After the vanguard had occupied the heights around Puqi and confirmed safety, the engineering units then landed in speedboats at Puqi.

The leader of this engineer battalion turned out to be the "Wood Battalion Commander", and the "Wood Battalion Commander" who got off the ship greeted Zhang Chi happily as soon as he saw it, and said to Zhang Chi: "Boy, I heard that you have been promoted to battalion commander, and you have made several combat exploits, not bad...... It's much more out of my wooden lump! ”

"Battalion commander, what are you talking about!" Looking at his old battalion commander Zhang Chi, he felt a burst of excitement in his heart: "You are not very beautiful in the engineering regiment, I have heard that the Yankees always call you 'God Hand', and they all admire your skills tightly!" ”

"Hey, what's that? It's as happy as you fight devils! The commander of the wooden battalion couldn't help laughing, and there was a hint of shyness in his expression, as if he was a little embarrassed by Zhang Chi's praise.

"Brethren!" Then the commander of the wooden battalion introduced to his subordinates: "My old subordinates, Zhang Chi...... I've heard of it! You still don't believe it...... Now that everyone is here, you know that I am telling the truth! ”

The soldiers of the engineer battalion all looked at Zhang Chi and the wooden battalion commander in a daze, and even a few soldiers looked at Zhang Chi and asked suspiciously: "Are you really the first battalion commander Zhang Chi?" ”

"Then can there be a fake?" The commander of the wooden battalion slapped his chest loudly: "I am a good brother who was born and died, and I fought Ringan together...... What's that? ”

"Ren Anqiang!" Zhang Chi continued: "I also robbed the British of a lot of tanks!" ”

"Yes, yes......" The commander of the wooden battalion raised his head proudly towards his subordinates, not to mention how spirited he was.

The feeling is that his subordinates don't believe that people like the wooden battalion commander will fight so many and such magical battles, but the facts in front of them make them have to believe it, so their eyes show surprise, envy and admiration.

The task of the engineer battalion was to build a crossing for the landing of troops...... The landing of soldiers in Puqi is not a problem, the big deal is to transfer to a speedboat and then go ashore in a boat, just like Zhang Chi and others, but there are many tanks, cars, armored vehicles, artillery, etc. on board, and these equipment need to be ferries.

This task was a piece of cake for the engineer battalion, but it took more than an hour to set up several pontoon-style ferries using speedboats. When the ship was done, it pulled into the ferry, and soon drove off tanks, cars, and armored vehicles.

After the new division landed, it did not continue to advance, after all, it was daylight, and advancing would mean exposing its strategic intentions to the enemy prematurely. So the new division divided into several parts and hid in the jungle near the jungle, while the fleet continued to flow down the Irrawaddy River.

While the soldiers were busy with this, the 16th Wing of the Japanese Army rushed to the Duandi Canal.

Kawabe Shozo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news, he knew that controlling the Duandi Canal was almost choking the throat of the Chinese army. Now, when the Chinese fleet arrives at the Duandi Canal and sends an air brigade to defeat it, the Chinese fleet will be in a dilemma.

But Kawabe Shozo was still a little worried, and he vaguely felt that everything was going too smoothly. So he asked the staff officer: "Where is the Chinese fleet now?" ”

"Your Excellency, General!" The staff officer replied: "According to the report of the reconnaissance plane, they have just passed Nanzhao. ”

"The speed of the Chinese fleet is slower than expected!" Kawabe Shozo couldn't help frowning.

"This should be the result of the 24th Mixed Brigade blocking it!" The staff officer replied: "They had to clear the artillery stationed on the bank of the river, and the flotilla was stranded for some time!" ”

"Hmm!" Kawabe Shozo nodded, this statement did make sense, but he always felt that the cunning Chinese would not fall into the trap they set so easily.

This time, Masan Hebian guessed correctly, it was just getting dark, and the new 1st Division hiding in the jungle drove out of the jungle.

Shozo Kawabe would be scared to death if he saw the battle: half-tracked armored vehicles and armed jeeps led the way, tanks followed closely behind, and then the main army's military vehicles full of heavily armed soldiers. There was also a cannon towed behind the military vehicle.

With the support of the Hindit troops along the way, and the new 1st Division being fully mechanized, the march was very rapid, but it was somewhat affected by the darkness of the night and the potholes on the road...... At this time, the rainy season in Myanmar has just passed. And it was also in wartime, so the vast majority of roads were unmaintained.

On the other side, the fleet finally sailed to the Duandi Canal when it was getting dark.

In fact, most of these boats are empty, and they just float down the Irrawaddy River to the Duandi Canal. The sailors and the few warriors on board had long since gathered in a ferry and sailed back at night.

As soon as the fleet appeared, the originally calm river surface quickly became lively.

With an order, the Japanese artillery units that had been deployed at the entrance of the Duandi Canal poured shells into the flotilla. The cannonballs immediately set off columns of water that rushed to the sky, and the shells that hit the ships burst into bursts of fire, making the boats look like lanterns floating in the river. At the same time, the Japanese air brigade also entered the battle, bombs fell from the sky, rows of bullets made a series of splashes on the surface of the river, and went straight to the steamer in the river, shattering the buildings on the ship.

However, the Japanese 16th Wing soon realized that something was wrong, as they did not encounter any counterattack...... Even if the Chinese army was caught off guard and had no geographical advantage, there should have been a few bullets flying over the Japanese army anyway, and a few shells should have landed on the Japanese positions, but there would have been nothing.

So while the Japanese air brigade was still bombing, the Japanese troops of the 16th Wing had already stopped.

Major General Ueto, commander of the 16th Wing, observed in the telescope for a while, and the horizontal flesh on his face twitched and scolded: "Bastard, we were fooled, the Chinese are not on board!" ”

The news soon spread to Kawabe Shozo, who couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, and as soon as he took a stride, he walked to the map and looked at the map, and said to himself in a panic: "The Chinese army is not on the boat...... So where are they? Where is it?! ”

"Your Excellency, General!" The staff officer was calmer, and after looking at the map for a while, he said: "The Chinese troops may have landed on the way when we were not paying attention, and according to the gap between our reconnaissance, it is very likely that they landed at about 3 p.m., so their landing location ...... It should be near Puqi! ”

Hebian Zhengsan's eyes quickly fixed on Puqi, and then went all the way down the Puqi Highway, and then opened his mouth wide and couldn't close for a long time: "Quick, Bagu, immediately reinforce Bagu!" (To be continued.) )