Chapter 46 Highway Bridges
Thank you: Qian Hongyun, Phantom Legend Dance, Ice and Star Language, Accumulus into the Sea, Sky High and Cloud Light 925, Dark_Ahh
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"Hey, hey......" The hooligan slapped the sniper's face hard, causing him to slowly wake up from his coma.
"What's your name?" Zhang Chi asked in Burmese.
The sniper glanced at Zhang Chi and snorted coldly and said nothing.
But soon the cold snort turned into a miserable snort, because the rogue's military thorn had pierced his thigh.
"What's your name?" Zhang Chi then asked.
The sniper was still a little backbone, and although the pain had caused cold sweat on his forehead, he still gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.
Zhang Chi thought about it, then twisted his right hand and broke his fingers, and said, "Every time I ask a question, I cut off a finger without answering......"
Seeing the frightened look in the sniper's eyes, Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
He's kind of grasping this guy's soft underbelly...... Some people would rather lose their lives than lose their pride, and for a sniper, once his finger is gone, it means that he will never have the opportunity to pull the trigger and shoot a bullet into the enemy's chest.
"What's your name?" Zhang Chi asked again.
The sniper still gritted his teeth and did not answer, saying that it was too late and that it was too fast, and the hooligan stabbed the army...... The sniper let out a scream, and one of his little fingers had fallen at his feet.
"Your name!" Zhang Chi looked a little impatient.
"Don't ......" Seeing the hooligan raise his spur again, the sniper finally relented, he looked at Zhang Chi with a wistful look in his eyes, and said in Chinese: "My name is Ding Lun!" ”
"Good!" Zhang Chi nodded, he was a little surprised that Ding Lun could speak Chinese, but he was not surprised, after all, there are too many Chinese and overseas Chinese in Myanmar, and it is not a new thing for some Burmese people to speak Chinese.
Zhang Chi patted Ding Lun's shoulder and said, "It's just a name, you don't have to suffer this kind of suffering if you answer early." ”
"Which unit are you in?" Zhang Chi asked again.
"Burmese Independence Volunteers!" Ding Lun replied very cooperatively.
"Your sniper tactics ......," Zhang Chi raised his sniper rifle at Ding Lun.
Zhang Chi knows that the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army has only been established for more than a month, and it is impossible to train such an excellent sniper as Ding Lun.
"The Englishman learned!" Ding Lun's face turned pale with pain, and he gritted his teeth and replied: "Last month, I was still a soldier of the Anglo-Burmese First Division!" ”
"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhang Chi understood.
In order to better rule and control Burma, the British recruited soldiers in Burma to form an army, of course, the Burmese only served as soldiers to fight as cannon fodder, and the vast majority of officers were British or Indians.
In the same way, the Anglo-Indian 17th Division was also composed of British officers and Indian soldiers.
It is no wonder that the British army would collapse at the first touch of a Japanese army...... The Burmese soldiers in the Anglo-Burmese army are all interested in the Burmese Independence Volunteers, and where will such a force have the heart to fight against the Japanese army who came to "liberate Burma".
"...... here" Zhang Chi brought the map to Ding Lun, pointed to another circle and asked, "What kind of arrangement do you have here?" ”
Ding Lun couldn't help but be stunned, and the corners of his mouth twitched, hesitating whether to say it.
The hooligan sensed Ding Lun's hesitation, so he cooperated very well to raise the bloodstained army stabbing beside him, and Ding Lun had to hesitate and said, "I...... We've been ordered to take and blow up the highway bridge before you do! ”
Hearing this, Zhang Chi's face couldn't help but change, and asked, "Then what ......is your task?"
Ding Lun sighed, and since he had already talked about this, he simply poured it all out: "My task is to hold you back and buy time for our bridge bombing troops." ”
"How many people are in your bridge bombing unit?" Zhang Chi asked.
"This ...... I do not know. Ding Lun shook his head.
Zhang Chi couldn't help but be silent.
Obviously, the Burmese Independence Volunteers bombed the highway bridge with the intention of the Japanese army.
You must know that at this time, the Japanese army was still chasing the expeditionary force behind, and the expeditionary force blew up the bridge and broke the road while retreating, making the Japanese 56th Division chase farther and farther...... Needless to say, the speed difference is also obvious, the 200th Division can use cars, armored vehicles and other means of transport to speed all the way on the road, while the Japanese have to face blown bridges and roads, and from time to time there will be a few mines.
So the Japanese army came up with a solution: they couldn't catch up behind, but the Burmese Independence Volunteers were everywhere, and they only needed to use the radio to contact the Japanese plainclothes who were deep in Burma, and then the Japanese plainclothes contacted the Burmese Independence Volunteers to destroy the dangerous area to slow down the retreat of the 200th Division. (Note: Japanese plainclothes soldiers had infiltrated Burma in make-up before the Japanese troops landed in Yangon.) )
It is conceivable that the Burmese Independence Army, which is familiar with the terrain, attaches so much importance to this highway bridge, so this highway bridge must have its importance, and now the only opportunity for Zhang Chi and others may be to occupy the highway bridge in front of the independence volunteers.
Zhang Chi immediately stopped the car and summoned several squad leaders under him for a short meeting, and told Ding Lun what he had confessed just now, and several squad leaders, including the surrounding soldiers, were stunned.
"Platoon commander!" Xiao Zhejiang asked, "That'...... Do we want to inform our superiors......"
"I'll tell you how big it is!" The commander replied, "Is it too late to notify?" Wait for us to notify our superiors and then rush to the highway bridge, I'm afraid that the highway bridge will be blown up by the Burmese! ”
"This Burmese man is so hateful!" Xiao Zhejiang said with some grievances: "We didn't rob their land or their food, why did they always go against us and help the Japanese ......"
Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile bitterly, it is true that the expeditionary force did not rob the Burmese of land or their grain, but the British did. The British not only did this, but also enslaved and ruled Burma for nearly a hundred years, which of course included the Burmese riot for independence and was suppressed by the British, so the Burmese shouted the slogan: "Whoever opposes our enemies is our friend!" ”
According to this logic......
The Japanese were against the British, so the Japanese were friends with the Burmese.
And the Chinese helped the British, so the Chinese were naturally the enemies of the Burmese.
"It's useless to talk about that!" After a pause, the fellow villagers said: "Let's listen to the platoon commander, let's do what the platoon commander says!" ”
"Yes, let's listen to the platoon commander!" The fighters took a stand.
"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded and ordered: "Forced march, target highway bridge!" ”