After receiving the news about the attack of the so-called Yayuan Special Detachment by the Little Devils, Gao Jianwu was determined. Now he did not need to find any new reasons. When the news slowly spread, Colonel Smith would naturally have an explanation. .
However, the expeditionary force group still has to take action next. It is not possible to attack the 18th Division northward for the time being, but there is one place that he must capture.
After Gao Jianwu finished communicating with Colonel Smith, he pointed to a place on the map and said to everyone, we must capture him early in these two places.
Chu Yunfei took a look and saw that the places Gao Jianwu was pointing were Mogok and Lashio!
Chu Yunfei could understand Gao Jianwu's intentions. This was to control the choke point where the 18th Infantry Division might move south from the Yinlowaddy River. Although from the bottom of his heart, Chu Yunfei hoped that Gao Jianwu would go north to join the Northern Expeditionary Force. Attack the 18th Division.
But he also understood Gao Jianwu, because the Japs could indeed attack the expeditionary force group in the middle from north to south.
So now that Gao Jianwu had gone around the corner and still wanted to attack northward, Chu Yunfei was a little surprised.
"We capture this place, so that it will be easier to hold on to the north of Mandalay. By placing a main battalion in these two places, we will have enough warning time. Otherwise, when the little devils drive straight into the city of Mandalay, we will It might be too late." Gao Jianwu stated his reasons as if explaining to Chu Yunfei.
Although he knew these were superficial excuses. Although he wanted to knock it down, he wanted to cut off some people's financial resources. Take this great wealth to your side.
The gems of Mogok are one of the sources of wealth for many people in the country. Gao Jianwu is determined to control the situation of this generation, so it is impossible for him to let this source of wealth fall into the hands of others.
Chu Yunfei nodded, indicating that he could understand. After listening to Gao Jianwu say it again in English, Colonel Smith also thought it was good. Attacking here would be equivalent to stabbing the 18th Division in the butt, more or less. It was somewhat helpful in the fierce fighting on the northern front.
Because the 18th Division may also be worried about the southern expeditionary force group heading north.
In fact, the reasons for both sides' concerns are surprisingly similar.
It's just that Gao Jianwu had his own plans, so he allowed the 18th Division to linger for a while to complete his layout in Mandalay.
According to the intelligence obtained by the Allied forces in advance, there was at most one brigade of Japs defending these two places.
Gao Jianwu sent one main battalion from the third attack group and the fourth attack group each, and also equipped a 75mm howitzer battery. In addition, he prepared for the air force flying squadron to join in the fun and conduct a coordinated air-ground attack. From the firepower configuration Overall, this is still a crushing game.
It is impossible for Xu Shida and Zhang Dabiao's people to mess this up.
Next, Gao Jianwu also ordered Ding Wei's first attack group to send a main battalion to attack Ruibo on the west side of the Yinlowaddy River, completely controlling the southward path of the 18th Division and completely cutting it off in the northern mountainous area.
Gao Jianwu, on the other hand, led Chu Yunfei and Zhang Dabiao southward, with their troops pointed directly at Jiaoshi. The goal was very clear, which was to open a large defensive circle around Mandalay.
From the overall layout, Gao Jianwu's plan did not have any major problems, and Colonel Smith nodded in approval.
It's just that he was a hindsight, and Gao Jianwu's goal was to eliminate the Yayuan Special Detachment in Kyaoshi, the culprit who came to his door.
At this time, Gao Jianwu did not know that this Bayuan special detachment was actually just a showpiece. The core main force was only a brigade of the 113th Regiment of the Little Devils, and the rest were the so-called Quanxi Independent Army with the 38-year-old cover.
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Yahara Hōtō received news of the fall of Kyaushi in Mithra, but he did not take it to heart.
If the enemy can capture Mandalay, capturing Kyaoshi is not big news.
He was concerned about whether the expeditionary force group had any attempt to move further south. From the reports of a few little Japanese who returned and from the mouths of some Japanese, Yahara Hiromi received information that the expeditionary force group was building fortifications in Kyaoshi.
Yahara Hiroshi was determined.
When he went north this time, his goal was just to test the quality of the expeditionary force group, not to fight to the death with them. Now that the expeditionary force group was on the defensive in Kyaoshi, it played into his hands.
"Colonel Bomo, send a small team of your people to Kyaoshi to inquire about the defensive positions of the expeditionary force cluster, and be sure to find out their firepower configuration." Yahara Hiromi called Colonel Bomo, the division commander of the National Independent Army, and gave a direct order.
Although in terms of military rank, he was only a center-left, one level lower than Colonel Bomer, but who made him the commander of the entire unit? Colonel Bomer endured the discomfort and nodded in agreement, then turned around to send People execute.
In the little devil's side, they are actually nothing. They can be killed if they change hands. They once developed their troops to more than 15,000 people, but the little devil is not happy to have so many independent armies. They will directly shrink them and leave them alone. There are more than 9,000 people in the next two divisions.
In Colonel Bomo's 1st Division, there are three regiment-level organizations.
Each regiment has only two battalions. Each regiment is equipped with 4 90mm small steel cannon platoons and 6 heavy machine gun companies. In addition, each platoon has one light machine gun, and each regiment has only 18 light machine guns in total. .
It can be said that a strengthened squadron of little devils is almost the same as the weapons of this independent army.
But Colonel Bomer couldn't say anything yet. People had to bow their heads under the eaves.
A group of members of the National Independence Army took off their military uniforms and rode horses quickly towards Kyaushi. Before arriving at Kyaushi, they would leave their horses at the family's home, and then walk into Kyaoshi to gather information.
These people are all closely connected in the local area. Gao Jianwu recruited many local migrant workers to build the position, so it is not too difficult to figure out the general defense situation of the entire position.
Yahara Hatsuto received the reward. The enemy's position was not too big and not strong. After the battle, the main force had retreated to Mandalay, leaving more than a thousand troops in the local area for defense. He felt that the steps of his original battle plan were You can take a step further.
The enemy's position was nothing more than a configuration of more than a thousand men. In Yahara Hiroshi's view, it is considered powerful if he is on par with one of his own teams.
Wouldn't it be more wonderful if you turned your temptation into directly attacking the enemy's position?
As soon as he said it, Yahara Hirotō revised his battle plan. Originally, the Little Japanese Brigade was responsible for the main attack, but now it has become three regiments of the Independent Army, attacking in parallel.
But his own brigade was hiding behind the independent army, waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.
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Almost at the same time, in the dense forest near Kyaushi in the British-Burmese territory, the two main battalions of Chu Yunfei's attack group were hidden and motionless inside.
They stayed and hid in the woods while it was dark. While waiting for Yahara Hatsuto to come up with his special detachment, he outflanked them from behind.
Although in terms of military strength, the people left behind by Chu Yunfei seemed to be twice as poor as those of the Yahara Special Detachment.
But in terms of firepower, it is more than twice as good as them. So this battle is essentially a battle to crush the opponent.
Chu Yunfei, who stayed as the commander-in-chief, watched the three regiments of the Independence Army attack together without panic at all. He waited until they were close to the position before suddenly launching his attack, beating them to pieces all at once!
Violent gunshots and cannon fire were heard in the distance.
The independent army who was testing the firepower was beaten up by the expeditionary force and fled. Hearing that the enemy's firepower configuration far exceeded his own, Yahara Hiromichi saw that the situation was not good and led the troops directly into the jungle.
Although Yahara Hiromichi is arrogant, he is not stupid at all, especially when it comes to flexibility, he is much more flexible than other brats.
So when he came out like this, the two main battalions under Chu Yunfei's outflanking team failed to keep up with him.
After rushing out, they only had time to capture three regiments of the Independence Army.
The terrain near Kyaushi is not only flat and wide, but also full of dense forests. Anyone who escapes can quickly disappear into the woods. It will be difficult for people behind to track them.
He actually allowed Yahara Hiromichi, a little devil, to escape and lead his team back to his lair.
Although Yahara Hiromichi spoke with great enthusiasm, at the critical moment he was able to escape faster than a rabbit. This person was indeed not a very simple person.
When Chu Yunfei learned that the people he was facing were not Japs but a group of local puppet troops, he originally wanted to spare them and capture them.
However, a local overseas Chinese who helped in Jiaushi told Chu Yunfei that last year this group of people brutally forced to death more than 1,500 prisoners of the expeditionary force. Chu Yunfei immediately exploded and ordered his troops to concentrate their firepower to wipe out these monkeys. All the remaining land will be wiped out on the battlefield!
So the soldiers didn't know why their superiors did this, but now they have the discipline to do what they say. They didn't hold back at all and wiped out most of the First Division of the Independence Army, except for a few who saw the opportunity. When things go wrong, the monkeys start to escape into the jungle.
Including Colonel Pomer, the culprit.
In the distance, Gao Jianwu knew from the system battle report after the battle that Chu Yunfei and the others failed to catch Yahara Hirotō, the culprit. The most annoying thing was to eliminate the independent army. He had gained nothing in terms of explosive equipment.
These monkey puppet troops had no contribution value at all, causing Gao Jianwu to lose all his money.
For example, in the battle in which Chu Yunfei and the others annihilated more than 4,000 members of the National Independent Army, Gao Jianwu made no profit at all, but lost a lot of blood and ammunition.
At this time, Gao Jianwu knew that he had encountered a useless puppet army again this time, but this puppet army was not even worth recruiting, which was even worse.
Chu Yunfei's secret report caused Gao Jianwu to issue a kill order, and the so-called National Independent Army was destined to disappear in this time and space.
It was just this battle that made Colonel Smith know that Gao Jianwu's troops in Mandalay were actually not safe, so the defensive strategy adopted by Gao Jianwu was correct.
This bought Gao Jianwu valuable time to digest in Mandalay.
He finally waited for the frontline personnel of the Nanyang working group.
And an unexpected local.
