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Chapter 303: Mandalay's defense is empty

What is the hard currency in modern warfare? Of course, it is oil. As a fuel, the army of any country cannot do without it.

Even the Tang Dynasty, which had backward military strength, needed it very much!

But the fuel in the system is free and can be taken out endlessly!

Xu Le once thought, why sell arms? Just sell fuel directly, it’s a no-cost business!

However, when he had not taken any actual action and was just thinking about it, the system seemed to sense his thoughts, and a panel immediately appeared, and then the panel flashed red.

"Ding, any free accessories provided by the system, including but not limited to fuel, gun barrels, tracks, tires, etc., cannot be used for arms transactions, otherwise 10 times the military merit points of the transaction price will be deducted!"

"Ding, if the current military merit points are not enough for deduction, the system will accumulate the amount owed until all deductions are completed!"

Even though fuel accessories and the like were valuable, they were not as valuable as military merit points, so Xu Le completely gave up the idea.

Although he didn't know whether the system was a scam or not, it was better not to try some things!

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In modern warfare, Xu Le also fully understood the disadvantages of not having air superiority. If the J-7 is not deployed, the bombers will not be able to carry out cluster bombing deep into the rear of the Japanese.

This resulted in the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division's main force crossing the Jesha Bridge, but its march to Indo was much slower.

The speed of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division also directly affected the 101st Motorized Infantry Division in the north. Indochina is one of the major cities in Myanmar besides Yangon and Mandalay. In order to protect the troops attacking India, the Japanese built a very strong defense here.

After such a delay, the 56th Division came from Mandalay to support, and a heavy artillery regiment appeared out of nowhere. It was equipped with 8 Meiji 240 Type 10mm howitzers. Although the range was only 200 kilometers, it was powerful and the weight of the shells reached kilograms.

Dai Ming never expected that the Japanese would have such a huge cannon, and it appeared suddenly, resulting in one tank of the tank battalion being blown up on the spot.

However, the Japanese did not seem to have any intention of firing continuously. After firing a shell, each gun hid itself. The helicopter reconnaissance company was unable to find the location of the artillery position for a while.

In addition, without air superiority, helicopters dare not go too deep.

Therefore, the 101st Motorized Infantry Division stopped the attack and took this opportunity to wait for the progress of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division!

As for Xingwei, the battle situation was overwhelming. The 176th Armored Division alone had two armored regiments and 200 tanks, which was more than the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 101st Motorized Infantry Division combined. So it only took half a day for the two armored regiments to occupy all the streets in Xingwei.

With the powerful Type 1 infantry fighting vehicles of the 86st Mechanized Infantry Regiment in hand, it only took one day for the entire Xingwei to fall into the hands of the 176th Division.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese garrison in Xingwei had already fled to Lashio.

In Lashio, the 5th Division and the 5th Tank Division that came from Mandalay for support were already preparing there. Together with the retreating Japanese troops from Xingwei, the total force was close to 20, with more than 500 artillery pieces and about 600 tanks.

At the First Army Headquarters, Fang Yue looked at the sand table carefully, and from time to time moved the flags representing the troops of both sides. Suddenly, he discovered a big omission by the Japanese!

"Someone, go and get Director Wei over here!"

Wei Junjun's intelligence department was in the military headquarters, so he rushed over two minutes later. Before she could speak, Fang Yue hurriedly asked: "Director Wei, last time you confirmed the general deployment of the Japanese in Burma. Let me ask you, have the Japanese made any other large-scale movements in the past two days?"

Wei Junjun did not answer immediately, but looked at the layout on the sand table, then looked at Fang Yue who was excited and said: "Except for the reserve troops of the Japanese in Mawlamyine who are rushing to Mandalay, and the undetermined movement of the Thai Burapha Army, the distribution of the rest of the Japanese is similar to the positions on your sand table!"

"That's great, that's great!" Fang Yue excitedly pulled Wei Junjun's hand in joy, causing Wei Junjun to pull away with a look of disgust.

"Captain Fang, what happened to you? Is there some great news?"

Fang Yue realized his own gaffe, and after restraining his expression, he said: "Look, whether it is the 5th Division and other units that reinforced Lashio, or the 56th Division and other units that reinforced Indo, they were originally the last force of the devils in Burma, and were used to garrison Mandalay!

But what about now? In order to protect Indo and Lashio, the Japanese transferred all these troops away.

Although the Japanese reserve troops from Mawlamyine are on their way, the journey is too long and they may not arrive even after another seven days!"

Before Fang Yue could continue, Wei Junjun noticed something was going on, so he quickly said, "Yes, facing our main force, the devils are too greedy. They want to keep both Indo and Lashio, so they divided their manpower into two parts!

This resulted in Mandalay's city defense being empty. If our army sent a surprise force to attack Mandalay from the rear, it would be easy to capture it without much effort.

By then, whether it is Yingduo or Lashio, their retreat routes will be cut off by us, and then our army will encircle them from three directions, with a great chance of completely annihilating the Japanese Burmese Front Army! "

After saying that, Wei Junjun turned around and ran out the door, saying as he walked: "General Fang, I will go to confirm the exact location of the Mawlamyine Japanese troops and tell you within today!"

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Bamao, Xu Le was watching the naval officers and soldiers getting familiar with the warships assigned to them, especially the two submarines. They had never seen them before. Each of them was like a curious cat, gently stroking the hull of the submarine, as if stroking a child, for fear that the submarine would be damaged if they used a little force.

"What? Wei Junjun is here to borrow an Apache again? Doesn't Fang Yue have a helicopter?"

Xu Le is now very worried about the safety of his two private planes. The entire army is secretly concerned about them, and even the Intelligence Department often asks to borrow them.

Xu Da spread his hands and said, "Director Wei said that he would send people to investigate the traces of the Japanese troops in Mawlamyine. That would involve entering the airspace over an unknown area under the Japanese control, which is very dangerous! The performance of the Z-5 is not good enough, and there are no self-defense weapons, so he asked us to borrow the Apache!"

"Haha..." Xu Le sneered, "He is not only borrowing Apaches, but also borrowing people. In addition to the guards, there are a few people who can skillfully drive Apaches! This is a very dangerous behavior. Did she tell me what she was going to do?"

"She said Commander Fang will explain to you."

Thinking that Fang Yue was also involved, it must be some important military operation, so he agreed and asked Zhou Xingxing to go there in person to help.

Sure enough, Fang Yue arrived at Bhamo in a Z-5 helicopter an hour later and told everyone the whole story!

"So, you're here to borrow the navy?"