At the moment of the great enemy, Zhang Wei's battle orders were conveyed to the front-line positions as quickly as possible, as well as the first battalion and one company of the Supplementary Second Regiment located on the south bank of the Biaoguan River, and the main force of the Supplementary Second Regiment located on the north bank.
At the same moment, Xue Rong, the platoon commander of the regiment's special service platoon, led three Buren troop carriers across the Biaoguan River Bridge and advanced to the forward position of the Second Supplementary Regiment on the south bank, where Xue Rong led the special service platoon to meet with the first battalion and one company at the forefront of the south bank, and they were about to start Zhang Wei's first tactical deployment.
"Kala" After the roar of the tracked vehicle engine and the twisting friction of the tracked machinery, the three Bren tracked personnel carriers drove off the road, stopped in the rough roadside clearing, turned off, and the three Bren personnel carriers, each of which was loaded with a civilian 20-year-old 82 mortar and mortar group, in fact, the British Bren tracked personnel carrier family also had the same type of mortar vehicle, equipped with British three-inch mortars.
Zhang Wei was inspired to have the special service platoon and artillery company take the 20-year-old 82 mortar and change it into three, and the ordinary tracked personnel carrier was transformed into a tracked self-propelled mortar vehicle.
Xue Rong, the platoon commander of the special service platoon, waited for the car to stop, immediately jumped out of the car, and walked towards the woodland on the left side of the road with two guards.
Xue Rong carried the Thomson submachine gun on his back, walked quickly, and just entered the forest, suddenly two gun-wielding sentries of the first company rushed out and surrounded Xue Rong with submachine guns.
"Platoon Commander Xue."
Seeing that it was Xue Rong, the two immediately put away their guns.
Xue Rong nodded lightly: "Take me to see your company commander." ” The secret sentry of the first company took Xue Rong to the guard position set up by the first company in the woodland next to the highway, where Xue Rong saw Captain Zhang Xitong, the commander of the first battalion and the first company, and more than 100 soldiers of the first company who were on standby for battle, as well as more than a dozen American-made GC-style ten-wheeled trucks hidden in the forest.
The brothers of the first battalion and one company in the forest, wearing the standard summer combat dress of the national army in China, the lower body is coarse cloth shorts and leggings, the sleeves of the upper body of the military uniform are pulled to the end, and the military uniform and weapons are still hung with leaves and branches, everyone is sweating profusely, the smell of sweat and the moisture in the Burmese forest are blended together, and the steamed people's hearts are directly burned.
The weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the first company were aimed at the road, and Zhang Wei's battle order had been conveyed to every soldier in the first company.
The sun in Myanmar was fierce, and the environment in the woods was even more uncomfortable, but the soldiers in the big shorts did not show the slightest fatigue, and everyone's energy was focused on the road ahead.
In fact, as early as two days ago, when the Japanese army had not yet been discovered, Zhang Xitong and his brothers in a battalion and a company sensed the breath of the coming of war, and when the Anglo-Burmese army was defeated, the south bank could see the defeated and retreating Anglo-Burmese troops and refugees every day, but since two days ago, the rout and refugees have almost disappeared, and this strange phenomenon has made the soldiers of the first company have psychological preparations to resist the enemy two days in advance.
Zhang Xitong's first battalion and one company, since the Second Supplementary Regiment was stationed in Ekechun, drove to the south bank of the Biaoguan River, and became the outpost company of the Second Supplementary Regiment, keeping an eye on the road on the south bank.
After Zhang Wei issued the combat mission, Zhang Xitong quickly sent an infantry platoon to the opposite side of the road, and he himself took the remaining two platoons of the first company and the command squad and the 60 mortar squad directly under the company to deploy in place, and divided the range of fire and the firing order in advance.
"Company Commander Zhang, I was ordered to lead three mortar tracked vehicles to strengthen the firepower, the regiment commander asked us to ambush the Japanese squad that went out to attract its main force to cross the bridge, and the main force of the regiment annihilated all the enemy troops in one fell swoop on the north bank of the Biaoguan River, now I have three vehicles here, three 82 mortars, and the mortars on the cars also bring light machine guns, and I will obey your command here."
Xue Rong said to Zhang Xitong, the commander of the first battalion and one company.
Zhang Xitong: "Platoon Commander Xue, I have received the order, the combat deployment has been done, the regiment commander means to lead the Japanese army over, I will arrange an infantry platoon and two trucks on the opposite side of the road, and the rest of the brothers will follow me here to set up defenses, and when the Japanese army is found, do not hesitate to fire immediately, take advantage of the opportunity to get on the car and retreat across the bridge, now this battle is not difficult to fight, as long as the Japanese army is hooked over, Platoon Commander Xue, your three mortar vehicles will not move, hide well on both sides of the road, and fight a round of artillery shelling against the Japanese army, and cross the bridge directly after the fight, and return to the north bank." ” Xue Rong nodded.
"Understood, leave it to me."
"Okay, then we'll get ready to fight" Zhang Xitong raised the telescope with one hand in his left hand, waved his right hand, and behind him, two platoons of soldiers rushed out of the forest, bent down and rushed to the preset ambush position next to the road, the soldiers crawled on the side of the road, lifted the ballhole, the camouflage turf covered by the mortar position and the platoon position and the grass-green curtain picked up from the British warehouse, jumped into the fortification captively and resolutely, and blended into the earth in disguise.
The company's rifle machine guns, submachine guns, grenadier grenades, and 60-mm mortars were unsheathed in accordance with the first killing blade of the 2nd Regiment, which was aimed at the predetermined direction of attack.
On the highway more than two kilometers away from the first battalion and one company, a Japanese infantry squad covered with leaves and concealed camouflage galloped on the road, and the short Japanese soldiers bent down and rushed forward, their bayonets were loaded with guns, and the steel helmets covered with leaves almost covered the faces of the Japanese soldiers, but they could not hide the ferocious spirit and murderous intent under the leaves.
The 112th Wing of the 55th Division, the first Japanese division to cross the Thai-Burmese border to attack, is now in the vanguard again.
In the previous month or so, the 55th Division attacked all the way from the southern coast of Burma, successively defeated the 1st Anglo-Burmese Division, the 17th Anglo-Indian Division, and the British 7th Armored Brigade, and after capturing Rangoon, the 55th Division took advantage of the victory to pursue and advanced to the line of Tonggu and Pingmanna in south-central Burma, defeating a large number of Anglo-Burmese routers along the way, capturing countless trophies.
Together with the more than 500 people on standby in the rear, they belonged to the advance vanguard of the 112th Wing, which relied on the cars attached to and captured by the British army to achieve full motorization, and made a surprise attack all the way, and finally attacked the Biaoguan River.
There are more than 500 advance forwards of the 112th Wing, which are the elite troops in the 112th Wing, and the Japanese troops in this small group are the elite of the 500 Japanese strikers, very fierce, these Japanese elites who have undergone strict jungle warfare training in Thailand and have undergone a series of combat experiences in southern Burma have exerted their marching power and explosive power to the extreme, and frantically assaulted the Biaoguan River.
In the process of pursuit, these Japanese troops did not even fight much on foot, and they drove ducks all the way to the Tonggu line, in any case, it must be admitted that they were the peak of the willpower and tactical literacy of the Asian army in this era, and now, this squad of Japanese troops, all of them have only one goal to rush to the Biaoguan River, open the way for the main force, and rush to Tonggu "Hurry up and speed up" As an attached officer serving in the wing headquarters, Sakai Yoshishi had a rare opportunity to lead the troops, and he was very enthusiastic in the battle of pursuing the Anglo-Burmese army.
Around Sakai Yoshi, more than 50 Japanese troops were scattered according to detachments and battle groups, the impact was rapid but orderly, the forward team, the flank team and the rear guard team were complete, with the rapid advance, the front of Sakai Yoshi's forward team, the outline of the Biaoguan River Bridge gradually became clear.
"Report to the captain, the target has been found in front of you, and there seems to be no enemy army around" Forward Wu Chang ran to Yoshishi Sakai in reverse.
"Stop" Yoshishi Sakai blew the whistle, and in the sharp whistle, the advance of a small group of Japanese troops came to an abrupt end.
Yoshishi Sakai asked, "Have you been carefully searched?"
Wu Chang shook his head and said: "Your Excellency Lieutenant is too short of time, we only went through a simple search after rushing in, and we didn't find anything abnormal, if you don't worry, we can conduct a careful search, but we only have a team, and it takes a lot of time to search carefully." ” Sakai Yoshishi was silent, raised the binoculars, the outline of the Biaoguan River Bridge was in front of him, the bridge was close at hand, the surrounding environment was calm as usual, Sakai Yoshi's heart beat a drum, whether to move forward or stop and carefully seek the enemy The scene of a possible ambush and the scene of rushing across the bridge to defeat the Anglo-Burmese army repeatedly alternated and tangled in Sakai's mind, and after a few minutes of ideological struggle, Sakai gritted his teeth.
"The whole team, assault in the direction of the Biaoguan River" ：。
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