On the way to Saigon, the expeditionary force group did not encounter any decent obstacles. Lan
"Have you given up on your struggle?" Gao Jianwu was also very surprised. Logically speaking, he would not give up like this.
After all, they had worked so hard to occupy this place.
At present, the little devils have not yet discovered and exploited mineral resources on a large scale in Annan. After all, exploration and discovery here are relatively difficult. Now that they want to mine, they will not have the conditions for a while.
But this is a famous grain-producing area. During the war, grain was also a very important strategic material.
So what are the little devils doing now? Gao Jianwu was a little confused, but. Due to the continuous aerial reconnaissance, Gao Jianwu was convinced that there was no Japs-sized air force in Saigon.
The main force of the Fifth Flying Division has moved to other places. Because the little devils found that their current old-fashioned Type 97 fighters had no hope of victory in front of Gao Jianwu's p.51d Mustang fighter group.
Rather than giving results to others, it would be better to move them somewhere else. Lan
So even if Gao Jianwu couldn't figure out what the Southern Army's plan was now, he didn't care and continued to move forward.
"Ding, the Second Division, the 70th Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 29th Independent Mixed Brigade will arrive in Saigon in 8 hours. They will have about 40,000 troops, including a tank regiment and a heavy artillery regiment."
Suddenly an intelligence tip made Gao Jianwu stunned for a moment. After carefully reading the detailed information of the intelligence, Gao Jianwu understood the general plan of the little devil.
This is to prepare to hold us back in Saigon and then encircle us from outside. This time, the Little Japanese dispatched two integrated divisions and three independent mixed brigades.
Apparently, he had an idea for the three assault groups of the Expeditionary Force Group that were advancing alone, rather than simply being afraid of the Expeditionary Force Group.
Eight hours passed. Jianwu calculated carefully. The Japs would use a division and a brigade to hold him back for eight hours. He didn't know what kind of position they would set up in Saigon.
With this question in mind, when Gao Jianwu's army approached Saigon, Gao Jianwu suddenly discovered that the Japs did not have a heavily defended position outside Saigon City. Lan
Instead, they simply deployed a few lines of defense and set up some barbed wire barriers and bunkers. For the expeditionary force cluster, such a line of defense is equivalent to no defense. It does not need heavy artillery bombardment. It only needs to put the tank battalion in front, crush the barbed wire fence all the way, and when it encounters the bunker, the tank cannons will attack it, and the bunker will be almost destroyed with one shot. No problem, the tank battalion quickly advanced to the outskirts of Saigon.
Gao Jianwu, who followed the vanguard to the outskirts of Saigon, carefully observed the situation on the opposite side. The doubts in my heart deepened.
"You kid, are you trying to force me into a street fight?"
Judging from the observed situation, there is no solid wall surrounding Saigon. Compared with the cities in China, there are very few cities surrounded by walls in Nanyang.
It's just that the little devils set up many obstacles and some defensive facilities at key points such as intersections and streets. But the strange thing is that Gao Jianwu didn't see many little devils.
That is to say, the little devils here did not place the main force on the roads in the city blocks.
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Obviously the little devil was afraid of Gao Jianwu's superior artillery fire. If it is stated openly. Gao Jianwu and the others would obviously use fierce artillery fire to clean them. Now the artillery configuration of the Little Devil cannot be compared with that of the expeditionary force group. Lan
Confrontation in terms of artillery fire is almost pointless.
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Looking at the densely packed houses in the distance, Gao Jianwu couldn't help but have a headache. He knew that all the main forces of the Japs were now hiding in the houses of these residents.
The little devil prepared a brutal street fight for him here.
Gao Jianwu frowned. This was a new topic, and this time he really felt it was a bit tricky.
Street fighting in the city is the most brutal offensive and defensive tactic at any time, and the initiating party often has a decisive battle mentality that will lead to death. At the same time, it is also the best tactical means for the weak side of firepower and equipment to achieve the ultimate one-for-one exchange.
Even in Gao Jianwu's new era, top modern siege forces with many high-tech weapons, facing the defending militiamen who only use simple weapons such as AK and rocket launchers, will still pay a huge price of casualties in urban street fighting in order to win. Victory in urban street fighting!
This kind of victory also means that cities will be destroyed into ruins. Lan
The expeditionary force group has not yet specifically trained for urban street fighting. Therefore, if such a battle were to be launched forcefully, Gao Jianwu estimated that the casualties would be very heavy.
He couldn't bear such a battle.
But Saigon was right in front of him, and it was impossible for Gao Jianwu not to occupy it and let the scattered little Japs go in vain. Instead, he wanted to resolutely eliminate them here.
Under the attack of the tank battalion of the Expeditionary Force, the Japanese defensive positions outside the city were quickly destroyed one by one, the barbed wire fence was torn down, and the bunkers were pulled out one by one.
The three attack groups surrounded the entire Saigon.
If the little devils thought they could escape through the gap, they would find three tank battalions waiting for them when they came out.
Gao Jianwu rode a tank to Saigon for observation. In the southwest corner of the city, there were densely packed small houses with thatched roofs one after another, leaving many roads in the middle that even jeeps could not pass. Lan
Entering a group in such a narrow place, the team's strength cannot be used at all. Just ambush a sniper and a few assaulters, and they can defend a street or a section of alley.
For the attacking side, this kind of terrain is extremely unfavorable for combat. Heavy weapons are basically useless, and light weapons can only be cleared house by house if they are to fight against an ambush. Then this kind of battle will be the most difficult. , was also the battle that caused the most casualties.
"How many local residents are still here now?" Gao Jianwu observed for a long time, then turned to a middle-aged local guide, who seemed a bit familiar, but Gao Jianwu was sure he had never seen it before, but Gao Jianwu didn't think too much about it. Asked directly.
"When they heard that there was going to be a war, at least half of the people in the city fled, but half of them stayed here," said the local guide.
After all, it’s hard to leave your homeland wherever you go, and these people will definitely be reluctant to abandon it after living here for a long time. Now nearly half of the people can run out.
"Is there any way for them to escape?" Gao Jianwu then asked.
"We can try." The local guide said, "We can tell them by distributing leaflets that if they come out of the city, we propose to provide each of their families with a bag of food. With the stimulation of this benefit, then more People will come out to receive food." Lan
This local guide seems to be no ordinary person, and he has a very deep insight into the thoughts of the local people.
Gao Jianwu took a deep look at the middle-aged guide.
"Fellow, can I ask, what is your name?" Gao Jianwu asked.
"My name is Ruan Aiguo." The middle-aged guide replied.
Gao Jianwu was shocked when a familiar person appeared in his mind.
"Aren't you an overseas Chinese?" Gao Jianwu slowed down and asked.
"It's a pity that I'm not an overseas Chinese, but like the overseas Chinese, I have the same heart to drive away the little devils!" the middle-aged guide answered very naturally. Lan
"I hope that we can get rid of the colonial rule here and achieve independent management of this place. On this issue, I hope that the expeditionary force cluster can fully support us." Ruan Aiguo said somewhat enthusiastically.
Sure enough, he met them here, but Gao Jianwu had no intention of making friends with these people at all.
This is a group of white-eyed wolves who cannot support a family. In Gao Jianwu's heart, this is not a place where he wants to operate in the long term.
Therefore, he has never thought about doing anything here and enclosing this place. Huang Qingyuan and the others only have a little strength. If they can take over a large part of the grassroots in the new Malaysia and Sumatra, they have already exhausted them. of manpower and material resources.
This colony occupied by French chicken is just a piece of chicken ribs for Gao Jianwu. The next step is not easy, but eating it will cause indigestion.
Gao Jianwu does not have so many overseas Chinese to fill these places. Here, he is at best a passerby.
"Fellow, go and find a way to get all the local residents to come out. The little Japs are hiding in their houses. Once an attack is launched, no one will survive." Gao Jianwu looked at the middle-aged guide and said. Lan
"I can give them 2 hours, and after 2 hours we will launch a fierce attack!"
When the middle-aged guide heard what Gao Jianwu said, his heart skipped a beat. "Okay, no problem. We will do everything we can to get the local residents to evacuate."
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"Lao Kong, Lao Lu, look, what can we do to conquer this city in eight hours?" After the middle-aged guide Gao Jian saw off his middle-aged guide, he said to Kong Jie and Lu Fan who had been following him. .
"It's hard to do. It's really hard to do. Looking at the densely packed city buildings, if our people go in, it will be good if one company can capture a street in a day." Kong Jie took a puff on his pipe and exhaled a puff of thick smoke. said.
"I'm not picky. Fighting in a place like this is much more difficult than fighting guerrillas in mountainous areas."
After the home and away games changed, Kong Jie was right. Street fighting in this place is indeed more difficult than guerrilla fighting in mountainous areas. Lan
"I'm afraid the artillery won't be able to use it. This place is too big. I wonder how many artillery shells will be used to knock them all down?" Kong Jie added.
After listening, he nodded. He also considered it. If you want to conquer a city as big as this, you will not only need a massive amount of weapons and ammunition, but also time.
Now for Gao Jianwu, the most difficult thing is time. He only has 8 hours. It takes 8 hours to annihilate all the little devils here before you can implement the tactics to defeat them.
But now it seems that the conventional play style no longer works.
"Gao Detachment," Lu Fan still called him by his old leader's title, "I do have an immature idea that can resolve the battle quickly. This idea would be a bit cruel."
"Lao Lu, let's talk about it." Gao Jianwu said.
"I see that almost all the houses here have thatched roofs, and there should be a lot of wood-like flammable materials used inside. If we find a way to light them on fire."
I'm afraid a fire will soon spread across the city. In this case, we can just wait outside the city for the little devils to escape and eliminate them. "
set fire? After listening to this, Gao Jianwu and Kong Jie's eyes lit up. It doesn't matter to them whether it's cruel or not. These little devils cannot be treated as adults.
But there are still many locals inside. Kong Jie glanced at Gao Jianwu. This would be absolutely impossible in China.
But here...
"Prepare 100 rounds of artillery shells mixed with leaflets, and put the propaganda leaflets for our attack in 2 hours. They are scattered in various large areas of the city. It is written clearly in Annan and Japanese dialects that everyone must evacuate as soon as possible. The Japanese surrender south of the city. Local people leave the city from the west, and if they disobey, they will bear the consequences."
Gao Jianwu was silent for less than 5 seconds before making a decision.
"The rest of the artillery is preparing incendiary bombs. In addition, the air force is called over the radio to prepare 20 fighter planes for bombing. Just 2 hours later, all fighter planes are ready to be fully loaded with incendiary bombs to carry out targeted clearing bombing of Saigon!" Lan
Even the expeditionary force flying team at Bangkok Airport, Gao Jianwu, also carried out combat deployment through telegrams sent from his front finger. Soon, the expeditionary force flying team began to nervously replace a batch of incendiary bombs to prepare.
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In the city of Saigon, propaganda teams of hundreds of people, as well as leaflets shot in by artillery shells, began to fall into the hands of interested people one after another, and large groups of people began to come out of the city.
Now the cannons are rumbling outside the city, and many people already know about it. At this moment, I heard that there will be a war, and then artillery will be dispatched to bombard the city.
Many people were also very scared, so they came out together. What's more, the whole family can receive a bag of food to relieve their shock when they come out?
So overall, the evacuation work carried out by the middle-aged guide was very effective. Most of the locals living in the city followed them out of the city.
When the time came, Gao Jianwu did not hesitate to give the order to launch incendiary bombs. Lan
They first selected a neighborhood for a test launch. It only took three incendiary bombs to ignite the houses in this neighborhood. The houses built by these indigenous people with large amounts of straw, wood and bamboo soon burst into flames.
The little devils guarding this block never imagined that in the face of such a fortified city, Gao Jianwu and the others' methods would be so simple and crude!
The little Japs rushed out of the burning room wailing one by one. Seeing the little Japs wailing in the sea of fire, Gao Jianwu's heart was as solid as stone, and he continued to direct the artillery fire to spread. All the heavy artillery fired incendiary bombs deep into the city, and forced The artillery fired small incendiary bombs, gradually destroying the city into ashes.
Houses made of bamboo and withered grass. A big ignition has no place to hide.
Seeing the huge fire that broke out in the city, the large groups of residents outside the city were stunned and filled with fear!
These people came out of the city under the propaganda of the middle-aged guide and his people. Perhaps their original intention was just to receive a bag of grain.
But this time their greed saved their lives. Lan
Two hours after Gao Jianwu promised, the expeditionary force's aircraft fleet also appeared in the sky over the city on time. As incendiary bombs were thrown down one by one, the entire city began to slowly turn into a sea of flames.
"Your Excellency, Chief of General Staff, the entire city is now surrounded by enemies, and we can't break out. Now, in this fire, I think the whole process will be destroyed by fire. I'm afraid we will not be spared." Guards of Chief of General Staff Numata The squadron leader said with a pale face.
Now the whole city is billowing with smoke, and many places are already a sea of fire. Looking at the current trend, it won't be long before the whole city will be plunged into a sea of fire.
All the calculations before the war were suddenly wiped out in this fire.
Chief of General Staff Numata had calculated countless things, but he had never calculated such a result.
He set up his headquarters in the center of the city. Now faced with the fire all over the city, it would be of no use even if the commander-in-chief of the temple left him an escape transport plane. Gao Jianwu was so ruthless that he directly destroyed a large building. The city was completely destroyed.
By the way, tens of thousands of locust troops were buried. Lan
And a Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff of the Southern Army!
A plan to destroy both the jade and the stone has finally achieved one goal, that is, the whole city will be destroyed!
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As the fire raged in Saigon, within a few hours, a "ding-ding" sound sounded in Gao Jianwu's mind, and it was obvious that the battle was over.
The system took the initiative to settle Gao Jianwu's situation according to the scene selection, because at this time, the Little Japanese reinforcements still had several hours to travel to Saigon.
Gao Jianwu just watched the sea of fire outside the city for several hours, watching many little devils rushing out covered with fire, trying to escape from this area, but unfortunately they never had the chance this time.
How could Gao Jianwu give them another chance? He set up the machine gun position in front, and there were densely packed machine gun fire points facing the city! Lan
This time Gao Jianwu didn't even want to take prisoners, and directly ordered the escaped Japs to be shot to death on the outskirts of the city.
In this battle, most of the main forces of the Japs were deployed in the city, and they would not be able to escape after the fire started.
There are only some little Japs running out on the edge of the city, but these are a very small number of Japs. They can't make any waves. The machine gun firepower set up on the periphery will knock down these enemies mercilessly!
After he completed this decisive step, Ding Wei and the others also annihilated most of the scattered troops of the Little Japanese's 37th Division and 34th Brigade around Phnom Penh.
As for the remaining little devils, they are not very large now, and they are the opponents left to the Free Army's first attack group and second attack group for further training.
Ding Wei and the others led the team to march towards the cities of Pakse and Kaishan in the north of Phnom Penh. Their next task was to clear out the western front of the Southern Army of French Indochina!
Gao Jianwu led the expeditionary force into the group. After solving the defenders of Saigon, he directly attacked the reinforcements coming from the Japs: headed by the 2nd Division, a mixture of the 70th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 29th Independent Mixed Brigade were temporary. Attack Legion. Lan
The two armies met in Shun'an in the north. The expeditionary force cluster with aerial reconnaissance took the lead in confirming the approximate location of the Jaap reinforcements. Gao Jianwu ordered the reconnaissance team to drive a jeep and march quickly to the location of the Jaap reinforcements, and then observe the location of their army's artillery wing.
Gao Jianwu commanded the heavy artillery regiment to establish an artillery position. After the Japs entered the artillery range, based on the coordinate position information fed back by the frontline reconnaissance team, the map in Gao Jianwu's mind quickly mapped into a complete picture. According to Gao Jianwu's calculated artillery units, artillery units Take the lead.
In this battle, Gao Jianwu seemed to have returned to the time and space when Jinsui fought against the Japs. He was the first to eliminate the threat from the Japs' artillery. Then the tank battalion and the infantry performed increasingly skilled infantry and artillery coordination. As the tank battalion moved forward, the heavy artillery could follow them. Conduct an extended bombardment.
During the entire encounter, without using air power, Gao Jianwu almost wiped out all the reinforcements from the Little Devil Division and two mixed brigades!
This battle destroyed the main force of the Southern Army in French Indochina!
There is no force in the entire French Indochina that can stop Gao Jianwu and the others.
Gao Jianwu continued northward with the Eastern Front Group of the Expeditionary Force, penetrating the entire French Indochina along the Annan coastline. Lan
Gao Jianwu's advance was so fast that it was even faster than the British and Indian troops picking up rubbish behind and finishing up.
If Gao Jianwu hadn't discovered several valuable rare metal minerals, nickel, manganese and titanium along the way, and were waiting for the Haoshang Mineral Resources Company in Nanyang to bring people to take over, Gao Jianwu would have conquered the entire Southern Army in less than a month. The main force in French Indochina was defeated by the expeditionary force group, and then penetrated Annan!
However, considering some unexpected gains along the way, Gao Jianwu asked the army to stop where it was and wait for the manpower sent by Nanyang's wealthy merchants.
Nickel manganese and titanium metals are both good things that Gao Jianwu urgently needs. Taking advantage of the fact that Faji is still living under someone else's roof and can't talk about it, it doesn't matter if they occupy a few of their mines for mining.
The middle-aged guide did his best along the way, allowing Gao Jianwu to enjoy the convenience of having a local leader to lead the way, so Gao Jianwu finally agreed to let them pull together a team of more than 5,000 people, armed with captured Jaap weapons.
After all, Gao Jianwu cannot leave a team here now. To ensure the safety of his mine, in addition to armed mine security teams, middle-aged people who guide them are also needed to protect them.
Gao Jianwu and the others were advancing furiously, and the expeditionary force group's attacks along the way were fierce and fast. They had already broken the psychological barrier of the little devils in the Southern Army's French Indochina! Except for some of the Japs who escaped into the jungle to escape, most of the Japs didn't even have a chance to surrender. In the end, the Japs' guards in many small places in Annan were frightened by the news and fled into the jungle in advance. Lan
At the same time, it also allowed the middle-aged leaders and their senior leaders to establish the impression that the expeditionary force group was invincible. They knew very well about the Allied forces in Southeast Asia. They had seen them fight, and they had seen their defeats and surrenders. However, the little devils they once thought were invincible had no ability to resist under the attack of the expeditionary force group.
Compared with the Allied Forces of the Expeditionary Force, they are simply possessed by a group of gods of war!
