time! ”

When the commander of the Japanese ship formation, looking at the first batch of landing troops and successfully defeating the Xinghua Army defense troops on the shore, he also said excitedly: "Yo! These Chinese armies are simply powerless to resist our powerful navy! Order the ships, continue the shelling! ”

Even at this time, the range of naval guns is somewhat useless. However, after the infantry completes the landing, it also takes time to build forward positions, so that the infantry that lands one after another can better participate in the follow-up operations.

In this case, the naval artillery can also stifle the counterattack of the Xinghua Army to a certain extent. Give the landing force more time to stabilize the tidal flat position. As for wasting some shells, these naval officers didn't think there was anything.

Just when all the Japanese troops felt that the Xinghua Army was powerless to fight back in this battle. The Seawolf submarine formation that had infiltrated Vung Tau Bay had all entered the attack position. When Liu Liming gave the order to attack, the submarines began to float and quickly fired torpedoes.

The Japanese warship, which was wantonly firing naval guns at the shore, saw the submarine that suddenly appeared not far from the warship, and many of the warship's lookouts immediately said in horror: "There is a submarine!" There are submarines! Torpedoes, submarines fired torpedoes! ”

The lookouts on these warships blew their warning whistles and let out cries of terror. Many of the Japanese soldiers who were firing their artillery did not realize what was happening.

Only a few Japanese officers who stayed in the warship's conning tower soon saw a strange submarine that suddenly surfaced. When a torpedo was fired out of the submarine, the faces of these Japanese officers who were staying in the control tower instantly turned pale.

Quite a few officers even shouted: "Turn the rudder, turn the rudder quickly, avoid the torpedo!" Circumvent the torpedo! ”

Unfortunately, even the commander gave the order to turn the rudder in time. But compared to the speed at which the torpedo hit the warship, the speed at which they evaded it was undoubtedly too slow. In a short time, one torpedo after another accurately hit the Japanese battleships anchored in the bay.

The Japanese infantry who were landing looked at the warships that suddenly exploded one after another on the surface of the sea, and many of the infantry were dumbfounded. I don't understand what the hell is the reason for all this. But they knew that without the cover of warships, their situation would be very dangerous!