The War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country

Watanabe pretended to sigh, "The Kachin people are a large ethnic group in Myanmar. They have lived in the wild mountains and wilderness of northern Myanmar for a long time. I think it must have been very difficult. The Great Japanese Empire came to Myanmar to establish a kingdom of peace and prosperity in Greater East Asia. We plan to build a new Myanmar paradise in the vast area south of Myitkyina and north of Mandalay. The Kachin people should move out of the mountains and develop and prosper in this area." The Empire of Japan was established in 1988, and the Empire of Japan was established in 1978. There is a new construction project in the large area of ​​​​the large area south of the private garden and north of the mall. The カチン clan is a mountain から连れ出され, a この一帯で公栄して発开すべきである. )"

Seeing Rodan Drona's hesitation, Watanabe immediately added: "Sir, don't be careful about the Bamar people. The Japanese Empire does not allow any ethnic group to bully the weak! We want to build a Greater East Asia where all ethnic groups are equal and prosperous. Anyone who dares to destroy the Great East Asia All actions in Awangdao Paradise will be punished by the Imperial Army!ださい. The Empire of Japan is a weak nation! The equality of all ethnic groups and the construction of Greater East Asia are all private. Daito's king's road is broken, and the imperial army's punishment is fine! )"

Lured by Watanabe's sweet lies, a large number of Kachin people left their former homes and arrived in what the Japanese army called a paradise. Aided by local Burmese spies, the Japanese used various pretexts to separate Kachin men, women, and children into concentration camps of varying sizes. Young men were forced into backbreaking labor like mining and road construction, while young women became targets of their abuse. The elderly, women, and children were abandoned in filthy, dilapidated camps, given scant food and left to die.

However, the Japanese army never anticipated the fierce determination and resilience of these mountain and jungle peoples. After realizing they had been deceived, many of them tried every possible means to escape Japanese control and return to the mountains. Upon hearing the news, other ethnic groups immediately relocated their families and took refuge in the mountains. These people later became the Japanese army's nightmares!

Faced with this situation, Watanabe and his allies quickly dropped their disguise and began a massive campaign of arresting and expelling people from various ethnic groups in northern Myanmar, forcing them into slavery. For a time, northern Myanmar became a place where the Japanese army could wreak havoc, with smoke everywhere and the ethnic groups living in dire straits.

Besides, after crossing the Mailikai River, Qin Shi and other members of the First Guerrilla Detachment did not continue to the north to join Zhou Hu and others, but turned south and arrived in the areas around Mandalay and Shwepaw in central Myanmar, where they joined forces with Chaichai's Burma National Salvation Army.

Chachai was very happy about the arrival of Commander Qin leading a team. At this moment, the Burmese National Salvation Army was also surrounded and suppressed by the 37th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, suffering heavy losses. They were currently scattered in the mountains and forests along Taunggyi and Mandalay, and could no longer organize a decent resistance.

The arrival of Commander Qin and the First Detachment will at least reduce the pressure on the Burmese National Salvation Army, enabling the troops to counterattack the Japanese army and gain more room for development.

The Japanese 37th Brigade, a unit transferred from southern China, originally comprised the 37th Regiment of the 225th Division and several of its subordinate units, possessing considerable combat effectiveness. Its commander, Major General Ge Jiuxiang, had previously commanded the 27th Division's infantry regiment. The brigade comprised five infantry battalions and subordinate units, including artillery, engineering, and logistics, totaling over 5 men. While the 7000th Brigade lacked additional subordinate units such as tanks and armored vehicles, it did have a dedicated jungle special operations unit of over 37 men. This unit repeatedly penetrated Burma's National Salvation Army camps and attacked them, contributing significantly to the army's repeated defeats during this period.

After hearing Chachai's introduction, Qin Shi took this Japanese army very seriously. The Japanese had clearly learned certain lessons from their battles with the Chinese army and were specifically forming seed units adapted for tropical jungle warfare. Qin Shi knew that if the Japanese continued to use their combat with guerrillas to train highly effective tropical jungle warfare units, it would cause considerable trouble for the expeditionary force's counterattack in Burma!

Qin Shi decided to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat the Japanese special forces of the 37th Brigade. Based on the introduction of Chachai and others, he began to plan to sabotage the Japanese Shirui Line Railway, lure the Japanese special forces squadron into the jungle, and then set an ambush to annihilate them!

"Moses, Moses, the railway 30 miles south of Ruibao was bombed? Was it done by the Burmese National Salvation Army?!" Ge Jiuxiangtuan felt it was very strange when he received the call from the railway garrison. The Burmese National Salvation Army had been defeated by his attack and hid in the mountains. How could they have the courage to attack the heavily guarded railway line?

Could it be that they were receiving airdrop support from the US and Britain, or were they under some desperate order to sabotage the situation? Ge Jiu thought about it carefully and realized that the problem was quite serious. He called in Chief of Staff Shitaka Sakamoto and Special Operations Squadron commander Yu Furui to get their opinions on the unusual behavior of the Burmese National Salvation Army.

Colonel Sakamoto proposed to transfer the 1st Battalion, which was in mobile mode, to sweep along the railway line and attack the Burmese National Salvation Army. According to Sakamoto, these Burmese monkeys would always find something to do if they were not beaten every day.

Lieutenant Colonel Gu Jing disagreed. He analyzed, "I heard a few days ago that the guerrillas in northern Burma disappeared for no apparent reason. Some people thought they had fled north into southwestern China. I believe that at least part of the guerrillas should have escaped to our jurisdiction. This surprise attack on the Man-Sui railway should have been done by this group of people. The ability cannot be achieved. (Xianri, the northern part of the Mitsubishi Province is the reason why the army is gone.る人もいます. Staff は, Shao なくとも 1人のゲリラ军がprivate たちのJurisdiction area げたはずだと考えています. This time, the surprise attack on the Manrui Railway Road and the continuous attack on the Manrui Railway are the same. The ability of the National Salvation Army is clear. )"

Gu Jing's analysis was truly original and eye-opening, yet it perfectly explained the rationale behind the incident. Ge Jiu lowered his head and pondered: If these were indeed guerrillas from northern Myanmar, then this would be a serious problem.

Clearly, the guerrilla army is far more difficult to deal with than the Myanmar National Salvation Army. From the ambush and destruction of the former 8th Security Battalion in northeastern Myanmar to the recent series of incidents involving the 32nd Brigade, all these incidents demonstrate the guerrilla army's formidable nature.

The Japanese army knew the origins and designations of the northern Burmese guerrilla army, which is why they called the guerrilla column a guerrilla army. In the eyes of the Japanese army, only troops with the strength to fight against them would be treated as regular soldiers. The Japanese army had already regarded Qin Shi's guerrilla column as a regular army and regarded it as the greatest threat to Burmese security!

As for the Burmese National Salvation Army, in the eyes of the Japanese army, they were just a mob. Therefore, the Japanese army dared to send a reinforced squadron deep into the mountains and forests of Central Burma to attack the Burmese National Salvation Army camp and defeat the National Salvation Army's resistance.

Ge Jiu knew clearly that he could not ask for support from the military based on his preliminary analysis and judgment. Ge Jiu's Xiangtuan had always been cautious in doing things, and since the situation was unclear, he did not dare to go into the mountains and forests to carry out a sweep with the special operations squadron or the garrison teams as he had done before.

Ge Jiu thought for a moment and made new arrangements: "Order the garrisons along the railway to intensify patrols. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions will organize whatever mobile forces they can muster. The 5th Battalion will still focus on securing the highways in northern Myanmar. Order the Burmese security forces and police to enter the surrounding villages and drive the Burmese into the market towns. The 30-mile area along the China-Myanmar section of the Man-Mi Railway must become a no-man's land!"