Burma has always been a British colony. The Burmese natives here have been ruled and exploited by the British for many years. Many Burmese people don’t like the British very much. Compared with the arrogant big noses of the British, they have the same yellow nose as the Burmese people.
The Japanese with dark skin and eyes seem to be more able to win the support of the Burmese people. The British declared that the Japanese army's entry into Burma was an invasion, but many Burmese people were willing to provide the Japanese army with intelligence about the British army, and even participated in the National Salvation Army organized by the Japanese army.
British troops fight.
When the expeditionary force retreated from Burma last year, the Japanese army recruited many Burmese people to help them search for the stragglers of the expeditionary force. Many Burmese natives even led the Japanese army all the way to the India-Myanmar border. Although Tangcheng learned from other veterans of the expeditionary force,
He had heard topics like this, but he had never actually seen the Burmese who led the Japanese army or joined the Japanese army. If he hadn't recognized the tattoos on the backs of their hands, he might have thought that these guys were transferred from Nanyang by the Japanese army.
The army of servants is coming.
Since they are Burmese, it is much easier to handle. Although I have not seen with my own eyes what kind of combat effectiveness the Burmese soldiers are, Tangcheng has heard from some veterans of the expeditionary force that the Burmese are indeed good at drilling in the woods, but when it comes to fighting
In terms of ability, that's a far cry. The Burmese people usually follow the Japanese army and eat leftovers to fight the autumn wind. The Burmese people are indeed natural masters of the jungle. When Tangcheng discovered the opponent, the Burmese soldiers also discovered it.
Tangcheng and the others suddenly stopped when a Burmese soldier emerged from the grass on the opposite side, pointing at Tangcheng and the others and shouting something unknown.
"Fire, fire." He didn't care about so much, so he took action first. Tang Cheng, who was half-kneeling behind the rotten wood, shouted and pulled the trigger of the submachine gun. Click, click, click, click, the sound of the submachine gun's shooting broke through the mountain forest.
There was silence. The three Burmese soldiers at the front had been hit by the hail of bullets and fell to the ground twitching. The remaining Burmese soldiers reacted very quickly, rolled their necks and disappeared into the grass behind them.
trace.
"Catch them, kill them, kill them all." Hearing Tang Cheng's cry, Yanlong and a few scouts rushed forward quickly, running around and covering each other. Everyone couldn't see clearly what was going on in the grass.
, I could only hear the sound of brushing in the grass, and I didn’t know whether it was the Burmese soldiers running away or the rock dragons and others chasing the enemy.
When a sudden encounter with the enemy occurs at close range during a battle, the party that fires first often takes the initiative on the battlefield, especially psychologically, which plays a big role. That group of Burmese soldiers were overtaken by Tang Cheng and fired first.
, they were blinded and fled desperately but did not dare to fight back. "Da da da da da da", the Rock Dragons and the others rushed into the grass and opened fire. After several screams deep in the grass, the gunshots gradually
Stopped, and silence returned to the grassland.
The soldiers who had stopped shooting long ago saw the gesture made by Hou San, and they all gathered together in twos and threes and groped into the grass. Almost all the Burmese soldiers were captured by the Japanese army from the local mountain people, and they were more familiar with it than the expeditionary force.
In this mountain forest, the quality of the weapons does not determine the outcome of the battle. It is better to be careful at this time.
The bodies of the Burmese soldiers who were shot dead in the grass were discovered one after another. A total of 4 of them were killed, and another one who was injured and couldn't run was also dragged out of the grass, but judging from the bullet holes in his body, he was probably alive.
It didn't work. Yanlong also led the scouts back. They ran all over the grass and found no other Burmese soldiers. It seemed that there were only a few Burmese soldiers here.
There was only one survivor, and Tan Fei wanted to go over and show off his Burmese, but he saw that the survivor who had been dragged out of the grass by the scouts had rolled his eyes, and more air came out of his mouth than he breathed in. "
Bah, it's really unlucky. I thought I could get some useful information out of someone alive, but who knew he was going to die soon?" Tan Fei, who stood up, couldn't help complaining about Yanlong and the others for being too heavy-handed.
This made Yanlong and the other scouts laugh secretly.
I just met a few Burmese soldiers on the way, which was not a big deal. Tangcheng had no time to pay attention to Tan Fei and the others. He just took Mike and looked at the map. This map was a gift from Rick to Tangcheng, because it was used
Aircraft aerial photography has confirmed that this map produced by the US military is far more accurate than the old map provided by the British. "Since we have already arrived at the outskirts of the New Pacific, why not let's take a shot first, just in time to try this day
The depth of the Burmese mixed force can also give the people of the New First Army a sense of security." Tang Cheng took out a cigarette but did not light it. He just put it under his nose and smelled the tobacco. In response to Mike's tentative attack, Tang Cheng
However, Cheng's opinion was to have a real fight with the Japanese-Burmese mixed forces in the New Pacific.
Compared to Tang Cheng's insistence, Mike looked a little more conservative, "It's not that I don't want to fight, but you have to know that we only have less than 200 people left now, and the Japanese and Burmese mixed troops in Xinping have 2,000.
There are still many people. If we want to fight, we must have the capital to start a fight with them." Tang Cheng's face did not become embarrassed because of Mike's words. Mike's words did make some sense. Compared with the Japanese and Burmese mixed forces,
, their military strength in Tangcheng is indeed not worth mentioning.
"But I still want to fight them. You have also seen the reaction of those Burmese soldiers just now. The Burmese soldiers are not even as good as the members of the security group. The Japanese-Burmese mixed force in New Pingyang looks like there are more than 2,000 people. But if
After excluding those Burmese soldiers, there shouldn't be many Japanese troops left. As long as we plan well, we may not have the capital to fight them." After saying this, Tang Cheng tapped the map with his finger, and then closed his hands.
He made a gesture to surround and ambush.
"I have carefully considered the terrain of Xinpingyang. It is indeed a difficult place to attack. I have chosen a place. As long as we can occupy this place, we will ensure that we can occupy the most powerful terrain. Let us
The Japanese troops in Xinpingyang had to find us to fight." Mike lowered his head and calculated the actual distance between the place mentioned by Tangcheng and Xinpingyang according to the scale of the map. The calculated result made Mike a little dumbfounded. What Tangcheng said was
The place it refers to seems to be southwest of New Pacific.
"It's right here. The scouts I sent out have already seen it and said it's not a very high hill. If we occupy this hill, even if we put a thorn in the heart of the Japanese army, we will make them feel uncomfortable.
They have to come and fight us. The terrain here is not very favorable to the attacking side, so I said, as long as we occupy the top of the hill in advance, you just have to count how many Japanese troops we have killed." Ignore Mike.
Tang Cheng was rather smug with his contempt.
Occupying favorable terrain and controlling the Japanese army's path south in the New Pacific was the method that Tang Cheng came up with. Mike called Hou San and the others to discuss it carefully. They all said that although this method was a bit risky, it was better than the command of the headquarters.
They kept harassing the New Pingyang Japanese army, which was much stronger. "Okay, since everyone agrees with this, let's just settle here and capture it as soon as possible. I can also ask the headquarters for another airdrop of supplies." Originally.
Mike, who was still a little hesitant, was finally persuaded by Tang Cheng, and he started to prepare supplies and supplies in advance for this plan.
When Mike asked the headquarters for materials and supplies, Tangcheng naturally would not object. However, at his request, Mike deliberately concealed Tangcheng's upcoming new plan. Although the place pointed out to Mike by Tangcheng was less than 5 meters away from Xinpingyang
kilometers, but such a distance is a bit embarrassing for the Japanese army's brigade-level artillery team. The range of all types of mortars and Type 92 infantry guns in the Japanese army cannot exceed 5 kilometers. Even the Japanese army's regiment-level artillery team
The 75 Mountain Cannon is said to have a longest range of over 8 kilometers, but its actual range is at best between 5 and 6 kilometers.
Tangcheng chose this place because of the terrain there and because it was 5 kilometers away from Xinpingyang. Even though the Japanese army in Xinpingyang had heavy mortars, they could not bombard Tangcheng from Xinpingyang.
On the hilltop they want to control, once the Japanese artillery leaves Xinpingyang, Dice and his snipers will not easily let go of the Japanese artillery. In the 5 kilometers after leaving Xinpingyang, there are too many places suitable for snipers to carry out
In the terrain of the attack, as long as the Japanese artillery or artillery groups are destroyed first, the rest will be much easier to handle.
There is also a more important reason. Tang Cheng has no way to tell the truth to Mike. Too many people have been killed and injured in the direct company. Tang Cheng really doesn’t want to lead his soldiers to the woods all day long to deal with the Japanese army. As long as they occupy this
On the hilltop only 5 kilometers away from Xinpingyang, he could openly declare to the Ramga headquarters that he was attacking Xinpingyang. No matter when the troops of the New First Army going south actually occupied Xinpingyang, the direct company would take the initiative to attack Xinpingyang.
None of the credit can be taken away.
"If we don't fight, let's slowly fight with the little devils here to see who can outlast who." Tang Cheng would tell the truth only when he was in front of Hou San and the others. He just wanted to take advantage of it first.
Being able to speak without pain in the back, no matter how much the men at the command headquarters dislike the direct company, at least he wants to let Stilwell know that the direct company is attacking New Pingyang according to his wishes.
Chinese people pay attention to finding a backer when doing things. Although Tang Cheng already has an American passport and identity, he is still an officer in the Nationalist Army after all. Regardless of whether Stilwell's brand name is good or not, at least in the order of the expeditionary force
, Stilwell can still speak. If Tangcheng wants to overcome the current difficulties, it has to praise Stilwell's bad feet.