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Chapter 1721 Calculation of the game

On the night of 26 February, the sky on the plateau of northern Burma was clear, and in the early morning of 27 February, a crescent moon shyly pierced through the dark clouds, and silver glow sprinkled all over the earth. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yangon, set up in a quaint room of the headquarters of the Burmese and Indian Front on the site of the former British Burma Governor's Palace, is brightly lit.

With a "snap", a white chess piece landed heavily on the chessboard.

The chess game in front of him has clearly reached the moment of entanglement, the two big dragons in the middle of the abdomen are tumbling and rolling together, but there are few pieces in the four strokes, and there is a lot of room to grasp the corners.

The situation on the chessboard is extremely strange, Koichi Ishikawa, who is holding a sunspot in his hand, obviously still has the first move, but he never thinks about making four throws first, finding another way, and is still staring at the chaotic chess game in the middle of the abdomen. The new commander-in-chief of the Burmese and Indian Front seemed to be quite obsessed with the authorities, and when he thought of it, a handsome face with fortitude frowned.

Playing against Koichi Ishikawa was Lieutenant General Yasushi Murakami, Chief of Staff of the Front Army. The former commander of the independent 42nd Wing, as the tide of Koichi Ishikawa rose, he also rose all the way, first as a brigade commander, and then as a division commander, and now he is already the chief of staff of the front army, and it is not a dream to be in charge of the first army independently in the future.

Two young geisha with delicate eyebrows stood aside and poured tea for them from time to time.

At this time, a staff officer stepped inside, saw Ishikawa Koichi's tense face thinking, hesitated, walked up to Murakami Yasu, and whispered.

Yasu Murakami nodded, motioned for him to stand down, and waved his hand to the two geisha, until there were only two people left in the room, before he suggested to Koichi Ishikawa:

"Commander, the bureaucrats of the Burmese government have come again...... Haven't you made a decision about sending troops to the East? As soon as the morning dawns, the Burmese army will attack, it is said that the An Jia army opposite them is only two regiments, if the Burmese army wins a decisive victory, the face of the big *** imperial army is not good-looking......"

Koichi Ishikawa raised his head and stared coldly at Yasushi Murakami, and after a while, Yasushi Murakami only felt a chill in his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head and pretended to observe the chess game to avoid Koichi Ishikawa's sight.

"Murakami-kun, I won't pursue the box of gold and two Burmese and Indian mixed-race girls that the old thing gave you from Deqin Tunou, but I don't want the emperor to ignore the great cause of the empire for the sake of money and beauty, and link the future and fate of the empire with the lowly Burmese. Do you understand? ”

Koichi Ishikawa said in an extremely stern voice.

"Hey!"

Murakami Yasu's forehead oozed beads of sweat, and he hurriedly bent down to answer, due to the excessive force, his forehead suddenly hit the table of the Eight Immortals in front of him, knocking out a large bag, and the pain was abnormal but he didn't dare to squeak.

Ishikawa Koi held the black chess pieces in his hand, filled in the chessboard, and his voice became softer: "Don't be polite, Murakami-kun, you have been following me for many years, you know who I am...... Let's move on! Do you really think we should attack the northern highlands of Burma? ”

"Yes!"

Murakami Yasu sat up straight, responded, and replied: "Judging from the long-term strategy of the empire in the future, our army will definitely compete with the An Jia army. For a long time, the psychological shadow of the invincibility of the An Jia army has always been a huge burden on the officers and soldiers of the imperial army, and now even the Burmese army has won a big victory, pushing the An Jia army back more than 80 kilometers, we have no reason not to take advantage of this great opportunity to boost the morale of the imperial army. In addition, I always feel that Daben's strategy of deliberately keeping peace with the An Jiajun is in danger of raising tigers! ”

"That's a big fallacy!"

Hiroshi Ishikawa shook his head again and again: "I never think that there is any baggage in the past achievements. During the first Battle of Songhu, didn't our army inflict heavy losses on the An Jiajun? In the subsequent War of Resistance on the Great Wall, Gu Changfeng, the general under An Yi, lost his troops and lost his generals, and finally successfully withdrew less than half of the army in the pass, what is this not a victory? Even after the July 7 Incident, our army may not always lose the battle in North China, and Hu Jialin's Fifth Corps finally succeeded in escaping to northern Shanxi, and there is not one out of ten troops, isn't it a good proof?

"The combat power of the army is directly proportional to its training and weaponry. Seven years ago, when the first Battle of Songhu was held, the training level of the Anjia Army was already on par with the Emperor's *** team, but its weapons could not be compared with our army, so Shanghai was defeated and won less, and the Great Wall Battle in the following year was the same. By two years ago, the weapons and equipment of its army and air force had surpassed that of our army, and the number of various artillery, small guns, and machine guns in the army far exceeded that of our army with the same establishment, so it led to successive defeats in the North China operation, but after our army strengthened its strength, it was as strong as the Anjia army, and it had to be defeated in North China!

"Since the end of the previous year, the Anjia Army entered the control of Annam, swallowed the north, invaded Central Asia in the west, and obtained a large number of Soviet-made weapons and equipment from the Far East Army, coupled with the total outbreak of its military industrial enterprises under the wartime system, which quickly widened the gap with our army's equipment, coupled with the limited steel of the empire, it had to be used in a large number of naval ship manufacturing, so that the army's resources were limited, resulting in the production of guns and ammunition has not been able to rise! Don't look at the current high-profile announcement of the victory won by the Burmese army, but it can be expected that it will not be long before it will suffer a complete defeat, which is not a question of whether it is good at fighting or not, but a real disparity in strength. ”

"It's-"

Murakami defended: "It is precisely because of the lack of strength of the Burmese army that our army needs to take the initiative to attack. In any case, there are benefits to entering the northern Burma plateau! ”

Koichi Ishikawa sighed: "Murakami-kun, even if our army succeeds in occupying northern Myanmar with great effort, can it have a positive impact on us?" Northern Myanmar is a barren land with high mountains and dense forests, barren land and no industrial base. Since our army launched the offensive against British Malaya, Borneo and Burma, the United States has suspended the delivery of steel and oil to us, but fortunately we already have oil and steel bases in the Lanyin Islands and the Far East, and the coal and iron in Manchuria and northern China and the newly discovered large iron ore mines on Hainan Island have brought us relatively abundant strategic materials, and our industry has not been affected much, but in the long run, in order for our army to catch up with the equipment level of the Anjia army, we must have more coal and iron ore deposits and large steel mills and military factories. These can only be solved in India and Australia, and attacking the northern Burma plateau can only be said to be a waste of the precious lives of the imperial army!

"Let's talk about the future of the individual. Ishihara-kun ignored the opposition of many elders in the army and insisted on promoting me to the post of commander of the Burmese and Indian army, so I have to think more about Ishihara-kun. Although we dare not say that we are completely sure of attacking India, which is mired in civil war, the probability of victory is at least seven or eight percent. But if I go hot-headed to attack northern Burma, with the terrible group of madmen in the Anjia army, and the harsh natural environment, I will have to recite Amitabha Buddha, let alone establish meritorious deeds? Neither I nor the army under my command will allow an inexplicable fiasco like that in Siberia, otherwise, not only will you and I be finished, but Ishihara-kun will also be implicated. Do you know about this? ”

"Hey!"

Murakami Yasu suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Commander, I almost made a mistake of principle. But how to explain it to the generals and staff officers of the armies, divisions and regiments below? They are full of fighting spirit, and they all want to take the initiative to ask for war and make contributions! ”

"Only by attacking India, taking over the industries and mineral deposits of the subcontinent, and having a huge population base in India, can the cornerstone of imperial hegemony be laid in one fell swoop! I have been instructed by His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp that no matter who is in the army, even if he is a regimental commander and division commander with outstanding military achievements, as long as he deliberately destroys the tacit understanding that has arisen between him and the An Jia army, consumes the resources of the empire in vain, and immediately transfers to the reserves, there is nothing to talk about! At this critical juncture concerning the fate and future of the Empire, I will not allow any mistakes to be made! ”

After Ishikawa finished speaking, he slapped the black chess pieces at the northwest corner of the chessboard, and the scattered sunspots in the northwest were connected into one breath, not only forming a situation of their own, but also faintly forming an offensive trend in the middle of the belly melee.

At this time, Murakami Yasushi realized that Ishikawa Koichi, the son of a god, made black chess completely take the initiative, which coincided with the current chaotic battle situation, and he couldn't help but think carefully, hoping to understand the subtlety of Ishikawa Koichi's art of war.

......

On the morning of the 27th, the fog that shrouded the plateau had not yet lifted, and the sun hung lazily over the mountains in the east, and the Burmese army's attack on the Gute Pass had been officially launched.

As the cannonballs rained down on the front-line positions of the An Jia Army, the Burmese army once again unexpectedly stepped on the landing point of the cannonballs and quickly rushed forward.

Different from the last attack on the Mumu defense line, this time the Burmese army also brought more than 30 cruiser tanks captured in previous battles with the British army, and these thin-skinned but super-mobile tanks were spread out in the whole line under the waving of the signal flag of the herald, forming an attack surface of more than 500 meters, obviously preparing to break through the line of the Meimu defense line again like the last time.

The Burmese army, which accompanied the tank battle, followed behind the tanks in a squad with bright bayonets and shouting loudly. In the distance, more than 8,000 Burmese soldiers from about a division rushed towards the position like a wave.

In Gute Town, which was 3,000 meters away from the front-line position, An Jin looked extremely calm, stood in front of the sand table and calmly observed the situation of the enemy and us, and listened to the explanation of Colonel Ma Jianhui, chief of operations.

"According to the information sent back by the special brigade that went deep into the eastern sex, the headquarters of the Burmese army is located here - about eight kilometers away from the departure position in the town of Nao Qiu. The enemy deployed one division on each flank on the left and right flanks, three divisions in one go in the center, and one division to guard the supply line from Nau Qiu to Mandalay. The enemy's weapons and equipment are mainly Zhongzheng series rifles, Czech light machine guns, and Maxim heavy machine guns purchased from the Xiangxi Factory, supplemented by weapons captured from the British army, and their individual firepower is not much weaker than ours! ”

After the victory in the Battle of Songhu, Ma Jianhui was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and later he was commended by the Special Operations Command many times in eastern Zhejiang and in the operation in Annan, and was promoted to colonel. As the mountain army continued to replenish its leadership force, he finally stepped out of the special brigade and officially assumed the post of operational staff officer of the mountain army directly under the central government. If this battle is fought well, it will inevitably be promoted to the first level.

"In this way, as long as the enemy in the middle is defeated, the Burmese army on both flanks will also collapse without a fight!"

An Jin muttered to himself, and then asked, "Have the Air Force and the Army Aviation Force been in contact?" ”

"Connected!"

Ma Jianhui was full of smiles: "After the sky cleared last night, the 16th Air Force Regiment was transferred from Simao to Mengya, the 17th Air Force Regiment was transferred from Anxin City to Myitkyina, the 18th Air Force Regiment was transferred from Cheli to Nalang, plus the 19th Air Force Regiment in Jingdong and the 20th Air Force Regiment in Lashio, we have deployed five powerful air regiments in northern Myanmar. The General Staff Department has approved the establishment of the Fourth Air Force Division on the basis of these five air regiments, combined with a transport and logistical supply brigade, with Major General Zhang Cunyi as the division commander.

"The five brigades of army aviation helicopters have all been deployed to the three military airfields of Lashio, Nalang, and Mengya, and are directly under the unified command of our mountain corps. After discovering that the enemy forces had begun to assemble and prepare for the attack in the morning, the helicopter group of the Army Aviation had already taken to the air, and the bomber squadrons of the Air Force had also taken to the air a quarter of an hour earlier, and were expected to arrive before the enemy's tanks approached our positions. ”

An Jin smiled: "In this way, we have no pressure!" Call Commissar Liang and ask him to take it easy and not expose our counterattack force too soon...... Well, in this way, immediately order the artillery to conduct blocking fire, the turtle shells of the enemy's tanks, our 105mm mountain howitzers may not be able to smash open, but the 105mm mountain cannons and 107mm mountain rocket artillery are different, as long as the enemy does not entangle with us and affect the bombing effect of the Air Force! ”

"Okay!"

Ma Jianhui took the order and left.

On the front line, the tanks of the Burmese army rolled forward, and suddenly several chassis rose with thick smoke, stopping the pace of advance, and the tankers quickly jumped out of the turret, and after a while, the tanks exploded violently due to burning. It turned out that these tanks ran into anti-tank mines planted by the Anjia military first.

The rest of the tanks stopped their advance, turned their 40mm guns, acted as fixed batteries, and cooperated with the artillery in the rear to shell the Gute Pass in front. A large number of infantry quickly moved forward, using bayonets to carry out the simplest and most dangerous demining operations, and after killing more than 300 people, the minefield was finally completely cleared.

The mountain army artillery group, which had already been prepared for the movements of the Burmese army, used howitzers, cannons and rocket artillery to target the tanks and infantry of the Burmese army, and launched intensive artillery bombardment.

The Burmese army's thin-skinned tanks were shot one after another, and were smashed into burning coffins by large-caliber cannon shells and rockets, while the attacking infantry was hit by the dense grenades of 90 105mm mountain howitzers, and the flesh and stumps were scattered sideways, and the mournful shouts resounded over the battlefield.

Because the artillery unit of the An Jia Army is set up on the mountain, the artillery of the Burmese army cannot pose a threat to the artillery positions of the An Jia Army, but the artillery of the An Jia Army can cover the artillery positions of the Burmese army. However, the Burmese army was obviously aware of its disadvantage in the terrain, so the artillery positions were set very far behind, and the maximum range meant that the accuracy would be very poor, which would not be very effective when bombing the Kok Tat Line. The An Jia artillery apparently saw the problem, and instead of wasting shells to suppress the Burmese artillery, they vented their anger on the attacking tanks and infantry.

Just as some Burmese tanks and infantry stubbornly broke through the fire line set by the artillery of the An Jia Army and continued to attack the mountain pass, the first wave of strike aircraft from the Narang airfield had arrived.

More than 70 B2 bombers roared and rushed directly toward the Burmese artillery positions.

Although the Burmese army has set up air defense positions, more than 10 anti-aircraft machine guns and five or six small-caliber antiaircraft machine guns have long been locked by the attack planes that are at the forefront of the attack.

After destroying the Burmese artillery, the bombers began to bombard the Burmese troops gathered on the battlefield in squadrons, and the Burmese army was in chaos.

Before the Tatmadaw command could make targeted adjustments, the second and third waves of air strike clusters had already arrived over the battlefield. The second wave of warplanes flew directly to the town of Wewin, and with a dense barrage of aerial bombs, the entire town was reduced to a sea of fire and ruins, and the front headquarters of the Burmese army was quickly destroyed.

The entire central and northeastern regions of the East were covered with a dense mass of bombers, fighters, and attack planes. The fifteen bomber squadrons of the three flying regiments are 225 bombers, plus 45 attack planes and 45 fighters.

Under this high-density attack, the entire central offensive force of the Burmese army was in chaos, and even the places where the two wings of the army were too concentrated were also fiercely attacked by the Anjia Air Force.

......

In Yangon, in the war room of the headquarters of the Burmese-Indian Front, the telephone rang continuously.

Koichi Ishikawa, who got up after a hurried rest for four hours and studied with his staff officers how to quickly attack India, picked up the phone under the reminder of the staff officers, and the voice of Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, commander of the right wing of the front army stationed in Mandalay, was a little urgent:

"Ishikawa-kun, the people of China dispatched a large number of air forces to attack the attacking Burmese ground troops, and the Burmese army may collapse at any time! For the sake of the Empire's safety, I propose to immediately send our flying team to the east to resolutely fight back against the provocative actions of the Anjia Army Air Force! ”

Koichi Ishikawa asked calmly, "Do you know how many fighters the Shina people have dispatched?" ”

"According to the feedback from the military advisers sent by our army on the front line, there are three or four hundred fighters, but most of them are bombers, and I think this is an opportunity that can be exploited!" Shojiro Iida replied.

Ishikawa Koichi's face changed: "Iida-kun, do you know the establishment of the Anjia Army Air Force?" ”

Iida Shojiro was stunned: "I vaguely know some ......"

"It's so unwise to know?"

Koichi Ishikawa deliberately raised his voice to vent the anger in his heart: "An Jia Jun Air Force is a brigade (regiment), consisting of five bomber squadrons, five fighter squadrons (in fact, strong one war four), one reconnaissance aircraft squadron and two transport aircraft squadrons. That is, as many bombers as you see now, there are the same number of fighters waiting for us!

"Do you know how many fighters the Fifth Flying Group deployed in Burma by the Reich? Ninety-six! The number of fighters on the other side is three to four times that of our army, and it is even more advanced in terms of performance. When I have three flying groups in my hands, you can make this suggestion again! ”

After speaking, he hung up the phone with a "bang".

Ishikawa Hiroshi thought about it, picked up the microphone again, and called Hidera Obata, commander of the Fifth Flight Group, asking the air force stationed in Mandalay, Mitiera, Pyinmana, Ringanqiang, and Ruibao to be on alert at all times, and once it was discovered that the Anjia Air Force had the intention of crossing the eastern color, it would immediately make tactical evasions to the south. Under the present circumstances, the main focus should be on preserving the strength of the air force and accumulating strength for future Indian operations.

Hidera Obata was extremely aggrieved when he heard this, but under the severe reprimand of Koichi Ishikawa, he had to say that he would act according to orders.

On the other side of the phone, Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida listened to the busy tone coming from the phone, and said with a wry smile to the commander-in-chief of the Burmese Independence Army, Po Decha, and the chief of staff of the Burmese Independence Army, who were waiting on the side:

"Commander Ishikawa said that the enemy's air force has several times the number of fighters in our army, and the air force cannot be dispatched to help in the war! In the early hours of this morning, the Rangoon Command asked our Right Wing Army to give guarantees that not a single soldier could join the attack on Dongse. Unless the people of China have the intention of attacking Mandalay, any unauthorized transfer of troops into the war will be severely punished by the base camp, and it is said that His Majesty the Emperor has given Commander Ishikawa the power to make decisions on the spot! ”

Bodecha and Boliye were greatly disappointed by this result, and Podcha provoked: "General Iida, you are the greatest contributor to the invasion of Burma, and this Excellency Ishikawa does not take the general too seriously......"

Although Iida Shojiro was also very unhappy, he still stopped Podcha's words: "Commander Ishikawa, as a member of the imperial family, made great achievements in the attack on North China as early as 33 years, and his qualifications are far above Iida. This time, Commander Ishikawa represents His Majesty the Emperor, so please be careful! ”

When the two of them left in a huff, Shojiro Iida showed dissatisfaction on his face, but then he fell into deep thought about Koichi Ishikawa's strategic layout.

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