.“ 2nd Reserve, Up! ”

It was a small hill overlooking the town of Hirari, and the commander of the Japanese 31st Division, Major General Sato Yukitoku, sat on a folding stool with an antique saber in both hands. As the adjutant passed on the order, another group of well-equipped Japanese infantry passed under the hill and quickly entered the battlefield, and less than 4 kilometers ahead, the fierce battlefield continued to devour the lives of soldiers on both sides like a terrible black hole.

Soon, the two German fighters circling over the battlefield apparently spotted the new forces that were ready to join the battle, and they swooped down with a swing of their wings, completely ignoring the bullets fired from the ground, and then rushed towards the advancing Japanese ranks, and no less than 30 Japanese soldiers immediately fell in a pool of blood, but except for the soldiers in charge of shooting at the air, the others continued to run as if they had not seen the German fighters at all.

After a while, several more German fighters joined the ranks of blocking the Japanese reserves, some were nimble and fast fighters, and some were dive bombers that had dropped bombs, and they were constantly circling, diving, strafing, and pulling up in front of Sato Kotoku's eyes, but Sato stared at the battlefield intently, even if the wind brought by the German fighters blew the corners of his collar and clothes upside down, his body still stood still.

Fighting with the courage, perseverance, and composure of General Nogi Noshinori was what Sato had long hoped for. Although hundreds, thousands of Japanese soldiers were being swept away by the intense fire from the German positions, Sato was convinced that victory belonged only to those brave men who had no place in the face of death, and that none of his soldiers were unscrupulous.

Moreover, if their own division is unable to regain the lost positions before nightfall, then the ensuing humiliation will be worse than death.

Seeing another wave of earthy yellow approaching the Pingli Town area, Zuo Teng secretly shouted "Okay" in his heart, as long as such a fierce oppressive attack continued, it was only a matter of time before the German defense line collapsed, although they had planes and artillery, but the ground firepower on the position was obviously weakening.

When the earthy yellow wave offensive has weakened. Without hesitation, Zuo Teng ordered:

"3rd Reserve, up!"

Even the German ** people who have been in battle for a long time, it is the first time to see such a desperate enemy, their improvised position has been covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers, a large number of MG17 general-purpose machine guns, MP24 submachine guns and 66 semi-automatic rifles of the German Army has far surpassed the Japanese Army in firepower, plus no suspense air supremacy, more than 2000 German infantry held the position in half an afternoon to kill more than 3000 Japanese soldiers, And every attack of the Japanese army made this number jump once.

"Ammunition. Hurry up and restock your ammo! Although the engineering troops have set up five small and medium-sized pontoon bridges as quickly as possible, and the other three large pontoon bridges are also being built intensively, the fierce fighting still makes the ammunition supply of the front-line troops somewhat unable to keep up, and seeing that the soldiers on the front-line positions are running out of ammunition again, it is no wonder that the major is so excited.

Thanks to the efforts of the logistics company, boxes of ammunition were finally transported to the front-line positions before a wave of Japanese underground charges, and the increase in the density of firepower of the troops also meant an increase in consumption. He strode backwards to a place where he could see the river. The five pontoon bridges that had been built were still functional, but the largest of them had been occupied by several assault guns, and the remaining four were half dedicated to transporting the wounded. There are only two remaining areas that can be used to transport ammunition and troops.

The major was about to say something, a whistling sound made him have to lie on the ground, and a moment later, a heavy shell fell more than ten meters away, and the huge impact and a large amount of shrapnel unceremoniously lifted off the already dilapidated roofs of several bungalows, and the terrible sound wave made the ears of the surrounding people ring. Before the major could straighten up, a succession of shells smashed down like a meteor shower, and at the same time, a flock of German warhawks still hovering over the town of Pingli quickly swooped down on the woods where the fire was shining. However, despite the efforts of the air force units to suppress.

The Japanese were still able to fire each charge, and the fall of the heavy shells was a sign that the terrible meat grinder was set in motion again.

After the end of the Japanese shelling, the Japanese soldiers wearing khaki uniforms poured up like ant colonies, and as the distance narrowed step by step, all kinds of weapons on the German positions began to exert their might, especially those sniper trained company snipers would not miss this great opportunity to increase their achievements, those Japanese officers armed with sabers were their first choice, followed by non-commissioned officers and machine gunners. In both wars in the other world, German snipers were seen by their opponents as demons on the battlefield.

In the face of the Japanese army, the devil will not be the slightest softer.

After the Japanese artillery fire ceased, Andres was again escorted by a group of escorts to an observation station about 400 meters from the front-line position. In this position, which has changed hands for less than 5 hours, the so-called observation position is not a solid bunker composed of thick reinforced concrete fortifications in the traditional sense, but a 2-meter-deep trench, from which several observation binoculars peek out of a small section, and it is here that the crown prince of the German Empire watched the first few battles, although the equipment is very simple, but for the surrounding group of officers and soldiers specially sent by the Kleist division headquarters, the crown prince should not have even a little accident.

Fortunately, the Japanese army on the opposite side did not know that the German crown prince was in this trench, otherwise, Zuoto would definitely send all the reserves in one go, even if he could only "frighten" the German crown prince, it would be a great achievement.

Therefore, Sato Xingde still insisted on sending batch after batch of troops to charge, so that the German army could strike a fatal blow when it was exhausted. However, this kind of positional assault was destined to be costly, and despite the guidance of Nogi Noshinori's brilliant thoughts, Zode began to worry about his more and more casualties. It was then that the adjutant's report gave him hope.

"General, Lord Imotonomiya sent the 2nd Infantry Division of the Thai Army to reinforce it, and now the vanguard of the Thai Army has arrived less than 5 kilometers from here!"

"How many people are there in the Thai army?" Zuo Teng quickly calculated.

"It is said that the basic establishment is 15,000 people, but the current number of personnel is less than 80%!"

"121," Zuo Teng thought for a moment, "Pass my word and ask them to speed up and rush to the battlefield!" ”

"Yes!" Although he didn't know when his commander became polite to the Thai ** team, the adjutant felt that Zuo Teng definitely didn't have any good intentions.

Zuo Teng looked at his watch and said, "Besides." Let our troops rush again, and then rest in place for half an hour! ”

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, another assault by the Japanese unsurprisingly ended in failure. However, this time, many German soldiers and officers felt that the Japanese offensive had weakened, and there were no more than 100 corpses in front of the position, so people began to speculate whether the Japanese army had become the last of the strong crossbows, or because the German-Turkish joint expeditionary force had made major breakthroughs elsewhere.

Just when all the German officers and soldiers, including Andres, pondered this subtle phenomenon. A reconnaissance plane hovering over the battlefield suddenly sent a report that a large number of Japanese troops were attacking and gathering at the starting position, numbering several thousand!

Because of the distance between the woods, the German officers and men could not see the situation on the opposite Japanese position from the position, but the report of the reconnaissance plane was correct, and it was very likely that it was a general attack by the Japanese army. So, the loud major shouted again:

"The 3rd Company is going to the back to help carry the ammunition, and we need to store as much ammunition as possible before the Yankees attack! Also, everyone beware of the Japanese shells, Mommy! Act fast! ”

Andres, who was not far away, apparently heard the major shouting. Although the language has those little vulgarity. But the feeling of the battlefield was more fulfilling, but it was a pity that the officer who was ordered to escort him once again invited him to the ground defense artillery bunker at the back of the position, just when he was about to enter the bunker. Andres saw a large group of silver-gray fighters flying from the east, judging from the numbers, it should be the size of a group!

In fact, this group of fighters is only the prelude to the upcoming war, in the next half an hour, four consecutive Vulture II dive bomber groups flew to Pingli Town, during which there was also 1 Junkers-Henkel I fighter squadron, 1 Messerschmitt training fighter squadron and 1 elite Messerschmitt training I fighter squadron, such a ferocious air strike has greatly exceeded the Japanese army's estimates, and the Thai ** team, which had just assembled to serve as cannon fodder, quickly collapsed before it set foot on the battlefield. Despite the unceremonious firing of the fleeing allies by the Japanese Warlords, most of the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Thai Army fled the battlefield with great agility.

After a rough inventory. Major General Kotoku Sato found that not only was there not much "cannon fodder" left in the temporary capture, but even his own troops suffered heavy losses in the air raids, and when the last batch of German fighters flew away, he was able to fight only more than 3,000 people, many of whom were lightly wounded who had returned to the combat units after emergency treatment!

Sato looked desperately at the blue sky with white clouds, which had been the dream of mankind, but when the dream became a reality, the clouds of war easily made it a new killing place.

The decision on the war has finally quietly shifted from the ground.

Look at these embarrassed soldiers in front of you. Thinking of Rimoto's warning at the end of the meeting, Sato silently drew his sword, pointing its blade at the German position, where more and more German soldiers and chariots were reinforcing the defenses. Despite this, more than 3,000 Japanese officers and soldiers set out with their bushido spirit.

Silently, Zuo Teng knelt on the green grass, unbuttoned his shirt, exposed his belly, and wiped his war knife with a white handkerchief.

There were still two hours before the sun set, and the town of Pingli was temporarily quiet, and in the past day, two armies from outside Burma had a fierce battle here, and the two sides simply swapped their offensive and defensive roles, and the lives of the Fallen here exceeded 20,000.

Under the watchful eye of the German crown prince, the German expeditionary force began to cross the Mu River from here in a steady stream, although the Japanese army still held a large number of defensive points in the Mu River valley, but the destruction of the 31st Division of Zuoto caused the Japanese counterattack plan to be dealt a heavy blow, and even the "Malay Tiger", which has always been known for its composure and composure, could not sit still.

"Zuo Teng, this bastard, did he think that death would be able to atone? Bastard! Bastard! After calming down, he quickly ordered the 29th Division commanded by Toshimichi Uemura and the 30th Division commanded by Asaburo Kobayashi to each transfer troops to counterattack the German troops crossing the river, and the 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions of the Thai Army, which came from afar, were also incorporated into the counterattack force in advance.

Soon, groups of Japanese soldiers set off from the wooded camp where they were hiding, and they had to brave the Luftwaffe attack to take advantage of the cover of the night, but when they arrived near Pingli Town, tens of thousands of German troops and some tanks and armored vehicles had been deployed in advance, and this fierce battle attracted more and more troops on both sides - the Germans used this breakthrough to send a large number of reinforcements across the Mu River, and the Japanese sent reserves to the battlefield in advance in order to contain the German advance, A small Burmese town that could not have been more ordinary has become the main battlefield of the confrontation between the two armies, and soldiers from Germany, Japan, Turkey, and Thailand continue to enter this battlefield like a meat grinder.

By the time night really fell, the Japanese troops launched a counterattack as promised, but the daytime situation had already weakened the Japanese counterattack to a degree that did not change the tide of the battle.

That night, as the three German airborne regiments parachuted into the hinterland of the Japanese army east of Mandalay, the counterattack plan of the Imotogu was completely aborted, and the "Malay Tigers" led tens of thousands of remnants to Thailand two days later, and then withdrew to the Malay Peninsula in disarray.

Only three days later, the German-Turkish joint expeditionary force entered Thailand, the only independent country in Southeast Asia immediately carried out a "royalist mutiny", the pro-Japanese generals were arrested, and the control of the Thai kingdom's army immediately fell into the hands of the royalists. Under these circumstances, Germany quickly accepted the decision of the Thai government to "know the affairs" and concluded a mutual assistance treaty with it.

After the capture of Burma, the German-Turkish expeditionary force finally opened the road to China, and the army of the Chinese government in Nanking succeeded in defeating the southwestern warlords as expected, only to wait for the road on the Sino-Burmese border to be repaired, and the new road artery would connect the German base in Southeast Asia with Jiaozhou Bay in the Far East, and Qingdao would no longer be a German stronghold in the Far East.

However, until the huge road construction project was completed, the Germans could only send military supplies to Qingdao by air, and the Nanjing government agreed to provide Germany with two large airfields in Kunming and Changsha in exchange for more military supplies.