Encirclement, refers to the four sides of the encirclement, so that it can not escape, encirclement warfare is also a classic tactic, frontal attack on the enemy at the same time, and then send people from the enemy's other 3 directions to attack, in order to achieve the effect of encircling and annihilating the enemy. Even if you don't attack and stand by, you can also kill the enemies inside alive, this "dumpling-wrapping" tactic can be described as tried and tested, and the success rate is quite high.
However, today the country in the story has come to a "most humiliating siege war in history", the enemy army is eating and drinking in the circle, and they almost consume themselves alive on the periphery.
The time goes back to 1943, during the Burma Campaign, when the Japanese army attempted to occupy this part of Burma in order to cut off the communication line of the Burma Road, which is very important to our country and is a necessary route for Britain and the United States to provide strategic materials to China. Under these circumstances, the Chinese and British allies jointly launched an attack on the Japanese army.
It is said that Japan in this period was quite inflated, first in 1941, it secretly attacked the US naval fleet base Pearl Harbor, which led to the outbreak of the Pacific War, and then invaded the Philippines, Thailand, Malaya, Guam and other places within 1 month, saying that it would meet with Hitler in the Middle East and realize the "beautiful dream of jointly dominating the world" between the two countries.
In the face of Japan's rampant behavior, 26 countries, including China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and britain, jointly signed a joint declaration against fascist aggression, the "Twenty-Six-Power Pact.", but in the face of all this, Japan was "fearless."
In April 1943, the Japanese army launched an offensive against the Imphal region of India, as long as this place is taken, it will be convenient to get Burma, the supreme commander of the Japanese army in Burma, "Kotojo" Mutaguchi Rinya (this person is the culprit who provoked the "July 7 Incident") said that this war is bound to win! Known in history as the "Battle of Imphal".
As the saying goes, "the soldiers and horses do not move, the grain and grass go first", during this period, Myanmar was in the rainy season, the rainy season in the tropics was long, hot and stuffy, the Japanese side had already prepared enough food, and at the same time, Mutaguchi Lian also encouraged his subordinates, our Japanese army is already invincible, the British army is not enough, morale is greatly boosted.
Because of the rain, all kinds of roads are muddy, The Japanese military trucks transporting supplies can not be driven at all, the Japanese army chose to let the animals carry the goods, the British army knew about this, very happy, sent aircraft to bomb the Japanese material team, completely angered Mutaguchi Ryoya, he decided to first destroy the British army this blocking road.
At this time, the British army was far fewer than the Japanese, and Mutaguchi's troops soon surrounded them, and Mutaguchi also thought to himself, Surround you, starve you, and we will win without a fight. He never expected that the US troops would rush over immediately, and every day they flew a plane to "feed" the British army, and they were happy to let the British army rest and rectify in situ.
Looking at Mutaguchi Lianya outside, the more food was eaten, the more difficult it was for the supply team to come in, and he did not consider the terrible diseases hidden in the rainforest, which spread rapidly among the Japanese army, and soon more than 30,000 Japanese troops were infected with malaria, dysentery, cholera, and even the Japanese army with cold and fever died one after another.
Soon, the Japanese soldiers died at a rate of more than a thousand a day, and Mutaguchi also saw that he was bound to lose, and he was so ashamed and angry that he dismissed the commanders of the 3 divisions in one breath, which was a miracle.
On July 3, 1944, the Japanese army finally could not stand up, there were more than 90,000 people at the time of departure, and the number of people returning was only more than 30,000, and most of them were wounded and sick, and Japanese military experts evaluated the war as "the most costly battle in the history of Japanese land warfare."
What's the funniest thing? At this time, in order not to let the Burmese see their fiasco, the Japanese army deliberately took a short rest on the west bank of the river, and then left here "with great strength" and vigor, making the Burmese think that they had won the battle.