Chapter 383: Love Whom
In mid-December, the counteroffensive campaign was fought until now, and the entire Japanese army in northern Burma was almost separated from Burma and China, and it was difficult to echo between the north and the south, and the only railroad line connected to Mandalay remained.
At present, the Indian garrison, the expeditionary force, and Liao Mingyu are in a three-way flanking attack, and from the strategic situation, Myitkyina is already under siege, and if it does not get support, it is very likely to be gradually swallowed up.
However, the Japanese army still tried to regain the initiative by chance, but they were also resolute, and did not hesitate to completely abandon the territory of the Indo-Burmese border and western Yunnan in China, and instead regrouped their troops in Myitkyina, Menggong, Weimao and other places, preparing to fight the enemy to the death here.
The arrival of the 2nd Division from Mandalay also arrived at Myitkyina by rail, bringing with it a large amount of supplies, and Iida Shojiro was relieved that the arrival of the 2nd Division had somewhat eased the situation.
The Second Division is known as the top three in the combat power of Japan's permanent divisions, and originally belonged to the battle sequence of the Kwantung Army. Subsequently, Shenyang, Harbin and other places were occupied, and both Domen Jiro and Okamura Ninji served as division commanders of this army.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the 2nd Division was transferred to Guadalcanal, participated in the brutal battle for Guadalcanal, fought with the US army for more than half a year, and the entire division was almost disabled, and had no choice but to withdraw to Southeast Asia for replenishment and repair, and finally incorporated into the Burmese Front.
Most of today's Second Division is reorganized by new recruits and second-line troops, and there is a huge gap between it and the early days in terms of the quality of its soldiers.
The Japanese Burma Front also realized the danger of this situation, and the commander of the front army, Kimura Hyotaro, immediately issued an operational order to increase troops to the north, in addition to the 2nd Division and the 53rd Division, which was blocked in Lashio, and sent the independent mixed 24th Brigade to the north along the railway line, in an attempt to make Myitkyina an impenetrable fortress.
The character of Little Japan is such an axis, as long as there are still people, I will carry you to the end, and if there is a gap in weapons and equipment, then I will defeat you with "spirit", and I have to admit that their will to fight is also one of the best in the armies of various countries.
The Battle of Myitkyina was inevitable, and the Allied high-level immediately began to discuss the battle plan, or the new 1st Army led by Sun Liren served as the main attack, Liao Yaoxiang's new 6th Army was the right flank, and the 5307 Detachment of the U.S. Army coordinated from the left flank. Army air teams bombed along roads and railways, disrupting Japanese supply lines and follow-up support.
Stilwell was very worried about the progress of the campaign, and if the Japanese army went north for reinforcements to arrive for too long, then Myitkyina would become a "meat grinder" in northern Burma, constantly devouring the lives of all kinds of armies.
Stilwell's long-term tug-of-war was certainly inconsistent with his plan to recover northern Burma in June, so he repeatedly asked the western Yunnan side to cooperate with the counteroffensive as soon as possible, and also asked the Führer to give him the command of the western Yunnan expeditionary force.
Who is the Führer? How can it be easily handed over to you if the power of the army is more important than the root of life?
The first time I entered Burma, I gave you the command of the 100,000 expeditionary force to show my sincerity, and the result?
Although everyone has a reason for the failure of the war, this inevitably makes the Führer more and more distrustful of Stilwell, especially standing on the opposite side of him again and again, if it weren't for the face of the United States, you would have cleaned you up, and you could still tolerate your kid screaming at a mouthful of "peanuts" every day? (Stilwell's nickname for Lao Jiang mocked him for being stingy and stupid)
In addition, the Führer also specially called the 71st Army and the 2nd Army, telling Yu Xiaoqing to protect the team and not act recklessly and cause unnecessary losses.
Yu Xiaoqing was happy in his heart, this was the first time that the head of state had contacted him personally, and it represented a different concept for him.
So Yu Xiaoqing carried out the order of the Führer in a serious manner, reduced the speed of the march, and slowly advanced towards the Weimao area step by step.
Seeing the slow progress of the two armies coming over from western Yunnan, not to mention, and intentionally or unintentionally delaying the march, this made Stilwell so angry that he cursed loudly that Peanuts would not die well.
Seeing that he couldn't count on this group of people, Stilwell hit Liao Mingyu in the south again, and a telegram with a very tough attitude was sent to the Nankan Division.
The telegram said that the 3rd Division was to immediately concentrate all its forces and launch an attack on Myitkyina, forming a north-south pincer offensive together with the Indian troops without the slightest delay......
What kind of person is Liao Mingyu? Fuck I don't even listen to my boss, can I still listen to you, a foreign monk, recite the Eight Classics of the King?
Regarding Stilwell's telegram, Liao Mingyu threw it directly into the trash, and didn't even reply half a sentence.
Originally, he planned to continue to let Chen Jize go north, but this doesn't mean that you Stilwell can point fingers at me, and I haven't counted how to fight the battle?
The situation on the battlefield was already changing rapidly, and now the Japanese have fully retreated, bringing together the remnants of the 2nd Division, the 31st Division, and the 33rd Division, as well as the units directly under the Japanese 15th Army and the Army Air Corps, with a total of 780,000 people in Myitkyina.
If the Indian army had taken advantage of the victory to pursue after solving the Hukang River Valley at the beginning, and then cooperated with Chen Jize of Bamo to go north to stab the chrysanthemum, then it might be possible to quickly break through the Japanese defense line and smash Huanglong.
But it's too late now, and people are decisively abandoning those unimportant areas on the periphery, concentrating superior forces on one point, and putting on a good posture just waiting for you to bump into it with your stuffy head.
How can this be solved with a single fast attack? We can only find a way to open the opening from somewhere step by step, and with the mobilization of logistics materials from various departments, it will not be fast at all.
……
At this time, in one of the rooms of the Third Division Field Hospital in Nankan, a terrible wail came out.
"Oops, hey! Wang Ba Cover Drip Veterinarian... Are you healing a leg or sawing a leg? Hurt! It hurts, it hurts..."
"Changing medicine is the same as killing pigs? Don't mumble, it's right away! ”
The veterinarian scolded impatiently, but the movements in his hands did not stop for a moment, and continued while playing: "It's not a spicy doll, why don't you listen to it if you don't touch the water?" If this leg is re-infected, there is no way to cure it, and when the time comes, it will become annoying, and it depends on what you should do. ”
"Hey, you old cabbage! Do you chew the root of your tongue like that? Behind the back, it's short to have a rotten tongue. ”
As soon as the words fell, Meng flashed in from outside the door in annoyance, staring at the veterinarian with an unkind face.
"Hehe... Annoying doll, how did you have the kung fu to come to me? The veterinarian laughed embarrassedly.
"Annoying, this old immortal black heart is miserable, and he doesn't even give me painkillers, so that I can't sleep every night, and I ...... Oops, hey!! ”
The non-spicy complaint was not over, and Veterinarian Hao's strapping action suddenly worsened, and the kid screamed in pain.
"Something without conscience, if you hadn't given you dressing change and debridement on time every day, your rotten leg would have been gone!"
The veterinarian gave him a blank look and scolded angrily: "Besides, the painkiller is so delicious?" Do you know that if you use too much, it will be addictive? ”
The most effective analgesics of this era were morphine, which were also the most commonly used in various armies, but the side effects were quite obvious.
Morphine is purified and isolated from opium, if used in excess, it is very easy to make the human body addicted, the US military has many cases of abuse of such drugs, after the end of World War II, there are many soldiers who have become "addicts", causing great harm to themselves and society, which is why the veterinarian hides and does not give him more use.
In mid-December, the counteroffensive campaign was fought until now, and the entire Japanese army in northern Burma was almost separated from Burma and China, and it was difficult to echo between the north and the south, and the only railroad line connected to Mandalay remained.
At present, the Indian garrison, the expeditionary force, and Liao Mingyu are in a three-way flanking attack, and from the strategic situation, Myitkyina is already under siege, and if it does not get support, it is very likely to be gradually swallowed up.
However, the Japanese army still tried to regain the initiative by chance, but they were also resolute, and did not hesitate to completely abandon the territory of the Indo-Burmese border and western Yunnan in China, and instead regrouped their troops in Myitkyina, Menggong, Weimao and other places, preparing to fight the enemy to the death here.
The arrival of the 2nd Division from Mandalay also arrived at Myitkyina by rail, bringing with it a large amount of supplies, and Iida Shojiro was relieved that the arrival of the 2nd Division had somewhat eased the situation.
The Second Division is known as the top three in the combat power of Japan's permanent divisions, and originally belonged to the battle sequence of the Kwantung Army. Subsequently, Shenyang, Harbin and other places were occupied, and both Domen Jiro and Okamura Ninji served as division commanders of this army.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the 2nd Division was transferred to Guadalcanal, participated in the brutal battle for Guadalcanal, fought with the US army for more than half a year, and the entire division was almost disabled, and had no choice but to withdraw to Southeast Asia for replenishment and repair, and finally incorporated into the Burmese Front.
Most of today's Second Division is reorganized by new recruits and second-line troops, and there is a huge gap between it and the early days in terms of the quality of its soldiers.
The Japanese Burma Front also realized the danger of this situation, and the commander of the front army, Kimura Hyotaro, immediately issued an operational order to increase troops to the north, in addition to the 2nd Division and the 53rd Division, which was blocked in Lashio, and sent the independent mixed 24th Brigade to the north along the railway line, in an attempt to make Myitkyina an impenetrable fortress.
The character of Little Japan is such an axis, as long as there are still people, I will carry you to the end, and if there is a gap in weapons and equipment, then I will defeat you with "spirit", and I have to admit that their will to fight is also one of the best in the armies of various countries.
The Battle of Myitkyina was inevitable, and the Allied high-level immediately began to discuss the battle plan, or the new 1st Army led by Sun Liren served as the main attack, Liao Yaoxiang's new 6th Army was the right flank, and the 5307 Detachment of the U.S. Army coordinated from the left flank. Army air teams bombed along roads and railways, disrupting Japanese supply lines and follow-up support.
Stilwell was very worried about the progress of the campaign, and if the Japanese army went north for reinforcements to arrive for too long, then Myitkyina would become a "meat grinder" in northern Burma, constantly devouring the lives of all kinds of armies.
Stilwell's long-term tug-of-war was certainly inconsistent with his plan to recover northern Burma in June, so he repeatedly asked the western Yunnan side to cooperate with the counteroffensive as soon as possible, and also asked the Führer to give him the command of the western Yunnan expeditionary force.
Who is the Führer? How can it be easily handed over to you if the power of the army is more important than the root of life?
The first time I entered Burma, I gave you the command of the 100,000 expeditionary force to show my sincerity, and the result?
Although everyone has a reason for the failure of the war, this inevitably makes the Führer more and more distrustful of Stilwell, especially standing on the opposite side of him again and again, if it weren't for the face of the United States, you would have cleaned you up, and you could still tolerate your kid screaming at a mouthful of "peanuts" every day? (Stilwell's nickname for Lao Jiang mocked him for being stingy and stupid)
In addition, the Führer also specially called the 71st Army and the 2nd Army, telling Yu Xiaoqing to protect the team and not act recklessly and cause unnecessary losses.
Yu Xiaoqing was happy in his heart, this was the first time that the head of state had contacted him personally, and it represented a different concept for him.
So Yu Xiaoqing carried out the order of the Führer in a serious manner, reduced the speed of the march, and slowly advanced towards the Weimao area step by step.
Seeing the slow progress of the two armies coming over from western Yunnan, not to mention, and intentionally or unintentionally delaying the march, this made Stilwell so angry that he cursed loudly that Peanuts would not die well.
Seeing that he couldn't count on this group of people, Stilwell hit Liao Mingyu in the south again, and a telegram with a very tough attitude was sent to the Nankan Division.
The telegram said that the 3rd Division was to immediately concentrate all its forces and launch an attack on Myitkyina, forming a north-south pincer offensive together with the Indian troops without the slightest delay......
What kind of person is Liao Mingyu? Fuck I don't even listen to my boss, can I still listen to you, a foreign monk, recite the Eight Classics of the King?
Regarding Stilwell's telegram, Liao Mingyu threw it directly into the trash, and didn't even reply half a sentence.
Originally, he planned to continue to let Chen Jize go north, but this doesn't mean that you Stilwell can point fingers at me, and I haven't counted how to fight the battle?
The situation on the battlefield was already changing rapidly, and now the Japanese have fully retreated, bringing together the remnants of the 2nd Division, the 31st Division, and the 33rd Division, as well as the units directly under the Japanese 15th Army and the Army Air Corps, with a total of 780,000 people in Myitkyina
……
This is a clean and simple middle room, and it is also a "luxury single suite" specially arranged by the field hospital department for the vice president of the veterinarian.
In the front there is a desk, a hospital bed and some medical equipment, and in the back is a living room with a bed, wardrobe, and desk.
"So, did the chief arrange all of this?" In the room, Hao Zhipeng asked curiously with a teacup.
He is not very tall at 1.7 meters, but he is very strong and sturdy, with thick natural curls like a veterinarian, slightly dark skin, and his long military career has given him the appearance of a typical hard-core soldier.
There were still a few people standing in the room, and even Mi Long, who was playing cards with a few wounded people in the courtyard, also ran over to join in the fun.
"That's not, this is also your boy's blessing, thanks to our well-connected people to get it for you, otherwise this chaotic year wants to reunite with relatives, I don't know if it's the year of the monkey, it's not good......"
Meng was annoyed and talked slowly, these words also resonated with everyone, to say that the lives of these soldiers in this era are really unbearable, maybe one day a bullet and a shell will be collected, and it may really be a luxury to see your relatives again.
"Zhipeng, when the time comes, take the time to thank the participants, your father's old bones can be mixed well, it all depends on his old man..."
"Poof... Return him to the old man, you can be a human being"