Tak Province Burma Dispatch Army General Headquarters. "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the current situation is basically clear, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has quietly stored and accumulated a large amount of technical equipment and rocket artillery shells in the previous battles! Jiang Qiang's forbearance has only suddenly erupted so far, just for this unprecedented strategic counteroffensive! After several hours of intelligence statistics and analysis, the devil finally figured out the cause and effect, and Kimura Hyotaro said with a gloomy expression:

"In this strategic counterattack, the Chinese Expeditionary Force mobilized a total of more than 450,000 troops, and concentrated more than 1,200 combat aircraft of various types, more than 500 large-caliber heavy artillery, self-propelled rocket artillery and more than 1,000 small-caliber artillery pieces of various types! In addition, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has also accumulated more than 1,500 tanks and armored vehicles of various types, and even 12 submarines to participate in the war! ”

After a pause, Kimura Hyotaro pointed to the military map with a gloomy face and said, "At present, the most damaged, the most dangerous is the 18th Army under the command of Commander Anda 23. "Jiang Qiang's operational intentions are very clear, in the first stage, he will concentrate superior forces to eat the 18th Army, and at the same time, in the southern battlefield, contain and trap the 19th Army, and cause oppression and siege to the 15th Army and the 20th Army.

His appetite is really not small, he not only wants to achieve a phased victory in a large-scale strategic counteroffensive, but also wants to open his mouth and annihilate our entire Burmese army! "First of all, the Chinese Expeditionary Force forcibly tore apart the defense line of our 18th Army from the front with its absolutely superior combat aircraft group and armored group."

"In just five hours, on the battlefield in northern Burma, the Chinese Expeditionary Force completed the cutting and encirclement of the 18th Army, and the 18th Army entered an extremely dangerous situation of annihilation." "After the defense line was torn apart, Jiang Qiang's infantry clusters of the 3rd and 5th armies of the Asian People's Liberation Army Expedition, as well as the 6th, 66th, and 71st armies of the Nationalist Army, drove straight through the gap and went straight to the front line of Dongzhi Jingdong!"

"Up to now, more than 40,000 Imperial Imperial Army's 1st Division and 8th Division, including the head of Nakazawa Mitsuo's Division and the head of Honda Masaki's Division, have been collectively shattered!" "However, these more than 40,000 Imperial Imperial troops did not die in vain, it was precisely because of their bravery and fearlessness that they caused great damage to the Huaxia armored cluster, which gave the 11th Division and the 42nd Division a chance to breathe!"

"It's just that the 18th Army was originally a lone army, and the supply of ammunition was not abundant, and there had always been an imperial air force for air supply before, but now that the Huaxia Air Force has gradually mastered air supremacy, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the 18th Army to get effective supplies in the future!" "If nothing else, the 18th Army will be wiped out by tomorrow at the latest!"

"No, maybe this is still a very optimistic judgment, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has a crushing advantage in the northern Burma battlefield, and now it is even more morale-like, they will definitely not give the 18th Army a chance to breathe, maybe the 18th Army will be completely annihilated tonight!" "Baga Ya Road! How can this be reasonable, the 18th Army is the strongest army of our Burmese Dispatch Army, how can it be so vulnerable! "Being slapped in the face for a while, Umezu Mijiro is really smoking, and people are going crazy.

Umezu Mijiro never dreamed that Yang Fan would accumulate so many planes, artillery, self-propelled rocket launchers, tanks, armored vehicles, and transport vehicles under their noses. In just a few hours, the 18th Army, which was still alive and vigorous yesterday, suffered serious casualties in the high-intensity and high-intensity artillery bombardment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the blink of an eye, and then the frontal defense line was broken layer by layer under the continuous impact of the huge tank armor, and the whole army fell into a dangerous situation of division and encirclement.

The 19th Army in the same direction and the 15th Army and the 20th Army in the Yangon direction were also subjected to a high-intensity and high-intensity counteroffensive by the Chinese Expeditionary Force at the same time. Although the imperial soldiers of the two armies resisted desperately, as well as the air force and navy supported by the whole, they were able to resist the offensive at present and reached a stalemate and balance. However, the two armies have already suffered heavy casualties, and the overall situation of the Burmese troops is also extremely unfavorable, and the slightest deterioration is very likely to be a complete loss!

Umezu Mijiro really couldn't understand how the Chinese Expeditionary Force could be reborn overnight, from the verge of dying and about to collapse completely, suddenly becoming unstoppable!

At this time, Kimura Hyotaro continued in a deep voice: "I have to admit that this guy Jiang Qiang is really too cunning and insidious, too able to forbear!" Who would have thought that in the past month or so, the expeditionary force would be beaten so badly, with such heavy losses in technology and equipment, and almost depleted of front-line combat troops. However, he was able to secretly save such a huge batch of technical equipment, and more than 200,000 recruits were able to burst out with extremely strong combat effectiveness as soon as they entered the field, which was no worse than the ace troops of the national army! ”

After a pause, Kimura Hyotaro sighed deeply and said: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, although I am very reluctant to admit the facts in front of me, I have to say that we may not have a chance to turn defeat into victory in this battle!" Please also ask Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise, we will really lose all our chips in this battle! "Yaga Yaru!"

The more Umezu Mijiro listened, the more he felt his heart, and when his proud self-esteem was deeply stabbed, his heart turned into a sky-high anger, and he roared angrily: "You are alarmist!" How could the Burmese Dispatch Army of the dignified Empire be completely defeated like this! ”“……”

Kimura Hyotaro immediately shut his mouth, knowing that Umezu Mijiro is a smooth donkey, and he knows how unwilling and angry Umezu Mijiro is at the moment, if he blindly tells the truth at this time, it will only inspire worse results. Kimura Hyotaro actually doesn't feel better than Umezu Mijiro in his heart, and the same is wow cool wow cool. However, Kimura Hyotaro is much more sensible, and he is convinced of the sudden headwind reversal led by Yang Fan.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and the collective jade fragmentation of the 18th Army is already unavoidable! There's really no need for us to continue to take chances and count on the Imperial Air Force and Imperial Navy to help us turn the tide of battle! Because our opponent is a sinister, cunning, and well-planned enemy, he will never give us such a chance! ”

There was silence on the side for a long time, but seeing that Umezu Mijiro was still in a hurry, but he didn't make a decision for a long time, Kimura Hyotaro could only stubbornly continue: "At present, the most important thing for us is to preserve the 15th, 19th, and 20th armies as much as possible to minimize losses and preserve the vitality for future counteroffensives!"

Once the Chinese Expeditionary Force eats the 18th Army, the Chinese armored cluster and infantry cluster will definitely go south to participate in the war as soon as possible, and the entire Burmese Dispatch Army will be in a desperate situation. When the judgment continues to be chaotic, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, we don't have enough time left, so please make a decision immediately! ”

"Yaga! Shut up! I don't believe that our Burmese army will be defeated like this! Umezu Mijiro still couldn't accept this cruel reality, and roared angrily: "Although the 18th Army has suffered heavy losses and been divided and surrounded, the Imperial Warriors of the 1st Division and the 8th Division have caused extremely serious trauma to the tank and armored clusters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Moreover, the 18th Army still has more than 40,000 imperial warriors, and they will definitely be able to inflict more unbearable damage on the Huaxia Expeditionary Force! The Imperial warriors of the 18th Army used their lives and loyalty to serve His Majesty the Emperor and make immortal contributions to the future of the Yamato nation! After a pause, Umezu Mijiro continued to roar: "In turn, it is precisely because of the outstanding performance of the 18th Army that the Imperial Army in the southern battlefield of Burma is not weaker than the Chinese Expeditionary Force in terms of strength and technical equipment, but it was defeated at the beginning.

At present, the Imperial Army in the southern battlefield has stabilized its position, and the attack of the Chinese Expeditionary Force has begun to weaken. As long as we grit our teeth and persevere, as long as the capital ships of the Imperial Navy can break through the coastal defense line and enter the Xidang River defense line, the Imperial Army will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory and kill those hateful Chinese expeditionary forces without leaving a single piece of armor! "Umezu Mijiro is now like a gambler with a red eye, as long as there is a copper plate on his body, he will never admit defeat, and his mind is full of turning over the book to win back!" ……”

Hyotaro Kimura has a wry smile on his face, knowing that Umezu Mijiro has lost his mind and can't accept the cold reality. But it is impossible for objective facts to change because of subjective consciousness, and if you don't admit defeat, you won't lose? At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor outside the door, and then a devil communications staff officer quickly walked into the house with a telegram.

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief! Report to Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff! The Devil's Communications Staff Officer stretched out his hand to hand out the telegram and said, "The Naval Task Force Command has sent an urgent telegram, claiming that the capital ship of the fleet has suffered heavy damage and has now withdrawn from the battle and returned to the port of Singapore!" ”

"Got it!" Kimura Hyotaro nodded silently, stretched out his hand to take the telegram, for this information had long been expected! Because the navy and the army have never been able to pee in a pot, it is not easy for the naval task force of the Myanmar Theater to contribute to this task. If the navy wants to do its best, even at the cost of collective jade, to save the Burmese troops, it is absolutely impossible!

"Eight Tooth Road! A group of cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death! However, Umezu Mijiro was extremely angry, and originally expected the Empire's strongest Yamato battleship to burst out with earth-shattering combat power and brutally blow up the Huaxia attacking troops to pieces!

As a result, this group of large-tonnage main warships, which had high hopes, only spent an hour or two grinding outside the battlefield, firing at the shore defense artillery of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force and sneaking away with their tails between them! Before Umezu Mijiro finished losing his temper, another devil communications staff officer rushed over, bent down and handed over a telegram: "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff, Your Excellency the 23rd General Anda of the 18th Army has sent an urgent telegram, the Huaxia armored cluster has begun to turn around and head south after completing the breakthrough and cutting!" "Nani? Started going south so soon? ”

Hearing this, Kimura Hyotaro was stunned and said, "Shouldn't they have completed the encirclement and annihilation of the 18th Army first?" Why did you go straight south like this? "Hello!" The Devil's Communication Staff Officer nodded: "The intelligence is true, Your Excellency the Twenty-third Commander of Anda was also extremely surprised by this, originally thought that the Huaxia Expeditionary Force would complete the encirclement and annihilation of the 18th Army as quickly as possible, and then lead his troops south to participate in the battle!"

But in fact, after the Huaxia armored group completed the frontal breakthrough and the Huaxia infantry group quickly interspersed and completed the cutting and encirclement, the Huaxia armored group all turned around and headed south, and did not participate in the annihilation of the remnants of the 18th Army! "Eight Ga Ya Road! Oh no! Big things are wrong! Hearing this, Kimura Hyotaro couldn't help but gasp, turned his head to look at the embarrassed Umezu Mijiro and said urgently: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the situation is much more serious than we expected!"

This Jiang Qiang's appetite is too big, he wants to eat not only the 4 divisions of the 18th Army, but also the more than 400,000 imperial troops of the entire Burma army in one go! After a pause, Kimura Hyotaro continued in a panic: "Dongzhi to Grau and then to Mi**, and then all the way south to Tonggu are connected by roads, if these armored clusters are rushed at full speed, they can rush to the Tonggu battlefield before dark!"

In that case, not only the 19th Army will be in danger, but the 15th Army and the 20th Army will also be trapped on the west bank of the Siddang River! "Yaga! Outrageous! Umezu Mijiro was so angry that his eyes turned black, this was simply a house leak that happened to rain overnight, not only did the main warships of the naval fleet slip away in advance, but the armored cluster of the northern Burma battlefield actually gave up the fat to the mouth and roared south! Umezu Mijiro gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't the previous telegram say that the Imperial warriors of the 1st and 8th Divisions had already inflicted huge casualties on the Huaxia armored cluster in the northern Burma battlefield by charging on board?" ”

Kimura Hyotaro smiled bitterly: "The intelligence is not wrong, but Jiang Qiang's accumulated tank armor force is too strong. The 18th Army fought for more than a month, both casualties and technical equipment losses were extremely serious, in a hurry, how many tank armor could the imperial warriors destroy with their flesh and blood? And there is no need to have too many armored tanks left, only three or four hundred of them need to join the southern battlefield, and the fragile balance of the southern battlefield can be broken! ”

"Yaga!" Umezu Mijiro's body was weak, he sat down on the wooden chair, his pupils constricted and lost focus, and the whole person became stupid, such a blow was too big, and he didn't give him a chance to turn over at all. "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, hurry up and give the order to break out! It's too late! "Kimura Hyotaro is also a clever woman at this time, in the face of such a menacing tank armored cluster, without the strong support of the air force, the current Burmese dispatch army is powerless to stop!

"Yaga! Yaga! Umezu Mijiro hissed and roared a few times, and finally squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth after a long time: "Order, the 15th Army, the 19th Army, and the 20th Army will break through immediately!" After saying that, Umezu Mijiro's expression became extremely aggrieved, as if all his strength and spirit had been drained after this simple sentence, and the whole person suddenly became much older.

Indeed, as a proud Japanese army general, it was not easy to make a comeback and get a good opportunity to prove himself. But Umezu Mijiro eventually had to bow his noble head and admit that he had failed. And such an ugly failure is even more uncomfortable than directly killing Umezu Mijiro, and at this moment all self-esteem, pride and belief are ruthlessly shattered and wiped out!

Laigu Town, the pre-war general command post of the expeditionary force. Jiang Qiang, Li Zongren, Sun Zhen, Du Yuming, Meng Wuan, Tong Weiwen, Dai Anlan, Liao Yaoxiang and other high-ranking generals gathered together to urgently discuss the current war.

In the current battlefield in northern Burma, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has achieved a decisive victory against the 18th Army of the devils, annihilating more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers. The remaining Devil's 11th Division and 42nd Division were divided and surrounded by infantry clusters, and it was only a matter of time before the Devil's 18th Army was completely destroyed.

However, the battlefield in southern Burma was in a state of bitter fighting and anxiety. The 19th, 15th, and 20th armies of the Japanese Burma Dispatch Army had stabilized their positions after a brief panic at the beginning of the war. Especially later, after the 2 destroyers and 6 gunboats of the devil's fleet forcibly broke into the Xidang River, they gave the devils extremely strong mobile fire support, which made the pressure on the offensive troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force increase sharply!

Under the command of the devil commanders at all levels, the unretreatable devil soldiers broke out with unprecedented combat effectiveness, and fought a life-and-death battle with the 2nd Army, the 4th Army, the 5th Army, the 31st Army and the 22nd Group Army of the Huaxia Huben in the Xidang River Plain. Although the Chinese Expeditionary Force had the advantage of being the first mover, it concentrated a large number of tank armor, self-propelled artillery, and heavy artillery units at the beginning of the game, and a large number of combat aircraft cooperated.

But the more than 300,000 devil soldiers with a tenacious will to fight are not 300,000 pigs, and just a few cannon shots can make them panic and completely collapse. On the contrary, it is the injured beast that is the most dangerous, and it is not difficult to imagine that when the devil soldiers are forced to a desperate situation where there is no hope of survival and no way to retreat, their combat power and energy are quite amazing.

Especially under the desperate rescue of the Devil's Air Force and Navy, the armored cluster, which is a breakthrough weapon and the core of the attack, bore the brunt of the attack and was killed and injured by the Devil bomber group.

Later, even the heavy artillery units and self-propelled guns in the rear suffered heavy losses under the suicide attack of the devil bombers. Although the Devil bomber group paid an extremely heavy price under the joint bloody struggle of the Jiangqiang Air Force and the ground air defense force, the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the southern Burma battlefield still lost its most powerful attacking iron fist. In the final analysis, the overall strength of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the southern Burma battlefield was still a little worse, and it could not form a crushing advantage like the northern Burma battlefield.

No matter how desperately the Devil's 18th Army and the Devil's Air Force tried, they were still cut and surrounded by a huge array of armor that cut through the defense line directly from the front, while annihilating a large number of living forces. But then again, the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the southern Burma battlefield was by no means for nothing, but achieved quite impressive results.

First of all, in order to rescue the precarious Devil Army, the Devil Air Force had to fight with the Jiang Qiang Air Force and the ground air defense force, and even adopted the "kamikaze death squad" model at the most critical moment of the Devil Army. In this way, the Devil's Air Force lost more than 770 combat planes in the southern Burma battlefield, plus more than 60 carrier-based aircraft of the Devil's Navy, and more than 200 in the northern Burma battlefield, and the Devil's combat aircraft lost more than 1,000 planes, which is equivalent to fighting out one full-fledged flight division.

Under the long-term high-intensity attrition, the two Japanese flight divisions in Thailand have long been dissatisfied with the formation, and although they have repeatedly replenished combat aircraft, they have never been able to keep up with the war attrition. So far, the Devil Air Force has only less than 500 combat aircraft left.

On the other hand, the Tigers in the North and South Theaters have lost 382 fighters and 46 bombers, while the Chennault Air Brigade has lost 47 fighters, and our side has lost a total of 475 combat planes, leaving 529 combat planes. According to preliminary statistics, the current battle loss ratio of enemy and enemy combat aircraft is 2:1. If this data is placed in normal times, it is indeed not good-looking, but today is an unprecedented hard encounter, and the air forces of both sides have to fight hard for the ground forces, and they cannot have as much guerrilla space as usual!

After more than half a day of fierce air battles, the Jiang Qiang Expeditionary Air Force has surpassed the Devil's Air Force in terms of the overall number of combat aircraft, and in addition, due to the advantages of combat performance and home combat, air supremacy in Burma has begun to tilt toward the side of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. As long as we make persistent efforts and have a few more beautiful large-score air battles, the devil's air force will be completely wiped out, and the air supremacy in Burma will be firmly grasped by the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Secondly, in the battlefield of southern Burma, the Devil's Army suffered more than 40,000 casualties, and many defensive lines were broken, the Devil's 19th Army was divided and surrounded in the area of Otun Town, and the Devil's 15th Army and the 20th Army were compressed in the plains southeast of Bago City to support it. Coupled with the 3 submarines, 2 destroyers, and several main warships that were seriously damaged, the battlefield in southern Myanmar can also be regarded as a brilliant result!

Jiang Qiang stood in front of the sand table with his brows furrowed, thinking about how to break the game. The battlefield in northern Myanmar is a foregone conclusion, and there is no suspense, but the battlefield in southern Myanmar will be difficult to clean up for a while. How to break the current stalemate, Jiang Qiang has roughly two ideas in his heart, the first is to wait for the armored cluster in the northern Burma battlefield to come to participate in the battle, and the second is to wait for the air force to recover and then find a way to kill all the remaining air forces of the devils.

In this way, with absolute air supremacy, the 300,000 devil soldiers on the battlefield in southern Myanmar can only eat as much as they want! In addition, Jiang Qiang has two cards to play in his hand, that is, the helicopter brigade and the navy ship. However, helicopters are transport aircraft, not modern armed helicopters, and the ground offensive firepower is very limited, and the protection is also poor, which can play the role of icing on the cake, but it cannot achieve the effect of a hammer and a profit.

At the same time, there must also be a prerequisite for the dispatch of helicopter groups, that is, they must firmly grasp air supremacy, otherwise these helicopters will all be live targets in front of the devil fighter group. There are 12 speedboats and 8 frigates in the navy, and although the tonnage is small, the combat effectiveness is actually not weak, and it can play a big role in the Sitang River.

As for the submarine force, it is a little slower, and it is vulnerable to devastating blows from devil destroyers and gunboats, but if it is really time to fight bayonets, it should be on it. As for the continued assault of the infantry group at all costs, it is clear that it is not cost-effective to do so. Because the devil soldiers have been driven to a dead end, the combat potential of the devil soldiers who fought on their backs is very terrifying. If the infantry group is allowed to work hard, the result is likely to be to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 2,000 themselves, so that even the profits will have to be vomited back.