This is a little unimaginable in the eyes of the Japanese army, why did the Chinese army retreat when it was clearly victorious?!

And this is not the style of the Chinese army, in the past, in the face of this situation, the Chinese army either fled or coexisted with the position, but at this time it took the initiative to retreat more than 100 meters to give up the position.

At least one thing the Japanese guessed correctly...... This is indeed not the combat style of the Chinese army, but the tactics of the US military.

There is a saying in the tactics of the US military that if you can solve problems with artillery shells, you don't need to use people to solve them, and Zhang Chi at this time is to implement this policy.

He retreated more than 100 meters with his troops, so the distance between him and the Japanese position was more than 500 meters, which was beyond the range of the Japanese army's 38 canopies and grenadiers, so the rest was a mortar...... After retreating, the gunners of the expeditionary force quickly fired the mortars into a "boom", and one shell after another went straight to the Japanese positions.

Not enough shells? It didn't matter, soon American transport planes dropped hundreds of shells and replacement mortars on the designated positions.

At first, the gunners used shells with time-delay fuses...... At this time, because the overhead is full of tree branches, it is very likely that a cannonball shot with an instant fuse will explode overhead if it hits the branch, but with a delay fuse, there is basically no problem. Of course, if you're unlucky enough to hit a branch and bounce back, there's also a danger.

Later, the gunners decided that this was not enough, so they had people climb up the trees and cut off the branches...... Then a shell with an instant fuse was fired at the devil's position.

This time it was lively, and when the shells with instant fuses hit the Japanese positions, they would also touch the branches, which caused the shells to explode above the heads of the Japanese soldiers, and the shrapnel and the branches that were blown up were shot from above like a goddess scattering flowers, only to make the Japanese soldiers cry and howl wolves.

The Japanese wanted to return fire, but they only carried two mortars, and even the shells they carried had already been fired in the charge just now, and the other weapons basically posed no threat to the enemy at a distance of 500 meters. So there was only the part of lying in the position and being bombed.

The Japanese wanted to wait in their positions for the enemy's shells to run out...... This is the inertial thinking of the Japanese army, and it can also be said that it is the experience of fighting with the Chinese army in the past, and the Chinese army is often powerless because of the lack of ammunition.

But they soon found that this thinking was once again inappropriate for the Chinese army in front of them...... The artillery shells of the Chinese army seemed to never be finished, and one after another fought for an hour without stopping at all, and at this time, the Japanese squadron of nearly 200 people suffered another 70 or 80 casualties, which means that most of the casualties of the entire squadron can almost be said to have lost its combat effectiveness.

At this time, the Japanese army should have withdrawn and made other plans, but the "bushido" spirit of the Japanese army did not allow them to do so, especially since they were still the 18th Division of the Japanese army...... Every soldier of the 18th Division knew that if they were withdrawn like this, then the division commander Mutaguchi Lian would not listen to their explanations and punish them severely. It is even possible to ask them to commit suicide by caesarean section.

So the Japanese could only grit their teeth and plan to use the remaining forces to sneak attack the Chinese army from the flank...... It seemed easy to do this, the sound of mortar artillery revealed the position of the Chinese troops, and the Japanese only had to make a detour and outflank them.

But the Japanese soon discovered that they had fallen into another trap set by Chinese......

Zhang Chi had already guessed that the Japanese army would do this, it is not difficult to guess at all, the Japanese army was bombed and had no power to fight back, but they were unwilling to withdraw, then there was only one possibility, they would want to use a sneak attack to regain the initiative on the battlefield.

So Zhang Chi laid an ambush with mines and infantry on both flanks of the artillery, and sure enough, it didn't take long for the Japanese army to outflank him......

Needless to say, the Japanese squadron was almost completely killed and wounded. If there were survivors, it was the Japanese soldiers who were bombed in their original positions and were covered with tree branches, unable to fight and unable to run.

Of course, there was one exception for the Japanese army.

While cleaning the battlefield, the calf noticed movement in the stone cave and guessed that there were Japanese troops hiding inside. So he shouted: "Flamethrower!" ”

The flamethrower is undoubtedly the best weapon against the enemies in the cave, and if it sprays inside, it will drain the air and suffocate them to death if it does not burn the people inside.

But before the flamethrower could be turned up, a trembling Chinese voice came from the cave: "Don't shoot, I'...... I'm Chinese! ”

As a result, the fighters were stunned...... This is obviously the position of the Japanese army, how can there be Chinese?

When the Chinese came out of the cave, the warriors were even more puzzled...... Listening to his accent, he is indeed Chinese. It is impossible for the Japanese to still have a northeastern accent in Chinese, but he is wearing a Japanese military uniform and holding a 38 cover in his hand.

"You're a shit!" The hooligan stepped forward and gave the guy a kick, and scolded in his mouth: "Are you fucking Chinese and still helping the devil beat his own people?" ”

"Brethren. I was forced too! This special "Japanese soldier" knelt on the ground and cried: "I am from Liaoning, and the devil protects one person from ten households...... If I run away or surrender, the devils in my hometown will kill all the ten families on the register! Brothers, spare my life, I don't want to follow the devil to beat my own people, I can't help it......"

As soon as he said this, the soldiers were all silent.

Of course, this cannot be said to be a bad breed, because if this kind of thing were to happen to anyone present, I am afraid that they would become the same Japanese minions as he was...... If you want to blame, you can only blame the Japanese devils for being too ruthless!

After being silent for a while, Zhang Chi said to him: "You go, don't go back, just find a place in Myanmar to live incognito!" ”

The "Japanese soldier" raised his head, his face full of embarrassment, and Zhang Chi could see that he wanted to go home.

"Even if you want to go home, wait until we get rid of the devil! Do you understand? ”

The "Japanese Army" nodded heavily and said, "I understand, if I go back like this, I will harm my family and fellow villagers!" ”

"It's good to understand!" Zhang Chi casually stuffed him with more than ten rupees and said, "Move fast, take off this military uniform!" When you meet the Chinese army, you say that it is overseas Chinese, understand? ”

"Understood!" The "Japanese army" glanced at Zhang Chi gratefully, and took off the Japanese military uniform and ran to the rear after three strokes and five divided by two, but after running a few steps and turning around, he knelt down at Zhang Chi and the others with a "plop" and kowtowed a few times, and then left with tears.

Looking at his departing back, the warriors couldn't help but sigh silently...... There is only one Chinese like him in the Japanese army, and perhaps there are among those who died in battle just now, and they may encounter it again in the future. (To be continued.) )