Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The Sixth Division gained a lot from this battle. After dawn, the Japanese left more than 4,000 corpses. Only two people in the Sixth Division were slightly injured, one had a burned hand and the other had a sprained foot.

Li Anping was not in a hurry to attack. While cleaning the battlefield, he did not forget to send a telegram to Angel and MacArthur. He killed four thousand Japanese troops in one night. It was a rare victory since the outbreak of the war. The Japanese now knew the strength of the East Indian Army. Such a record

It will be difficult to replicate next.

After a day's rest, the troops continued to advance. This time the Japanese learned their lesson and no longer took the initiative to attack. Instead, they used the terrain to cause trouble for the Allied forces equipped with a large number of vehicles.

Destruction is always easier than construction. The Allies were building roads as they moved, which was inherently difficult.

The Japanese planted explosives on the Allied forces' path forward, completely destroying the already rugged mountain paths.

The Allied offensive became more and more difficult. On the second day, they only advanced three kilometers. The soldiers of the Sixth Division began to get sick due to acclimatization. Ambulances transporting sick patients drove into the field hospital one after another. In just one day,

Hundreds of people were hospitalized due to illness.

"Tell the soldiers not to drink unclean water or eat things of unknown origin, and there is no need to hunt to improve their food. Aren't our logistics rich enough?" Li Anping was very angry. Only two people were injured after the battle lasted all night.

Now there are hundreds of non-combat casualties in one day. If this continues, the Sixth Division will not have to wait for the Japanese to attack and will have to withdraw in a few days.

The logistics standards of the East Indian Army are the same as those of the Southern African Army. What they need is provided. Soldiers can eat meat three times a day, and there is fresh vegetables and fruits for each meal. There is no shortage of coffee, chocolate, etc. Many East Indian soldiers

My weight has skyrocketed during this period, and my living standard is better than during the Chinese New Year.

"Our soldiers are not used to fighting with such abundant logistics supplies. They need an adaptation process..." Huang Xiumin sat in the sweltering armored command vehicle without any image. He was shirtless and still dripping with sweat. He didn't want to leave.

Armored vehicles, the shooting skills of Japanese veterans are still very good.

The performance of the Sanba Gai is still very good. It has a long range and high accuracy. Japanese soldiers who have been strictly trained can shoot a single target within 300 meters and a group target within 700 meters. This range is the longest range of most rifles in other countries.

What it can't do is that it has a range comparable to that of most sniper rifles in later generations.

Japan’s Type 97 sniper rifle actually has three quadruple scopes.

The current Japanese army has just expanded. Before the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japanese soldiers underwent rigorous training for several years. Each soldier consumed thousands of bullets for training every year. This amount of training is actually similar to that of the southern African army.

Sharpshooters are fed by bullets.

Just three days ago, Major General Adelaide, deputy commander of the U.S. Rainbow Division, was killed by a Japanese sniper on Mindoro Island, which sounded an alarm for senior Allied commanders.

A bullet as large as 38mm will definitely not be able to penetrate an armored vehicle, so sitting in an armored vehicle is the safest.

"Order the troops to move forward faster. We must reach Manila before June 10th." Perhaps it was because it was too hot, and Li Anping was in a irritable mood.

Before Huang Xiumin could speak, the adjutant knocked on the car door.

"Reporting that the forward troops encountered the Japanese army and a fierce battle broke out, requesting artillery support."

finally come!

Li Anping and Huang Xiumin were instantly refreshed.

What the Allies feared most was the hide-and-seek between the Japanese and the Allies on Luzon Island.

Luzon Island covers an area of ​​109,900 square kilometers. If the Japanese really hide and seek with the Allies, the battle will definitely be protracted and impossible to end in a short time. Onoda can continue to fight for 30 years without any support, which is really impossible for ordinary people.

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Although Onoda is an extreme case, it fully illustrates the tenacity of Japanese soldiers.

Not to mention living in extremely tense battles every day for 30 years. Even if a person is thrown onto an isolated island and has no companions to communicate with for 30 years, I am afraid that person will be driven crazy alive.

There were 300,000 Japanese troops on Luzon Island.

At this time, Li Anping and Huang Xiumin did not realize that the most brutal Battle of Manila in the East Asian battlefield of World War II was about to begin.

The first to exchange fire with the Japanese army was the Surabaya Rifle Regiment from Surabaya. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Bruce, was a senior instructor of the Umbrella Company.

After the battle broke out, Bruce realized that the Japanese army on the opposite side was not a small force. A small Japanese force lacking heavy weapons could not be equipped with heavy machine guns and 92 infantry cannons.

After the fighting broke out, Bruce dispatched "Clouded Leopard" tanks to attack the Japanese positions.

The "Clouded Leopard" tank, which had been invincible in the Malay Peninsula before, finally hit a snag this time.

During the operations in the Malay Peninsula, the Japanese army accumulated rich experience in fighting against the "Clouded Leopard" tanks. The most effective way was to send death squads with explosives or grenades wrapped around their bodies, hiding in the path of the "Clouded Leopard" tank, waiting for the "Clouded Leopard"

"The tanks detonated their explosives as they passed by.

This was also a last resort. The Japanese army seriously lacked anti-tank weapons, and the lives of soldiers were worthless. Replacing one soldier with a "Clouded Leopard" tank was a very cost-effective thing in the eyes of the Japanese commander.

The fact is indeed the case. The East Indian Army imported "Clouded Leopard" tanks from southern Africa. Each one was sold for 45,000 rand. This was a friendly price. The "Leopard" tank used by the southern African army itself was priced at 45,000 rand.

The cost alone was R110,000.

The "Tiger" is the most expensive, costing R150,000 each, making it the most expensive of all tanks in the world.

Compared with the "Clouded Leopard" tank, the cost of Japanese soldiers is too low. The monthly salary of new recruits is only 5.5 yen, which is only enough to buy two pairs of shoes, and the shoes are made in Japan. If they are made in southern Africa,

Yes, that's only enough to buy two pairs of insoles.

Speaking of salaries, before World War I, Japanese soldiers did not receive salaries. Only soldiers who were injured or killed in battle received pensions. Therefore, this can also explain why the discipline of Japanese soldiers deteriorated during the battle. At that time, the Japanese soldiers’

All income comes from robbing, and the top brass of the Japanese army also regard this as the legal income of Japanese soldiers.

Life is not easy for military officers either.

The salary of senior officers is very high, which can be hundreds of times that of ordinary soldiers.

The low-level officers were very pitiful. Not only were their salaries low, but they also had to buy their own uniforms, and even boots and sabers. Therefore, the discipline of the Japanese army was broken from top to bottom.

Not long after the "Clouded Leopard" tank set off, it was attacked by Japanese death squads.

The Japanese were indeed very tolerant, digging a shallow hole on the battlefield just for one person to hide in, and strapping grenades all over their body.

When a "Clouded Leopard" tank passed by a Japanese soldier, the Japanese soldier jumped up and howled towards the unsuspecting "Clouded Leopard" tank.

The East India Army's infantry-tank coordination is very skilled, and the "Clouded Leopard" tank is also protected by infantry during combat.

Although the Japanese death squads were immediately killed by the accompanying infantry.

But the suicide squad had already detonated the grenade on him.

The violent explosion destroyed the track bombs of the "Clouded Leopard" and the communication system. The tank driver in the front suffered a mild concussion and was vomiting. The commander, gunner and loader sitting in the turret also had a hard time. They all

Severe physical discomfort occurred.

The Japanese army sent a large number of death squads. Of the six "Clouded Leopard" tanks sent by Colonel Bruce, four of them lost combat capability shortly after setting off. A Japanese death squad member rushed into the infantry group before detonating explosives. 17 East Indian soldiers were killed.

25 people were injured.

After encountering a setback in the first battle, Colonel Bruce gave full play to his firepower advantage and ordered the troops to not let go of any doubts during the attack, resolutely not giving the Japanese suicide squads a chance to get close to the "Clouded Leopard" tank.

This is actually impossible to do in battle. The Japanese death squads did not even risk their lives. They could endure the pain and remain motionless when bullets hit their bodies. The Japanese heavy machine guns and 92 infantry cannons unleashed their power at the right time. The Surabaya Rifles Regiment

Three consecutive attacks were repelled, and Colonel Bruce had to ask for artillery assistance.

The infantry division of the East India Army is equipped with a powerful heavy artillery unit, equipped with 12 150mm howitzers and 36 120mm howitzers.

There is actually a gap between this and the southern African army. The southern African army is gradually replacing field artillery that needs to be towed by cars with self-propelled artillery in order to keep up with the marching speed of large troops.

Compared with towed artillery, self-propelled artillery requires shorter preparation time for combat, and it is more convenient to move positions. After hitting and running, it does not give the enemy artillery a chance to counterattack. The only disadvantage is that the cost is too high.

Compared with southern Africa, East India is still poor and cannot afford self-propelled artillery, but it can manage enough towed artillery.

Southern Africa is replacing self-propelled artillery, and the eliminated towed artillery is just given to the Southern African Union troops.

It can't be given away for free. Half selling and half giving away is enough. Don't expect second-hand goods to be sold at a brand new price.

The 155mm howitzer equipped by East India is an improved version of Schneider's 1917 155mm howitzer. Its performance has been improved compared to Schneider's. It has a total weight of 3.2 tons, a range of 13.5 kilometers, and a rate of fire of two rounds per minute. Its performance is the same as that of the 92 equipped by the Japanese army.

Infantry artillery has an overwhelming advantage.

What surprised Colonel Bruce was that the fire support provided by the division not only included 155mm howitzers, but also "Sea Eagle" ground attack aircraft. This was what Li Anping applied for from the general headquarters. In terms of pure fire support, "

"Sea Eagle" is certainly more effective than artillery far from the battlefield.

Nowadays, the efficiency of war is indeed very high. During the last world war, artillery observation still required the release of school launch balloons. Now a phone can do it all.

The East India artillery was first-hand trained by the artillerymen of Southern Africa, and their skills were indeed good. It only took three calibration rounds to determine the parameters, and then an overwhelming amount of artillery shells came at them.

When the Japanese army attacked, they actually had to prepare firepower.

Of course, the intensity is much lower than that of the East India troops. According to the "Infantry Drill Code", the East India troops must carry out fire strikes for at least half an hour before each attack. The Japanese can complete the task by firing a few cannons. In the eyes of senior Japanese officers

, the lives of Japanese soldiers were probably not worth as much as artillery shells.

Li Anping and Huang Xiumin were not afraid of spending money. The fire strike lasted for half an hour. At the same time, the "Sea Eagle" attack aircraft also dropped at least five tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs on the Japanese positions. The intensity of this fire strike would make it impossible even if the Japanese troops on the opposite side had

The morale of a division may collapse.

After the firepower began to extend, Colonel Bruce ordered the troops to continue the attack.

This time, Colonel Bruce made a desperate move and invested all the remaining 9 "Clouded Leopards" of the Surabaya Rifles Regiment in an effort to complete the victory in one battle.

The Japanese were tougher than Colonel Bruce imagined.

In the fire attack just now, the Japanese position has been plowed back and forth by artillery shells several times, and the trenches dug so hard have been almost completely destroyed. On the surface, it seems that there is not even a complete firepower point on the Japanese position. "Sea Eagle"

The fire caused by the thrown incendiary bombs has not even been extinguished.

In Colonel Bruce's view, no one on the Japanese position was spared. Even if they were not bombed or burned to death, they would be buried alive.

However, when the East Indian infantry rushed to the Japanese position under the cover of the "Clouded Leopard" tanks, countless Japanese troops suddenly emerged from the position like rats hiding in their holes. Not to mention that the attack failed again, 9 vehicles

Seven tanks were lost, and only two escaped back to the starting position in embarrassment.

This battle is unwinnable.

In the attack just now, if the East Indian soldiers had been more tenacious, they could have wiped out all the Japanese troops with the cooperation of the "Clouded Leopard" tanks.

The East Indian soldiers seemed to be scared out of their wits by the tenacious Japanese soldiers. When the Japanese soldiers howled and charged with bayonets, some East Indian soldiers even turned around and ran away without firing a shot. These people must be unlucky. East Indian soldiers

The army stipulates that anyone who escapes from battle can be shot on the spot.

"These Japanese are simply devils. They have no sense of pain and are not afraid of life and death. Tanks can run over them without saying a word. Our soldiers need to take a rest. They have been fighting for several days. If they continue, they will be in trouble."

It's a problem." Chief of Staff Richard was of East Indian origin and was deeply saddened by the loss of the troops.

"Order the military police to arrest all the soldiers who just ran away." Colonel Bruce looked grim. It was precisely because of those soldiers who ran away that all the soldiers collapsed. If this was not punished, everyone would follow suit in the future.

"What do you want to do?" Richard hesitated. There were hundreds of soldiers who escaped just now. Should they all be shot?

"What do you think should be done?" Colonel Bruce asked Richard.

Richard was speechless.

It is a good thing to love soldiers, but only those soldiers who are loyal to their duties are worthy of love.

Leaving his coat behind and running away on the battlefield is almost like betrayal. If Bruce lets it go easily, then the higher-ups will definitely hold Bruce accountable.

Richard won't be able to run away by then.

Of course, An Qi will definitely not be able to deal with these minor problems at this time.

While the Surabaya Rifles were engaged in a bitter battle, fierce battles broke out between the Allied forces and the Japanese army in many places on a twenty-kilometer-long front. Various signs showed that the Japanese army was also going all out to fight the Allied forces in Manila.

decisive battle.

This is exactly what An Qi wants.