It was only a few days after the war, and the attack of the squadron went so smoothly that Britain and the United States were surprised, and even Chiang Kai-shek was surprised, but they ignored that the expeditionary force began to deal with the discouraged Burmese Independence Army and the Thai army, which was not very effective in combat, and Japan originally used it as a buffer zone.

The real war had just begun, but at this time, it had only been a week since the war began, and when a large amount of supplies was officially needed, the British found all kinds of excuses not to give supplies, either saying that they had not arrived, or only giving a little bit of supplies, in short, if they could, they would not give it, and if they could, they would delay.

Ten days after the start of the war on November 15, Yamashita Fengfu clearly felt that the number of expeditionary force planes came a lot less, the time of the expeditionary force's artillery strikes counted by the front line was shortened, and the number of times was even less, and now it was more of a contest between the infantry of the two armies.

Yamashita immediately investigated the matter, and soon they got the news that it turned out that Britain and the United States had reduced the supply of materials and often delayed them, so the expeditionary force was unable to follow up and had to reduce the intensity of the attack.

The offensive momentum of the expeditionary force at the beginning of the expeditionary force was indeed even a cold sweat under Yamashita Fengwen, and the tactics of the expeditionary force were also five methods and eight methods, and many Japanese troops thought that the tactics that could kill and injure the expeditionary force in large numbers did not have a great effect, or even basically had no effect, which made the Japanese army crazy.

However, the artillery support of the expeditionary force was insufficient, so that the losses of the Japanese army were reduced a lot, and the losses of the expeditionary force were getting bigger and bigger.

Dai Anlan commanded the three divisions of the 88th Army to storm the Japanese army on the periphery of Biao Pass, although it was a mechanized force, but the Japanese army was obviously prepared for a long time, looking at more and more troop losses, Dai Anlan's forehead was bruised, these brothers were hard to cultivate, and now because of the British and American seizure of materials, a large number of casualties have been caused.

If there is not enough backup, the soldiers on the front line will not be able to fight openly, and China's production capacity is limited, especially the production of artillery shells is very small, let alone aerial bombs.

Wei Lihuang repeatedly urged Stilwell to ask for supplies, otherwise there would be no way to fight this battle, the training of the squadron was insufficient, so he planned to make up for it by firepower, and now there is no firepower, and my squadron will occupy a disadvantage in all aspects except the number of people.

For China, the longer the offensive war is fought, the more unfavorable it will be for China, because China cannot replenish supplies, but Japan has a complete conjugate system, so they can be replenished.

In fact, although the Japanese army was short of supplies in the country, he still sent materials from all over the country to Burma, and the Japanese knew that as long as the offensive of the squadron was defeated, then it would be time for the Japanese army to attack, and at that time the squadron would be defeated like a mountain, and the Japanese army could occupy Burma in one fell swoop.

Yamashita kept urging other places to send reinforcements over, and at the same time mobilized Thai troops from Thailand to come over as cannon fodder, and another new plan was implemented in his mind, this plan was very bold, but after the deed was completed, then he would become the god of war in Japan.

When Japan mobilized supplies in the Chinese theater, the news was also learned by the Chinese side that the Chinese theater had not yet fought against Japan, and what they needed was to wait for the Japanese army to be halfway and then fight against Japan, so that Japan would inevitably fall into a dilemma.

On November 19, after Yamashita communicated with the navy stationed in the Malay Peninsula, they did not report it because they knew that the higher authorities would not agree or would have to think about it for a long time.

Yamashita Fengwen knew that if he couldn't win by surprise, even if he repelled the attack of the squadron in Burma, the Burmese Front might not be able to take Burma, which would just be China's accumulation of strength and fight again next time.

Yamashita Fengwen's surprise soldiers are to organize two divisions of 40,000 people, and the other two Thai army divisions of more than 20,000 people, they are going to land in India, and their crews will use India's independent army, disguised as neutral merchant ships, and then land at night.

The Japanese chose to land on the Cuttack line on the east coast of India, from where they could attack Calcutta, the industrial center of eastern India, by attacking northward.

In addition to threatening India, Yamashita may even cause the collapse of British colonial rule in India. In addition, even if India does not collapse, at least Britain has a grand reason not to give China supplies, according to Yamashita Fengwen's calculations, the squadron without supplies will inevitably retreat, and then he will lead 100,000 Japanese troops to the north and defeat the expeditionary force in one fell swoop.

The price of the Japanese army is that the 40,000 Japanese troops of the two divisions will be in danger of being surrounded and annihilated, but as long as the strategic goal is achieved, Yamashita Fumifumi thinks that it is worth it, and the situation is such that they have to do it.

The original plan of the Japanese army was to attack most of the Japanese army from southern Burma, and another force to attack India from the sea, at first the Japanese army wanted to land from the Chittagong line to attack Imphal, seize the weapons and materials there, and use it for their own use, and then attack Burma on both sides.

The reason why the strategy has been changed now is because Yamashita Fengfu has received information that the Chinese Expeditionary Force has basically controlled Burma, and the Burmese people now hate the Japanese because of the massacre, and Wang Hanzhang has wantonly scandalized the Japanese in Burma, and now the Burmese people are very afraid that the Japanese will come, and Tusi's army has been incorporated and wants to attack the Japanese army and drive the Japanese army out of Burma.

Moreover, China also stationed an army of elite soldiers on the India-Burma border, and tens of thousands of newly recruited soldiers, although it was to guard against the British, but when the situation was urgent, even if the British were not invited, the squadron would inevitably attack the Japanese army in Chittagong, and if it could not seize a large amount of supplies from Imphal, the army would be too dangerous.

Now they do not attack India east of the Brahmaputra River because the gap between China and Britain is very deep, and the British will not invite the squadron to fight the Japanese army in the hinterland of India.

The Japanese army had been prepared in its plan, and now it was just a change in the plan, but all the preparations had already been made.

All the troops were equipped with British equipment captured in the Malay Peninsula, so that even if the supplies could not be replenished, as long as the British troops were captured in the army, they could be replenished, which was very convenient. However, the Japanese did not have any psychological pressure on the British, who surrendered to the Japanese army with nearly 100,000 men in the Malay Peninsula, and the armies in other places retreated again and again. Therefore, in the hearts of the Japanese, the British ** team is synonymous with incompetence, so they do not have a little burden in their hearts.

At three o'clock in the morning of November 25, the Japanese troops hiding in the open sea finally quietly landed in India, and they were able to dry the roast goose too close during the day, so after dark, they marched from the open sea for seven or eight hours before they landed.

The Japanese advance party first went into the water and swam to the shore to reconnoiter the enemy situation and clear the obstacles, but after fifteen minutes of searching, they did not find any enemy situation, so they sent a signal with a flashlight to the ship, indicating that it was possible to log in.

The Japanese boats were full of soldiers, weapons and ammunition, and there were not many kayaks at all, but fortunately these people were taught to swim, and the boats were not far from the shore, only 150 meters away, and they only had to swim 20 meters to step on the beach and walk to the shore.

The advance team of the Japanese army has already tried the water, leaving a person in the place where people can stand, holding a flashlight, covering it with his hands, flowing out the light of Sisi, and the soldiers who jump into the water can swim here to the shore, although it is winter in the northern hemisphere, but near the equator, the temperature is very high, even the sea water is the same, so there is no problem in wading.

Except for high-ranking officers, the kayaks were all used to transport supplies.

There were no surprises, this time the commander of the Japanese army, Yano Ojo, was very happy, so that they could easily complete the first step of the plan.

In an hour, there were already two wings of troops landing, but this was still too slow, quite a half past five, the sky was about to dawn, if it was discovered by the British reconnaissance plane, it would be doomed, the merchant ships did not have a single warship to protect, only a few submarines in the open sea to cover, then it would definitely become a target for British aircraft.

Although so many ships were stranded, Japan suffered huge losses, but if it was not stranded, the loss was not only the ship, but also more than 60,000 people, the captain understood the significance of this operation, so without a word, immediately let the ship rush to the shore, so that the soldiers went directly into the water, and could walk directly ashore without swimming.

The two wings that landed first, led by the Indian Independence Army, pounced on Cuttack. Ten minutes later, they began to attack Cuttac. After a gunshot rang out, a Japanese brigade attacked the airfield, and the rest of the personnel attacked the city.

It wasn't until the alarm sounded that they realized the importance of the problem, but still no one realized that it was the Japanese calling, and all of them knew that the Japanese were fighting the Chinese in Burma, and they would think that the Japanese would be here all at once. The British soldiers in the barracks got dressed and shouted one by one to give the damned Indian soldiers a little color.

"Bang Bang ......" in the fierce gunfire mixed with the violent explosion of shells, the British troops who rushed to support were greatly surprised, although the Indian soldiers had made trouble before, but in addition to the real uprising, it was impossible to use artillery, could it be that the Indians rebelled?