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- When the last Japanese soldier walked out of the house with his hands raised, the streets were filled with surrendered Japanese soldiers, a total of two thousand people. The Japanese soldiers gathered the Japanese soldiers together, and tanks and armored vehicles surrounded the Japanese soldiers, 50 meters away from them.
**The infantrymen were holding submachine guns next to the tanks, staring at the Japanese soldiers with eager eyes. The Japanese soldiers in the encirclement suddenly felt inexplicable panic. Some people shouted: "The Chinese are going to kill us! Fight them!"
The Japanese soldiers violently charged around. The Chinese tanks and armored vehicles stopped motionless. The infantrymen stood in the middle of the tanks, with the flat ends of their submachine guns in their hands.
The Japanese soldiers rushed a few steps, and the vehicle-mounted machine guns and submachine guns roared together with "tat-tat-tat" and "beep-doo-doo". The dense bullets mopped down the swarms of Japanese soldiers. Tanks and armored vehicles slowly approached, and the Japanese soldiers kept falling to the ground under the intensive rain of bullets.
More than two thousand Japanese soldiers fell to the ground under half an hour of fierce shooting. Many Japanese soldiers were just injured and wailing on the ground. 32 tanks started roaring and rushed towards the pile of Japanese flesh on the ground, and screams could be heard from time to time. The steel tracks rolled over the Japs on the ground, crushing the injured Japs into a pulp together with the Japs soldiers who had returned to Japan.
The tank rolled over repeatedly until all the Japanese were crushed into mud, and then the tank left to clean the car body. The flamethrowers aimed their fire dragons at the fleshy flesh, and the fire dragons rose up one after another. The flames scorched the earth, burning everything into scorched earth.
Yue Hanping led the headquarters into Vientiane City. The flames in many places in the city have not yet been completely extinguished. Ruins and broken walls. Devastated everywhere. The King of Laos soon sent someone to contact the Allied Command. General Stilwell, on behalf of the Allies, asked the Laotian government to withdraw from the Japanese alliance and end the war against the Allies. Of course, the King of Laos immediately agreed to stop the war and the Laotian government broke away from the Japanese alliance.
The Chinese Expeditionary Force gathered in central Laos for repairs. The US military shipped a batch of new equipment. General Stilwell assigned a batch of armored reconnaissance vehicles to the Chinese Expeditionary Force infantry unit to strengthen the infantry unit's reconnaissance capabilities.
China Xiuping Company also transported a batch of equipment and medicines to the Port of Bangkok, Thailand, mainly Sherman improved tanks and armored vehicles, and some CV-1 submachine guns. After capturing a large amount of Japanese military equipment, Yue Hanping allocated part of the new equipment in stock to Zhang Bingyao of the Shan State Self-Defense Army who was following the troops to fight. After receiving the equipment, Zhang Bingyao's troops retreated to the mountainous areas of Shan State in Myanmar.
Yang Jingxian¡¯s regiment replaced all Chinese carbines and was equipped with several armored reconnaissance vehicles.
The three divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Force Armored Corps have been enriched with equipment and personnel, and one armored company has 12 battle tanks. There are 3 repair vehicles, 3 armored command vehicles, 3 armored reconnaissance vehicles, and 5 armored ammunition transport vehicles. An armored regiment has three armored battalions, nine armored companies, 108 battle tanks and nearly 130 auxiliary vehicles. There is a directly affiliated repair company, specially equipped with 60 repair machinery and vehicles. The total number of tanks and auxiliary vehicles in the regiment reached 300.
An armored division has three main battle tank regiments, an anti-aircraft armored vehicle regiment (120 armored vehicles), and a mechanical infantry regiment (120 US-made M3 armored personnel carriers). The division has more than 1,140 tanks and armored vehicles. This number completely exceeded the mechanized standards of armored forces in developed countries at the same time.
For the Chinese Expeditionary Force infantry unit, each infantry corps is equipped with a reinforced tank battalion, equipped with 48 Xiafei light tanks, 24 armored vehicles, 6 armored reconnaissance vehicles, and 15 British multi-purpose armored carriers. An additional car transport group was added, with 120 American Dodge cars.
The strengthened expeditionary force consists of an infantry division and 360 transport vehicles. The marching and transportation of the Chinese Expeditionary Force have been fully mechanized.
Chiang Kai-shek sent a congratulatory message to the Chinese Expeditionary Force and also telegraphed the expeditionary force. The Youth Army has more than 300,000 troops and has been reorganized into ten divisions. The organization of the Youth Army has been changed to divisions, that is, one division is equivalent to an army. The Youth Corps of the Expeditionary Force was renamed the 201st Division, and the original division was renamed a brigade. Commander Weng Zhaoyuan was changed to commander of the 201st Division. The original divisions were changed to the 601st Brigade, brigade commander Wang Shenyuan; the 602nd Brigade. Brigade Commander Pang Hanzhen; Brigade Commander Liu Anqi of the 603rd Brigade. The regiment numbers were changed to the 1801st Regiment, the 1802nd Regiment, and the 1803rd Regiment.
During the rest period in Laos, Stilwell held consultations with Yue Hanping on the issue of attacking Vietnam. The American general advocated occupying southern Vietnam first and then attacking northern Vietnam. General Stilwell's strategy was to first cut off the Japanese army's military production base, the Saigon Arsenal, and then compete with the Japanese army for North Vietnam. In this way, a jungle war with Vietnam can be avoided first, and the Japanese military production base in Southeast Asia can be occupied first.
Yue Hanping carefully analyzed the distribution of Japanese troops in Vietnam and agreed with this proposal. The Japanese garrison in Vietnam had a total of 7 divisions, 3 in the north and 4 in the south.
In order to achieve the suddenness of the battle, Yue Hanping suggested that the Chinese Expeditionary Force launch an attack from Cambodia. That is, after the battle begins, attack Cambodia first. After occupying Phnom Penh, they will quickly use armored forces as the lead to attack Cambodia.Saigon attack. Leave an army in northern Laos to pin down the Japanese army in northern Vietnam.
General Stilwell strongly agreed with Yue Hanping's suggestion. This tactic could make full use of the rapid assault power of the armored forces to achieve combat concealment and catch the Japanese army by surprise.
After the Laotian government broke away from the Japanese alliance, the Allied forces provided great help, fully realized Laotian autonomy, and returned power to the Laotian government. The Lao government was not held accountable for the crime of following Japan in committing aggression, and most of the captured Japanese military equipment was handed over to the Lao government forces. The attitude of the Allied forces made the Laotian government greatly grateful. With the help of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the Laotian government began to organize its troops to prevent the Japanese army from suddenly attacking Laos from Vietnam.
The Allied forces began to actively prepare for war in Laos. Stilwell and Yue Hanping planned to end the Saigon Campaign before the rainy season.
The Japanese army lost Laos, and its territories in South Asia were only Vietnam and Cambodia. The Japanese army in Cambodia had almost no troops stationed, but only a symbolic brigade stationed in Phnom Penh. Vietnam is the focus of the Japanese army. There is the Saigon Arsenal, the largest military industrial base of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia.
Almost all Japanese military equipment in the Southeast Asian battlefield was produced by the Saigon Arsenal, including Type III tanks and Type IV tanks. In order to strengthen the supply of materials for the Southeast Asian battlefield, the Japanese base camp planned to launch a Chinese battlefield campaign to open up the mainland's transportation lines and connect the transportation lines from Northeast China to Vietnam.
The task of the Vietnam garrison is to strengthen training, prepare to resist the Chinese Expeditionary Force¡¯s attack on Vietnam, and protect this important base in Vietnam.
While the Chinese Expeditionary Force was preparing, the Japanese troops on the Chinese battlefield simultaneously launched attacks on the Chinese Army on major battlefields in the north and south. In the Henan battlefield, the Japanese army quickly captured Zhengzhou and Changsha in the south of the Yangtze River. The ninth theater used several American mechanized troops as the assault force to withstand the Japanese attack. However, General Xue Yue still used his "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" and was defeated by the cunning Japanese army. After seeing through it, he suddenly changed his tactics and captured Changsha in one fell swoop.
Under the sudden situation on the battlefield in China, Chiang Kai-shek sent several telegrams in a row, requesting the Chinese Expeditionary Force to immediately launch a campaign against Vietnam to curb and distract the Japanese offensive.
General Stilwell received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek and cursed angrily, "What else will this bald man do besides defeating the battle? We have just ended the Laos campaign and are not fully prepared for supplies. Now we are asking the Chinese Expeditionary Force to launch an offensive. It is not child's play." ?"
Yue Hanping and other Chinese generals understood Chiang Kai-shek's difficulties very well, especially Yue Hanping, who knew Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts very well. The reason why Chiang Kai-shek is unwilling to put all the mechanized troops into battle is to preserve his strength and compete for the capital of the world in the future.
Then again, the Chinese ** team, which has been in a strategic stalemate, was unprepared. The frontline generals were at a loss for a sudden attack by the Japanese army, which was a reflection of that lack of preparation. It can be said that the Japanese army launched this campaign with a clear strategic purpose and great changes in tactics. On the contrary, the Chinese generals lacked clear strategic goals and tactical means. Therefore, when they were suddenly attacked by the Japanese army, they all appeared panicked and disorganized, resulting in important Strategic locations were repeatedly lost.
Sun Liren and others secretly sighed that such a good international situation was actually defeated by a group of incompetent domestic generals. As a result, large areas of land were lost and a large amount of equipment was lost.
Weng Zhaoyuan punched the table, "Damn, these theater commanders should be shot! What do 90 art masters do for food, and the Central Army is equipped with carbines produced by domestic arsenals? Why are they so unbeatable!" "
Yue Hanping quietly pulled his sleeves to stop him from complaining. After clearing his thoughts for a while, Yue Hanping said: "Okay, everyone, please stop complaining. The domestic war situation is critical. The Japanese army has launched an attack on the Hengyang front line in Hunan. Once Hengyang is lost, the Japanese army will drive straight into Guangxi and go straight to Zhennanguan to really break through. My opinion is to launch the Vietnam campaign immediately. Even if we lose the domestic battlefield, as long as we capture Saigon, we will still cut off the Japanese army¡¯s mainland communication line.¡±
The other generals agreed, so Yue Hanping, on behalf of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, requested General Stilwell to launch the Vietnam campaign. General Stilwell looked at Yue Hanping helplessly, "Yue, you are a Chinese, and your Chinese Expeditionary Force insists on executing Chiang Kai-shek's orders. How can I stop you? However, I really don't want you to pay a lot of money." casualties. You are all excellent soldiers, do you understand what I mean?"
Yue Hanping said faintly: "Thank you General Stilwell, but our motherland needs us to launch an offensive campaign to contain the Japanese offensive on the periphery and cut off the Japanese army's mainland supply line. As Chinese people, we have no choice."
General Stilwell nodded to express his understanding, "The supplies we have in reserve may not be enough for your needs. I will try my best to ensure your supply, but you must be prepared. If you encounter difficulties, you can only solve them on your own."
Yue Hanping came back from General Stilwell and immediately called the headquarters logistics department.The commander asked him to comprehensively request ammunition storage. In addition, he discussed with the Lao government to borrow a batch of Japanese ammunition in stock that was transferred to Laos to increase the ammunition storage of the expeditionary force. After everything was arranged, Yue Hanping secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Grandma, luckily I am prepared. The caliber of our firearms is the same as that of the Japanese army. In an emergency, we can use Japanese ammunition." To be continued. .
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