It was clear that Major Walker was trying to take advantage of the victory and add a little bit of Yankee's personal heroism, just as Stilwell did not only not order a retreat when he commanded the Battle of Tonggu, but ordered the attack of the 200th Division, which lacked ammunition.

Later, Zhang Chi learned that this was actually because the fifteen-person squad of the Japanese army almost succeeded in sneaking up on the headquarters...... A Japanese soldier rushed to the headquarters with an explosive bag that pulled the fuse, but fortunately the guards found it in time and killed him on the road, but the shock wave of the explosive bag still shattered the side of the wooden house and sent a large amount of wood chips flying into it, injuring Walker who was talking on the phone in several places.

Although the injuries were only minor, Walker was very embarrassed.

On the other hand, Walker also believed that the Japanese army had only one brigade in the Lingbang area...... If the Japanese army only has one brigade, then it eliminated one squadron plus one squad and one squad when attacking Lingbang before, and at least two more squads were eliminated just now, then how many people would be left of the Japanese army?!

So Walker yelled angrily: "Attack, give these bunnies a little color!" ”

This order soon reached the 217th Heights, and Pete shouted at Zhang Chi: "Captain, the Colonel ordered us to divide two platoons to cooperate with the tank troops to attack the 114th Heights!" ”

"I refuse to carry out this order!" Zhang Chi replied without thinking about it: "That's just looking for death!" ”

"Captain!" Pete shouted: "This is the order, and we still have the cover of tanks and artillery!" ”

"But it's night!" Zhang Chi responded: "Believe me, this Japanese army is not an ordinary army, they will lay an ambush on the road and wait for us,"

"Captain ......"

Pete wanted to say something, but Zhang Chi interrupted him: "Have you forgotten the agreement between us?" Peter! You can tell the Colonel that I disobeyed orders! ”

Pete was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and reported the situation to Walker.

"What the fuck!" Walker on the other end of the phone couldn't help but slam the phone to the landline: "I must remove this guy from his position when I go back!" ”

After a pause, he ordered: "Since you don't fight in one company, then give this task to three companies!" ”

So soon the cannon fire began to sound again. The artillery fire extended along the front of Heights 217 to Heights 114, more than 700 meters away, and then six Stuart tanks drove out of Lingbang to cover the advance of two platoons of infantry towards Heights 114.

Seeing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but shake his head, this attack made two mistakes from the beginning:

One mistake was the extension of artillery fire. There was nothing wrong with the extension of artillery fire in itself, which could remove the mines laid by the enemy on the road, but it was also telling the Japanese ...... The Chinese army will soon attack, and the target is the 114 heights.

Another mistake was the tank with the headlights on. This is, of course, to light the way ahead for the attacking forces, but it is also to tell the enemy where he is, and even the enemy can infer the strength and disposition of the Chinese army based on the number and location of tanks.

In other words, from the very beginning, this attack clearly exposed all its information to the Japanese army.

I thought about it. Zhang Chi gritted his teeth and ordered: "First row, second row, follow me!" Three rows of in-situ vigilance! ”

"Captain!" Pete was a little puzzled and said, "Didn't you refuse to carry out the order?" Why ...... again now"

"No more nonsense!" Zhang Chi said to Pete: "You just stay here and be in charge of the defense of the high ground!" ”

"Okay!" Pete, of course, was more than willing to carry out this order.

So Zhang Chi set off with two platoons of infantry.

Zhang Chi did this for two purposes:

One is that he is unwilling to let the two platoons of Chinese troops in front of him be wiped out...... After all, they are Chinese, and they are also his comrades-in-arms, and Zhang Chi can't watch them just go up and die and do nothing.

The other is that the troops, charged forward under the cover of artillery fire and tanks, will be a good decoy that will attract the strength and attention of the Japanese and ignore the flanks.

So Zhang Chi wanted to take advantage of the situation to make a surprise attack on the Japanese army.

"Pass the order on!" Zhang Chi ordered: "If you encounter an enemy on the way, you will all lie down, and if anyone stands, they will all be shot, do you understand?" ”

"Yes!" The warriors quickly passed down the order one by one.

This is to prevent a lack of distinction between friend and foe in the dark, especially on a rainy night when there are no fingers in sight, and if a few enemies are mixed in, it can have disastrous consequences for the entire army.

The march went well. Zhang Chi and his soldiers ran down the high ground along the communication trench very quickly and into the jungle on the right, because the third company was advancing layer by layer under the cover of tanks and artillery, and sometimes stopped to bombard and strafe the 114th Heights with tanks, so their speed was very slow. After a while, Zhang Chi unexpectedly overtook them and reached the flank of the 114th Heights first.

The townsfolk were about to take the troops up but were stopped by Zhang Chi, and at Zhang Chi's signal, all the troops stung in the jungle and waited.

The fighters didn't know what they were waiting for, but Zhang Chi did...... He was waiting for the moment when the Japanese army would shoot, and then the Japanese army's firepower points would be exposed to them one by one.

It didn't take long. After hearing a howl, a burst of gunfire rang out on the 114th heights, and the troops of the three companies attacking from the front were quickly stopped by the Japanese fire. The soldiers of the 3rd Company were about to return fire, but soon discovered that they had fallen into a trap set by the Japanese...... Just as they were attracted by the fire on the 114 heights, the enemy with Burmese swords suddenly jumped down from the grass and trees. With a roar, he slaughtered into the group of three companies of soldiers hiding behind the tank.

This caused a great chaos among the soldiers of the Third Company...... They couldn't tell the difference between friend and foe in the dark, and the rifle in their hands didn't have time to load the bayonet, and what was even more embarrassing was that they didn't know whether it was better to shoot or not to shoot in the face of the dark shadow in front of them, and they were afraid of killing their own people, and even if they killed the enemy, the bullet would penetrate the enemy and hit their own people.

However, the enemy with Burmese swords had no scruples about this, and as soon as they entered the crowd, they slashed and killed the enemy everywhere like a tiger entering a flock. The soldiers of the third company, who were taken by surprise, had no power to fight back, and soon let out screams and wails, and the tanks in front of them did not even know what was happening behind them and still fired at the 114th Heights in front.

Zhang Chi on the other side couldn't help but grit his teeth, he knew that it was too late to save the third company at this time, and it was unwise to save the third company in this situation, it would only plunge the troops into greater chaos without any help.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi decided to attack the 114 Heights desperately, hoping to relieve the pressure on the 3rd Company by attacking the 114 Heights. (To be continued.) )