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Chapter 262 Chariot Battalion

After Masai Honda received Tsuji Masanobu's analysis report, he agreed to the suggestion not to reinforce Lashio.

However, in order to follow the plan, Tsuji Masanobu specially sent a brigade to Lashio for support.

After receiving the information from the reconnaissance, the vanguard of the New First Army set off, with two tank battalions and some supply trucks leading the way.

After pretending to attack Lashio for a day, the army behind gradually bypassed Lashio in batches and went straight to Mandalay.

The advance group also received an order to set off. Their main task was to go to Jiaomei, take down this small town, and then join forces with the infant army.

At the same time, the other regiments of the 86th Division received the order to transfer away, and began to hand over the defense area to the friendly forces of the 50th Division, and then withdrew one after another.

The soldiers of the advance regiment also knew the order to return home, and they had mixed feelings.

Especially Gao Fei, he felt a little emotional in his heart, he was very reluctant to go back, and there were too many constraints when going back, it would be better to fight outside.

In addition, the little devil was about to surrender, so it was time for him to consider a way out for his future.

Wu Wei also knew that the advance team was going back, she was a little bit reluctant, and asked quietly, "Will we meet again?"

Gao Fei couldn't answer, he was silent for a moment and said: "The world is so big, but the earth is round. I believe that one day, we will meet again."

Wu Wei said: "I very much hope that one day, I will be here waiting for you to come to me."

This is a confession.

It's just that Gao Fei didn't dare to promise, because he didn't know that he might die on the battlefield one day.

Because it will be incorporated into the New Sixth Army soon, there is no need for the advance group to continue to recruit recruits at this time.

The chariot company lost three chariots, and the transportation was inconvenient, so Sun Liren decided to keep the chariot company in the New First Army and join the first battalion of chariots.

Du Yuming had no choice but to agree to this request.

According to the "checkers" plan, the two chariot battalions, Haohaohaohao, set off first.

The soldiers of the advance regiment hitched a ride, sat on the chariot to save their foot strength and speed up their march. The first place they arrived at was Xibu.

The reason for choosing Hsipaw is because Hsipaw is located between Mandalay and Lashio, and is more than 50 kilometers away from Jiaomei.

Moreover, both the Manla Highway and the railway pass through here. As long as this place is taken, the connection between Mandalay and Lashio will be cut off.

According to the information that the New First Army got from the Burmese, there were more than a thousand Japanese troops stationed in Xibu, with mixed numbers, and they were all old, weak and remnant soldiers who were about to be abandoned by the Japanese army.

There used to be a rear hospital in this place, where the wounded were concentrated. The wounded soldiers were sent to the front line urgently, and the rest were left behind to carry out the defense plan.

At this time, the 36th infant seal master also went to this area to carry out activities under Mountbatten's order.

The order they received was to wait for the Huaxia Army to fight almost the same, and then rush forward to achieve the final victory.

They knew what the "final victory" in the order referred to. To put it bluntly, they went to pick peaches.

Of course, if you don't fight desperately, you still have to win battles. Yingguo officers and Indian soldiers of Yingyinshi are very happy to obey this order.

The Japanese commander in charge of staying in Xibu is Yamazaki Nobuo.

When he discovered the tank unit of the New First Army, he immediately sent a telegram for help to Mandalay and Lashio.

However, the reply he received was: "The large forces have retreated, and Mandalay and Lashio have no spare troops for reinforcements. Please hold Xibu at all costs!"

Yamazaki looked at the call back and sighed. In the current situation, trying to keep Xibu is tantamount to nonsense.

There are certain reasons why Tanaka Shinichi did not send troops to reinforce Hsipbu. At this time, for the Japanese army, the two most important strongholds were Lashio and Mandalay.

At present, staying in Lashio is a brigade of the 56th Division of the Japanese Army.

The 18th Division of the Japanese Army stayed behind in Mandalay, and the large troops gradually withdrew. The troops led by Shinichi Tanaka are now only more than 2000 people.

Therefore, although Hsipaw is very important, it is still inferior to Lashio and Mandalay.

Tanaka Shinichi had no spare troops for reinforcements at all.

When he knew that Hsipaw was besieged, he called the No.30 Army headquarters: "Your Excellency, Hsipaw has been besieged, and I think the next target of the new army is Mandalay! Call some soldiers to reinforce Mandalay!"

Masai Honda was directing the retreat and other matters, and he was so busy that he said impatiently: "Tanaka-kun, it is normal for the new army to appear in Xibu. I guess their main purpose is to cut off Mandalay and Lashio. As for the attack on Mandalay...you can rest assured that the people of Yingguo will not allow them to do so!"

It is no secret that the people of Yingguo did not allow the new army to continue going south. Even the Japanese army knew why the Yingguo army behaved so strangely during the first battle of entering Burma. They would rather leave the supplies to them or burn them. Not left to the expeditionary force.

Therefore, there should be some truth to what Honda said.

When the chariot troops arrived at the predetermined location, the Battle of Xibu officially started.

After the rest, the chariot battalion loaded with shells poured a lot of shells as soon as they came up.

Although this flat push tactic is not very clever, there is no doubt that it can easily clear obstacles.

Especially before the attack, the Japanese army often planted a large number of mines, traps, bamboo stick formations, etc. in front of the position. If they attacked rashly without bombarding them again, unnecessary casualties would be caused.

The artillery bombarded for half an hour, and the artillery fire blew up the Japanese army's positions, and some hidden bunkers also collapsed.

The infantry of the advance regiment who followed rushed forward under the cover of artillery fire.

Of course, the infantry-tank coordinated tactics were adopted at the beginning.

This is a common tactic for detecting enemy firepower, using tanks to attract Japanese heavy machine guns or artillery units to expose their positions.

But after a trial, the Tank Battalion was surprised to find that the defending Japanese army had almost no anti-aircraft guns, which directly caused the four tanks to almost break through the forward position.

"A Japanese brigade of more than a thousand people is not equipped with a single anti-aircraft gun?!"

After receiving the results of the investigation, Zhao Zhenyu, the battalion commander of the [-]st Battalion of Chariots, couldn't believe it. He once wondered if this was some kind of conspiracy by the Japanese army, or the Japanese army was conserving their strength in order to attract a large number of tanks Go up and then execute the fatal blow.

"Li Xian, what do you think?" Zhao Zhenyu asked Kang Ya.

At present, Kang Ya has been transferred to the first battalion of chariots as the deputy battalion commander.Regardless of the small position, the Chariot Battalion is a unit directly under the military and is directly commanded by Sun Liren.

Kang Ya immediately replied: "According to the information collected so far, the Japanese troops around Mandalay have all shrunk their formation and are about to prepare for a large-scale retreat. It is also normal for Xibu's artillery to be pulled away."

"Well! It makes sense."

Zhao Zhenyu nodded: "All the cannons of the Japanese army should be concentrated in Lashio and Mandalay. If this is the case, it will be a bit troublesome!"

As he spoke, he quickly reported this judgment to Sun Liren and asked about the next action plan.

The reply came soon, and Sun Liren ordered them, the Chariot Battalion and the advance regiment to cooperate with each other and resolutely wipe out the enemies of Xibu!
Next, a tank battalion of more than forty tanks, led by a few Sherman medium tanks.

The Sherman tank was called a lighter when facing German tanks, but now it is invincible when facing the Japanese army without anti-tank guns!

Two battalions of tanks and 88 tanks majestically covered the soldiers of the advance regiment as the artillery fire extended.

The battle situation was exactly as Kang Ya predicted. The Japanese army did not have a single anti-aircraft gun, and even heavy machine guns were pitifully scarce.

The only few heavy machine guns were misfired by the pouring bullets and shells before they could exert their power.

Under the swarm of tanks, there is an unstoppable torrent of steel!
The tactics of tank-tank coordination played a full role at this time. Every tank was like a moving fortress, easily destroying the Japanese firepower points one by one with tank guns.

Or easily block the machine gun holes of the Japanese bunker, or even directly crush the Japanese infantry!

Immediately afterwards, the advance regiment swarmed up, using submachine guns and grenades, and knocked down the surviving Japanese soldiers who were trying to escape or struggling to the ground.

Now the Japanese army defending Xibu has only one choice, either to wait for death in place, or to launch a death charge towards the torrent of steel with bayonets and cluster grenades.

(End of this chapter)