Chapter 183: How about attacking Yangon directly? (Fourth update!)

"Li Ula is doing well now. He actually thought of taking the initiative. Not bad, not bad. He has made progress. I thought he could only fight stupid battles." As soon as I got off the plane, I saw Yao Ma trotting over with a few telegrams.

Cun Yunsheng handed Jingdong over to him with the intention of training him.

It looks good now!
He deserves praise for knowing to take the initiative to attack the Thai army when he could not ask for instructions.

After all, the Thai army has gathered its main forces at the border, and it is obvious that they are going to take action against them.

If you don't take action at this time and just wait to be beaten, wouldn't you be a fool?
If Li Liansheng really didn't react, I might really get angry.

Now!
Considering that four fighter planes were shot down, we naturally chose to forgive him.

"Let the air force take off and make sure there are no Thai fighter planes in the sky over Jingdong." Cun Yunsheng gave the order immediately after reading the telegram.

"Yes."

"Tell Li Liansheng to fight bravely and not be so afraid of anything." Cun Yunsheng added.

"Yes."

On the other side, Li Liansheng, who received the telegram, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after reading it, and said confidently.

"Commander, order us to launch an attack immediately and do not give the Thai army a chance to counterattack."

"Notify the battalion's artillery company to open fire immediately. Half an hour later, the tank battalion will take the lead, and the rest of the troops will charge forward."

"Yes."

When recruiting veterans some time ago, Cun Yunsheng specifically asked the artillery battalion to allocate 24 105mm howitzers to Jingdong.

The purpose is to enhance the firepower in Jingdong area, which is now coming in handy.

Originally, Cun Yunsheng was waiting for the Sichuan Army Corps to be reorganized into a task force to expand Li Ula's infantry battalion into a regiment.

According to the standard US military regiment, there must be a regimental howitzer battalion, so in order to speed up the reorganization, the 105mm howitzers were transported there in advance.

At this time, in a hidden position, hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers were neatly arranged. Further away, there were 24 105mm howitzers, who were responsible for maintaining the position.

In fact, there is also a 120mm heavy mortar to support the formation, but it is temporarily classified as a mortar and is not in the same position as the howitzer.

"fire!"

With an order, hundreds of artillery pieces opened fire at the same time, and overwhelming shells smashed towards the seemingly indestructible defensive positions of the Thai army opposite.

The Thai army was immediately engulfed in a sea of ​​fire, with smoke covering the entire position.

The Thai troops hiding in the trenches were the 7th Infantry Division. Their original order was to wait for supplies to arrive before launching an attack.

In order to ensure the efficiency of the attack, they even sent fighter jets to conduct reconnaissance.

As a result, the fighter plane was shot down before the reconnaissance was completed.

The soldiers of the Thai Army's 7th Division watched their fighter planes being shot down before they could react.

As a result, the Sichuan Army on the opposite side actually attacked.

That's right!

Their artillery shells hit their positions at the first opportunity.

On the battlefield, they were just bragging about how many Chinese people they would kill once the war really started.

result!

In an instant, their position was completely destroyed, and the person who was bragging before disappeared without a trace.

"Oh my God, so many artillery pieces? That's terrifying."

"How many cannons are there!"

"About a hundred, right?"

"Buddha, bless me."

The Thai troops on the position were completely panicked. They didn't expect that the artillery of the Sichuan Army on the opposite side had already aimed at them.

In just a short while, many positions were destroyed!
Heavy casualties!

Many Thai soldiers were so frightened that they began to flee.

The most confused person was the commander of the Seventh Division. He never expected that the enemy would take the initiative to launch an attack.

You know, not long ago, he had a phone call with the headquarters, saying that once the supplies arrived, he would immediately launch an attack to retake Jingdong and kill all the expeditionary forces on the opposite side.

Who knows how long it has been?

First, the fighter planes sent for reconnaissance were shot down, and not a single fighter plane returned.

Immediately afterwards, artillery shells flew all over the sky and landed on the position!

The Seventh Division, which was not prepared yet, was stunned in an instant.

"Bastards, bastards, and a bunch of bastard expeditionary forces." The commander of the Seventh Division kept cursing using all the vicious words he could think of.

He knew that since the other party used so many artillery, they must be aiming to destroy them all.

So he now has only one choice, and that is to fight to the death.

If you fight to the death, you might still survive, but if you run away, your life will be ruined.

It’s just that the enemy’s firepower is too strong.

Especially the positions shrouded in smoke, which made him feel cold and he had no courage to fight to the end.

"Orders, we must hold the position and never lose it. Also notify the 9th Division and ask them to reinforce immediately." Looking at the dense artillery shells hitting the position, the commander of the 7th Division could not care less and immediately sent someone to notify the 9th Division to come for reinforcement.

In order to completely capture Kengtung this time, the Thai army mobilized two infantry divisions, more than 20,000 people.

They are all elite troops with high numbers!
The purpose is naturally to recapture Jingdong in one go.

Who knew that the Sichuan Army’s artillery fire was so powerful.

Caught off guard, the Thai army suffered heavy losses.

In particular, when the Sichuan Army's fighter planes arrived at the battlefield, they also began to fire at the Thai troops on the ground.

You have to know that if machine gun bullets hit the battlefield, they can destroy the artillery, and if they hit people, they will break into several pieces.

Such a bloody and horrific scene was beyond the endurance of the Thai soldiers who had rarely fought in a war.

Usually they just bully guerrillas and the like, and have never fought with regular troops.

So everyone thinks they are the elite.

Now that I face the real elite, I realize that I am just a worthless loser.

"These people from the aviation team, why are they trying to steal the credit from us instead of defending the sky?" An M3 tank commander said depressedly as he looked at the fighter planes flying overhead.

"Captain, stop complaining. We found a bunker ahead." The driver's resentful voice brought the captain back to his senses.

"Kill them." the commander said loudly.

"What means of resistance can a group of troops who are not even as good as the puppet army have? Just destroy them directly."

"Yes, Captain."

boom!
A shell destroyed the bunker in front of us!

"rush!"

The continuous explosions vented the anger of the Sichuan Army!

The Thai army’s positions are facing unprecedented bombing!

Heavy artillery shells, mortar shells, tank shells!

From time to time, there are machine guns firing!
Almost a dozen Thai soldiers died every second.

The Thai artillery also wanted to fight back, but as soon as they opened fire, they were strafed by P38 fighter planes. The shells were directly blown up, and the artillery was turned into scrap metal.

The Thai soldiers on the position could only watch their own position being ravaged by the enemy! Finally, when the tanks of the Sichuan Army's tank battalion rushed to the position, the Thai soldiers completely collapsed.

Many recruits ran around with their heads in their hands, as if this could help them avoid the terrible artillery attacks.

Some old soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs, but were still unable to stop the new recruits from running around, so the casualties increased sharply.

The defense line collapsed completely!

"Attack!" After Li Liansheng issued the order for the general attack, the infantrymen who had been waiting impatiently began to rush towards the Thai army's position.

"Go ahead, follow me and kill."

"Forward, forward!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The soldiers of the Sichuan Army roared angrily!
In front of them, tanks were carrying out targeted elimination from time to time!
Bunkers were destroyed one after another!
Zhao He drove the M4 tank forward and crushed the enemy position.

The whole earth was shaking. The Thai army's defense line was like tofu dregs and could not withstand the fierce attack of the Sichuan Army.

At this moment, the Thai soldiers could only wailing under the tank tracks, and countless soldiers were killed by bullets.

The so-called resistance became pale and powerless in front of the tanks. Under such a fierce attack, the Thai army's positions were defeated one after another.

The Siamese soldiers looked at the officers, the officers looked at the soldiers, and finally everyone looked at each other and started running away.

Of course, there were also some fearless people who wanted to hold on to the explosives and die together with the tanks, but they were shot into sieves by machine guns.

In just fifteen minutes, the first line of defense built by the Thai army was breached.

And the second line of defense is also in jeopardy.

Because the soldiers who withdrew from the first line of defense were spreading fear, the morale of the Thai soldiers in the second line dropped sharply.

"Sir, sir, the expeditionary force has taken the second line of defense. We can't hold our position anymore." At the headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division of the Thai Army, an infantry commander who withdrew from the front line wailed weakly.

"Where is the Ninth Division?"

"It's still two hours before we arrive."

"Let's retreat." Hearing that there were still two hours left, the commander of the Seventh Division sighed. Two hours.

His troops couldn't hold on, so how could they fight? They could only withdraw.

This counterattack ended in failure again.

After defeating the Thai Army's 7th Division in the front, the battle report was sent to Li Liansheng.

Li Liansheng didn't show any fluctuation at all!

After what happened last time, he realized that the Thai army’s combat effectiveness was not as strong as he had imagined.

"Report the battle situation here to the regiment commander, and order the troops to continue moving south to capture Mengban." Li Liansheng decided to pursue the victory and expand the strategic depth in one go. Otherwise, it would be very uncomfortable to be blocked at the doorstep by the Thai army every time.

"Yes."

Cun Yunsheng, who received the telegram, nodded. He was not surprised at all about the defeat of the Thai army.

After all, the troops commanded by Li Liansheng were almost a regiment.

The combat effectiveness is stronger than that of a Japanese regiment!
It is not that difficult to defeat a Thai army division.

It would be hell if we can't win.

"After he captures Mengban, stop advancing and consider moving south after the reorganization is completed." Cun Yunsheng pondered for a while and decided to complete the reorganization first.

The first thing is to equip a large number of artillery. Otherwise, if the Thai army really concentrates all its elite forces, Li Liansheng's side will be at a disadvantage.

So the next task was to reorganize, according to his plan it was fifteen infantry battalions.

In the area that Li Liansheng is responsible for, at least four or five infantry battalions are needed to stabilize the situation.

Otherwise, it would be a problem if the advancement speed is too fast and the receiving troops in the rear cannot keep up.

"The Thai army is so weak, why did the Japanese army choose them?" Meng Fan asked in confusion.

"Because the Thai army is very strong on paper. It has an air force, a navy, an army and hundreds of thousands of troops. The Japanese naturally think they are pretty good. In fact, their combat effectiveness is not as good as those of the puppet army." Cun Yunsheng looked disdainful.

"By the way, where is Si La Si La? How has the situation been going recently? He just keeps asking for weapons but has no results at all."

Hearing Cun Yunsheng mention Long Wenjian, Meng Fanle said with a smile.

"It's developing quite well. I heard there are 20,000 people now."

"He is much more powerful than you, and has a large territory."

"So many people? But it's not surprising. That guy is more deceptive than me. More than 20,000 people is not surprising. Give him a task. Find a way to capture Mandalay, or go south to Tonggu. If you take there, the Japanese army will go crazy." Cun Yunsheng said.

"Didn't you say that the British army wouldn't let us go south?" Meng Fanle didn't react and asked in confusion.

"The British army doesn't allow us to go south, but those we captured are indigenous guerrillas. What does it have to do with us?" Cun Yunsheng said with a sly grin.

Hearing this, Meng Fanle couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

As expected, every move made by our leader is not insignificant.

"Yes, I will send a telegram to Long Wenjian right now and ask them to find a way to attack Tonggu." Meng Fanle responded immediately.

After receiving the telegram, Long Wenjian looked at the telegram in his hand with some excitement.

During this period, they were busy recruiting and training soldiers, and never fought a decent battle.

It’s different now!

With the order from the regiment commander, we can naturally start fighting.

"Tonggu!" Long Wenjian thought for a while and found that there seemed to be only one large group of Japanese troops there.

He had more than 20,000 men under his command, two of whom were equipped with American weapons, three were equipped with Japanese equipment, and one was a regiment with British weapons.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an international brand, but this firepower is more than enough to attack a city of a battalion.

What's more, he has quite a few native people from Tonggu under his command.

With them leading the way, we can completely avoid the search of Japanese patrols.

Thinking of this, Long Wenjian decided to send troops to Tonggu immediately!
He also knew the importance of Tounggu. As long as he occupied it, he would cut off the connection between the Japanese army and Mandalay.

As for the other railway, he had already sent people to dig it up.

Even if the Japanese army wants to repair it, it may not be able to do so in a short time.

In other words, as long as we take over Toungoo, it means we are not far from taking over Mandalay.

The only thing to consider is whether the Japanese army in Rangoon will send troops.

"If we send out troops, then how about making a feint to the east and attacking in the west?" Long Wenjian's brain was indeed very active, especially for this kind of surprise attack, which was very suitable for him.

More importantly, he had more than 20,000 men under his command and could easily divide his forces.

Ten thousand men attacked Tonggu, creating the illusion that the guerrillas were gathering heavy forces.

The other part took a small route to Yangon, and if they were lucky they would take Yangon by surprise.

Then things would be completely serious!

Without Rangoon, the Japanese 15th Army would be a joke.

Just do it if you think of it!

Long Wenjian found Sun Yunfei and proposed his plan to divide the troops.

"Isn't this too risky?" Sun Yunfei asked hesitantly.

"Honor and fortune are achieved through risk. If you want to become famous, you have to take people by surprise. Even you can't imagine that I would attack Rangoon, let alone the Japanese." Long Wenjian said proudly.

　Fourth update!

　　
　
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