On the artillery positions of the Red Alert Mountain Division's 1st Division.
Two hundred 107mm multiple-barrel rocket launchers were concentrated.
Each one required only five people to easily operate and adjust the elevation angle.
"Fire!"
“Whiz! Whiz! Whiz! Whiz—”
“Whiz! Whiz! Whiz—”
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Each rocket weighed 8.3 kilograms, with a kill radius of 12.5 meters. Two thousand 107mm rockets fell like a torrential downpour on the 5th Division's positions! The Japanese trenches were heavily reinforced with steel and concrete, and had underground tunnels.
The 5th Division's 92-type infantry guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns were destroyed. The Japanese soldiers of the 5th Division were hiding in their trenches, praying in despair! The shock of countless rocket launchers!
On the 5th Division's positions, the division commander, Itai Kuyō, was speechless with shock.
The barrage from two thousand 107mm rockets was truly awe-inspiring!
"How is this possible!"
"This is a mountainous area!"
"Baka, how can they have such concentrated firepower!"
The 5th Division suffered 8,000 casualties instantly! The 92-type infantry guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns were all destroyed. The Japanese troops hiding in the tunnels were shaken to death by the rockets, and the southern part of the Yi Li bunker group collapsed!
Itai Kuyō knew that the 5th Division was about to be wiped out. The southern part of the Yi Li bunker group had already collapsed, and three Red Alert Mountain Divisions, armed with M60 general-purpose machine guns and RPG-7s, were attacking fiercely.
…
Yamashita Fumio led the remaining two divisions, a total of 30,000 men, riding bicycles they had requisitioned, and quickly retreated north.
Yamashita Fumio was riding a bicycle when he quickly received a farewell telegram!
"The 5th Division, 18,000 men, have all perished! The 5th Division, the Steel Army, fought to the last man, and not a single Japanese soldier surrendered!"
Yamashita Fumio held the telegram and muttered, "It was too fast! They only defended for a few hours, and the 5th Division was completely wiped out!"
"Report! The rear has reported that the Red Alert vehicles are catching up!" In the mountainous area of the Malay Peninsula.
Two hundred multi-purpose infantry vehicles were in hot pursuit.
Each multi-purpose infantry vehicle had a crew of five, and their speed in the mountainous terrain exceeded 40 kilometers per hour.
The vehicles were equipped with missile launchers or heavy machine guns on top. The rattling sound of the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns filled the air.
The Japanese soldiers of the 25th Army were swept to the ground. Countless Japanese soldiers were running for their lives, completely lacking the courage to fight back.
The multi-purpose infantry vehicles could push through the mountains like heavy tanks, making them invincible against the unarmed Japanese soldiers.
In this way, thousands of Japanese stragglers were killed!
"Hurry! Hurry! Pedal your bikes faster!"
Yamashita Fumio and the Japanese soldiers were pedaling their bikes as fast as they could. The tires were worn down to bare iron rings as they fled into the mountainous jungle!
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The Home Islands of Japan
Tokyo, Japan.
The Cabinet meeting was shrouded in a gloomy and oppressive atmosphere.
Prime Minister Tōjō Hideki was the first to speak: "We just received a telegram. Yamashita Fumio's 25th Army has been defeated!"
"Yamashita Fumio's 25th Army specializes in mountain warfare! How could they be defeated!"
Emperor Hirohito felt his temples throbbing in pain. "My esteemed ministers, is the Japanese Empire destined for ruin?"
The Prime Minister, the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of the Army, and the Chief of Staff all fell silent, their faces grim.
Hirohito understood the silence of his cabinet members, and it filled him with fear. The series of defeats suffered by the Japanese Empire were not accidental. The situation in Southeast Asia was inevitably leading to defeat, as dictated by the laws of history.
"We need to do two things. It is said that Chiang Kai-shek is marrying Lin Zheng... Japan must also choose a woman from the Imperial family!"
"Strengthen the defenses of Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa! The Japanese Army must expand by ten more divisions!"
"Expanding by ten divisions is not enough. We need to expand by twenty divisions!"