mtl008 Chapter 547 Fear
Chapter 547 Fear
547 Fear
"But it doesn't matter. Even if these Japanese soldiers are not afraid of death, they can still stand in front of our artillery bunkers.
It will only be torn into pieces."
Stilwell was still very optimistic at this time.
The Japanese landing operation lasted from the afternoon until the evening before it finally came to an end.
The defending British army did not suffer heavy casualties.
Because the Japanese army forced a beach landing, they suffered much greater casualties than the British army, and the bodies of the Japanese could be seen everywhere on the beach.
"Fuck, these Japanese soldiers are like mad dogs, so scary."
“Yes, they seem to be not afraid of death.
I really don’t understand what these people are thinking.”
"This is all brainwashing, it's terrible."
At night, on the British front line of defense, some British officers gathered together to complain.
During the day's battle, they defended their positions.
However, the fearless and terrifying charge of the Japanese devils really scared the British troops.
In addition, the shadow of their main force in Singapore being annihilated by the Japanese still looms over them.
This made these British officers and soldiers fear the Japanese from the bottom of their hearts.
If it weren't for this time, they had a large number of troops, sufficient weapons and ammunition, and Stilwell's death order.
These British troops were still unwilling to fight the Japs.
Moreover, this time, he was brought to Rangoon by Stilwell to participate in the 100,000 British troops who participated in the battle to prevent the Japanese from landing.
There were nearly 20,000 real British troops and 80,000 Indian vassal troops.
The proportion of new recruits is not very high.
Most of the new recruits were arranged by Stilwell to the rear in the area from Rangoon to Beliaon, forming the second and third lines of defense.
With the support of these British veterans, they fought quite well during the day's battle.
But the fear in my heart still hasn't disappeared.
Just as these British officers were hiding in the trenches and chatting.
On the sea, the Japanese landing speedboats were speeding towards them.
Yamashita Fengwen ordered the landing Japanese troops to launch a night attack.
Soon, the roar of the Japanese landing speedboat engines also disturbed the British army.
"The enemy attacked at night."
"Send the flares quickly."
Bang bang bang!
As the lights rose into the air, the British officers saw that groups of Japanese devils who were carrying out a night attack were rushing towards them.
"Fire!"
Da da da!
Boom boom boom!
A fierce battle unfolded at night.
"General, position seven is in danger.
Requesting assistance. "
"General, the situation at beachhead No. 5 is urgent. Requesting support."
In the middle of the night, Stilwell at his headquarters received a series of urgent requests for help from various British troops fighting on the front lines.
"Wang Defa, what's going on?
Why are you all asking for help? "
Stilwell roared loudly in the headquarters.
In fact, at this time, the British positions on the front line were not in a very critical situation.
However, due to the night attack, the British commanders at various defensive positions on the front line had no idea how many more Japanese soldiers were coming from behind.
The fear in my heart is growing, and I am worried that my position will be lost.
So he asked Stilwell for support.
"Notify the reserve team and have them provide support to positions five and seven."
In the end, Stilwell had no choice but to send out part of his reserve troops.
He was also afraid that the Japanese would really break through the front-line positions.
The battle lasted until the second half of the night, and the Japanese night attack team had been repelled three times.
Two to three thousand Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded.
Even the Japanese front-line chief of staff couldn't stand it anymore and shouted to Ono Kota, the Japanese commander who was in charge of the landing operation, "Commander, we can't attack like this.
The casualties were too great, and the British army's preparations were too repetitive, so they couldn't attack."
"Baga, shut up.
The commander has given a strict order that the attack cannot stop for even a moment.
A beachhead must be secured before daybreak."
The Japanese commander, Ono Yukita, scolded.
“Continue to send troops to attack.
The 9th Brigade of the 5th Division was also notified to prepare for battle.
After daybreak, it will be their turn to go on stage.”
"Hi!"
Seeing that Ono Yukita was determined, the Japanese chief of staff had no choice but to go and convey the order.
All of this was actually Yamashita Tomoyuki's strategy, and Ono Kota did not dare to disobey.
Yamashita Tomoyuki's plan was very simple, which was to use the more than 30,000 Japanese invaders he brought as cannon fodder, regardless of casualties, to open a gap in the British defense forces.
Then, he ordered his most elite Fifth Division to charge in through this gap.
After all, isn't that what these traitors are used for?
The rumbling sound of artillery fire continued throughout the entire night and never stopped.
Until dawn on May 2nd, the attack of the 32,000 Japanese troops did not stop.
After a day and night of attack, the 32,000 Japanese troops suffered extremely tragic casualties, with more than one-third of them killed or wounded.
The brutal battle frightened most of the new recruits of the British and Indian vassal forces.
Even the 20,000 British troops who served as the backbone of the army had never seen such a brutal battle.
"Devils, they are all a bunch of devils."
The psychological defenses of many Indian vassal soldiers collapsed and they were defeated.
Fortunately, there was a supervision team composed of British veterans who shot and killed hundreds of deserters in succession, thus preventing the defeat from worsening.
At nine o'clock in the morning on the 2nd, a group of Japanese invaders finally broke into a British defensive position.
"Ah, shit!"
The leader of the team was a captain of the Korean servant army, who stared fiercely at the British troops and Indians who appeared in front of him.
Pounce on him madly.
At this time, the number of British soldiers and Indian puppet soldiers on the position was actually far greater than the number of Japanese devils who rushed up.
However, no one dared to step forward and fight these traitors.
There was fear in the eyes of these British soldiers and Indian puppet army soldiers. They looked at these blood-covered Japanese devils as if they were devils.
Just like that, just a few dozen Korean vassal soldiers killed and destroyed the British position which still had hundreds of people.
Then they defended on the spot and waited for more Japanese soldiers to come through the gap they opened.
"Commander, good news.
Park Sang's troops opened a gap here."
After a while, the Japanese chief of staff pointed at the map excitedly and reported to Ono Kota.
"Yoshi, Park Sang's subordinates are great.
Quick, notify other troops and provide support immediately.
We must guard that gap.
Notify the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division and they will begin their attack.
We must make a concerted effort to break through the British shore defense line."
Ono Yuta gave the order excitedly.
"The commander is right, these British are totally vulnerable. We just need to amplify the fear in their hearts.
They will collapse and surrender.”
Soon, more landing craft carrying two elite regiments of the Japanese Fifth Division rushed towards the coast from the Japanese fleet at sea.
The Fifth Division is the most elite division in Yamashita Tomoyuki's 25th Army, with extremely strong combat effectiveness.