One of the characteristics of Genghis Khan's warfare is that he is cruel, cruel to the enemy, cruel to his own subordinates, slaughtering villages and cities is commonplace, and one-sided emphasis on courage and will in order to take a city regardless of the casualties of his subordinates.

Of course, it is often useful to emphasize courage and will in the era of cold weapons, because the weapons and equipment in the era of cold weapons are not very powerful, and the two sides have to fight face to face, which makes soldiers need more courage to face them.

The courage, murderous spirit and beast-like cruelty of the Mongolian cavalry can almost be said to be unimaginable to ordinary people, so even if the pampered Song soldiers are superior to the Mongol army in terms of strength and equipment, they will be beaten on the battlefield and lose their armor and collapse the army.

In this respect, the war with hot weapons is much better, and as individual equipment becomes more advanced, the importance of courage and will gradually decreases.

As for Mutaguchi, he saw that the Japanese army had the same characteristics as the Mongolian cavalry: ferocious, brutal, well-trained, and a bushido spirit similar to the spirit of the Mongolian army. At this time, China had the shadow of the Song Dynasty: corruption, cowardice, disunity, etc., so Mutaguchi Lian naively thought that as long as he fought like the Mongols, he could easily defeat China.

In fact, his tactics have proven successful on the battlefield time and time again, so he is even more convinced that this tactic of emphasizing mental will regardless of casualties is feasible.

He once instructed his soldiers: "If there are no bullets, don't you still have bayonets?" If you don't have a bayonet, you still have a fist! If you don't have a fist, you can kick with your feet. Even if these are gone, can't you still bite with your teeth? ”

As a result, his subordinates also gave him the nickname "Oni Animal Mutaguchi...... Even the murderous Japanese army, Mutaguchi's subordinates called him a "ghost animal", so you can imagine how paranoid this guy is.

It's a pity that Japan at this time was not Mongolia at this time, and China at this time was not the Song Dynasty at this time. Moreover, hot weapon warfare is not the same as cold weapon warfare...... This was eventually demonstrated in the Battle of Imphal with the crushing defeat of the 18th Division.

At this time, the commander of the Japanese army against Myitkyina was this Mutaguchi Yoshiya, known as the "ghost animal Mutaguchi", and his 18th Corps can be said to have not fought a few battles after being put into the Burma battlefield, and they only had a few brief encounters with the Fifth Army in Pingmanna, and since then they have followed other Japanese troops as reserves.

From this point of view, it seems that the Japanese army has not yet exerted its full strength on the battlefield in Burma...... A whole division, and it was also an elite division, and it was not used.

But now it's finally time for him to come in.

After taking over the command, Mutaguchi Ryoya looked at the terrain on the map for a while, and then made the same judgment as Shozo Kawabe: "Take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Chinese army to defeat it, and the main direction of attack is the east side of the Inovady River!" The faster the attack, the better, and the Chinese cannot be given a chance to breathe and recuperate! ”

So the cannon fire soon rang out on the Myitkyina line.

At this time, the engineer regiment was resting in Myitkyina...... Perhaps Du Yuming was grateful to the Engineer Regiment for taking Myitkyina and saving the entire expeditionary force, so he did not take the Engineer Corps. Sent to the front.

Of course. This is understandable, because the engineer regiment is not the main combat unit in the first place.

But in fact, Zhang Chi felt that the one who should be sent to the battlefield at this time was the engineer regiment.

This is certainly not because the Engineer Corps has many tanks or armored vehicles. Although this is also one of the reasons, it is more important because ...... Ammunition!

There was nothing wrong with Du Yuming's troop deployment, but the problem was that the equipment of the national army was not uniform, and the ammunition did not match the munitions in Myitkyina.

It is really a headache to talk about the equipment of the national army, for example, although these troops now in Myitkyina are all Chinese troops, but the Fifth Army is the Soviet armed army, and its main combat units use Soviet-style equipment, and non-main combat units use Hanyang-made. Then the new 38th Division was the German Armament Division, and the Engineer Regiment had American and British armaments.

As a result, the Chinese army in Myitkyina was only more than 40,000 people, but the equipment used was Soviet-style, German-style, Chinese-style, British-style, and American-style, and almost all the weapons and equipment of the major powers were concentrated together.

Needless to say, this can easily be confusing. The most important thing is that the ammunition captured in Myitkyina is all British and American, and the rifle ammunition is British, that is, the ammunition of other equipment cannot be replenished if it is fired with one shot. The only exception is ammunition for British rifles.

This is also the reason why Zhang Chi believes that the engineer regiment should go to the battlefield more...... The main forces are Soviet, German, and Chinese, and they have run out of ammunition until now, especially the defense line of the new 22nd Division and Myitkyina, which is still separated by a river and is prone to problems.

So. The correct approach should be: the Engineer Corps, a unit equipped with British rifles, should first be stationed in one direction, and give the main force time and space to replace it with British equipment...... The large number of munitions left behind by the British army was enough to equip the three divisions of the main force.

Wait for the main part to change clothes in batches and use it for a period of time to get familiar with it before going to the battlefield, then there will not be much of a problem.

But now......

Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning when he heard the artillery fire on the east bank of the Inovady River, which was particularly fierce, and it was obvious that the Japanese army had also discovered the weakness of the Myitkyina defense line and firmly grasped this weakness and launched a targeted attack.

For this, Zhang Chi still admires the Japanese army very much.

Their offensive on the frontal battlefield seems silly, except for the charge or charge and charge, completely disregarding casualties. But in fact, they have done a good job in some subtleties, for example, in intelligence work, the Japanese army is very likely to know that the Chinese army's equipment is chaotic and there is no time to change its equipment in a short time, and some units are even reluctant to change their equipment...... There are many reasons why I am reluctant to change my outfit, such as the old rifle is used to the new rifle and is not suitable, I am not at ease when I go to the battlefield with the new rifle, and I am reluctant to lose the rifle before the ammunition is finished.

But it was precisely because of this that a crisis in the Myitkyina line of defense was created.

Sure enough, after a while, the whole Myitkyina became nervous.

Soon the sky was filled with the roar of Japanese planes, and then bombs fell with a whistling sound......

The Japanese were shrewd, even more shrewd than they thought, and their planes bombed not the Myitkyina defense line first, but Myitkyina ports and ships.

Their purpose in doing so was obvious: to cut off Myitkyina from the new 22nd Division on the east bank of the Inovady River. (To be continued.) )