Chapter Eighty-Four: The Battle of the Oil Fields
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At first, the team moved fast and slowed down as they approached the oil field.
This is, of course, for the sake of the suddenness of the attack, hoping that the devils will find out the enemy situation later.
Five hundred meters.
The fire in the oil field was like a beacon light to guide the convoy, so even though it was night, and the tank and armored vehicles were not turned on, the tank driver still drove the tank in the right direction effortlessly.
Looking from a distance, Zhang Chi could see that the oil field was still busy, obviously the Japanese army was still busy with the fire in the oil field, but according to Scott, the fire in the oil field had been at least half extinguished, which meant that the Japanese army had almost controlled the fire. This surprised Scott, who originally thought that the Japanese army would not be able to do this, after all, the Japanese army was a combat unit, and they did not carry much fire extinguishing equipment.
Three hundred meters.
Being able to enter this range was a little surprising to Zhang Chi, after all, the roar of the tank motor could not be hidden, although at this time they were already making as little noise as possible and as slow as possible.
On the other hand, Zhang Chi thought that the Japanese army would at least lay some sentries or mines on the periphery for guarding.
But there was nothing, and the convoy continued along the road towards the oil fields......
Two hundred meters.
It would be an exaggeration to be able to enter this range, Zhang Chi could even hear the sound of splashing water in the oil field and the shouts of firefighting.
From this, it can be seen that the Japanese army should also be able to hear the sound of tank motors, but they still did not react.
Perhaps, the Japanese army did not believe that someone would come to attack at this time. Or, it was the chaos of firefighting and various sounds that muffled the sound of the tank's motor that kept the Japanese unalert until now.
But no matter what, the Japanese will eventually pay the price for their light enemies.
100 meters......
The demon in front of the armored car no longer hesitated, and as soon as he waved his hand, the soldiers on the armored car jumped down one after another and followed the tank, and the tank slowly increased its speed.
It was only then that Zhang Chi saw several Japanese soldiers in the opposite firelight looking in this direction, as if wondering what the sound was.
No wonder they couldn't see, the fire at the oil field made it impossible for them to see through the darkness a hundred meters away, until one of them rushed to and fro, holding a flashlight in his hand......
These Japanese soldiers couldn't help but be stunned...... Groups of tanks and armored vehicles, under the cover of the infantry, were coming towards them like a long dragon, the nearest being only a few dozen meters away from them. And they even had washbasins and barrels in their hands.
They tried to warn but it was too late, and a bolt of bullets had already been fired from the chambers of the soldiers' guns, and they were instantly beaten into a sieve.
Then tanks and armored vehicles picked up speed and rushed into the fire with the infantry.
However, just as they were about to start a killing spree, they couldn't help but be stunned: not only the Japanese army was fighting the fire in the firelight, but also many Burmese people, who were Burmese independence volunteers and Burmese traitors.
This was something that Zhang Chi and other expeditionary force soldiers did not expect, but it was not an accident. "Japan-Burma friendship" Well, the Japanese came to "liberate" Burma, so of course the Burmese unconditionally supported and helped the Japanese.
Zhang Chi suddenly understood why Scott didn't think that the Japanese army could control the fire but the Japanese army did, obviously, it was a singing and crying cooperation between the Japanese army and the Burmese volunteers, and then under the joint efforts and struggles of the Japanese and Burmese armies, it is even conceivable that many tear-jerking brave stories must have happened!
So is it time to fight or not to fight?
Fighting means injuring the Burmese by mistake, and if you don't fight, you will give the Japanese army time to prepare.
"Hit!" Just when Zhang Chi was still in a dilemma, the demon gave an order.
It should be said that this order is correct, and if the Japanese army is hesitant to come back to their senses and block the offensive of the engineer regiment, the result will be unimaginable...... More than 10,000 Sino-British troops are likely to be surrounded and annihilated here.
Suddenly the guns rang out, and bullets rained down on the exposed Japanese and Burmese soldiers, who did not even have guns in their hands, and soon the middle of the street was full of wooden tubs and barrels.
Tanks and armored vehicles fired as they drove forward...... Although the M3 tank is a light tank, this light tank is very perverted with five machine guns: one on the right side of the gun, one on the right side of the front of the hull, one on each side, and one on the top of the turret.
Although the M2 armored car only has a machine gun, this machine gun is a heavy machine gun, and it also has an advantage that the tank does not have, that is, the line of sight is good and the rotation space is large, so if it is too high or too low to be located in the dead corner of the tank, such as on the building, in the corner of the wall, it is solved by the machine gun of the armored vehicle.
Coupled with the Enfield and light machine guns in the hands of the soldiers, the rain of bullets fired out was like a sickle for harvesting crops in the field...... Rows of shots go out, and targets fall in rows, the difference is only that the sickle harvests crops, while the bullets harvest lives.
Zhang Chi thought that the Japanese army might not be prepared, but he didn't expect that this would be the case.
This should be counted as the credit of the British army, because if it were not for the previous cowardice of the British army, the Japanese army would not have been so unvigilant and unguarded.
The slaughter continued, and tanks and infantry advanced deep into the oil fields...... Although Zhang Chi was not sure whether the war would go so smoothly at this time, one thing that was certain was that the efforts of the Japanese and Burmese troops in the past few days had been in vain. Because wherever the Corps of Engineers advanced, there would be a new burst of fire, and if there was anything different from before, it was that there were patches of corpses and pools of blood under the firelight.
Occasionally, small groups of Japanese soldiers rushed up with guns, or Japanese soldiers hid in buildings and fired at the engineer regiment.
But this was obviously useless, because in the next second there would soon be pieces of bullets and shells flying over and smashing them along with the buildings.
This is a massacre, not a war.
Although Zhang Chi was very happy to see a massacre...... It's better to kill an enemy than to be killed yourself, but you can't help but feel a chill when you see this kind of scene.
This is not to say that he is timid and timid, but that he once again feels the cruelty of war, the insignificance and fragility of life.
Afterwards, the reporter who passed by with the tanks of the engineer regiment wrote in the article: "There is no sympathy here, there is no mercy, all we see is blood and fire, we really walked out with blood and corpses!" ”