Bright Sword: Heiyunzhai was closed at the beginning

Chapter 275 The Great War Restarts! (7000 in one large chapter for subscription and monthly ticket)

When the time entered August, Simon Barton of the Allied Southeast Asia Theater Command finally couldn't bear it anymore. He urgently needed Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force group to open up a new situation and use it to break the stalemate in the northern front.

There, the British and Indian troops teamed up with the National Army's Northern Front Expeditionary Force to fight bloody battles, but they couldn't break through the defense line of the 18th Division on the Northern Front.

So Gao Jianwu finally ushered in the second batch of expeditionary forces that he had requested for a long time.

This time two old acquaintances came, Kong Jie, Kong Erlenzi and Lu Fan.

More than 3 people, based on the Second New Regiment and the Three Pingan Guard Regiments, were airlifted directly from Jinyang to Mandalay.

按照远征军集群的编制和提供的武器装备，这部分人被改编为12个主力步兵营以及两个重炮兵团（其中一个重炮团为24门155毫米榴弹炮，另外一个重炮团为36门105毫米榴弹炮），1个12门75毫米榴弹炮营、2个21辆坦克的装甲营。

Among them, Kong Jie formed the fifth attack group of 6 main infantry battalions and 1 75mm howitzer battalion.

The other 6 main battalions are used as strategic reserves, together with the artillery battalion composed of dozens of captured little devil 41 infantry guns and [-]-type mountain guns, the sixth attack group was established, commanded by Lu Fan, and is now responsible for defending Mandalay and The rear base of the front line of Monywa.

At the same time, for the Air Force, the Lu Xingguo Flying Squadron, which has completed a new round of pilot training, also ushered in its first expansion, and acquired 9 new Mustang fighter jets, expanding the fleet to a complete squadron!
After another batch of pilots were transported from Jinyang, the entire team expanded to 40 people, and they began to take turns to train and fight on the plane!
After expansion, the strength of the expeditionary force cluster in the second theater has increased dramatically!

Just when Gao Jianwu reorganized the new army, the commander of the 15th Army of the Little Devil also received the news of the arrival of the reinforcements from the expeditionary force. He didn't dare to wait any longer, let the expeditionary force group form a complete combat force, and launched an attack on Meiktila in advance. In the battle, the 33rd Division stationed in Shanmana was the main force, and the [-]nd Division of the Aung San Independence Army was the auxiliary, and took the lead in attacking Yangmidin!
"Ding, the 33rd Division and the Second Division of the Independent Army are about to attack Yangmidin and Meiktila in 6 hours. The distribution of offensive forces: 4 infantry regiments, 1 mountain artillery regiment, 1 heavy artillery regiment, 1 1 chariot squadron, [-] flying squadron, "

Gao Jianwu's intelligence system reminded this information in time. The strange thing is that this time the reminder also gave a detailed establishment. Obviously, he did not know what hidden conditions were triggered to complete the upgrade of the intelligence system. After reading it, Gao Jianwu couldn't help taking a breath. This time the little devil's team is really strong!

This is how many special alliances have been strengthened, and one division has reached 9 alliances!
Gao Jianwu immediately asked Colonel Smith to contact the Southeast Asian Command of the Allied Forces to obtain information about the 33rd Division.

Although Colonel Smith was a little baffled, he still called to inquire about the information of the 33rd Division.

At the same time, Gao Jianwu of the headquarters stared at the map, compared it with the actual accurate map in his mind, and quickly concluded that Yangmiding was too close to Shanmana, and Chu Yunfei who was guarding now 3 It is difficult for a main infantry battalion and a 1mm howitzer battalion to hold out until the main force arrives.

In other words, even if Chu Yunfei's troops were exhausted, the main force would not be able to rush to Yangmidin to achieve the campaign goal of encircling the 33rd Division.

It's a blood loss and absolutely can't be done.

Without waiting for the Allied Command to return the information, Gao Jianwu immediately unexpectedly ordered Chu Yunfei's second attack group to abandon Yangmidin and retreat back to Meiktila!

Chu Yunfei on the front line was a little puzzled when he received the order.

Call back to command to ask why the troops are withdrawing.Gao Jianwu replied that the 33rd Division was about to attack Yangmidin, and the enemy was so powerful that the second attack group could not reach it.

At this time, Chu Yunfei, who didn't know the strength of the 33rd Division, called back to promise that he could withstand the 33rd Division for 24 hours and persist until the main force arrived, hoping to continue to stick to Yangmiding.

But Gao Jianwu quickly called back Chu Yunfei and immediately executed the order to retreat from Yangmiding's entire army!You only need to leave some scouts hidden in the dense forest to observe the enemy's dynamics.

The tone of the call back this time was harsh, and Gao Jianwu said that it was the final decision and it would be implemented immediately!Although Chu Yunfei still didn't understand, he didn't ask any more questions this time and started to execute the order.

Because no one thought that the little devil would launch a large-scale attack in such a rainy season.

At the same time, Gao Jianwu ordered Ding Wei's first attack group and the main force of Zhang Dabiao's fourth attack group to gather in Meiktila and stand by.

At the moment, one of these two main forces is in Mandalay and the other is in Taunggyi. Both of them are more than 100 kilometers away from Meiktila, which is about the same distance from Shanmana to Meiktila. Arrive before Meiktila.

Gao Jianwu took the main force of the Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 1st Tank Regiment, which had already practiced maturely, and rushed to the dense forest near Meiktila to hide in the dark.

Thinking that the main force of the little devil had been dispatched, Gao Jianwu no longer held back, and ordered Xu Shida's third attack group to start gathering the main force and continue southward along the Irrawaddy River, aiming at Ren'anqiang!
The Kong Jie Fifth Attack Group, who had just arrived in Mandalay, began to assume the task of the general reserve team. Although the training was not in place after the change, for the eight-way fighters who have experienced many battles, they can start fighting as soon as they can fire their guns. Even if he is still a little unfamiliar with the weapon in his hand.

This series of orders made Colonel Smith see that a big battle was coming, but what made him strange was that Gao Jianwu suddenly started the battle when he was clearly not ready.

"Gao, what's the situation now? Why did you start preparing for a big battle all of a sudden?" Colonel Smith couldn't help asking, "Is this situation related to your inquiry about the information of the 33rd Division?"

"Yes, John, the 33rd Division is now on its way to attack us, and my intelligence personnel have received top-secret news that the enemy is about to dispatch." Gao Jianwu said calmly.

Colonel Smith looked at Gao Jianwu with an awe-inspiring expression. He did not expect that Gao Jianwu had placed intelligence personnel in key positions in Xiaotian during the short time he had been in the Burmese-British territories. This kind of top-secret information was definitely not accessible to peripheral intelligence personnel.

You must know that this is information that the intelligence agencies of the Allied Forces have not yet received, but Gao Jianwu actually received it first.

Thinking of Gao Jianwu's frequent contact with the local people, this young man in front of him really did a lot of things in secret!

Colonel Smith withdrew his gaze. This matter has little to do with him. The Burma-British territories and even Southeast Asia have little to do with his beautiful country. The more, the less pressure and casualties the United States will suffer in the Pacific battlefield.

Therefore, the greater Gao Jianwu's ability, Colonel Smith is happy to see the results. As for the loss of the British in the process, it has nothing to do with Smith, he is not an officer of the British.

Eight hours later, at the meeting of the Meiktila headquarters of the expeditionary force group, except for Xu Shida, all the commanders of the three major attack groups gathered together.
"Commander, why did we retreat from Yangmidin? Even if the 33rd Division attacks, our second attack group can withstand the attack of the 33rd Division, thus buying time for the brother troops to wipe them all in Yangmidin. "As soon as we met, Chu Yunfei still had some objections to Gao Jianwu's retreat order.

Regarding Chu Yunfei's dissatisfaction, Gao Jianwu shook his head, and did not rush to say anything, but distributed a stack of materials.

"These materials are the latest information from the Allied Command, especially the 33rd Division." Gao Jianwu said to Chu Yunfei, Ding Wei, Zhang Dabiao and others who attended the meeting.

Chu Yunfei flipped through the information, and quickly understood the general idea, and couldn't help but gasp!
The 33rd Division of the Little Devils now has nine regiments under its command!It is an out-and-out strengthened first-class elite division, which is no longer at the same level as the 15th and 22nd divisions in Chu Yunfei's impression.

There are 4 infantry regiments, including: the 215th regiment (Takasaki), the commander of the regiment, Harada Dong.

The 214th Regiment (Utsunomiya), the captain of the Regiment, Joey Sakuma.

The 213th Regiment (Mito), the Regiment Commander Miyako assists the Colonel.

The 151st Wing (Jin), Wing Captain Kumagoro Hashimoto (temporary reinforcement).

Each infantry wing has a mountain artillery squadron (four Type 41 75mm mountain guns), a rapid-fire artillery squadron (four 37mm rapid-fire guns) and an infantry artillery squadron (four Type 92 infantry guns).

There are 3 infantry brigades under the infantry wing, and each infantry brigade has a 92-type infantry artillery squad directly under it, equipped with 2 guns, and the entire wing has 6 92-type infantry artillery. There are 18 artillery pieces of various kinds, and 4 infantry regiments have 72 artillery pieces, with a full staff of nearly 4000 officers and soldiers.

Shanpao's 33rd Regiment, Regiment Captain, Fukuezheng Nan Lieutenant Assistant.

山炮33联队下辖36门75mm41式山炮与12门75mm野炮，4个炮兵大队，共拥有3 699名官兵，马3 600匹。

野战重炮兵第3联队（临时加强），光井一雄大佐。下辖2个重炮大队、6个重炮中队，每个中队装备4门九六式150毫米榴弹炮，共有重炮24门。

The 14th Chariot Wing (temporarily strengthened), the leader of the Wing, Nobuo Ueda.A total of 65 tanks and self-propelled artillery are equipped, including 36 Type 18 modified medium tanks, 11 Type 1 light tanks and 75 Type I gun chariots (Type 1070 [-]mm self-propelled artillery, mainly used for anti-tank operations), The number of officers and soldiers is [-].

The independent anti-aircraft artillery brigade, the captain, Yamada Nagamitsu, has three anti-aircraft artillery squadrons under his command, and each squadron is equipped with four 3mm machine guns of the 4 type.

The 4th Wing of the Independent Engineer Corps, the leader of the wing, with a Tian accent, Ji Zhongzuo.

The 33rd Regiment of the Supplies, the commander of the Regiment, Lieutenant Assistant Matsuki Kumayoshi.

Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, the head of the division, graduated from the 1919st saber group of the Army University in November 11 (Note: The saber group is a saber given by the Emperor of the Japanese Army to the top six graduates in the same period to receive special honors.)
It can be said that no matter in terms of organization and weaponry configuration, the 33rd Division has been strengthened to the peak level of the little devil's division level!
It is by no means that the second-line security divisions of the 15th Division can be compared.

"Commander, I." Chu Yunfei said in a difficult tone after reading the materials.Although his second attack group is now powerful, with three main infantry battalions and artillery battalions in hand, relying on the position, it can really fight against the second-line division of the little devils, and it is not a big problem to defend for more than ten hours.

But in the face of this kind of little devils who have strengthened their artillery and armored forces, they are completely crushed in terms of equipment and troop strength. If it is really necessary to fight on the hard steel of the 33rd Division in Yangmidin, I am afraid that it will take a few hours. After the last battle, only God knows how much Chu Yunfei, the main force of the second attack group, is left.

In a sense, Gao Jianwu saved his second attack group, and he, Chu Yunfei, was somewhat self-righteous in accusing Gao Jianwu of commanding. Thinking of this, Chu Yunfei's face was as hot as if someone had slapped him Same.

"Brother Yunfei, we are all comrades-in-arms and brothers in the trenches, so don't say anything unnecessary." Gao Jianwu waved his hand, interrupting Chu Yunfei's words.

"The enemy is fierce in this battle. Next, we must cooperate sincerely to annihilate the 33rd Division in Meiktila."

"In this battle, our opponents have more than 150 artillery pieces of various types, plus more than 50 tanks. If our army has just formed two new heavy artillery regiments and two tank battalions, the little devil's weapons and equipment can be It is said that it has formed an advantage over our army.

Obviously, the little devil has conducted intelligence infiltration on us, and has learned about the equipment situation of our army in the previous stage, so he carefully prepared the attacking force this time.

There is no doubt that the 33rd Division is the most powerful enemy since our army entered the Burmese-British territories. Even purely from the comparison of strength data on paper, the little devils have surpassed us. They have invested nearly 4 main troops in this battle. There are more than 4000 puppet troops, and the number of troops is more than twice that of our troops assembled in Meiktila! "

Gao Jianwu's words sounded like thunder in the ears of Chu Yunfei, Ding Wei, Zhang Dabiao and others.

According to everyone's current thinking, during this period of time, the fight from the Jin land to the Burmese and British territories has been almost smooth, and everyone may think that the little devil is nothing more than that.

But today, if Gao Jianwu hadn't obtained the information provided by the allied forces and allowed Chu Yunfei to retreat in time, the first heavy loss of the expeditionary army group might have already been caused!
Everyone has already seen the lethality of the 150mm howitzer on the troops. Although it is felt from the opponent, everyone here is very clear about the results of the battles in the positions of the little devils in Monywa, Sagaing and Mandalay.

What's more, the little devil also has a chariot regiment. With Chu Yunfei's current defense capabilities, it is impossible to deal with the attack of the brat's chariot regiment.

If the little devil launched a chariot formation to attack after the artillery bombardment, and Chu Yunfei could keep 1/3 of the troops back, that would count as his ability.

What's more, the little devil still has 4 infantry regiments, which have enough troops to outflank Chu Yunfei. If Chu Yunfei does not retreat in time, it is very likely that the entire army in Yangmiding will be wiped out.

After a series of victories against the little devil, everyone has become paralyzed with contempt for the little devil, and it has begun to affect the troops, and even Chu Yunfei has begun to feel a little flustered.

Yangmiding's big retreat this time and the intelligence information of the 33rd Division can be regarded as pouring a basin of cold water on everyone's impetuous and arrogant psychology, so that everyone can wake up.

No one questioned Gao Jianwu's adjusted and processed intelligence information. The information returned by the Allied Intelligence Department was not so detailed. The person who handled it, Colonel Smith, knew it very well, but at the meeting, Colonel Smith, as an adjutant, did not intervene at all.

Because he had already confirmed that Gao Jianwu had set up his own intelligence network in the Burmese-British territories, and he was able to find out the exact departure time of the 33rd Division, so it would be no problem to find out more detailed troop strength and weaponry deployment of the 33rd Division.

At the same time, the third lieutenant general of Sakurai Province, the headquarters of the 33rd division stationed in Yangmiding, was full of doubts.

He checked the map repeatedly for a long time, and Major General Iteng Nobunaga, the chief of staff of the division, also followed Sakurai Shozo's eyes, wondering why the expeditionary force retreated without a fight.

The level of confidentiality of this battle plan is very high. Except for the rank of the division commander and the senior staff of the 15th Army Staff, the news of the division's attack is very tightly blocked. Aung San's Second Division of the Independence Army made them ready for departure in advance. , They were notified to set off with the 33rd Division when they were about to set off. They didn't know their destination until they arrived in Yangmidin!
It can be said that this time, in order to achieve the effect of a sudden launch, the annihilation expeditionary force was prominently located in Yangmidin's Chu Yunfei Department, and the 15th Army and the 33rd Division have taken all possible secrecy measures.

There may be a possibility of internal leaks, but the possibility is very small.

So in this case, the expeditionary force was able to retreat when the troops had just dispatched from Shanma. Is it a coincidence or an internal leak?
Sakurai Shozo and Iteng Nobunaga studied for a long time, but they couldn't figure out why the enemy would retreat by such a coincidence, turning their heavy punch directly into the air as uncomfortable.

"Iteng-kun, it seems that we can't confirm the reason for the enemy's actions," Shozo Sakurai said with a sigh, "According to the Air Force's reconnaissance information, the main force of the Expeditionary Force Group in the second theater is gathering towards Meiktila. Except for their third attack group, which is moving south along the Ayeyarwady River, the main force of the other three attack groups has almost reached Meiktila."

"What is more worrying is that our intelligence personnel discovered that the heavy artillery and tank units of the expeditionary force group had left Mandalay and headed south, presumably arriving somewhere in Meiktila, but aerial reconnaissance did not Find their traces."

"Yes, Sakurai-kun, according to the information obtained by our intelligence personnel, the enemy's artillery is quite sharp, and it almost played a decisive role in Monywa and Mandalay. We must find them and deal a devastating blow to them. , it is possible to win this battle." Iteng Nobunaga responded.

"What is worrying is that our air force has only 12 operational fighters, and it is the Type [-] fighter, which is completely inferior to the opponent's Mustang fighter. In this battle, the air force may not only be unable to help us, but also It is very likely to encounter a ground attack from the enemy's Mustang fighter jet!"

The 33rd Division dared to go north alone, and had a great relationship with their commanders. Otherwise, Shoji Iida of the 15th Army would not let go. The destruction of the two divisions of Monywa and Mandalay did not leave Shoji Iida untouched. , The powerful attack power displayed by the other party, in the subsequent intelligence collection, it has been confirmed that this is the main force of the Eighth Route Army that swept across Jindi!

Even with Iida Shoji's arrogance, he had to bow his head to carefully study the countermeasures, and finally asked for reinforcements from the Southern Army, and strengthened to the limit of a division!

The division head of the 33rd division, Sakurai Shozo, is also considered one of the best division heads, and was once a member of the saber group.

At this moment, Shozo Sakurai and Nobunaga Iteng faced Yang Miding who was at their fingertips, and they didn't feel happy, but a little worried.It shows the caution that a commander should have. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Sakurai Shozo will not be so naive as to make his opponent stupid.

Facing a powerful opponent who can kill 4 reorganized divisions, even if Sakurai Shozo holds a powerful division with peak configuration at the moment, he is not as calm as facing the British and Indian troops and the national army.

"An Teng-kun, is An Teng-kun planning to come out now?" Sakurai Shozo asked with a bit of a head.

"Sakurai-kun, we can only act according to the predetermined plan and advance dignifiedly." Nobunaga Anteng said, "In order to ensure the safety of the locust army, the first regiment of the Second Division of the Independent Army can be used as the right army, and the second regiment as the left army. The vanguard of the Route Army explored the road and arrived at Kawagan and Pawabi near Meiktila tomorrow."

There are two avenues from Sumana to Meiktila. The left road is through Kawagan, and the right road is through Yangmidin Pawabi to the north. Shozo Sakurai put the main force of the 33rd Division on the right road.

With the 151st Regiment Kumagoro Hashimoto as the commander, the Left Route Army integrated the Field Artillery Brigade and the First Mountain Artillery Brigade of the 33rd Regiment of the Mountain Artillery Corps and the First Battalion of the 33rd Regiment of the Engineer Corps with nearly 7000 people, plus the Second Division of the Independent Army The second regiment had more than a thousand people, and the left army surpassed the strength of an ordinary brigade.

Lu Xingguo's flying squadron is now based in Mandalay, and can already cover the air battlefield from Mandalay to Dagon. Before the 33rd Division attacked, Lu Xingguo and the others had actually encountered the little devil's flying squadron several times in the air , and achieved the results of shooting down 3 little devil reconnaissance planes.

The activity space of the Little Devils Air Force to the airspace north of Shanmana has been greatly reduced, but there is no radar now, and the Little Devils Air Force's reconnaissance planes can still sneak into the northern airspace from time to time for reconnaissance activities.

Although Gao Jianwu has also established a ground air defense reconnaissance network from Mithra to Mandalay, he has realized a preliminary human eye recognition air defense system.But if the enemy's reconnaissance plane touches it from the clouds, the forward air observation post will not find it. In this case, the entire air defense system will have a lot of loopholes.

Therefore, the enemy's reconnaissance plane can still see a lot of ground in the north.

Especially the mobilization of large troops, there is no way to hide from the enemy's aerial reconnaissance.Unless all mobilizations are night marches.

It’s just that it’s still the rainy season here, and the roads are slippery. It’s a lot of inconvenience to march at night, especially the march of the supply troops is even more difficult. A large number of mules and horses have to be restrained, which puts a lot of pressure on the logistics and supply.

Therefore, Gao Jianwu did not hide the concentration of the main force this time, but temporarily hid the traces of the most mechanized heavy artillery and tank troops through the night march, and waited to confirm the enemy's heavy firepower before launching a fatal attack on them in the later method. attack.

Don't forget, the current air superiority is in the hands of Gao Jianwu. After owning 15 Mustang fighter jets, Gao Jianwu not only overwhelms the squadrons in the hands of the 15th Army in terms of quality, but also surpasses them in quantity, that is, in terms of pilot experience. It was worse, except for Lu Xingguo, their six earlier team members had some actual combat experience.

Many of the 40 newly added pilots are here for training. Of course, such people cannot be allowed to fly fighter jets and fight to the death with little devils. For Gao Jianwu, these pilots are the most valuable fighters. In the current situation of Dayou Under this circumstance, they can undertake low-intensity combat missions such as reconnaissance and bombing to accumulate experience.

But you can't directly fight with the little devil's fighter in the air.

Now it is the 6 fighters that Lu Xingguo and his old team members are mainly responsible for fighting directly with the little devil fighters.

It's just that the little devil didn't know this, so the main force of the air force stayed in Dagon Airport and didn't dare to come out for a decisive battle.

Only when necessary, the reconnaissance plane was allowed to sneak into the northern airspace for reconnaissance, and then slipped away when the situation was not right.

The next day, the 33rd Division came out in full force. Except for a brigade and a regiment of the Independent Army to defend Yangmidin, the main force all advanced northward. The main road is full of mud and puddles left by the wheels.

The right army of the 33rd Division is like this. The road is a difficult march. The bad road made the 33rd Division have to pull out a marching team of more than ten kilometers.

Shozo Sakurai and Nobunaga Iteng, who were riding tall horses, were in the middle of the team at the moment, looking at the marching team that was trekking hard, with some worries on their faces.

"Sakurai-kun, it seems that we will arrive at our destination late today. We must send more security posts in advance, carrying radios to the vicinity of Meiktila to observe the security. I don't worry about the people from the Independence Army alone. , They may only care about missing the enemy's whereabouts, otherwise if the enemy launches an attack while we are not firmly established, the soldiers will be exhausted and we will suffer a big loss." Nobunaga Anten said.

He was right. For a march like this, when we arrived at Pawabi in the dark, the entire army was tired and hungry. Facing the expeditionary force waiting for work, Nobunaga Nobunaga Nobunaga was unable to improve his morale to fight.

Sakurai Shozo nodded, this was also an aspect of his concern.

"An Teng-kun, I'm afraid our battle this time will not be too smooth." Sakurai Shozo looked at the little devils in the march with bitter faces, deeply convinced.

"Not only that, I don't think the threat from the air should be underestimated. Our air defense relies on only one anti-aircraft artillery brigade, but now it is all deployed on the side of the heavy artillery.

Now that our large troops are marching, we lack the necessary air protection. The red deer in the Air Force have already become timid towards the Air Force of the Expeditionary Force, and they dare not deploy forward to take the initiative to attack.

There are only 4 fighter jets to support us at the Shanmana Field Field Airport. Once we encounter an attack, it will take 10 minutes at the earliest to reinforce us. If we start from Dagon, it will take at least an hour. There is such a long time. Time, enough time for the enemy to attack us in one round. "

As if to confirm Shozo Sakurai's words, just after he finished speaking, the unique buzzing sound of fighter planes sounded in the sky. In the north, a group of small black spots rushed towards the right army!
(End of this chapter)