The command hall of the Ministry of National Defense in Nanjing, China, is brightly lit.

The British and Burmese troops almost did not hesitate to casualties and at any cost to concentrate their forces and firepower to launch a fierce attack on Myitkyina, and after a whole night of bloody fighting, all the periphery of Myitkyina's southern front fell, and the city was also captured, and the weakness of the [***] team was gradually exposed.

"We are short of artillery, and although we have more mortars than the other side, we were suppressed by the long-range artillery of the British and Burmese forces last night, and our artillery rate of fire and accuracy fell behind in the artillery battle." Chief of Staff Li Huashan's face was a little ugly.

Li Bufan, Duan Qirui, and Xu Shuzheng's faces were all blue with anger, if it was daytime, of course this situation would not happen, China currently occupies absolute air supremacy, it should be said that the West did not expect the war to break out so quickly, and did not deploy a large number of air forces in the Far East. During the day, the Chinese air force can fully provide air strikes to suppress the opponent's artillery, but in the era of night warfare, in this era without precise navigation, whether it can fly to the right place is a problem, let alone whether it can be bombed accurately.

Li Bufan said in a deep voice: "Telegraph to Liu Cunhou that a counteroffensive will be organized as soon as dawn, and the air force will provide them with powerful fire support." ”

"Yes!" Li Huashan responded, and then immediately said, "Commander-in-chief, we don't have many aerial bombs left. ”

Li Bufan frowned, Duan Qirui had already widened his eyes and said, "This battle hasn't been fought for a month, and you tell me there are no bombs?" So how is this battle still fought? ”

Li Huashan said: "This war is less than a year away from the end of the war, and even if our current bomb production is three times that of the original, it cannot support such high consumption." The 'No. 2 Operational Plan' is also known as the 'Thunder Plan', and since it is to launch a thunder strike, it is necessary to maintain the most powerful firepower. The fact that we have defeated such a large enemy in such a short period of time is largely due to the constant destruction of air strikes by the Air Force. ”

Xu Shuzheng said: "Could it be that the plan of the Ministry of Defense is to fight the first wave, and the Air Force will not use it in the future?" ”

Li Bufan smiled and said, "Of course not. After we drove the foreign devils out of Southeast Asia in one go, the great powers had to mobilize troops to counterattack, and there was a time lag in between, and we could reserve a certain amount of aerial bombs. As the great powers launch counteroffensives, the struggle for air supremacy will become fierce, their air defense will also be strengthened, and we will no longer be able to bomb so recklessly, and the role of bombers will be reduced, and production will be gradually reduced, and we will turn to the production of fighters with all our might. Future aerial bombardments will mainly target strategic targets and suppress the enemy's heavy weapons, and carpet bombing and other operations will not be carried out again unless there are special circumstances. We have calculated that our capacity should be able to meet these needs. ”

At this moment, Duan Qirui once again deeply felt the huge role of heavy industry and manufacturing for the country and the military, and suddenly felt that his talents were really limited, and he could hardly keep up with the progress of the times. The subtle change in his heart made his tone change as well, and he asked, "What about Myitkyina?" ”

Li Huashan said: "It's not a big problem. We still have about 800 tons of bombs, of which 600 500 kg bombs are to be kept to deter the navies of the great powers, so we have 300 tons, and we still have 500 tons of bombs available, most of which can be used in the Myitkyina battlefield. ”

Li Bufan sighed and said: "This Dannat is beyond our expectations, we must kill him as soon as possible, otherwise he will become our great enemy in the future." Everyone nodded, although the war broke out a bit hastily, but China's actual preparations were far more adequate than the powers, and in fact, it took a big advantage. If the commander of the Anglo-Burmese army is replaced by an ordinary general, it is very likely that the Anglo-Burmese army will become history, but this Dannatt can grasp the weak link of the Chinese side every time he makes a move, which is really extraordinarily powerful.

Xu Shuzheng said: "According to this style of play, I don't think Liu Cunhou can last three days in Myitkyina." ”

Li Bufan said lightly: "I have been prepared, the 45th and 46th armies are already on the way to Myitkyina, and the 45th army has arrived in Tengchong." ”

In such a heavy place as Myitkyina, of course, it is impossible for the Chinese side to only let Liu Cunhou resist alone, because China does not have no troops, but it has not been mobilized in place.

It's dark.

The small city of Myitkyina is generally in ruins, and the smoke and bloody smell of gunpowder make you vomit. The gunfire had stopped, and the wails of the wounded could be heard everywhere, making it look very eerie.

Mr. Liu's headquarters was in the basement of a bank in the north of central Myitkyina. But now he is standing on the roof of the Myitkyina Bank, staring at the south, the other party's night battle makes him feel cool in his heart, the ferocity of his attack is chilling, many fronts reported to him, the British and Burmese troops are almost all advancing and not retreating, as long as they retreat, no matter how many people retreat, they will be shot by the rear overseers

"These crazy people!" Liu Cunhou gritted his teeth, they only had sixty or seventy thousand people, but the other party had more than 300,000, how many days could he last with this style of play?

"Report to the military seat, the commander-in-chief called, asking us to organize a counteroffensive of the troops at dawn and recapture the position." A major general came to the roof to report.

Liu Cunhou didn't need to look back to know that it was Li Qiang, the chief of staff, and thought about it: "After a night of fierce fighting, the brothers are very tired, where is how much energy is left to counterattack?" ”

Li Qiang said with a straight face: "Junzao, even if you are tired and have to bite the bullet, if you give them enough rest during the day, then they will undoubtedly start a night battle again." At night, street fighting was repeated, and it was difficult for us to give full play to our superiority in firepower and air strikes, and large-scale white-knuckle battles were not in our favor. We counterattacked during the day to regain our positions, so that we had room to defend ourselves, and relied on firepower to inflict massive casualties on the enemy, destroy the enemy's heavy weapons, and exhaust their energy so that they could not attack at night. ”

Liu Cunhou snorted coldly and said, "If their troops are not much, or even not much, this is of course feasible. But these damn miscellaneous troops are more than five times our strength, and they can take turns to fight, and I'm afraid we didn't tire them out, we were tired to death. ”

Li Qiang's expression remained unchanged and said: "The reason why we lost so much in the night battle last night was because of insufficient preparation. Now that we're ready, if they dare to come again, I'll make it impossible for them to eat and walk around. ”

Liu Cunhou was surprised: "Are you sure you're not joking?" ”

Li Qiang said: "Give me a division, and I will let the British and Burmese troops not advance an inch." ”

"Good! Then leave one division as a reserve, and the other troops will fully counterattack according to the instructions of the commander-in-chief! ”

The Chinese defenders launched an all-out counterattack, attacking on multiple fronts under the cover of air strikes and artillery fire from rear artillery positions, and the already ruined half of Myitkyina's city was completely in ruins

General Dannatt, Chief of Staff Olive, and some senior British and Burmese generals could not help but sigh as they looked at the officers and soldiers on the front line who were constantly retreating. Once upon a time, the great powers colonized the world with giant ships and cannons, and firepower has always been their advantage, but now it is almost reduced to a situation of being beaten.

"Commander, let's open fire!" There were constantly officers who couldn't help but shout.

"Artillery is not allowed to move, whoever uses long-range artillery will be dealt with by military law!" Admiral Dannatt was unwavering, his eyes had been staring at the group of Chinese bombers hovering over Myitkyina, and he felt a huge shock in his heart at the Chinese bombers, he had been watching carefully, and found that the Chinese bombers could stay in the skies over Myitkyina for more than five hours, such a long time in the air, what kind of concept was that?

Olife said: "Commander, since we can't use artillery, we should also invest more troops, otherwise our troops will soon be repulsed." ”

Dannat said lightly: "Retreat, retreat." The Chinese have fierce firepower, and the more they go up, the greater the casualties. We will retreat now, fight back at night, and even defeat the whole Myitkyina! After a pause, he said to Olive, "Arrange for the follow-up troops who arrived today to rest as soon as possible, and launch a counterattack as soon as it gets dark." The Chinese fought all day in a row, exhausted, and I saw what they could use at night to resist our attack. ”

Admiral Dannatt, as an excellent commander, of course knew that artillery was important to the Anglo-Burmese army, and if he wanted to capture Myitkyina, he had to keep the artillery in his hands, otherwise the Chinese artillery fire would be unscrupulous. Artillery is known as the "god of war", and absolutely no one doubts its power and its great role on the battlefield.

The sky gradually darkened, and for a whole day, all the positions captured by the British and Burmese troops in the last night's battle were recovered by the Chinese side, and then the Chinese side stopped attacking, and the British and Burmese troops also entered a rest, and did not entangle too much.

It was already completely dark, and the Anglo-Burmese army set up an offensive formation.

Admiral Dannat looked at Myitkyina in the darkness in the distance, where it was pitch black and silent, as if it had become no man's land. This situation appeared at this time, and it seemed extremely weird, and even he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.

Olife had already arranged the attack, came to his side and said, "Commander, the troops are ready and waiting for your orders. ”

Dannatt hesitated and said, "Olife, don't you think there's something wrong with the Chinese's position?" ”

Oliver looked at it for a long time and said, "It's quiet, it's too quiet." ”

Dannatt said in a deep voice, "Yes, that's abnormal. Myitkyina is very important to us and to the Chinese, and I believe that the Chinese will never be unaware of this, and will never give it up, and I do not think that the officers and men of the [***] squadron will hide and sleep. ”

Oliver was also very strange, but he couldn't think of any reason, so he had to say, "What do you mean?" ”

Admiral Dannatt said in a deep voice: "They must have some conspiracy, and if we attack rashly, we will be fooled." ”

Olife said helplessly: "Commander, we must attack. ”

Admiral Dannatt said: "Of course we have to attack. However, the method needs to be changed! ”

“？？？” (To be continued.) )