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- Chapter 1,089 Comes with a conspiracy
The British army, with a brigade of more than 8,000 soldiers, guarded the important town of Myitkyina in northern Burma. Facing the Japanese soldiers who were as powerful as hungry wolves and looked like crazy tigers who were aroused by Juichi Temple, they could not hold on even for a round. They hurriedly abandoned the outer positions of Myitkyina and withdrew into the city, thinking of relying on street fighting fortifications to hold on for a while longer. .
Just like the situation when retreating from Yangon and Bangkok, the British army evacuated from the outer positions in a panic. There was no organization and no unified order. Each unit went its own way. The scene immediately became chaotic, with slow movements and awkward hands and feet. The British troops who were trying to escape were immediately overwhelmed by the tide of Japanese soldiers.
The brutal hand-to-hand combat began. The Japanese soldiers had an overwhelming advantage, not only in terms of numbers, but also in terms of momentum. As long as the unarmed Japanese soldiers surrounded a British soldier, they would never let go, even if they were bayoneted. It was stabbed into the stomach, and the purple intestines leaked out, but they were still holding on tightly.
Using their fists, teeth, and anything they could attack, the British soldiers were no longer fighting against humans, but against a group of irrational beasts, with ferocious cries and the sound of bayonets piercing their flesh. ", the "clang" of iron tools hitting each other, and the screams of the dying, all echoed in the outer positions of Myitkyina.
The Japanese soldiers went crazy and completely vented the crazy killing ** that they had suppressed in their hearts in Savage Mountain. Even the British soldiers knelt on the ground and raised their hands in surrender, but they were cut into pieces in an instant by the swarming Japanese soldiers. A pile of minced meat and a shock wave swept in more than two thousand British soldiers. When the Japanese soldiers rushed towards the urban area of ??Myitkyina, they left behind the mutilated corpses of the British soldiers.
In two and a half days, a brigade of British troops only held out for such a short time in the fortified Myitkyina before running towards Mandalay in panic. Myitkyina became a paradise for crazy Japanese soldiers. After leaving the hell for ordinary citizens of Myitkyina, Juichi Terauchi fulfilled his promise. The 113th Japanese Division, which was the first to invade Myitkyina, killed and enjoyed themselves in Myitkyina. The other Japanese troops could only listen outside the city. The companions laughed wildly and watched eagerly. .
At the same time, Terauchi Shouichi received a new order from the base camp, "The Southern China Dispatch Army Headquarters immediately consolidated the defenses of Myitkyina and the Sadiya line west of Myitkyina, and prepared to intercept the British troops retreating west from Mandalay. There is no need to participate in the southward attack on Mandalay. You can mainly rest and recuperate in place. The aviation force will drop enough ammunition and supplies for you." Terauchi was very satisfied with this humane order from the base camp.
After capturing Myitkyina, he relied on his fierceness and bravery. If he went all the way south to Mandalay, his troops might not reach the halfway point, and more than half of the soldiers would die from exhaustion. The Southeast Asian Expeditionary Force was responsible for hunting dogs, and his own troops Responsible for closing the door and encircling and annihilating the British in central Myanmar. The task was equally important. Moreover, it was more in line with the actual situation of his own army. Terauchi Juichi did not feel that the base camp had underestimated him.
Two days later, General Juichi Teruchi's troops deployed along the line from Myitkyina to the Hukang River Valley. The only channel for the British to withdraw westward to India was completely blocked by the Japanese army. The dispatched troops were on the offensive like a rainbow. In the north, the Shouichi Division in the temple was stuck in the retreat. The British were cornered and faced a desperate situation.
Alexander realized the seriousness of the problem. Before the fall of Myitkyina, he had already given the main British troops on the Sino-Vietnamese and Sino-Laos borders an order to assemble in Mandalay. Since they retreated, not a single soldier would be left in Myanmar. , Alexander's only wish was to bring his little capital to the Puram region of India as intact as possible.
But Myitkyina fell, and Mandalay became a dumpling in the Japanese army's north-south attack. The hundreds of thousands of British troops concentrated in Mandalay could not change the passive situation. To put it harshly, it was not as good as It's almost like throwing myself into a trap. It's just adding more meat to the dumpling stuffing of Mandalay. .
"But if we don't concentrate on Mandalay, where can we go?" At least for now, Alexander has not thought of a more ideal location than Mandalay. Sitting in the city of sleep, the Japanese are blocking the attack from the north and south, and are pressing towards Mandalay step by step. Alexander really has no idea. He will move the British army in Indochina. The dangerous situation he faced was reported to the mainland in detail. At the end of the telegram, he said these few words, "If there are no external forces to break the Japanese north-south pincer attack, Mandalay will be the first force of the British Empire in Southeast Asia." ¡¯s final burial place.¡±
General Alexander, who was accustomed to playing tricks and intrigues, did not use alarmism this time to deliberately frighten the high-ranking officials in the country. He was really at his wits end. Alexander also considered the suggestion of Chief of Staff Francis more than once and took the initiative to go to the Chinese Tang Qiuli. But he has many worries. From the bottom of his heart, he is extremely unwilling to see the power of the Chinese enter the country.?Myanmar and Southeast Asia.
There is a saying in China, "It is easier to invite gods than to send them away." Alexander had met Tang Qiuli once. For some reason, Alexander was more wary of Tang Qiuli than ever before. Moreover, not long ago, he mobilized heavy troops to fight against Japan. He wanted to cooperate with the Chinese and wanted to fight to the death with the Chinese. After turning around, he went to ask for help. Even though Alexander was thick-skinned and relied on lies as a living, he could not overcome this psychological barrier.
After receiving Alexander's report from Southeast Asia, the British immediately panicked. Originally, the British army had lost all its main forces at Dunkirk, and it was difficult for the British to cope with the large-scale German air raids. What is frightening is that Hitler has gathered a large number of troops on the French side of the English Channel, and is ready to cross the sea and attack at any time.
The British defended their homeland and their troops were stretched thin. They had no strength to support Alexander who was thousands of miles away. At this time, the British political arena had just experienced changes. Prime Minister Chamberlain, who was played by Hitler, was dismissed by the angry House of Lords. The congressmen stormed off the stage, and Churchill, the former British Admiralty Minister and the core member of the war party, came to power.
Churchill's skill and insight into the situation were beyond the reach of Chamberlain. He immediately grasped the key to the Southeast Asian issue. Alexander could not save himself, and the country did not have the ability to save him. The only possibility and hope was The Chinese took action, and the Chinese and Japanese had been at war for several years, and the hatred had long been difficult to resolve.
Perhaps, the Chairman of the Nationalist Government, Chiang Kai-shek, was impatiently waiting for the British to take the initiative to speak. The Chinese Army had assembled hundreds of thousands of troops on the Chinese side of the Indochina Peninsula, which clearly illustrates this point. Alexander, a fool, was so close He didn't know how to make use of the nearby reinforcements, but instead asked for help from home. I really don't know how he managed to get around in the East for decades.
His wishful thinking was to use the Chinese troops to fight in Burma, hold back the Japanese army, and thus cover the withdrawal of the British army to India. This was the unanimous consensus of all senior British military and political officials. There was no need for the British to fight in Burma. Fighting to the death with the Japanese army, we have no obligation to eliminate enemies for the Chinese and let the soldiers of the British Empire fight for the Chinese.
Churchill was extremely efficient in his work. The day after receiving Alexander's telegram, he ordered the British Ambassador to China, Hubble Hydsons, to immediately contact the National Government to make preliminary arrangements for forming a strategic alliance with Britain and the United States. At the same time, the British government formed a high-level delegation to China to try its best to promote this matter.
Churchill was cunning and cunning. He knew very well that with the current situation in which the British were being suppressed by the Germans and had too much to take care of themselves, in the minds of Chinese leaders, they might not have enough weight. In other words, the British would make huge concessions or lose their fundamental interests in Southeast Asia. Only interests can promote an alliance with China. Therefore, Churchill roped in his old brother the Americans, firstly to enhance his appearance, and secondly to increase his weight.
The Americans are not stupid either. Originally, the Japanese army's violent offensive against the British in Indochina did not involve the United States' interests in Luzon, Mindanao, the Sulu Islands and other South Pacific regions. However, the Japanese attacked the British The attack caused great fear among the Americans. They were very afraid that the Japanese would follow suit and deal such a vicious blow to themselves.
Within their own sphere of influence, the Americans were as powerful as the British, and they thought they were not strong enough for the Japanese. They originally planned to form an alliance with the British, but before it was even put on the agenda, the British were defeated by the Japanese. When the British were in disarray, unable to protect themselves, and anxious, the British sent this huge pie, and of course they would accept it with joy.
However, the Americans also have reservations. As long as their own interests are not violated, they will not send troops to the Indochina Peninsula to participate in combat operations against Japan. The Americans are more insidious and cunning than the British. They have huge maritime trade with the Japanese. Japan Petroleum, steel and other strategic materials consumed by people have never been interrupted by bilateral trade, and the Americans are reluctant to part with huge benefits.
Furthermore, the Chinese pushed back the Japanese in Indochina, or caused the Japanese to suffer heavy losses and were unable to attack the American sphere of influence. This was equivalent to relieving the Americans of their concerns. Of course, Churchill knew that the Americans were fighting. What's the idea.
Fortunately, the British do not intend to fight the Japanese to the death in Burma. As long as they use the Chinese squadron to hold the Japanese back for the British army and enable the British to escape from Indochina and Burma, the goal will be achieved, and the United States will not care. The condition of people half-hiding and trying to conceal everything.
The so-called alliance is nothing more than the intersection of their respective political, economic or military interests. Britain and the United States relied on the Chinese Army, but in Chongqing, Chiang Zhongzheng, the supreme leader of the National Government, who seemed to have been forgotten by the Chinese people, was also killed because of Tang Qiuli. His power and reputation are at their peak and unstoppable, but he is depressed and unhappy, always looking for a proper way to change the current situation.
The British and Americans took the initiative to come to the door and winked at Jiang.The captain was surprised and overjoyed.
(To be continued)
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