In mid-December, the Chiang Mai battlefield, which had been in confrontation for nearly a month, finally ushered in a new breakthrough, and fierce air battles were still staged every day, and all this was originally in a state of balance, but after the addition of the newly formed 14th Air Force of the US army, the status quo completely changed.

Under the new round of joint air strikes, the Japanese army and air units were defeated and retreated one after another, and could no longer maintain the current situation, and withdrew from the Chiang Mai area one after another.

In fact, before losing air supremacy, the little devils launched several attacks, but they were all pressed back by Gao Xijiang and them, and they failed to take any advantage.

Instead of adopting Masaro Baba's tactics of sports warfare, Kimura continued to use the old method of cannon bombardment to charge head-on, trying to tear through the enemy's defenses with the blood of his soldiers.

Although the frightened Siamese were no longer willing to go to the front line as cannon fodder, they were quite happy to provide some fire support.

Gathering a division, two mixed brigades, and the artillery units of the Siam Infantry Division, the dense firepower network composed of a huge number is the strongest killer weapon in Kimura Jiro's hands.

It's just a pity that in this dense jungle, the artillery observation position has a limited field of vision, the shells are blocked by tree trunks, and the power of artillery is minimized.

The opponent's position has been changing, it seems that it will never be fixed, even if it is sent out scouts to reconnoitre, it is difficult to determine the specific position, and they also have a few considerable artillery units, once the two sides start to fight, it is a fierce artillery bombardment, and basically no one can help anyone on this battlefield.

The little devil should feel fortunate that the 200th Division and the 50th Division on the opposite side are all mobile units of the 88th Army, and in order to facilitate the rapid movement and transfer, most of their artillery calibers are mainly Bofors 75 mountain guns, and 105 howitzers are rare, and there is no 155 caliber.

If the heavy artillery brigade is here, it will not be entangled with them, and it will be directly covered by the firepower of Mount Tai, and any form of resistance will disappear.

But the little devils have not been very comfortable these days, and their fighters have been completely defeated and covered in the air

The terrain of the Chiang Mai region is dominated by high mountains, and the altitude is not low, the mountains and dense forests are the main theme here, and its complexity is no worse than that of the Burmese Savage Mountains, and it is very difficult for the army to march and fight in it, which is also the reason why the Gao Ji people and Gao Xijiang have not easily attacked.

The bombing by the US planes made the Japanese have no choice but to keep shrinking their defenses, and they no longer dare to be as arrogant as they were in the previous two days, and their main position and command center are located in the lower reaches of the river, and they have been taken care of by the bombers in the past few days, and the entire mountain is as if it had been hit by a meteorite.

In addition to the 20th and 14th Air Squadrons originally deployed at the Indochina and Heihe bases, Stilwell also transferred a B29 squadron from Sri Lanka, and 24 Super Aerial Fortresses flew to the Heihe airfield, and immediately rushed to the front line after a short refueling.

Each B29 only needs to carry two 500-kilogram "milk pounds", but this super-large volume napalm is not comparable to ordinary aerial bombs.

On the 19th, the order to attack was officially sounded, and the 50th Division crossed the riverside and advanced to Chiang Mai City in three directions, while the 200th Division on the other side marched south from Siam Ban Rong Kun, aiming directly at the warm mountain of Yinhe.

The U.S. air forces almost poured out, and the fighters rushed ahead of the infantry to launch carpet bombing on the enemy, turning all the Japanese strongholds along the way into ruins, clearing the way for the follow-up attacking forces.

The Japanese were quick to react by decisively abandoning their original defensive strongholds, scattering their troops into the woods to avoid the bombardment, while preparing to continue their entanglement with the enemy in the jungle.

It's just that all this is in vain, and when the "terrifying" milk pound falls on them, they find out... The real hell turned out to be like this...

Under the guidance of the ground reconnaissance troops, a squadron of 24 B29 bombers dropped "milk pounds" into those suspicious forests, and the moment the 500-kilogram napalm exploded was like a fire dragon roaring on the earth.

The pain caused by the milk pound to the human body is absolutely among the top three in all weapons in the world, although it is called napalm, but it is not actually solid, the inside of the bomb is mainly viscous gelatinous fluid, when detonated, the viscous liquid will splash around at the moment of detonation, and burn at the same time, and the temperature instantly exceeds 1200 degrees Celsius.

How could the little devil have thought that there was such a terrifying weapon in the world, the flames that swept like lightning seemed to be able to devour all life, and the Japanese soldiers at the center of the explosion were burned into charcoal before they even had time to scream, and each bomb could cause terrifying damage within a range of several hundred meters.

The miserable scene abounded, the flames began to spread rapidly, and the Japanese soldiers were originally ready to fight to the death in the forest, but now this forest has become their own grave!

In an instant, the "fire men" appeared in the green forest, their desperate screams echoed in the forest, and the companions around them wanted to help extinguish it, but how could the flames of the appendage be so easily extinguished? In many cases, rescue soldiers take advantage of the burning sticky oil and put themselves in it.

These viscous liquids, which are N times hotter than boiling oil, can flow into bunkers or tunnels, i.e., any area that can be entered. If it gets on the skin, you can't remove it unless you tear off the whole skin. It continues to burn after sticking to the skin.

It can even penetrate into the subcutaneous area and continue to burn under the skin, but it does not directly destroy the internal organs, and the victim will not immediately go into shock or die. Many "hit" little devils still have a clear consciousness after burning, and can even run and know how to avoid obstacles, this situation can last for 1-3 minutes, but the pain of these short minutes is indescribable.

Even if it's just a small drop splashed on the skin, you can either wait for it to burn itself or use a knife to cut off the piece of flesh, and there's nothing else you can do.

December in Southeast Asia belongs to the dry season, in recent months the rainfall is very small, the humidity is much higher than the end of the first half of the year, but the temperature is still very high, it is the dry season, napalm explosion in the jungle in an instant ignited a monstrous fire! Uncontrollable flames spread like a plague.

No one expected the fire to spread so quickly, covering an astonishing area of more than ten kilometers after a while, and this range was still expanding, and even the soldiers of the 200th Division who were preparing to attack were forced to retreat by the rolling heat, for fear of falling into it.

Those little devils who did not die under the napalm explosion were also surrounded by flames at the moment, coughing one after another, surrounded by hot and dazzling fires, they fled like headless flies, but under the high temperature, people kept falling to the ground, even if they were not burned, a large amount of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide were enough to poison and suffocate.

The fire intensified, and the situation seemed to become more and more uncontrollable, and the manic wildfire was not controlled at all, and in an instant the woods were set on fire in patches.

The burning branches made a crackling sound, and the billowing smoke choked people's eyes, and the entire battlefield was surrounded by firelight.

In mid-December, the Chiang Mai battlefield, which had been in confrontation for nearly a month, finally ushered in a new breakthrough, and fierce air battles were still staged every day, and all this was originally in a state of balance, but after the addition of the newly formed 14th Air Force of the US army, the status quo completely changed.

Under the new round of joint air strikes, the Japanese army and air units were defeated and retreated one after another, and could no longer maintain the current situation, and withdrew from the Chiang Mai area one after another.

In fact, before losing air supremacy, the little devils launched several attacks, but they were all pressed back by Gao Xijiang and them, and they failed to take any advantage.

Instead of adopting Masaro Baba's tactics of sports warfare, Kimura continued to use the old method of cannon bombardment to charge head-on, trying to tear through the enemy's defenses with the blood of his soldiers.

Although the frightened Siamese were no longer willing to go to the front line as cannon fodder, they were quite happy to provide some fire support.

Gathering a division, two mixed brigades, and the artillery units of the Siam Infantry Division, the dense firepower network composed of a huge number is the strongest killer weapon in Kimura Jiro's hands.

It's just a pity that in this dense jungle, the artillery observation position has a limited field of vision, the shells are blocked by tree trunks, and the power of artillery is minimized.

The opponent's position has been changing, it seems that it will never be fixed, even if it is sent out scouts to reconnoitre, it is difficult to determine the specific position, and they also have a few considerable artillery units, once the two sides start to fight, it is a fierce artillery bombardment, and basically no one can help anyone on this battlefield.

The little devil should feel fortunate that the 200th Division and the 50th Division on the opposite side are all mobile units of the 88th Army, and in order to facilitate the rapid movement and transfer, most of their artillery calibers are mainly Bofors 75 mountain guns, and 105 howitzers are rare, and there is no 155 caliber.

If the heavy artillery brigade is here, it will not be entangled with them, and it will be directly covered by the firepower of Mount Tai, and any form of resistance will disappear.

But in the past few days, the little devils have not been very comfortable, their fighters have been completely defeated, the air cover is gone, and the US bombers have driven straight into the land where no one has passed, so that the Japanese army has been immersed in the baptism of aerial bombs for three consecutive days.

The terrain of the Chiang Mai region is dominated by high mountains, and the altitude is not low, the mountains and dense forests are the main theme here, and its complexity is no worse than that of the Burmese Savage Mountains, and it is very difficult for the army to march and fight in it, which is also the reason why the Gao Ji people and Gao Xijiang have not easily attacked.

The bombing by the US planes made the Japanese have no choice but to keep shrinking their defenses, and they no longer dare to be as arrogant as they were in the previous two days, and their main position and command center are located in the lower reaches of the river, and they have been taken care of by the bombers in the past few days, and the entire mountain is as if it had been hit by a meteorite.

In addition to the 20th and 14th Air Squadrons originally deployed at the Indochina and Heihe bases, Stilwell also transferred a B29 squadron from Sri Lanka, and 24 Super Aerial Fortresses flew to the Heihe airfield, and immediately rushed to the front line after a short refueling.

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Each B29 only needs to carry two 500-kilogram "milk pounds", but this super-large volume napalm is not comparable to ordinary aerial bombs.

On the 19th, the order to attack was officially sounded, and the 50th Division crossed the riverside and advanced to Chiang Mai City in three directions, while the 200th Division on the other side marched south from Siam Ban Rong Kun, aiming directly at the warm mountain of Yinhe.

The U.S. air forces almost poured out, and the fighters rushed ahead of the infantry to launch carpet bombing on the enemy, turning all the Japanese strongholds along the way into ruins, clearing the way for the follow-up attacking forces.

The Japanese were quick to react by decisively abandoning their original defensive strongholds, scattering their troops into the woods to avoid the bombardment, while preparing to continue their entanglement with the enemy in the jungle.

It's just that all this is in vain, and when the "terrifying" milk pound falls on them, they find out... The real hell turned out to be like this...

Under the guidance of the ground reconnaissance troops, a squadron of 24 B29 bombers dropped "milk pounds" into those suspicious forests, and the moment the 500-kilogram napalm exploded was like a fire dragon roaring on the earth.

The pain caused by the milk pound to the human body is definitely among the top three of all weapons in the world, although "Aso, you waste!" Why didn't they take them down sooner!? Kimura Jiro's forehead was bruised, and he asked angrily.

"Hey..."The commander of the Aso Brigade standing in front of him was in a cold sweat, allowing the other party to scold him with his head and face, but he didn't dare to raise his head and say half a word.

Because of his dereliction of command, the two wings that were withdrawn from the front did not leave the battlefield immediately, but they were completely lost in the bombing of American planes, burned to the ground by a fire, and few people escaped.

"Tell me about the casualties of your 29th Brigade right away!"

The atmosphere present dropped to freezing, and Aso didn't dare to breathe, so he had to lower his head and explain honestly:

"Hey... The 59th Wing lost more than half of its losses in the afternoon enemy bombardment, and the 61st Wing was besieged by a wildfire and lost contact in the forest... The Black Island Brigade has withdrawn to the warm mountain because of him, and is gathering the other soldiers who have retreated, counting the missing... There were probably more than 4,900 casualties..."

"Noro! You should apologize to His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Jiro Kimura was so angry that he almost pulled out his sword and cut people, so isn't there no other combat units in the 29th Brigade except for the tank brigade? That's two wings, five thousand imperial soldiers, just folded on the battlefield without saying a word, can it not make people feel distressed?

"Hey... Your Excellency, General, please calm your anger. Aso bent over, his head almost buried in the ground,

In fact, he didn't expect this, the U.S. army's incendiary bombs actually caused a mountain fire, which was not something that could be controlled by manpower at all, and 80% of the battle losses of the troops were caused by this fire.

"Damn the Chinese, damn the old Americans!"

The fire lasted from the afternoon until midnight, and the starry sky seemed to be dyed orange-red, and the entire large forest south of Ban Rongkun was shrouded in flames.

The situation turned out to be like this, and everyone was unexpected, and the Gaoji people were also forced