Chapter 653 The power of the people
Although Guo Hengming has 100,000 armed masses in his hands, he knows that these people lack training in running-in, and on the whole, they are still loosely organized and lack cooperation. If they encounter major setbacks in the face of the well-trained Japanese army, they are likely to cause collapse.
However, a large number of people is a huge advantage. Guo Hengming knew how to take advantage of this. He sent special forces members to widely publicize these armed people, telling everyone that there are 100,000 anti-Japanese people in the Golden Triangle, and the enemy is only a few thousand. Everyone can drown them with one spit.
Not only that, Guo Hengming also told everyone that Master Gao Jiu was leading the army to reinforce, so that everyone would not have to worry at all.
Sure enough, the vast anti-Japanese people heard that there were only a few thousand Japanese people, and they all had dozens of people to fight one Japanese. Everyone was full of confidence, not to mention that the invincible Gao Jiuye was leading the army to reinforce. So everyone was full of confidence and enthusiasm, and there was no fear at all. Everyone even had a strong impulse, rushing forward to bully the Japanese.
Despite this, Guo Hengming still did not dare to be careless. He divided the 100,000 anti-Japanese people into several major military groups, each with at least tens of thousands of people. Even so, he did not dare to let these people face the attacks of the Japanese directly. He directed these people to enter the trenches that had been dug before.
Those who cannot enter the trenches due to insufficient number of trenches will organize them to dig the trenches.
The northern area of the Golden Triangle has very strong industrial capabilities. They have a large number of construction machinery and a large number of trench excavators. In a short time, a large number of trenches were dug, allowing all these anti-Japanese people to enter the trenches. This can give full play to the firepower advantages of the large number of anti-Japanese people. Even if they encounter fierce attacks from the Japanese army, they will reduce casualties and avoid causing the collapse of the anti-Japanese people.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese vanguard finally appeared.
Guo Hengming knew that the ordinary people behind him could only fight with the wind, so he must first defeat the spirit of the Japanese army and inspire the morale of these armed people.
He first commanded Li Chengwu's special forces and the construction workers' self-defense force. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had not yet established a stable foothold, he directly launched an attack on the Japanese army under the cover of fierce firepower.
The Japanese army had only one infantry brigade. They did not expect that they directly collided with the most elite Taohuashan Special Forces and the Construction Workers' Self-Defense Force in the North District of the Golden Triangle. The enemy's firepower was so fierce and the tactical level was very high. The Japanese army was caught off guard and was defeated step by step. Soon after, they collapsed and fled desperately to the back.
The armed people in the trenches ahead witnessed all this with their own eyes.
They saw that they defeated the Japanese army so easily, and their morale became even higher. The fear of the Japanese army basically disappeared.
Guo Hengming took the opportunity to send special forces members to widely publicize the news that the Japanese army had defeated.
Everyone thinks that the Japanese are just like this, so their fear has weakened a lot, their morale has become very high, and even a very relaxed mentality has emerged for defeating the Japanese.
The Japanese army that came to attack was the 43rd Brigade of the 22nd Division. The brigade commander Hideichi Kiyomizu, 44 years old this year, is one of the famous generals in the Japanese army.
According to information, the main forces of the anti-Japanese army in this area have been attracted to Yangon City, and the northern area of the Jin Triangle was very empty. He originally thought that he could easily attack the northern area of the Jin Triangle and destroy Gao Jiu's nest, but he did not expect that the vanguard troops would be defeated directly.
However, he was not panicked. He believed that they were facing the only remaining Taohuashan guerrillas in the North District of the Golden Triangle, and the number would not be large.
Shimizu Xiuichi felt that although the vanguard had failed, as long as he mobilized the main force, he would definitely be able to defeat the enemy.
So he ordered a large number of scouts to search and find a roundabout way, and led the main force of the brigade to come over. Soon after, a Japanese regiment rushed to the front and launched an attack on the enemy.
Although the Taohuashan Guerrillas only had one reinforcement squadron and a construction workers' self-defense force of more than 1,000 people, their combat qualities exceeded those of the Japanese army and their firepower exceeded that of the Japanese army's infantry regiment.
Not long after, the Japanese attack was repelled and suffered a lot of casualties. Shimizu Hideichi originally knew that the Taohuashan guerrillas were strong, but he didn't expect that they were so powerful. For a moment, he felt that this battle was not easy to fight.
At this moment, more bad news came.
The scouts reported that countless trenches appeared directly in front and on both wings, and countless people were guarding them. The number was roughly calculated, and at least 100,000 people were no less than 100,000. Shimizu Shui was stunned when she heard this, not understanding where so many enemies suddenly appeared.
After all, he was a warrior who had been through a long battle formation and did not change his original raid plan. He sent a small number of Japanese troops to launch a tentative attack on the defenders.
Soon afterwards, they discovered that, except for the enemy in front, the defenders in other places had large numbers and strong firepower, but their fighting styles were chaotic, and it seemed that they lacked training.
He analyzed and judged that these people might be militias. In order to verify his judgment, he told the troops in front to try to capture the enemy's prisoners and figure out the other party's falsehood and reality.
A Japanese squadron leader led his squadron to attack the positions guarded by the militia in the North District Chemical Plant of the Golden Triangle.
The Japanese offensive tactics were still the same, and the artillery bombed the infantry after bombing the infantry. Such tactics put a lot of pressure on the workers and militias who lacked training. When they saw the Japanese soldiers crawling towards them, their fierce firepower could not stop the enemy, they began to panic.
Soon after, the Japanese soldiers moved to a place 30m away from the trench guarded by the militia and threw grenades, causing great casualties to the militia guarding the trench. Then the Japanese soldiers jumped up and rushed towards the trench.
The militia guarding the first trench were immediately panicked. Many people threw away their weapons and rolled and crawled to the back.
The Japanese soldiers rushed into the first trench. The Japanese squadron leader decided to take advantage of the victory and completely defeated the militias in front of them who were not trained, so he directly led the Japanese soldiers to charge towards the second trench.
Although the workers and militia guarding the second trench were very panicked, they used the large number of submachine guns and light machine guns in their hands to shoot violently, killing many Japanese soldiers rushing up, forcing the Japanese soldiers to retreat to the first trench.
Seeing this situation, the morale of the militia increased again.
The Japanese squadron leader hid behind a hidden object and looked forward with a telescope. When he saw countless trenches in front and the crowded trenches, he felt very discouraged.
At this time, the two Japanese soldiers caught a wounded worker militia and escorted him. The Japanese squadron leader immediately interrogated him. After he figured out the situation ahead, he immediately sent a second lieutenant to report to his superiors.
The information was quickly reported step by step, and soon it reached the ears of the brigade commander Xiuichi Kiyomizu. When he learned that the enemy they were facing actually had 100,000, he couldn't help but feel discouraged. He had only thousands of people under him. Facing such a large number of enemies, even if he fought all of them, he would not be able to attack the North District of the Golden Triangle.
He summoned officers above the corps commander, and after brief discussion, he decided to concentrate the forces of the entire brigade and launch a fierce attack on the enemy in front. As long as they defeat the Taohuashan guerrillas and the construction workers' self-defense forces they faced, those militias who lack organization and training may collapse.
As long as such a situation is created, no matter how many enemies are, they will be a mess and will not pose too much threat. They still have the opportunity to invade the northern part of the Golden Triangle for major damage.
In order to strengthen the attack, Shimizu Xiuichi gathered all the artillery units of the entire brigade and prepared to suppress the main force of the Taohuashan guerrillas on the opposite side with fierce artillery fire and launch an attack on the entire line. At this moment, a huge roar suddenly came from the sky.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of B24 Liberator bombers flew over and flew over the Japanese army, and countless aviation bombs were thrown down.
The Japanese army was preparing to launch an attack, and their formation was very dense. When they saw the enemy bombers flying over, they hurriedly looked for cover and evacuate the troops. But it was too late, and bombs were everywhere, and it was too late for the Japanese soldiers to avoid them.
A large number of aviation bombs exploded in the Japanese army, blowing them to pieces and overturning them. The Japanese cannons were broken into pieces by the explosion of aviation bombs, and almost no artillery was complete.
Shimizu Shuichi was also within the range of the aviation bomb explosion. When he saw the plane start to bomb, he hurriedly lay on the ground. The guards beside him were very loyal to the commander and lay on him.
After a violent explosion, Shimizu Hideichi escaped by chance, but the Japanese soldiers lying on him were all blown up to the point of blood.
Shimizu Hideichi rubbed his ears that were buzzing and looked into the air with his lost eyes, feeling very aggrieved. I wonder why the Japanese superior intelligence department provided such poor intelligence?
First of all, the Japanese intelligence department did not provide that the North District of the Golden Triangle actually had such strong war mobilization capabilities, and suddenly 100,000 armed militias emerged.
The bombing of the enemy air force was beyond their expectations, because the intelligence they received was that the enemy air force and the Japanese air force were both engaged in air combat in the Yangon City area. Somewhere, so many enemy bombers suddenly emerged. Moreover, these enemy bombers came to bomb, but were not intercepted by the fighter jets of the Japanese Eighth Air Force.
How could they know that the Japanese Eighth Air Force and Gao Jiu had already reached a tacit understanding, and it was impossible for them to appear over the North District of the Golden Triangle.
Gao Jiu was worried that although the northern area of the Golden Triangle was crowded, it lacked training after all, and he was worried that these militias could not withstand the Japanese attack. Therefore, when he received Guo Hengming's report, he specially sent a large number of bombers to support him.
Shimizu Hideaki's head was a little confused. He saw the destroyed artillery positions and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers everywhere, and he was not sure what to do. At this time, the roar of bombers came from the sky again. The group of b24 Liberator bombers who had just flew over flew back and continued to launch a second round of bombing against the Japanese army.
Shimizu Xiu no longer had the intention to continue attacking the North District of the Golden Triangle. He decided to escape from his life, so he put oil on his feet and ran towards the way he came.
When Guo Hengming saw the Japanese army retreat, he seized the opportunity and issued an order to attack in full swing.
The armed militia guarding the trenches were all excited when they saw the Japanese army being bombed and howled. When they saw the Japanese army retreating, their morale suddenly increased and their confidence increased.
After hearing the order to attack in full, they rushed out of the trenches and chased the Japanese army all over the mountains and fields.
For any mob, what they are best at is fighting a tailwind. The more the enemy can't resist, the more they are more motivated.
When they saw the Japanese army collapse, everyone tried their best to chase the Japanese army desperately. Many people lost their shoes and still chased them forward.
The Japanese army was well-trained. While they ran, they would leave small troops to cover the retreat of the large troops. However, there were too many enemies. Although many militia fell down under the enemy's guns, they still could not stop the militia's enthusiasm for charging. The militia held submachine guns in their hands and fired while charging.
The weak firepower of the Japanese army holding the 38 guns in their hands was no match for these militias at all. The small Japanese troops who were responsible for cover tasks were soon submerged in the sea of people swarming.
When Guo Hengming and Li Chengwu saw that the overall situation was settled, they were worried that the Japanese army would defeat the militia's offensive momentum, so they simply rushed forward and quickly defeated the Japanese army that was fighting stubbornly.
The Japanese army could not resist such a formation at all. The remaining more than 3,000 Japanese troops were besieged by 100,000 armed people, and they could only escape to their lives.
The Japanese soldiers fled desperately, but their stature was short and their legs were relatively short, and they were not familiar with the terrain, so they did not escape quickly.
Among the militias pursuing, many were locals, familiar with the terrain, and many tall northerners, as well as Europeans from the West.
These people all had long legs and ran faster than the Japanese army.
They soon caught up with the fleeing Japanese troops and wiped them out one by one. The Japanese troops who ran fast and escaped by chance soon had less than 1,000 people left.
Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Guo Hengming was determined to eat the Japanese army in front of him. So he ordered Li Chengwu to lead a Taohuashan special forces to encircle the Japanese army.
Shimizu Hideichi had never fought such a cowardly battle. In this situation, let alone organizing troops to fight back, if you run a little slower, you will be swallowed up by countless anti-Japanese troops holding weapons.
The only thing he can do now is to run away desperately.
He ran for more than an hour and felt that his legs were no longer his own.
Hearing the shouts chasing him a little further away, he sat on the ground.
Only then did he realize that more than 7,000 Japanese soldiers under his command who had been armed to the teeth were now only a few hundred people following him.
He wanted to gather these Japanese soldiers, but he was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to speak. He planned to take the time to rest for a while, then gather the defeated soldiers and continue to escape.
At this moment, the sound of shaking shouts and killing came again, and the anti-Japanese troops all over the mountains and fields chased after him. Xiuichi Kishimizu could only get up again and run away desperately.
Suddenly, there were fierce gunfires in front of him, and then countless bullets were fired.
The Japanese soldiers running in front fell in large numbers. Seeing this situation, he knew that he could not escape.
Chapter completed!