The idea of General Ito Yanzaburo, commander-in-chief of Japan's Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, is not incorrect, and it is a practical way to use aircraft to destroy the enemy's armored forces in large quantities without a large number of heavy artillery forming the backbone of the campaign's firepower.

More importantly, after the outer trenches surrounding Rangoon lost their role in blocking the tanks of the independent division, the outer defense line of the Japanese army was threatened by strict zhòng, and in the outer defense line, the attack strength of the independent division was not consumed as much as possible, and the attack spirit of the independent division was exhausted, and it prematurely entered the stage of street fighting, which was extremely unfavorable to the future urban defense operations.

In a word, Tang Qiuli suddenly made a move on Yangon, disrupting Ito's established steps, and the course of the battle was not going according to his plan, so he wanted to send the military air force to buy this buffer time for the Japanese army, and also to destroy the independent division tank unit that was the most shocking to the soldiers of the imperial army.

Ito didn't wait anxiously for long, and Lieutenant General Nomura quickly called back, but the content almost tilted the nose of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, "The order has been received, in view of the fact that the fighter wing and bomber wing that have newly arrived at the Yulin base are not fully prepared, I humble my opinion that the air force is not suitable for immediate battle, and I ask for your understanding from Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief." ”

Ito to's telegram tore up Nomura a few times, this bastard, how dare he disobey my orders, miss this rare opportunity, looking for such a fighter, is it impossible, does Nomura think that the tanks of the independent division will be neatly lined up, waiting for your plane to blow up? Moreover, according to the reports of the front-line troops, the attack formation of the tanks of the separate divisions, was extremely dense.

Ito angrily ordered the confidential staff officer, "Once again, I have given an order to Nomura, the commander of the Dispatch Army's Air Force, and I, in my capacity as the commander-in-chief of the Dispatch Army, ordered that the aviation must immediately rush to the Rangoon battlefield to carry out a devastating blow to the armored cluster of the independent division, and if the military order is disobeyed." I will take the most severe punishment against Nomura. ”

Ito's anger was so angry that if Nomura was in Yangon, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief was extremely angry. Maybe Nomura's head will be cut off, and Lieutenant General Nomura will unfortunately become the first senior officer of the Imperial Japanese Army to have his head cut off by his boss, in fact, this is not that Lieutenant General Nomura deliberately disobeyed military orders or used excuses to delay. Or flouting Ito's authority.

As a matter of fact, it was Ito's way of air force operations that was not very clear, and the plane group supported by Taiwan's military forces arrived at the Yulin Air Force Base on Hainan Island in only about two days, and this involved the clarification of the meteorological conditions in the theater. A series of complex preparations such as familiarization of the route, the drill of the formation of the aircraft group, and the ground-air liaison.

Ito's idea was simple. When the plane goes into the sky, you can just throw bombs vigorously, but Nomura is an expert, after receiving the second order of Commander-in-Chief Ito's stern wording, Nomura only smiled bitterly, and only dispatched bombers and fighters, looking at the tone of Commander-in-Chief Ito, if he doesn't carry out the order, he may lose his head.

Nomura ordered: "Tsuki bomber wing, dispatch two groups of bombers." Rushed to the airspace of Yangon to carry out the bombing mission, the Guangqi fighter wing, dispatched a large group of fighters, responsible for escort, the combat department. Immediately contact the Yangon General Command and ask them to provide ground-air liaison to indicate the bombing targets. ”

The chief of operations of the air force, Ryusuke Daisa, had to remind: "Commander, the current situation of our air force is that it is simply not possible to carry out the combat mission in the air, why don't you explain it to the commander-in-chief and explain the actual situation?" ”

Nomura smiled wryly, "Explanation? In terms of Commander-in-Chief Ito's current state, what will he listen to? I'm afraid that all his explanations will be regarded by him as an excuse for disobeying military orders," But these words, can you say them to your subordinates, Nomura looked at his chief of operations, and only said one sentence, "Ryusuke-kun, carry out the order!" ”

Nomura's order to Ito was not undiscounted, he only sent two groups of bombers and one group of fighters, over the South China Sea, two painful lessons, all the family resources of the air force, let Nomura remember the strength of the independent division air force, he absolutely did not dare to take it lightly, especially when the aircraft had just been replenished and the combat capability had not yet been formed.

Ito received a call back from Nomura again, and this time, he was satisfied, exhaled a rough breath in his nose, and secretly thought to himself: "Nomura is really a boring guy, what satisfaction is fully prepared, so why do you still carry out orders?" It is clear that he is despising the authority of me, the commander-in-chief, and waiting for the battle of Rangoon to be over, and then settle accounts with Nomura, "In Ito's heart, Nomura is already on the list of non-his henchmen.

After leveling the dispatch of the military air force, Ito's attention was also focused on the battlefield on the outskirts of Yangon, he picked up the phone, "Find the chief of staff of Kawashima," it may be that the operator is a stunned young man, or a novice, he didn't notice that the signal came from the general headquarters, and replied without thinking: "Your Excellency the chief of staff is busy with military affairs, and you don't have time, so you will call again in five hours!" ”

After speaking, "Let's go," cut off the line, Ito was stunned, and didn't react for a while, and when he woke up, he was so angry that his hands and feet were cold, his mouth and lips were dry, and he called the phone again, and without waiting for the operator to speak, he roared like thunder: "Yaga! I'm Commander-in-Chief Ito, you're dead and dead, take Kawashima for me! ”

This time, I was very happy to get through to Kawashima, probably, as soon as the name of the commander-in-chief came out, the operator was already so frightened that he peed his pants, "Kawashima-kun, how is the situation on the front line?" Is the Burmese Volunteer Brigade in place? Ito asked anxiously.

Kawashima's voice was very nervous, "Commander-in-chief, the situation is very bad, the tanks of the independent division have broken through our peripheral positions in many places, but, I don't know why, Tang Qiuli's troops did not continue to advance towards the city, but only cleared our army's firepower points and hidden bunkers in the areas that had been occupied, and expanded the breakthrough. ”

Kawashima didn't understand, but Ito understood, "Kawashima-kun, Tang Qiuli is cleaning the periphery, in an area conducive to the power of tanks, as much as possible to consume the living force of the imperial army, for the future street fighting, to reduce the resistance, you have to immediately put the Burmese volunteers into battle, remember, this is the best time for us to destroy the tanks of the independent division, order the forward troops, must hold on for another three to four hours, the air force will send bombers to join the battlefield in Yangon." ”

Putting down the phone, Ito was depressed in his heart, what's wrong today, it's not going well everywhere, first he had a fight with that guy from Nomura, and then, he was given a roast chicken by a receptionist, fuck, I'm so angry, I have to find a place to vent, otherwise, Your Excellency the dignified commander-in-chief, you still have to be aggrieved and sick?

"Order the gendarmes, immediately arrest the operator in the telegraph room, and execute the execution," Ito ordered, the combat staff officer who carried out the order was very uncomfortable, you are a dignified army general, why can't you get along with a small operator? Can you do it? Isn't this forcing us, junior officers, to despise you?

In the battle situation on the periphery of Yangon, as Kawashima saw, the tanks of the Independent Division, which had already broken through many positions of the Japanese army, did not develop in depth, but expanded the breakthrough point, one by one, and slowly knocked out the Japanese pillboxes, bunkers, and firing points, causing fireworks to break out in the outer positions of the Japanese army.

The infantry that accompanied the tank attack was more depressed, and the main work was done by the tank crews, so let's just hide behind the tanks? It's like picking up leftovers, clean up a little devil who has slipped through the net, but it's not fun! Looking at the city of Yangon in front of me, I don't know why, the commander just didn't give the order to attack in depth, looking at the dry eyes and swallowing saliva!

For the tank crews of the independent division, there was no easier battle, there was no threat of heavy artillery, no anti-tank weapons, and the Japanese soldiers who were covered in grenades, bushido, howling and rushing up, were beaten to the ground by the infantry snipers who accompanied the attack.

The rifles and machine guns in the hands of the little devils are similar to tickling the tanks, those dark bunkers and bunkers, knocked for a while, there are not a few left, more than a dozen tanks, none of them have a turn, the tank soldiers also feel that this battle is not enjoyable, not to mention anything else, just the building with a tongue of fire, the little devil machine gunner who is fighting hard, as soon as the tank fills the gas pedal, a dozen shells are sent in, and the work can be done in three or five minutes, so it's not good to go back and forth in the same place?

In the forward command center, Feng Jiwu, who commanded the attack, held a telescope and stared intently at the battlefield situation, the division commander had an order, knock out the one who was going to carry out a suicide attack, what Burmese volunteers, God knows what kind of thing this is, and it has been a little devil?

However, Feng Jiwu did not take it lightly, although the order of the division was not clearly stated, but he could literally guess a rough idea, "Suicide attack, the trick played by the little devils, change the soup without changing the medicine, just don't let them get close to the tank." ”

At this time, the high-altitude observation post reported: "The corps headquarters, the No. 1 observation post reports, about two kilometers away from our tank attack column, a large number of armed forces have appeared, and they are advancing towards our tank troops in separate ways!" ”

Feng Jiwu didn't raise his head and said: "Quickly find out the identity of the enemy, the style of military uniforms and flags!" The chief of operations conveyed Feng Jiwu's order to the various observation posts, and immediately returned the message, "Wearing a Japanese-style military uniform, the military flag is a style that has never been seen before." ”

Feng Jiwu muttered, "This is probably the Burmese Volunteer Team, right?" Then, he ordered: "Order, all attacking tank troops, keep the attack formation and immediately retreat, be careful, don't let these dead ghosts get too close, accompany the attacking infantry, kill these bastards," and after speaking, put down the binoculars.

No longer paying attention to the battlefield situation, he is really not interested in such a battle, the reason is simple, the opponent is too weak.

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