Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

One day is not too long, but you can do a lot of things. At least it is enough for the troops to build a civil fortification. Although it is not realistic to build a semi-permanent fortification in a short period of time, with this civil fortification line of defense, plus Lashio Given the unique geographical environment, Jiang Haoran believed that it would be no problem to stick to it for ten and a half months.

Speaking of the geographical location of Lashio, we have to explain the terrain of the whole of Myanmar, which is also related to the final way out of the six divisions of the Japanese army in northern Myanmar.

Myanmar is located in the west of Indochina Peninsula, between 10°-28° north latitude and 92°-101° east longitude. It borders China's Tibet and Yunnan in the northeast, India and Bangladesh in the northwest, and Laos and Thailand in the southeast. It borders the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the south.

Located in the center of "Sanya", Myanmar is a transportation hub connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia. The southeast can reach Australia directly, and the west can reach Europe through India. The geographical location is very important.Someone described Myanmar depicted on the map as a charming diamond when viewed vertically, and a peacock with its tail spread when viewed horizontally.

It is slender and narrow in the south, 2090 kilometers long from north to south, and 925 kilometers wide from east to west.The land border is 5858 kilometers long, and the coastline is 3200 kilometers long.Including several coastal islands, Myanmar has a total area of ​​676581 square kilometers, about the size of China's Yunnan, Guizhou and Chongqing.That

The main feature of Myanmar's landform is that it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with mountains or plateaus in the east, north and west, and valleys and delta plains in the center and south.The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, dominated by mountains, plateaus and hills.There are three parallel mountain ranges running from north to south in the territory, namely the Western Mountains, the Bago Mountains and the Shan State Plateau.

The Rakhine Mountains in the west extend southward from the Himalayas, and there are many tall peaks.Among them, the northernmost Kaikabo Peak is as high as 5881 meters. The mountain is covered with snow all the year round. It is the highest peak in Myanmar and the highest mountain in Southeast Asia. It is called "the roof of the Indo-China Peninsula".About 2/3 of the country's land is an undulating plateau with an average altitude of more than 1800 meters, such as the Saramati mountainous area on the Myanmar-India border, with an altitude of more than 3826 meters.The central mountain range is crossed by the Irrawaddy River to form north and south parts. The peaks are generally lower than the western mountain range. The highest peak is the famous extinct volcano Mount Boba located in the central arid area.The southern part of the central mountain range is the Ayeyarwady River Valley between the western mountains and the eastern Shan plateau.

The Shan State Plateau in the northeast is 500 kilometers long from north to south, 280-450 kilometers wide from east to west, and has an average altitude of 900-1000 meters.The highest peak of the plateau is in the southeast of Lashio, with an altitude of 2673 meters.The mountain area of ​​the whole plateau accounts for 70%, and there are many valleys and basins in between.The mountain is wide in the north and narrow in the south, extending southward, connecting with the Dewen Mountains between the Salween River and the Mekong River in the easternmost part of Myanmar, and always close to the equator.If the shape of Myanmar is compared to a kite, the long and narrow south is like the long line of the kite.

As for Lashio, it is at the connection point between the string and the kite. It is a field area more than ten miles away from Lashio, and the terrain also keeps going south from here.

On the west side, out of Ruigu to the south, it is the central mountain range of Myanmar, with high mountains and countless ravines. Ma Yue couldn't turn over.

Therefore, Jiang Haoran is not completely unsure about placing these seven divisions in Lashio. The geographical advantage can make up for the shortage of troops. Moreover, they are not short of any supplies. The Japanese army hoarded in Lashio. There is no need to worry about food and drink, light and heavy machine gun bullets, and artillery shells are also sufficient. What is lacking is the rockets and missiles equipped by helicopters. Of course, there are also ak47s that do not match the bullets of the Japanese army, but these can be guaranteed by airdrops. Although there was a serious shortage of fighter jets, there were quite a few transport planes. It might not be possible to control the air during the day, but dispatching the Japanese army at night would only make them stare blankly.

Starting early in the morning, the entire [-]-mile area of ​​Lashio was in full swing. The troops on the defense line naturally stepped up to build defensive fortifications. There are, as long as you have human transportation, it doesn't matter how much you cut.

In the absence of reinforced concrete, these trees are undoubtedly the main and best material for building fortifications. Several layers of logs can't stop heavy shells and aerial bombs, but small-caliber artillery basically has no problem.

At this time, the biggest threat to the expeditionary force was still the [-]st Guards Division in the south. Therefore, all the trees felled were transported to the south, so that they could use them first.

In order to prevent the Japanese air strikes, hundreds of helicopters all drove into the Shan plateau in the east. The jungle is the best cover, and even the Japanese reconnaissance planes cannot find their traces.

And the common people in Lashio City, the old, the young, and the weak, were all resettled here, and the young and middle-aged became the logistics force. They followed Aung San’s Burmese army to transport supplies and wounded. They were familiar with the terrain and did this. Work is undoubtedly a good candidate.

After all, the Japanese army did not allow the expeditionary force to arrange everything smoothly. Before eight o'clock, enemy aircraft groups appeared in the sky, fighter jets and bombers, and ravaged the expeditionary force on Lashio City and the defense line crazily. It took nearly an hour to leave, resulting in more than a thousand casualties on the defense line. It was even worse in Lashio City. The casualties of soldiers and civilians approached [-]. There was hardly a single complete building in Lashio.

The Sino-Milian coalition flight team can no longer compete with the Japanese army for air supremacy. The Japanese army's planes were dispatched too early, and the troops had not had time to set up anti-aircraft firepower. Jiang Haoran was full of wit, so he could only stand at the entrance of the cave and watch the enemy's planes jump. Scold your mother.

In order to prevent the enemy from attacking again, as soon as the enemy's plane left, Jiang Haoran immediately ordered the troops to set up anti-aircraft firepower, and found a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns that had not been opened from the Japanese army's supplies, and ordered the troops to quickly find a suitable high ground to set up. stand up.

Since the advent of expeditionary helicopters, the Japanese army has strengthened its air defense capabilities, such as anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns, which are all targeted for destruction, so these supplementary weapons must be indispensable in the supplies. The Japanese army probably never dreamed that these would be cheap Jiang Haoran .

Jiang Haoran has always paid attention to supporting firepower, and the expeditionary force accepts British and rice equipment, so he doesn't need to spend a penny. He knows how to do such a luxurious thing. Every battalion is equipped with a machine gun company, and every regiment has anti-aircraft fire. The company, light and heavy machine guns are even equipped to the squad. With these anti-aircraft firepower and the Japanese army, it is completely possible to deploy a dense air defense network. Although it cannot pose a fatal threat to the Japanese aircraft, they still want to easily Low altitude strafing and dive bombing are not so easy.