freenovelworld Chapter 554 Jungle Raiders
Chapter 554 Jungle Raiders
554 Jungle Raiders
“Don’t worry, Commander, all 50,000 new recruits have arrived in Lashio.
According to your previous arrangement.
Half of these 50,000 new recruits were assigned to the Sixth Army.
They had suffered the heaviest losses before, and after this period of rest, the veterans have basically recovered.
Only 20,000 new recruits are needed to fully staff the Sixth Army.
At that time, it should be no problem to let the Sixth Army seek revenge on that old devil Watanabe Masao.
I have assigned the remaining recruits to reinforce the Fifth Army and the 66th Army to prepare for the final offensive."
"Ah That's good."
"But, does the 86th Army really not need new recruits?"
Ye Qingshan did not assign any new recruits to Zhou Pingkou's 86th Army.
“It’s okay. The 86th Army didn’t suffer much loss in the battle a while ago.
It makes no difference whether new soldiers are added or not.
In comparison, the Fifth Army and the 66th Army are in greater need of new recruits.
Otherwise, it would not be easy for them to defeat the Japanese 33rd Division."
Ye Qingshan is very confident in the strength of his 86th Army.
With more than 30,000 people, there is absolutely no problem in defeating the Japanese 18th Division, which only has 15,000 people left at this time, and the Japanese 18th Division is short of ammunition.
Afterwards, Ye Qingshan looked at the map, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he even frowned.
Chief of Staff Luo Zhuoying next to him also became puzzled after noticing Ye Qingshan's expression.
I couldn't help but ask: "Commander, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Qingshan did not hide it from Luo Zhuoying and expressed his doubts: "I am wondering.
Is this all the tricks that old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki has?
I thought that this old Japanese could come up with some brilliant command to rescue the Japanese 15th Army.
Now, they are on the southern battlefield, and they can't even break through the British army's second line of defense.
How could he rescue the Japanese 15th Army?
This doesn't fit the old devil's fighting style.
This old Japanese is quite strategic, but his command in this battle was mediocre.
I always feel weird inside.”
"Commander, you may be worrying too much.
No matter how capable and powerful the old Japanese devil Yamashita Tomoyuki is, or how good his command is.
But the situation on the battlefield must give him the opportunity.
I guess this old devil saw that there was no chance to rescue the Japanese 15th Army, so he simply gave up. "
Luo Zhuoying expressed his views.
"Yeah, I hope so."
At this time, the four main divisions of the Japanese 15th Army broke out from Mandalay.
After five days of mobile warfare with the expeditionary force.
Not only did they fail to break out, but Ye Qingshan used his armored division to continuously advance on the battlefield and divide the Japanese forces.
At this time, the Japanese 33rd Division, the Japanese 18th Division and Watanabe Masao integrated the remnants of the Japanese 55th Division and the 56th Division to form a new force.
The expeditionary force completely cut off their connection with the enemy and surrounded them in three areas on the northern battlefield.
Among them, the Fifth Army and the 66th Army joined forces to encircle the main force of the rd Division of the Japanese enemy in the area from Minjian to Dongsha in the west.
Zhou Pingkou's 86th Army alone surrounded the main force of the Japanese th Division in the area from Meiktila to Dashi.
The last remaining Japanese troop.
That is, the Japanese 55th and 56th Divisions commanded by Watanabe Masao, the two main forces of the Japanese divisions that suffered the most serious losses.
The remaining reorganized troops,
Now, Commander Gan's Sixth Army, which had been fully staffed again, was blocked in the jungle mountains northwest of Taunggyi.
The situation on the battlefield has reached what Ye Qingshan wants.
Ye Qingshan decided to launch a general attack on the Japanese troops surrounded in three places in the early morning of the 7th.
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While on the southern battlefield, Stilwell soon received Ye Qingshan's telegram.
“Haha, call Commander Ye back.
Tell him that we can hold out for another three or four days, or even hold off the Japanese 25th Army for a month without any problem.
Let him command the expeditionary force and completely annihilate the Japanese 15th Army."
After receiving the telegram from Ye Qingshan, Stilwell smiled and asked his staff to reply.
In the past few days, the British army has performed excellently on the second line of defense.
Finally, Stilwell was able to feel proud.
The British commander Robert's policy of killing the chicken to scare the monkey and the policy of punishing the families of the Indian soldiers played a key role.
Although the losses of the British troops in the defensive battle were not small, they may even be greater than those of the attacking Japanese troops.
But this didn't matter to Stilwell.
No matter how heavy the losses of the British army are, as long as Ye Qingshan is on the northern battlefield, he can annihilate the Japanese Tenth Army.
Then they will make a lot of money.
Just when the situation on the battlefields in northern and southern Myanmar was developing in a direction favorable to the Allied forces.
At this time, in a remote primitive jungle on the west side of Yenangyaung.
A very embarrassed Japanese troop finally walked out of this dense primeval jungle after three days of difficult journey.
"Oh my god, may Amaterasu bless you.
We finally got out.
Long live the Emperor! "
When walking out of this dense primeval jungle, a dirty and tired-looking Japanese captain couldn't help but shout to the sky.
"Thank you Amaterasu, long live the Emperor!"
Behind them, more embarrassed Japanese soldiers came out of the jungle, knelt on the ground and shouted to the sky.
Let’s go back three days to the western coast of Myanmar, outside Kyaukpyu Port.
Several Japanese warships arrived here.
Then, a Japanese troop landed and easily occupied the place.
There were no defenders here at all, and no one knew that such a large Japanese army had arrived here.
Mainly because, although this is a port.
But there is a large piece of primitive jungle in the east.
This place is separated from the battlefields such as Yenangyaung to the east.
This has turned this place into a peaceful place that has never been disturbed by war.
But on May 3rd, so many devils suddenly came here.
The outside world knows nothing about this.
Afterwards, the Japanese troops captured a group of local people and forced them to serve as guides.
They plunged into the vast primeval jungle to the east.
This large area of pristine jungle runs from north to south, stretching for hundreds of kilometers from south to north. It is the largest pristine mountain range in western Myanmar.
It is all covered with virgin jungle, and its width is dozens of kilometers.
In this era, it is extremely difficult to cross such primitive jungle mountains.
Not to mention mechanized troops, even pack horses couldn't pass through.
All the Japanese soldiers who entered the primitive jungle brought enough food with them, but only light weapons.
Because only by traveling light can they have the opportunity to pass through this vast primeval jungle.
Of course, we also need the guidance of local people.
In this way, this regiment from the Japanese Fifth Division began a difficult jungle march.