Chapter 21: Encirclement and Suppression
"Shame! This is a great disgrace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe arsenal of the Imperial Army has been attacked, and you don't even know who did it! Lieutenant General Mutaguchi was furious.
"I'm very sorry, Your Excellency the Division Commander." Suzuki Shigenao Shaozo hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.
"Yaga! Apologies are a fart! Lieutenant General Mutaguchi scolded, and at the same time gave Suzuki Shigenao a slap in the face, and several teeth were fanned out. However, Suzuki Shigenoshi Shaozo did not say a word, and he did not dare to resist.
"Chief of Staff, it's a big deal to call everyone else!" Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya commanded.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." Bai Jiaxi, chief of staff of the 18th Division, immediately went to make a phone call.
Within a few minutes, the commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, the commander of the 24th Infantry Brigade, and the commanders of the four subordinate wings rushed to the division headquarters. This is also because the troops are resting, and these people are all in the division and regiment headquarters. Otherwise, it would not have come so soon.
After everyone arrived, Bai Jia Ximing Dazuo introduced the situation to everyone. Suddenly, everyone's faces were not very good-looking. In particular, the wing commander of the 46th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, Koosa Tochigi, had a face as black as the bottom of a pot. After all, whether it is Yuichi Nishikawa or Taro Koizumi, they are all his subordinates.
"Your Excellency, Divisional Commander, this is not like the indigenous guerrillas of Burma. They simply didn't have the strength to ambush the two squadrons of the Empire. Major General Kitajima, commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade, frowned.
"Could it be that it is a person from China? The people of China have been defeated by us. The rest of their troops were either climbing the mountains and trying to flee back to China or India. Or already in our prisoner of war camps. Major General Keinosuke Iizuka, commander of the 24th Infantry Brigade, said with a smile.
"Mihashi-kun, what do you think?" Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya ignored the commanders of the two brigades.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to your humble position, you can exclude the Burmese indigenous guerrillas. There are two main reasons for this, one is that although the indigenous guerrillas of Myanmar are numerous, they are all fighting on their own. These guerrillas simply did not have the ability to ambush two squadrons of the Imperial Army. The second is that when the Burmese indigenous guerrillas fight, they usually don't have any tactics to speak of. Judging from Mizutani-kun's report, the enemy set up ambushes on both sides of the valley and waited until the imperial army entered the ambush circle before attacking. Such a tactic would not be used by the Burmese natives at all. "The 18th Division's combat staff officer Yasuo Mitsuhashi analyzed one by one.
Lieutenant General Mutaguchi nodded, agreeing with Mitsuhashi Yasuo Shaosa's point of view.
"Could it really be that the people of China did it? Their main force is not in northern Myanmar at all. Bai Jia Ximing Dazuo said with a frown.
"It's not necessarily the main force of the Shina people, maybe it's a broken army of the Shina people." Yasuo Mitsuhashi continued.
"Router? How is that possible? Even the main force of the China Expeditionary Force did not have such combat power, let alone a rout. The expeditionary force of the people of China, although the equipment is good. However, the combat literacy is too poor. On the battlefield, it was easy to be defeated by us. If it is a rout, it will be even more demoralized, lacking weapons and equipment, and it is even more impossible to have such combat effectiveness. Major General Keinosuke Iizuka shook his head again and again, obviously not thinking that the defeated expeditionary force still had such ability.
"General Iizuka, this is just a lowly analysis. At least, in the current situation, this is entirely possible. ”
"It's unbelievable." Several other wing commanders also expressed their opinions.
"If there is an outstanding leader among the routs of the Shina people, they may be able to gather the rout and ambush the small forces of the Imperial Army. After all, on the battlefield in northern Burma. Although we have already defeated the expeditionary force of China. However, it is simply not time to sort out the vast area. In these areas, there are many remnants of the defeated army. It is highly likely that the 46th Infantry Wing, which ambushed the arsenal of Sunbrabung, was such a unit. Yasuo Mihashi continued.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, whether this guess is correct or not. It's not that hard to verify. He asked His Excellency the Division Commander to give an order to let him lead the 46th Infantry Wing to encircle and suppress that Chinese army. He promised that he would exterminate that army and use their heads to pay tribute to the dead warriors of the imperial army. "The commander of the 46th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, Koosa Tochigi, took the initiative to ask for help.
This incident was a deep shame for the 46th Infantry Wing and for him personally. There is only one way to wash away such a shame, and that is to use the blood of the Chinese * army to prove the strength of the 46th Infantry Wing.
"Tochigi-kun, I know your bravery very very well. I also believe that this incident is just an accidental case. Since you have taken the initiative to ask for war, then, the army will be left to you to deal with. I hope to hear about your victory soon. Lieutenant General Mutaguchi nodded.
"Hi, thank you for your trust." Tochigi Kodaisa looked grateful.
"Your Excellency the division commander, the current 46th Infantry Wing, I'm afraid it won't be able to eat the troops that support that person." Yasuo Mitsuhashi interjected.
Everyone looked at Mitsuhashi Yasuo Shaozo in surprise, and Tochigi Kodaizo was even more angry.
The combat effectiveness of a wing of the Japanese army is obvious to all. On the battlefield in China, it is already able to confront the national * army. It's just dealing with a rout, and this is already a knife to kill chickens.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, after days of fighting, the 46th Infantry Wing has lost a lot of people. This time, after the Nishikawa Squadron and Koizumi's Squadron were all shattered, the strength of the 46th Infantry Wing had dropped to about 2,800 people. The troops of the Chinese people, after taking Sunbrabeng, also took the prisoners of war there. As well as prisoners of war rescued from the Nishikawa squadron. It is initially estimated that the strength of that branch should be around 4,000 people. At the same time, they were given our weapons in Sunbrabang. So, it shouldn't be easy to deal with. Yasuo Mihashi ignored those gazes and analyzed word by word.
"Your Excellency Division Commander, even so, the 46th Infantry Wing will definitely be able to destroy them." Tochigi Kodaisa patted his chest and reassured.
Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya frowned and pondered for more than ten seconds before he said, "Tochigi-kun, I will send a brigade from the 55th Wing and the 56th Wing to strengthen you. You must win this battle! ”