Suzuki intended to return, but the guns were already raging in the rear, and the command may have changed hands. He and Kinoshita worshiped this statue, not really believing that Guan Yu would bless Japan, but just to experience the way of thinking when Chu Tingchang pretended to worship God every time. After Ying Zuo Zhenzhao informed him that Chu Tingchang was a 100% traverser, the significance of this statue being just some kind of prop to inspire the military was even more obvious. But even if you don't take it away, you should at least destroy it, Suzuki has a hunch that if it falls back into the hands of Chu Tingchang, he will use it. He had already begun to understand the behavior patterns of Chief Chu. Chu Tingchang wants Sittwe Port so much, he must have a huge plan. He has studied Chu Tingchang so far, and it is surprising that he has a rough grasp of his way of action, so he will definitely not attack Ren'anqiang according to Kimura's idea. As for what the real goal is, he still needs time to guess.

Suzuki has submitted a report on Chu's next plan predictions, but Kimura may not believe it; As for how to deal with this person, one way is still to rely on Kinoshita's Second Mixed Brigade to carry out a sneak attack on the headquarters, but he gradually came up with a new idea, maybe he could use the Nationalist Government to get rid of this big trouble, Chu Tingchang grabbed huge military achievements along the way, and inevitably accumulated huge contradictions within the Kuomintang military and government, but now he is in the limelight and calm on the surface. Anyone who has studied Chinese history knows that at this time, Chu is already sitting on the cusp. This is clearly a breakthrough direction, and he wishes to send a messenger with his own ideas to meet Kagesa Zhenaki and listen to his advice.

Suzuki was obviously the most aware of his opponent in the entire Burmese Japanese army, but he himself was facing a great crisis. He heard several explosions in succession at the port of Sittwe and thought that the port had finally been blown up. This mistake is sure to cause him to continue to fall out of favor in front of Kimura.

At dawn, the first batch of transport ships arrived outside the harbor, and the fleet was safe all the way without any submarine attacks, and it was obvious that Emperor Guan would be fine if he was watching over him from heaven.

Seasick soldiers gathered on deck to blow the wind and pack up their personal equipment. The sound of gunfire could already be heard in the distance, and it was clear that the battle was still going on, and it was the thing they looked forward to the most to step on the ground that would not shake anyway, and a battle with the Japanese was a trivial matter.

Tao Mingzhang was also using a telescope to observe the side of the ship, but the morning fog on the sea could not see whether the port was intact or not, and he was very worried that the port would be destroyed, so the soldiers would have to climb from the boat to the boat with a twine net. Each time I went up, I was about half a company, and what was even more terrifying was that the heavy weapons could not be unloaded. Two of his ships were loaded with three 105 mm guns. If these six guns can go ashore, the bridgehead will be very solid.

He was worried about this matter all night last night, of course, there was another thing, that is, he was afraid of Japanese submarines, he was different from the soldiers who firmly believed that Emperor Guan would bless him, he knew that it was just a gimmick of Chu Tingchang to fool people, so he was not so calm; Obviously, it was still a matter of probability to be bumped into by a submarine, especially as it got closer to dawn, the more worried he became, not only because enemy submarines might be able to see ships at sea by light, but also because the British destroyers suddenly turned around and left (in order to rush back in time to cover the second batch of ships loaded with some British troops). However, in the end, nothing happened.

The fog in front of him gradually lifted, and he saw the rows of cranes in the harbor, which were still there. Although the battle was not far away, the troops here kept the port intact.

His freighter was the first to come ashore, and before the cable could be tightened, the ship's 20-mm anti-aircraft guns had begun to fire at the enemy not far away, and the Burmese troops in the counterattack were shrouded in fire and suffered heavy casualties and were forced to retreat. The first Chinese soldiers finally stepped on the ground, and they immediately joined the paratroopers.

About 2,000 Burmaw independence troops are attacking from several directions in an attempt to retake the port. For the Independence Army, it would not be tolerated for the British to re-set foot on the land. They must defend their independence to the death.

Tao Mingzhang found the commander here, Second Lieutenant Chad Winters, and obtained a preliminary situation on the battlefield. At present, the two sides are tug-of-war, more than 400 enemy troops have been killed in a few hours, their own losses are dozens of men, the battle line is maintained 200 to 200 meters away, the enemy is still likely to insert from somewhere with the superiority of forces, even if it is only such a stalemate, it will make it impossible to carry out the port loading and unloading operations, so that the ship's artillery cannot be unloaded, and the greater threat is that the enemy's heavy artillery may appear at any time. Scouts saw that they were towing artillery and could deploy to a hill 3.5 kilometers to the northwest. Once these guns are erected, they pose a threat to ships throughout the port. At present, there are still 4 cicada tanks in the port, but he does not dare to break through to such a far place rashly, and now that reinforcements are coming, he has some confidence. But Tao Mingzhang's troops still had only 60-mm mortars, and they simply could not threaten the fire of those who were likely to be 17-pounder guns. The biggest omission in the attack plan was the will of the Burmese army to fight, and it was expected that they would flee from the wind.

Winters suggested getting the British destroyers close at once and knocking them out as soon as enemy artillery fire came out. Tao Mingzhang could only regretfully tell him that there would be no British destroyers to cover the gunfire, and they turned around and left four hours ago, probably because they heard that the port had been seized by paratroopers and felt that there was no need to stay.

Fears finally happened, and the first 32-pounder gun, dragged by more than 100 Burma-based independence army soldiers, climbed to the top of the hill, a place overlooking the harbor to attack any cargo ship. The commander of this unit was Mao Ding's nephew, Lieutenant General Min Aung, who was only 25 years old, and the third brother was still a lieutenant a month ago, when he was still undergoing rapid artillery training from the Japanese army. Yesterday the lieutenant general was excited when he heard that his uncle had been killed, which meant that he had picked up the entire army for nothing.

In the dark, Rakhine State has become the starting point of his inheritance, and he cannot afford to watch someone take such an opportunity from him. His artillery regiment tried to drag 4 cannons up and then be able to take control of the port. Then the Japanese will see his success, change their minds and come back.

The artillerymen immediately adjusted the firing range and loaded the ammunition, and the first shot hit the cargo ship in the port, which fortunately unloaded the soldiers and was leaving. After receiving two shells, the battered cargo ship finally escaped in the sea fog, but the guns prevented other ships from getting closer to unload. Winters could only wait for the plane to pick him up.

The explosion of the 32-pounder gun woke up Xu Chong, who was hiding in the bunker and sleeping, and he slept for several hours, thinking that the matter was over, when he suddenly heard a nearby explosion that was obviously quite large. It seems that the group of American paratroopers led by Winters has not done anything in the past few hours. This disappointed him a little, either Vitesse hadn't grown to that extent, or later generations exaggerated his tactical talents.

He quickly came to the headquarters and met Tao Mingzhang, they knew each other, said hello to each other, and began to talk about the plan, and during the conversation, the enemy shells continued to explode around, suppressing the soldiers behind the bunker and unable to raise their heads.

Xu Chong observed the enemy's artillery positions through the artillery mirror, they were hiding in the woods on the mountain, and the planes were obviously not easy to find, which was a * annoyance. Sure enough, the P38 plane that flew in, made a big circle, and could not find the key target from the chaotic battlefield, so it randomly found an enemy position and launched * and flew away.

The casualty count began to climb, and Second Lieutenant Winters hoped that Xu Chong would join him in launching a two-sided attack, with a frontal feint from the tanks, but Xu Chong felt that the enemy was condescending and had superior firepower, and even if the attack could be successful, many people would have to die. Winters admired Xu Chong's miracle yesterday, so he was willing to listen to him, and it was obvious that he was right. Without heavy firepower, the offensive will be extremely difficult.

The scene was deadlocked for a minute, and Xu Chengran asked Tao Mingzhang for the loading list of weapons on the cargo ship, and saw the 105 mm * guns on two of the ships, and they were on the deck.

Xu Chong slapped his thigh and immediately suggested using these artillery fire for cover, so that the infantry attack would be easier.

The second lieutenant of the US army felt that Xu Chong probably hadn't woken up yet, he had never heard that army artillery could fire on a ship, and Tao Mingzhang was noncommittal, he felt that Xu Chong hadn't read too many books after all, and his imagination was rich, but it was completely unreasonable.

Xu Chong argues that, as far as he knows, someone has tried and worked, but he can't remember when. His words made Tao Mingzhang feel that he must be quibbling, a mountain man who is not very literate, where does he know what history of war and artillery is?

Xu Chong further persuaded them that they would not lose anything by trying. It is only necessary to secure the gun with sandbags. Winters shrugged and said that it was feasible, after all, Xu Chong was a miracle worker, and Tao Mingzhang felt that talking was better than nothing, and agreed.

So Tao Mingzhang stayed on the shore and coordinated the ship's artillery to open fire. Because it did not count on good accuracy, the cargo ship did not sail to the shore and aimed directly at the enemy, but hid in the sea fog to shoot. Xu Chong and the second lieutenant of the U.S. Army each found a platoon of troops and prepared to attack according to Winters's plan.

The ship's artillerymen began to shake the artillery, and the wind and waves were very small at this time, but the artillery shooting was a matter of a millimeter and a thousand miles, and it was a trivial matter not to be able to hit the enemy, and it was worth the loss to injure one's own people by mistake.

When the surge reached its highest point and the hull was relatively calm, the artillery began to fire. Tao Mingzhang observed on the shore that the three shells were scattered over a huge area of about 5 square kilometers, which was simply inaccurate.

Then the second round of artillery fire began, something strange happened, the heavy artillery on the top of the enemy hill suddenly stopped, apparently they felt some kind of pressure. As a vice admiral, Min Aung remembered that the British destroyer should be on the shore.

During the third round of firing, Tao Mingzhang observed a noticeable reduction in coverage, but it was still impossible to cover the enemy's artillery, and he did his best to calibrate it through the radio.