"The difficulties ahead are...... Do we bring this tank or not? Zhang Chi said. ~~Color~Book~,

"Of course!" Some of the officers didn't want to answer one after another:

"Why don't we bring so many tanks?"

"How can you fight the little devil without a tank?"

……

"If only it were a tank!" Zhang Chi continued: "The devil's plane is flying in the sky, and we haven't reached Ren'anqiang yet, I'm afraid that the devil has almost blown it up!" ”

Hearing this, the officers couldn't help but be stunned. In the mechanized troops, they knew that the tanks were noisy, exhaust, dusty, and slow, so they were easily discovered by Japanese reconnaissance planes and sent bombers to destroy them.

"Then let's march at night!" Another officer made a suggestion.

"A night march can indeed avoid the devil plane!" Zhang Chi said: "But the march to Ren'anqiang also has to walk for more than ten hours, and the speed of the tank at night is slow, and the time of the night cannot reach the destination, and then you have to wait for dark, the head and tail are counted...... We have to walk at least one day and one night for more than ten hours, can the British, who are surrounded by it, hold out for so long? ”

The officers couldn't help nodding their heads, the maximum speed of the Sherman tank was only 38 kilometers per hour, and it was not bad to be able to drive more than ten kilometers in an hour at night.

"But...... If you don't bring a tank...... "The Adversary asked Zhang Chi.

Although the devil didn't finish his words, Zhang Chi also understood what he meant, a large part of the reason why the engineer regiment was able to win before was that it had tanks in its hands, and if it went to Ren'anqiang without tanks, how could the sappers with only more than 1,000 people be able to defeat the Japanese army and rescue the British army.

"We can do this!" Zhang Chi thought for a while and said, "Contact the British, they have prepared tanks, armored vehicles and ammunition, and we will rush to the ...... as quickly as possible."

"This is a good idea!" Wang Mazi nodded and said: "This can not only quickly rush to Ren'anqiang, but also ensure that there is a tank, and you can also save the need to drive the tank back and forth on the way!" ”

You must know that the degree of automation of the tank at this time is low, and the brake throttle has to be used hard to change gears, especially the gear shift, you have to use both hands to break it with all your might, and people with little strength can't drive this thing, so it is definitely a torture for a long time.

"Can the British promise to give us the tank?" An officer asked.

This immediately provoked a burst of laughter from the other officers:

"Look at what you said, the British are still waiting for us to save their lives, can he refuse?"

"If he refuses, let's turn back!"

"It's better not to be willing, Lao Tzu is still not willing to save those white-eyed wolves!"

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The officers guessed well, when Wang Mazi reacted to the situation to Shangfeng, Shangfeng immediately contacted Alexander, where did Alexander dare to put on a score at this time, and agreed without saying a word. So the engineer regiment immediately set off in a car.

Compared with tanks, the advantages of marching by car needless to say, this thing can fit a platoon in one car, and more than 1,000 people only need more than 40 vehicles, and carry a small amount of ammunition and gasoline, all 50 vehicles are enough.

The marching process was very smooth, after all, the focus of the Japanese reconnaissance at this time was Pingmanna, and the night combat ability of the bombers in this era was also poor, and the convoy even turned on the lights at night, and all that was done was to send a few clever soldiers to listen carefully to the air, and the roar of the plane was heard from afar and the car could turn off the lights and stop.

Because they were lightly armed, the march was fast, and at one o'clock the next morning, the convoy of the Engineer Corps arrived at Chok Badang in the dust.

Chokpadang is a small town not far from Ringanchang, it is neither a military stronghold nor has any character, and if it were not for the siege of British troops in Ringanqiang, this town would not have attracted attention at all.

But now, Chokpadang was full of British cars, tanks and armored vehicles, and the way into the town was full of British roaring and commanding the Indians and Burmese to run around, and the scene was very chaotic.

"Hey!" When the car stopped, Zhang Chi asked the Anglo-Burmese soldiers running around him in English: "Where is your division headquarters?" ”

Zhang Chi, as the only soldier in the engineering regiment who can speak English, naturally served as Wang Mazi's translator.

But I don't know if those Indian soldiers and Burmese soldiers couldn't understand English or what, and no one answered Zhang Chi.

This made Zhang Chi a little unbelievable...... Someone should have been here to pick them up, but now again, there was a situation where people arrived and couldn't find the British command.

The soldiers couldn't help but feel strange when they looked at the British troops running back and forth, didn't this British have soldiers? And there are quite a few soldiers, why do you have to go all the way to call the engineer regiment to reinforce Ren'anqiang?! Is it that the Japanese army has too many troops to fight? Or is it that the Japanese army is so well equipped that it cannot be overcome?

In fact, no, the Japanese troops blocking the Binhe crossing were only a brigade, and at this time they were still Japanese troops who only carried light equipment for long distances. The reason why the British army failed to fight and rescued the trapped British army was that the British army at this time had completely lost the will to fight, and its morale was zero.

"Hey, are you reinforcements from China?" After a long while, Zhang Chi heard such a voice.

Following the voice, they saw a British officer waving to them: "Here, follow me!" ”

It was no surprise to the arrogance and rudeness of the British officers, but he still couldn't help but curse in his heart: What is this? We're here to save you, and we still have to suffer this kind of white eyes, isn't this a hot face and a cold ass cheap?!

Zhang Chi and Wang Mazi followed the British officers in the alley and walked left and right into a private house, and saw through the dim light that there were several British officers arguing about something around the map in front of the table.

As soon as he saw Zhang Chi and the others walking in, a middle-aged officer in the center greeted him with a smile: "Great, my Chinese friend, you are coming faster than I thought!" ”

"This is our corps commander, General Slim!" The British officer on the side introduced.

"This is our head Wang Ninghang!" Zhang Chi introduced.

"Thank you so much for coming!" Slim shook Wang Mazi's hand, then brought Wang Mazi to the map, and said: "The situation is like this, there is a Japanese army that controls the ferry and repels our attacks several times. Your mission is to drive to the Bin River to seize the ferry, and then fight across the Bin River to rescue the troops trapped in Ringanqiang. The tanks and armored vehicles you have requested are ready for you, but the number is limited due to the large number of tanks trapped in Ringanchang. By the way, the number of your unit is ......"

"We are a regiment of sappers!" Zhang Chi replied on behalf of Wang Mazi.

"Oh, a regiment of sappers...... What the? Engineer regiment? Slim couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

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