Chapter Seventy-Four: The Tax Police Corps

** troops, all those that do not have an official number, such as the temporary XX division and the new XX division, are all temporarily formed and poorly trained troops, and their combat effectiveness is naturally a chicken feather.

But there are also special ones here, such as General Liao Yaoxiang's new 22nd Division and General Sun Liren's new 38th Division.

Although the new 22nd Division is also a new division from the number, it is actually the twin of the 200th Division. To be detailed, it is to draw the backbone from the 200th Division, and then add it to a division formed after recruit training, plus he is subordinate to the Fifth Army, so there is not much difference from the 200th Division in terms of equipment and quality.

Needless to say, the new 38th Division, anyone with a little military knowledge knows that the predecessor of this unit was the Tax Police Corps formed by Song Ziwen.

The so-called tax police corps, that is the meaning of the tax police.

But this tax cop is not like our modern tax police.

The background of its formation is that at this time, China was nominally unified, but in fact there were still many warlords with their own private armed and private armies, and if the central government wanted to collect taxes from these warlords, it had to suppress the troops and equipment in the hands of these warlords.

So there was the Tax Police Corps.

And this so-called tax police is not actually a policeman, it is an army.

Moreover, it is not only an army, but also an army with a high level of education, excellent equipment, super rigorous training, and extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Later, after several setbacks, this army became the new 38th Division, that is, the new 38th Division in the battle of Ren'anqiang in history.

So Zhang Chi is about to worry about it...... Although Zhang Chi knew the historical knowledge and could completely steal the tactics of General Sun Liren, the same tactics that were useful in the hands of the new 38th Army may not be useful in the hands of the engineer regiment.

"Three platoon commanders!" Seeing that Zhang Chi didn't speak, Wang Mazi said with some dissatisfaction: "Why are you stunned? Tell us what you think! ”

Wang Mazi is already a little accustomed to listening to Zhang Chi's suggestions, but this is not surprising, because since the opening of the fight, Zhang Chi has always put forward constructive suggestions, and practice has proved that Zhang Chi's suggestions are correct.

"I ......" Zhang Chi felt embarrassed at this time, because only he knew that the reason why his previous advice was what it was said was all because of his historical knowledge.

Originally, he could be said to have been confident about the battle of Ringanqiang, but after the battle of the Bin River crossing, he realized that he had made a mistake...... I confused the engineer regiment with the new 38th division.

What now?!

Hit it, there's a good chance you won't be able to beat it.

Don't fight, it's not a way to go on like this!

At this time, Zhang Chi was a little annoyed, why did he arrange for their engineer regiment to rescue Ren'anqiang, and Shangfeng would be fine if he transferred the new 38th Division like history?

But the reality is that it is the engineer regiment and not the new 38th Division that is now in Ren'anqiang, and Zhang Chi can only face it.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Tuanza, isn't the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army helping the devils to transport artillery shells and supplies?" ”

"Hmm!" Wang Mazi replied casually, he didn't understand what Zhang Chi meant.

"Look......" Zhang Chi took off his hat, grabbed a towel as a white handkerchief and stabbed it on his head, and said, "I don't look like the Burmese Independence Volunteers?" ”

"Oh!" Now Wang Mazi understood, he walked to Zhang Chi's side and looked at it, nodded and said, "It's really like!" ”

The uniforms of the soldiers of the expeditionary force are in tatters, and the weapons used are the same as those of the Burmese Independence Volunteers, which are also Enfield, so they are really indistinguishable from each other at first glance.

"This might work!" Wang Mazi nodded and said: "Let's pretend to be helping the devil to send artillery shells or reinforce the Burmese Independent Volunteers on the 501 Heights, and mix up to catch him off guard!" ”

Originally, Zhang Chi also meant this, but when I think about it, I don't think it's appropriate.

"Tuanza!" Zhang Chi frowned and said: "First of all, if we want to sneak in, it will be at night, there are also many Burmese independence volunteers on the 501 Heights, and I am afraid that we will not be able to identify the enemy at that time." ”

"yes!" The tank battalion commander said: "The most important thing is that our army and the Burmese Independence Volunteers cannot be identified, but the Japanese army can be identified. In other words, only our army and the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army are in chaos, but the Japanese army is not chaotic, and the Japanese army is ruthless and does not distinguish between the enemy and we will fight all of them, and then we are only afraid of ......"

What the tank battalion commander said is completely possible, the Japanese army will not really be rare about the lives of the Burmese Independent Volunteers, and the big deal is that it was a mistake afterwards, what can the Burmese Independent Volunteers do with them?

"On the other hand!" The engineer battalion commander continued: "Few of us can speak Burmese, and there should be many Burmese people in 501 Heights who want to blend in without being detected...... I'm afraid it's not easy! ”

This is indeed a problem, a force as large as 1,000 people is going to the important point of defense of Japan and Burma, and it is difficult not to attract people's attention.

So the tactics again went to a dead end, and the officers fell silent again.

Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel a little angry, this battle would not have been so troublesome at all, even if the Japanese army occupied the 501 heights, even if the Japanese army had the help of the Burmese, but if the British army of Ren'anqiang still had morale, then under the cover of so many heavy artillery of the British army, under the two-sided attack of Ren'anqiang and Chok Badang, the Japanese army's strength of less than 1,000 people could not be prevented!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "Why don't you ...... Let's not go to 501 Heights? ”

"If you don't go to 501 Heights, where else can you go?" The engineer commander was a little puzzled.

"Go to Ringanqiang!" Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said.

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Wang Mazi couldn't help but nod slightly.

Heights 501 was the focus of the Japanese defense, and there were many Burmese independence volunteers, so it was difficult to get in. But Ren'anqiang is different, you must know that at this time, the troops interspersed by the devils are insufficient, and they can only block some traffic intersections such as ferries and highways, and the British army is extremely dependent on roads, so they are blocked and can't get out.

It is precisely because of this that the devils' encirclement of Ren'anqiang is actually very lax, and it is almost certain that there is no Japanese defense in the jungle and highlands in other parts except the road, and even if there is, it is a small amount.

Under these circumstances, it would obviously be much easier to disguise themselves as the Burmese Independence Volunteers and infiltrate Ringanqiang.

After infiltrating Ren'anqiang, the engineer regiment can use the tanks, armored vehicles and even heavy artillery of the British 7th Armored Brigade to cooperate with the British army to launch an attack on the 501 heights!

"That's it!" Thinking of this, Wang Mazi decided: "Mix in Ren'anqiang!" ”