273 Hachihara, a cunning rabbit
After receiving the news of the attack of the so-called Bayuan Special Detachment of the little devil, Gao Jianwu was reassured, and now he didn't need to find any new reasons at all, and when the news slowly spread, Colonel Smith naturally had an explanation here.
However, the next expeditionary force cluster still has to take action, and it can't be done for the time being to attack the 18th Division in the north, but there is one place where he must take it.
After Gao Jianwu finished communicating with Colonel Smith, he pointed to a place on the map and said to everyone, we should take down the two places here as soon as possible.
Chu Yunfei saw that the place where Gao Jianwu pointed was Mogu and Lashio!
Chu Yunfei can understand Gao Jianwu's intentions, this is to control the choke point where the little devil 18th Division may go south from the Yinluowady River, although from the heart, Chu Yunfei hopes that Gao Jianwu will go north to attack the 18th Division with the Northern Expeditionary Force.
But he also understands Gao Jianwu, because the little devil can indeed attack the expeditionary force cluster in the middle from the north and south.
So now that Gao Jianwu is going to attack north, Chu Yunfei is a little strange.
"We take it so that it will be easier for the northern side of Mandalay to hold on. Put a main battalion in each of these two places, and we will have enough time for warning. Otherwise, when the little devils drive straight into the city of Mandalay, we may not be in time. Gao Jianwu explained his reasons as if he had explained to Chu Yunfei.
Although he knew that these were superficial excuses. Although he wanted to knock it down, it was to cut off the financial means of some people. Take this great wealth to your side.
The gem of Mogu is one of the financial resources of many people's land and martial arts, and Gao Jianwu is determined to control the situation of this generation, so it is impossible for this financial resource to fall into the hands of others.
Chu Yunfei nodded, indicating that he could understand, while Colonel Smith also felt good after listening to Gao Jianwu say it again in English, attacking here was tantamount to stabbing the 18th Division in the buttocks, which was more or less helpful for the fierce battle on the northern front.
Because the 18th Division may also be worried about the cluster of expeditionary forces on the southern front going north.
In fact, the reasons for the concerns of both sides are surprisingly similar.
It's just that Gao Jianwu has his own plans, so he let the 18th Division survive for a while and complete his layout in Mandalay.
According to the information obtained by the Allied forces in advance, there is at most a brigade of small devils defending in these two places.
Gao Jianwu sent one main battalion from the third and fourth attack groups each, and also deployed a 75-mm howitzer company, and planned to let the air force flight squadron also join in the fun, and come to an air-ground coordinated attack.
It is impossible for Xu Shida and Zhang Dabiao's people to mess up this matter.
Next, Gao Jianwu also ordered Ding Wei's 1st Attack Group to send a main battalion to attack Ruibo on the west side of the Yinrawaddy River, completely control the 18th Division's southward road, and completely cut it off in the northern mountains.
And Gao Jianwu led Chu Yunfei and Zhang Dabiao to the south, and Bingfeng pointed directly at Kyaukshi, with a clear goal, that is, to open a large defensive circle around Mandalay.
From the perspective of the entire layout, Gao Jianwu's plan was not too problematic, and Colonel Smith nodded in approval when he heard it.
It's just that he realized it later, and Gao Jianwu's goal was to eliminate the unjust boss of the Bayuan Special Detachment who was sent to the door in Kyaukshi by the way.
At this time, Gao Jianwu didn't know that this Bayuan Special Detachment was actually just a showcase, and the core main force was only a brigade of the Little Devil 113 Wing, and the rest were all like the so-called All-Wide Independent Army with the 38 big cover.
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Yahara Hirotsu received the news of the fall of Kyaukshi in Mithra, but he didn't take it to heart.
If the enemy can take Mandalay, it is not big news to take Kyaukshi.
He was concerned about whether the expeditionary force cluster had any intention to move further south, and from the reports of the few little devils who had returned, as well as from the mouths of some of the bad people, Yahara Hirotsu received information that the expeditionary force cluster was building fortifications in Kyaukshi.
Yahara Hirotsu was determined.
When he went north this time, his goal was just to try the success of the expeditionary force cluster, not to fight them to the death, and now the expeditionary force cluster was in a state of defense in Kyaukshi, which was in his hands.
"Colonel Pomo, send a squad of your men to Kyaukshi to inquire about the defensive positions of the expeditionary force cluster, and be sure to find out their firepower configuration." Hachihara Hirotsu called Colonel Bomo, the commander of the All-Wide Independent Army, and gave a direct order.
Although in terms of military rank, he is only a center-left, one level lower than Colonel Pomo, but who made him the commander of the entire unit, Colonel Pomo endured the discomfort and nodded yes, and then turned around to send someone to carry it out.
In the little devils, they are actually nothing, they can be killed after changing hands, once they have developed the army to more than 15,000 people, but the little devils are not happy that there are so many independent troops, and they directly come to a downsizing, and directly leave more than 9,000 people in 2 divisions.
In the 1st Division of Colonel Pomo, there were 3 regimental establishments.
Each regiment had only two battalions, each with four small 90-mm steel gun platoons and six heavy machine gun companies, in addition to one light machine gun per platoon, for a total of 18 light machine guns per regiment.
It can be said that a reinforced squadron of little devils is almost the same as the weapons of this independent legion.
But Colonel Pomo could not say anything yet, and the man had to bow his head under the eaves.
A detachment of the All-Japanese Independence Army took off their uniforms and rode quickly towards Kyaukshi, leaving their horses at the house of the Kyaukshi before arriving at Kyaukshi, and then walking into Kyaukshi to listen for information.
These people are inextricably linked locally. Gao Jianwu also recruited a lot of local migrant workers to build the position, so it was not too difficult to figure out the general situation of the defense of the entire position.
Yahara Hirotsu received a report that the enemy's position was not too big and not strong, and the main force had retreated to Mandalay after the battle, leaving more than 1,000 troops in the local area for defense, and he felt that his original battle plan could take a bigger step.
The enemy's positions were nothing more than a configuration of more than a thousand people. In Hachihara Hiroto's opinion, it is comparable to one of his own brigades.
Wouldn't it be more wonderful if you turned your own temptation into a direct attack on the enemy's position?
As soon as he said it, Hachihara Hirotong revised his battle plan, which was originally the main attack by the Little Devil Brigade, but now it has become three regiments of the Independent Army, attacking in parallel.
And his own brigade hid behind the Independence Army, waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.
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Almost at the same time, in the dense forest near Kyaukshi, the British territory of Burma, the two main battalions of Chu Yunfei's attack cluster were hidden inside and did not move.
They stayed behind and hid in the woods while it was dark. It was when he waited for Hachihara Hirotsu to come up with his own special detachment, and outflanked them behind their backs.
Although in terms of troops, the people left by Chu Yunfei seem to be twice as bad as the Bayuan Special Detachment.
But in terms of firepower, it is more than twice as strong as them. So this battle is essentially a battle to crush the opponent.
Chu Yunfei, who stayed behind as the commander-in-chief, watched the three regiments of the Independent Army attack together, and he didn't panic at all, and only when they approached the position did he suddenly launch it, and he beat them all over the ground at once!
Heavy gunfire and artillery fire was heard in the distance.
The independent army that tested the firepower was beaten by the expeditionary force, and when he heard that the enemy's firepower was far superior to his own, Yahara Hirotsu saw that the situation was not good, and directly led the troops into the jungle.
Although Yahara Broadcom is conceited, he is not stupid at all, especially when it comes to flexibility, he is much more flexible than other little devils.
So he came out like this, so that the two main battalions of Chu Yunfei's department who carried out outflanking did not keep up with his rhythm.
After rushing out, he only had time to hold three regiments of the Independence Army.
The terrain around Kyaukshi is flat and wide, and there are dense forests everywhere, and those who flee can quickly disappear into the woods. This makes it difficult for the people behind to track it down at all.
actually let the little devil Yahara Hirotong escape from Shengtian and fled back to the lair with his own brigade.
Although Hachihara Hirotsu said that he was angry, but at the critical moment, he was faster than a rabbit, and this person was indeed not very simple.
And when Chu Yunfei learned that the place in front of him was not a little devil, but a group of local puppet soldiers, he originally wanted to open the net and capture it.
However, a local overseas Chinese who helped Kyaukshi told Chu Yunfei that last year, this group of people brutally forced to kill more than 1,500 expeditionary force prisoners, and Chu Yunfei immediately exploded, and he ordered his troops to concentrate their firepower to annihilate all these monkeys, and wipe them all out on the battlefield without a single remnant!
So the soldiers didn't know why they were doing this, but now they had the discipline to do what they wanted, and they didn't spare any more hands to wipe out most of the 1st Division of the Independence Army, and only a few monkeys fled into the jungle when they saw a bad situation.
Including Colonel Pomo as the culprit.
In the distance, Gao Jianwu knew from the systematic battle report after the battle ended that Chu Yunfei and the others did not catch the culprit of Bayuan Botong, and the most infuriating thing was to eliminate the Independence Army, and he had no gain at all in the explosive outfit.
These monkey puppet soldiers have no contribution value at all, so Gao Jianwu has no return.
In the battle in which Chu Yunfei annihilated more than 4,000 people of the Quanwei Independent Army, Gao Jianwu did not earn anything at all, but lost a lot of ammunition.
At this time, Gao Jianwu knew that he had encountered a useless puppet army this time, but this puppet army didn't even have the value of being absorbed, which was even more scummy.
Chu Yunfei's secret report made Gao Jianwu issue a killing order, and the so-called Quanwei Independent Army was destined to disappear in this time and space.
It's just that this battle made Colonel Smith know that Gao Jianwu's troops in Mandalay were actually not safe, so Gao Jianwu's defensive strategy was correct.
This bought Gao Jianwu valuable time to digest in Mandalay.
He finally waited for the front-line personnel of the Nanyang Working Group.
and an unexpected native.