But what surprised Gao Jianwu was that this explosion actually touched the upper limit of the system, and when a series of "ding" sounds passed, Gao Jianwu was a little stunned to see that the system explosion was finally locked to 10 times, and there was no extra bonus.

It is equivalent to capturing the little devil alive, and the two senior generals are redundant, but the ten-fold bonus of this joint operation is also very fragrant, Sakurai Shizo contributed the share of 40 tanks, and Aten Nobunaga contributed 40 150mm/155mm howitzers, which is a big supplement for Gao Jianwu.

This was also the second major battle since the Second Theater Expeditionary Force Group entered the British territory of Burma, and Gao Jianwudu commanded the troops to win successive big victories. In domestic public opinion propaganda, it is already the first general today.

After all, so far, no soldier in the country has been able to eliminate three divisions in a row, even if some people know that the 15th Division and the 22nd Division are just a Class B garrison division, but after the 33rd Division is strengthened, it is a peak elite division of the first class.

In other words, Gao Jianwu's record is indisputable, even in the eyes of the Allied leadership, it is a huge victory.

"George, what's the matter, I'll just say that the expeditionary force cluster will not stay there and do nothing, you see that once they have completed their preparations, they will destroy an elite division overnight, frankly speaking, such a record is simply appalling." General Joe said to General Lemon Barton with a slight smugness.

It was as if it was his men who won the battle, but then again, the expeditionary force cluster was really under his name, one of the troops under his personal command. Even if it is only a nominal name now, this has made General Qiao's status in the country still begin to improve significantly.

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Because just by virtue of his achievements in the Burmese British Territories, the little devil's Southern Army has greatly focused its strength and attention on the Burmese and British Territories, and this time the 33rd Division's reinforcement of the Burmese British Territories is the best illustration. It's just that their attempt this time was thwarted again, and after the destruction of the 33rd Division, the situation of the little devils in the British territories of Burma became even more difficult.

It is conceivable that when the expeditionary force cluster solves the 33rd Division, after a short period of rectification and supply, a new offensive will be launched, and in this new round of offensive, whether the little devil can withstand the last main force of the 56th Division in southern Burma and Britain is basically not a problem.

Even if they had established a strong defensive position, in the coming days, if no new reinforcements arrived, the rest of their time in the British possessions of Burma would enter the countdown.

"Joe, you're right, now we should plan the next round of attacks, when do you think we'll be able to recapture Ringanqiang?" General Lemon Barton did not sneer at General Qiao's words this time, but asked with some eagerness.

"George, I feel like it's going to be fast. Smith told me that their 3rd Strike Group had launched an attack along the Yinrawaddy River, and at this rate, I guess they were almost near Ringanqiang. If we want to take the British territories of Burma as soon as possible, it is time to consider how to carry out the second major replenishment of the expeditionary force cluster, which should consume more weapons and ammunition this time, and the casualties are much larger than the last time. After all, this time they are facing the main force of Xiao Ri. General Joe said.

"Of course, this time we prepared two divisions of ammunition for them, but I don't know what their battle losses are in terms of heavy weapons, and the heavy weapons we prepared are not too much, only 50 tanks and 40 cannons, and I don't know if we can compensate for their losses." General Lemonbarton replied.

These weapons and ammunition have just been transferred from the Anglo-Indian territories, and since the sea port has not yet been opened, it is really too difficult to transport them to Mandalay by sea to Imphal and then to Imphal, and the road from Imphal to Mandalay is winding over the mountains and rugged areas, which is really not conducive to large-scale transportation.

Gao Jianwu sat in Mandalay to rest and recuperate, but he did not expect that the Allied Southeast Asia Command had now begun to consider how to replenish his weapons and ammunition.

However, for his losses in this battle, Gao Jianwu was not polite. Now there is a preliminary list of battle losses, ready to be reimbursed by the Allied Southeast Asia Command.

Now that he has the huge result of annihilating the 33rd Division, this makes his appetite for reaching out to ask for it even greater, of course, he also has such qualifications, after all, in the current various battlefields in Asia, there is no one more capable of winning the battle than him.

"John, you see we have 40 tanks damaged on the battlefield this time. Let's report to the report according to the truth, there is no problem, right? Gao Jianwu took the God of War list and consulted Smith, after all, he must now go through Smith to reach out to the Allied Southeast Asia Command to replenish it.

In fact, although there are 40 damaged tanks on the battlefield, at least 30 of them can be repaired to continue the fight, while the other 10 may need to be replaced with some large parts to be repaired.

"Gao, I think this is reasonable, there is no problem at all, let's report the tank like this." Colonel Smith nodded, although he was not at the scene of the battle, but he knew the strength of the 33rd Division of the devil, after all, they also sent a tank wing, as well as more than 100 cannons, and it was normal for Gao Jianwu and their tanks to have such losses in the fierce battle.

What's more, the stronger the combat effectiveness of Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force group, the greater the results achieved, and the more beneficial it will be for him to be promoted and rich.

"In the artillery piece, we basically have no loss of 155 mm howitzers, but the 105 mm howitzers have lost 25 in the battle with the little devils, and this piece is not a big problem if we report it according to 30 guns, right?" Gao Jianwu continued to ask.

Since the 105mm howitzer needs to be close to the little devil artillery position to have the maximum effect. In this way, in the counterattack of the little devil's 150-mm howitzers, five or six artillery groups were lost.

Gao Jianwu exaggerated the losses several times at once, and he really took a fancy to the huge role of artillery in battle, and there was always a fear and anxiety of insufficient firepower that needed to be replenished constantly.

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More importantly, the mobility and power of the 105mm howitzer are relatively moderate, compared to the 155mm howitzer, the mobility is too weak, and in many places there is no good road traffic to tow it. And the 105-mm howitzer, which is just over 2 tons, can be towed directly by a light truck or even a jeep.

For the artillery directly under the group of the expeditionary force, this should be the most suitable type of artillery for their equipment.

"There's no problem at all, I personally think this can be reported as 40 doors." Colonel Smith took the initiative to step up.

He knew that no matter how many tanks there were, it would be difficult for Gao Jianwu to immediately form combat effectiveness, because there were too few crews in the expeditionary force cluster to drive tanks, and Colonel Smith knew very well that even if Gao Jianwu was given another 100 tanks, it would be able to draw out more than 60 tanks to fight, and the rest would still need continuous training, after all, tanks were on the move, and there was no long-term training, and the hit rate was too touching, which was equivalent to being a target for others.

It is of greater use only in the face of infantry without anti-tank fire.

But the cannon is different, Smith Shao Jian knows very well that Gao Jianwu's ability to command artillery, under his precise command, one more cannon has more lethality than an infantry company.

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Seeing that Colonel Smith was mainly contributing to heavy weapons, Gao Jianwu felt that this friend was really not in vain.

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As for the remaining 75mm howitzers, mortars, heavy machine guns and other weapons and equipment, Gao Jianwu's reported battle damage, Smith did not discount it at all, and promised that even if it was these weapons, at least it could be equipped with an integrated attack group.

But for Smith, that's not a problem. What a beautiful country lacks is not weapons and equipment, but people who use weapons and equipment and troops who can win battles.

And now Gao Jianwu has perfectly played such a role.

"Okay, John, that's probably the case on the infantry side, as for ammunition, if you want to fight the 56th Division, you must prepare at least 5 bases or more to be sure." Gao Jianwu continued, "Let's talk about the expansion of the Air Force, John, you know we have 40 pilots now, but we only have 15 Mustang fighters, and I hope to expand our fighter jets to more than 30 in the future, do you think this is possible?" ”

Gao Jianwu looked at Smith with inquiring eyes. He knew that there was no shortage of infantry weapons on the side of the beautiful country, but he was really not sure how much supply capacity the other party had in terms of fighter jets.

"Gao, frankly speaking, we do have great difficulties in the fighter sector, after all, our air force is mainly supporting the European theater and the Pacific theater. According to the information I know, the Southeast Asia Command can now replenish you with up to 6 fighters. Smith said sincerely.

"If there is a need for more fighters, then there is only one way now, but this method seems to be more difficult and difficult to obtain."

"John, what's the method? Speak up and let everyone discuss how to do it? "Gao Jianwu, although he is quite satisfied with obtaining 6 fighters, but in order to get more fighters, he must go all out.

After all, the enemy he wanted to deal with next became stronger and stronger.

The 15th Army in the Burmese British Territories was only his current opponent, and soon his opponent would become a behemoth like the Southern Army of the little devils in Southeast Asia, with at least a few hundred fighters and hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Now among the allies in Southeast Asia and the Anglo-Indian territories, only Britain has nearly a hundred fighters, if..."

It was as if what he wanted to say next was a little hard to say.

"What if," Gao Jianwu asked.

"Frankly, it's a deal." Colonel Smith showed a hint of bitterness, "If you can take the relatively complete Ringanqiang oil field and hand it over to Daiying, I believe that they will agree to exchange 9 Mustang fighters with them on this condition." Frankly speaking, in fact, these fighters are not as practical and valuable in their hands as in your hands. ”

To be honest, whether the troops with the British are in the British territories of Burma or in other battlefields, there are really not many troops that can fight. And these troops recruited from the colonies are even more unbearable in combat.

Therefore, even if they have hundreds of fighters, they will not do much, and now they can cover the attack on the northern front, and they have a certain advantage in the northern air of Burma and Britain.

And the same thing, Gao Jianwu completed it with the strength of only 15 fighters.

But from this point of view, Colonel Smith is willing to help Gao Jianwu exchange for more fighters through conditions, so that the Allied side can improve its overall combat effectiveness.

Things were happily decided, Gao Jianwu asked Colonel Smith to go to the Allied Southeast Asia Command with his request for supplies report, Gao Jianwu was still willing to believe Colonel Smith in this regard, after all, they were still in a trench, and they were comrades-in-arms with relevant interests.

Colonel Smith, who has made successive military exploits, is now in a big call in the country to be promoted to the rank of major general. After all, whether it is in the Southeast Asian theater, the Pacific theater, or even the European theater, it is very rare to be able to annihilate the enemy with an entire division and an entire division like him. Even Colonel Smith was not the supreme commander, but an adviser.

Sure enough, Colonel Smith did not disappoint Gao Jianwu, and the result of his negotiation was basically to meet Gao Jianwu's request.

Even if there were some twists and turns in the negotiation of fighter jets, but after the mediation of General Qiao, General Meng Barton still gritted his teeth and agreed, after all, Gao Jianwu and their combat effectiveness are indeed amazing, and these weapons can play a greater role in his hands, and they can take down the Burmese and British territories faster.

In particular, the Ringanqiang oil field is also very important to them, and the oil field in Southeast Asia, that is, this one is the most promising to take the lead, which can solve the local oil supply problem.

After further additions, Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force cluster now has two 24 155-mm howitzer heavy artillery regiments, as well as three 105-mm howitzer heavy artillery regiments with 106 cannons as the main artillery, plus six complete 18-gun 75-mm howitzer battalions as the artillery directly under the subordinate attack group.

Long-range artillery support can be said to be very strong, compared to the little devil, such a strength has exceeded two heavy artillery brigades, even if the army-level campaign artillery suppression strength.

And in the artillery configuration under each attack group, the 75 mm howitzer battalion far exceeds the artillery configuration of the little devil wing of the same level, and is close to the artillery configuration of the B division and regiment level, as for the 81 mm M1 mortar and 60 mm m2 mortar configuration of the battalion and company two levels, it is also the complete explosion of the little devil brigade 4 92 infantry guns and attached 2 90 mm small steel guns, plus a large number of equipment of the Bazooka rocket launcher, the expeditionary force cluster below the wing can completely solve the anxiety of insufficient firepower!

In terms of tanks, after replenishing 40 new tanks, two tank battalions were re-formed on this basis, plus the three tank battalions formed when the second batch of expeditionary forces arrived, and now there are 7 tank battalions and 130 tanks.

In this way, the 100 new tank groups brought by Kong Jie basically have sufficient tanks that can be trained a lot, among which the third battalion of the new tank and the fourth battalion of the tank have already possessed initial combat strength, and the coordination of primary infantry and tanks for the little devil infantry has begun to take shape.

The 3rd Tank Battalion and the 4th Tank Battalion were sent to the 3rd Attack Group to open up the Yinrawaddy River, with such a front edge and the help of the Air Force, Xu Shida of the 3rd Attack Group was like a bamboo in Ren'anqiang, and in one fell swoop collapsed the 113th Wing of the little devil defending Ren'anqiang, and the little devil thought that it was a very strong hidden fortress system.

The bunkers, made of steel and concrete, were very calm in the face of 75mm howitzers, but under the 500-pound aerial bombs, one by one they were pried open like fragile eggs.

Go air superiority and air defense later. The little devil is simply defenseless against the air force of the expeditionary force cluster, and can only allow the air force of the expeditionary force to use tricks to blow up the hidden fortress defense system that has cost a lot of energy and money to build.

Although this made Xu Shida's third attack group waste nearly a week in Ren'anqiang, Gao Jianwu was not in a hurry at all.

He asked Xu Shida to destroy the bunker defense system step by step, and then use the tank to the front to annihilate the machine gun fire points of the little devils one by one, and the infantry followed the tanks behind the tanks to occupy the tunnels one by one and eliminate the remnants of the little devils.

Although this method of warfare is said to take a lot of time, the casualties are very small. Compared with the bloody battle of the US military on the Pacific islands, Gao Jianwu's method is obviously much more effective. Of course, relatively speaking, the depth and complexity of the trench defense system dug by the little devils here are not at the same level.

After all, Gao Jianwu didn't give them much time to defend at all, and before the arrival of Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force, the little devil thought that they still had a strategic advantage on this side, and even wanted to attack the allied Imphal.

Shoji Iida didn't expect that the strategic advantage would turn into a strategic disadvantage in an instant, and when they wanted to conduct a defensive operation, they would not have much time at all. It is not easy to dig some tunnels at such a time, let alone build a system of tunnels crisscrossing the ground.

When the supplied weapons and equipment arrived, Gao Jianwu did not continue to wait this time, but took a short break to replenish 3,000 battle-damaged personnel (nearly 2,000 of them were wounded wounded soldiers, who were recuperated in Mandalay on the spot, and transported another garrison regiment from Jindi to Mandalay to replenish), and directly launched an attack to the south.

Now that the management of Sagaing and Mandalay has begun to take shape, Dechen Dengpei, who is fully mobilizing his own strength, has now surpassed the 6,000 people that Gao Jianwu originally gave him, and has reached nearly 10,000 people!

With money and food in hand, coupled with the support of Gao Jianwu, the development of Deqin Dengpei is completely unhindered, if it weren't for Ding Wei's guidance from time to time that Deqin Dengpei should not accept people indiscriminately, so that the whole organization is mixed, the members of Deqin Dengpei will be even larger.

Among them, 5,000 members were incorporated into the ranks of the Independent People's Army, and the first regiment had begun to follow the expeditionary force to attack the city and pull out the village, and saw the initial form of combat power in the dense forest chase near Mitiera, and followed the soldiers of the 3rd company to have a certain individual combat ability after a small-scale chase battle.

Now that the 2nd Regiment and the 3rd Regiment have completed their training, this time Dechen Dengpei confidently and boldly divided them into two roads, all the way to follow Xu Shida's 3rd Attack Group to attack along the Yinrawaddy River, to undertake the security work of the towns attacked along the way and some battlefield sweeping work, and all the way to follow the main force to directly attack Shanmana and Dagon in the south.

The capture of the Ren'anqiang Oilfield gave Gao Jianwu the capital to attack at his own pace, and in the face of the layers of fortifications of the little devils, he just tried the tactics of integrating air and ground, infantry and artillery and infantry and tan.

With the Allied forces providing sufficient ammunition support, Gao Jianwu simply used the defensive position of the 56th Division as his own training.

Faced with the positions of the little devils, he was in no hurry to destroy. Instead, he let his troops fight according to the designated battle plan, and in such a process, Gao Jianwu often only observed from the sidelines, rather than directly commanding.

Chu Yunfei, Ding Wei, and Zhang Dabiao all followed him, listening to Gao Jianwu's comments on the gains and losses and highlights of the battle from time to time, summing up the experience and lessons in a timely manner, and replanning and improving in the next battle.

With a vision that has been ahead of nearly sixty or seventy years, as well as the learning experience of many modern wars in later generations, Gao Jianwu's vision naturally exceeds everyone's imagination. Compared with their studies at the Whampoa Military Academy and even some military academies abroad, Gao Jianwu's insight is more advanced and pace-oriented.

This benefited Chu Yunfei, Ding Wei and Zhang Dabiao a lot. In particular, in terms of coordinated operations, they have regained a systematic understanding.

If Iida Shoji until his troops were now becoming Gao Jianwu's training whetstone, he would definitely be so angry that he vomited blood.

But now watching the well-organized defensive front of Sugyamana, Magway and others collapse and fall step by step, Iida Shoji is anxious but unable to do anything, because in the short term, the little devil's southern army will not be able to reinforce him on a large scale.

After all, in this airspace, whether it is air superiority or sea superiority, it is under the control of the allies, and if reinforcements can only be carried out by land, there is no time to transport troops of such a large scale at least at the army level.

As for reinforcements at the division level, it has proven to be a failure. The little devils will never send them out to give away their heads again.

A month later, when the Nationalist Expeditionary Force on the northern front was still engaged in a tug-of-war with the 18th Division of the Little Devil, Gao Jianwu had already steadily fought to Dagon, and was about to complete the final battle against the southern part of the British Territory of Burma and recover the entire southern part of the British Territory of Burma.

When the colonial bureaucrats who had stayed in Imphal finally mustered up the courage to enter Mandalay and other solid rear bases, they suddenly found that there was already a complete system of rule here.

The Liberated Front and the Independent People's Army (PAPA) have penetrated deep into the cities and villages to establish a complete organization. In a short period of time, the force has expanded to more than 30,000 people, of which the armed forces have expanded to more than 6,000 people in three divisions and six regiments.

Of course, this is the result of Gao Jianwu's deliberate control.

The other two forces he supported have now expanded to the scale they expected.

The Chan Free Army of Chan State and the Wa National Self-Defense Army of Wa State also began to take shape, one with more than 3,000 troops in one division and three regiments, and the other with more than 2,000 troops in two regiments.

In contrast, the Lords, with a much larger organization and armed forces, have now become the largest power in the south-central part of the British Territories of Burma. It was very tricky for the British and Burmese who intended to restore colonial rule.

Because no one will recognize the officials they sent now, and even the government decree cannot be issued by the local yamen.

With Gao Jianwu's support, it is unlikely that the Burmese and British authorities will directly use force to dismantle the local grassroots organizations that Dechen Teng admired. So they had to sit down and start negotiating a preliminary solution to autonomy with the Wo and other organizations.

Although there is still some distance from the independence of the country demanded by the British authorities, this is the biggest concession of the Burmese and British authorities at present.

Gao Jianwu didn't want to make extraneous branches at this juncture. Moreover, this progress can now meet his needs to legally exploit the resources of the British territories in Burma, so he quickly supported this plan.

At the same time, Dagon's Iida Shoji finally admitted his defeat, retreated from Dagon in a hurry with his senior staff, and flew to Siam by plane, which made Gao Jianwu feel like he had lost the gains of several divisions