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The shells were coming from the opposite direction, which everyone, including Zhang Chi, could hear and was very surprised at the same time.

The first thing they think of is: when did the devil run behind and go in the opposite direction towards them?

But when those shells exploded one after the other in the Japanese group, the fighters understood...... This is not a devil's cannon, but a cannonball of one's own people.

"It's reinforcements!" After being stunned for a while, the demon shouted: "It's the main force of our division here, this is the artillery of our artillery regiment!" ”

There was soon a burst of cheers from the trenches, and everyone had expressions of excitement and joy on their faces.

If these 200 divisions come one minute late, I am afraid that the soldiers will rush down and fight the devils.

The Adversary was right, it was the 200th Division that had arrived, but only a mortar battalion had arrived.

When Dai Anlan learned that the 1st Engineer Regiment was fighting against the 56th Division of the Japanese Army alone in Tangji, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Although the First Engineer Regiment is an engineer regiment, this engineer regiment is not an ordinary engineer regiment.

This engineer regiment not only captured a large amount of equipment from the Japanese army and rescued a large number of British troops, but also dealt heavy blows to the Japanese army again and again, and made a miraculous feat that impressed everyone. It can be said that at this time, the Engineer Corps was already a legendary unit on the battlefield in Burma, and its existence and deeds had greatly inspired and boosted the morale of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and many troops were following the example of the Engineer Corps...... Their idea is: Even the engineering regiment can fight so many beautiful battles, so if their main force doesn't make an appearance, will they still have the face to return to China to face their fathers and fellow villagers?!

Therefore, whether it is from the aspect of personal feelings, from the aspect of equipment, from the aspect of boosting morale or the aspect of Tangji's strategic importance to the whole, Dai Anlan is required to rush to Tangji as quickly as possible to save the engineering regiment that is struggling to support.

For this reason, Dai Anlan asked the mortar battalion to take the lead in front by car under the cover of an infantry company...... This way of marching is very dangerous, no one will put the artillery unit in front, and this careless mortar unit will be scrapped.

But Dai Anlan felt that the risk was worth taking.

The facts also proved that Dai Anlan was right, and the mortar artillery arrived at the last moment and provided fire support for the 159 heights in time......

Of course, there is also the credit of Wang Mazi.

When Wang Mazi knew that the mortar battalion would come up first, he immediately asked a few artillery-born soldiers in the engineer regiment to calculate the Zhuyuan in the preset artillery position, and even completed the test firing with the only few mortars.

Needless to say, after the mortar battalion arrived at Tangji, they immediately set up artillery in the preset position, and Zhu Yuan didn't even see the shadow of the Japanese army, so he fired rows of shells in the direction of the Japanese army.

It was this batch of shells that saved the company and saved the 159 heights, and it can even be said that it saved Tangji.

This dense artillery shell quickly knocked down the charging Japanese troops, and at the same time frightened Masao Watanabe.

"The Chinese 200th Division has arrived?!" Masao Watanabe didn't believe this fact a little, but the dense artillery fire on the position made him have to believe it.

If Masao Watanabe knew that it was only the mortar unit of the 200th Division that had arrived at this time, and that the main force following behind would not be able to reach Tangji for at least an hour, then he would have mobilized artillery to suppress the Chinese artillery at Tangji, and then continued to attack the 159th Heights...... It is very likely that the engineer regiment, which has run out of ammunition and food, will not be able to stop the next wave of attack of the 56th Division.

But Masao Watanabe thought that the 56th Division had no chance to take Tangyoshi...... He was well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese 200 Division, which held back more than 20,000 men of the 55th Division of the Japanese Army for more than ten days with a force of more than 9,000 troops in Tonggu. At this time, the 56th Division's artillery shells were almost exhausted, and the planes could not be put into battle because of the darkness, so it was obviously unwise to defend the Chinese 200th Division with artillery regiments, which was likely to cause heavy casualties to the 56th Division.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" The staff officer asked: "Do you want to go on the offensive?" ”

Masao Watanabe, who was in a daze, couldn't help but sit on his chair and replied, "Give up the attack and wait for air support after dawn!" ”

Masao Watanabe's idea is...... Since the 200th Division has arrived in Tangji, it is not too bad to wait until dawn, when the Japanese army may still have an advantage because of its air power.

It was precisely because of this idea that Masao Watanabe lost the opportunity to take Tangyoshi, and the engineer regiment also escaped.

Then, under the cover of the artillery fire of the mortar battalion, Wang Mazi quickly sent people up to replace the company of the 159 heights.

Wang Mazi personally took the adjutant and guards to meet the company that came down from the 159 heights, seeing that the soldiers were all ragged and unhuman, Wang Mazi stepped forward and held the hands of the soldiers one by one, and kept saying: "Good job!" "Brothers have worked hard! "Well played! ”……

As the Japanese army temporarily halted the attack on Tangji, the battle came to an end.

Not long after Zhang Chi and the others withdrew, they saw a large number of cars intercepting the infantry and dragging artillery, and even a few T26 tanks drove into Tangji.

THE 56TH DIVISION OF THE JAPANESE ARMY HAS A LOT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT COMPARED WITH ANCIENT TIMES, AND THE 200TH DIVISION IS THE SAME, THEY SUPPLEMENTED THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT ORIGINALLY STRANDED IN LASHIO WHEN THEY ORGANIZED THE BATTLE OF PINGMANNA, INCLUDING SOVIET-MADE 122MM HOWITZERS AND MORE THAN 10 T26 TANKS.

Of course, these T26 tanks with armor only a dozen millimeters thick are not the same grade as the M3 and M4 tanks in the hands of the engineer regiment, but the important thing is that the 200 division has many tank crews who can skillfully operate the tank and work well together, so as soon as the dozens of M3 and M4 tanks in the engineer regiment are handed over to the 200 division, the combat effectiveness of the 200 division can be immediately raised to a higher level.

What made the fighters even more excited was that the 200th Division also brought dozens of truckloads of ammunition and gasoline...... This was from the British army, on the one hand, because he knew that the Engineer Regiment would receive some tanks and armored vehicles from the Engineer Regiment after it was rebuilt, and these tanks and armored vehicles needed British ammunition, and on the other hand, he did not want a legendary team like the Engineer Regiment to lose its combat effectiveness because of the lack of ammunition.

At this time, the British army, because of the experience of Ren'anqiang's siege, of course knew that the war was not as simple as they thought, and for the sake of their own safe escape, they did not dare to slash the neck of the Chinese army in terms of ammunition and supplies as before.