roccoschili Chapter 879: Attacking Southern Myanmar
Chapter 879: Attacking Southern Myanmar
On June 1945, 6, at a top-secret test site more than 21 kilometers north of Hohhot on the Inner Mongolia prairie, a missile took off into the sky, aiming directly at the Alxa Desert.
After flying for 600 kilometers, a deafening explosion occurred at a shooting range in the Alxa Desert.
At the test site in Hohhot, a telegram was received moments later.
"Reporting to Chief of Staff Wang and President Lin, the test launch of the Vostok 1 surface-to-surface strategic missile was successful!"
Wang Meng and Lin Shubing looked at each other excitedly. This giant weapon, which is 18 meters long and 1.7 meters in diameter, can hit anywhere it is pointed at 102 kilometers away, all thanks to all the scientists and technicians of the Institute.
"Director Qian, on behalf of the Independent Column and all the Chinese people, I would like to express my gratitude to you. What was fired was not a missile, but the determination of the Chinese people to defend their country!"
"Chief of Staff, you are too kind. If we didn't have such favorable conditions and support from all walks of life, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to complete the missile test launch on schedule even if we worked ourselves to death."
"Don't be modest. Your next goal should be to improve accuracy and increase range. You should also consider cooperating with the 101 Research Institute to increase the power of the missile!"
The 102 Institute naturally knew what the 101 Institute's research object was. Once the missile's warhead could be replaced with a nuclear warhead, the power would be greatly enhanced.
Just launching a few of these weapons at the enemy's large and medium-sized cities can directly paralyze the enemy's logistics system and destroy their resistance consciousness. It is an absolute killer.
"Okay, let's keep going!"
"Again, give out bonuses!"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he returned to Pingshun with Lin Shubing. Among the three major weapons, only the jet aircraft developed by the 103 Institute was left. Some time ago, Wang Meng handed over all the drawings of the J-6 to the 103 Institute. Combined with the previous technical accumulation, it is expected that the aircraft test flight will be completed this year.
However, when Wang Meng returned to Pingshun, he saw Li Yunlong with a gloomy face.
"Lao Li, what's wrong with you? Who has offended you again?"
"See for yourself."
After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he took out a telegram and put it in front of Wang Meng.
He took it and looked at it, his face darkened.
It turned out that the three giants of the Yalta Conference jointly put pressure on China. If it failed to send troops to southern Burma within one month, they would invalidate the Yalta Agreement and revoke China's status as a victorious country. Then the rights and interests of Japan and foreigners in Germany would all be invalidated.
"It seems that the Japanese have put a lot of pressure on the M countrymen in the Southeast Asian battlefield, and now they are getting anxious! And the E countrymen, are they starting to fight in the Far East now that the European battlefield is going smoothly?"
Lin Shubing frowned and read the telegram again. It seemed that there was no room for maneuver.
"It seems that we can't avoid it this time. Once Country E is freed up from Europe and sends troops to Japan, we will really be useless."
Wang Meng thought for a long time and said to Li Yunlong:
"Old Li, if that's the case, we will send troops to northern Myanmar, open up the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and capture Yangguang Port!
By the way, Shubing, please keep an eye on the 101st and 103rd Institutes for me during this period. Once the 101st Institute completes the research and development of air-dropped atomic bomb technology, we can completely destroy the Japanese will to resist and reduce the casualties of Southern Myanmar. "
Lin Shubing felt obliged to do so. Letting China's atomic bomb explode on Japanese soil was probably the greatest wish of every Chinese with blood in his veins.
"Okay, I'll go to Lop Nur now and coordinate with all my strength!"
"Brother, this time is very important!"
Lin Shubing was stunned. The last time he heard Wang Meng say this was when they were fighting terrorists.
"rest assured."
After saying that, Lin Shubing went directly to the airport and headed straight for Lop Nur again.
Li Yunlong looked at Wang Meng worriedly. Li Yunlong, who was always quick-witted, was unable to speak.
Because once the independent column sent troops to the Burma Road, it would mean completely tearing up the secret agreement with Japan. At that time, Japan would not suffer in silence and would definitely make the secret agreement public. Then Wang Meng would become a complete traitor.
Wang Meng forced a smile on his face to comfort Li Yunlong.
"Old Li, I know what you are worried about. It doesn't matter. At worst, I can step down and become an ordinary soldier, fighting against Wang Ming. This is what I used to do.
In addition, all aspects of our smooth operation are on the right track, a virtuous cycle, as long as we follow the procedures, there will be no problem in overtaking others. Moreover, although I am no longer in office in name, I am ready to step up at any time if needed.”
Li Yunlong waved his hand, interrupted Wang Meng directly, and then turned around firmly.
"Okay, stop talking! No matter how the world views you, Lao Li, Lao Zhao, and the millions of people in the independent column will absolutely and unconditionally stand by your side!"
Wang Meng felt warm in his heart, as if the pressure of "disgrace" had disappeared.
"Okay! Then order the Fifth and Sixth Armies to prepare for the march and formally attack Southern Burma on July 7!"
"agree!"
During this month, Wang Meng tried his best to make detailed deployment of the industrial cluster he was responsible for, to ensure that he was really no longer in this position and everything would not be affected.
Even though he had stepped down, the independent column including Li Yunlong still recognized him, but would the masses who did not know the truth have resistance?
Wang Meng did not dare to take any risks. Time was too precious now. No trouble could be allowed to occur and no unexpected situations could disrupt the "First Five-Year Plan."
1945年7月21日，独立纵队第五集团军及第六集团军，共计12个装甲师、3个山地步兵师、2个炮兵师、5个炮兵旅，共计32万人先后渡过怒江，向缅南国境内的小鬼子发动进攻。
The Fifth Army attacked Myitkyina, and then launched an offensive towards Mong Kung, Mong Kwan and Yingduo in the north-central part of southern Burma to annihilate the enemy in the western part of the Burma Road.
The Sixth Army attacked Bhamo and Namkham, then moved south along the Burma Road, conquering Lawu, Qiaomei, Mandalay, and even Yangguang.
Myitkyina was the first battle of the Independent Column after entering southern Myanmar, and the Independent Column attached great importance to it.
The commander of the Fifth Army, Hu Lian, did not sleep well the whole night. At six o'clock in the morning, all the planes of the Flying Tigers were dispatched, together with the 700th to th Air Divisions of the Western Air Force Group, a total of fighter planes of various types, launched an early morning bombing on Myitkyina and the surrounding areas of Mongkaung, Dakri, and Bhamo.
The Japanese Third Flying Army quickly took off two hundred planes from airports in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and other places to intercept and attack the aviation division and the Flying Tigers.
However, Xu Gun had a plan in place. All the bombers were placed in a circle on standby. Except for a small number of fighter planes that were left behind to protect the bomber formation, the rest of the more than 500 fighter planes were all put into air combat with the Japanese aircraft.
The number of planes in the independent column was at least twice that of the Japanese.
After an hour of fierce air fighting, the Independent Column and the Flying Tigers shot down 76 enemy planes and damaged 30 at the cost of losing 20 planes and damaging 15 planes, successfully driving away the enemy planes.