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Chapter 312 Tactics and Strategy

Ichiichi Nori could imagine what would happen if he had a large number of Chinese paratroopers with less than 600 troops on hand, with unknown firepower and intentions?

After thinking about it and measuring various powerful relationships, the bold and arrogant Hitoichi Takahashi decided to ignore Yamashita Fengfu's order and gathered troops to clear out the Chinese paratroopers on the grounds. In fact, it was shrinking its forces to prepare to defend his garrison command. Takahashi Mitsuki, who was very dissatisfied with the so-called clever countermeasures of Hitoichi Takahashi, responded directly to the Front Command in anger.

Yamashita Tofumi was shocked by Takano Hitoichi's boldness. Before he could reflect on his surprise, Takano Hitoichi's emergency report that another group of Chinese paratroopers had completed the airdrop. Yamashita Tofumi calmed down. The large number of Chinese paratroopers obviously came with strong strategic intentions.

The only thing that made Yamashita Takano's report happy was that he finally figured out the approximate number of Chinese paratroopers, ranging from 3,000 to 4,000 people!

Yamashita Takamoto knew that paratroopers, which had extremely special training costs, were extremely precious for both Japan and China. As for the statement that Takamoto Takamoto reported that there were as many as three or four thousand Chinese paratroopers, Yamashita Takamoto was sneering. He believed that it must have experienced bombing and was overly nervous in the spirit of Takamoto Takamoto, who was unable to judge the enemy situation in the dark, was afraid of being criticized for ineffective combat, so he deliberately exaggerated the number of Chinese paratroopers.

"It must be harassment, it must be harassment!" Yamashita Takamoto did not care about the airdrop capacity of three air fleets and two transport fleets deployed by the US military in China. He believed that even if the Chinese dig three feet of the ground, they would definitely not be able to gather 4,000 paratroopers. The only possibility was that Takano Hitoichi Takano was panicked and misled the number of enemies.

"This damn coward! How did he become the emperor? Don't he know what shame and shame are?" Yamashita's angrily scolding made everyone in the command center nervous, fearing that he would do something wrong, so he became the commander's punching bag.

Although Yamashita Tomoto was so angry that his eyes were wide open and his hair was upside down, he quickly calmed down his excitement, because tonight was not only very important to him personally, but also played a vital role in the future of the entire new Indian Front and even the entire Japanese Empire.

This will become a decisive battle with the symbol of victory. Almost all the elite main forces of the British and Indian troops, together with the Chinese Expeditionary Forces stationed in India, Australian troops, etc., were all concentrated in Kolkata. This created a once-in-a-lifetime fighter jet for Yamashita. Taking Kolkata was equivalent to capturing India. This is a great opportunity that must not be missed for Yamashita Fengwen, who is extremely eager to have a stable position with his brilliant military merits.

Unlike the new division commander of the 33rd Division, Nobuo Tanaka and Takapei Hiroguchi, the commander of the 15th Division, the Second Division (Sendai) has the highest combat effectiveness among many standing divisions of the Japanese Army. Even the Guard Division is very impressed by this. The Second Division, which has almost never suffered a defeat, suffered a small loss. The Eleventh Army, the elite direct unit of the Chongqing government army, was beaten by him and had no power to fight back. Although the battle was hard during that period, it was a happy good day for Okazaki Kiyosaburo.

This kind of good mood continued until the team that was close to the heavens and the earthly ** appeared. The attack was like lightning and thunder, and the defense was like a stubborn stone mountain. And this unique Dichinan army actually brought people an extremely dangerous feeling? Okazaki Kiyosaburo finally had to sacrifice a brigade as bait. The main force escaped from the opponent's interception from all directions.

Okazaki Kiyosaburo has always been very upset about this. He thought it was a great insult to the Second Division and his personal reputation. He suddenly forgot that he was reluctant to leave the public and led him to flee in a panic. The so-called light-fitting actually means throwing away everything you can. As long as people escape back, it is considered a victory.

Although the three division commanders had a little unhappiness when they were first to pass the position of the British and Indian 20th Infantry Division where the "uprising" had already occurred, the three division commanders finally became a little unhappy. In the end, Yamashita Fengfu personally ordered the Second Division as the first attack echelon. Regarding the arrangements of the commander-in-chief, Nobuo Tanaka and Hiroguchi Takapei dared not speak out.

Although it was late at night, the Allied Command in the west of Kolkata City was still brightly lit. Lord Mountbatten, the highest commander of the Allied Forces, was holding a high-level military meeting. It happened that the Chinese Expeditionary Force generals were selectively and deliberately forgotten.

Mountbatten looked around all the people at the meeting quietly and looked at Major General Lechmonkel, who was responsible for the convening of the meeting. He knew that it must be Lechmonkel's idea. Lechmonkel, an extremely white supremacist, seemed to have done something that would make the Chinese very upset.

Mountbatten turned around and said in a deep voice to the guard officer: "Immediately drive our car to invite General Zheng Dongguo to come for a meeting. He said that this was a temporary emergency meeting." Then Mountbatten sat back on the chair, picked up the black tea in front of him and savored it carefully. It gave people the feeling that he was in a farm in England, drinking afternoon tea leisurely, instead of printing.

The field is in conflict with the enemy.

Leximoncole stood up and blinked when she heard this. She found that Lord Mountbatten didn't even look at him. She opened her mouth and finally sat down very consciously. Leximoncole's angry expression turned him, who was already short and fat, into a "pig head" who was unscrupulous! Pig head was the nickname given to Leximoncole, who was a little bit special by the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

If it were normal times, Mountbatten would tolerate what Lechmonkel had done and would often turn a blind eye. After all, the British Empire and China were not on the same starting line from politics to military. It is normal for the British Emperor to be a little arrogant.

What really made Mountbatten very angry was that Leximonkol's little temperament and dirty character did not look at the location regardless of time? The Third Mechanized Army, which was reorganized by the Chinese Expeditionary Force's Indian Army, has become an absolute support and barrier for the Kolkata defense war. Song Yuhang used US military transport aircraft to air transport armored soldiers to Kolkata, and robbed U.S. aid supplies under the banner of helping his allies retreat non-combatants. Especially the general named Chang Tianfang, he stamped 25 of the 27 material warehouses and sent troops to guard it, claiming that it belongs to the property of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that someone has been so arrogant and crazy plundering in the British Empire's colonies. However, Mountbatten can still tolerate these almost unreasonable practices, because Mountbatten knew very well that 308 of the 329 m43e tanks in Kolkata were in the hands of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and ranked in the third mechanized army. His dignified Allied Supreme Commander of Southeast Asia directly commanded only 211 in name, 9 of which could not be repaired due to lack of parts. Because this matter passed by President Roosevelt of the United States, Mountbatten knew that the British had to eat it for any purpose, and that it would also taste very delicious to show the style and tolerance of the British Empire.

The current world situation has already made Mountbatten feel a little relieved. The decisive battle between the US Navy and the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet in the waters near the Guadalcanal Islands can be said to be earth-shaking. This is the largest sea battle in human history with aviation combat power as the main means.

Like Song Yuhang, Mountbatten did not care about the losses of both Japan and the United States. They only care about who won the naval battle in the end. Even Mountbatten, who was born in the navy, had no intention of reading the battle report that almost details the origins of the fallen officers and soldiers and resumes.

In India, the British army defended Kolkata with the help of the Allies. This was a true successful persistence, because most of the Japanese attacks fell on the British and Indian troops. Compared to the Chinese expeditionary force, it seemed that the Chinese expeditionary force was more leisurely. Often, the west of the city was covered with smoke, but the east of the city was not shot. Mountbatten didn't know what the Japanese commander in the east was thinking? Is it really as the rumors said that the arrogant Japanese were really afraid of being beaten by the Chinese?

Mountbatten, who had not realized that he had already had a disaster, obviously was in a good mood at this moment, but Song Yuhang, who was commanding the combat deployment on the nameless high ground outside Naba City, seemed to have not had a good life. The difficult attack was launched in the tug-of-war between the Chinese and Japanese armies, with firepower attacks, tank pioneers, and infantry overwhelmed.

The tank was blown up, the infantry suffered too much casualties, and they were removed and reorganized, artillery-covered strikes, and field artillery fired in close shots! The commanders at all levels of the Chinese Expeditionary Force can be said to have used all the tricks they can use. Everyone understood that they were racing against time at this moment, and it seemed that the Japanese on the opposite side were also deliberately delaying time. For this cake that had already swallowed to their throats, Song Yuhang, as the highest military commander of the Expeditionary Force, had no reason to spit it out, nor could he vomit it out.

Judging from the changes in the international war situation, especially the US military finally won the victory of the Battle of Guadalcanal, which severely damaged the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, broke the defense circle of the second chain of the Japanese island group, and attacked Iwo Jima, Saipan, Guam for the next step, and approached Japan's absolute defense circle. This is a glorious road to victory.

According to the internal war report learned from Kunming, Song Yuhang knew that although the US Navy won the victory, the price paid was greater than that of the Japanese. It can be said that from a tactical perspective, the Japanese defeated the Americans, but from a strategic perspective, this battle was laid a solid foundation for the complete defeat of Japan.

In the same year, a total of nearly one million tons of ships were shipped in major shipyards on the east and west coasts of the United States, and the bomber pilots rushed to their respective positions after half a year of intensive training. Compared with Japan, which was short of supplies, only 40,000 tons of ships were launched, and 90 pilots graduated from a 211-day rapid training class and rushed to the front line.
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