The reason why Li Da's first battalion and Yang Liqing's sixth battalion were allowed to attack Wan Town.

The main purpose is to exercise the attack power of the six battalions.

When attacking Wan Town, Li Lei told Yang Liqing that his six battalions were the main force in this attack on Wan Town.

The main task of the first battalion of Li Da's ability is to cooperate.

The reason for this arrangement is that the comprehensive offensive capability of the six battalions is still a little worse.

In the first few battles, the attack speed of the 6th Battalion was the slowest.

The problem is not in Yang Liqing's command, but because of the troops of the sixth battalion, there are more recruits and less combat experience.

Li Lei's idea was to take advantage of the small number of Japanese troops here to deliberately hone the sixth battalion.

There have been more battles in this battle, and the combat effectiveness has slowly come up.

Yang Liqing is a good person, of course he understands what Li Lei means.

That's why it's very motivated.

In order to attack smoothly, Yang Liqing borrowed all the tanks of the first battalion from Li Da's ability, and Li Da's ability was very untempered.

Brother, my first battalion now has forty taels of tanks, and if you borrow them all at once, then your six battalions and tanks will add up to sixty tanks......

Sixty vehicles, you drive directly over, and this wing of the Japanese army is almost dead.

Yang Liqing didn't care about this, in several battles, he found that his six battalions and Butan still had some problems in coordinated operations, as long as this shortcoming was made up, then the combat effectiveness of his six battalions would be similar to that of several other battalions.

Taking this opportunity, Yang Liqing should train his troops on the issue of infantry coordination.

The location of Wan Town is very important, on the middle line of the Yunnan-Burma Highway. But it's actually a small place.

The houses are basically wooden structures.

Although the Japanese army set up a defensive line on the perimeter, the defensive line was not strong because of the hurry.

It's all simple trenches dug.

Yang Liqing asked the troops to reconnoitre, and there were two lines of defense in the south of Wan Town.

The Japanese army had about 2,000 men on these two lines.

The rest of the troops were all deployed in Wanmachi Castle.

Although Yang Liqing's troops now had 60 tanks, he did not attack the Japanese from the front.

Instead, they went around to the flank of Wan Town, where the Japanese defenses were very weak.

So when Yang Liqing's sixth battalion rushed to Wan Town with sixty tanks, Mai Shiraishi, the commander of the Japanese army, was speechless in shock.

The black crushing tank emitted black smoke and suddenly crushed over, unstoppable.

Yang Liqing held a telescope outside Wan Town, and commanded while watching.

Each tank was followed by a squad of fighters, using the tanks as cover, and then moving forward.

At the same time, the Japanese troops on both sides of the street were cleared.

When encountering the machine-gun position of the Japanese army in front, the tank directly hit it with one shot.

It's very sour.

The Japanese defenders south of Wamachi did not dare to retreat into Watamachi Castle to support.

In front of the Japanese army's position, Li Da's battalion was still eyeing it there.

With a force of 7,000 people, the devils who watched were terrified.

If it's just a lot of troops, it's a little better.

The problem is that at the back of Lee's troops, there are several rows of artillery.

The swarthy muzzle of the cannon was pointed straight at the Japanese position.

The frightened Japanese soldiers did not dare to show their heads.

Li Da was able to sit on a huge cannonball and eat canned food.

The smell of purring and eating.

"Sweet potato, the devil in front, is there any movement?" Li Da asked while eating.

Sweet potato with a telescope in his hand and was pouting and staring at the Japanese position. Hearing Li Da call him, he turned his head to reveal two rows of big black teeth: "No, brother, this little devil won't show his head at all now, and he can't see anything." Why don't we try a few shots? ”

Li Da said: "No, our first battalion is now to scare the Japanese army, and the sixth battalion of Battalion Commander Yang is the protagonist." If we shoot here, he should be unhappy. ”

The Japanese 15th Division and the 49th Division were fiercely attacked by the opposing forces, which surprised Okamura Ninji.

What's going on?

The 49th Division reported that its troops stationed along the Nu River had been heavily bombed by opposing aircraft. At the same time, the opposing troops on the east bank of the Nu River have already crossed the Nu River by force.

A fierce offensive is being launched on the places defended by the 49th Division.

The opposing side has a lot of troops, at least three corps.

Judging from the military uniforms, it should be the Dian Army and the Sichuan Army.

For this news, Okamura Ninji was very surprised.

How is this possible?

On the east bank of the Nu River, how could so many troops from the other side suddenly appear?

Three armies?

How did these three armies come together in such a short period of time?

Such a change shocked Okamura Ninji.

The 15th Army in Wan Town was also under fierce attack from the other side.

According to the report of the commander of the 15th Division, the troops they were stationed in Wan Town, there was a wing.

Now they are surrounded by each other.

According to preliminary judgments, the number of troops surrounding Wan Town was about 10,000.

And it was equipped with a large number of tanks.

Okamura Ninji's guess was correct, and this mysterious force finally appeared.

If the other side did not suddenly have three more troops, then Okamura Ninji would be very happy.

It is entirely possible for his two divisions to annihilate this mysterious force.

However, the other party actually silently came out with the strength of three armies, is this a joke?

Now the 15th Division and the 49th Division have been attacked from the front and rear, and they must find a way to do so immediately.

Otherwise, his two divisions would have suffered heavy losses.

"How many armies are there on the other side, which troops are they?" Okamura Ninji asked his chief of staff, Aoki.

Aoki wrinkled his brows and said, "According to the report of the 49th Division, it seems to be the Yunnan Army and the Sichuan Army. ”

Okamura Ninji was stunned for a moment and thought for a moment.

It's these two forces......

For these two troops, Okamura Ninji has a deep experience.

Don't die in a war, have a firm will, and give an order, even if you dare to rush forward even if you are swords, mountains and fires.

But there is one thing, they are poorly equipped.

Many troops can't even do it with a gun.

Even when a soldier has a gun, the rifle is very old. Many of the guns used by soldiers were even shotguns.

When such a unit fights, what it fights is will.

This made Okamura Ninji very admirable.

However, victory cannot be achieved by will alone.

If it were these two troops, then the 49th Division would be able to block the opponent's attack.

The 18th Division and the 55th Division of Ringanqiang had already launched an attack on Mandalay.

Although the strength of the two divisions of the Japanese army was Mandalay, the Japanese offensive was not very smooth because the expeditionary force in Mandalay was well-equipped and superior to the Japanese army in terms of light weapons and heavy weapons.

Moreover, Tangji's troops and Mandalay's troops were each other's horns, and when the Japanese army attacked Mandalay, they needed to deploy troops to guard against Tangji's sneak attack, so for a while, the battle in Mandalay was a bit stalemate.

This surprised Okamura Ninji a little.

He had tried his best to take into account the combat effectiveness of the other party's troops in Mandalay, but he didn't expect it to be underestimated.

The combat effectiveness of this unit of the other side is completely different from that of the domestic troops.

The battle lasted for two days, and the troops of their two divisions did not even break through the first line of defense.

And the casualties are high.

The power of the expeditionary force's artillery surprised Okamura Ninji.

Much more powerful than the heavy artillery firepower of his troops.

There were about seventy planes of the Fifteenth Army, all of which Okamura had sent to Mandalay, and after the first round of bombing, he was surprised by the loss of fifteen.

According to the reports of the returning pilots, the opposing side was armed with a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns.

As soon as their planes flew to the forward positions in Mandalay, anti-aircraft machine guns fired countless bullets.

The anti-aircraft machine gun positions were set up very reasonably, and the cross-firing bullets formed a barrage of bullets one after another.

Airplanes are difficult to dodge.

Their aircraft are very poorly protected, basically nothing at all. If you are hit by a rifle bullet, you can crash, let alone an anti-aircraft machine gun bullet. As soon as a single bullet hits, their plane crashes in black smoke.

So the losses are very large.

At such a rate of loss, their planes would have been lost without a few rounds of bombing.

He couldn't let the plane go to Mandalay anymore, and if the plane was all lost, he couldn't explain it to the base camp.

Now the number of aircraft produced by their island nation is seriously limited.

Now a lot of resources are in short supply.

And the focus of aircraft manufacturing plants is now on carrier-based aircraft, and there are fewer and fewer aircraft produced by their army.

If the planes here are lost, then the entire Fifteenth Army, in a short time, the planes will not be replenished at all.

Okamura looked at the map helplessly and fell into deep thought.

Originally, his plan was perfect.

The execution is also very good.

The 15th Division and the 49th Division suddenly appeared in the area around Wan Town and successfully occupied a large area from Wan Town to Tengchong.

Not only cut off the opponent's back route, but also occupied their supply points.

This is a very important victory.

Moreover, the opponent's troops were also successfully separated by him.

If it weren't for the fact that the other side suddenly appeared several corps in the Nu River area, then his two divisions could completely encircle and annihilate the opponent's troops.

What a plan.

It almost came true.

As a result, several more armies of troops appeared on the other side.

He couldn't accept it for a while.

At present, the 49th Division is entangled with the opposing army, and the battle is very stalemate, and it is completely unable to support the 15th Division for a while.

And the strength of a division of the 15th Division, in the face of that mysterious force, has no chance of winning at all.

The other side has an armored division and at least one infantry division.

It's just horrible.

Their entire island nation has only one armored division.

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