Chapter 193: Wasn't it our army's fighter planes that sank the navy's warships? (First update!)

"This wave-like attack is really good." When the third wave of attack completely broke through the Japanese defense line and entered the city of Yangon, Long Wenjian was excited.

He had originally given up hope, but unexpectedly he succeeded.

Although they might have to abandon Yangon later, at least they have occupied Yangon for now.

"I didn't expect that the tactics the commander casually explained would be so powerful." Zhao Yi also didn't expect that the effect of this tactic would be so good.

"This is somewhat similar to the Japanese's pig-rush tactics, or a replica of it." Long Wenjian pondered for a while, thinking about the tactics he had seen over the years, and felt that only the Japanese's pig-rush tactics were very similar to this.

Who knows, Zhao Yi directly retorted.

"No, this is completely different from the Japanese's pig-rush tactics."

"Oh? What's the difference?" Long Wenjian asked curiously.

"First of all, the Japanese's firepower is not as good as ours."

"Sir, do you see that our first wave of attacking soldiers are all equipped with submachine guns?"

"The second wave of attackers were all armed with machine guns."

"And there is also mortar support. Can the Japanese have such firepower?"

"Even if it's our third wave of attack, our firepower is several times stronger than that of the Japanese."

"So the pig rush tactics cannot be compared with this." Zhao Yi explained confidently.

Hearing this, Long Wenjian was surprised. He didn't expect that Zhao Yi was also a master of tactics.

"Your ancestor couldn't be Zhao Kuo, right? Are you trying to talk about war on paper with me?" Long Wenjian joked.

"No, this is my summary based on the situation on the battlefield just now." Zhao Yi quickly shook his head, then said with a sad face.

"The casualties were just too great. Many of the core members of the volunteer team were killed."

Who knew, Long Wenjian patted his shoulder and comforted him.

"But the impact it brings is huge, which means that we are strong enough to compete with the Japanese, and more natives will come to us."

Long Wenjian sees things more deeply than Zhao Yi.

If the Japanese army lost Rangoon, the impact would be huge.

This means that the Japanese army is no longer able to control the situation in Burma unless they are willing to continue to increase their troops.

If the troops are not increased, it means that the Japanese army will be close to completely losing Burma.

"And this wave-like attack you mentioned can actually be explored even deeper." Long Wenjian said with a profound gaze.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Yi asked puzzledly.

"From the perspective of the present, the tactics we use are still a bit crude, and they can be more refined. However, we can talk about these later. For now, we must search Yangon as quickly as possible, and transport away everything that can be transported away. If something cannot be transported away, we should burn it." Long Wenjian shook his head. He had no idea at all. After all, this was the first time he used this tactic.

Only after using it more times can we summarize and optimize it.

Another point is that he always felt that Cun Yunsheng mentioned this tactic on purpose.

Otherwise, why didn’t the Sichuan Army use it?
But are these indigenous peoples rebelling?
Deliberately deplete their strength?

For a moment, Long Wenjian was not sure what Cun Yunsheng's plan was.

"Commander, where are the gold, silver and jewelry in the city?" Zhao Yi looked around and asked in a low voice.

"Send it to Lashio. The Japanese will definitely chase us everywhere like crazy. It will be inconvenient to carry these things with us." Long Wenjian patted his shoulder meaningfully and said.

"Once this matter is over, you will be the leader of the volunteer team, and you will also be in charge of external publicity."

"Don't rush to refuse. This is what the commander meant."

Seeing that Zhao Yi wanted to refuse, Long Wenjian shook his head.

"The one from Tonggu..."

“People should have self-knowledge and a bit of conscience.” After Long Wenjian finished speaking, he led his subordinates towards the city of Yangon.

Zhao Yi, who was left behind, looked at Long Wenjian who was walking away, opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He probably guessed that the ending of Tonggu would not be very good.

At the same time, I am very glad that I have been very obedient all along.

.........

"We have really captured the city of Yangon. I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect it." Cun Yunsheng looked at the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

Everyone originally thought that the mission would return in vain, but it wasn't really a failure. At least they brought back 50 fighter planes and sank a battleship.

This is also a great achievement.

Unexpectedly, they finally captured the city of Yangon, which was indeed beyond his expectations.

Meng Fanle, who was standing by, couldn't help but feel surprised.

This is so terrible. He doesn't seem very reliable and is talking nonsense.

I didn't expect that he has such good abilities.

Relying on a group of rabble, they actually took over Sunshine City.

Although there were only more than a thousand people in the city, the Japanese army was no match for a group of rabble.

"Commander, is this wave-like attack really that powerful?" Meng Fan asked in confusion.

"Of course, in fact, the tactics they used were still too crude. But considering the military literacy of these natives, it is not bad that they can use them like this. The main reason is that the Japanese are at a numerical disadvantage, otherwise, they would not have been defeated so quickly." Cun Yunsheng nodded. The tactics he explained had been tested in countless actual battles.

"Then why don't we use this tactic?" Meng Fanle asked curiously.

"Why not use it? That's because there are better tactics than this one." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"The wave attack can actually be further optimized."

"Can it be further optimized? Do you mean that we should promote it in our Sichuan Army?" Meng Fanle immediately understood Cun Yunsheng's meaning and asked in surprise.

"Of course, the good things should be kept for our use. What we teach others are just rough versions. Which master doesn't have some precautions?" Cun Yunsheng sneered.

"The wave attack is actually an evolved and more detailed version of the step attack."

Seeing Meng Fanle take out a small notebook and write down in detail what he was going to say, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but nod his head.

"How detailed can it be? It can be a three-person combat team forming a small wave."

"Then we will go from group to squad, then to platoon and company, forming a larger wave."

"Just like the waves, the whole front launched an endless attack."

"Have you ever seen the lake surface when it is windy? Do the waves beat towards the shore layer by layer?"

"Doesn't it look impressive? This is a detailed version of the wave attack."

After saying this, Cun Yunsheng sighed that this tactic was later used to the extreme.

"Then why don't you promote it?" Meng Fan asked in confusion.

"Because this tactic places high demands on the soldiers' will and organizational structure."

"It's not as simple as passing on the tactics." Cun Yunsheng said helplessly.

"Look at our soldiers. To put it bluntly, their overall literacy rate is terribly low. The backbones are all recruited from various units."

"That is to say, we have been winning all the time now, but once we fail, we will collapse completely."

"As I said before, this tactic requires a strong will from veterans and a strong organizational structure."

"What we lack most now is backbone personnel. We have recruited too few backbone personnel, especially company and platoon-level officers, who are the key to a unit."

"I have no choice but to choose the general from the short men."

After hearing this, Meng Fan remained silent. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that this was indeed the truth.

At the beginning, he was a little puzzled about Cun Yunsheng's promotion of Li Wula, Bula, Yao Ma and others over the direct links.

Now that I think about it, he only had a few officers at his disposal at that time.

One is Xue Tian, ​​whom he brought with him. He is qualified to be the company commander of the guard company.

It's simply impossible to lead troops to fight.

Li Ula was originally a second lieutenant. He lost many battles and killed many people.

Now he is a major battalion commander, commanding a force of nearly 1,000 people, which is very stressful. He often only cares about the head and not the butt, otherwise the troops he encounters are not very strong.

It is simply impossible to confront a Japanese battalion head-on.

Perhaps the Japanese army’s firepower is not as good as that of the Sichuan Army, but their tactical skills are definitely superior to theirs.

As for whether you want it to be numb or not spicy, the same goes for Snake Butt and others.

Their real level should be that of a company commander, and commanding more than a hundred people is their limit.

Not to mention Commander Ayi, a major who had never fought in a war, was suddenly asked to lead troops?

Wouldn't that kill more people?

"Then why did you promote them to be battalion commanders?" Meng Fan asked in confusion.

"You don't know?" Cun Yunsheng looked at Meng Fanle and sighed.

"I deceived you so much in the beginning, and you were willing to follow me across the river to kill the devils. You didn't even have many weapons, but you were willing to follow me. I can't just abandon you after you've done your job."

"But the position of battalion commander has reached its limit. If you want to be promoted again, you have to go back to military school for retraining."

"At the moment, the conditions are not met, so this is the only way to go."

Hearing this, Meng Fan nodded, and finally understood why Cun Yunsheng cared so much about those officers.

"So that's why you asked the Military Control Commission to dig out those people at all costs?"

"Yes, these people have rich practical experience, and they are very suitable to serve as regimental officers."

"But they won't be promoted immediately for the time being. We still have to let them get familiar with the specific situation of our Sichuan Army first." Cun Yunsheng showed a trace of fatigue on his face.

As the Sichuan Army continued to expand, some factions gradually emerged.

For example, the faction reorganized by Zenda, and the faction that was incorporated later.

The faction recruited by the Military Control Commission later was still relatively weak for the time being.

Therefore, compilation is a meticulous job that requires consideration of all aspects.

The New First Army, far away in Imphal, also made a lot of jokes during its reorganization.

Among the three candidates, Qiu Qingquan had already recruited his staff, but in the end he was not the commander of the New First Army.

In order to take care of Sun Liren's feelings, he was promoted to deputy army commander.

Logically speaking, he is not a direct descendant and is not qualified.

But he performed well and had a good relationship with Stilwell.

So reorganization cannot be done with just one sentence, but requires consideration of many things.

.........

At the same time, the Japanese headquarters received a telegram from Kawabe Masamitsu and everyone was stunned.

Yangon is lost!

That’s not all. A cruiser sent by the Third Fleet to provide support was sunk.

More importantly, the battleship was sunk by an Army Red Deer fighter plane.

This is awkward.

The conflict between the army and the navy is well known.

The two sides have always been at loggerheads.

The navy cursed wildly, saying that the army was a bunch of rubbish and couldn't even defend Rangoon.

Moreover, they were captured by a group of natives, which was a disgrace to the Imperial Japanese Army.

Originally, it was the Army's fault.

They knew they were in the wrong and did not refute the navy's insults and ridicule.

The navy took a look and thought, oh no, now you know you’re in the wrong?
Then just go close to the face and open it wide.

As the insults escalated, Army Vice Minister Heitaro Kimura also became angry.

A direct sentence.

Your navy's warships are not very good either. They can't even withstand the bombs of their army bombers.

This time, the conflict between the two sides was completely ignited, and they insulted each other directly in the face.

Some people even directly clamored for a duel.

In the end, they were all stopped by Hideki Tojo.

"Baga, you bunch of idiots are still fighting among yourselves." Hideki Tojo scolded with a look of disappointment.

As a result, the Chief of the Navy, Nagano Osami, ignored Tojo Hideki completely, slammed the door and left, and even made a harsh statement that the Navy would not send any warships to Rangoon for rescue.

This was an awkward situation. Without the help of the navy, even if they wanted to send reinforcements, they could not reach Yangon.

More importantly, they didn't know where to draw troops to provide support.

Because there is an emergency everywhere and reinforcements are needed.

The newly formed division is still intensively training, but they are all new recruits who have never been on the battlefield and can't play any role at all.

"Mr. Prime Minister, how about we mobilize the 4th Division?" suggested Army Vice Minister Heitaro Kimura.

When he heard that it was the 4th Division, Hideki Tojo was overwhelmed.

There are so many weird things happening in this unit that it’s hard to describe them all.

Many famous generals went to rectify the situation, but in the end they all asked to be transferred.

"Can this group of merchants from Osaka do it?" Hideki Tojo asked helplessly, covering his head.

Who knows, Army Vice Minister Heitaro Kimura said calmly.

"It's probably not possible to ask them to fight, but it should be no problem to ask them to suppress these natives."

"But now the navy has made it clear that it is unwilling to send out warships for escort. It is simply unrealistic to transport them to Rangoon." Hideki Tojo sighed.

The contradiction between the two sides is fundamentally irreconcilable.

The bottom line is that the island nation has too few resources. If it wants to rise, it must prioritize the development of its navy, so the small amount of steel is used to build warships.

The share allocated to the army became increasingly scarce.

The Western powers all had their own submachine guns, but the Japanese army did not.

Can't they make it?
No, it can be made!

The Hundred Styles Charge has been around for a long time.

But I dare not use it!

Or I can’t afford it!

It would be better to use the limited steel to build chariots.

The chariots they built were also the weakest tanks among the great powers.

It is nicknamed a toy car.

Can't they make something better?

Do not!
They could have made it better, too, without steel.

Therefore, they hate the navy, this steel-eating money-eating beast, to the core.

"Then transfer them to Bangkok for supplies first, and then let them go to Yangon," suggested Army Vice Minister Heitaro Kimura.

Hearing this, Hideki Tojo's eyes lit up and he thought this was a good idea.

"Yoshi, let's do it."

"Hay."

"What do you think of Kawabe Masamitsu? I plan to let you take over the 15th Army." Hideki Tojo asked again.

(End of this chapter)