Chapter 600: The Decisive Battleground
"Order the troops, give me a rush, a rush! While the Japanese haven't slowed down, give me as much as you can eat! โ
Lujรกn had never been so excited in his life, and the depression of being ousted from the position of provincial chairman had been swept away.
Because he is leading his troops to chase a whole army of Japanese devils!
If someone had told him that before, he would have thrown that person into the legendary "Aoyama Hospital"! That's impossible, isn't it? There are only 100,000 Yunnan troops, let alone devils who fight an army, even if they are against a Japanese division, it will be very difficult. If it is the Japanese A Division, then there is a chance that they will still lose the battle, and if they can not be broken up by the Japanese, and when they are defeated, they will be in order, and they will burn high incense.
But now the impossible has become possible.
Taking advantage of the fact that the armored units of the Yunnan Production and Construction Corps were rushing the Japanese to pieces, he commanded all units to bully the small with the big and the small with the more, and kept eating away at the Japanese fleeing in all directions. By now, his troops had eliminated and captured at least seven or eight thousand Japanese...... But that's just the beginning. From this, it is estimated that by the end of the battle, they will have to destroy at least 15,600 captured Japanese soldiers. What a record is that? It's like a dream!
"Let the brothers be careful, the troops must not be too dispersed, at least one regiment must be maintained, and the distance between the regiments must not be too far, and the communication must be unimpeded...... The Japanese are still very strong in combat, and if they cannot be crushed with several times more troops than them, and they are cornered, it is very likely that they will deal a considerable blow to us. Yang Jie stayed with Lu Han, and his chubby face shone with a brilliance that he had never seen before...... However, he was much more cautious than Lujรกn. And he also knows the way. It was impossible for the Japanese to lose so badly, these Japanese troops sent to Southeast Asia were veterans of many major battles, and they were the main force of the Japanese, and they were able to recover quickly after the initial panic, especially after their armored forces stopped the assault. And after the other party restabilizes its position, if the Dian army is still rampage like now, it will be them who will be unlucky.
"Brother Geng Guang, don't worry, I understand." Lu Han wiped his sweat with a smile, "It's just rare to have such a hearty victory." If you don't take the opportunity to kill a few more devils, I really can't help you for so long. โ
"What kind of ploy is this? If you want to blame it, you can only blame the Japanese for being arrogant and not thinking about it comprehensively. Yang Jie said with a smile: "We have nearly 2,000 tractors in the production and construction corps, which are given for free?" Even the heavy artillery dared to peep at the Yunnan border before it was delivered, and they deserved to hit the muzzle. โ
"Hey, hey. The Japanese can't be blamed for this. Lu Han was slightly surprised, "Actually, we didn't expect that those tractors could also be converted into armored vehicles...... This sounds too mysterious. โ
"That's what you're capable of." Yang Jie shook his head. "Back then, Qin Wei had to get a tractor from the Soviets. Everyone still thinks that he wants our construction corps to open up more wasteland and more food...... But who would have thought that it was his move that allowed us to level thousands of more armored combat vehicles. Although this is not a great thing, it may not be able to stand a mountain cannon or even a mortar. But against the infantry, it is not much worse than ordinary chariots, and we have more ......"
"That's what I said." Lu Han sighed, "I'm not afraid of Brother Geng Guang's jokes." At first glance, when I saw the hundreds of armored vehicles lined up there, my heart almost stopped...... It's scary! โ
"Hehe, do you think Lao Jiang sent his armored unit in the north?" Yang Jie said with a smile.
"Pretty much." Lu Han smiled bitterly, "Now besides Shanxi, where is there such a large armored force?" NN, if such a large armored force can be transported to Yunnan without realizing it, it can only be that the entire Yunnan army has been absorbed by the central government, and all the people around me are from Chongqing...... Can you not panic? โ
"Don't worry, Lao Jiang doesn't have that ability." Yang Jie said with a smile.
"But our Director Qin has it." Lu Han sighed again, "With his help, isn't Lao Jiang equivalent to having this kind of ability?" โ
"It's hard to say......" Yang Jie pursed his lips and snorted softly.
"What?" Lujรกn didn't hear clearly, and asked again.
"Nothing." Yang Jie raised his chin and let out a long breath, "Let the brothers on the front line pay attention." If the casualties are slightly heavier, they must be withdrawn and must not continue the pursuit...... Well, Du Yuming should be there soon, right? โ
"It should be soon." Lu Han looked at his watch, and his face became a little uncertain: "But I just don't understand." What's wrong with our Dian army? At this point in the war, we can be said to have achieved a certain advantage, so why should we give him the opportunity to fight a second battle with the 5th Army? โ
"Because the next battle is a real tough battle." Yang Jie twitched the corner of his mouth, "After this battle, Terauchi Shouichi will definitely mobilize most of the main force of the Southern Army to Burma!" They also had tanks, as well as captured British armored brigades, and a large number of heavy artillery...... If the Dian army is defeated, there is no way to explain! โ
"But what if you win?" Lu Han naturally understood what Yang Jie meant, but he was still very unconvinced.
"Then you and I will be in more trouble." Yang Jie snorted coldly, "Lao Jiang will definitely not let us go." Even if there is Qin Wei in front, it won't work! Therefore, this battle can only be fought by the Central Army! โ
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The battle continues, but it's almost over.
After two days of continuous escape, Iida Shojiro finally stabilized his position, and regathered some of the soldiers who had been driven around by those tractor-type armored vehicles, and after launching one or two small counterattacks to repel the pursuing Dian troops, he took advantage of the opportunity of the opposing armored troops to rush over, and again led his troops to escape, and kept collecting the remnants of the soldiers on the way, until Lashio in northern Shan State stopped. At this time, the strength of his entire army, the strength of the four divisions, and the number of casualties and missing had reached forty percent, close to 20,000. This was the battle in which the Japanese Army suffered the greatest losses after the Battle of Nanchang and the Battle of Guinan, and even in the so-called tragic Battle of Changsha, they did not suffer such heavy losses.
But Iida Shojiro did not have a caesarean section, and he was not even questioned by Terauchi Shouichi, on the contrary, Terauchi Shouichi not only continued to support him as commander of the 15th Army, but also defended him to the Tokyo base camp on his behalf:
"Because his opponent is Qin Wei! It is not easy to escape safely after being subjected to Qin Wei's calculations. What's more, they are still facing thousands of armored clusters...... If any of you feel that such a defeat is unacceptable, then please come to Myanmar and fight that guy! โ
Shouichi Terauchi's attitude towards Tokyo is extremely tough, even to the point of being quite unreasonable. But no one expected that Tokyo would accept his defense, and not only did not ask about this major defeat, but also appeased him, and decided that he would still be in command of the entire Southern Army.
However, Shouichi Terauchi did not feel the "warmth" from Tokyo at all!
"They just couldn't find another guy who dared to face Qin Wei directly. Because they all know how difficult that guy is to deal with! โ
"In terms of troops, we don't have an advantage."
Seishiro Sakagaki scoffed at Shouichi Terauchi's performance. He could see that this guy was actually afraid of Qin Wei to the core...... Of course, he was also a little afraid of the legendary guy. Because Ishihara Waner has told him more than once that the current situation in Japan is nine times out of ten caused by that guy behind his back, but the problem is that they know that the guy is secretly plotting, but they have to step over step by step according to the route designed by the other party...... Although their current situation seems to be very good, suppressing Soviet Russia to the north, Britain and the United States to the south without any ability to fight back, and most of China's territory is still under their control, but this situation is like walking a tightrope, and below is a bottomless cliff! If one is not careful, the whole of Japan will be shattered. Ishihara wanted to personally fight with that guy to see if he could save Japan from such an extremely dangerous environment, but unfortunately, before the two could really face each other, Hideki Tojo and others had already laid a "black hand" on Ishihara and took away Ishihara's strategic planning power for the whole of Japan! And now, it's his turn to face Qin Wei, the "courage of Sakagaki":
"Although we only have more than 100,000 Yunnan troops in front of us now, behind these people are the 28th Group Army of Guan Lin Zheng, with a total of more than 200,000 people, in addition, according to the intelligence of the special high class, the 5th Army of Du Yuming of North Vietnam has arrived in Yunnan and will go south at any time; Laos also has Sun Liren's New 1st Army; Behind Shojiro Iida, there are also Patton's 'US forces stationed in the Philippines' and Zhang Lingfu's 58th Division, although these two groups can only be regarded as surviving now, their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated, and with the assistance of the Chinese Air Force, at least two or three more divisions can be delayed...... But these are nothing, the most terrible thing is the Chinese Airborne Forces! The Chinese have air supremacy, so they can appear anywhere in Myanmar at any time, even our headquarters! โ
"That means we can't bring the main forces together, can we?" Shouichi Terauchi gritted his teeth and said.
"Exactly." Seishiro Sakagaki nodded, "Qin Wei's intelligence system is extremely terrifying, once he knows the weak point of our forces, he will definitely command the airborne troops to kill him." And in this way, it may affect our entire battle situation. โ
"Is there no way?" Terauchi Shouichi Rush Road.
"Yes!" Seishiro Sakagaki glanced at him, and his finger slammed into a place on the map: "Ishihara-kun has long said that if we have to fight Chinese in Burma one day, then our decisive battle place must be here......"
"Ren Anqiang?"
"Oilfield!" (To be continued......)