These Japanese generals are on the battlefield in China, and that is how to fight. Make-up infiltration, reconnaissance by the former enemy, the Chinese's adaptability can never keep up with the rhythm of the Japanese army, but now they are facing the Chinese army, which is no longer only mortars and a few shells. The average education of the soldiers is close to that of high school, and it has already exceeded the 55th division.

Tao Mingzhang can also be regarded as the master of drawing inferences, he just felt that this mountain was too quiet, wrong, and there was plenty of cannonballs in his hand, so he fired a few shots, just to listen to the sound.

Takeuchi found that the Chinese army was pushing fast, and he knew that the terrain advantage was suppressed by enemy artillery fire. can only wait for the Chinese army to attack first, cross the mountain, and their own 75-mm mountain artillery will also play a role. His artillery positions were well arranged, and when he was not firing, he might not be able to see American planes flying overhead. He deployed men on the commanding heights to warn enemy aircraft with signal flags, and as long as there was a few minutes of early warning, his artillery positions were generally safe.

Tao Mingzhang ordered the troops in front to be especially careful of enemy artillery fire when crossing the ridge, but he knew that it was also necessary to rely on human heads for fire reconnaissance. The Japanese army has practiced a good way of concealment in the mountains, but once the rear artillery fire is fired, there will still be a little sign, and it may be seen by its own scouts or planes in the sky.

From time to time, these P40s did not come to bomb the enemy, but to defend against enemy bombers taking off from Thailand, taking advantage of the proximity of the airfield and the long time in the air.

The Chinese troops crossed the first ridge, and the Japanese artillery fire, which had been prepared for a long time, finally seized the opportunity, and a fire cover covered the front of the search battalion. The Japanese army used a rough shot without calibration, and one shot was considered to be very professional.

However, Tao Mingzhang was not a surprise soldier who specialized in attacking weak underbelief, he came to meet hard, and losses were inevitable, so the US pilots immediately pounced to carry out reconnaissance in the general direction. The pilots confirmed that it was some kind of mountain artillery, so it was impossible to hide very far.

For the pilots, the way to determine the positions of the Japanese artillery was to fly at low altitude towards the suspicious area. If you're lucky, you can see a cannon, or find an animal pulling ammunition. If you are unlucky, you will be strafed by anti-aircraft guns. Of course, the anti-aircraft artillery units of the Japanese army would definitely be deployed near the artillery positions.

When the enemy lookout posts spotted the aircraft, they alerted the artillery units to stop firing, and the smoke from the artillery fire would soon be drowned in the mist between the jungles.

The average age of the pilots of the 14 Air Corps is much older than that of the ordinary Air Corps, and all of them are old fritters. Flying low also does not allow enemies in the shadows to aim comfortably. They constantly change course, sometimes swooping in an attempt to frighten their opponents.

Sure enough, one of the fighters encountered an unsinkable ground fire attack, and the plane barely climbed up and flew in the direction of the Nu River, and the pilot was able to parachute safely after crossing the river.

Locals who find pilots can go to Kunming to receive a prize of 100 oceans and an American cigarette, in fact, the U.S. government pays $4,000 for each skydiving pilot, of course, there are no deductions, and in the end there is not much left.

Air Force fighters rushed down and strafed the jungle. The Japanese soldiers could do everything without being alarmed, but their cattle couldn't, and soon they could see pack horses running around.

Tao Mingzhang's artillery is the most professional of all his troops, and he quickly aims at the target according to the call in the US military radio, of course, this year, there is no concept of data link or task distribution, but Tao Mingzhang learned from Chu Tingchang, and sent people to listen to the US military formation in the US military aircraft channel at any time, and the map in the pilot's hand has also been gridded in the theater, which is one of the achievements of the US military aviation photographic mapping. Although not very accurate, Tao Mingzhang can sacrifice accuracy and increase the coverage area to slam enemies hiding in the jungle.

The 105* guns were quickly redeployed to aim at the target for rapid firing, and before the advent of artillery radars, such counter-battery efficiency was almost unimaginable. His artillery battalion, in 30 minutes, threw a base of about 1500 shells into an area of about 1 square kilometer, and the 55th Division was considered to have fallen into blood mold today.

As Stilwell told Chu Tingchang, after the start of northern Burma, the large-caliber artillery shells consumed by his and Sun Liren's armies alone every day were more than the entire domestic battlefield in half a month.

Takeuchi watched the continuous explosions of the artillery positions in the distance with a telescope, and the enemy frightened him with no regard for ammunition attacks, and he watched as the enemy's fire plowed the entire forest.

It was reported earlier that the enemy had only about two battalions of infantry engaged in the attack, but the artillery support was more than that of the Chinese army group. The construction of Japanese divisions and regiments is also focused on artillery, and the number of artillery pieces in each division is quite large, but artillery shells are too rare in northern Burma. The 55th Division was against the Chinese 14th Army on the other side of the Nu River, which was considered a weak brigade, so it received very few shells. Now Rangoon's transport was cut off by British submarines again, and his 105 field guns had no way to get a few shots, so he didn't take them with him.

At the same time, Zhou Youfu's tank group quickly routed the enemy's other way. In the morning, the two wings of the 55th Division, Semoto and Sakuma, had collapsed.

Only a year earlier, the division had attacked two Anglo-Indian armies with one division, all the way from Mawlamyine to Rangoon, and on the way on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, hundreds of Nepalese soldiers who could not swim and were captured, and the Bago estuary was stained red with blood. The British army that was really killed that time was terrified, and the children in Yangon did not dare to cry when they heard the prestige of the Japanese army.

In less than a year, the opponent's combat effectiveness has increased tenfold. Tao Mingzhang was a first-hand witness of the defeat from Yangon all the way to northern Burma, and today he drove the enemy out of his position inch by inch in a hand-to-hand encounter. It is said that it is a hand-to-hand encounter, and the Japanese will not be able to get the opportunity of white-knuckle warfare at all, and one of his 18-gun heavy artillery battalions dominates the battlefield, counting the 60 mortars and rocket launchers of the mortar battalion and battalion company, the firepower is so strong that it can far suppress the Japanese army. Zhou Youfu's tank group was even more powerful than the Japanese army, and now this force was about to outflank the enemy's rear and cut off the crossing of the Irrawaddy River.

It was too early to capture Myitkyina, after all, there was still the Songshan 56th Division on the side, but Chu Ting had already drawn up a plan, as long as that division did not know the depth and came out to find death, it would be resolutely eliminated.

In the basement of the Tokyo base camp, several officers were questioning the two pilots who had taken off from the Great Eagle with Makino that day.

These two were specially sent by Yamamoto to assist in the investigation of the base camp, and they did not come back as army bombers with Makino, but returned with their own * planes, and they came back together, as well as a handwritten letter commissioned by Yamamoto to bring to Nagano, in fact, they arrived in Tokyo a day earlier than Makino.

Every half hour, the testimony of the two men is sent directly from the papers to the conference room on the third floor, where Hideki Tojo is anxiously awaiting the conclusion.

"It looks like the pilot saw * in the final stages, there were signs of a turn." Nagano Shusui, who had a bandage on his head, said. After reading Yamamoto's letter, he was already convinced that things were far more complicated than Tojo had imagined, after all, he saw the scene of the three* turning on the horizon and flying towards him, if it wasn't far away, it would be as simple as blowing up his head and deaf ears.

"You also think that * is special?"

Tojo, who was holding a cigar, asked loudly, knowing that Nagano was very old now.

"This doesn't have to be,* but you can also set a secondary corner to create a new attack sector and make it harder for the enemy to spot positions. But in actual combat, there are very few captains who will set it like this......"

"So, you don't really have a conclusion yet?" Tojo took a puff of his cigarette and said, clearly unhappy with Nagano's ambiguous explanation, "So, what does the explosion under the ship mean?" ”

"It's hard to say this, maybe it can't explain anything, it's hard to explain this kind of thing like a fuse."

"Uh-huh." Tojo nodded reluctantly, and he realized that what Nagano said was useless.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I heard that the casualties in Australia are a bit large?" The one who came to ask the question was Minister Kido, who had come to observe Kagesaki's second questioning. This man was dutiful and cautious, and rarely asked about military affairs, but as long as he asked, it was likely that the emperor was anxious to know.

"Yes, I originally wanted to report to the Emperor at the Imperial Council that my loyal imperial army had taken Cape York in one fell swoop, and at the same time landed at the Bay of Carpentaria, and the defenders of Cape York had no way to retreat, and our victory had been opened, and we could soon conquer all the cities on the east coast with a dignified array. This time, MacArthur had no choice but to flee to Antarctica. ”

"I mean, what about the casualties?"

"Casualties, it's always unavoidable, according to current statistics, 15,000 people were killed in battle."

"The situation in Myanmar is also bad, right?"

"Burma is slightly better," Tojo shook his head helplessly, "In the last week, there have been 5,000 casualties, but Thailand is firmly on our side, and it will soon be able to replenish the losses in troops." ”

"So, in just one week, the army lost more than 20,000 people? Plus 3 thousand people of the Navy were killed. Kido said worriedly.

"War is all about willpower, and that certainly includes the ability to bear the dead." Tojo replied perfunctorily, he wanted to get rid of such an embarrassing conversation as soon as possible, but unfortunately Kido must have the emperor's worries behind him.

"So what do you think of this guy who calls himself a traverser?"

"It's nonsense, right? It is nothing more than an attempt to use this bizarre theory to propagate the lie that Japan will be defeated, and in every era there are madmen who pretend to be prophets, such as Joan of Arc in France. ”

"Your Majesty summoned Professor Shinichiro Asaga yesterday," Kido said in a low voice, "Professor believes that the possibility of transcending time exists in theory. In addition, he looked at Makino's super* plan and said that although Makino did not have a demonstration process, some of the data he knew was highly credible. ”

"Academics are always happy and willing to believe strange theories." Tojo still held his own sight, and what he hated most about Makino was the theory that Japan was about to be defeated.

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Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will go on a business trip for one or two days. I also recommend a question from my friend: "The Roar of the Iron Armor of the Star Sea Journey" is a good mecha text.