Although the strategic position of the airport is important, the airport is still the airport.

An airport is where planes can take off and land.

The fact that an airplane can land and take off means that it must be empty.

Especially in the mountainous areas of Myanmar, it is very difficult to find an open area to use as an airport, and even if you do, it is surrounded by jungle and highlands.

Kayonggang Airport is no exception, it is a basin surrounded by mountains, and it can be said that it is tightly sealed by forests if it were not for several roads and a railway along the foot of the mountain.

Such terrain was naturally conducive to the feint attack of the expeditionary force and not conducive to the defense of the Japanese army.

For the expeditionary force, they only need to occupy the high ground around the airfield, and the firepower can condescendingly control the Japanese troops at the airfield below...... It's a pity that the engineering regiment has very little equipment such as heavy machine guns and mortars with a range of more than 1,000 meters, and the ammunition must be spared because the logistics can't keep up, so it is helpless against the Japanese troops stationed at the airport.

Otherwise, it seems that the expeditionary force only needs to use heavy machine guns and mortars to bombard the airfield indiscriminately, and the Japanese army will have to raise their hands and surrender.

Speaking of this logistical supply that can't keep up, Wang Mazi is angry and funny.

Since the expeditionary force entered Burma, the British have not fulfilled their responsibilities...... It's polite to say that they didn't fulfill their responsibilities, but the British are simply dragging their feet, even if it is not an exaggeration to say that they helped the Japanese.

The reason for this is because at this critical juncture of the battle, the British did not actively help the squadron to transport supplies and troops. Not only did they not help, but they were in a hurry to evacuate the British expatriates and officers from Burma to India, so the roads and railways were all occupied by the cars full of furniture and belongings of the British expatriates, which made the follow-up troops and ammunition supplies of the expeditionary force unable to keep up, so the 200th Division could only fight alone with twice the Japanese army in Tonggu under the condition of lack of food and ammunition.

Therefore, although the engineer regiment occupied the favorable terrain around the airport, it did not fully exploit its geographical advantages due to the lack of heavy equipment and ammunition. (Note: The 200th Division is the only mechanized division in **, with dozens of Soviet-style tanks, artillery and other heavy equipment, this time it was ordered to be in danger, in order to be able to quickly rush to Tonggu in an emergency, so it only brought light equipment, a small amount of artillery and a few ammunition.) ）

But fortunately, the engineer regiment is only a feint at the moment.

Wang Mazi lit a cigarette and looked at the map on the shell box with a heavy heart in the dim light of the flashlight against the rumbling cannonball.

The jungle gave the Engineer Corps great convenience, and the soldiers of the Engineer Corps could use the cover of trees and grass to disguise themselves as large forces with a small number of troops, thus creating the illusion that the Japanese army would waste ammunition. In addition, with the cooperation of the Engineer Regiment and an artillery regiment and a main battalion, it is still possible for the Engineer Regiment to succeed in taking back the airport this time.

But the Japanese army was not a fuel-efficient lamp......

Wang Mazi had been in the main force before, and he had dealt with little Japan a lot, so he knew very well that the Japanese devils would not be so easy to deal with.

Now although he has cut off the supply line of the devil, and then uses a feint to consume the devil's ammunition, the devil who is in a weak position continues to hold on to the airport with a fearless appearance...... Wang Mazi couldn't guess the devil's intentions, if he continued like this, the devil would always be dragged until he ran out of ammunition, but the devil didn't even have a tentative counterattack or breakthrough, what are they planning? Or what the hell are they waiting for?!

Zhang Chi, who was lurking in the jungle, also sensed that something was wrong.

The reason is very simple, even if the Japanese army did not realize that the expeditionary force was using a feint to consume the Japanese army's ammunition, but as the Japanese army, whose supply line was cut off, would reduce its firepower and save ammunition when the ammunition was getting less and less.

But the Japanese troops in front of them still hit the machine guns "rattling", especially the mortars, which exploded into the jungle one after another...... Mortars are the most suitable for dealing with targets in the jungle, and when a shell flies over the target and hits a tree branch, it explodes, and this explosion is that the branches and shrapnel fly indiscriminately, shooting down like a goddess scattering flowers.

Zhang Chi saw that several wounded people were carried down like hedgehogs with branches and sawdust, and at this time he could only be glad that his platoon was not sent to feint. But even so, looking at the bursts of fire in the dark, listening to the bursts of explosions and dense gunshots, and smelling the smell of gunpowder and blood in the air, Zhang Chi still felt his heart beat.

After settling down, Zhang Chi crawled to the devil's side and asked, "Platoon commander, has there been a lot of ammunition stored at this airport and fallen into the hands of the devil?" ”

The Adversary thought for a moment and replied, "There is a batch of ammunition, but it is said that it was blown up in time during the retreat, leaving only a dozen truckloads of gasoline that did not have time to be blown up." Why do you ask this? Our ammunition is not common with the devils, even if it falls into the hands of the devils, it is not of much use! ”

"Well, nothing!" Zhang Chi realized that he was stupid.

The devil is right, the Hanyang-made rifle of the engineering regiment uses a 7.92MM round-headed bullet, while the small Japanese 38 big cover uses a 6.5MM pointed bullet, even if the bullet falls into the hands of little Japan, it will not be used. This is just like the British left a batch of ammunition in Tonggu that could not be taken away, and the expeditionary force that lacked ammunition could only "sigh with joy."

But it's no wonder that Zhang Chi is a modern person, he has just come to this time and space to join the battlefield for less than a day, and he has not yet adapted to the battlefield environment, so he naturally has no battlefield sensitivity.

So why is little Japan so arrogant?

Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning.

Could it be that little Japan brought enough ammunition?

It's impossible, little Japan is walking around the road, there are no cars and no motorcycles, at most a few bicycles temporarily requisitioned from the Burmese people, how much ammunition can they carry?!

That's that Little Japan has another shipping line?

It can't be either.

Zhang Chi quickly rejected this idea, because if the Japanese army had another supply line, then the Japanese army did not need to pay so much attention to Tunnel No. 3 and tried every possible way to open it after the tunnel was blown up.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi didn't know what the problem was, and then he suddenly found that the Japanese army had lit a fire in the airfield...... This is very unusual in combat, lighting a fire will only put the enemy at risk by finding their target better.

But Zhang Chi soon understood why the Japanese army did this, and why the Japanese army was not worried about running out of ammunition.