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- Chapter 344: Allied Forces Recapture Burma (6)
The four infantry artillery pieces carried by the Japanese counterattack troops set up positions on top of the four occupied houses and kept firing at nearby gunfire. The attacking troops suffered serious losses and had to temporarily hide in houses.
The Japanese rearguard troops frequently exchanged fire with the attackers who were following them. Every house and every bunker on the street was a fierce battle between the two sides.
Bullets were flying on the streets, and grenades exploded in front of the strongholds of both sides from time to time. The soldiers held on tenaciously, and no one refused to take a step back.
In the Magui city area, the Chinese ** troops advanced in separate routes. The newly formed 50th Division of the New First Army advanced along the Central Street and successfully arrived at the Irrawaddy River Bridge, dividing the Japanese urban defense forces into two large parts, the east and west. The Japanese army continued to counterattack and encountered stubborn resistance from the newly formed 50th Division.
A tank regiment of the Armored Corps advanced along the newly captured Central Street and headed towards the Irrawaddy River Bridge.
Jiangqiao, the Chinese ** team and the Hashimoto regiment of the Japanese counterattack fought desperately. A battalion that detoured behind the enemy lines from the tenth block successfully penetrated into place and formed an encirclement with the original infantry battalion that detoured.
Colonel Hashimoto¡¯s offensive was contained, and he was about to adjust his troops and prepare to attack again. Suddenly, the roar of tanks came from the street behind.
The cheers of the Chinese soldiers could be heard in the distance, and the colonel's heart sank. It seemed that this time the situation was less likely to end.
"Boom, boom, boom" tank shells landed on the houses occupied by the Japanese troops, causing the Japanese soldiers to run out of the houses and shoot at the Chinese soldiers on the street. The tanks following behind, the vehicle-mounted machine guns spitting out flames fiercely, bullets hitting the hidden structures on the street made sparks fly.
One shell after another was fired into the houses occupied by the Japanese, and the sound of gunfire and thick smoke enveloped the entire neighborhood. With the cover and cooperation of tanks, the Chinese soldiers' counterattack becomes more advantageous.
After more than fifty minutes of fierce fighting, the Hashimoto Regiment was flanked by the Chinese Army and was completely annihilated.
The 201st Division of the Youth Army firmly controlled Jiangqiao and cut off the Japanese army's retreat. General Ueda Kenkichi sent several urgent messages in succession, which finally made the base camp excited. A plane was dispatched to venture into Magway Airport, which was still undergoing fierce fighting, in order to take General Ueda out of Magway City.
Five Japanese fighter planes covered a transport plane and finally took the risk to land at Magway Airport. The call from the airport reached the general's headquarters, but General Ueda refused to leave Magway.
The flight commander begged General Ueda, but the general was unmoved and insisted on coexisting with Magui's defenders. Time was running out, and the Chinese army's artillery shells fell on the airport from time to time, and several artillery shells were hit on the runway. Thick smoke and flames slowly extended on the runway. If it didn't move, the plane might not be able to take off. The flight commander reluctantly decided to return empty.
When the Japanese military transport plane taxied on the runway at high speed and took off into the sky, the pilot looked down and saw a wave of squadrons rushing into the airport. The airport garrison, chased by the Chinese army, withdrew from the airport one after another.
The pilot felt cold, fearing that the Japanese troops in the city would no longer be able to escape from the air. In fact, he didn't know that just a moment ago, the Japanese troops who counterattacked Jiangqiao were completely wiped out, and all the Japanese troops' retreat roads by land and air were cut off.
The Chief of Staff of the Burmese Front told General Ueda with a pale face, "Your Excellency, General, the airport has been lost! I just received a phone call report that Colonel Hashimoto's regiment has also been shattered!"
General Ueda looked at the Chief of Staff calmly and smiled slightly. The Chief of Staff could tell that the General's smile was mixed with a bit of helplessness, a bit of teasing, and a bit of amusement. "Do you think we can still go back alive? If we lose Magway, we will lose the strongest stronghold in Eastern Myanmar. Yangon, Bei Liao, and Moulmein have insufficient troops, and the Allied forces can attack them in one go." The general said slowly. .
The chief of staff asked puzzledly: "Your Excellency, General, we can still rely on those cities to defend Myanmar. Waiting for the rescue from the base camp, can the base camp watch Myanmar be lost?"
General Ueda shook his head slowly: "The U.S. military has frequently launched counterattacks in the Pacific. The islands we occupy have been captured by the U.S. military one after another. How can the base camp have the troops to reinforce Myanmar? The U.S. military in the Southwest Pacific is closing in on the Philippines and Malaysia step by step, preparing for a major counterattack. . Myanmar is in the heart of the base camp. It can only be better if it can be preserved. If it cannot be preserved, there is no other way."
The chief of staff thought about the general's words with a grimace, but the general said calmly: "Okay, you can go down and rest. You don't need to report the battle report to me anymore. I want to be quiet."
A trace of doubt and uneasiness flashed through the mind of the chief of staff, but he followed the commander's order, walked out of the general's office, and closed the door behind him.
The four armies of the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Magui City and rushed forward tenaciously, dividing the Japanese into countless small pieces. Then he concentrated his troops and ate the surrounded Japanese soldiers one bite at a time. The city was filled with gunshots, cannons, and soldiers' shouts.
Yue Hanping stood in front of the enemy-friendly situation map hung at the headquarters, watching the staff keep planting the small red flag representing their own strength in Magui City. His thoughts flew to Bei Liao, Yangon and Moulmein. Magui's attack has nothing to worry about, it's just a matter of time.
Liu Wenye indeed took a map of Beili and spread it flat on the table. "Commander, let's take a look at Beili's map."
Yue Hanping turned back and looked at Liu Wenye, his eyes flashing with gratitude and trust, "Okay, after Ma Gui captures the remaining cities, I will trouble you to formulate a combat plan and show it to me."
Liu Wenye looked at Yue Hanping who seemed to be still deep in thought, "Commander, what's on your mind?"
Yue Hanping looked at Liu Wenye, "What are you going to do after the war is won?"
Liu Wenye was stunned for a moment. He really hadn't thought about this problem. Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he has only been thinking about how to fight the Japanese. He has never thought about what he would do if the Japanese were beaten away.
Liu Wenye took out two cigarettes and handed one to Yue Hanping. The two walked out of the headquarters, sat down under a nearby big banyan tree, and lit cigarettes. The two of them enjoyed a rare moment of leisure on the battlefield.
Thinking about it seriously, Liu Wenye looked at Yue Hanping and said, "I may want to come to Myanmar to settle. After all, Jingxian is from Shan State. I don't want her to follow me to China. There are no relatives of hers there, but all my relatives died in Nanjing." Actually, I still don¡¯t like the officialdom in China, although I can handle it.¡±
Yue Hanping blew out a smoke ring, "Yes, after driving away the Japanese, China still doesn't know if there will be another war?"
Liu Wenye said quietly: "I think China will still fight. The Chairman's pet peeve is the Communist Party. You have also seen that during the years of the Anti-Japanese War, the Communist Party has continued to grow behind enemy lines. When the war is over, the two tigers will surely fight."
"I don't want the descendants of Yan and Huang to kill each other again. As a soldier, it is our duty to protect our family and country, but I can't help my compatriots killing each other." Yue Hanping said lightly.
"What? You want to leave the military?" Liu Wenye looked at him in surprise.
"I haven't decided yet, but I will definitely not fight a civil war." Yue Hanping said firmly.
"Well, let's think about it seriously. I don't want to fight a civil war. However, I have a place to settle down. What should you do? Go back to your hometown in Sichuan? Chairman Chiang probably won't let you, a tiger general, disarm and return home." Liu Wenye hit the nail on the head in one sentence.
The staff officer's report interrupted the conversation between the two, "Report! Only one-third of the Japanese army's positions in Magui City are left. All the frontline units have been fighting hard for a day, and they have suspended their attacks and rested."
Yue Hanping patted the dust on his body and said, "Great! Send a congratulatory message to the front line, telling them to have a good rest and be vigilant at night to avoid sneak attacks by the little devils."
Magui City, the Japanese Army Headquarters, the office of General Ueda Kenkichi. The general put a Japanese record on the gramophone, took out a bottle of Japanese sake from the wine cabinet next to him, and filled a glass.
The general put on his kimono, knelt down in front of the small table in the corner of the office, picked up the sake, and took a sip. The general squinted his eyes, tilted his head back in enjoyment, and tapped his palms gently on the table in time with the music.
General Ueda drank slowly and completely immersed himself in the music. The flashes of gunfire outside the window failed to attract the general's attention.
The general was pouring and drinking a bottle of sake, but he drank it all before he realized it. The general frowned slightly, as if he was dissatisfied with this inappropriate scene. Suddenly, the music stopped abruptly, and it turned out that the record had been finished.
General Ueda sighed slightly. He stood up and opened the drawer. The letter home he wrote to his wife lay quietly in the drawer. The general closed the drawer gently and walked to his sword stand.
He picked out a saber that the Emperor rewarded him when he was summoned by the Emperor after he captured Nanjing. "Shua", the general gently opened the handle of the knife. A cold light was reflected, and the general slowly drew out his saber. The sharp blade shone with cold light. He blew gently, and the water vapor quickly condensed into water droplets on the blade.
The general took out a clean white towel, wiped the blade of the sword again and again, turned around and walked to the portrait of the emperor, staring at the emperor with a hint of playfulness in his eyes.
Slowly, the general turned around and walked to the small table, facing the east and kneeling on the ground. The blade flashed and accurately cut open the kimono's belt. The general's sword skills were indeed top-notch. The cold blade only cut through the belt without hurting an inch of skin.
Closing his eyes, the general made a determined effort and thrust his raised hands into his abdomen. The cold and sharp blade easily penetrated the general's abdomen, and blood slowly flowed out along the blade.
Severe pain came up from the abdomen. The general's eyebrows were knitted together, his face was twisted, and he endured the severe pain. His hand moved sideways forcefully.??, "Ah" the general groaned softly, and the huge pain made the general's hands shake violently.
At this time, the door of the general's room was pushed open, and his orderly came in to bring face wash to the general. The orderly was shocked to see the general committing seppuku. He quickly threw away the basin in his hand and ran to the general's side.
Helping the general up, the orderly burst into tears, "General, why are you doing this?"
The general¡¯s face, twisted in pain, looked extremely hideous and terrifying. His body was shaking and his lips were trembling, ¡°Give me a shot, quickly!¡±
The orderly looked at the painful general. He wiped his tears, turned around and took the general's pistol, cocked the bolt, pointed it at the general's head, and made a "bang" sound.
I don¡¯t know what General Ueda was thinking before he died, but the orderly soldiers were heartbroken. The general committed seppuku and committed suicide, which meant that the defenders would never have a chance to break out, and all the soldiers had to fight until the last moment.
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