Hong Mu held a cigarette in his mouth and squatted shirtless on the Sherman with only a coat on his upper body, enjoying the breeze as the tank moved forward.
His shoulder was wrapped in a layer of bandage, and some mottled blood slowly seeped out. Looking at the dejected Japanese prisoners of war on the road, he felt indescribably comfortable.
"What? Is this a loss?'
At this time, a Willys Jeep came oncoming. A quick glance revealed that the person sitting in the car was Fan Laosan. This guy was looking at him with his head raised in amusement.
"It's fucking unlucky that a stray bullet opened a small hole. Hey, Lao Fan, what are you going to do with these grandsons?" Hong Mu stood up holding the machine gun on the turret and pointed with his chin. Pointing at the Japanese prisoners of war, he asked doubtfully.
"The brigade commander ordered us to send them back to their hometown." Fan Xiangwu laughed and said nonchalantly.
Hong Mu was stunned for a moment, then immediately guessed what the former meant, and laughed and said: "Haha, Jize is getting more and more enlightened.
It's true that the team will continue to attack south soon. There is no time to take care of these little devils now. Killing them directly is the best choice.
Fan Xiangwu jumped out of the car and strode over with his hands behind his back. Seeing that there was no one around, he walked over and started talking for a while: "I'm not telling you, how can you be the chief of staff like you? Send Yuan Lizhi to do logistics and take care of it yourself." With the tank regiment rushing forward, something is really going to go wrong.
This guy is a real dog. In order to lead the charge, he shamelessly transferred the commander of the tank regiment Yuan Li to the transportation regiment in the rear, under the pretense of assisting with logistics supplies, while he shamelessly personally commanded the tank regiment and chariot regiment. Go into battle and kill the enemy.
"Yes, yes, what could have gone wrong? Didn't I see the performance of the tank regiment?"
Hong Mu quickly waved his hand to stop the other party's chatter, with an indifferent expression on his face: "To say that the chief of staff really has nothing to do. He stays at the headquarters and acts like a mother every day. He is not as happy as a regiment commander. If Jun Zuo is happy, I would rather I'll give this position to that boy Yuan Li."
Although he is now the chief of staff of the first brigade, it is too boring compared to going into battle to kill the enemy. This makes Hong Mu, who is used to being exposed to bullets, sitting in the rear area even more uncomfortable than killing him.
"You're so damn good at it.'
Fan Xiangwu shook his head, not bothering to argue with him anymore, and got down to business: "The brigade commander asked you to gather your troops quickly and get ready to move forward. And don't be so aggressive next time, because bullets don't have long eyes."
"Hey, hey, grandma!'
While speaking, Fan Laosan pinched Hong Mu's shoulder slightly, causing the latter to grin and scream in pain, and his eyes almost popped out of his head.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the armored brigade was back on the road, moving quickly towards the lower reaches of the Irrawaddy River in the south. Due to limited time, the fleeing Japanese troops were too lazy to pursue them. Soldiers were very fast, and their goals were far beyond that.
Nearly five thousand enemies were wiped out in this battle, which could be said to have completely crippled Yamashita Fengfumi's "Yinlun Troops" that he was proud of, and also thwarted the latter's plan to detour north and threaten the rear of the 88th Army.
Liao Mingyu was also surprised when he received the battle report. No one expected that the Japanese army was actually preparing to penetrate over a long distance, catching him off guard. If the enemy got behind him, it would really cause a lot of trouble for the frontline troops.
Fortunately, these little devils were so unlucky that they accidentally bumped into the armored brigade. They were severely punished by Chen Jize and then fled in all directions crying for their fathers and mothers.
News of the defeat of the 67th and 163rd Wings quickly spread back to Mandalay. Yamashita Fengwen was so angry that he dropped several teacups. All the combat staff officers in the headquarters had swollen faces.
"Baga! Waste! A bunch of waste!'
At the Mandalay headquarters, one could hear Yamashita Fengwen's almost crazy roar through the gate, as well as the sound of crackling glass and china inside the house. Even the guards standing guard outside couldn't help but shudder.
"Are you all idiots? I want their current accurate information! Not these useless things! Are you all mute? Speak up.
All the officers present could only lower their heads and let their commander scold them. Anyone who dared to say more at this moment would be asking for trouble for themselves.
Because the incident happened suddenly, the 163rd Regiment only had time to send back a telegram reporting an encounter with the enemy during the enemy's attack. The content described that it had encountered Chinese armored troops, but the specific situation was unknown. After that, it was completely lost to them. Contact, but now all fools know that those two alliances are probably in danger.
After losing his temper, Yamashita Fengfumi gasped for breath, and couldn't stop feeling uncomfortable when he thought that his "Yinlun Troops" might have been completely wiped out.
Those were over six thousand fully armed Imperial soldiers. All the hard work he had put in was in vain. How could he not make people furious?
"Reporting to the commander, we have just received an urgent report from Lieutenant General Yamada Seiichi. The 50th Division of the Chinese Army suddenly appeared on the Nandu River battlefield. The 5th Division was surrounded by the enemy. The current situation urgently requires tactical guidance.
"Nani!?" Yamashita Fengwen was stunned. Looking at the communications soldier who walked in, he couldn't believe his ears.
As the saying goes, blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone. Before they could get over the shadow of the failure of the "Yinlun Troops" being annihilated, bad news came from the other side of the Nandu River.
The Fifth Division, which had been attacking continuously for half a month, was depleted of men and horses. They even used chemical bombs, but they could do nothing to defeat the Chinese on the opposite side.
There was no other way. Yamada Seiichi had to change his attack tactics, blocking all roads to the outside world but not attacking them. He tried to slowly deplete the opponent's supplies. They would be sure after they stayed in the mountains for ten days and a half without food or water. It will destroy itself without attacking.
But what he didn't expect was that although the land was blocked, the Japanese army had no say at all in the air. Allied aircraft would visit the battlefield every day. In addition to teaching the little devils some lessons, they would also airdrop boxes of ammunition and supplies to the 200 Division positions.
Yamada Seiichi was furious. It was so abominable that those Americans dared to feed unscrupulously in front of him. He simply ordered to launch an attack every time the opponent made an airdrop to rob their supplies.
So they fought back and forth for several days, and both sides suffered losses. However, with the support of US fighter planes, the 200 Division's position remained strong, like a hedgehog with explosive hair that made it impossible to attack.
But no one knew that a team suddenly appeared in the lower reaches of the Nandu River and attacked the flank of the Fifth Division at an alarming speed. The jungle gave them good cover, and by the time the Japanese discovered it, it was already too late.
At the same time, the besieged 200 Division changed from its previous passive defense and launched a counterattack against the Japanese army from the inside out.
This internal and external attack completely stunned Yamada Seiichi. The Fifth Division had to distribute its troops extremely widely to maintain the encirclement, but this also left a very fatal loophole for itself.
The 50th Division acted very quickly, and with the cooperation of dozens of Greyhound tanks from the 200th Division Armored Regiment coming from the direction of Lashio, the Japanese army's hastily organized defense line was torn apart in less than a day.
The Japanese Fifth Division, which was still in an absolute upper hand, was counter-encircled. The various regiments were cut off from each other and were divided and surrounded one by one under the attack of the other side.
Yamada Seiichi finally realized the reality. It turned out that these more than 6,000 Chinese people were just bait, and the big fish he wanted to catch was actually him.
The situation was extremely anxious, and he could only order all departments to disperse and break out. They could run as much as they could, and there was no way to survive if they stayed in place.
The sound of gunfire echoed in the forest, and the battle lasted from morning to evening. Only a few troops jumped out of the Chinese encirclement, but the team also suffered heavy losses and was seriously injured. Moreover, the pursuers behind them were chasing after them, and they were about to overwhelm them. They caught them all in one fell swoop,
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