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Sent away MacArthur, let this guy live a solid master's addiction, the play that should be played is over, and the rest is how to complete Tang Qiuli's strategic intention, not only not to defeat Yangon, but also to force Ito to continue to retreat south, but also to take Yangon in his own hands, and complete the comprehensive control of the Indochina Peninsula.

Therefore, Tang Qiuli was anxious to know that those problems had been discovered in the tentative offensive in the early hours of this morning, and when he saw the division commander asking like this, Feng Jiwu and Li Honggang, who participated in the attack, seemed very calm and could not see other expressions.

Tang Qiusheng, the commander-in-chief of the Yangon Campaign, took over the conversation and said: "Jiwu, let's talk about the situation of your corps first," Feng Jiwu extinguished the cigarette butt, opened the Wen Jiàn bag he carried with him, took out a few pages, looked at this posture, he was prepared, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I am really a little embarrassed, I was busy all morning, and I didn't even get to the edge of the city, so I let the little devil call back." ”

Everyone laughed good-naturedly, and Feng Jiwu continued: "This time for this tentative attack, our corps is responsible for the attack due west of Yangon, and a total of more than 40,000 troops from three brigades and twelve regiments have been dispatched. ”

"After the deployment of the forces, there were a total of forty-eight attack points, and the distance between the attacking forces was three kilometers, which basically included all the topography and topographical features of the Japanese defense line in the western part of Yangon, and from the point of view of the effect of the attack, it was much worse than we expected, and all the troops suffered casualties of different ranges, and lost six tanks, although the casualties and losses were not large, but we did not break through any point."

Feng Jiwu's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, more than 40,000 troops, under the cover of tanks, the tentative attack not only yielded no results, but the troops suffered casualties, which was enough to attract everyone's attention, Tang Qiuli asked: "Jiwu, the casualties of the troops, as long as what is the cause?" Under the cover of tanks, a tentative attack, and casualties among the troops, it is very abnormal! ”

This time, Feng Jiwu smiled a little bitterly, he looked at a few pages in his hand, and said: "The crux of the problem lies in this, the Japanese army dug a trench around the perimeter of Yangon City, according to the situation reported by the battalion commanders of the attacking troops, the trench is about five meters wide and about four meters deep, and the bottom of the ditch is filled with seawater, about two meters deep. ”

After a pause, Feng Jiwu continued: "Moreover, the Japanese army has arranged fire points on the edge of the city, in all the buildings and houses, condescendingly, forming crossfire, our attacking troops are so pressed that they can't raise their heads, if there is no cover of tanks, the casualties will definitely be much greater, and there are not many battalions that can come back, and besides, the Japanese mortars and other curved firepower are very threatening to the infantry hidden behind the tanks." ”

"Also, the tanks we lost were blown up by the Japanese suicide demomen, this is a new situation, the Japanese demomen, covered with explosives, were ambushed in the pit on the outside of the trench in advance, and when our tanks approached, they suddenly pounced and took the same way of fighting, damn, it was also a shame that the little devil came up with such an idea, is this a humanoid bomb!"

In the conference room, there was silence for a while, everyone was thinking about what Feng Jiwu had just said, for the troops of the independent division, the capture of a big city like Yangon is a completely new combat topic, the mechanized equipment of the independent division is the most suitable for field operations, in the past, large-scale battles with the Japanese army were mostly field battles, and it is rare for the Japanese army to stick to a city.

Tang Qiuli was thinking about another problem, Ito spent so much effort to dig a trench around Yangon, and put on a posture of stubborn defense, from this point of view, the Japanese military high-level will not give up Yangon, if you want to achieve the effect of the Battle of Mandalay, the difficulty is not ordinary, Ito will not dare to continue to retreat south, it seems that the idea can only be hit on the Japanese base camp, let them order Ito to retreat.

Otherwise, the Japanese army under Ito's department will not die in Yangon, this is too cost-effective, let the Americans sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight out of thin air, pick up a bargain, how can there be such a good thing, however, the problem that needs to be solved at the moment is how to break into the urban area and put the greatest pressure on Ito, Tang Qiuli glanced at the generals who were still thinking.

said with a smile: "Commander Feng, who has always only fought tough battles and only takes advantage of advantages and does not suffer losses, this time, he has eaten a small deflated, and he is not very comfortable?" Feng Jiwu said with a wry smile: "Division Commander, it's the truth, I really don't feel very comfortable after suffering such a loss, although I only suffered a few hundred casualties, but I didn't catch anything, I wondered, how could such a trench appear in a few days of hard work, how much manpower does it have to use?" Could it be that the common people of Yangon all help the little devils dig trenches? ”

Tang Qiuli said: "This is just the direction of your attack, if my judgment is correct, in addition to the south side of Yangon with its back to the sea, there should be such trenches in the other three directions, Ito is an expert, he knows that our armored strength is difficult for the Japanese army to resist at present, and he does this to offset our armored advantage." ”

After a pause, Tang Qiu's eyes turned cold, and he said: "If it weren't for the hard work of the citizens of Yangon, the Japanese army would not have been able to complete such a large amount of work by relying on the Japanese themselves, do the citizens of Yangon have a good impression of the Japanese!" Listening to Tang Qiuli's cold tone, Chang Feng couldn't help but shudder, he remembered that when he conquered Myitkyina, in order to open the passage to attack the urban area as much as possible, the division commander issued an order like this, "Indiscriminately, all-round coverage of the target area is artillery bombardment." ”

As a result, the defending Japanese army, and thousands of houses, as well as the citizens there, were all turned into ruins and ashes in a burst of overwhelming artillery fire, and I remembered that I had a fierce dispute and disagreement with the division commander because of this, advocating severe punishment of Liu Hongzhang, the commander of the First Brigade, and I also had the idea of leaving the army.

After thinking about it, this is unlikely, when the division commander deployed before the war, he repeatedly emphasized that he could not destroy Yangon, and for this reason, even the artillery was not used, but why did the division commander say this, once there was a situation in Myitkyina, how should he do it, just when Chang Feng was thinking nonsense, Feng Jiwu said: "It's really hell, the people of Yangon actually help the little devils, this is unlikely, right?" After all, little devils are aggressors, they occupy other people's countries and lands? ”

Tang Qiuli sneered, and then said: "There is nothing impossible, the British have implemented colonial rule in Myanmar for decades, and they have not seen the local people, there is any decent resistance, and now, the Japanese are coming, they are still like this, this cannot be said to be the sorrow of the nation, it can only be said that the residents of the Indochina Peninsula and even the entire Southeast Asian region are more wary of us Chinese than any country." ”

"They would rather accept foreign rule than accept that we Chinese are goodwill, this is the difference, everyone has not forgotten jì, just in our first battle into Burma, the battle to conquer Myitkyina, the local Burmese, formed a volunteer team, assisted the Japanese army of Terauchi Shouichi against us, attacked our logistics convoy, blew up our ammunition depot and supply center, assassinated our lone officers and soldiers, Chang Feng, the first brigade of Liu Hongzhang directly under the corps, one-third of the casualties, all from that Burmese volunteer team, right?"

Tang Qiuli deliberately glanced at Chang Feng, it is true, at that time, Chang Feng was in charge of the command of the campaign, and the troops suffered a lot from the Burmese volunteers in the process of attacking Myitkyina.

Many soldiers who did not fall under the guns of the Japanese soldiers fell into the hands of this group of scum, and later, it was Liu Hongzhang who took iron-fisted measures with the consent of the division commander to get rid of the endless troubles, which is an indisputable fact, so Chang Feng nodded and said: "Yes, the situation that the division commander said completely happened, because I underestimated the situation at that time, for this reason, I made a profound review at the military meeting. ”

Tang Qiuli waved his hand, obviously, unwilling to dwell too much on this issue, he only said these words, "We will definitely be able to capture Yangon, there is nothing to doubt about this issue, and we need to remind you that our enemies are not only Japanese soldiers in military uniforms, but also Burmese traitors who mingle among ordinary citizens." ”

After speaking, he signaled Tang Qiusheng, the meeting continued, and Tang Qiusheng said: "The situation of the Niangziguan garrison corps, that's it, next, Hong Gang, tell me about the situation of your corps." ”

Li Honggang said: "Our situation is similar to that of Deputy Division Commander Feng, and we have also encountered a trench, but the one thing that is different is that in the northern part of our corps, which is responsible for attacking, there are many water network areas, which are not suitable for tank movement and combat at all, and the attack was launched at the same time, and the attacking troops of our corps will be about 30 minutes slower, and the casualties will be greater than those of Deputy Division Commander Feng, and many of the tanks covering our attack will be stuck in the quagmire. ”

Li Honggang paused and continued: "There is another thing that I think is very strange, after our attack was launched, although the firepower of the Japanese counterattack was fierce, but there was no large-caliber artillery, at most some mortars, this problem is worth being vigilant against," Feng Jiwu immediately continued: "Yes, the situation that Hong Gang said, the front of our corps' attack is also like this. ”

(To be continued)

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