strictlysupreme Chapter 565: The 5th Japanese Army is Destroyed
Chapter 565: The 5th Japanese Army is Destroyed
565 The Japanese Fifteenth Army was annihilated
"No, I can't walk anymore!"
In the dense jungle, Stilwell held onto a big tree, one hand on his waist, and waved his hands breathlessly.
He was surrounded by a dozen members of Task Force 101.
Bang bang bang!
There was continuous gunfire coming from behind.
"General, we can't stop."
The deputy captain of the task force, a standard American officer, came over and said anxiously.
"Captain, they are blocking the pursuing Japanese troops from behind to buy us some time.
We must get rid of this Japanese squad's pursuit as soon as possible.
Otherwise, wait for them to notify more Japanese troops to surround us.
We can’t leave.”
"I know.
But I can’t walk anymore. I’m not one of you young guys.”
Stilwell leaned against a tree, helplessly lamenting that time was making him grow old.
"General, I'll carry you."
An American soldier came over and carried Stilwell on his back.
The team continued to flee deeper into the jungle.
Later, Captain Dugan led the remaining members of the task force, fighting and retreating, delaying the Japanese squad chasing from behind.
"Baga, chase after him!
Don’t let them get away.”
The Japanese squad leader leading the team from behind seemed particularly excited at this time.
After chasing for most of the day, he became more and more certain that there must be a big fish among the allied forces in front.
After a fierce battle.
They captured a member of the task force.
“Yamada-kun, pry his mouth open.
I want to know who their team is protecting."
A miserable cry was heard in the jungle.
Half a day later, a Japanese soldier covered in blood came back and grinned at the Japanese captain, "Captain, I've figured it out.
The local native said they were hired by the Americans.
From Task Force 101.
The person they were protecting was Stilwell."
"Stilwell?
Commander of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia?"
"Yes, that's him."
"Yo, I knew I was right.
Everybody gather together, don't take a break.
Keep chasing me.
We must catch this Yankee commander.
In addition, send someone back to tell the squadron leader and report this news.
This jungle is too big, we need more pursuers."
The Japanese squad leader was extremely excited. If he could capture Stilwell, it would not be a dream to be promoted three levels.
Then, this Japanese squad was like a chicken with its blood pumped up, and continued to stick to Task Force 101.
The 101st Task Force couldn’t get rid of them no matter what.
After all, the achievement of capturing the Allied Commander-in-Chief was too attractive to these devils.
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On the 13th, British General Robert ordered the more than 120,000 surrounded British troops to surrender to the devils collectively.
Ye Qingshan received the news very quickly.
"Damn, these Brits are really fast at throwing."
After reading the telegram, Ye Qingshan was so angry that he threw it away.
Ye Qingshan had thought about this result, but now that it actually happened, Ye Qingshan was still angry.
"Commander, this surrender order was issued by the new British commander Robert.
It wasn’t General Stilwell.”
Chief of Staff Luo Zhuoying noticed this and said.
"General Stilwell is not such a wimp.
Fortunately, now all units of the Japanese 15th Army have been basically wiped out by us.
At this moment, the main force of the British army even in the southern battlefield surrendered to the Japanese.
It doesn’t affect us that much.”
It was for this reason that Ye Qingshan was merely angry when he received the news of the British surrender.
But not too anxious.
It’s just because, after these two days, the expeditionary forces fought their final battle on the northern battlefield.
Last night, most of the main force of the Japanese 33rd Division was annihilated by the Fifth Army and the 66th Army.
Only two or three thousand remaining soldiers fled into the surrounding jungles.
The Fifth Army has already sent people in to encircle and suppress them.
It is no longer important whether these two or three thousand remnant soldiers are wiped out or not.
The main force of the Japanese division was annihilated, and the battle was won.
As for the remnants of the Japanese 55th and 56th Divisions commanded by Watanabe Masao, the situation is slightly different.
Before Zhou Pingkou led the main force of the 86th Army to support the old Japanese Watanabe Masao.
I received the information in advance.
The old devil knew that once the main force of the 86th Army led by Zhou Pingkou arrived and joined forces with the Sixth Army, they would be wiped out completely.
Therefore, Watanabe Masao took advantage of the arrival of Zhou Pingkou's 86th Army.
An order for a full-scale breakout was issued.
He simply divided the more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers under his command into seven or eight teams of various sizes, and plunged into the surrounding jungle.
The main point is to survive first.
Finally, by the 13th, all the Japanese in the three encirclements were basically eliminated.
At this point, more than 80,000 of the 100,000 Japanese soldiers of the 15th Army were wiped out.
The expeditionary force suffered losses of around 30,000 men.
After reading the battle report, Ye Qingshan was also very satisfied.
In other words, in the following days, the expeditionary force's attack was too hasty.
Otherwise, the expeditionary force's losses could have been much less.
With a casualty ratio of nearly one to three, this was considered Ye Qingshan's most brilliant battle.
Of course, this does not take into account the losses of hundreds of thousands of British troops on the southern battlefield.
After all, Ye Qingshan didn't consider them as his own people.
The overall situation on the northern battlefield has been determined, and the overall situation on the southern battlefield has actually also been determined.
That means Yamashita Tomoyuki won, but the price was that the 200,000 British troops who re-entered Burma were almost wiped out.
Next, Ye Qingshan should lead the expeditionary force south to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese 25th Army.
However, before that, there is one important thing.
That is, to rescue Stilwell.
"Where exactly is General Stilwell now?
Have you been caught by the devils?"
Ye Qingshan knew that Stilwell had been on the run.
Therefore, the command of the British army fell back into the hands of the British commander Robert, and as a result, this Robert followed the fine traditions of the British aristocracy.
If you can't win, surrender.
“Commander, a few hours ago, we made contact with Task Force 101, which is protecting General Stilwell.
At that time, they were being chased by the Japanese and were still on the run.
Now, I don’t know what the situation is.”
"Did they say where they are now?"
After hearing this, Luo Zhuoying walked to the map and searched for a long time before pointing his finger at a jungle dozens of miles north of Yangon on the southern battlefield.
“Probably here.
The exact location cannot be determined.”
Ye Qingshan looked at such a remote location and remained silent.
"Alas, it's too far away. We can't reach it at all."
Luo Zhuoying sighed.
Even the more than 10,000 expeditionary troops sent by Ye Qingshan in advance and commanded by Zhang Fa were still far away from the jungle where Stilwell was trapped.
The distance is too far.
Luo Zhuoying felt that this time Stilwell might really be captured by the Japanese.
I was also worried about how to explain this to the domestic command and the Allied forces.
"That's not necessarily the case."
But Ye Qingshan spoke immediately afterwards.
"Ok?"
Luo Zhuoying looked at Ye Qingshan in confusion.