Chapter 42: Giving Great Gifts

"What? The Thunder has already taken the Longling and Songshan defense lines? "The commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Kanda Masao, who had just landed in Yangon, was stunned by the news that had just arrived on the China-Myanmar border. It was only a week ago that Thunder suddenly crossed the river to attack the Tengchong and Longling lines, and the Burmese Front deployed at least two infantry wings on the Tengchong and Longling lines, and I heard that there were still two tank brigades assisting in the defense, so why was it suddenly broken by the thunder?

The 6th Division, also known as the Kumamoto Division, was one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army before the outbreak of World War II, codenamed "Ming". Together with the Second Division (Sendai), they are known as the two strongest and most effective units in the Japanese Army. The Sixth Division was transferred to Burma from the South Asian battlefield this time, and Kanda Masashi, as the commander of the division, knew that the Sixth Division had a heavy responsibility, otherwise his Sixth Division would not have been ranked first when it came to boarding and sorting.

According to the orders and plans of the base camp, the 6th Division was the main force in the siege of Thunder, and the 6th Division not only had to crush the Thunder troops head-on, but also follow the Thunder troops into Yunnan and tear a hole in the southwestern rear of China, so as to attract the attention of the Nationalist Government for the Chinese occupation army's encirclement plan. As the commander of the Kumamoto Division, Kanda Masashi has never lacked the bloodthirsty factor in his bones, he prefers killing to conquering cities, he likes to watch his opponents die in front of him, and only in this way can he truly decide that he is like an imperial samurai.

After receiving the order to rush to Burma's aid, Kanda Masa also obtained a lot of information and intelligence about Thunder from his acquaintances in the base camp, in his opinion, Thunder is just a product of left and right, without Chiang Kai-shek's covert support and the incompetence of the Shanxi garrison, this so-called Thunder would have been wiped out in Shanxi long ago. On the way here, Kanda Masasang, together with his officers, deduced the battle plan and route of the Sixth Division after entering Burma countless times, but he did not expect that Thunder's action would be so swift, and it only took one week to take the territory that originally belonged to China on the west bank of the Nu River.

The Sixth Division is organized into a four-unit system, with two brigades under its jurisdiction, two infantry wings under the brigade and two infantry wings, three infantry brigades under the jurisdiction of the infantry wing, and one artillery wing, one baggage wing, one engineer wing, and one cavalry wing under the jurisdiction of the sixth division, with a total number of 25,000 men. Moreover, Kanda Masasan's 6th Division is equipped with 24 120-caliber heavy guns and 36 75mm rapid-fire guns, plus 2 tank brigades assigned to the 6th Division, the combat effectiveness of the 6th Division is enough for Kanda Masashi to boast of repelling the Thunder alone.

Intelligence from the Burmese Front showed that the Japanese troops stationed in Myitkyina and Mandalay were massing towards the Sino-Burmese border, and according to the scale and combat effectiveness of the Thunder's troops, Kanda did not think that the two third-rate wings could hold off the Thunder's troops, but his Sixth Division needed time, and he needed time to arrive in the fighting area from Rangoon. "Okay, so be it, Thunder, I'm very much looking forward to the decisive battle with you" Standing on the dock and watching the soldiers who were landing from the cabin, Kanda Masazen's face couldn't help but show a smile, because he firmly believed that his Sixth Division would definitely be able to defeat Thunder.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom" A series of explosions suddenly occurred on the bustling Yangon pier, and the unsuspecting Kanda Masa was thrown to the ground by his guards, and a dozen soldiers who were not afraid of death simply used their bodies to protect him. The explosion continued as if it did not stop, and a large cloud of smoke rose up on the pier, and the fire balls bloomed one after another over the pier, and the smoke was full of blood and shouted screams of the Japanese soldiers, the explosion came too suddenly, and the Japanese soldiers who had landed in advance were all within the range of the explosion, and at least more than 500 people were lying in a pool of blood.

Kanda Masase, who was guarded by the guards, had already been pressed and gasped, but he didn't dare to rush out of the crowd, and if there was another bomb, his life would be gone. "Boom" "Boom" Kanda Masang's premonition is extremely correct, just when the explosion on the dock stopped, Kanda Masang was still hesitating, there was a sudden explosion in those troop carriers docked on the dock, several speedboats that were originally used as port pilot ships suddenly crashed into the troop carriers like crazy, and every impact will have an explosion, looking at the movement of the explosion, those speedboats were obviously planted with a large amount of explosives.

"Kitakusamaru is on fire, Akisui is also on fire, and Kitajima" The Japanese soldiers on the dock who escaped death turned around and looked at the troop transport ship that caught fire, all with a stupid face, once upon a time the use of dead soldiers to attack the enemy line was the specialty of the Great Japanese Empire. The so-called feng shui turns around, but now they are being attacked by unknown people, and the other party has sent a dead man to drive a boat to ram the troop carrier. The Japanese soldiers on the troop carrier on fire jumped from the deck to escape, and those who were lucky jumped directly onto the pier, and those who were unlucky also jumped into the water, and the worst thing was the Japanese soldiers who were smoked and couldn't see clearly, and many guys jumped into the gap between the troop carrier and the dock, and then were squeezed alive by the troop carrier in the crack.

"Baga, don't mess up, don't mess up" The officers and veterans on the dock tried their best to restrain the panicked soldiers, only by dredging the crowding on the dock can more people be saved, but the current situation does not allow those soldiers who are busy escaping to have time to think, whether to squeeze or remember, and even more in order to get out of danger they will push their companions into the water regardless of the danger, the entire Yangon dock is full of restless Japanese soldiers, and the officers' reprimands are not effective at this time.

With a loud "boom", there was a big explosion in Kitakusamaru, which was the first to be attacked by unknown people, and the Japanese soldiers on the dock who had just been restrained by the officers made a commotion again, and the scattered hull parts became the catalyst for the commotion, and the Japanese soldiers who were forced by the officers to scatter and flee in all directions. The wounded soldiers lying in pools of blood on the dock were directly trampled under their feet, and in the face of life and death, no one cared about their existence, everyone punched and kicked their companions around them or directly used bayonets to open the way in order to survive.

"Da Da" finally had the officers open their eyes, and organized a group of veterans to start shooting soldiers with machine guns who attacked their own companions. More than a hundred people died at the hands of veterans, and the bloody scenes shook the rioting soldiers, and as more and more officers appeared, a crisis that could turn into a riot was temporarily contained. The pile of goods that exploded at the dock was still burning, and the corpses and screaming wounded soldiers on the ground made Kanda Masa, who had just come out of the meat shield, look angry.

Two troop carriers attacked by bomb boats have also sunk, tens of thousands of soldiers who have landed on the shore have left in a group, thousands of Japanese soldiers are struggling in the sea water waiting for rescue, and the remaining soldiers of the Sixth Division are being transferred to the dock from other troop carriers. "Hachigaya Road, I want to know who did this, I want to know who organized this attack on the Imperial soldiers" Kanda Masasang, who was angry, slowly raised his katana, and the person in charge of the dock who was dragged by the soldiers looked at the katana in horror, his legs kept trembling but he couldn't say a word.

"Yaga" looked at the water stain that slowly expanded between the legs of the dock leader, and the katana that Kanda was holding high fell quickly, directly chopping the timid dock person in front of him alive. "Seal off the entire dock, gather the head of the special high school here, I want to know who organized this attack" Kanda Masasa retracted his katana from its scabbard and gave a series of orders. Kanda knew that the most important thing to do now was to calm the morale of the soldiers and rescue the soldiers who had fallen into the water and were wounded, but the pride of being a samurai did not allow him to even know the names of his opponents.

"You say it was an attack orchestrated by the Thunder?" Two hours later, the exhausted Kanda Masa received a report from the Special High Division, from which the Specialized High Division branch in Yangon City not only received accurate information that the attack on the Yangon pier was planned by Thunder behind the scenes.

"Yes, we are sure that the Thunder planned this attack" The person in charge of the special high school in Yangon whispered to Kanda Masazhong's rhetorical question, which is because the lieutenant general's temper is not very good, and if he accidentally does not get it, he will even take his own life. "We found that the people who drove the pilot boat to ram the troop carrier were all Burmese, including the bombs hidden in the cargo pile on the dock, which were also brought into the dock by the Burmese, these Burmese are not native to Yangon, they all belong to a village called Rock Dragon, and the head of the village has a very unusual relationship with Thunder, I heard that they have always done business with each other."

"What does this mean?" Kanda Masasan frowned, it was obvious that he was disgusted with the procrastination of the special high class, and people from military families were used to speaking straight and not beating around the bush.

"Our people found the explosive residue used by the attackers on the dock, and after our laboratory tests, it turned out to be American-made TNT explosives, and the source of the Thunder's weapons has always relied on the United States, and then our people found this on the dock" A book-sized iron sheet engraved with Chinese characters was handed to Kanda Masang.

"Eight Grid Yalu, damn thunder, I will take the Sixth Division to cut off your heads" Looking at the content of the seal engraved on the iron sheet, Kanda Zhengzhong couldn't help but roar angrily, and the piece of black iron that had been smoked was also slapped on the table by Kanda Zhengzhong. "Great gifts, waiting for you to come and send you to death, thunder salute" The sixteen Chinese characters on the iron sheet deeply angered Kanda Masa, and despite the physical and mental exhaustion of the soldiers, he ordered the 13th Infantry Wing, which was the vanguard of the 6th Division, to immediately set off for Mandalay, and he set off with the brigade.