"Xikasi... General Temple's order requires us to guard the border of Siam, otherwise..." Jiro Kimura fell into deep thought.
Now the Southern Army Command is sending more troops to Yangon in order to preserve Myanmar's last resource land and large port, and it cannot take care of them now.
However, Juichi Templeuchi ordered them to defend the northwest area of Siam to prevent the Chinese from detouring from Siam to Karen State and cutting off the road traffic between Yangon and the Malay Peninsula. This was the strategic key point, so Kimura did not dare to retreat. One of the reasons.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest you withdraw to Lampang City first to let the troops repair and supply supplies, and then plan how to deal with the Chinese. After all, there are less than ten days of military rations left, and the wounded..."
The staff officer looked at Kimura anxiously. Since the logistics route was destroyed by enemy planes, their supplies have been cut off for a week. Coupled with the day-and-night bombing, the number of wounded soldiers is increasing every day. Hundreds of people have already lost their lives due to infection. , due to the lack of medical treatment... many seriously injured soldiers went to field hospitals and just waited there to die, and the situation continued to worsen.
"Is there less than ten days' worth of military rations left?"
Jiro Kimura began to feel embarrassed. The words of his staff were correct. Faced with the situation of heavy encirclement and no support and supplies, at this moment, no matter how confident he was, he retreated.
The red arrows on the battle map touched people's hearts, and Kimura knew that his order would determine the final outcome of more than 12,000 people.
"Air attack by enemy planes!"
The soldiers outside the headquarters shouted loudly, and the scream of death came again in the air.
"Your Majesty Commander! Get into the air raid shelter quickly!"
Kimura clenched his fists angrily. Through the observation port, he could see the dense dots in the sky gradually enlarging. The damn United States was bombing again.
Several combat staff members quickly packed up the documents on the table. The adjutant picked up Kimura without saying a word and ran to the air-raid shelter at the back. The US military's carpet bombing was no joke. If you accidentally hit an aerial bomb, you wouldn't even be hit by it. will be left.
stop……
boom! boom! boom…
Because Thanon Mountain was once again covered by aerial bombs, but the difference was that this wave of air strikes was also mixed with shelling, and the power was no longer the same as in the past.
Dark bombs fell on the mountain top one after another, and the earthquake-shaking explosions continued. The Japanese army had no choice but to hide in their own air defense bunkers and pray for God's blessing.
This time the bombing covered an extremely wide area, blocking out the sky and the sun as if it were the end of the world. Without large-scale permanent underground fortifications, it was impossible to effectively withstand the power of bombs and artillery shells.
Ashes fell down from the weak tunnel like chaff, and the little Japs hiding in it could only tremble, hoping that those bombs would not hit their heads, otherwise they would really die without any body...
But what they didn't know was that...in addition to the US bombers, there was also a formation of fifty C46 transport planes flying south over Mount Intanon.
Each C46 carries 15-20 soldiers from the Merrill detachment, as well as various individual support equipment. A total of more than 900 fully armed "air eagles" are about to spread their wings and soar into the sky.
In the cabin of a transport plane, the bearded Balzos put his head to the window. It can be seen from his mixed-race appearance and black hair that he is a typical modern South American.
The clouds and fog outside the plane window slowly dissipated, indicating that the plane was flying downward through the clouds.
Beside him, a dozen soldiers were sitting on seats against the bulkhead. They were wearing uniform jungle combat uniforms. Each one of them was carrying a heavy umbrella bag on his back. Someone was sorting out their equipment over and over again. It seemed that they were Hiding the tension in my heart.
Balsos looked at it coldly but said nothing. Instead, he turned to look at one of the soldiers and asked pretending to be relaxed: "Hey... Julio, I heard that you slept with a Burmese woman two days ago. Do you still have hair on your chest? Right?"
"Hahaha…"
"This guy has really strong taste..."
"I think it's just a man with long hair..."
The nonsensical sentence made everyone laugh and laugh, as if everyone knew about it, and they couldn't help but look at the soldier named Julio.
"Fart! That's Botaro's nonsense, do you believe it!? Shut up fuck!"
Julio, a young soldier with a few pigtails on the back of his head, blushed and retorted angrily. This embarrassing incident had almost spread throughout the team, and it had become a lingering stain on his life, which was a personal embarrassment. .
Balthos nodded with satisfaction. The short fun helped to eliminate fear. Being nervous before airborne was normal. As long as the leader remained calm, others would not have too much psychological burden.
Ten minutes later, under the cover of fighter jets, the transport aircraft formation began to lower its flight altitude. The red indicator light in the cabin suddenly lit up. The pilot opened the door and walked out of the cockpit and shouted to everyone:
"OK, ladies, you can perform on stage... Lieutenant Colonel Balsos, I wish you good luck."
"Everyone stand up! The skydiving will begin in five minutes!"
Balsos shouted, and then walked to the middle of the cabin to check the equipment of each soldier one by one, gave them some necessary airborne instructions, and gave them a heavy pat on the shoulder to express encouragement.
"Don't panic, remember your usual training essentials!"
"Jump off in sequence, and the parachute opening time cannot be too early or too late, otherwise the last image that flashes before your eyes will be your knees!"
"The auxiliary parachute cord is on your right. If the main parachute cannot be opened, don't panic. You have a second chance, but remember not to open both of them at the same time..."
The cabin door was slowly opened, and the strong wind roared in his face instantly. Balsos was the first to walk to the cabin door. The hundreds of meters in the sky below his feet were breathtaking, and his heartbeat could not help but speed up a few minutes.
"Altitude 800, wind direction southerly!" the pilot shouted loudly in the strong wind, and at the same time gave a thumbs up to Balsos, indicating that the other party could start.
Balsos did not hesitate, and jumped out of the cabin with all his strength. His body was like a wisp of leaves falling straight down. He let the strong wind rage around his ears, concentrated on adjusting the angle of his body, and quickly opened the parachute bag after a few seconds. drawstring.
The soldiers followed his steps and jumped out of the plane one after another. The light gray parachutes bloomed in mid-air like blooming flowers. After a while, a large echelon of parachutes falling downwards appeared in the sky.
The airborne area is 20 kilometers south of Inthanon Mountain, which is the only way for the Japanese army to retreat south. At this time, many Japanese troops stationed here have discovered the situation in the air.
This was a big explosion. It was probably the first time they encountered the enemy's airborne attack from behind. In panic, the Japanese had to set up their machine guns and start shooting at the targets in the air.
"Demon Town Museum"
Due to the lack of anti-aircraft guns, these scattered Japanese troops can only rely on the weapons they have in their hands to carry out attacks, and those Type 99 light machine guns are so powerless when facing air targets hundreds of meters away, although occasionally blind cats encounter death. The rats can hit a few paratroopers who are close by, but they can't do anything for those further away.
The escort fighters didn't just ignore their work. Seeing enemies on the ground blocking the attack, they immediately roared down from the sky without saying a word, and launched a sudden attack on the fire spots on the ground, or else they dive-bombed with aerial bombs. .
Anyway, without the threat of large-scale anti-aircraft artillery, they can do whatever they want in the sky. As long as the Japanese army dares to expose the target of the firepower, no target will survive for more than five minutes.
Half an hour later, more than 900 soldiers basically completed the airborne landing. The transport aircraft formation did not delay too much. After airdropping the equipment accompanying the Merrell Commando, they returned to the Heihe base, where there was a second batch of airborne personnel and others. For transportation.
