989, Yamashita Fengwen
Although facing great difficulties, Wei Chong did not complain.
Because the last time Bai Shujie came to Makassar and held a three-day meeting to teach face-to-face, he had already talked about the relevant strategy.
The two brigades of little devils on the independent islands of Bali and Mataran Island in the southeast of the Java archipelago don't care about them at all.
Even if these little devils don't surrender for 10,000 years, don't worry about them. Anyway, there is water on all sides, leaving them to fend for themselves.
The reason why Wei Chong was not worried about crossing the Java Sea was because Bai Shujie gave him a killer move: the Shadow Submarine Formation.
The Shadow submarine formation has 8 P-class submarines: 33 knots above water and 12 knots underwater; 1475 tons of water displacement and 2040 tons of underwater displacement; The range is 15,800 nautical miles at 25 knots above the water and 210 nautical miles at 7 knots underwater.
From Mazen in the west of Borneo to Surabaya on the opposite island of Java, the whole journey is only 250 nautical miles, or 450 kilometers.
Wei Chong first transferred his machine gun regiment and transported it from Sulawesi to Borneo to assemble in Machen, which was his own territory and could be unscrupulous.
Then all the supplies in the submarine were unloaded, and the eight submarines transported four companies at a time to smuggle over, thus opening the prelude to the battle with Yamashita Fengwen.
Wei Chong used the submarine to slowly smuggle his machine gun regiment into Java Island, and it didn't just start today, but it had already started after Bai Shujie left here last time.
After the machine gun regiment infiltrated it, the main purpose was to stay hidden, not to make any moves.
The latent target is to go to the Bandung and Jakarta lines in the northern section of Java Island, mark all kinds of factories in the surrounding areas, report back the enemy's location coordinates, and prepare the missile regiment to carry out long-range attacks.
Without these means, relying only on Wei Chong's Fourth Division, which had less than 20,000 men, it would not have been possible to threaten Yamashita Fengwen at all.
Since Yamashita Fengwen is known as the "Five Tigers of the Imperial Army", he must not just eat and do not work.
Although he had already received Bai Shujie's ultimatum, he also received the news that his capital had been destroyed, and the emperor, prime minister, and cabinet ministers had all been killed.
However, Yamashita believes that this possibility exists, and the credibility is not very high.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Bai Shujie's power-on is real, so what?
The troops in Yamashita Fengwen's hands are actually very strong, and the headquarters is located in Bandung, and the subordinate troops include:
Units directly under the Command: Command Flag Wing, 9th Flying Division, 3rd Ship Transport Command Java Islands Regional Defense Force: Independent Mixed 27th Brigade, Independent Mixed 28th Brigade, Independent Mixed 56th Brigade, Heavy Artillery Wing, Anti-aircraft Artillery Wing, Baggage Wing, Engineer Wing, Field Hospital, Mataran Island Garrison Brigade, Bali Garrison Brigade, Bandung Garrison Brigade, Jakarta Garrison Brigade Half of the troops were originally prepared to defend Borneo, Later, Bai Shujie took the lead in occupying Borneo, so he stayed here to defend against the "Devil of China" that was close at hand.
Sumatra Regional Defense Forces: 2nd Guards Division, 25th Separate Mixed Brigade, 26th Independent Mixed Brigade, Independent Heavy Artillery Wing, Independent Anti-aircraft Artillery Wing.
Malay Peninsula Defense Units: 46th Division, 94th Division, 35th Independent Mixed Brigade, 36th Independent Mixed Brigade, Independent Mixed 37th Brigade.
With such a huge group, the total number of people in the mess is close to 160,000.
The reason why Yamashita Fengfumi thinks that there is a large group of unscrupulous people under his command mainly refers to the twelve officers' clubs, six field hospitals, the 3rd Ship Transport Command, and the 9th Flying Division.
There are more than 1,800 geisha on the main island alone, and more than 3,000 military prostitutes stolen from the Philippine Islands, Borneo Islands, and Indochina.
There were more than 1,000 doctors and nurses in the Reich, and more than 2,000 in the 3rd Ship Transport Command.
The planes of the 9th Flight Division were all withdrawn, and more than 2,000 ground service personnel remained.
These chaotic people add up to nearly 10,000 people, and they don't even have guns in their hands. Each person only had one grenade, which was to be used to serve His Majesty the Emperor.
Although there are enough transport ships now, without a huge fleet to escort them, their 150,000 people will not be able to withdraw at all.
Yamashita summoned high-ranking generals to discuss the future strategic policy, and the unanimous agreement reached in the end was to stick to the situation and wait for changes.
However, the speed of erosion of the situation far exceeded Yamashita Fengfumi's expectations.
The enemy did not start from the nearest island, Java, but was the first to raid the Malay Peninsula, completely cutting off the land passage.
What made Yamashita even more furious was that the strategic plan that had just been studied at the meeting turned out to be less than a day before the people below completely betrayed their promise.
The Malay Peninsula was originally the most powerful defense area, and more than 80,000 people surrendered in half a day.
The Malay Peninsula was lost, and the Sumatra archipelago could not support it at all, and in the end, more than 40,000 people also chose to surrender.
In the blink of an eye, the entire South Asian region was left with the island of Java, a small land, and there were less than 30,000 soldiers capable of fighting.
Surrender to Bai Shujie, the "devil of China"?
This thought flashed in Yamashita Fengwen's mind, and then he denied it again.
It was not without reason that Yamashita was quick to deny the idea of surrender.
After the initial occupation of Singapore, Yamashita Fumi, together with the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Suzuki Sosaku, the chief of the staff division, Sugita Daisa, and others, planned a brutal and inhumane "purge operation" against the Chinese in Singapore.
As long as they determined that this person was Chinese, there was no room for justification and they immediately dealt with (the death penalty), creating the famous "Singapore Massacre".
Yamashita knew that judging from his experience over the past 10 years or so, Bai Shujie, the "devil of China," was a nationalist, and he would definitely be sentenced to death without mercy on war criminals whose hands were stained with Chinese blood.
Surrender is also death, a very aggrieved death. If you don't surrender, you will die, a very heroic death.
Because of this, Yamashita decided to fight to the death in the Java Islands, and then die with dignity.
Since he wanted to die a dignified death, Yamashita Fengwen made a surprising decision that made his opponent Wei Chong feel incredible.
The machine gun regiment that had infiltrated in advance sent back the news: Yamashita Fengfu actually received all the 30,000 main troops around him, and then built fortifications on the outskirts of Jakarta, apparently preparing for positional warfare.
When Wei Chong got the news, all the unpleasantness of the past three days disappeared: "No wonder the boss said that Yamashita Fengwen has a nickname called 'infantry artillery', and what he is best at is defense and attacking fortified battles. But how many years have passed, how can Lao Tzu attack your position? ”
Yamashita Fengwen contracted the main force, trapped a corner and deployed the defense with all his might, and the rest was the garrison brigade in Surabaya, Bandung and other places, which was no longer worth mentioning.
Wei Chong immediately gave an order to the machine gun regiment that had infiltrated it: "The helicopter gunships will come over immediately and order you to use recoilless guns and flamethrowers as battalions to launch a war of annihilation against all garrisons at the same time." It created an illusion for Yamashita Fengwen, that is, Lao Tzu wanted to clear the periphery and prepare to fight against him. ”
"After taking the garrison, we will do our best to clear the remnants of the enemy on the periphery, and then divide the troops to guard the key factories. It's been three days of damn delay, and the boss calls every day to urge him. Lao Tzu's army was about to cross the sea to the west and fight a battle. ”
Wei Chong's so-called cross-sea expedition to the west was also a smokescreen, which made Yamashita Fengwen feel that the enemy had been deceived.
In fact, Wei Chong's real purpose was to stabilize Yamashita Fengwen, and at the same time give him enough pressure to build fortifications desperately, lest he jump off the wall in a hurry, and have the mind and energy to destroy factories everywhere.
Wei Chong knew what Yamashita Fengwen was thinking: but as the saying goes, "When you die, you can pull a cushion, killing one is enough, and killing two will make money." ”
Because of this, Wei Chong specially chose to organize an armored regiment and a tank regiment to cross the Java Sea in broad daylight, for fear that Yamashita Fengwen would not know that he was going to attack.
It was really a thousand ships flying together, turning the sea and the river.
However, no matter how fun the game is, there are times when GameOver, and it is impossible to stalemate for a long time.
Wei Chong finally received a telegram from the commander of the machine gun regiment: "The remnants of the enemy on the periphery have been basically cleared, and all key factories have been investigated. In total, more than 1,800 tons of explosives planted by the enemy were dismantled, and more than 4,000 hidden spies were captured, thus completely stabilizing the situation. ”
When his big task was completed, Wei Chong's mood was better, so he ordered the communication battalion to send a clear telegram:
"Your Excellency Admiral Yamashita Fumi: Although you will not escape the death penalty, you should still think about your subordinates, after all, most of them are not guilty of death. Now, the division commander issued an ultimatum, lay down his arms and surrender unconditionally within an hour, otherwise I will give the order to launch an offensive attack, and there will be no chickens and dogs left at that time! ”
Wei Chong gave Yamashita Fengwen an hour to consider, and at the same time sent a telegram to Longcheng: "Brothers of the missile regiment, now it's your turn to come forward. The king of Fengwen under the mountain didn't listen to the greeting, and an hour later, according to the predetermined coordinates, he went to Bang Ping! ”
The missile regiment approved the coordinates, erected the launcher, and then began to launch the missiles in exactly about an hour, which was the purpose of Wei Chong's ultimatum.
Although the other side is full of damn miscellaneous pieces, it is not right to punish without teaching.
It would be even more wrong not to leave enough time for the missile regiment to prepare.
There was no surprise in the incident, 24 launchers, 240 missiles in one go, had completely broken the enemy's will to fight.
Wei Chong's tank regiment rushed forward first, only to stop three kilometers away and smash out all the shells in the car.
Then the armored regiment rushed up, and the six-tube phalanx began to spray a rain of bullets, until the bolt hangs up, indicating that there is no ammunition left.
In the final battle, regardless of whether there were still living people on the enemy's position, all the shells must be sold, so as not to have to carry them by yourself, this is the common sense of the veteran oil, not to mention.
The entire battle lasted only three hours, and Yamashita did not even find the body in the end.
In fact, the easiest thing is to launch napalm, but this is its own territory, and the next step is to rebuild.
If napalm is used, the place will not grow grass for three years, and the whole of Jakarta will be bare.
Wei Chong took a group of bastard soldiers under his command, thinking that the world war was over, and ended up running out of all spare ammunition.
No one thought that Wei Chong's decision would almost send his entire Fourth Division to hell!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.