Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

"Mr. President, the Japanese army in Burma has begun to attack. This is the telegram sent by Stilwell just now from Jiang Haoran." Marshall cut to the point, and handed the telegram to Roosevelt.

Roosevelt took the telegram and glanced at it in a hurry, his face gradually became serious. After reading it, he immediately exclaimed: "How is this possible? We have only taken over the two aircraft carriers for less than five days. How can we sail to the Pacific Ocean to fight the Japanese army? Isn't this just courting death?"

The telegram was drawn up by Jiang Haoran, but it was sent to Roosevelt through the hands of Stilwell. The telegram not only introduced the situation in Yingdo at this time in detail, Jiang Haoran also asked the US government to send the two aircraft carriers to the Pacific Ocean. Going up and swimming, it was used to mobilize the Japanese aircraft carrier, so that the Japanese carrier-based aircraft could not appear in the sky over Myanmar separately, which created conditions for the No. 40 Group Army Flying Brigade and the No. 14 Air Force to compete for Burma's air supremacy.

The reason why Roosevelt said these words at this time is because the launching of an aircraft carrier and the availability of an aircraft carrier for combat are completely different things.

An aircraft carrier is a complex combat system.As a large surface ship, after being delivered for scientific research, testing, and training, not only the various devices, electronic systems, and weapon systems on the ship need to be debugged, but also the internal systems of the warship need to be adjusted, and the coordination with other ships in the formation requires training. Airborne pilot training and ship-aircraft coordination all take a long time to complete.Even for a very mature aircraft carrier user like the US Navy, even in wartime, it takes at least 2 to 3 months for a new aircraft carrier to form combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the aircraft carriers produced by Jiang Haoran Yangtze River Shipyard are all without weapons, which means that the United States has to reinstall weapons, which will take longer.But Jiang Haoran requested in the telegram that the United States must send the aircraft carrier to the Pacific Ocean within three days, so Roosevelt was shocked at this time.

Marshall said: "Before I came here, I listened to the opinions of experts. They believed that this matter is absolutely impossible. It is almost the same as your point of view. That is to kill yourself, but I immediately gave General Nimitz another call." Phone, ask for his opinion, guess what he said?"

Roosevelt asked, "What did he say?"

Marshall smiled slightly and continued: "General Nimitz said that it is definitely not possible in theory, especially in confrontation with Japanese aircraft carriers. It has already started sailing on the sea, at least it shows that the aircraft carrier produced by the Yangtze River Shipyard has no technical problems at all. Although it is impossible to complete the installation, testing and formation of combat effectiveness in the past few days, the aircraft carrier on the carrier-based aircraft is still no problem. With these two prerequisites, the aircraft carrier can go to the vicinity of the Pacific Ocean. If the covert work is done well, it may be possible to take advantage of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft to fly to the sky over Myanmar. No matter what the result is, retreat immediately after the sneak attack to avoid confrontation with the Japanese army. Once the Japanese army finds our carrier-based aircraft appearing in their airspace, how can the Japanese army think that our army has an aircraft carrier approaching them? How dare they dare to send their carrier-based aircraft to the battlefield in Burma.”

"Crazy plan, this is definitely a crazy plan!" Roosevelt praised: "Then what are you waiting for, I will give Nimitz an order and implement it according to this plan!"

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The next day, at [-] o'clock in the morning, the sky over Xidang, Yingduo, and Menggong was densely packed with Japanese fighter jets and bombers. They began to drop bombs frantically on the fortifications, military points, and supply lines of the expeditionary force. Bombing, swooping and strafing, rumbling explosions and the roar of machine guns and cannons can be heard endlessly.

Ground troops also began to attack immediately.

In the direction of Xidang, the first to bear the brunt was the defensive position of the 200th Division, and the enemy's shells poured down on the position like raindrops.

Fortunately, Jiang Haoran had the foresight and did not enter Xidang, which has a wide view and flat terrain. Otherwise, with the current air power and ground artillery fire of the Japanese army, the first round of bombing would be enough to cause heavy casualties to the expeditionary army.

The defensive position of the 200th Division was in the angle between the two mountains. Except for the 40-meter road in the middle, which was an open field, the others were all in the jungle. Although the enemy's artillery fire was fierce, the casualties to the 200th Division were not large.

The enemy's artillery fire was basically concentrated on the open ground of 40 to [-] meters in the middle. At this time, there were no soldiers on the position. Dai Anlan was not so stupid, so he threw the soldiers in to be bombed at this time.Of course, enemy artillery fire was also aimed at destroying their fortifications.This is the only way to get into Yingdo.

As soon as the enemy's artillery fire stopped, the infantry immediately began to attack, and as soon as they came up, they were at the level of a thousand-man brigade. They didn't play tricks, and they were directly in the formation of an onslaught.

The soldiers of the 200th Division quickly rushed out of the jungle, entered the position, set up machine gun positions in the middle, and the engineers quickly repaired the fortifications.

The two angled positions in the jungle have fired first to suppress the enemy.After a while, the light and heavy machine guns on the main positions in the middle area gradually began to roar. The Japanese army's offensive momentum was blocked, and the enemy and us began to confront each other, with bullets pouring like rain.

The right wing of the 200th Division was Liu Xianwei's airborne brigade, and the left wing was Yu Shao's 96th Division. The Japanese army began to attack from the middle, but there was no movement on both sides. The Japanese army's intention to directly open the defense line from the middle was very obvious.

Of course, there are dense jungles on the left and right sides, which are not suitable for the advance of the Japanese mechanized troops. If you want to enter Yingduo, this is the only way.

Ten miles away behind the 200th Division, Liao Yaoxiang's 22nd Division is also stepping up the construction of fortifications. They are acting as the second line of defense.

Meng Gong.

Compared with Xidang's attack, Meng Gong at this time is definitely a purgatory on earth.

From the north to the southern pass of Jianbu Mountain to Menggong, there is a narrow and long valley in the middle, more than 100 miles long from north to south, and more than ten kilometers wide from east to west. It is one of the few plains in northern Myanmar. Banshan is naturally dangerous, and the ravines are so deep that they cannot be crossed at all. To the east is the roaring Inovaddy River. Moreover, both sides of the valley are mostly cliffs over 300 meters high. The flat land is a vast ocean, and the water area in the low-lying areas suddenly increases several times. Even the vast open land in front of Meng Gong is Zeguo.

The only reason why Menggong is said to be dangerous is because after entering Menggong, the terrain rises all the way, and a mountain beam about 400 meters high runs from east to west. Although it is more than ten kilometers long, most of it is connected with Bujieban Mountain. Forming a cliff, there is only less than two miles of land that really needs to be defended.

Below is a boundless plain area, the terrain is flat, and standing on the ridge has a wider view. How many troops are attacking below and how to arrange them can be seen from a long distance, and there is no other way to go except for a strong attack. .

Although the mountain ridge is not very high, but all the way up the slope, when the rainy season comes, the raging flood pours in from the Inovaddy River, and there is a swamp country below. Objects can be used as cover.

In view of Meng Gong's unique terrain, the Japanese army also knew that it would be difficult to attack, so the lineup deployed at the beginning was not small.There are three infantry divisions on the front. Although they may have lost nearly half in the previous battle, their strength is still more than [-].

The helicopters of the Expeditionary Force in the Battle of Mina completely destroyed the two field artillery and mountain artillery units of the No.16 Division, but the No.30 Eighth Division and the Fifth Division's field artillery and mountain artillery units were complete. The division assembled hundreds of artillery pieces of various types, and there were nearly [-] gunboats with forty to fifty cannons on the Inovaddy River, but this was not counted. The Japanese army still had countless aircraft support in the air, and the lineup was too strong.

Among the hundreds of warships, most of them are transport ships for transporting supplies and soldiers, but there are only more than 20 real gunboats.

From [-] o'clock in the morning, all kinds of artillery fire from the Japanese army were launched, and the artillery shells were thrown on the mountain ridge without money. Dozens of fighter-bombers were not willing to be lonely, and repeatedly dropped bombs, bombed and swooped down on the mountain ridge.After tossing for nearly half an hour, the entire mountain ridge was blown down several meters.

Although the expeditionary force also had 24 150mm heavy-duty howitzers, and they had enough ammunition after being transported back and forth by helicopters for several nights, the artillery positions erected in the valley were detected by Japanese aircraft before they fired a few shots. The Japanese bombing blew up an artillery position to pieces.

Fortunately, the acting commander Chen Mianwu was quite knowledgeable. Instead of concentrating the heavy artillery in one place, he took advantage of the mountains in the valley and scattered them in all directions. Only four or five heavy artillery pieces were destroyed by Japanese planes, but Chen Mianwu never dared to The guns were fired, and there were Japanese planes hovering overhead from time to time. The remaining [-] cannons could never be thrown under the Japanese bombs for nothing.

The fortifications of the expeditionary army were all temporary earthworks. Although the largest artillery calibers of the Japanese army were Qiwushan artillery and field artillery, they were more than enough to deal with the earthworks. The bombing for nearly half an hour almost made the fortifications of the expeditionary army disappear. A snake-shaped trench on the ridge was almost completely filled with collapsed earth and rocks.

The 93rd Division of the Expeditionary Army was in charge of the first round of defensive tasks. The Battle of Liangmiao River almost caused nearly half of the 93rd Division's casualties. During this half-hour bombing, the half of the 93rd Division's team was reduced by three 400 There are almost [-] people left in a division. Fortunately, the division commander, Lu Guoquan, also realized that the Japanese army would inevitably bomb, and there were not many people in the position, only one battalion.

As soon as the Japanese artillery attack stopped, the top of the mountain was still filled with gunpowder smoke, and the Japanese army of a regiment below rushed to the foot of the mountain under the cover of more than 30 tanks.

As soon as the enemy's bombing stopped, Chen Feng, the commander of the 93th Regiment of the 340rd Division, rushed up the ridge with his soldiers.