I made a plan, and I did what I said.

The first is to send someone back to Tangji to report this plan to Wang Mazi...... Although the Engineer Corps had already drawn several telephone lines to the 159th Heights in advance, it was best for something as important as the battle plan to be conveyed by someone, because no one was sure whether the mile-long telephone lines would be monitored by the Japanese army, and it was very likely that the Japanese army would get the battle plan first, which would be fatal to the Engineer Corps.

Wang Mazi quickly agreed with this plan after receiving it, and then passed the orders to the troops on the 311 Heights and the Tangji Front, respectively, so that they could prepare for coordination with the 159 Heights.

Then, the soldiers of the first company dug a pit in the trench to bury the explosives, laid the fuse, and prepared the explosives.

Of course, it is not suitable to bury the explosives right away, and at this time the soldiers of the first company are still in the trenches, and burying the explosives now is equivalent to burying the explosives under their own feet...... The devils came up with a round of artillery fire and detonated these explosives, which is going to be a bad thing.

In the end, most of the troops were withdrawn to the anti-slope to build another line of defense, leaving only one platoon, that is, a loose unit, in the trenches.

Their task, one was to prepare for planting explosives, and the other was to pretend to block the Japanese in the trenches...... There can't be no soldiers in this trench, and the Japanese are not fools, and the next time they charge, they will not encounter any resistance, so they will soon guess that there may be fraud, so they will choose to send a small force up to reconnoitre.

However, just when Zhang Chi and the others were preparing to meet the devil's next attack, the devil stopped attacking.

They only fired at the 159 heights without a single cannon, occasionally sending a small team to harass in front of the position...... However, it was obviously a feint, and it was impossible for a small group of Japanese troops to take Heights 159 with such a large difference in geographical advantage.

It was a bit of a surprise to see how the Japanese army behaved...... Wasn't the Japanese army in a hurry to intersperse Lashio? Aren't you in a hurry to take down Tangji? Why is it so tepid now?

Zhang Chi had a hunch that the Japanese army's battle plan might change.

Zhang Chi guessed correctly, the Japanese army has indeed changed, but the goal of taking Tangji and interspersing with Lashio has not changed.

The change is due to the fact that Masao Watanabe has taken several factors into account.

First of all, the defeat of the 3rd Brigade of the 133rd Wing was a great shock to Masao Watanabe.

This third brigade was originally directly subordinate to Watanabe Masao's troops, but it was only recently transferred to the 133rd Wing when the 56th Division was reorganized.

Masao Watanabe is well aware of the courage and determination of this brigade, and in fact the performance of this brigade on the battlefield did not disappoint Masao Watanabe...... They remained silent even if they were seriously injured during the undercover mission, but in the end they were unable to take Heights 159.

So Masao Watanabe realized one point: maybe he blamed Matsui Kiyosuke, and the failure of the 133rd Wing to take Tangyoshi means that it is not Matsui Kiyosuke who is incompetent, but that the Chinese army stationed in Tangyoshi is indeed a force that should not be underestimated, as Matsui Kiyosuke described.

From this, Masao Watanabe realized a little...... Even if other troops are afraid of it, it will be the same result.

Of course, at this time, Watanabe Masao did not know that the engineer regiment stationed in Tangji was running out of ammunition, otherwise, he would not hesitate to choose to use the lives of his soldiers to consume the enemy's ammunition.

On the other hand, since the landing in Yangon, the 56th Division has been marching almost non-stop, first rushing to Tonggu for 200 kilometers in three days to engage in the battle of Tonggu, and then replenishing equipment and heading north along the Moltke Highway...... You must know that this is a steep road of nearly 1,000 kilometers, and it is also a road that was blown up by the Chinese army all the way, although there are Burmese independence volunteers and Burmese people along the way to help, but such a long forced march also made the 56th Division feel exhausted.

The 56th Division needs to rest, not to mention that the 56th Division has consumed too many shells in Tangji, which should have been used in the attack on Lashio.

At the same time, Masao Watanabe also received information that the Chinese 200th Division, which was rushing to Tangji, had been blocked by the 18th Division in Pingmanna, and did not arrive at Tangji so quickly.

What's more important is that the wind is not in the right direction at this time......

This made Watanabe Masao decide to let the officers and men of the 56th Division take a break, and at the same time wait for the logistics troops to let the 56th Division replenish a little ammunition before continuing to advance.

But the 56th Division can rest, but it can't let the Chinese army rest.

So Watanabe Masao ordered the harassment of Tangyoshi, not to let the Chinese army rest, and not to give them a chance to change their guards...... Once the Chinese are aware of the change of defense, the Japanese army will soon turn from a feint attack to a real attack.

This trick is indeed very useful for the engineer regiment, after all, the engineer regiment is not very experienced on the battlefield, and at the same time the quality can not keep up, plus the Japanese charge is very fast, a careless will make them rush to the position and lose their lives, so even if it is a feint, the soldiers of the engineer regiment are nervous for a while.

And this is exactly what Masao Watanabe wants.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" The staff officer walked into the civilian house that served as the temporary headquarters and asked Masao Watanabe, "The officers want to know how long the troops can rest." ”

"When?" Masao Watanabe thought about it and replied, "There is no specific time, rest until the wind direction changes!" ”

"Yes!" The staff officer seemed to understand something, stood up and saluted and walked out of the headquarters.

The time gradually entered the second half of the night, and Zhang Chi could no longer hold back his tiredness, holding his gun and resting on the edge of the trench...... In fact, it should be safer to sleep in the cat's ear hole, and if the enemy has a cannonball, you can even save the action of drilling into it.

But the people who haven't dodged the cat ear hole don't know the hard work, the cat ear hole space is small, and it is impossible to turn around at all, and what makes people unbearable is that it is stuffy and hot...... The land is exposed to the sun during the day, and the heat will not be emitted for a while, so hiding in it is like sweating bursts of heat from all around, and after a while, it is a sweat. In addition, the mosquitoes also drilled into it, so Zhang Chi would rather blow the wind outside to cool it down.

What's more, Zhang Chi doesn't want to hide in and fall asleep and don't even know that the devil rushes up, although this situation may occur if he falls asleep outside, but the soldiers will still see him and remind him.

When he relaxed, Zhang Chi felt some pain on his face, and when he touched it, he realized that he didn't know when a bullet mark was scratched on his face.

Alas! Zhang Chi couldn't help but sigh...... What kind of life is this, sometimes he would rather a bullet just fly over and kill himself, and then he will be relieved.