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"Dig deeper into the trenches!" Yuta Harada, who was stationed on the banks of the Sedang River, shouted orders in dissatisfaction.

"Yes!" The subordinates responded mechanically, and their subordinates immediately moved.

Unconditional obedience to the orders of the superiors was the most basic condition for the Japanese army, but the subordinates did not think it was necessary, because the task was to defend the Sedang River...... Defending this area was the main force of the Japanese 56th Division, and according to their thinking, the Chinese trapped in Tonggu would not be able to break through from the direction of the Sedang River unless they were looking for death.

But Yuta Harada obviously had a different idea, he looked at the Shidang River, which was only about a meter deep not far ahead, and couldn't help but sigh again.

Generally speaking, it is indeed very difficult for the squadron to break through from the Sedang River, although it is the dry season in Burma at this time, the river is very shallow, but the river is river water after all, and this river water more than one meter deep can be said to be chicken ribs for the attacking troops...... Crossing the river with bamboo rafts is obviously too shallow, and wading in vain will slow down its speed and flexibility to a large extent, so to a certain extent, if the Chinese ** people in the same ancient times dare to break through from here, it is almost a target by the imperial army in the river.

This is also one of the reasons why the wing captain arranged for the main force to defend along the Sedang River, and he wanted to take advantage of such favorable terrain to defeat the Chinese ** people in one fell swoop.

But this is just a general situation, if the ** people have tanks, then the situation is completely different.

First of all, this more than one meter deep river water poses no threat to tanks at all, and the Chinese can use the cover of tanks to quickly break through the Sedang River and put the Japanese troops on the other side of the river under gunpoint.

The second is that the 56th Division has been forced to march all the way...... After the 56th Division landed in Yangon, it took only three days to travel more than 200 kilometers to Tonggu. This not only made the 56th Division tired, but also made them have to advance lightly, and most of the equipment was left behind and could not keep up, such as the artillery wing and some of the baggage, which was one of the reasons why Harada's troops would be defeated in the face of the tanks at the Tile Bridge.

And after the tile iron bridge was blown up by the ** people, it was more difficult and slower for heavy equipment to come over.

It is for these reasons that Yuta Harada has always worried that tanks will appear on the other side of the Setang River.

However, Yuta Harada still vividly remembers the scene when he reported to Wing Captain Matsui Daisa:

"It's the British, not the Chinese, who beat you, Harada-kun!" Matsui Daisa glanced at Harada with contemptuous eyes: "At this time when the 33rd Division was chasing the British everywhere, Harada-kun's troops were defeated by the British, do you want to use the more stubborn Chinese to reduce the guilt?" ”

"Your Excellency!" Yuta Harada couldn't help but be stunned: "The subordinates didn't mean this, many of us heard the cheers of the Chinese, I'm sure it's Chinese......"

"Enough!" Matsui Osa interrupted Yuta Harada's words and said, "Harada-kun, be brave enough to face your failure!" If the Chinese have tanks, why don't they use them in Tonggu? And to charge at the tanks of the 55th Division with explosives bags and grenades? ”

This time Yuta Harada has nothing to say, and what Matsui said is also reasonable, if the Chinese have tanks, or if there are so many advanced American tanks, they should use them in the same direction to face the attack of the 55th Division. But the report from the 55th Division was that not a single American tank was found, only two or three Soviet-style T26s, and one was destroyed and two were damaged.

"Perhaps...... This is the Chinese hiding their strength! Yuta Harada still felt that something was wrong.

"Harada-kun!" Matsui patted Yuta Harada on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "The failure of the tile iron bridge was just an accident, you are still an excellent soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army." I hope you can pick yourself up again and not be discouraged in the face of failure, got it? ”

"Yes!"

"Let's go down!" Matsui nodded: "I want to see Harada-kun's courage in the next battle, see the courage of the first brigade, and hope Harada-kun will not let me down!" ”

"Yes!"

Since Matsui said so, Yuta Harada had no choice but to salute and retreat.

In fact, Yuta Harada also hoped that Matsui was right, because at least that would mean that he and his men would no longer have to face enemy tanks when they lacked heavy equipment or anti-tank weapons, as they did with the Tile Iron Bridge.

From this point of view, Matsui completely misunderstood Yuta Harada or didn't understand Yuta Harada...... Yuta Harada is a pragmatist, and unlike most Japanese soldiers, other Japanese soldiers can sacrifice their lives for honor, while Yuta Harada prefers to survive the war, or to survive with his subordinates.

At this moment, there were bursts of dense gunfire in the direction of Tonggu, which made Harada Yuta feel a little relieved, at least at this time, the Chinese were still fighting fiercely with the 55th Division head-on, and had not yet shifted their focus to breaking through.

However, Yuta Harada guessed wrong this time, and this shot was actually the first step in the breakthrough organized by Dai Anlan.

Whenever a breakthrough occurs, especially when the 200th Division is surrounded on all sides, it is very taboo to retreat directly in a certain direction with the soldiers when breaking through...... It is not only a matter of knowing the enemy's strategic intentions, but also of showing his back in front of the enemy for the enemy to attack.

In this case, there is one action to be made before the breakout, and that is to counterattack.

In the previous ten days of attack, the Japanese 55th Division had already occupied part of Tonggu, which made the soldiers of the expeditionary force stationed in Tonggu very passive, because the Japanese army often used the cover of night and houses to infiltrate the defense line of the expeditionary force...... The Japanese army is several times larger than the 200 divisions in terms of strength, so the Japanese army can be divided into several batches, one group fights during the day and one group fights at night, while the expeditionary force is very passive day and night can not rest, day and night tired of coping. This is one of the reasons why the heads of the regiments were very embarrassed when they held meetings before.

However, tonight, the expeditionary force launched a counterattack against the Japanese troops who had invaded the ancient city, and put on a posture of driving the Japanese troops out of the city and defending the city, so the Japanese 55th Division was ready to defend, and the 56th Division was distributed in other directions to continue to wait for the rabbit.

However, what they didn't know was that this was actually the first shot fired in the Tonggu Breakout Battle.