[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 166: The Great Siege (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Hideki Tojo knew that the war on the front line was urgent, so he did not dare to slack off, and wrote down the battle on the Manchurian front in detail and reported it to His Majesty Emperor Hirohito, hoping to convene an imperial meeting to discuss the reinforcement of the Kwantung Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, Hideki Tojo proposed a large-scale reinforcement of the Kwantung Army, mainly against heavy weapons and aviation units, otherwise the Japanese Empire would soon lose control of Manchuria.

I have to say that the luck of General Yamada Otozo and the Kwantung Army was too bad, and after watching Hideki Tojo's recital, Emperor Hirohito's tone was also relaxed, and he almost agreed to Hideki Tojo's request.

But at this time, news of the great rout of the Southern Army came, and then the commander of the Southern Army, Marshal Terauchi Toshiichi, sent a telegram saying that the Imperial Japanese Army had suffered heavy losses from the Allies at Imphal and that the 15th Army had suffered heavy casualties.

Speaking of this campaign, we have to mention a very famous "famous general" in Japan -- Mutaguchi Ryiya, who is known as "Little Tojo," and at the same time is also an acquaintance of the Chinese, and he fired the first shot of the "77 Incident."

In 1937, this product was the supreme commander of the Japanese army outside Wanping City, and the Japanese army's full-scale war of aggression against China broke out directly at the hands of this person. After that, Mutaguchi Ren, also made many achievements in a series of wars of aggression and was promoted to commander of the 15th Army.

On January 7, 1944, the headquarters issued the Imphal battle plan codenamed "U" with the order of "Continental Finger No. 1776". The supreme commander in charge of this offensive mission was Mutaguchi Yoshiya.

First of all, the Japanese army did not have air supremacy, because the Japanese airfield was too far away from the Imphal front, and the British planes stayed at the military airfield in Imphal, and the US aircraft carrier group staying in the Indian Ocean could provide fast-food air support to the British army.

More importantly, the Japanese army faced serious logistical supply problems, because the Japanese army had to travel long distances through the rainforest to attack Imphal, and the Japanese supply lines that did not have air superiority were often attacked by the Allies. Without supplies, the soldiers will not have enough to eat, no weapons and ammunition, and without these necessary conditions, this battle will not be fought!

At this time, Mu Taguchi Lian also thought of a person, who was the "generation of Tianjiao" Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan made many expeditions, and the combat distance was very long, and in the Yuan Dynasty, where there was no convenient means of transportation, Genghis Khan thought of a very novel solution. During each of the Mongol expeditions, each soldier was ordered to bring two oxen with them, which they could kill as rations when they ran out of food.

Mutaguchi Ryoya slapped his forehead, yes, I can do the same. The goods immediately ordered the whole army to collect cattle, sheep and other animals as means of transportation, and even the monkeys were captured.

Subsequently, Mutaguchi led about 100,000 people from three divisions of the 15th Army to drive cattle, sheep and other animals across the Chindun River on the India-Myanmar border, opening the prelude to the Battle of Imphal. Mutaguchi even arrogantly declared: "The Japanese Army has now reached the point of invincibility in the world, and the day when the Sun Banner will announce our sure victory in India is not far off." ”

This thing really thought he was Genghis Khan, but he didn't know that Genghis Khan himself stopped in India.

After learning that the Japanese army had entered India, the British high command immediately decided to shrink its forces to the Imphal heights to defend the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army would be far away from its own logistics base. Mutaguchi was not too worried about this, as long as he could capture the British base in Imphal before the rainy season arrived, all problems would be solved.

However, Mutaguchi quickly realized how stupid his previous decision was, and as soon as the animals transporting supplies heard the sound of gunfire, they immediately fled in all directions, and as a result, all the supplies and equipment were gone. The Japanese army's logistical supply lines were also blocked by the Allied air force, and the Japanese army was greatly reduced in combat strength because it could not even eat enough in the early stage.

Soon, the rainy season came, and diseases were prevalent among the Japanese army, and non-combat attrition was very serious. As a result of this battle, the Japanese were unable to capture Imphal in the end, and suffered heavy losses themselves. Soon, the Japanese army retreated on all fronts. Of the 100,000 Japanese troops who set out, only 40,000 returned to Burma, and the battle was called the biggest defeat of the Japanese Army.

The crushing defeat at the Battle of Imphal forced the 15th Army in Burma to retreat, and the Sino-British forces were directed towards Mandalay and Lashio, and the major military victories of the Southern Army a few years ago were gradually being smoothed out, so Marshal Terauchi Shouichi requested support from the base camp.

In addition, according to the reconnaissance and knowledge of the intelligence department of the Southern Army, two new aircraft carriers of the US Navy have been launched and put into service, and the strength of the US Navy has greatly increased.

Compared with the army, the whole of Japan attaches great importance to the navy, and the Japanese navy was built by Japan with the strength of the whole country, and many people are surprised and admired by the achievements of the Japanese navy.

Under such multiple blows, the Imperial Council, which was still discussing whether to reinforce the Kwantung Army, quickly changed after receiving a telegram from General Terauchi Shouichi to how to reinforce the Southern Army, how many troops to reinforce, and when to leave, and Tojo Hideki's plan to reinforce the Kwantung Army was quickly forgotten.

At this time, Hideki Tojo had no other way to help him than secretly sigh that Yamada Otozo's luck was too bad, even if he was the prime minister. His Majesty the Emperor ordered that most of the country's war resources would be used to fight in the south, after all, no matter how bad the situation in Manchuria was, it was just a loss of a colony, and even if the Kwantung Army could not protect itself, it was still possible to retreat to Korea.

However, if the Southern Army is defeated, the Yankees will definitely take the opportunity to occupy Okinawa Island and use Okinawa Island as a springboard to attack the Japanese mainland, and the life and death of the Kwantung Army will be insignificant compared to the attack on the mainland.

General Yamada Otozo didn't expect such a result, even if he moved Prime Minister Hideki Tojo out, it was the same result, and this time it hit him even harder.

On January 26, the battle situation once again took a major turn, a cavalry division of Ma Zheng's division set out from Changling, attacked Taipingshan Town, and then engaged in a fierce battle with the independent mixed 78th Brigade stationed in Taipingshan Town.

Due to the suddenness of the incident and the fact that the defenders of Taipingshan Town did not receive any news before the attack, the cavalry troops occupied the city gate at the beginning, and until now the defenders of Taipingshan Town have not driven out the Chinese cavalry troops attacking the city.

After receiving the report of the defenders of Taipingshan Town, General Yamada Otozo broke out in a cold sweat and immediately ordered Major General Takahashi to defend Taipingshan, the new western gateway to Beijing, at all costs.

However, Yamada Otozo didn't know that it was precisely because of his order that the 78th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was sent to hell, and you must know that if the Takahashi Brigade and the retreat were covered by each other at that time, the Chinese Cavalry Division would have no way to take this well-equipped infantry brigade.

But at this time, the Takahashi brigade could not retreat at all after receiving the strict order from the headquarters, and became a shameful deserter as soon as it retreated, so when Yang Chengwu's large army arrived, Major General Takahashi was still organizing troops to counterattack, and when tens of thousands of Chinese infantry came in a row, the town of Taipingshan only lasted an hour before it was declared occupied.

After capturing Taiping Mountain, Ma Zheng immediately ordered his troops to rush to Xinjing without stopping, and ordered Yang Chengwu, Xu Hu, Ma Desheng, Wu Xiuda, Li Zhaolin and others to encircle Xinjing and Harbin at the same time, and to complete the encirclement of the Japanese puppet army in China and Manchu and North Manchu within ten days.

Ma Zheng's idea is very simple, now the defense system of the Kwantung Army has been completely disrupted, except for the Japanese army in South Manchuria, which is still like a thing, the Japanese army in North Manchuria and Central Manchurian are almost passively beaten. At this time, there is no need to be polite with these bitches, just rush up and beat them up.

And Ma Zheng also believes that judging from the current state of the Japanese army, it is completely impossible to hold Harbin and Xinjing with less than 300,000 people in North Manchuria and Central Manchuria, not to mention that there are still many frightened puppet armies, so what is needed now is to work hard until all the Japanese puppet armies in North Manchuria and Central Manchuria.