"Commander Li, Commander Wei!"

Yang Fan nodded at Li Zongren and Wei Yunsong, and said with a smile: "This is completely understandable. The Japanese have been preparing for so long and have been holding back their energy, so they will definitely fight to the death at the beginning!

At the same time, I also believe that the 31st Army is an iron army that can fight tough battles. Perhaps the pressure is too great for a while, but the Japanese cannot cross the Salwen River after all, let alone break through the steel defense line of the 31st Army."

Wei Yunsong nodded confidently and said, "Please rest assured, we, the Gui army, have never been afraid to fight with the Japanese!

Over the past few days, these guys have been spoiled by Commander Yang. The good days have become too many and they have become more delicate. Today, let them relive the hard years!"

The 31st Army had a total force of about 50,000. After entering Myanmar, it not only added a large number of automatic weapons such as assault rifles, submachine guns, light and heavy machine guns, but also equipped with heavy weapons such as combat defense artillery, mortars, infantry artillery, Canon howitzers and other heavy weapons, which were greatly improved compared to previous weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness.

At present, the 31st Army is ordered to station the riverside defense line about 35 kilometers long, and this riverside defense line is extremely strong under Yang Fan's massive manpower and material resources at all costs.

So according to the truth, the 31st Army had no reason not to defend this defense line along the river. Even if the entire Japanese division crossed the river at the same time, it would never be possible for the Japanese to break through in a short period of time!

"I naturally believe that the 31st Army brothers can completely defend it! However, our bombers are idle and idle, and it is time for the Japanese to taste what it feels like to get bombs on their heads!"

Yang Fan smiled. At present, the Air Force in Myanmar has made it the top priority to compete for air supremacy, but at least there are 30 full-time bombers. As long as they are operated properly, they can return safely before the arrival of the Japanese fighter jets.

Li Zongren smiled and said, "If there is an air force to suppress firepower, it will naturally be twice the result with half the effort! In any case, the Japanese will have to be beaten to death today!"

Pa'an is also translated as "Ba'an", a town in southern Myanmar, the capital of Karen State, facing the eastern bank of the lower reaches of the Salwin River, 50 kilometers south of Maudmian.

The current headquarters of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army is set up in Pa'an City.

The 33rd Division of Japan was rebuilt in Japan on February 7, 1939, and the location was established. The Sendai Division was code-named "Bow". It was the second batch of divisions established in Japan in 1939. It was a genuine Japanese Class B division.

This time the 15th Army attacked Myanmar, and the 33rd Division was further strengthened. Its units under its jurisdiction had 9 registrars, with a total force of more than 28,000, which was completely equivalent to a Type A Division.

Among them are 4 infantry corpses, 1 mountain artillery corpses, 1 baggage corpses, 1 chariot corpses, 1 field heavy artillery corpses and 1 independent engineer corpses.

The division commander of the division, Lieutenant General Jingshen No. 3 is also a figure. He graduated from the 23rd class of the Army Officer's School in May 1911, and then graduated from the 31st class of the Army University in November 1919.

The first Japanese infantry corps commanded by the Three Seizures was the 41st Regiment, the commander of the Japanese Army Infantry Division, but not artillery, cavalry, engineers, baggage, etc.

The Saber Group is a title that Japan gave to the top six of each Army University graduates before World War II. It was named after these six people were able to obtain the Saber awarded by the Emperor.

The members of the Sabre Group often have a good development foundation in the army. They surpass many senior Japanese generals and figures who have had a significant influence in modern Japanese history, including the Class A war criminal Muto Aka, and the father of the Class A war criminal Hideki Tojo Hideki.

Juejing San himself has no major background, but as a graduate of the Sabre Group, Juejing San, who is now in his early 50s, can be regarded as a success and success and rise to the top.

In the southeast of Pa'an Town is a mountainous land that stretches for more than ten kilometers. In order to avoid being countered by the artillery positions on the other side of the National Army artillery, Jujing San set up heavy artillery troops and mountain artillery troops in a mountainous counter-sloping position near Pa'an Town.

After receiving the offensive order from the commander of the 15th Army, Yoshiro Iida, Shizumi ordered the 3rd Regiment of the field heavy artillery and the 33rd Regiment of the Mountain Artillery to launch fierce artillery bombardment on the national military positions on the west bank of the Salwin River.

Nearly a hundred artillery pieces that had been preparing for a long time roared, and one shell rushed out of the cannon chamber and blasted towards the river defense line along the west coast of the 31st Army of China several kilometers away.

"Everyone has it! Assault!"

"The Great Japanese Empire is on board!"

"The Great Japanese Imperial Army on board!"

"His Majesty the Emperor" is on-load!"

After the shelling began, taking advantage of the fierce artillery fire to cover, more than 3,200 Japanese infantry and more than 1,500 indigenous Burmese militia of the 215th Regiment of the Japanese Army shouted and pushed rafts, fishing boats and other crossing tools into the river and began to forcibly cross the river!

The average width of the Salwen River near Pa'an Town is 600 to 700 meters. The Japanese army relied on fishing boats and rafts to cross the river. Even if the normal rowing speed was normal, it would take 15 minutes to cross the river smoothly.

Now there are still Chinese troops who have been raising energy on the other side of the river, and the difficulty of crossing the river can be imagined.

The width of the river surface in the middle and upper reaches of the Salwen River is relatively narrow, with the narrowest point being less than 100 meters, but the river water is very turbulent, and there are high mountains and ridges on both sides.

If the Japanese want to cross the river from the narrow middle and upper reaches, they have to cross hundreds of kilometers of mountain jungle. This is not only extremely inconvenient to move, but also difficult to carry heavy equipment and sufficient supplies.

Even if the Japanese army was unpredictable and barely succeeded from a certain section of the river, they had to cross a large area of ​​mountains on the west coast to launch an attack on the towns stationed by the Chinese army.

Therefore, although the lower reaches of the Salwin River are wide and the Japanese army now lacks sufficiently powerful motor ships to cross the river, the 33rd Division has no extra options.

However, Shizuojing Shizuo did not feel pessimistic. In his opinion, although the Chinese army built a relatively solid river defense line on the west coast, the east and west banks were plains with flat rivers, which were easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Under the strong firepower cover of the artillery troops, large-scale crossing of the river is carried out within a sufficiently wide river section, and sufficient pressure and impact force are given at one time, there is a high chance of tearing a hole from here!

As long as the breakthrough is opened from now on, the 33rd Division can rush all the way, attack up and down, and lead to Bilin and other places, and then cut off the land passage of the Huben Army stationed in Maudan and Motama City.

Then, the 33rd Division can cooperate with the Guards Division and the Japanese Navy to encircle and annihilate the Chinese Tiger Army, thereby opening the entrance to the Salwin River.

In this way, the 15th Japanese Army could attack Zhulin, Mokpalin, Bogu, Yangon without any scruples, and occupy the entire Myanmar!
Chapter completed!