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It was the 599th Regiment that launched a counteroffensive against the Japanese army.

Although Li Tongxiang is sometimes a little confused in small matters, such as covering up or holding grudges when his subordinates violate discipline, he is not ambiguous at all when he fights.

But then again, soldiers often like to fight with such officers...... On the other hand, it is sympathetic to subordinates, which is much better than those officers who only care about their own climb up without regard for the lives of their soldiers.

It is said that Li Tongxiang was still a battalion commander in the bloody battle of Kunlun Pass, and in the face of the Japanese high ground that could not be attacked for a long time, he dropped his gun with a fierce sound, picked up a big knife and rushed forward with his soldiers, and his soldiers were also enthusiastic and rushed towards the Japanese high ground with a roar of life and death, and the result really took the Japanese high ground, but Li Tongxiang was carried down, and his body was covered with blood and wounds stabbed by Japanese bayonets, but he miraculously survived.

At this time, Li Tongxiang was still young, he did enough intelligence work during the day, and knew the distribution of Japanese troops in the city well, so he led the troops to advance the defense line for more than a mile in one go...... You must know that it took two days for the Japanese army to take this area far away, and it only took them more than an hour.

After that, even if the war came to an end, of course, the Japanese army could still see the Chinese ** people on the opposite side from time to time to hit them with flares, and even occasionally fire reconnaissance, it seemed that they wanted to figure out the Japanese army's deployment to prepare for the next round of attack.

But what the Japanese didn't know was that it was only a suspicious formation laid by the 599th Regiment, and the main force of the 599th Regiment had already retreated with the troops towards the Sedan River to the east after winning a blow, leaving only two companies of troops to bluff and lay mines in the rear to prepare for retreat.

Before the Japanese army knew it, the center of gravity of the battle shifted to the Sedang River east of Tonggu. And the main force to break through was the engineer regiment that had been prepared for three days.

Zhang Chi, who was hiding in the grass, looked at the Japanese defense line on the opposite bank through the gap in the weeds...... This was the first time he had attacked the enemy's defensive line, and he had to cross the 200-meter-wide Sedan River in front of him, and he almost saw himself and his comrades being hit by a series of bullets fired from the opposite side while crossing the river and then falling into the river.

But he also knew that this might be the only way out for the 200th Division, and it was also very likely that it was his only way to survive.

"Get ready for battle!"

"Get ready for battle!"

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Orders came down from the front one by one, and Zhang Chi knew that the time for the attack was coming, so he resisted the fear in his heart and checked the Enfield rifle in his hand again.

As the instructor said, the only thing that can save your life on the battlefield is the gun in your hand and the comrades around you, so you must ensure that your gun is in good condition at all times, and don't easily leave your comrades.

At this time, Zhang Chi somewhat understood what maintained the feelings of his comrades-in-arms, that is, living and dying together.

What could be more precious than living and dying together? Even brothers rarely have the experience of living and dying together!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but glance at the dozens of soldiers lying behind him...... Because of the weeds, Zhang Chi didn't see anything, but he felt dozens of pairs of eyes looking at him in the dark, and there was a light of trust in his eyes.

Suddenly, Zhang Chi felt less scared.

Thinking about it later, Zhang Chi thought that this should be a sense of responsibility.

If a person only thinks about his own safety, the more he thinks about it, the more scared he becomes, but if he does not think about himself, but thinks that he is responsible for the life and death of dozens of brothers, then he does not care so much about his own life and death.

The three red flares of the "Sudden Sudden ......" announced the beginning of this breakout battle.

Almost at the same time as the signal flare was lifted into the air, the sound of artillery and fire rang out, and the shells landed accurately on the defensive positions of the Japanese troops on the opposite riverbed, and soon the fortifications built by the Japanese army were lifted into the sky one by one.

The artillery regiment under the division began to fight, and they were equipped with Soviet-style 1927 76MM field guns, although the caliber of this artillery is small and powerful, but the advantage is that it is light in weight and suitable for mobility, and can be pulled by horses or manpower, which is obviously very practical in Burma with complex terrain.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SMALL CALIBER OF THE 76MM FIELD GUN IS ALSO THE REASON WHY THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT HAS INSISTED THAT IT STILL HAS AMMUNITION UNTIL NOW...... A SMALL CALIBER MEANS THAT THE SHELLS ARE SMALL AND LIGHTWEIGHT, AND THE SAME CAR CAN CARRY ALMOST SEVEN TIMES AS MANY SHELLS AS A 150MM GUN.

But even so, after more than ten days of fighting to defend Tonggu, there were not many shells left in the artillery regiment.

Dai Anlan's order to the artillery regiment was: to use up all the shells.

This order is of course correct, because it is now a breakthrough, and it is difficult for artillery to play a role on the way to retreat, which is determined by the relatively complex terrain in Burma, and there are few open areas on both sides of the road as artillery positions, so the shells can sometimes become a burden, so there is no great need to take the shells out.

Of course, the artillery regiment is desperate for the opposite bank, and it is not only for this reason, but also for a very important reason...... Muffling the sound of the tank's advancing motor.

Just when the Japanese troops on the other side were busy hiding from the artillery of the expeditionary force, more than 40 tanks slowly drove up from the rear.

The tanks did not have lights, they were moving under the command of a commander who poked his head out. Needless to say, this was to avoid premature exposure of the headlights that the expeditionary force was attacking with tanks.

This was obviously a success, because the Japanese troops on the other side had not yet discovered that it was a tank group that was attacking them, and they still carried rifles to organize a defense under artillery fire.

When the tank passed by the ambush position of Zhang Chi and others, Zhang Chi did not hesitate, and climbed up from the ambush with a rifle and followed.

This is the result of three days of training, of course, it is impossible to train a seamless infantry and tank coordination in three days, but it is still possible to stipulate the speed of the tank so that the soldiers can follow the tank and attack forward.

It didn't take a few steps before the sound of the cannon stopped...... The artillery regiment's shells are finally finished.

Without the explosion of artillery shells, the "rumble" of the tank motor became very harsh, so several flares quickly came from the direction of the Japanese army, and the surroundings seemed to be as bright as day, and a tank group composed of more than 40 tanks was quickly displayed in front of the Japanese army, and these tanks were followed by soldiers with Enfield rifles in their hands......

At this time, Zhang Chi was thinking that when the Japanese army saw this scene, they were afraid that their jaws would fall off in surprise.