"Ding, four hours later, a Zero fighter flying team arrived at the Po Valley battlefield, with 40 fighter planes!" A new message suddenly appeared in the intelligence system in Gao Jianwu's mind, which stunned Gao Jianwu, who was directing the artillery operations.
The news that can prompt the system must be relatively important news. Gao Jianwu, the famous Zero fighter, has naturally heard of it. He knows that if there is a battle between this most advanced fighter in the past and the P51 Mustang fighter The key to victory or defeat lies with the pilot rather than the fighter itself.
Losing the advantage of generation difference, if this Zero fighter flying team is allowed to join the battlefield, the entire air superiority gain will be reversed.
Gao Jianwu still doesn't know that the Fifth Flying Division in the north will be recalled, which will free up a lot of Allied air force pilots in the north. He calculated based on the fact that he only has 40 elite pilots led by Colonel Smith.
With the arrival of a flying team of 40 Zero fighters, these fighters need to be dealt with by Colonel Smith's 40 elite pilots, which means that the remaining Ninth Flying Division will have to rely on Lu Xingguo and the others to deal with it.
Now Gao Jianwu doesn't know how many fighters the Ninth Flying Division has left after this air battle, but Lu Xingguo and his crew currently only have 15 pilots who can participate in the air battle.
Even if the Ninth Flying Division only has more than twenty fighters left, it will be a huge pressure for Lu Xingguo and the others.
Can't wait, otherwise things will change. Gao Jianwu quickly came to the conclusion that he must speed up the pace of attack now.
These thoughts only lasted a few seconds, but in the eyes of the communications staff, Gao Jianwu seemed to have changed in an instant, and his whole person seemed to become an unsheathed sword, sharpened.
"Order! The entire reserve team is dispatched and begins to implement the second phase of the attack plan. Inform Ding Wei, Chu Yunfei, Xu Shida, Zhang Dabiao and other troops that in 4 hours, the enemy will send advanced fighters to join the battlefield. We must do it within 4 hours The main force of the enemy will be annihilated or defeated immediately." As soon as Gao Jianwu issued this order, the communication staff of the frontline command headquarters were stunned for a moment, but they quickly turned around to pass on the order.
After Gao Jianwu issued the order on the battlefield, no one now raised any questions about him.
Kong Jie of the Fifth Attack Group received the order, and the Fifth Attack Group, which had been eager to try, immediately dispatched its entire army without any delay. Kong Jie used the attached tank battalion as an arrow, and three main infantry battalions followed closely behind the tank battalion. Behind, in the middle is a 75mm howitzer battalion, and at the rear are two main infantry battalions.
The entire assault group ran forward at the speed of a forced march. They were still nearly 10 kilometers away from the second line of defense. At this moment, they were the furthest away from the main force of the Japs.
On the front line, Ding Wei has mobilized all the main forces of the first attack group from the trough to the second line of defense. He originally planned to use the second line of defense as the strangulation battlefield, but would give up a period of time in the middle to let the little devils come in and bear the artillery fire coverage.
However, as Gao Jianwu changed the battle plan and decided to fight in advance, Ding Wei could no longer hold back. The four 105mm howitzer heavy artillery regiments that had stayed in the valley and held back were following the main force to the front line and entering new artillery positions. The 155mm howitzer battalion cross-covered the main force of the four divisions of the Little Devils.
Based on the changed artillery positions, Gao Jianwu recalculated the artillery bombardment in his mind and sent it down. Before the infantry launched the attack, 8 heavy artillery regiments bombarded the Japs within a radius of nearly 20 kilometers!
More than 200 heavy artillery pieces let out earth-shattering roars, making General Kimura and Chief of Staff Shimodasaku unable to sit still any longer.
"Order the 4th Division to move eastward and strengthen control on both sides of the Sidan River Bridge. The 54th Division and the 55th Division alternately cover. After the 4th 49th Division is cut off, the entire army begins to retreat in the direction of Mao Danmian." General Kimura No more hesitation.
Even retreating half way back is much better than being wiped out.
There is no time for hesitation now.
However, his decision was still a little late. The three major attack groups that received Gao Jianwu's latest order moved forward from three directions, with the tank battalion as the forerunner. With lightning speed, they suddenly left the little Japs behind. A small Japanese army on the West Coast was quickly defeated!
Three major attacks
After the group completed the rendezvous, Zhang Dabiao used his tank battalion to clear the way and began to attack the defenders of another small Japanese regiment on the east bank.
The 75mm howitzer battalions of the three major attack groups provided long-range artillery support to Zhang Dabiao, causing the Japanese defense positions on the other side to be littered with corpses!
Since the main force of their own army was still on the west bank, the remaining artillerymen of the Little Devils Regiment did not dare to carry out violent bombardment of the bridge, and the attacks of machine guns and rifles were just an itch for the Sherman tanks. Let Zhang Dabiao's tank battalion rush into the Japanese defensive position through the bridge!
The main battalion following the tanks also continued to encroach on the position with the skillful cooperation of infantry and tanks. The bazooka was like a nightmare for the little devil's machine gun firepower. Even in areas that the bazooka could not take care of, the tank battalion acted as Destroy the killer and crush him with one shot!
With the walkie-talkie communication, there was no communication barrier between the tanks and the infantry. When the two main battalions came through the bridge, the little Japanese regiment soon became unable to hold on.
Before crossing the bridge, they had withstood the bombardment of three howitzer battalions and lost at least one-third. Then under the raging attack of the tank battalion, they lost another third. The remaining men were not enough for two. Divide it among the main camps!
After taking control of the bridge, Zhang Dabiao's tank battalion returned to the west bank to receive ammunition and fuel replenishment from the follow-up baggage convoy.
After the three major attack groups formed a wedge-shaped defensive formation, the Little Japanese's fourth division arrived belatedly.
This time, the first to greet the charge of the Fourth Division was an overwhelming round of artillery fire. After the main bombardment of 54 75mm howitzers, the little Japanese who rushed into the 2,000-meter range found in despair that there were as many as 200 more Mortars began indiscriminate covering bombardment!
On the attack surface of a wing that spans more than 3 kilometers, artillery shells are exploding everywhere. The rain of artillery shells makes even the strongest little devils go crazy. So when you see them running wildly with empty hands on the battlefield, Don't be surprised at all, because they have only the instinct of running and have already thrown away all the weapons in their hands.
As a veteran Class A elite division of the Little Devils, the Fourth Division has always shown very strong combat effectiveness and very ruthless combat, but this time they encountered an opponent that was even more powerful than them.
In particular, the artillery configuration has almost reached the peak of this era. Under such circumstances, the 4th Division's desperate charge seemed very inappropriate, just as meaningless as the regiment's charge against the Maxim heavy machine gun.
Of course, the little devils of the Fourth Division were not completely reckless. The remaining mountain artillery and the 92nd Infantry Artillery were also used. However, the huge disadvantage in numbers meant that they were quickly destroyed by concentrated fire after firing.
So at the last moment, these little devils had to sacrifice their lives. They launched a so-called onboard charge facing the three major attack groups of the expeditionary force. Tens of thousands of little devils who were forced to rush charged at the same time.
The scene is indeed very spectacular, but most of these little devils quickly turned into local fertilizer. The 75mm howitzer is just that. Although it is much more powerful than the mortar, it is not the same as the mortar in terms of quantity. Magnitude.
One main battalion consists of 21 81mm mortars. Now the three major attack groups have gathered more than 10 main battalions here! More than 200 mortars!
In addition, the firing speed of mortars is much faster than that of 75mm howitzers. At least nearly 2,000 shells fall on the charge path of the little devils every minute.
Of course, such horrific consumption cannot be afforded at any time, but don't forget that this is Gao Jianwu's home battle, and each cannon has at least two basic shells prepared.
Faced with such a massive amount of ammunition, the onboard charge launched by the 4th Division quickly turned into a joke.
The Japs have never added an elite Class A division in such a short period of time, killing everyone on the road to charge, but now they have.
The 4th Division, which was guilty of many crimes in the country, was forced to survive Chu Yunfei's artillery bombardment and turned into fertilizer for the land of Burma and Britain!
General Kimura received the farewell telegram from the Fourth Division, his hands and feet were cold!
From the soldiers to the division commanders, everyone initiated a fight to the death.
Zai charged, but all of them died under the shelling and the final machine gun fire. This cannot be said that the subordinates did not fight hard. They had already put all their lives here but to no avail.
Just listen to the earth-shattering sound of artillery outside, General Kimura actually knows very well that they have no way to go now.
The way back has been cut off.
Although there are still three main divisions left, the most powerful artillery regiment has been cleared. Judging from the enemy's artillery firepower now discovered, there are more than 200 heavy artillery pieces, and the number of small-caliber artillery pieces is even more staggering. The entire battlefield may add up to more than a thousand pieces.
There are no reinforcements from outside, and the morale of the various divisions inside has been so low that deserters are about to appear. This is something rarely seen since the little devils formed an army.
It's not that these little Japanese soldiers are not strong enough, but under the endless artillery fire, they see the people around them being taken away by the fragments of the cannon explosion every minute and every second.
The enemy is almost dead before he can even see it. Who can maintain a strong heart when fighting such a powerful enemy?
"Your Excellency, General, if there is no other way, we may all die here." Shimoda Saku said with a face ashen as death.
General Kimura knew what Shimodasaku meant. Under the current circumstances, there was no other way but to surrender to save the lives of the remaining 60,000 Japs.
surrender? General Kimura was a little confused. He had never had such an idea since he joined the army, but at this point in the battle today, it seemed that there was really no way out except surrender.
All 60,000 people are in pieces here? So is there any point in fighting like this?
Ever since General Kimura had the idea of surrender, several thoughts began to intertwine and fight in his mind.
Shimoda Tsukuru did not interfere with General Kimura's thoughts. For him, just a simple reminder was enough.
After all, this would be a lifelong shame for the individual and even bring shame to their entire family.
But Shimodasaku couldn't tell which of the 60,000 lives was more important. He just left the decision-making power to General Kimura.
After all, General Kimura is the final decision-maker who decides everyone's life and death here.
Seeing everyone in the headquarters staring at him, General Kimura's thoughts became more violent.
"Shimoda-kun, please contact the other party to discuss surrender. All the blame will be borne by me alone. I order you to surrender to the other party!" General Kimura made up his mind without thinking for long. After all, there are hundreds of people walking around every minute. Thousands of people died in the bombardment.
Although this will completely nail him to the pillar of shame in the history of the empire, when he thinks of 60,000 living lives, General Kimura feels that his sacrifice is still meaningful.
Gao Jianwu did not expect that this wave of little devils would complete their new round of killing in this way.
To be honest, after receiving the news from the enemy, Gao Jianwu was suspicious for a while. However, it was only Shimodasaku, the Japs' chief of staff, who came, that Gao Jianwu really believed that they were sincerely surrendering.
Only then did the entire army stop the bombardment. Faced with such a result, Gao Jianwu never thought about it, but it was better than he imagined, because it was a huge victory that had never been seen before.
The little devils have never surrendered on such a large scale in the past, and Gao Jianwu set a new record.
And this time, the system explosion has reached a new peak!
More than 60,000 little devils have reached 10 times the explosive equipment reward of the top equipment, which will fill up the system inventory at once!
With a series of ding-dong-ding-dong prompts, Gao Jianwu's system was upgraded again.
This time, a front army was directly eliminated. In addition, the results of eight divisions were accumulated, and the system's upgrade conditions were once again fully satisfied.
But now that Gao Jianwu was busy accepting the surrender of the little Japanese, General Kimura didn't want to think about it. After the old boy gave the order, he shot himself away directly. In order to save time, he didn't even think about using traditional methods.
After hearing Shangfeng's order to surrender, the remaining little devils threw their weapons on the ground one by one, and then
Sitting on the ground like this, looking blankly at the sky, waiting to be taken in.
Even though the little Japanese in Jiaheng have been beaten to the point of losing their temper by Gao Jianwu and the others, the traditional shortcomings of the little Japanese did not appear in the process of surrender.
There were so many little devils taken in at once, and there were not so many rooms to accommodate them in Bo Valley. Gao Jianwu had to let the little devils live in the tents they built themselves.
Fortunately, the weather here is humid, so having a tent is basically no problem.
However, with more than 60,000 mouths suddenly added, there was a shortage of food supply. Fortunately, this was not a big problem. The materials Gao Jianwu had just received from the explosion could temporarily make up for it.
What troubles Gao Jianwu more is how these people use the waste. Of course, he will not let them waste food in vain.
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"Everyone, think about it, how can we make use of these little Japanese prisoners?" Once the matter was decided, Gao Jianwu called everyone together to discuss.
"According to my words, just clean them up. These little devils are all bloody and we still have to provide food and drink. The soldiers will have a lot of opinions." Zhang Dabiao stood up first and said.
For the independent regiment, which basically takes no prisoners in combat, Zhang Dabiao's statement is their practice.
"Dabiao, don't talk nonsense. These are more than 60,000 prisoners, not just 6 people," Ding Wei said to Zhang Dabiao. "If something goes wrong with so many people, we will all be in great trouble in terms of international public opinion."
"Brother Ding is absolutely right. There is an international convention to protect prisoners of war who lay down their weapons. If we violate this convention, it will be very detrimental to us." Chu Yunfei continued what Ding Wei said.
"Okay, don't say any more words in a good mood. Today we are going to have a serious discussion on how to take advantage of these little devils." Gao Jianwu waved his hand to silence everyone.
"What I mean is that we have opened so many mines in Myanmar and Britain, which require a lot of labor. How can we find a way to turn these captives into laborers here."
"In addition, our rubber plantations also require human labor. We originally wanted to hire local people as workers, but now that we have these captives, it will not be a waste if they are not put to good use."
Ding Wei and Chu Yunfei fell into deep thought after listening to Gao Jianwu's words. If this matter was in China, it would not be troublesome to just take them over to supervise the labor.
But now it is inconvenient to do many things in the British territory of Burma. Such large-scale use of prisoners is difficult to operate without the acquiescence of the Allies.
Frankly speaking, no one was mentally prepared to face such a new problem, so this meeting lasted for a long time and there was no result.
Until Smith came over from Dagon Airport and saw Gao Jianwu's gloomy look, Smith asked curiously: "Gao, you just achieved an epic victory, why do I feel that you are not happy at all? Can you tell me the reason?"
Looking at Smith's sincere face, Gao Jianwu's heart moved. He had been dealing with Smith for nearly a year.
This is a very pure soldier, straightforward, serious, and true to his word. Frankly speaking, regardless of the camp, Gao Jianwu can become a true friend with him.
Even now, if they fight together, Gao Jianwu can leave his back to him. Smith has always been of great help to the expeditionary force group.
"John, I have a question." Gao Jianwu decided to give it a try. After all, Colonel Smith should know much more about this aspect than he did.
"Look, we have captured more than 60,000 little devils now. We can't keep these people in vain, so I want them to do some work in the mines and rubber plantations. Do you think what method is more suitable? , which will neither embarrass the Allies nor cause this incident to have a negative impact on the international community."
Smith glanced at Gao Jianwu and said, "This may be easier or harder to do," Smith paused and continued. "There are many captives in Daiying and our beautiful country who have fallen into the hands of Xiaozhi. I heard that their lives are very sad. If the higher-ups decide to
If you conduct a prisoner exchange, your matter will not work. "
Gao Jianwu's expression was frozen. He hadn't thought about this yet, but now that Colonel Smith said this, Gao Jianwu felt that it was very possible.
"If you can let them voluntarily work before the higher-ups decide on this matter, as long as they can sign a labor agreement themselves, then everything will be fine."
After being reminded by Colonel Smith, Gao Jianwu suddenly realized that he was very familiar with this matter.
No matter what was said above, but now that there was such a method, Gao Jianwu immediately asked people to operate it. These little devils who were frightened by the overwhelming artillery fire did not hesitate at all about the voluntary labor agreement of the expeditionary force group. Signed his name.
It is extremely lucky for them to survive. Now the soldiers of the expeditionary force group have neither beaten, scolded nor punished them in any other way. These little devils still have a little bit of trouble in their hearts, and they are all honest. Went to the mines or rubber plantations as requested.
[In view of the general environment,
Start using labor to atone for your past.
According to traditional habits, General Gao Jianwu and his group also organized 50 people into a working group, and chose a little devil as the team leader to manage. If the working group made mistakes, the entire working group would not have food to eat.
If someone escapes a crew will disappear quickly.
According to this management method, Gao Jianwu found that these little devils were really good at work. Mines that originally lacked labor began to explode with the addition of more than 60,000 new miners.
After arranging all this, General Gao Jian began to check his new upgrade status.
The newly upgraded mineral display function of the intelligence system can display the main mines within 1,000 kilometers of Gao Jianwu's occupation. This function is very practical for Gao Jianwu.
After all, the most important thing for him now is time. With such a system display, a lot of time is saved in searching for minerals, and the minerals can be explored directly by asking people to search for them at the target location.
There are no major changes in the types of weapon systems exchanged, except for the addition of some American-style equipment, all of which Gao Jianwu has access to now, but the current inventory is amazing.
The little devils that were eliminated in the past half year have now become his inventory, and the number of individual weapons has exceeded one million. It can be said that there is no risk of lack of weapons in the base area now that there is a large-scale explosion of troops.
What is more interesting is the production process. No new weapons were released this time, but some very basic things were given:
Copper and nickel smelting process design and a complete set of equipment;
Ni-MH battery manufacturing process design and a complete set of equipment;
A set of rubber tire production technology and complete equipment;
Bipolar transistor preparation planar process and a complete set of equipment;
Precision automatic tracking radar SCR-584 manufacturing process and complete set of equipment;
A set of turbojet-5 engine manufacturing process and complete equipment;
A set of manufacturing technology and complete equipment for the Y-6 transport aircraft;
Among these things, the first three are the things Gao Jianwu needs most urgently. Unexpectedly, they suddenly came out this time. It can be imagined that the system is indeed advancing with the times.
But now that a transistor preparation process has been revealed, Gao Jianwu is a little confused. This thing feels a bit too advanced for him. At this point in time, although there is a prototype of the computer concept, there is no such thing as an electronic computer. The concept appeared, which made Gao Jianwu a little melancholy. After all, he didn't have much knowledge in this area, and his understanding of these things was not adequate at all.
As for radar technology, it has been updated again. This time it is used in anti-aircraft guns, which can greatly improve the hit rate of anti-aircraft guns. This technology can be said to be quite timely.
As for the last two aviation things, Gao Jianwu doesn’t have time to study them yet.
After all, he knew that Yunliu was not commercially available in his original time and space. However, his prototype, Gao Jianwu, knew that the Yin Er-14 had been one of our country's main transport aircraft for a period of time.
So although there are not many amazing things this time, some are indeed very practical. Among them, the copper-nickel smelting process design and a complete set of equipment. After Gao Jianwu found a warehouse in Dagon Port, he took them out directly. Now the mine is Edge minerals have piled up.
But the smelting plant was still under construction and such a new set of equipment caught up with him. According to the design, this set of equipment can produce more than 10,000 tons per year, which is enough for Gao Jianwu for the time being.
For such a set of equipment, Gao Jianwu priced it at 2 million oceans and sold it directly to a mining company jointly owned by a wealthy Nanyang businessman. After all, according to the current designed production capacity, the mining company will recover its capital in three to four years at most.
Now it saves a lot of time to go to Europe and the United States to order the corresponding equipment, and at least the factory can be put into use more than a year in advance. For these wealthy businessmen in Nanyang, this is the most cost-effective thing.
As for whether this equipment can be used, these wealthy businessmen never thought that Gao Jianwu would deceive them on such a matter.
At the same time, Gao Jianwu ordered the attack groups of Ding Wei and Chu Yunfei to cross the Sidan River and march towards Maodanmian. In less than a week, they wiped out the remaining forces of the Southern Army and completely eliminated the Japs in the southern part of the British-Burmese territory.
After completing the decisive victory over the Southern Army, Gao Jianwu did not break his promise and sent the newly formed Sixth Attack Group and the Air Force to the northern front. Kong Jie's Fifth Attack Group took over their defense tasks and cooperated with four 105mm heavy artillery regiments. The Sixth Attack Group first eliminated a small Japanese brigade in Myitkyina, and then cooperated with the Japanese Expeditionary Force on the Northern Front and the Anglo-Indian Allied Forces to bury the 18th Division directly on the land to the north with heavy artillery and aerial bombs.
Completely opening up the Burma Highway also gave Gao Jianwu a valuable supply of raw materials, but now these raw materials cannot be transported back through the Burma Highway.
Facing the new situation, Gao Jianwu was a little confused. According to the deployment of the Allied Southeast Asia Command, his combat mission in the British Territory of Burma had been successfully completed and he could apply to return to the country.
But is now really the right time to go back?
