But on this point, Nobukazu Yamazaki was wrong, and he was very wrong.

When Yamazaki Nobukazu led his troops to launch a counter-charge towards the British army, he was surprised to find that he had almost no resistance, and the British army, which was dozens of times their number, could be said to be crushed at the touch of a button.

In fact, Rice, the commander of the Anglo-Indian 36th Division, did not want to do this...... The British and Indian division in his hands is full of more than 11,000 people, equipped with heavy equipment including M3 tanks and various American artillery, it can be said that it is not bad compared with the Chinese army, if this is under the impact of several hundred Japanese troops and retreats on all fronts, then where will he have the face to grab merit with the Chinese!

But by the time the Japanese rushed up with bayonets and howling under the cover of tanks, the situation was beyond Rice's control.

The Indian soldiers thought that all they had to do was to rush up and grab the credit after the Chinese defeated the Japanese, so the fortifications built were very rudimentary, and some did not even do fortifications, just find a hiding place nearby, so when the Japanese tanks rushed up, they found that they had no fortifications to rely on.

In fact, it should be said that even if there are fortifications, the Indian soldiers will collapse.

The reason is that the soldiers of the Anglo-Indian 36th Division are Indians, and the Indian soldiers do not have much morale in the first place, if they are allowed to fight in Imphal, then they at least have a purpose, knowing that it is to defend their land and their families, but if they are sent to fight in Burma...... So for what? Do you want to be a substitute for the British? Indians are no fools at this point!

Therefore, when they saw the Japanese army rushing up, the Indian soldiers in front of them turned around and ran without thinking, shouting as they ran: "The Japanese are coming, they have defeated the Chinese army and launched a counterattack!" ”

The rumor soon spread throughout the Anglo-Indian 36th Division, and the rest of the troops also turned around and retreated, leaving the British officers behind to no avail. It fled so fast. Even the tanks of the Japanese could not catch up.

After chasing for a while, Nobukazu Yamazaki couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect this to happen at all...... Originally, they only wanted to desperately break through the siege, but they actually routed the enemy.

So is it time to continue the breakout? Nobukazu Yamazaki hesitated.

The reason why Nobukazu Yamazaki hesitated was because if he "broke through" like this, it would not look like a breakthrough at all, but like an escape.

It is conceivable that when the division commander was told about the breakthrough process. The division commander will definitely reprimand loudly: "What's the matter with you?" Your men held out to the last in Seb, but you fled unharmed, unharmed...... You say it's a breakout, but you have every chance to attack the flank of the Chinese army to support the defense of Xib, don't you? If you do, the tide of battle may be reversed! ”

Therefore, Nobukazu Yamazaki sadly found that if he went back like this, he might even be asked to apologize for his crimes!

Thinking of this, Yamazaki Nobukazu gestured for the tank to adjust its direction, and ordered his subordinates, "Change the order." Let's go and storm the flanks of the Chinese! ”

Once again, the Japanese showed a high degree of obedience, and although they knew that attacking the flank of the Chinese army with these 300 men and 10 tanks was not much different from sending them to death, no one raised any objections.

So a group of Japanese troops with a coordinated infantry suddenly appeared on the right flank of the new regiment......

The Chinese army had obviously occupied the high ground on both sides of the highway and blocked the possible reinforcements of the Japanese army from Mandalay and Lashio, how could there still be a Japanese army with infantry and Tan coordination on the right flank, and even rushed straight to the regimental headquarters of the new regiment.

This is where Nobukazu Yamazaki excels, who fought against the Chinese army for many years. It is known that the Chinese army is accustomed to setting up guard units outside the headquarters, and these guard units are often well-dressed and advanced...... This is in fact telling the enemy the location of his command.

So the direction of the assault was not the trenches of the Chinese army. Rather, it was a line of defense formed by a guard company behind the trenches.

At this time, the tanks of the Chinese army were all sent to Xibu to fight the Japanese army, and the infantry was also on the first or second line, but it was this part of the regimental headquarters that was exposed to the Japanese army...... In fact, if it is under normal circumstances, it is not called exposure, because there is a whole Anglo-Indian division on the right flank, but who would have thought that the Japanese army could easily break through the defense line of the Anglo-Indian division and go straight to the regimental headquarters?!

"Tuanza!" The guards hurriedly reported to Wang Mazi: "There is a devil tank on the right flank!" ”

"What?" Wang Mazi couldn't help but be stunned: "Are you mistaken, could it be a British tank?" ”

"That's right!" The guard hurriedly replied, "It's a plaster flag." It's only a few minutes left, so let's go! ”

"Let's go!" Wang Mazi didn't dare to slack off, the mountain gate stepped onto the jeep, and the driver stepped on the accelerator and galloped towards the mountain road in the forest, and soon a roar of bullets and shells sounded on both sides.

Taking advantage of this time, Wang Mazi looked back. Sure enough, he saw ten Japanese Type 97 tanks spitting flames in this direction, and after thinking about it, he knew that this must be another mistake on the part of the British, so he couldn't help but curse, and then ordered: "Pass the order down, the guard company will retreat immediately, and the artillery unit will aim at the regimental headquarters and hit me hard!" ”

"Yes!" The communications officer in the jeep immediately conveyed these two orders.

Wang Mazi's two orders were just right, the guard company just had time to withdraw from the regimental headquarters, the Japanese tanks "rumbled" up and chased after the guard company and other officers who had no time to withdraw, at this time the Chinese soldiers should be said to have no ability to resist, although they faced these Japanese Type 97 tanks could even penetrate the machine guns, but the Chinese army did not have time to organize an effective defense.

Seeing that the tragedy was about to happen, pieces of artillery shells poured down on the original regimental headquarters, and in an instant, the Japanese army's "interspersed troops" were blown up together with tanks.

The guard company took advantage of this time to stabilize its position, launched a counter-charge after the artillery fire ended, and quickly eliminated the Japanese soldiers who had been dizzy by the artillery fire.

Although this battle did not give the Japanese army much advantage, and it can even be said that the Chinese army won a battle, the losses of the Chinese army were not small...... In addition to the casualties of more than 40 soldiers of the guard company, a deputy regiment commander and two staff officers were also killed, and the other officers were also more or less wounded. (To be continued.) )