Chapter 126 Why can the British army rob but we can't? (Two in one!)
"What did you say? In the last heavy artillery duel, the artillery that was destroyed by the Sichuan Army was fake?" At the headquarters of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army, Kawabe Masamitsu looked at the documents in his hands, heard the report from his subordinates, and looked up at the other party.

"Yes, the Intelligence Department learned through reliable means that Lieutenant Jingxia and others were discussing the destruction of supplies at the Myitkyina Railway Station in the temple. However, they were betrayed by the monks in the temple and eventually captured by the Sichuan Army." The intelligence staff officer looked at Kawabe Masamitsu and explained quickly.

Hearing this, Hebian Zhengsan put down the documents in his hand and said angrily.

"Are you sure?"

"It is basically certain that someone in Myitkyina saw the Sichuan Army taking all the people in the temple back, but they released them not long after." The intelligence staff handed over the document in his hand.

"Could it be a conspiracy?" Kawabe Masazo did not answer the question immediately, but asked back.

Hearing this, the intelligence officer hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said.

"Probably not."

"What's the basis for that?"

In the last heavy artillery showdown, the Japanese heavy artillery regiment suffered heavy losses and was defeated.

After that, the situation on the Irrawaddy River became out of control.

The Takeuchi United could only hollow out the mountain and were unable to continue the attack.

Afterwards, Colonel Souji Tomi suspected that the previous intelligence was false and was deliberately designed to trick the heavy artillery regiment.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Sichuan Army to find out the coordinates of the Japanese heavy artillery in such a short time.

You know, even in modern times, it is not easy to find the coordinates of heavy artillery in a very short time.

The Sichuan Army on the opposite side was just a newly formed force with no foundation.

Before this, the artillery team's performance was not obvious.

Suddenly they became so powerful that they destroyed one of their heavy artillery positions in just three or four rounds. It was simply outrageous.

At that time, many people believed that Colonel Souji Tomi was trying to avoid punishment.

After all, heavy artillery is still very important to the army.

In particular, more than half of the steel produced every year is consumed by the navy, a gold-devouring behemoth.

The army's heavy artillery becomes even more important.

It’s not easy to make up for the loss of so many heavy artillery at one time.

Even though the British army lost a lot of Vickers cannons, they were running out of shells each time they fired, so they naturally couldn't fire as recklessly as before.

But Colonel Souji Tomei swore on his military honor that the intelligence was definitely problematic and it was a trap.

After receiving the accusation, Kawabe Masamitsu felt that the other party was also a senior military officer, and even if he died, he had to die with a clear conscience.

He ordered the Intelligence Division to investigate the last heavy artillery confrontation.

In fact, he didn't think that the Sichuan Army could find the Japanese heavy artillery positions in such a short time.

What's more, Colonel Souji Tomei is not a waste. Since the other party said so, there must be a reason.

This reminded him of the Battle of Nomonhan, which was also a heavy artillery showdown, but that time the caliber of the Japanese heavy artillery was far superior to that of the Soviet army.

In the end, we still lost.

The reason was that the Soviet army had far more artillery pieces than the Japanese army. After a long period of consumption, the Japanese army could not bear it anymore and eventually their coordinates were found and most of them were destroyed.

But this time it was even more outrageous. The Sichuan Army's artillery was destroyed, but its coordinates were found in less than half an hour. If this wasn't a trap, it would be hard to explain.

"This is the news sent back by our people who sneaked into Myitkyina. It has been confirmed by many people. Recently, the Sichuan Army Corps sent the officer who arrested the lieutenant underground to visit the temple to express their condolences." The intelligence staff handed over another photo.

It was clearly captured above that Long Wenjian was talking with the monks in the temple with a smile on his face.

At this point, there are actually still many loopholes.

For example, the monk's expression was perfunctory.

For example, why was it photographed by someone?

But does this matter?

unimportant!
"Where is the lieutenant in the mine?" Kawabe Masazo took a look at the photo and asked casually.

"I don't know. Our people have tried many ways but haven't found any information about him." The intelligence staff officer responded.

"What do you think of this news?" Hebian Zhengsan nodded and continued to ask.

"What Colonel Souji Tomei said is true. There must be something wrong with the intelligence, otherwise the Sichuan Army Corps would not have been able to find the coordinates of the heavy artillery in such a short time." The intelligence staff gave his opinion.

"But I can't judge the matter of the temple and the lieutenant in the well."

"There's nothing difficult to judge. It's just that the lieutenant in the well has already exposed his whereabouts, or someone in the temple has informed on him." Kawabe Masazo said casually.

"Then..." the intelligence officer asked hesitantly.

"Colonel Souji Tomei's overall performance is still good. He is worthy of being an excellent artillery officer of the Empire. The 56th Field Artillery Regiment still needs him. Let him go back and continue to serve as the regiment commander." Kawabe Masamitsu thought about it and decided to let him continue to serve as the commander of the heavy artillery regiment.

"At the same time, let the 56th Heavy Artillery Regiment temporarily enter Lashio for rest and recuperation. It will take some time for the new heavy artillery to arrive."

"Hi." The intelligence officer responded immediately.

"As for the temple..." When mentioning the temple, Kawabe Masazo fell into deep thought.

In particular, the subordinates reported that the temples here are all golden Buddhas.

That’s right, it’s a Buddha statue made of gold.

Kawabe Masazo had long wanted to get his hands on this huge fortune.

Were these natives really so naive as to think that they were here to rescue each other?

If it were true!

I can only say that the other party is really naive.

Considering the telegram sent from the base camp, Hebian Zhengsan frowned even deeper.

The telegram from the headquarters was simple, which was to raise a batch of 100,000 tons of rice and ship it to the mainland.

One hundred thousand tons!

The supplies they seized were not that much.

However, the natives had a lot of food stored.

Spend money to buy it?
Since when did the Imperial Army have to pay for their food?
I don’t have this habit at all!

Even if they paid, they gave in military notes, which were too hard to even use to wipe one's butt.

It is impossible to pay money.

Then there is only one way left, and that is to rob openly.

Thinking of this, Kawabe Masamitsu decided to issue an order to collect grain from the natives.

"Collecting grain? Won't those natives riot?" The intelligence officer said after a moment's hesitation.

You have to know that they are doing this in the name of rescuing the natives, so the natives keep sending information to them.

If we collect grain now, the natives will definitely resist.

After all, the purpose of helping the Japanese army was to drive away the British army and become independent.

Now there is another force that is even more ferocious than the British Army. What do they need the Japanese Army for?

"Riot? What are the guns in our hands for? This is an order from the headquarters. The first batch of 100,000 tons of rice must be shipped back to the country as soon as possible." Kawabe Masamitsu casually threw the telegram to the intelligence staff.

Looking at the telegram, the intelligence officer was speechless.

He knew the character of those people in the base camp. This time it was rice, but next time it might not be rice, but gold or oil.

If this continues, the natives will definitely be pushed to the side of the British army.

After all, relatively speaking, the British army's methods are relatively mild.

The Japanese army's methods were really too low-level.

"Hai, I understand." The intelligence staff officer responded quickly.

"I know you're worried, but the Pacific War has reached a critical moment. Only by defeating the Americans can we completely dominate the Far East."

"These are the prices that need to be paid." Hebian Zhengsan said seriously.

"Hay."

"What's more, the resources of this land are so abundant, especially gold." Hebian Zhengsan said meaningfully.

Before long, the grain collection order issued by Kawabe Masamitsu spread throughout the Japanese army.

This was not the first time that the Japanese soldiers had done this, and they immediately understood that this was a reward from their superiors.

So the pent-up desires in my heart completely erupted, and it was out of control.

The most confused ones were the natives, because we were supposed to rescue them.

How come they have become more brutal than the British army?

You know, at the beginning, the Japanese troops often said friendly words and even helped with work.

Give candy to children, etc.

These methods made the natives firmly believe that the Japanese army was coming to help them.

But now, they just start snatching things away at the slightest disagreement.

If anyone dared to stop it, he would be hit with a gun butt at best, or be killed at worst.

The situation of the natives in the city was slightly better. After all, the Japanese army still had to garrison in the city and they needed to maintain some dignity.

But the villages in the countryside suffered a lot. The chaos was beyond words.

They committed all kinds of evil, including burning, killing, looting and so on.

Sometimes entire villages were massacred.

All of this was seen by the natives, who had never expected the true face of the Japanese army to be so hateful.

Compared with the British army, the most they did was oppress the people and not pay for their meals.

Occasionally some women would suffer, but they would be given compensation afterwards for fear that the natives would cause trouble.

The Japanese army didn't dare to ignore it at all. Give money?

They are so poor themselves, and they still give money?
If it were just this, they could still bear it.

After all, the Japanese army's propaganda was that these villages had helped the Expeditionary Force and were even the British army's running dogs, in order to divert their anger.

Many natives believed it, especially those in the city, and there was not much change.

But the outbreak of an incident made the natives see the true face of the Japanese army.

That's the Thai army.

That’s right, it’s the Thai army from Siam.

In order to prevent Siam from being dragged into the war, it chose to surrender directly and joined the Japanese army. It even provided a lot of help when the Japanese army attacked Burma.

Now that the Japanese army has completely occupied Burma, the Thai troops, who pride themselves on their hard work and contributions, see that the Japanese army is doing very well.

They even shifted the conflict onto the British army, thinking they could do it themselves.

In addition, the two sides are old enemies, and China has been invaded many times in history. Now that Myanmar has become a vassal, it is natural that it has other ideas.

But the Thai army is not like the Japanese army that only focuses on food and drink.

Like Myanmar, Siam has no worries about food and drink, but the country also worships Buddhist temples.

So, they set their sights directly on the golden Buddha in the temple.

Soon a temple was hit, the monks inside were massacred, and all the golden Buddhas were lost.

The smart Thai army was not foolish. They gave half of the looted golden Buddha to the Japanese army.

Those miserable Japanese soldiers stared at the golden Buddha in front of them with their eyes wide open.

Although the Japanese troops looked very powerful, they were actually also very poor. The little money in their pockets was all sent back home to supplement their families.

Can you bear to see these golden Buddhas now?

Naturally I accept it!

He also praised the Thai army for doing a good job!
They even pretended not to see the indigenous people who came to protest.

With the support of the Japanese army, the Thai army was able to do its job more easily.

At one time, a large number of Buddhist temples were destroyed, many monks were massacred, and the golden Buddha was stolen.

The natives were furious, and the independent volunteers were also confused.

It would be fine if the Japanese army robbed them, after all, they still had to rely on the Japanese army to maintain their rule.

But, what are you, the Thai army?
Throughout history, they have always robbed each other.

As a result, the situation has changed and the business has been snatched away by others.

Can this be tolerated?
So the Thai army suffered again. The troops that went out to plunder the temple were ambushed by the volunteers and suffered heavy losses. Even low-ranking Japanese officers were shot to death.

It is not known whether it was an intentional attack or he was shot in the chaos.

But the matter eventually reached Hebian Zhengsan. "Damn, these damn natives."

Don’t ask why Kawabe Masazo was so angry. It was simply because the Thai army gave too much.

There were ten golden Buddha statues that were half a meter high, and even Hebian Zhengsan was tempted.

What's more, the headquarters sent another telegram, requiring 200,000 tons of rice, 100,000 barrels of oil, hundreds of thousands of tons of pig iron, and so on.

Seeing this, Kawabe Masamitsu knew that the headquarters had no intention of maintaining the alliance between the two sides.

All they think about is how to exploit Myanmar.

There’s nothing we can do. The base camp doesn’t want to do that either.

It's because there are too many troops needed in the Pacific battlefield.

This means the army needs more supplies.

Especially those uncles in the navy.

It's impossible to eat rice balls like the Army.

Their food standards are very high.

This caused a lot of headaches for the base camp.

In addition, domestic supplies are also in short supply.

There is no other choice but to take action against those colonies.

Therefore, after knowing the intention of the base camp, Kawabe Masazo accepted this luxurious gift with peace of mind.

No matter what, the real thing is to put the money in your own pocket first.

Doesn’t he know that if this continues, the natives will become increasingly disunited?

Do not!
he knows!
But he was powerless to change!
Even if he used gentle means and collected grain slowly, he would not allow the conflict between the two sides to escalate.

It’s no use!
First of all, the base camp will not agree with his plan. People in the country are not getting enough food, so why do you care about the natives?
Can you do it?

If you can’t do it, change someone!
There are so many generals in the reserve, waiting to make a comeback.

Secondly, the slogans used by the Japanese army at the beginning were too good.

Save the natives!

result!

The grain you collect is more brutal than the British army!

We might as well just fight with the British army.

Therefore, in this unsolvable situation, he could only take advantage of this opportunity to make more money.

"The Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire actually died at the hands of those natives." Kawabe Masamitsu sneered and then roared.

"Tell Aung San to hand over the murderer within a certain period of time."

"Hay."

.........

"The Japanese finally couldn't help but attack these natives. I thought I could endure it for a few more months." Looking at the information sent by Long Wenjian, Cun Yunsheng was in a very good mood.

I originally thought that the Japanese could endure for a while longer, but I didn’t expect that they couldn’t endure it after just a few months.

"Commander, you are really wise. You have grasped the nature of the Japanese devils very well." Meng Fanle said flatteringly.

It has to be said that Cun Yunsheng completely saw through the nature of the Japanese devils.

Meng Fanle didn't expect that he couldn't help but take action in such a short time.

"Commander, is this an opportunity for us?" Lin Yi asked doubtfully.

"No, we have to wait a little longer. The fire is not hot enough now. We need to add some more firewood." Cun Yunsheng shook his head and said.

This is just the beginning. Apart from anything else, there are still many natives who believe the Japanese army's claims.

"What do you mean?" Lin Yi asked in confusion.

"It's very simple. When the independent volunteer army turns against the Japanese army, this fire will be enough." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"Ah? Does Aung San have the courage? Their weapons and equipment have been seized by the Japanese army." Meng Fan shook his head and said.

He felt that with Aung San's courage, he would definitely not dare to turn against the Japanese army.

"Aung San would not dare to do so, but his subordinates might not. Aung San's interests have not been damaged too seriously, but if the interests of his subordinates are damaged too seriously, Aung San would be forced to resist the Japanese army." Cun Yunsheng saw it very clearly.

The Japanese army is now targeting the indigenous people and only looting some small temples.

But as the Japanese army's ambitions grow, it will sooner or later target other large temples.

Then it would be Aung San's men who would be the ones to plunder.

When their own interests are harmed, that's when they rebel.

"The Japanese army is greedy by nature. As the scale of the war continues to expand, the need for logistical supplies will be even greater."

"So next, they will definitely impose heavy taxes and levies."

"This is when Sun Yunfei's volunteer team needs to be dispatched." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"What do you want to?" Lin Yi and Meng Fan looked at each other, immediately guessed what the other was thinking, and asked hurriedly.

"Yes, let the volunteer team go out. They have been kept for so long, it's time to send them out. Let them cross the river to find Long Wenjian and obey Long Wenjian's command. I need this fire to get bigger." Cun Yunsheng sneered and randomly stated his plan.

After hearing Cun Yunsheng's plan, both of them were shocked.

I didn't expect that my own leader had planned this for a long time?

"Commander, when did you expect this day to come?" Meng Fanle asked in surprise.

"Let's start from the moment we saved Sun Yunfei." Cun Yunsheng said lightly.

Hearing this, both of them felt that they were being tricked by the other again.

However, they were also very impressed that someone could predict the direction of the war a few months later?

"Don't be surprised. As long as you study the Japanese army carefully, you will know that such a tiny country has an army of millions and a huge navy. How can it survive if not by plundering?" Cun Yunsheng knew the reason for their surprise, so he explained with a smile.

"Do you really think that the Japanese army will come to develop Burma under the banner of common prosperity?"

"For the Japanese army, what can the British army do? Why can't we do it?"

"Understood." The two people responded at the same time.

On the other side, Sun Yunfei, who received the order, immediately led a battalion of volunteers, crossed the river from the downstream, and headed to the destination to meet Long Wenjian.

At this moment, the support team has grown to thousands of people, but they are basically rookies who have never fought in a war, so he has no objection to Cun Yunsheng's suggestion that Long Wenjian be in charge of the command.

Besides these they carried a company of British weapons.

Originally Sun Yunfei was wondering why he had to carry so many weapons, but Cun Yunsheng's words made him suddenly realize.

The resistance is not intense enough, we need to add more fuel.

These weapons are hot oil.

Something that could make the Japanese army furious and the natives ecstatic.

"Captain Long." Seeing Long Wenjian, Sun Yunfei lowered his posture very low.

Long Wenjian didn't care about this. His original mission was to conduct complex intelligence investigations on Lashio, but the sudden uprising of the indigenous people gave him a glimpse of opportunity.

But many people in his special forces company did not speak the native language very well.

Even if you have studied very hard, the time you have to study is still too short.

Now with the help of the volunteer team, Long Wenjian's work will become more relaxed.

"Why do you carry so many weapons?" Long Wenjian asked in surprise when he saw that each of the other parties had two rifles.

"The regiment commander's order said that if we encounter the volunteers, we can give these weapons to them. Anyway, we just need to make things bigger." Sun Yunfei scratched his head and said.

Hearing this, Long Wenjian was stunned, and then he understood Cun Yunsheng's good intentions.

This is really mean.

I have to say, this trick is really effective.

"Company commander, there is a Japanese army detachment collecting food in the village ahead." At this time, the subordinate came over and reported.

"Let's go and kill them." After hearing this, Long Wenjian immediately gave the order to attack.

For the special forces company, it is easy to destroy a squad.

But for the volunteer team that had never fought in a war, it was a good training opportunity.

So this time, Long Wenjian was in charge of the command, and the special forces company was responsible for maintaining security and guarding the periphery.

The main attack was carried out by the volunteer team.

The battle soon began.

It has to be said that the volunteer soldiers who went to the battlefield for the first time were very panicked.

All kinds of ridiculous actions made the people in the special forces company shake their heads.

"What's so funny? It's your first time on the battlefield, so you're not necessarily much better than others." Long Wenjian glared.

Sun Yunfei next to him felt a little embarrassed. Even though they had good training results, they found that things were completely different when they actually went to the battlefield.

Apart from anything else, the squad leader of the Japanese army saw that the attacking troops were not very strong in combat effectiveness and were composed of British troops. He guessed that they were probably some independent volunteer army and he was filled with sympathy and attacked them.

Part of the volunteer army was equipped with weapons provided by the Japanese army, while others were equipped with British weapons, so the Japanese army never thought that they were facing the Sichuan Army.

After all, the strength of the Sichuan Army is obvious to all. How could there be such incompetent soldiers?
So I decided to teach them a lesson they will never forget.

"Use mortars, otherwise you people will become targets for the Japanese." Long Wenjian watched for a while and shook his head.

In just a short while, more than ten soldiers were knocked down, while the Japanese army only lost one person.

Such a huge casualty ratio reminded Long Wenjian of the past.

"Is it that bad?" Sun Yunfei's originally inflated heart was sobered up by a slap in the face from the Japanese army.

"There's nothing wrong with the tactical action. The main problem is that we just don't have experience. We could have quickly added a soldier to that position so that the firepower wouldn't be interrupted."

"But look at your subordinates. They react very slowly and can't even tell where the bullets came from. They're running around everywhere. They're nothing but targets." Long Wenjian shook his head and pointed into the distance.

After hearing what Long Wenjian said, Sun Yunfei fell silent.

Because he found that everything Long Wenjian said was right!

"Don't think too much. Without going through the tempering of blood and fire, can you become an elite just by training?"

"Then the troops of all countries in the world are elite." Long Wenjian sneered.

Although most of the people in the Sichuan Army were cannon fodder and defeated soldiers.

But those who can survive among the cannon fodder have solid abilities.

As long as they undergo systematic training and are equipped with powerful weapons, their explosive combat power will be extremely terrifying.

Especially Cun Yunsheng, who is particularly good at deceiving people.

As a result, the morale of the Sichuan Army has always been very high.

"Yes, I understand." Sun Yunfei responded honestly.

boom!
boom!
boom!
With an order, the mortars that had been prepared long ago bombarded the Japanese positions.

"Baga, why are there mortars?" The Japanese squad leader was confused. Why are there mortars?
In order to firmly control Aung San's volunteers, the equipment they donated were mainly light weapons.

For example, the artillery is under strict control.

After all, the Japanese army didn't have many artillery pieces of its own.

Who would have known that this group of volunteers actually had mortars.

"Sergeant, retreat immediately." The subordinate immediately suggested.

"Baga, retreat." The Japanese squad leader looked at the supplies in the distance with some regret.

Fortunately, I had some of the gold I looted in my pocket, so as long as I could get it back, it wouldn't be too much of a loss.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind to report the situation here when he returned.

Those volunteers must be severely punished.

Isn't it just stealing some things?

You have been robbed by the British army for hundreds of years, but you never resisted, right?

How long have we been robbing?
Such a big reaction?
These damn natives!
"It's my turn." Seeing the Japanese army trying to escape, Long Wenjian shook his head and waved his hand.

Da da da!
The soldiers of the special forces company, who had already arrived behind the Japanese army, pulled the trigger one after another.

"Baga...why are there American weapons?" The Japanese squad leader didn't figure it out until the moment of his death.

　I'm too lazy to divide it. I'll finish two chapters in one go while I'm still in good shape, so I can sleep a little longer at noon. I don't get enough sleep every day, and my dark circles are getting heavier!

　　
　
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