The Japanese were unaware of the ambush on the side of the road, and they advanced as fast as they could, amid the sound of tanks' motors and tracks...... The Type 95 tank had a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, and it seemed that such a tank could not catch up with the car at all.

This shows that the Japanese army is actually not interested in pursuing the rout of the national army, and their goal is Lashio and Lashio...... As Zhang Chi wrote on the map on the date 4.29, the Japanese 56th Division was to arrive on April 29 and capture Lashio as a birthday gift for the emperor.

You must know that Tangji is more than 500 kilometers away from Lashio, which is five days to rush even if it is 100 kilometers a day, and now there are less than ten days to go until the 29th, and this is not counting the time delayed by the battle on the road or the bombing of the highway bridge, or the delay in the maintenance of the tank breakdown, etc.

Therefore, the Japanese army actually did not have time to pursue the router...... The enemy's retreat is exactly what they want, they can go straight to the goal, the important thing is speed, speed!

The 56th Division of the Japanese Army in history rushed 400 kilometers day and night in the last five days, and during this period, even the weight of Masao Watanabe, the commander of the 56th Division, dropped more than a dozen pounds.

It was precisely because of the need for speed, or because the Japanese army was very tired from the non-stop rush for several days, or because the fragile attack of the temporary 55th Division made them have the heart to underestimate the enemy, so the Japanese squad rushed headlong into Tangji, which was located on a high place.

The Type 95 tank climbed up the steep slope along the road with a "rumbling" sound, and because of the slope, the driver inside could not see the situation in Tangji Village even when the tank commander stood on the turret until the head of the tank fell heavily...... Several tanks and armored vehicles gathered at the intersection appeared in front of them in an instant!

The reaction of the Japanese army was almost the same as the expression of the defeated soldiers when they saw these tanks, and they were all stunned at that moment, they did not expect that their opponents, whom they had always despised Chinese would have so many tanks in their hands...... However, this does not seem surprising, because they had learned the history of the tanks of the 1st Engineer Regiment of the Chinese Army when they were at the Sedang River, and the 200th Division, which was besieged in Tonggu at that time, broke out of the encirclement of the 56th Division under the opening of a large number of tanks and caused heavy casualties to the 56th Division. It's just that they still thought that the 200th Division would not appear here in the area of Pingmanna on the middle line now.

Then the Japanese commander came to his senses, but he did not order the tankmen to shoot or react, because he knew it was too late...... The tanks in front of them were all loaded with shells, and the armor of the Type 95 tank could not even stop the heavy machine guns on the armored car.

There was only one thing he had time to do, and that was to scold softly: "Bastard! ”

Then, without any suspense, a cannon shot blew up the Japanese Type 95 tank into the sky, followed by a small burst of gunfire, and the small group of Japanese troops soon fell in a pool of blood.

The reason why there was only one cannon shot and the gunfire was not dense...... It's because Wang Mazi doesn't want to expose Tang Ji's ambush.

Just as Wang Mazi hoped, for this cannon sound and not dense gunfire, the Japanese army in the subsequent brigade regarded it as a small battle to pursue the Chinese rout, and Wang Mazi promptly ordered the tank to push the burning Type 95 tank into the pit, so the main force of the Japanese army did not notice that the reconnaissance team in front had been completely wiped out, and it was still a car and a tank all the way forward.

It was a long dragon, a long dragon with no end in sight...... Zhang Chi could see clearly in the scope.

At this time, the 56th Division of the Japanese Army was no longer the same as the 56th Division they encountered at the Sedang River.

The difference was that the 56th Division they met at the Sedang River was a 200-kilometer road on a bicycle in three days on a mountain road, and the 56th Division lacked heavy equipment at that time. But now the 56th Division ...... They were already highly motorized, and barely saw anyone walking on the ground, either in a car or on a motorbike driving a tank, and the car was towing a mountain gun.

Ironically, many of these cars are American...... They were apparently taken from the British.

Later, Zhang Chi learned that this was an adjustment made by the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Burma Front, Shozo Kawabe, in order to allow the 56th Division to quickly penetrate Lashio, and he even transferred the vehicles originally used by the baggage troops to transport ammunition and supplies to the 56th Division, just hoping that the 56th Division could quickly penetrate to Lashio to cut off the rear route of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

It was dangerous for the Japanese to do so, but it was feasible.

By being dangerous, it is because the fact that the vehicles used to transport ammunition and supplies are transferred to the front line means that if something happens, the Japanese army is likely to face a situation where the supplies cannot keep up, which will be a potential danger for the interspersed troops and even all the Japanese troops in Burma.

It is said that it is feasible, but it is because the pressure on the logistics supply of the Japanese army is actually not great.

The first is that the Burmese people along the way will provide supplies to the Japanese army, not only food, but even the few gasoline that the Burmese have in their hands.

Secondly, of course, along the way, the Japanese captured countless strategic materials from the British army, including guns, ammunition, and even tanks and armored vehicles.

Third, the Japanese have long known from plainclothes that Lashio is a material distribution center for the Chinese, and most of the materials transported from abroad to China through the China-Myanmar Highway are transshipped here. As long as they capture Lashio, the captured supplies can fully make up for the lack of logistics.

Seeing this scene, Wang Mazi immediately beckoned to the back, and asked the herald to send a message to order the other three tank teams to get ready.

This idea is the same as Zhang Chi...... What appeared at this time was a big fish, and there were still a lot of tanks and cars, especially at this time, the Japanese army did not have heavy artillery and aircraft to protect them, so if they wanted to give the Japanese army a hard blow, they would beat the Japanese 56th Division half to death.

The remaining tank units received the order and immediately slowly drove out of the jungle...... The tanks and car motors in the direction of the Japanese were louder, so they were not worried about exposing their targets.

Suddenly, more than 40 tanks and 40 armored vehicles were in the village and ready for battle, while the Japanese convoy with a long queue with no end in sight continued to speed forward, completely unaware that they had reached the Ghost Gate.