"Zhang ......" was leading the soldiers to repel the Japanese attack again that day, when Stilwell contacted him again.

"We've got an amazing piece of information!" Stilwell said: "Maybe you can't believe it, the headquarters of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army is more than ten miles in front of you!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned, and asked, "Mu Tiankou Lianya?" Just a dozen miles ahead of us? ”

"No, no," Stilwell said, "Mutaguchi was recently promoted to commander of the 15th Army, and now the commander ......of the 18th Division is Shinichi Tanaka. ”

"Oh!" Zhang Chi didn't know this, but it was not surprising that a company commander like him didn't know the news.

"Did this information come from the Burmese Independence Volunteers?" Zhang Chi asked.

"Yes!" Stilwell replied: "Because Lingbang could not be attacked for a long time, and there were serious problems with the supply of the Japanese army, which led to the appearance of cowardice in the 55th and 56th Wings of the Japanese army fighting against us, so Tanaka Shinichi moved his headquarters to the front line to supervise the battle. The Burmese Independence Volunteers were quick to spread the news to us! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded, no wonder the Japanese army has not retreated until now, and the effect of the division commander supervising the battle is really a little different.

"We all felt it was a great opportunity!" Stilwell continued: "Plus at this time the Japanese are almost unable to hold on, in the words of you Chinese, it is the end of the crossbow, so Hill instructor thinks that the time has come to counterattack, we should take advantage of this time to hit the Japanese headquarters, what do you think?" ”

"Is this our company's mission?" Zhang Chi asked.

"Yes!" Stilwell replied: "Instructor Hill's plan is this, they will send a battalion of troops under the cover of tanks to reinforce you, and with the cooperation of the air force and artillery, the Japanese troops besieging Xujia Village will be completely defeated in a short time, and then your company can penetrate towards the Panmai position, that is, the Japanese headquarters, and at the same time, the defense line in other directions will also launch a counteroffensive and defeat the Japanese army in one fell swoop!" ”

Zhang Chi snorted.

To some extent, he still agrees with this battle plan. Because in this plan, as long as Zhang Chi's company is interspersed with the designated position and destroy the Japanese headquarters. Then the Japanese army's already dangerous defensive line will soon crumble.

But the problem was that the Japanese army was not as fragile as Stilwell and others thought.

Stilwell and Chief Instructor Hill were both Americans, and they didn't believe that an army would be able to fight with little resupply...... If this were the same situation for the US military, I am afraid that it would not have to fight at all, and it would have collapsed a long time ago.

But the army in front of you is not the American army, but the Japanese army.

The characteristics of the Japanese army are that they are almost perverted and tenacious, and they can always persevere in predicaments that others cannot imagine, so Zhang Chi believes that the Japanese army has not yet reached the point where Stilwell said "the end of the strong crossbow".

Because of this, Zhang Chi thinks that Stilwell and Chief Instructor Hill are too optimistic...... It was not difficult to defeat the Japanese army besieging Xujia Village, which had already suffered heavy casualties due to the incessant attack during the nearly month of besieging Xujia Village, and even its morale was almost defeated.

At this time, if a battalion of infantry plus tank units is reinforced with aircraft and artillery. The Japanese troops besieging Xujia Village would soon be routed.

But after defeating these Japanese troops, can they really follow their butts and chase them like ducks, interspersed all the way to the Japanese headquarters?

Zhang Chi doesn't think so.

The reason is that the Japanese army has very strict military regulations, and they must not retreat without receiving an order to retreat, otherwise, even if they escape alive, they will be shot or asked to be disemboweled.

Therefore, even if the Japanese army is defeated, they will not flee, they will disperse in place and become stragglers, and these stragglers will even continue to fight until they receive the order to retreat.

And these skirmishers can cause a lot of trouble in the jungle...... The marksmanship of the Japanese soldiers is very good, and every Japanese soldier can be said to be a quasi-sniper. Once they disperse into the jungle or hide in the trees, then Zhang Chi is afraid that there will be not much left of the company before they are halfway interspersed.

How can you complete the interspersed tasks?

After staring at the map for a while, Zhang Chi said, "General, I have no opinion on this plan. But our company needs the cooperation of a tank company, preferably a couple of Sherman tanks! ”

"Tanks?" Hearing this, Stilwell couldn't help but be stunned, and after a pause, he said, "What do you mean...... Let the tanks weave along the mountain roads? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "And the best time to attack is in the evening, I need the cover of the night!" ”

"But...... Let the tank drive in the dark on a mountain road that is not very wide...... It doesn't seem reasonable! Stilwell was skeptical of Zhang's thoughts: "And the mountain road doesn't lead to Panmai!" ”

Stilwell's point, of course, makes sense. Tanks are more suitable for use on wide, flat terrain, and on narrow mountain roads, on the one hand, they cannot be fired, and on the other hand, they are easy to ambush. Even some sections of the tank do not know if there is a way to pass.

Theoretically speaking, this is indeed the case, but as the so-called "soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent", sometimes from the perspective of military theory, it is a taboo for soldiers, but in a certain specific situation, it is a good move.

For example, the army at this time obviously did not expect that the Chinese army would use tanks on mountain roads, for example, the Japanese army lacked supplies and ammunition, and even less anti-tank weapons, and for example, the Japanese army did not expect that the Chinese army would be very clear about the location of their headquarters, and more importantly, the Japanese headquarters was only a dozen miles away from Xujia Village...... If these ten miles are fought quickly, it will only take less than an hour or so, so it is very likely that this infantry and Tan coordinated force will become a surprise army.

Of course, there are dangers, but on the battlefield danger is often proportional to success...... The more dangerous it is, the more likely it is to be successful.

But of course, Zhang Chi will not give this matter a slap in the head, after thinking about it, Zhang Chi continued: "In addition, I need the Burmese Independence Volunteer Army to do a more detailed reconnaissance of this mountain road, and if possible, I need their cooperation!" If I can do that, then I'm fine! ”

"Hmm!" Stilwell on the other end of the phone finally agreed to Zhang Chi's seemingly unwise suggestion.

Stilwell agreed because it didn't conflict much with his original plan, which was just a dozen more tanks.

What can a dozen tanks count compared to the possibility of crushing two wings of the Japanese army? (To be continued.) )