"The forward troops of the 42nd Wing were attacked and three teams lost contact. The 42nd Wing is searching for the missing teams."
"The 11th Wing was ambushed, and one of the forward squadrons lost contact with the rear squadron."
"The forward of the 21st Regiment was ambushed, and the follow-up troops of the 21st Regiment are fighting fiercely with the enemy."
Relevant battle reports were sent one by one. Yamamoto, the commander of the fifth division, carefully watched the messages fed back by the forwards, hoping to see the enemy's next move. Suddenly, Yamamoto's eyebrows raised
Jumped a bit, damn, the Thunder's troops were deliberately attracting
Our attention is that their main force has probably begun to break through. There has been no report of the situation from the west of the 18th Division. It is not that they have not encountered the Thunder troops, but that they have no time to report the situation at all, because
They are engaged in a fierce battle with Thunder's main force.
When thinking of the disgusting face of Tanaka Shinichi, the new commander of the 18th Division, Yamamoto naturally did not think that the 18th Division could stop Thunder's main force from breaking through. "Send a report to the military headquarters immediately.
, analyzing the battle report, it is suspected that the main force of Thunder has begun to break through, and the direction of the breakout is
West, do you want to support the defense of the 18th Division?" The original division commander of the 18th Division, Mutaguchi Ren, was also a good friend of Yamamotomo, but the new Tanaka Shinichi was an arrogant guy. Of course, Yamamotomo was not
I'd like to express a little bit in the telegram that I'm not optimistic about the 18th Division.
Yamashita Fengfumi, who received this telegram, also received the same forward battle report from Yamamotomo. After analysis, his staff officers came to basically the same conclusion as Yamamotomo. They also judged that this was the Thunder's cover force actively exposing the target.
, whose purpose is to attract the fifth division
The regiment's attention was thus achieved to cover the main force's retreat from the west to the hinterland of northern Myanmar. It was not surprising that Yamashita Fengfumi's staff came to such a conclusion. When fighting the Chinese Army on the Chinese battlefield, those
The Chinese army often resorted to this trick.
Last time the Eighteenth Division was surrounded by Lei Ting's troops in Taunggyi and was almost wiped out. Although the base camp used the armistice agreement to exchange them for their return, with the transfer of the division commander Mutaguchi Renya and the new division commander Tanaka
With the arrival of the new one, the combat power of the Eighteenth Division also increased.
Immediately, it began to decline sharply. Yamashita Fengfumi saw that the current Eighteenth Division was almost on the same level as those second-rate divisions. If he hadn't seen that the Eighteenth Division was the unit he had previously commanded, Yamashita Fengfumi would have said nothing this time.
We won't let them stay in the 25th Army.
To save or not to save, Yamashita Fengwen also pondered over and over again in his mind. He had read all the information about Lei Ting and Zhao Zhi. Although the information collected by the special high school class was somewhat sparse, Yamashita Fengwen already knew about his opponent Zhao Zhi.
A rough understanding. Zhao Zhi seems to be a righteous patriot, but in fact he is
He was a speculator, a careerist who wanted to take advantage of the war. Otherwise, how could he suddenly leave Shanxi and go south to Burma when the Nationalist Government had hope of regaining Shanxi? Because he simply took a fancy to Burma, and in addition, he had
With the title of British Duke, Zhao Zhi has actually become the ruler of Myanmar.
Yamashita Fengfumi had to admit that the combat power of the Thunder far exceeded that of any Japanese army. Since the Thunder fought in Shanxi, it had never suffered a defeat, including the last time when six divisions besieged Burma.
It is called a classic battle. But there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. This is an old saying in China. Yamashita Fengwen wanted to meet Zhao Zhi, who was said to be miraculous by everyone. He wanted to see what kind of person this speculator was.
"Order, the 42nd Regiment and the 11th Regiment of the Fifth Division immediately turn to the west to support the 18th Division to stop the enemy. The 21st Regiment to the east continues to advance according to the original plan and must not let Thunder's troops escape." For this reason.
In this encirclement operation, Yamashita Fengfumi mobilized troops in large batches and frequently made false appearances to confuse his opponents. Now is the harvest season, and Yamashita Fengfumi must not allow any omissions to occur in his carefully planned actions.
The 42nd Regiment of the 5th Division attacked from the north during the encirclement operation, and the 11th Regiment attacked from the south. These are the two units closest to the 18th Division. Yamashita Fengfumi made the 42nd Regiment and the 11th Regiment.
To support the 18th Division, the 21st Regiment’s decision to continue carrying out the original operation was not a deliberate decision.
The incoming wave is so simple, because the 21st Regiment attacking from the east is the most powerful unit in the Fifth Division. If the main force of the Thunder did not escape from the west side defended by the 18th Division, then the 21st Regiment attacking from the east
The 21st team will be Yamashita's last hope of intercepting the Thunder's main force.
Yamashita Fengfumi has read a lot of Chinese military art books and knows that the Chinese are not only good at bluffing, but also good at attacking in the east and attacking in the west. The idea that the Thunder might attack in the east and attack in the west flashed in his subconscious, but all the situations before him showed that the main force of the Thunder was nowhere to be seen. More
The main thing is that just now, we were defending the west side
The 18th Division sent a telegram. They were being attacked by more than 4,000 enemies. The reason why the 25th Army mobilized its troops to carry out such an encirclement operation was mainly because they saw the transport aircraft groups and those umbrella flowers that frequently appeared here. They judged that the umbrellas
The number of enemy troops descending on this area should be around 5,000.
The regiments of the Fifth Division deployed in three directions were all subjected to premeditated ambushes and harassments, which required a lot of troops from the other side to complete. It makes sense that the Eighteenth Division was attacked by more than 4,000 enemy troops. If
Not from the 18th Division
Telegraph, perhaps Yamashita Tomofumi has not been able to make the decision to mobilize two regiments to support the 18th Division, precisely because he believes that the combat effectiveness of the 18th Division has declined, and precisely because he cannot watch his carefully planned operation fail.
Only then would he make such a decision.
"Sir, they fell into a trap. The 42nd Regiment and the 11th Regiment have received orders to support the 18th Division. It is estimated that they are issuing orders to the troops below." Yamashita Fengwen's order was confirmed by the telegraph at the airborne field.
The soldiers successfully intercepted the message, and the translated message was sent to Zhao Zhi. The communications soldier who received the message was reporting the matter to Zhao Zhi.
"Order Tang Lei and the others to move closer to us immediately. It's time to fish in troubled waters." The Japanese army finally moved. This is consistent with Zhao Zhi's inference. After continuously attacking many forward troops of the Fifth Division, Yamashita Fengfumi finally made a decision
reaction. Although
It is said that Zhao Zhi's original intention was not to make it more difficult for the breakout troops commanded by Yan Wudao, but he successfully mobilized the troops of the Fifth Division. This is already a big achievement, and Zhao Zhi now wants to further expand this achievement. He plans to
It's time to fish in troubled waters.
Like the team commanded by Zhao Zhi, Tang Lei and the others also obtained a considerable number of Japanese military uniforms and equipment. In addition, the mercenaries basically all speak Japanese. It is difficult for anyone not to distinguish the difference between them and the real Japanese army. In order to search for hidden
The enemy forces here, the 42nd Regiment and
The 11th Regiment has already disrupted their troops. Most of the Japanese troops scattered in the jungles and mountains are operating in the form of squadrons or squads. The two Japanese Regiments support the 18th Division at the same time. There will be troops that need to be mobilized.
There are many, and Zhao Zhi has a chance to fish in troubled waters.
The large-scale mobilization of Japanese troops gave Zhao Zhi an opportunity. The Japanese troops scattered in the mountains had the opportunity to become Zhao Zhi's targets. In the case of equal strength confrontation, the mercenaries commanded by Zhao Zhi could annihilate all the people they encountered.
Japanese troops on
.What's more, Zhao Zhi also hid no less than one squadron of Japanese mercenaries on the flanks. When Zhao Zhi and others pretending to be Japanese soldiers take action, these mercenaries hiding in the dark will become a guard force, providing protection for Zhao Zhi and others.
Provide perimeter security.
Wearing Japanese military uniforms, Zhao Zhi and the others marched swaggeringly through the mountains in the form of a Japanese squadron. The extra mercenaries carried their American equipment and advanced covertly on the flanks. In just one hour, Zhao Zhi and the others encountered three people.
A small team of Japanese troops, and these three Japanese teams are returning to the establishment
Without exception, the military squad became the targets of Zhao Zhi and the others. They hid the captured Japanese weapons and equipment, and Zhao Zhi and the others dragged the corpses into the dense forest. The bullet holes on the corpses were all caused by American weapons.
This obviously has nothing to do with Zhao Zhi and others wearing Japanese military uniforms and carrying Japanese weapons on their shoulders.
They continued to be attacked by opponents, but could not find any trace of the enemy. This made Yamamoto, who was in charge of the fifth division, a little annoyed. There was always a rumor among the Japanese army that Thunder's troops came and went without a trace, and they were a difficult opponent to deal with.
, this time Yamamoto really saw Thunder’s cunning methods. But the fifth division is a
Yamamoto, a division with great achievements in battle, was frightened by Thunder's little move. After receiving another report of the attack on the troops, Yamamoto quickly made arrangements to slow down the westward movement of the 42nd Regiment and the 11th Regiment.
, ordered the 21st Regiment to the east to speed up, he wanted to squeeze the living space of the Thunder troops.
Yamamoto did not know that Zhao Zhi had mastered their code book. Zhao Zhi had the translated texts of all the telegrams sent by the 25th Military Headquarters and the Fifth Division. In front of Zhao Zhi, the Japanese army used the radio to make
Any deployment is transparent. "Well, since the 42nd Wing and the 11th
If the regiment does not want to move, then we ask them to speed up." The Japanese army is very strict in executing orders from superiors. Since the Fifth Division headquarters has issued such an order, the 42nd Regiment and the 11th Regiment will definitely comply with it.
, but Zhao Zhi didn't want this. He wanted the Japanese army to move.
If the Japanese army retreats or slows down, their scattered troops will regroup. Zhao Zhi does not want to see this happen, because once the Japanese army starts to regroup, they will become like a piece of iron.
Impeccable. Zhao Zhi's fishing in troubled waters requires a chaotic situation. The more frequently the Japanese troops mobilize, the more opportunities Zhao Zhi and the others will have. The opposite situation will only cause them to be passive and disadvantageous.