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Chapter 1839 is as fast as the wind

At the same time as the Malayan air raid was launched, the Japanese airfields in Burma and the East Indies were also devastatedly attacked by the Anjia Air Force, and at the same time, the Northern Burma Front and the Indian Front, like the Central and Southern Fronts, also crossed the border as soon as possible and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army's painstakingly managed defense line. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

10 a.m., Patna, India.

Patna is a religious shrine in India, located on the south bank of the Ganges River in eastern Bihar, with a history of 2,500 years, and was once the capital of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka in the third century BC.

After the Indian Front's Seventh Army launched a general offensive at 4 a.m. and broke through the Song River defense line two hours later, the 21st Motorized Infantry Division was divided into three divisions under its command to seize the vast territory on the east bank of the Song River, mainly to attack those towns where Japanese garrisons were stationed.

The other two main divisions of the Seventh Army, of which the 20th Division was a tank division and the 19th Division was a motorized infantry division, was divided into two divisions, and the 19th motorized infantry division quickly approached the western outskirts of Patna from Menel, and after approaching, it used 300 large and small artillery pieces and three rocket artillery battalions to carry out a fierce bombardment of Patna.

The 20th Tank Division, on the other hand, made full use of its mobility and attacked the west of Patna from Biheda and Domuri to cut off the retreat of the defenders of Patna, and also used part of its artillery to bombard the city indiscriminately.

The soldiers of the 16th Independent Infantry Brigade and the 28th, 29th, and 30th Divisions of the Japanese and Indian Army, who were defending Patna, were stunned by this overwhelming artillery bombardment!

Soon after the 23rd Independent Infantry Brigade and the 19th and 20th Divisions of the Japanese and Indian Army, stationed near the border line on the south bank of the Song River, sent a telegram asking for help, the commander of the 16th Independent Infantry Brigade, Yoshii Daisa, was still holding an emergency military meeting to discuss whether to send troops to help.

By the end of the hours-long air raids, the siege of the squadron followed.

Takezono Yoshii Dazuo was very surprised, he never expected that the front line of the Song River, which was heavily defended, would be defeated so quickly, and the advance speed of the An Jiajun would be so fast, and after being bombarded by artillery, he was even more shocked, he did not expect that the firepower output of the Nanhua army was more than a step higher than that of the Japanese army.

As the general of the independent infantry brigade, Takezono Yoshii Daisa once heard the terrifying rumors of the An Jiajun, but in his opinion, it was just a false rumor, you must know that in the education received by the *** people, the Chinese have always been cowardly, poor, and endured humiliation, and the pictures shown to students from primary school, middle school and even university are all manifestations of the insensitivity of the Chinese who are watching while the Japanese army is cutting off their heads.

Yoshii Takezono always thought that his perception was correct, but the reality slapped him hard, and he suddenly realized that things might be even more outrageous than the rumors.

Listening to the sound of artillery bombardment, Takezono Yoshii Daisaku actively organized the defense of his troops while asking for help from the Indian Front Command.

......

To the west of Patna, as the artillery fire gradually stopped, a loud charge sounded on the battlefield, and the officers and men of the 19th Division of the Seventh Army launched a fierce charge towards the Japanese defense line.

The Japanese army attaches great importance to the defense line of the Song River and the Ganges River, after two years of construction, as a strong support for this defense system, the city fortifications of Patna City have been relatively perfect, many defensive positions are semi-buried steel rolling concrete structure buildings, thick tops, people can know at a glance that they can defend against large-caliber heavy artillery and even aerial bombs.

Moreover, the Japanese army is also very cunning, each defense point is connected by potholes, which can be supported at any time, as well as the transfer of troops, and there are even medical treatment stations and food and ammunition warehouses inside, such fortifications are difficult to take down by conventional means.

However, modern warfare does not mean that a strong defense can be defended, after all, the Japanese army defending the city is only an independent infantry brigade and regiment, and lacks heavy firepower equipment, which gives the officers and men of the attacking 19th Division an opportunity to take advantage of it, and one after another tanks and armored vehicles quickly rushed to the enemy's position, and a large number of mines were buried in the open area in front of the original position, but these mines had been detonated in the shelling just now and lost their effect, leaving huge craters at the scene, proving that they had increased their existence.

Rushing to the front of the position, the fighters in the armored personnel carrier jumped down and blocked the underground passages made of reinforced concrete.

"Platoon commander, what should I do?"

A ten-year-old soldier with an automatic rifle was on guard at the mouth of a destroyed tunnel. This tunnel entrance originally did not exist, but the round of shelling just now blew a big hole in the top of the tunnel, and as a result, the underground fortress of the little devil was exposed.

"Throw a grenade first, if the area below is small, take a *** device to sweep it, if the space is large, you can only go down and see."

"Yes!"

Soon, two long-handled grenades, the lid was lifted, the firing string at the top was pulled, and the two fighters threw them into each of the two directions inside the pit with great skill.

"Boom-"

Two muffled explosions followed, and it took a long time for a puff of smoke to burst out of the hole.

"Is there any mistake? It took two grenades to get such a little bit of smoke and dust, and it seems that there is enough space inside to go down! Let's take a look! ”

After the platoon commander finished speaking, he waved his hand, and soon eleven officers and soldiers, including the squad leader, jumped down the tunnel.

After jumping out of the tunnel, the fighters of this squad quickly divided into two combat groups and searched both sides of the tunnel.

It is estimated that there is a problem with the generator or power supply system in the tunnel, except for some light at the entrance of the cave, the deeper you go inside, the more blurred the vision.

The officers and men could only grope their way forward by feeling, and one of the groups touched the back of a bunker slightly above the ground, and through an iron gate, they could only hear the sound of fierce shooting coming from inside.

Several fighters glanced at each other, tacitly took out grenades, the captain pushed the door hard, the heavy iron door opened gently, five or six grenades were thrown in, several fighters quickly rolled to the side, and a violent explosion exploded.

After two or three minutes, several soldiers with dusty faces rushed into the bunker and found three chicken-neck machine guns messily placed at the three firing ports, and the twelve devil soldiers in the bunker were all hit by dense grenade shrapnel, and there were blood holes all over their bodies. There were four or five devils who were not dead yet, and their legs and feet were constantly twitching.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

No one had mercy on these devils, and immediately officers and soldiers stepped forward to replenish their guns and sent them to fulfill the promise of "see you" when they set out on the expedition.

After dealing with the devil soldiers, the officers and soldiers retreated the same way, only to find that another group was already waiting there. It turned out that the tunnel on the other side had collapsed and the way was impassable, so they retreated, but the distance was far, and now they returned to the exit, and they just met.

At this moment, the troops that were originally following behind had already reached the front, and next to an armored command vehicle, Lieutenant Colonel Gao Jin, commander of the 77th Infantry Regiment, was directing the troops to fight.

After several years of regularization, the communication walkie-talkies of the main force of the Anjia Army have been popularized to the squad level. The speed and convenience of communications have greatly improved the troops' ability to coordinate operations, and in fortress battles or urban street battles, the squad and platoon level can even directly call the air force to assist in the battle, so as to eliminate the enemy's firepower points.

"Attention to the companies, the headquarters has asked us to reduce as few casualties as possible in the storm, and the city of Patna is more of a magnet in order to bring out the large forces of the Japanese army and annihilate them on the plain. Therefore, you must not rashly attack the enemy and cause unnecessary casualties, understand? ”

Just as Major Gao Jin was talking to the walkie-talkie, a volley of bullets fired from the distant position hit the surface of the armored car, and in the flash of sparks, the sound of "clanging" made several staff officers who followed Gao Jin shrink their necks.

"Understood—"

"Got it—"

Hearing the gossip of answers coming from the walkie-talkie, Gao Jin put down the walkie-talkie, glanced at a few staff officers, and said unhappily: "What are you afraid of?" This is a stray bullet, there is no crosshair at all! ”

After speaking, he threw the walkie-talkie to the communications staff officer on the side, Gao Jin lay down on the armored car, and observed the Japanese positions that still relied on the remnants of the fortifications to resist.

Not far in front of the armored car, several machine gunners of the An Jiajun were looking for a new firing point, the machine gun bunker of the devil was too well built, because it was only less than half a meter above the ground level, and the firing range was limited, the bazooka and direct-fire mortars were not good, and it was difficult for tanks and armored vehicles to directly fire at such a low target, so it was difficult for the attacking troops to suppress fire on a position for a long time, and they had to be transferred at any time.

Just as Gao Jin frowned, a loud bang was heard, and a machine gun in the Devil Fortress was dumb firing all the time spitting out bullets.

It turned out that the sniper of a certain assault group who participated in the attack used a 12.7mm caliber anti-materiel gun to fire a tungsten core armor-piercing bullet, killing the devil's machine gun and the machine gunner. The devils in the bunker could only replace the machine guns and shooters again, and the firepower suddenly weakened.

As a result, this created an opportunity for the attacking officers and men, and as the Type I general-purpose machine gun suppressed the enemy's remaining firepower, the four bazooka men quickly stepped forward and began to fire rockets at the devil's firing port.

Two of the rockets hit the outer edge of the bunker, after making a loud noise, leaving two large craters, just when Gao Jin was disappointed, the rockets fired by the other two bazooka hands, but miraculously drilled through the shooting hole of only more than 20 centimeters, with the sound of a huge explosion, the rocket ignited the ammunition in the bunker and detonated, and a larger continuous explosion sounded, and in the hole of the bunker, huge smoke and flames came out, and then it fell silent.

"Rush!"

The morale of the officers and soldiers of Anjia was greatly boosted, and they rushed through the smoking bunker and continued to advance by assault.

......

New Fort William, Calcutta, East India.

At 12 o'clock at noon, the general of the Burmese and Indian Front walked into the underground conference room located more than ten meters deep in the castle, most of them knew what had happened, due to the high-intensity air raids of the Anjia Army Air Force, the entire East India and Burma airfields were almost completely destroyed, and most of the officials attending the meeting rushed to Kolkata by seaplane for a meeting.

Sitting in the presiding position at the conference table, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Burmese-Indian Front, General Kawabe Shozo, frowned.

In the early morning air raid, Fort William, where Shozo lived by the river, was also hit by more than a dozen aerial bombs, and if it weren't for his luck, he would have moved underground as soon as the air raid sirens sounded, saying that he might have gone to see Amaterasu at this moment.

In order to coordinate the war in Australia, on the eve of the launch of the Australian landing operation in March, Chief of Staff Ishihara Waner reshuffled the heads of various armies, and Koichi Ishikawa, former commander of the Burmese and Indian Forces, was transferred to the post of commander of the Australian Front, and former chief of staff of the Indian Ocean Front, Anda 23, was transferred to the post of commander of the 19th Army of Guinea.

Kawabe Shozo led the army to capture New Guinea, was promoted to the rank of general, and was transferred to the commander of the Burmese and Indian forces.

The wealth of the East Indies and Burma is famous all over the world, and Kawabe Shozo fished out of thin air, and he himself and the forces behind him are grateful for Ishihara's generosity, but in the past six months, he has seen frequent reports of good news in the Australian theater of operations, and Kawabe Shozo's heart is sour, and it was not until the early hours of this morning that the An family army launched a surprise attack, and Kawabe Shozo found out that he was sitting on the crater.

Seeing that the people were almost there, the riverside Zhengsan coughed lightly, and waited for the generals on both sides of the conference table to concentrate on the field of vision before he spoke:

"Gentlemen, the An Jiajun has broken the peace that has been maintained with us for a long time and suddenly launched an all-out attack on us! Now that the Empire is at war in Australia, the chances of sending us additional reinforcements are slim to none...... Let's discuss! ”

The Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Hyotaro Kimura, stood up and said loudly:

"The East Indies and Burma were the foundations of the empire, with a large number of factories and enterprises, as well as oil fields and abundant products. Without further ado, we should send troops to the front line immediately, instead of meeting and discussing it in a graceful manner as we do now! ”

Shozo Kawabe glared at Kimura Hyotaro with some displeasure.

Kimura Hyotaro is a loyal follower of Tojo Hideki, and his position as chief of staff is that Tojo Hideki, who is the director of education, was forced into the Burmese and Indian Front, but Kawabe Shozo's background is quite extraordinary, he was the imperial guard officer of Emperor Taisho in his early years, and later served as Emperor Showa's military staff, with a strong background, he didn't need to give Kimura Hyotaro face at all, so he snorted coldly and reprimanded:

"Kimura-kun, please pay attention to your attitude! Is this the tone you should have when speaking to your superiors? Hmph, save of course everyone knows to save? But how to save it is debatable! Now that air supremacy is firmly in the hands of the enemy, should our soldiers brave the dense bombs of enemy planes on the plains like hailstones? In such a bad situation, even if we send troops, we will have to wait at least until the evening, and we will have a meeting here, and there will not be much delay at all! ”

"Hey—"

Kimura Hyotaro also found out that he had lost his temper at this time, and quickly stood up to make amends.

Now that Hideki Tojo's faction is losing the upper hand in the competition with Ishihara's faction, Hyotaro Kimura does not dare to offend Shozo Kawabe, the representative of the middle forces, although in his opinion his opinion is correct, he can only wronged himself.

Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, commander of the 15th Army, thought for a moment and asked Lieutenant General Takuma Shimoyama, commander of the Third Air Force of the Army: "Shimoyama-kun, when will your air force regain air supremacy?" ”

Going down the mountain, pondering his face turned red, and after a while he said:

"Although the Third Air Force of our army has the Fourth and Fifth Flying Divisions and the First and Second Reserve Flight Divisions under its jurisdiction, at present, the Fifth Flying Division and the First Reserve Flight Division, one deployed in Madagascar and the other in the Seychelles, are beyond the reach of the whip.

"This also means that we can only deploy the Fourth Flying Division and the Second Reserve Flying Division, but due to the air battle in Madagascar some time ago, in order to ensure the victory of the naval battle, most of our fighters are supporting the southwest Indian Ocean battlefield, so the number of existing aircraft of the Fourth Flying Division and the Second Reserve Flight Division is seriously insufficient, and there should have been 1,000 fighters, but in fact there are less than 500 aircraft.

"Early this morning, after the Anjiajun Air Force launched a surprise attack, a considerable number of our fighters took off and transferred in a hurry, and most of them were destroyed at the airport, and now there are no more than 100 planes that can be used in combat, and it is very difficult to regain air supremacy with such a few fighters. Judging from the information fed back from various airports, the Anjia Air Force has mobilized at least more than 2,000 fighters today, and even if all the fighters of our Army's Third Air Force are exhausted, they are no match for it. ”

The commander of the 33rd Army, Lieutenant General Honda Masasai, was very depressed and asked:

"Could it be that the air force that the empire has spent so much money on is so vulnerable? Other battlefield successes are frequently reported, but if we have problems here, how will the kings of the base camp view us? Isn't Shimoyama-kun ashamed? Why don't you simply apologize to His Majesty the Emperor? ”

"Baga!"

Shimoyama Takuma suddenly stood up, and glared at Honda Masasai with angry eyes: "I can't answer this question, from three or seven years to now, our Army Air Force has encountered the Anjia Air Force, and there are few victories, and even Commander Tokugawa admits that we have a big gap with it, and I don't think there is anything to be ashamed of today's defeat."

"In addition, not only us, but also the Malayan region has been hit by air raids, and I heard that the Fifth Air Force has also suffered heavy losses, and has already ceded air supremacy to the Anjia Air Force! I would like to ask now, is it possible that without our air force, you will not be able to fight? ”

Lieutenant General Honda Masato just wanted to fight back, but Kawabe Shozo raised his hand unhappily: "Stop arguing, is it interesting to say this?" If you have time, you might as well think more about how we should face the current crisis! ”

Speaking of this, Kawabe Shozo looked at Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu, commander of the Navy's 12th Air Fleet: "Komatsu-kun, does your naval air force have a way to solve the current crisis?" ”

Lieutenant General Teruhisa Komatsu shook his head: "Commander, please forgive me for not being able to meet this unattainable goal. Our 12th Air Fleet has three air squadrons, of which the 23rd Air Force is deployed in Madagascar, the 24th Air Force is in the Seychelles, and the 27th Air Force is in Ceylon, and the total number of aircraft in our air fleet is 800.

"In order to support the decisive battle in the southwest Indian Ocean, the 27th Air Force stationed in Ceylon, which we can use for Indian operations, now only has 200 fighters, of which less than 80 Zero fighters can be used to seize air supremacy.

"Besides, have you thought about it? The East Indies alone have been attacked by more than 2,000 warplanes, and I have heard that Burma has also been attacked by almost the same number of warplanes, that is to say, we have endured an intensive attack of 4,000 warplanes in one theater of operations, and if we want to recover our inferiority, we must bring in the warplanes of the mainland, the Far East, Manchuria, Lanyin, Madagascar, and even Australia, but is this possible?

"Therefore, let's be realistic and think about how to fight without the cover of fighters!"

After speaking, Komatsu was silent for a long time.

Kawabe Shozo was very embarrassed, and just as he was undecided, Captain Date Yoshio, a communications staff officer of the Front Army, walked quickly into the conference room, came to Kawabe Shozo, and handed him a telegram from the base camp.

After reading the telegram, Shozo Kawabe was relieved, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face again. He did not read the telegram out of his mind, but stood up and paced back and forth a few steps before he said:

"Since the navy and army air forces can't help us, we can only rely on ourselves, so ...... do it"

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