~-~ Chapter 1237 The Japanese army is also reviewing

After a tentative attack, the Japanese army's defensive deployment in Rangoon basically made it clear that the trench on the outskirts of Rangoon was not a big problem in Tang Qiuli's view, as long as the front of the attack was concentrated and the artillery fire was concentrated and bombarded for an hour, the trench would probably become a small dirt pit, and the tanks would have some difficulties in the past, and the infantry would pass without the slightest obstacle.

However, the question raised by Li Honggang aroused Tang Qiuli's vigilance; for his own troops, the greatest threat was the Japanese army's artillery firepower, which was only a tentative attack, and the number of troops dispatched was only a few tens of thousands; once the formal attack began, the two main forces pressed up, and the strength of several hundred thousand troops was deployed at the same time, and the Japanese army's artillery fire caused too much damage to the troops.

The only failure of this tentative attack was that the specific position of the Japanese artillery positions was not probed, and Zheng Yong's counterattack measures could not be discussed.

Zheng Yong was full of confidence, and during this tentative attack, he knocked out several artillery positions of the little devils, and also gave Yangon a little spirit in the first battle, his five artillery groups, with more than 1,300 long-range, large-caliber howitzers, were ready, once the artillery of the little devils began to shell, they would return the shells ten times more than to the past, and even the plane sent by Le Yiqin to correct the impact point of the artillery had already taken off, but until the troops withdrew, the artillery had no chance, everyone was so aggrieved!

Tang Qiuli glanced at Zheng Yong and said: "The artillery continues to prepare for battle according to the original plan, Zheng Yong, don't have any ghost ideas, we can't take the lives of the soldiers to do a second test," Zheng Yong, who was told by the division commander, laughed embarrassedly, don't say it, Zheng Yong really has this idea, do it again, keep the artillery that can hook out the little devil."

Several corps commanders, including Chief of Staff Chang Feng, heard the words and gave them to Zheng Yong, who was still smirking "hehe", with a big white eyeball, Li Honggang said unceremoniously: "I said Lao Zheng, what do you think?" Let the infantry use your artillery as bait, you can figure it out," Zheng Yong defended: "Didn't I just think about it, and I didn't say it, besides, how could my old Zheng do such a thing?"

Feng Jiwu sarcastically said: "Zheng Yong, others don't understand you, I don't know you yet, in your eyes, except for those precious cannons, there is nothing, if you are the commander of the campaign, maybe you can really do it!" Everyone laughed for a while, and the first attack did not achieve the expected goal, and did not affect the feelings of the commanders of the corps of the independent division in the slightest.

They all know very well that Yangon is the division commander's bag, and sooner or later it will be taken down, but it is a matter of time, Tang Qiuli also smiled, he was very satisfied with the generals' expression, the small battle was frustrated, and it did not affect the fighting spirit, and today's meeting still gained a lot, "Everyone, since we know the defensive deployment of the Japanese army on the periphery of Yangon, we will focus on this issue, and after the commanders of each corps go back, they will focus on this issue and formulate corresponding tactics, especially in the coordination and cooperation of the infantry and Tan, and make more efforts." ”

"What needs to be reminded is that no one should be impatient, Ito is already a turtle in the urn, but according to strategic needs, we don't want to catch it, it takes time, we can afford it, and I want to tell everyone that Chutian's special operations detachment has completely annihilated the small Japanese troops that infiltrated our rear."

"Our ammunition and material supply lines are unimpeded, Ito is trapped in a lonely city, sitting on empty mountains, and the only supply channel for the Japanese army is more than 1,000 planes from the sea, Leyiqin, which are waiting, the so-called consumption is relatively speaking, and if it continues, it will be beneficial to us and unfavorable to the Japanese army, so the basic strategic guiding ideology of our attack on Rangoon is to advance gradually without impatience or impatience, steadily and steadily."

At the same time, General Ito Yanzaburo also held a military meeting in the Rangoon City Defense Headquarters of the Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, and when Ito had not yet appeared at the meeting, the Japanese officers who attended the meeting were very emotional, and the first battle of Yangon's defense was victorious, and the imperial army, and its small casualties, repelled the attack of the independent division.

This is an unprecedented event in the history of the dispatch of troops in Southeast Asia of the Great Japanese Empire, against the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli troops, the squadron dispatched so many tanks and infantry, what is the result, in the case of the Imperial Japanese Army only using machine guns and mortars, it is not a corpse left behind, and the wolf bèi fled back.

These Japanese officers, happily talking, seemed to have been defeated all the way from Mandalay, swept away, in their hearts, the fear of the independent division troops, no longer existed, and the arrogant mentality of the Imperial Japanese Army was invincible and invincible in the world, a victory that was not a victory, so that some time ago, these Japanese officers who retreated south with their tails like frightened birds and almost lost their shoes swelled their self-confidence infinitely.

In the eyes of these excited and incoherent Japanese officers, the myth of the invincibility of the independent division has been shattered, and it turns out that the devil's troops are not so terrible.

Ito came in, and the Japanese officers who were standing tall and belly-folded, but what they saw was His Excellency the Commander, with an iron-blue stinky face, and his brows were tightly locked, as if he had been abducted by someone and seduced his daughter, with an inappropriate face, these Japanese officers wondered in their hearts, "It's strange, our Imperial Army has won the battle and repelled the invincible independent division troops, why is His Excellency the Commander so virtuous, and he has a lawsuit, which makes people feel awkward to watch." ”

Ito walked to the front desk, looked at the beaming officers on these faces with sharp eyes, and said, "Gentlemen, are you complacent?" As soon as this sentence came out, all the Japanese officers, not to mention how tired they were, "What to pretend?" We are working hard at the front, and what we have achieved is not the reputation of you, the commander-in-chief, and put on a stinky face to show that? ”

Ito saw from the eyes of the officers that he was not convinced, sneered, and said: "Artillery Commander Major General Tokuichi Kawashima, stand up!" This burst of shouting frightened all the Japanese officers, what kind of madness is the commander-in-chief? Major General Tokuichi Kawashima, who was called by his name, stood up even more confused, not knowing why Ito called his name.

Ito said: "Kawashima-kun, let me ask you, when the troops of the Independent Division attacked, why didn't your artillery inflict maximum casualties on the soldiers of China with heavy artillery fire, if it wasn't for the defensive trenches on the periphery of the city, the tanks of the Independent Division had already rushed into the city, could it be that you had more than a thousand artillery pieces in your hands, and you watched the soldiers of our Imperial Army, using rifles, grenades, machine guns and mortars to repel the attack of the soldiers of China?" You give me and all the officers a reasonable explanation! ”

The Japanese officers, only then did they understand that Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, as soon as they came up, had a stinky face, and the root cause was the artillery, yes, when we repelled the attack of the troops of the Independent Division, we did not receive artillery support, if it were not for the Commander-in-Chief, who forced us to dig this trench without resting, the tanks of the Independent Division would have broken through the outer positions.

Where was the artillery when we were fighting fiercely with the troops of the separate division? The officers looked at Kawashima Tokuichi with a somewhat unkind look, this guy Kawashima is making a name for himself, is he afraid?

In front of everyone's eyes, like a sorghum pole, Major General Kawashima Tokuichi, the commander of the Japanese artillery, whose face was red and white, but his face was full of grievances, and he protested and said: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, there is a reason for your humble position!" Ito sneered again, and said disdainfully: "We are listening to it, your so-called reason, I hope to convince me!" ”

The subtext is that if you forcibly quibble, you will look good, Kawashima also let it go, and said loudly: "The defensive battle in the early hours of this morning, all the monarchs have witnessed it, and the battlefield situation at that time is like this, the attack troops of the independent division seem to be a lot, but they are very cunning and divided into many roads, if you look at the scale of the battlefield alone, fierce battles are happening everywhere." ”

The disdain on Ito's face became even more obvious, and he secretly said in his heart, "Isn't this nonsense?" Tang Qiuli dispatched hundreds of tanks and more than 80,000 people, which was already a high-intensity battle for the defending imperial troops, "The other Japanese officers also shook their heads secretly, could it be that this is the reason for this guy Kawashima, it is a little far-fetched, I'm afraid, the commander-in-chief, it is difficult to prevaricate in the past."

Ignoring everyone's eyes, Kawashima continued: "However, as far as a certain offensive point is concerned, the offensive force used by the independent division will not exceed one brigade, and our artillery group will not outweigh the losses in shelling such a small target, not to mention, with the current strength of the imperial artillery, it will not be able to cover the entire battlefield at all." ”

What Kawashima said was the truth, the goal of the Japanese artillery was to carry out surface defense, and the intensity of the attack on the point attack could not show results, and the hundreds of attack points were evenly distributed, but they were only a few pieces of artillery, which could be used by a fart, and the artillery firepower was dispersed, which was a layman's blind command.

Kawashima was embarrassed to say, "Including the commander-in-chief, how many people really know artillery?" I thought that the artillery was just hiding behind, and it was over with a wave of the flag and the cannon being discharged,! There are many ways in this, otherwise, how can artillery be called a technical branch in the establishment of the imperial army, it is superior! ”

Ito's face softened a little, and he said, "Kawashima-kun, you continue." Kawashima's next words not only shocked Ito, but also really moved.

(To be continued)

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