Chapter 876: Imphal

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Even in the 21st century, the jungles of Southeast Asia, especially Myanmar, are still very backward, maintaining a virgin land in primitive jungle form. At the beginning of April 1939, there was almost no difference between this place and hundreds of thousands of years ago. It was still a large forest with few people.
However, in the jungle these days, it looks very different from the past and is very lively. There was a heavy downpour here yesterday. The wet ground was full of rotten leaves and damp rotten tree roots. In short, the monkeys might have to stand on their feet, let alone humans.
A pale yellow, skinny yellow man turned aside the large leaves that blocked his view in front of him, and looked at the lush woods on the ridge there with a pair of godless eyes. There is nothing else here, only endless trees. Anyone will be tortured by the same scenery that is repeated in front of his eyes, and eventually collapse in a deserted corner, suffering a lonely death.
From the costume, this is a Japanese soldier. He wears a Japanese military helmet on his head, and the red five-pointed star looks worn out. The steel helmet is lined with two ear curtains of the Japanese military standard. These two similar to fart curtains are the "military hat drape" on the Japanese army military cap, which is also a small Japanese characteristic.
There are many opinions on what this drape is for. The more reliable argument is to prevent shrapnel from hurting the neck and driving away mosquitoes ... As for the blessing of the emperor, this is completely nonsense. Although the Japanese believe in ghosts and gods, and have really done things that they believe are invulnerable, it should be too ridiculous to stick couplets against the ears.
Not to mention the purpose of these two pieces of cloth with Japanese characteristics, but the Japanese soldier in front of him has no distinctive characteristics of the Japanese army except for the steel helmet above his head.
He was almost stalwart from head to toe, carrying a Japanese-style 38 or 38 rifle with a bayonet stuck in it. The belt around his waist was loose and loose, and there was nothing but a few ammo bags.
With his hands, he opened the blocking branches and leaves, and the Japanese soldier moved his legs forward mechanically, and continued walking in three steps. Behind him, followed by one after another Japanese soldiers who looked morbidly sick. They were quietly walking on the road without roads, even the power to speak was gone.
The 15th Army of the Japanese Army started the Battle of Imphal with some preparations, and the commander of the 15th Army, Mou Tiankou, boasted over the Haikou and wanted to defeat the British troops in India and control the Indian Ocean with the fastest speed.
Before the start of this battle, Mu Tiankou, the commander of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army, gathered all the officers and men of the command every morning to promote his long speech. What he said most during the nagging process was: "If this Inpal battle is unsuccessful and I cannot be promoted to an army general, I will never return to Japan."
Of course, apart from this unparalleled determination, the general could never bring out any more decent things for his men. If Frick, the SS third armored division commander of the logistics department, is a famous "material reserve division commander", then this general will be said to be a real logistics supply killer who kills his logistics. The killer of supplies.
According to his experience of burning, looting, and looting all over China, he felt that his troops could collect food on the way, without worrying about the supply of logistics. So before the rainy season in March, he urged his troops to set off, dreaming of conquering India, and embarked on a travel route to Imphal to scare the British.
The British were really unable to fight the Japanese in the Burmese jungle. They were underpowered, but they did not fight. But Mountbatten thought about it, and left the Chinese army fighting alone to the British temple, and fled all the way back. To the base camp of Imphal.
The Chinese army was unable to support itself, but also chose a strategic retreat to give way to parts of Imphal. So the Japanese army, which had achieved a staged victory, sang triumphantly all the way and killed Imphal, who seemed destined to belong to them.
The script outlined by Mou Tiankou originally looked like this: The Japanese passed through the "familiar" Burmese rainforest at a faster speed, then suddenly appeared in front of the poorly prepared British army, and raided Imphal successfully, where the supplies and supplies over the mountains It will not be difficult for the 15th Army to get alive.
However, on the 15th day after the outbreak of the battle, that is, when the Japanese army walked two-thirds of the way in the tropical rain forest of Myanmar, the Japanese supplies were exhausted. Because of a heavy rain, many animals that drove as rations were lost in the dense forest trails, and the remaining ones were consumed by 100,000 eating mouths.
As a result, everyone began to despair. Everyone passed the bark and weeds. Many people were malnourished and contracted malaria, dysentery, and cholera. The combat strength of the troops fell like a dive, and the most taboo typhoid fever of the army also began to spread, spreading to the entire Japanese army.
At the first glance, the front-line troops would have been buried in this tropical rain forest in Myanmar if they did not wait until they reached Imphal, so they had to send a telegram requesting support to the 15th Army Headquarters.
The 33rd Division ’s call for help telegraphed with tears, and it was extremely miserable: "Our army has already given up, and I hope that your general will be able to allocate materials in time, otherwise the whole army will be in danger of being annihilated."
As a result, after receiving a telegram from the front-line Japanese troops requesting food supplements, Mu Tiankou would not believe what his subordinates said, so he replied as follows: "The Japanese have been a herbivorous nation since ancient times. You are surrounded by such a dense jungle. Report lack of food? What's going on! "
As the Japanese army approached Imphal, the Indian army was acquired, and the British defense line strengthened by some US troops was displayed in front of the Japanese army. The fighting broke out. After a day of fighting, the Japanese army had to give up the idea of ​​winning the battle due to lack of ammunition.
The head of the 31st Division, Sato Division requested ammunition and food, but was rejected by the 15th Army. The desperate Sato took the remnants of the 31 division and violated the military order, retreating backwards, which opened the prelude of the complete collapse of the entire Japanese army.
In response to the army's lack of materials, it was often used as an excuse to send reports to him, and even the 31 division of Sato kept ordering and retreating privately. Mou Tiankou summoned all the staff of the headquarters for training.
He stood in front of everyone, nagging his subordinates with a self-conscious voice: "Everyone, the leader of Division Sato violates the military order and arbitrarily abandons the Koshma front. Because he can't fight without food, he arbitrarily Retreat. Can such a person still be called the 'Royal Army'? The 'Royal Army' must continue to fight even if there is no food. "
Seeing his subordinates lacking in nutrition and listlessness, Mou Tiankou said that he was more angry, so he waved his arms to cheer for these people: "Ca n’t fight without weapons, ammunition and food? This must not be a legitimate reason ... If there is no bullet Is n’t there a bayonet? If there is no bayonet, there are fists. If there are no fists, you can kick with your feet. Even if these are gone, can you still bite with your teeth ... Do n’t forget the Yamato soul that a Japanese man should have. ! Japan is a Divine State, and the gods will surely bless us ... "
As a result, the training time of Mou Tiankou was too long. After almost an hour, some officers with malnutrition fell down due to cerebral anemia. The whole discourse will not follow, and the attack on Impal will only continue with a scalp.
I was hungry and had no ammunition ... The Japanese finally experienced how the Chinese army faced a strong enemy in the Battle of Imphal in Myanmar after a year of war. The British across the road ate curry steaks and violently shot the Japanese army from the machine gun bunker, and every time the Japanese army moved forward, someone would fall down because of hunger.
As the battle progresses, it is not known whether Impal can be won, but even if the 15th Japanese Army captured Impal, I am afraid that he can no longer launch a new offensive.
What's more, there are tens of thousands of Chinese expeditionary soldiers wandering near Japan's rear transportation supply line that has been completely submerged by floods and mudslides. Although they don't know what gave up their defenses, they can't To make the Japanese completely rest assured that their rear was not good when the Chinese Expeditionary Force would go south and cut off those small intestine trails, so that the entire 15th Army would be lost.
In the end, he insisted until yesterday that the Japanese army finally waited for the telegram from the base camp: "Start to execute the" U "command, transfer to Myanmar, and eliminate all the enemies who have committed crimes!" Everyone knows that the so-called transfer is completely deceiving. Only, this is a complete defeat.
It persisted until the final collapse of the 33rd Division, and fleeing furiously under the counterattack of the British Army. Facts have proved that even the British forces who are randomly squashed by the Germans still have a fighting force in front of the Japanese Army. Imphal's US military also played an important role.
The 15th Division also gave up the offense and fled the road, throwing back helmets and armor and retreating backwards, even the tanks that were originally regarded as treasures were no longer needed, and all these baby bumps were discarded on the roadside, and the matter was burned.
As a result, the scene just opened, the Japanese soldiers with their wounded, walking painfully on the road to defeat. They walked towards the place of departure with frustration, and from time to time someone fell down so straight, and then rolled to the distance where they could no longer be seen. The rest of the people watched their companions fall numbly, and even the power to find them was gone.