At Yangon airport, a shrill siren has sounded.

In the chaotic footsteps, hundreds of devil soldiers rushed out of the barracks or under the shade of trees, and then hurried into the position under the shouts of the officers, but unfortunately, the positions built at the airport were all used to defend against ground attacks, and there was no protection against attacks from the sky.

As a result, the devil soldiers walked out of the bunker one after another, stood in the open space and raised their guns to shoot at the sky.

At the beginning, the devil soldiers could still shoot unscrupulously by virtue of the range advantage of the 38 big cover, but when the altitude of the Chinese airborne troops dropped to only three or four hundred meters, the devil soldiers immediately became the target of ravage, because the Chinese airborne troops were equipped with all Thomson submachine guns and had absolute firepower superiority.

The only thing that can pose a lethal threat to the Chinese airborne forces is the eight twin anti-aircraft machine guns deployed on the airfield.

The caliber of these 8 twin anti-aircraft machine guns reached 13.2mm, and the bullets fired had unimaginable destructive power, and if they hit the human torso, they would basically be left with a bunch of severed limbs and mutilated bodies, even if they only hit the parachute, they could also tear out large holes, and eventually lead to the complete tearing of the parachute, which was also tragic for the airborne troops.

However, the Chinese airborne troops are very scattered, and the antiaircraft machine guns of the Chinese army can only rotate and fire, but cannot move freely, so the airspace that can be blocked is very limited, so there are not many Chinese airborne troops who have been shot and killed by the antiaircraft machine guns of the Chinese army, and what really causes heavy casualties among the Chinese airborne troops is the lack of training.

Due to the lack of adequate training for surnames, the Chinese airborne troops were deformed or even made mistakes when they landed in the air, and many soldiers failed to control their body balance when jumping out of the cabin, resulting in the parachute bag could not be opened normally, and many soldiers could not keep their bodies vertical before landing because of insufficient draping training, and as a result, they fell to the ground sideways.

All the more than 2,500 people of the Chinese Airborne Regiment were airborne, but less than 1,000 people landed safely.

Of course, less than 200 airborne troops were shot or killed by the army, and the vast majority of the rest of the airborne troops lost their combat effectiveness only because they were injured by falls.

However, even if less than 1,000 people landed safely, it would be enough to seize Yangon airport.

Because Colonel Du Xuewen, commander of the airborne regiment, had not arrived for a long time to join the group, Chief of Staff Li Jiuding resolutely took over the command and led more than a dozen airborne detachments that had been the first to complete the assembly to launch an attack on the Yangon airport.

After seizing the airport, Li Jiuding ordered his troops to enter the fortifications on the periphery of the airport and prepare to meet the counterattack of the Japanese army.

It was only at this time that Li Jiuding suddenly came back to his senses, and the regiment commander Du Xuewen never appeared, and immediately began to ask the officers and soldiers who were reinforcing the fortifications along the trenches: "Do you see the regimental seat?" Do you see the group? ”

The airborne troops shook their heads, and only one soldier replied: "Senza, I see it." ”

After that, without waiting for Li Jiuding to continue asking, the soldier continued with a miserable expression: "I am in the same detachment as Tuanzao, I was the first to parachute, and Tuanzao was the last, but when I opened the parachute and fell, I saw Tuanzao falling from my side, and his parachute didn't seem to open." ”

"What did you say?" Li Jiuding changed color and said, "The parachute of the group seat is not opened!?" ”

Seeing that the soldier nodded gloomily, Li Jiuding suddenly roared hoarsely: "Find, send someone to find me immediately, I want to see the Tuanzao people in life, and I want to see the Tuanza corpse in death!" ”

Half an hour later, the two airborne soldiers found a bloody corpse in the jungle near the airport, and the face of the corpse was no longer recognizable, but judging from the rank of colonel worn on the collar badge, this was obviously Colonel Du Xuewen, because in the entire airborne regiment, only Du Xuewen and Li Jiuding were two people with the rank of colonel.

………… Mandalay, Command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

General Luo Youlun happily walked into the dim underground war room, immediately stood upright, and reported to Yue Weihan: "Headquarters, good news, the airborne regiment has taken the Yangon airport!" ”

"Well, well done!" Yue Weihan got up abruptly and slammed his fist on the table again.

"But ......" Luo Youlun changed his tone and continued with a solemn expression, "The casualties of the airborne regiment were very large, and all the more than 2,500 people in the regiment were airborne, and finally more than 1,500 people were killed or wounded, of which more than 300 were killed, and the remaining 1,200 people were injured to varying degrees. ”

Yue Weihan was silent, but such a result had long been expected by him.

The Airborne Forces are originally a high-risk branch of the armed forces, and airborne operations are even more dangerous.

Historically, even the most successful airborne operations, with a casualty rate of more than 70 percent, the Chinese airborne regiment was able to capture the Yangon airport at the cost of 60 percent of the casualties, which was actually a miracle.

At this moment, the door of the war room was pushed open with a "flat" sound.

Yue Weihan and Luo Youlun turned around when they heard this, only to see that Li Yulong, the commander of the Baoshan Division, had already rushed in with a black face.

After Li Yulong rushed into the war room, he did not salute Yue Weihan, but squatted in the corner of the wall with his head in his hands, and then said in a sullen voice: "Boss, I can't figure it out!" ”

Yue Weihan was silent, but Luo Youlun said, "Senior Commander Li, what's wrong with you?" ”

Li Yulong ignored Luo Youlun and said to himself: "The guys in the Special Operations Brigade have a higher level of training and better psychological quality, but why is it Du Xuewen's 1st Regiment that landed at Yangon Airport?" If the special operations brigade is allowed to parachute into the airfield first, and then the 1st regiment is airlifted to Yangon, how can there be such large casualties? General seat, you are eccentric, and the special operations brigade is a baby bump in your heart. ”

After Li Yulong finished venting, Yue Weihan said lightly: "Finished?" ”

Li Yulong flattened his mouth, and finally closed his mouth in great depression.

"When we're done, let's go back." Yue Weihan stepped forward and pulled Li Yulong up, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a calm tone, "After the loss of Yangon Airport, the 181st Division in Kunming will be able to be airlifted to Yangon within two days. ”

"Boss, I see." Li Yulong's mood finally calmed down, and he immediately stood upright, "Don't worry, Master Baoshan will never disgrace you!" ”

After speaking, Li Yulong saluted Yue Weihan again, and then turned around and left.

Seeing Li Yulong's figure leave, Luo Youlun suddenly said: "General seat, I also think what Division Commander Li said is reasonable, if the special operations brigade is allowed to parachute into Rangoon, maybe the casualties of our army can be much smaller." ”

"Nope." Yue Weihan waved his hand, stared at the map on the wall, and said, "The sharp sword of the special operations brigade must not be unsheathed at this time, because there are more severe and important airborne combat missions waiting for them!" You also know that if you want to completely annihilate the Burmese army, it is not enough to simply seize Yangon. ”

After that, Yue Weihan suddenly said: "Immediately contact General Stilwell and Director Chiba of the 39th Group Army Field General Hospital, and ask the US Air Force to send a special plane to transport the best doctors, the best medical equipment and the best medicines in the General Hospital to Yangon Airport in the shortest possible time, and tell President Chiba to save the lives of the wounded officers and soldiers at all costs!" ”

"Yes." Luo Youlun stood upright and immediately took the order.

………… Yangon City, known as the Army Headquarters.

The worst news has finally reached Shojiro Iida's desk, and the airport is lost!

If the airfield cannot be recaptured in time, with the air transport forces of the Allied forces, two divisions can be airlifted to Rangoon in two days!

However, Yangon's garrison force has only one garrison brigade, and what is worse is that this garrison brigade has only three infantry brigades, and each infantry brigade has only three squadrons, and the rest of the logistics or technical units such as artillery brigades, search brigades, engineer brigades, and baggage brigades have none.

Once the squadrons of the two divisions were airlifted, the loss of Rangoon and Mawlamyine was inevitable.

After the loss of Rangoon and Mawlamyine, the logistics supply line of the Mandalay army was completely cut off, that is to say, half a month later, including the Guards Division, the four main divisions of the Burma battlefield will fall into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food, and the main force of the 39th Group Army will take advantage of the situation to crush it, and the Burmese army will collapse without a fight!

As soon as he thought of this, Shojiro Iida suddenly shivered inexplicably.

If the four main divisions of the Burma battlefield are destroyed, Shojiro Iida's military career will come to an end!

At this moment, Iida Shojiro was really frightened, he seemed to have seen the gloomy face of the commander of the Southern Army, Terauchi Terauchi, and even, he had already smelled the cold killing breath from the emperor's imperial saber, in order to save his reputation, he was afraid that he would really have to apologize for his seppuku at that time.

No, this must not be allowed to happen, Yangon airport must be recaptured!

Iida Shojiro gritted his teeth and roared at Isayama Haruki: "Order, the Yangon Garrison Brigade and the 1st Division of the Burmese Reading Volunteer Army are immediately dispatched and tell Keiji Suzuki and Lamiyang that they must recapture Yangon Airport before dark, and if they can't complete the task, everyone, all of them, will die, die, die!" ”

"Hello!" Haruki Isayama bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order away.

………… Saigon, Vietnam, Southern Army Command.

For security reasons, Shouichi Terauchi moved his headquarters back to Saigon.

Not only is the number of US Navy ships increasing at an alarming rate, but the overall quality of the US Navy's officers and men is also rapidly approaching that of the US Navy.

"What!?" In the office, Terauchi Shouichi stood up with a shocked face, stared at the chief of staff on the opposite side, Lieutenant General Nagada, and lost his voice, "Yangon Airport is lost!?" ”

"Hello." Luo Tianfeng bowed his head suddenly, and said in a solemn tone, "According to the reliable information obtained by the Yugoslav organs, Yue Weihan dispatched a lightly trained airborne regiment, and although more than 60% of the non-combat attrition was caused in the airborne process, the remaining nearly 1,000 people still succeeded in seizing Yangon Airport. ”

Terauchi was stunned for a moment, and immediately strode to the large map hanging on the wall.

After facing the map for two seconds, Terauchi Shouichi asked in a deep voice, "Luotian-kun, how many garrisons are there in Yangon?" ”

"There is only one garrison brigade, but in reality there are only more than a thousand untrained reservists, and there are neither artillery nor combat vehicles." "Other than that, there is only the 1st Division of the so-called 'Burmese Reading Volunteers' of Ramian, but these Burmese farmers and fishermen don't know how to fight at all. ”

Terauchi Shouichi's face suddenly turned to ashes, and he said, "So, what about the troops closest to Yangon?" ”

"Mandalay's heavy army group is closest to Yangon." "Other than that, it's the 15th Division in Java." ”

Shouichi Terauchi said without hesitation: "Order, the 31st Division immediately returns to Yangon, and must recapture Yangon Airport before the Allies airlift more squadrons to Yangon!" ”

"Your Excellency, it's late." Luo Tianfeng sighed, "At the same time that the Chinese Airborne Regiment landed in Yangon, the 14th Air Force of the United States Air Force also bombed the railway and road from Mandalay to Yangon on a large scale, and the 31st Division could only walk if it wanted to return to Yangon, and if it walked, it would not have half a month, and the 31st Division would not want to return to Yangon!" ”

The old devil in the temple almost suffocated on the spot when he heard this, and the 31st Division will take half a month to return to Yangon!?

It's really going to be half a month later, I'm afraid that even the daylily will be cold, so will the situation come back to help?

However, what worries Shouichi Terauchi the most is not whether Yangon can be recaptured, what the old devil is most worried about is the safety of the four elite divisions on the battlefield in Myanmar, especially the Guards Division of Nishimura Takuma! This is Emperor Hirohito's Praetorian Guard, and once the Guards Division is in Burma, the blow to the reputation of the empire and the imperial army will be unimaginable.

Terauchi Shouichi suddenly remembered the suggestion telegram sent to him by Okamura Ninji half a month ago, Okamura Ninji had actually reminded himself a long time ago, hoping that the Southern Army could be more vigilant and beware of the Chinese Expeditionary Force sending airborne troops to attack Yangon Airport, at that time he just laughed it off, and then threw Okamura's telegram into the trash.

"Okamura-kun! That's right, it's Okamura-kun! Thinking of Okamura Ningji, Terauchi Shouichi suddenly felt like a drowning man grasping the life-saving straw floating on the water, and immediately couldn't wait to attack Luotian, "Luotian-kun, immediately call the Central China Front and ask Okamura-kun for urgent tactical guidance!" ”

Terauchi Shouichi was born in a nobleman, and he has always looked down on Okamura Ninji, who was born as a commoner, but the 100,000 troops on the battlefield in Burma are already at the end of the road, and there is a danger of annihilation of the entire army every day, for the sake of his own reputation and the future of the Terauchi family, the old devil can't take care of his face.

(To be continued)