Chapter 1208: Mogu, Purgatory Battlefield (I)
Major General Ryutaro Hashimoto looked at the emperor who was standing on the throne with anxiety, and Hirohito, after the ministers left, changed his dignity to a kind smile, and looked at this man who became a camel in the flock with encouraging eyes, of course, not because he appreciated Hashimoto much, but because of what he had to say, he was full of expectations.
Hashimoto was still in the midst of the stunned shock and royal majesty, and Hirohito asked: "Hashimoto Aiqing, if you have anything to say, don't worry about it and say it boldly, I will take care of it." ”
Hashimoto, who was encouraged, blushed with excitement, replied in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, our Special Tactics Research Headquarters has recently developed a very powerful bomb, and Wei Chen thinks that it should be able to help His Majesty's Burma battle plan to a certain extent, so he has the courage to tell His Majesty Xià's secret." ”
Hirohito leaned forward suddenly, his eyes instantly flashed with light, staring at Hashimoto, this action, this look, made Hashimoto feel that he was facing a bloody wolf, "Say, what bomb?" Hirohito's voice was full of anticipation.
"Your Majesty, it's a very powerful gas bomb," Hashimoto replied, Hirohito waved his hand, and the attendants in the room quickly withdrew, from Hashimoto's words, Hirohito felt that this guy had goods in his stomach, which belonged to the top secret level, and no one could be present.
This Hashimoto Ryutaro is a professor at the National Tokyo Medical College in Japan, under the plastic physique, but with a fanatical heart, after Japan launched the war of aggression against China, Hashimoto, who was powerless, could not take a gun to fight in China, and could not serve the Japanese Empire and the emperor. And I feel a great deal of regret.
The various news from overseas stimulated this guy to be confused, and he strengthened his determination to do his part for the Great East Asian Holy War, and he shouted to join the army all day long. But at his age and physique, he couldn't realize his wish at all, so this guy devoted all his energy to the study of poison gas bombs, dreaming of one day developing powerful poison gas bombs for the empire that could determine the outcome of the war.
Because in Hashimoto's opinion, poison gas bombs appeared as early as the First World War. It didn't play its due role at all, mainly because it wasn't powerful enough, and this guy's fanatical expression attracted the attention of a certain big guy in the base camp. Thinking that they could serve the empire, they were recruited into the army, and a special organization was set up, ostensibly to study tactics, but in fact, it specialized in the study of poison gas bombs.
Just a few days ago, the Special Tactics Research Department of the base camp successfully developed a poison gas bomb that was simple to launch, but extremely powerful. Hashimoto attended the Imperial Military Council and saw that His Majesty the Emperor was so worried and sad. With the intention of sharing his majesty's worries, Hashimoto came up with the latest research results of his department. to comfort the anxious little liver of His Majesty the Emperor.
Listening to Hashimoto, Emperor Hirohito let out a long sigh and said, "Our Yamato nation is the best nation in the world, we are not short of talents, but we are buried," and then said to Hashimoto: "Hashimoto Aiqing, I authorize the immediate formation of a combat unit, and serve as the commander of this army, rush to Burma, together with Ito Aiqing, to create a miracle for the Japanese Empire, I hope that your achievements can be written in the annals of the Japanese Empire's territorial development!" ”
Emperor Hirohito's words were like giving Hashimoto chicken blood, and he was so excited that he bowed deeply, choked up and said: "Thanks to His Majesty's love, the minister will be smeared with his liver and brain, and swear to die for the Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, and never give up!" Of course, Hashimoto didn't just get verbal praise from Hirohito.
This guy also got a benefit, his military rank was promoted to lieutenant general, and Hirohito also awarded him a title, "Director of the Army and Navy of the Imperial Japanese Army", which is a nondescript position, to put it bluntly, it is that the war there is not going well, and he needs to settle the opponent, because, Hirohito feels that if this kind of gas bomb is really as powerful as Hashimoto said, the future operations of the Imperial Japanese Army will become much simpler.
A few poison gas bombs were thrown over, and hundreds of thousands of people on the other side were all dead, and sure enough, even if Hashimoto Ryutaro was awarded the title of marshal, it would not be an exaggeration, even if it was for this guy, amend the constitution and increase this level of military rank that had never been seen in the history of Japan's military construction, in order to be able to kill the empire's henchmen, the devil Tang Qiuli, Hirohito let go of his old book, any means can be used, even if it is to call his own queen and sleep with Hashimoto, it is estimated that Hirohito will also wear this pure natural hat without changing his face.
After failing to state his reasons to the base camp, he received an irrevocable order to carry out the original plan, and the commander-in-chief of Japan's Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, Senior General Ito Yanzaburo, began to fall into extreme anger, and the most odious thing was that his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Takemura Yamaichi, jumped up and down and began to formulate an offensive plan.
At every turn, he took out the sword of "His Majesty the Emperor", and opened his mouth to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, which made Ito so angry that he almost vomited blood, and he couldn't wait to find an excuse to shoot this bastard, "Really ***, do you know that you are loyal to the Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor all day long, and dare to love that we are all eating dry rice in Burma?" ”
Angry to angry, Ito is still very soberly aware of the form, Takemura jumped for a few days, and came up with a childish and crazy attack plan in Ito's opinion, Ito patiently read it, this battle plan for attacking Meng Mi, which is dozens of pages thick, was almost torn to pieces on the spot, and then, smashed on Takemura's face.
This bastard, who had never smelled the smell of gunpowder, actually let all the troops of the sending army, ignore the independent division troops coming from the east, and pour all his forces to storm the independent division troops on the front line of Meng Mi, and the reason is very good, "As far as the current war situation in Burma is concerned, the independent division troops advancing on the flank, there is no need to worry, there is a natural defense line of the Salween River, the road situation to Mandalay, and the flanking troops of the independent division should arrive in Mandalay a month later." ”
"The Imperial Army should take advantage of this time difference to go out of Mogu and gain a foothold in the campaign, and force the palace to rely on this to first attack the main force of the independent division on the front line of Mengmi, and after annihilating the enemy army in this department, mobilize troops to attack the enemy on the flank, this is a strategy of splitting and attacking, which can ensure the concentration of the main force of the Imperial Army and achieve the expected results."
Seeing this, Ito didn't even have the heart to sneer, looking at Takemura with a smug face, Ito had the urge to commit suicide, "Anameasu! There is such a pig brain and narcissist from there, he thinks that the hundreds of thousands of independent division troops on the opposite side are all paper paste, and they can be blown down in one breath, Tang Qiuli is a brainless and imbecile, stretching his neck and waiting for you to cut it? ”
The troops of the Independent Division attacking Mandalay in the east had already crossed the Salween River, and had successively defeated the blocking forces of the Imperial Army in many places, and when they arrived in Mandalay, it took not more than a month, but no more than ten days, to be able to reach the city, how could this idiot come to such a conclusion, could it, as the chief of staff, not even read the battle reports of the eastern battlefield?
Ito slowly exhaled a breath of stuffiness in his chest, tried his best to be calm, and said to Takemura, who looked proud: "Takemura-kun, this plan is very bold and rigorous, after I add a few details, it can be sent to the army for execution, Takemura-kun is worthy of being an expert" At this point, Ito has completely lost interest in dialogue with Takemura.
Rather than wasting time with a guy who is not as good as a pig here, it is better to follow his own plan, stabilize this guy with a few words, and be quiet for a few days, otherwise, Ito does not dare to guarantee whether he will kill his chief of staff with a knife under impulse.
Ito decided to disobey once, he concentrated most of the troops on the front line of Mandalay in the eastern region, and the troops of the Libao Grand Canyon defense line did not move at all, of course, the commanders of each division had received strict orders, and without their own handwritten orders, no troops were allowed to go out of Libao and occupy Mogok.
Ito's deployment, in fact, is contrary to the order of the base camp, he still insists on his own style of play, defending the north and attacking the east, as long as the battle is victorious, the base camp will not pursue his own disobedience, all the troops of the Southeast Asian dispatch army began to move, Takemura was very happy, and his attitude was rare respect for Ito, but he didn't know that the stubborn Ito kept him in the dark.
In the early morning of October 5, the morning sun of autumn in Burma had just climbed into the sky, and the days were as calm as ever, and the Japanese soldiers who had not fought for several months seemed to have forgotten that there were still hundreds of thousands of independent division troops on the opposite side, and they were methodically making preparations for the eastward attack.
In the clear sky, suddenly filled with a group of black pressurized planes, the deafening sound of engines, from far and near, a large number of bombs fell from the sky, and in an instant, the Japanese positions on the front line from Libao Grand Canyon to Mandalay were shrouded in thick smoke and flames, bombs whistled, flames flashed, shrapnel flew horizontally, and the Japanese troops who had gathered in Mandalay happened to become the target of the bombs.
Before the battle began, Le Yiqin's pre-war mobilization was very simple, "Attack, bomb, bomb all the targets you can see, and suspect all the targets, the bombers are not limited, and the fighters are free to find targets to attack on the premise of escorting the bombers, so that the little devils know that from now on, they will live under our bombs!" ”
Tons of steel and countless "Buddha light" napalms, as if they didn't need money, poured on the Japanese army, Ito's eastward attack plan was forced to cancel, and his troops could not even do the most basic assembly.
"Bang," Ito angrily dropped the phone, just now, he ordered the commander of the military air force, Lieutenant General Nomura, to immediately take off all the fighters and defeat the air attack of the independent division air force, but Nomura told him that the entire air force, the fighters that can rise into the air for combat, less than forty, let him deal with nearly a thousand planes of the independent division? ……