Chapter 6: Trapping
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Tanaka Masashi habitually held his chin and looked at the battlefield situation map hanging in front of him with satisfaction.
They had never encountered such stubborn resistance since entering Burma, and the division commander ordered the ineffective attack of Nakagawa Ayukuan to be disemboweled.
But in fact, Tanaka Mashi knew in his heart, and others also understood in their hearts, that this was not because Nakagawa-kun's attack was ineffective, but that the resistance encountered by the imperial army this time was too stubborn.
Of course, the division commander also had his reasons for doing this, that is, to use Nakagawa-kun's death to urge others to desperately attack the Chinese stationed in Tonggu.
No one expected that the squadron would enter Myanmar so quickly and its combat effectiveness would be so strong!
Thinking of this, Tanaka Mashi couldn't help frowning.
This battle can be said to have done the British a great favor to the Imperial Army, otherwise this battle might have been even more difficult.
According to the information obtained, Tanaka knew that the British were reluctant to give up the colonies they occupied until the last moment, or that the British were worried that the Chinese expeditionary force would rely on them to seize the benefits of the colonies after they entered Burma.
Therefore, the stupid British did not allow the Chinese expeditionary force to enter Burma until the imperial army conquered Mawlamyine, and the situation forced the Chinese expeditionary force to rush to help.
But it was too late at this time, and Tanaka Mashi was very clear: the guns and bullets of the squadron were not common to the British ** team, which would cause the squadron to be unable to use the ammunition accumulated by the British, which meant that the squadron had to get supplies from distant China, while there was only one road between China and Myanmar, and this road was also responsible for the task of transfusing blood to China......
It is precisely because of this that the division commander always thought that even if the squadron could arrive in time, it would not be a problem.
But I didn't expect that the division commander would soon encounter a hard nail, and the Chinese ** people in Tonggu were enough to block them for three days, and there was no hope of capturing them.
Therefore, it is not so much that Nakagawa-kun died because of the ineffective attack, but that he died because of the light enemy of the division commander.
It's a pity that Nakagawa-kun, he was an excellent soldier and a loyal soldier of the Great Japanese Empire, but he died under his own sword for no apparent reason.
Fortunately, the Imperial Army had Burmese help.
Mashi Tanaka couldn't help but smile.
These ridiculous Burmese people really thought that the imperial army was here to save them from the enslavement of the British, so they spontaneously organized the Burmese independence volunteers to assist the imperial army in the war, and even propagandized for the imperial army, and now even the Burmese people will provide intelligence and supplies for the imperial army.
Just like now, with the help of the Burmese, more than 1,000 people led by Tanaka Mashi bypassed Tonggujir and easily occupied the Keyonggang airport.
In this way, it was only a matter of time before Tonggu was taken, and Tanaka Mashi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief...... It was really hard for him to imagine what kind of situation it would have been if Tonggu had not been won and a steady stream of Chinese ** people had come to gather in the Tonggu area.
The general topography of Myanmar resembles a standing diamond, wide in the middle and narrow at the end, while Tong Gu is in the middle of the transition from narrow to wide below.
The Chinese have apparently realized this for a long time, in case the imperial army cannot quickly take Tonggu and enter into a stalemate with the squadron, then the imperial army can only operate in the narrow second half, while the squadron ** operates in the wide middle, and even if the imperial army has aircraft and artillery, it will not have much success.
But fortunately, none of this happened, as long as you hold the airport......
"Report Shaozuo!" At this time, a communications soldier hurriedly ran in and stepped forward to report: "I just received a telegram from Jingye, and the No. 3 tunnel was blown up by the ** person......
"What?"
Tanaka Masashi's face couldn't help but change suddenly, as the captain of the team, of course he knew what the bombing of the tunnel meant to them stationed at the airport.
"Bastard!" Tanaka Masashi couldn't help but scold: "How could this rice bucket of Kyono let the Chinese blow up the tunnel?!" ”
"Report Shaozuo!" The signal soldier replied cautiously: "Listening to Kyono's report, it seems that Chinese had buried the explosives in the tunnel in advance, and Kyono was busy building fortifications and transporting supplies, but he didn't even find ......."
"I see!" Tanaka slammed his fist on the table: "Could it be that the Chinese have been prepared for a long time?" ”
"Shaosa means ......," Ishida Kochi asked from the side.
Ishida Kochi is the deputy captain of the 3rd Brigade of the 144th Wing, and he is both the right-hand man of Tanaka Shinshi and the brains of the 3rd Brigade.
"Ishida-kun!" Tanaka said: "It seems that the Chinese are smarter than we think, if they can plant explosives in the tunnel in advance, it means that they are likely to detect in advance that we are going to attack the airport, this time, they deliberately let us in!" ”
"Dazuo is saying that this is a trap for the Chinese?" Ishida Kochi couldn't help but gasp, but then expressed his doubts: "The Chinese are so smart?!" ”
"Otherwise, how do you explain the explosives buried in the tunnel?" Tanaka Mashi asked rhetorically: "Also, don't you think the squadron retreated too quickly?" It's completely different from their stubborn resistance on the same front line! ”
When Tanaka Masashi said this, Ishida also felt that this airport was too easy to capture.
"It's obvious!" Tanaka said: "This is a trick by the Chinese to put us in and trap us in this unsafe airport. ”
"So what do we do now?" Ishida Kochi asked, "Do you want to go into the jungle and seize the high ground?" ”
Tanaka Mashi looked at the map and thought about it for a while, then shook his head firmly and said: "No, if we retreat into the jungle, Tonggu will be reinforced by other squadrons, which will make the next battle of our army more difficult, and may even affect the overall plan." Only if we hold the airfield, it will be possible to end the battle in the shortest possible time! ”
"So ......" Tanaka Mashi then gave an order: "Continue to hold the airfield, order Kyono to open a supply line as quickly as possible, and be sure to deliver ammunition to the airfield in the shortest possible time!" ”
"Yes!" After saluting Tanaka Masashi, the communications soldier turned around and went to deliver the order.