Chapter 528: Sweeping Central and South (I)

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What is especially important is that since World War II has broken out in full swing, the Shijie powers will have no time to intervene in China, and even if World War II is fought for five or six years as in history, it will be enough for China to digest it slowly. What's more, now that China is out of the way, how can it not stir up trouble in the Shijie war? At least Hu Weidong would never let the West and the Soviet Union take Germany down so quickly, and he had already done a lot of work on it

Although he always regarded the British as the main enemy, Hu Weidong still chose to attack the French colony of Indochina first, on the one hand, because he saw the weakness of the French army's defenses, and on the other hand, in order to take it by surprise. As a result, only tens of thousands of marines (with the cooperation of the air force and navy) almost wiped out hundreds of thousands of French troops in Indochina, during which the British army in Burma also wanted to go east to rescue, but in the end it did not happen, because the territory of Laos was full of lofty mountains, and by the time the British army trekked hard to Vietnam, it was estimated that the Chinese would have ended the battle long ago, and the British army, which was already exhausted at that time, faced the Chinese army with a leisurely waiting, could the result be better? Moreover, the terrain not only made it difficult for the British army to pass, but it was also troublesome to rush back once it had passed, and in the event that the Chinese army suddenly launched a major offensive in Burma and even India, the British army, which was already inferior to the opposing side, was likely to be broken by each other

Having said that, the French army could not help it, so the British army in Burma could only choose to launch a fierce attack on the "lost" three states of northern Burma. Hoping to receive the effect of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", although they don't know this idiom, such a simple strategy is not difficult for modern soldiers to think of.

However, the fierce offensive launched by the 300,000 British and Burmese troops was a complete failure after only three days. Hundreds of aircraft of the Royal Air Force encountered the overwhelming performance of the J-1, and the battle was completely one-sided, although during the battle, some British pilots noticed that the enemy aircraft was a wooden structure, and accordingly proposed the use of incendiary bombs to deal with the J-1, and indeed received obvious results (mainly because you don't have to get very close to effectively damage the J-1), but the exchange ratio from 50:1 to 20:1 for the British Royal Air Force, the result will not make much difference.

After completely seizing air supremacy, the ground offensive forces of the Anglo-Burmese army suffered unusually heavy losses under the blows of the Chinese Air Force. Especially the hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles that were sent with great difficulty. For the Stuka, armed with four guns, it was as simple as picking up a beer bottle and opening the cap.

Even the British "Matilda" 2 tank, which forced Rommel to come up with the magic method of anti-aircraft gun flat fire in the early days of World War II, had relatively weak top armor and could not stop the armor-piercing shells fired by the two 37mm guns that were standard with the Stuka bomber. Even a 20mm cannon mounted on the wing. After using the "integral shell-piercing projectile" (Note 1) "designed" by Hu Weidong himself. It is also enough to easily knock on the top armor of British tanks, and the "Matilda" Type 2 tank, which is leading by armored protection, is so vulnerable, and other tanks and armored vehicles are even more vulnerable

Movable tanks and armored vehicles were subjected to heavy air strikes. Not to mention the artillery that can't move, after the lack of armored troops and artillery, the British army, which can only rely on infantry to fight, can't even compare with the Japanese army, and how can it compete with the PLA light infantry, which is the best in the world? What's more, the current PLA not only has light infantry, but also a huge artillery unit at the level of the great powers and a powerful air force unit that is small in number but not inferior in quality to the great powers, and there are strong fortifications that have long been built to rely on, even if the number of the British and Burmese troops is ten times more, it is also destined to run into blood

In fact, the British originally wanted to let the remnants of the more than 200,000 national troops as cannon fodder to help them consume a little of the PLA's troops, at least ammunition reserves, but who knew that the national army, which had been very cowardly after retreating to Burma, turned back at a critical moment, and most of them had a blood feud with the Red Party, and they suddenly turned their guns and launched an attack on the British and Burmese troops, and at this time tens of thousands in northern Myanmar (considering the problem of logistics and supply, Hu Weidong did not have many troops on the front line, 100,000 in northern Myanmar and 150,000 on the Guangxi border. The elite of the People's Liberation Army took advantage of the situation to counterattack southward, and under the internal and external attacks of the Chinese army, the British army collapsed on all fronts, and the Burmese soldiers saw that their masters were finished, so they naturally did not have any fighting spirit and surrendered one after another. At this time, the main force of the Southwest Military Region in Yunnan also began to move south in batches, and in less than a month, the entire territory of Burma was liberated, and more than 100,000 British troops became prisoners of the People's Liberation Army

The fundamental reason for the sudden uprising of the remnants of the Nationalist Army on the battlefield is that the powerful combat effectiveness of the People's Liberation Army has produced a strong deterrent to them, and the national consciousness of the Chinese also determines that the officers and men at the grassroots level of the Nationalist Army are somewhat resistant to helping foreigners fight their compatriots. However, the more direct reason is that the old Chiang husband and wife are gone, and the nominal leader of the remnants of the national army is now Chiang Ching-kuo, who was once deeply influenced by the red thought, when he learned that the PLA had defeated the great powers again and again, as well as the brilliant construction achievements in the country, he couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart, but considering that he was the son of the old Chiang after all, Chiang Ching-kuo, who was worried about "repaying the debts of his father and son", did not dare to rashly go right. It wasn't until the secret envoy sent later got the promise of Zhou Gong and Hu Weidong, and Xiao Jiang knew that the credit of the two was very good, so he finally made up his mind.

The situation of Xue Yue, who had almost forced the Red Army to a dead end during the Long March, was similar, and learned that Taizu said that the grievances during the Long March were "each for his master", and praised Xue Yue for his "meritorious work in the War of Resistance", Zhou Gong still remembered that when "April 12" that year, Xue Yue would rather resign from the position of division commander than help Lao Jiang kill the kindness of the Red Party, he finally let go of the mustard in his heart and threw himself into the arms of the people

As for Bai Chongxi, he was deceived by the two of them on the grounds of "deliberation", and he saw that the general trend had gone, and finally had to surrender. And although Taizu was very angry with his stubbornness, he still unexpectedly reused it out of love. Bai Chongxi, who was appointed commander of the newly established Central and Southern Field Army, was deeply moved, and since then he has done his best to serve the country, and has never had the slightest distraction

Note 1: Historically, this ammunition was invented by Professor Pu Fa of China, compared with the usual split shell shell armor-piercing projectile, it not only avoids the risk of shell fragments being sucked into the jet engine, but also significantly enhances the armor-piercing ability of the core, for 30mm caliber aircraft guns, it can make tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles reach the level of depleted uranium bullets of the same caliber, and the smaller the caliber, the greater the increase. Professor Pu Fa has unfortunately passed away, but his contribution to China's military industry will never be forgotten by the people (to be continued......