Chapter 56: Surprise Attack

Although the tank's artillery and machine guns were aimlessly hitting the jungle, the penetrating power of the tank guns and anti-aircraft machine guns was extraordinary, and the bullets were very dense, which instantly suppressed the fierce fire of the Japanese army.

However, the artillery equipped by the Japanese army was mountain artillery, which was mainly used to deal with infantry targets, and the tanks of the Chinese army seemed to be more than capable of power, especially those Sherman tanks, let the Japanese mountain artillery bombard it indiscriminately, it only cared about knocking down big trees and rushing forward, and as a result, a charge rushed to the Japanese defense line and pressed the Japanese artillery to the ground.

…… This is also the reason why Zhang Chi did not order a retreat, but ordered an attack.

Zhang Chi, who had fought with the Japanese army, knew that it was the Japanese army's mountain artillery and not the battle defense artillery when he heard the sound of the cannon and the radiation of the shell when it exploded...... The anti-aircraft guns fired tungsten armor-piercing shells, which would not explode like a grenade and release as much shrapnel and smoke when hit the ground.

From this, Zhang Chi made a judgment that although the group of Japanese troops in front of him was prepared, their preparations obviously did not include tanks...... But then again, who would have thought that tanks could be used in such terrain conditions?!

Because of Zhang Chi's quick decision, the tank troops, with the coordination of the infantry, easily slaughtered the Japanese army group that wanted to wait for the rest of the army to ambush the Chendit troops, and the scene at this time can be described as a massacre...... The Chinese soldiers had tanks as cover, while the Japanese could only rely on the jungle and trees, and these covers were often pushed down by tanks or destroyed by various machine guns before they could be used.

In the domestic battle, Bai Chongxi's most painful thing was that a pocket array was originally arranged for the Japanese army to drill in according to the established strategy, but because the combat effectiveness of the troops was too poor, each pocket formation was drilled through the bottom of the pocket by the Japanese army without exception.

This time, Bai Chongxi's pain, Tanaka Shinichi, commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, finally realized.

Of course, at this time, Shinichi Tanaka didn't even know the battle situation here, and he was full of confidence that his two squadrons would definitely be able to clean up the enemy.

But in fact, the commander of this Japanese army, Okada Konakasa, had already died in the chaos. The rest of the Japanese troops retreated under the onslaught of the Chinese tanks, and the Chinese soldiers who followed the tanks kept coming out to pull the trigger and shoot the Japanese troops fleeing in front...... At this time, even Pete held a Thomson charger and fought forward, and he felt quite ashamed in his heart, it was obviously a big victory, and he almost missed it because of his wrong judgment.

What Pete doesn't know is that there are bigger victories waiting for them.

Not expecting that the two squadrons would be wiped out in such a short time, the headquarters of the 18th Division was completely exposed to the tanks of the Chinese army, and there were no troops to defend at all.

Then, when the Japanese army was completely defenseless, the tank broke into Panmai, and with the roar of tank guns, Panmai fell into a sea of fire. Then the tanks were rampage and wreaking around, and the driver excitedly increased the throttle and walked through the fragile thatched huts and bamboo huts, running the Japanese soldiers hiding in the houses or driving them out, and then using machine guns to knock them down one by one.

At that time, it was dark so I didn't see which was the Japanese headquarters, and it was only when I cleaned up the battlefield after the war that I found a pile of corpses of Japanese officers in an inconspicuous anti-artillery hole...... From the military ranks, it can be seen that there are two big and one middle sa, and there are a bunch of combat documents.

Shinichi Tanaka apparently took advantage of the chaos to escape, and his escape was so hasty that he didn't have time to take his mount and the Great Seal of the Gate with him.

Later, there were some disputes over this big seal, because the capture of the seal of the Japanese division commander was something that had never happened before, and Xiao Zhejiang, who seized this thing, couldn't help but dance with joy. After going back, he waved all the way to show off that he was going to go to his superiors to report his merits, but he was stopped by Walker and ordered Xiao Zhejiang to hand over the loot to him. Xiao Zhejiang was unconvinced and quarreled with Walker, but the superior was the superior after all. In the end, Xiao Zhejiang reluctantly handed over the Great Seal of Guan Fang to Walker.

Before handing it in, Xiao Zhejiang found a pile of white paper and stamped dozens of seals as a sauvenir.

Of course, that's all for later.

The success of this attack was completely unexpected by the fighters, and even Zhang Chi did not expect it.

Pete couldn't help laughing and hugged Zhang Chi and said, "Zhang...... You're a lucky star. I thought everyone was going to die here, but I didn't expect it to be the enemy! ”

Of course, the war didn't stop there.

As the command was captured. The already demoralized Japanese army was even worse. Tanaka Shinichi did not dare to be strong, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to retreat.

However, it was not so easy to evacuate, and the Chinese army chased the Japanese all the way, so that the jungle was full of flares and shells, and the sound of gunfire was heard one after another.

Zhang Chi and the soldiers really didn't know where to fight because of the tank...... The terrain in other places has not been reconnoitred, so it is really difficult for tanks to move an inch, so they can only rely on tanks to stay in place.

Originally, Zhang Chi thought that there would be no battle to fight in the future, but soon they knew that they were wrong...... Due to poor communication, there are still many devils who do not know that Panmai has been occupied, so they still retreat to Panmai, and they do not even find the American tanks deployed by the soldiers on the defensive line because of the darkness and hurry.

So this made a big deal for Zhang Chi and the others, and almost all of their bullets were fired at the backs of the Japanese soldiers.

But Zhang Chi didn't have much interest in such a fight...... The strategic goal has been achieved, and the rest is just to kill a few more people, although killing a few more devils is indeed very relieving, but the battle has been fought so far Zhang Chi has an indescribable exhaustion.

Zhang Chi wanted to find a place to be quiet, even if he could get away from the gunfire and cannon sound for a moment, away from the smoke and blood.

But it was a luxury for him, because there was hardly a place here that was not dripping with blood, and there was not a place where there was no explosion.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi asked Pete to command the next battle, and he hid in the anti-artillery hole where Shinichi Tanaka was the headquarters, although there were still several corpses of Japanese officers next to him, but he didn't mind...... He silently lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and after a sigh of relief, he lay backwards.

He wanted to finish the cigarette, but he fell asleep after only two puffs...... No one will know how much psychological pressure Zhang Chi has endured in this tense battle for more than a month. (To be continued.) )