On the evening of 17 July, Fang Lin, the 2nd Light Division of the Song Rapid Strike Column, who was in the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Calcutta, reported on the experience and losses of the Japanese air raid on Mapagadi.
Song Yuhang knew that even if he had American-style mechanized equipment, he still lacked command personnel of professional arms, and that the rapid training of the US military could only play a guiding role, and that the generals of the Chinese Expeditionary Force did not have to explore the laws of war in the course of war, and that they would inevitably have to pay the price since they were studying.
Song Yuhang knows that this is an objective fact, and it is also a process that must be experienced, in the encrypted high-frequency radio, Song Yuhang explained and comforted Chang Tianfang and Fang Lin, so that the two of them let go of their burdens, there is no heroic army in this world, don't be afraid and fear of failure, it is normal to encounter defeat on the unpredictable battlefield, even the martial saint Guan Gong has a time when he was defeated and took Maicheng, since it is a war, there is this sacrifice, the most important thing is how to draw inferences from one case to reflect on it, this "heavy punch" The core purpose of the plan was to strike at the main force of the Indian nationals and at the same time plunder the Japanese-controlled areas in order to obtain enough prisoners.
The Chinese Expeditionary Force has gone from the remnants of the 200th Division of Tonggu to today, Song Yuhang has always been the indispensable core and backbone of this collective, although he is very arrogant and domineering to the outside world, but for his subordinates, Song Yuhang has always cared for and not lost his majesty, and his prestige is established by his practical actions, Tonggu, Pingmanna, Mandalay, Savage Mountain, defending Kunming, Song Yuhang is like a centurion fighting at the forefront, and most of the generals are commanding the battle in the command post far away from the battlefield.
During this period, Song Yuhang was wounded many times, he used his practical actions to win the admiration of the officers and soldiers, and established a very high prestige in the army, and a series of great victories pushed his prestige to the apex, he became a god of war in the eyes of the Chinese, for ordinary people, he is a person who only exists in legends.
On 20 June, the 2nd Army of the Indian National Army, under the command of Pasteurye, approached the vicinity of Mapagadi in the evening.
Prior to this, Basmodye had received a notification from the rear that the 5th Division of the Japanese Army Air Force had dispatched more than 50 fighters to bomb Mapagady, and the town of Mapagadi had already been razed to the ground in Basmodee's telescope.
Even so, Basmodye cautiously sent three waves of company-based scouts in succession, and these Indian scouts were told by their superiors that Mapagadi had actually been abandoned by the squadron, and all they had to do was to pretend to search and then guide the main force into Mapagadi, and that's it.
Since even the army commander Basdeye swore that he said so, the Indian officers and men who carried out the reconnaissance mission were naturally convinced that no, these almost simple-minded Indian officers and soldiers really regarded this reconnaissance mission as an outing, and they swaggered in a four-way column and went straight to the small town of Mapagadi along the public road.
The Indian army did not even open the straggler line, and they were laughing and laughing and boldly advancing on the road, as if they were not in a state of combat, and compared with the Indian army's incredible, the Chinese soldiers hidden in the trenches less than 20 meters away from the road were going through the most incredible test they thought were being tested.
The Indian officers and men did not even send anyone to check the trenches near the road, and they were calm and laughing under the guns of the Chinese soldiers, and they felt that the Chinese soldiers thought that these Indians must be crazy.
In the eyes of Indian officers and soldiers.
It has been blown up: I'm afraid I won't be able to find a single mouse in the ruins, and our mission is to enter Mapagadi as soon as possible.
Then shoot two red flares to find a clean place for your troops to camp.
End this nightmarish continuous march and sleep beautifully.
Then enjoy a meal of beef coffee that the commander had promised a long time ago India is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country.
Buddhists, Puritans, etc., regarded eating animal fats such as butter as an inferior and despicable act.
For this reason, during the reign of the East India Company, there was also a large-scale armed uprising.
So not all Indian soldiers were interested in the so-called beef coffee.
Though.
Damn green beans are the most hated food of almost all Indian officers and soldiers, but at least they conform to the eating habits of different doctrines.
For some Indian soldiers with an indifferent attitude.
Even during the reign of the British.
They are able to eat beef and coffee every year, and there are only a handful of days.
Now it's a different master.
Life seems to be much harder than before.
Even the poor supply of beans doesn't seem to be so abundant anymore.
When Fang Lin put down the binoculars, he frowned in confusion.
He was bewildered by the fact that these three waves were only a road apart, and that the Indian army had no fear, and he could not see at all that the Indians meant that it was a tactical test, but they did not even open the most basic straggler line.
Could it be that the Indians are really cheap enough to test the opponent's firepower in a dense formation with a company of ground troops, and one faction is three waves.
This is clearly out of the ordinary.
Ultimately.
Fang Lin decided to take a risk.
Taking advantage of the distance between the Indian infantry companies and their entry into the small town of Mapagadi, the line of sight was cut off.
Disarm them silently Fang Lin's approach was undoubtedly very risky, he gambled that the Indians did not have the determination and will to resist to the end at the cost of their lives, Fang Lin thought that he had to find out the movements and strength of the Indian National Army, and the position of Mapagadi was from Calcutta The combat radius of the military fighters is on the edge, so the US military is unable to provide timely and effective air supremacy and aerial reconnaissance intelligence for rapid strikes.
When the Indian infantry company entered the small town of Mapagadi, two battalions of Chinese soldiers appeared around the Indians like divine soldiers, and as the company commander, Mayer, who had just been promoted to lieutenant for less than a month, could have a goose egg in his open mouth.
Maiel looked around and confirmed that it was the squadron that surrounded them, and the first thing he did was to greet all the eighteen generations of Pasteur's ancestors in his heart, not that Mapagardi was empty, there was indeed no one, but a large group of people.
Looking at the black muzzles around them, most of the Indian soldiers' weapons were still hanging on their shoulders, and the only two heavy machine guns and four light machine guns in the Maile Company were still on the bodies of the four mules.
In fact, Fang Lin ignored the origin and composition of the Indian army, and the Anglo-Indian army was formed for the purpose of maintaining British colonial rule, and their mission was to suppress internally, similar in nature to the police force, and the Chinese used the Indians to suppress the Indians.
The core of the Indian people in Bauss is mostly Indian soldiers from the British and Indian armies, and the combat effectiveness of the Indian National Army, which was formed on the basis of a unit that had no intention of undertaking foreign combat missions at all, can be imagined.
When the second Indian infantry company swaggered into the small town of Mapagadi, and after being surrounded by the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the captain of the Indian National Army who led the team was first frightened and surprised, and then turned into a smile on his face and actively cooperated with the Chinese soldiers to disarm the troops under his command.
The two infantry companies of the Indian National Army, which were the vanguard reconnaissance units, which had entered the small town of Magadi one after another, seemed to be quietly steaming in the world, and this strange scene made the third infantry company stop, and more than 100 Indian officers and soldiers stood in the middle of the road in all kinds of boredom, waiting for the company commander to ask his superiors.
The company-level combat units of the Indian nationals have radios, and the signal squad that flies the signal liaison flag is under the direct jurisdiction of the battalion headquarters, so the company commander Imo had to send a signal soldier to run for instructions.
Standing on the high ground outside the city, Badye angrily put down his binoculars, he didn't know why the first two companies were able to faithfully carry out the order, but the third infantry company stopped outside the town, and sent a ridiculous communication soldier, the distance of the three roads made the communication soldier walking alone on the road look very funny, standing on the road doing nothing, waiting for the infantry company like an idiot, which made Pasteye feel extremely annoyed.
Fang Lin left the artillery corps, believing that such an army as the Indian National Army was simply an insult and a desecration of the word "army", and fighting against such an opponent, no matter how brilliant the results achieved, was not worth mentioning.
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Soon the news came from the inspectors that the main force of the Indian National Army appeared about 5 kilometers away, about 35,000 people, and follow-up artillery and supplies were arriving one after another, and the Indian infantry had already laid out the attack sequence.
Since the main force of the Second Army of the Indian National Army had entered the effective range of the artillery groups of the First Heavy Division and the Second Light Division, Fang Lin picked up the wireless line and got in touch with Chang Tianfang, who was hiding in the valley and waiting, and planned that after the shelling, the First Heavy Division would outflank the left flank of the Indian National Army, and the main force of the Second Light Division would outflank from the right flank, dismembering and surrounding it like two sharp knives, and then dividing and annihilating it.
"Fire" Fang Lin's cold and low voice without a trace of emotion seemed to open the gates of hell, and the long-awaited rapid strike column in the woods southwest of the town of Mapagadi let out a thunderous roar.
The 7 Priest self-propelled howitzer equipped by the Chinese Expeditionary Force is a modification after 1943 and is based on 4 medium tanks as a chassis, called the 7B11 self-propelled howitzer.
Its combat weight is almost 23, its crew is 7 people, the main armament is 1 Type 2 1C5 mm howitzer with a maximum range of about 11 km, and the auxiliary armament is 1 inch 2 machine gun.
To be honest, Song Yuhang was not satisfied with the 7 self-propelled howitzer at first, because the 7 self-propelled howitzer has an open structure at the top, and the protection of the top is poor, and if it encounters an approaching attack by enemy mortar weapons, the combatants will suffer heavy casualties.
However, Song Yuhang still cherishes these hard-won 7 self-propelled howitzers very much, because the self-propelled artillery provided by the United States to the Chinese Expeditionary Force is very few, and most of the artillery of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is towed, and it is difficult for these artillery, which are towed by vehicles, to move with the mechanized troops.
Compared with the 7 Priest self-propelled howitzer, Song Yuhang was more inclined to the 40 "Long-Range Tom" 155 mm self-propelled gun with stronger firepower, longer range and better protection, but helplessly, both Roosevelt and Marshall refused to provide this expeditionary self-propelled gun for the Great Campaign Corps to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and Song Yuhang tried his best to no avail.
However, in the eyes of Fang Lin and Chang Tian, hitting the Indians with 05mm howitzers is really a serious waste, because these Indian National Army cannot be called armies at all.
To be continued: