Chapter 181: Fierce Battle in the New Plains (4)
The machete encountered the enemy, and Zhao Zhi, who was following behind, did not know that the scouts did not take off the walkie-talkie from the dead walkie-talkie soldiers when they retreated. On the 10-mile mountain road, the scouts who pressed the prisoners and carried the wounded on their backs walked for three hours before they met the rear team, and Zhao Zhi knew that the scout team with machetes had already engaged the Japanese army.
"I can't go, stop" Zhao Zhi shouted violently, stopping the scouts who were going to pick up the machetes. Now the enemy situation is unknown, and it is useless to rush up, and the number of people in the company directly under it is small, and it does not yet have the strength to fight with the Japanese army. "Old artillery, set up the cannon for Lao Tzu, and when the Japanese army comes, you will bombard Lao Tzu" Zhao Zhi decided to use the mountain artillery group to protect the brigade, and first sent scouts to inquire about the news.
"Sir, use the machete to contact us with a walkie-talkie" The walkie-talkie with an excited face ran over. The walkie-talkie of the direct company received a call signal from the infantry battalion. "Damn, what kind of battle is the infantry battalion fighting?" After talking to the machete, Zhao Zhi opened his mouth and scolded. When the infantry battalion was resting in the valley camp, at the request of Ye Tian, it was the training plan formulated by Roger. The overall combat strength of the infantry battalion should not be bad, how could it be easily defeated by a mixed force composed of Japanese troops and Burmese.
Is there something famous in this? Zhao Zhi shouted to stop the troops and gathered the officers together, trying to find a solution. This new Pingyang must be taken no matter what, not for the headquarters, but for the direct company. When Wallace told Zhao Zhi on the radio that once the airport was built, Catherine and his team would have some planes transferred to support the expeditionary force.
Zhao Zhi still had a lot of supplies in his hands that had been taken out of the valley camp, including some of the belongings that they had not been able to send back, once Catherine transferred here. The supplies would be sent to Ramgarh through here, and then transferred back to Kunming to be handed over to the profiteers. Therefore, Zhao Zhicai did not bother to bring the mountain artillery here, that is, when the attack was unfavorable, he used the mountain artillery group to take down Xinpingyang with one drum.
"The goats will take your men forward to stand on guard, and the others will march faster, and hurry to meet the machetes before dark" Since the infantry battalion has a company over there, it is better to join them first. Zhao Zhi now has 6 mountain cannons and a sufficient number of shells in his hands, as long as he is not besieged by the Japanese army on the way to the new army, he is not afraid.
"These damn big-nosed foreigners will fool us with those false information" Zhao Zhi scolded fiercely, but he still reluctantly continued to march towards Xinpingyang. It's already this situation, so you can only take one step at a time and watch while fighting. The Burmese puppet army that returned from several captives had already been thrown to female soldiers, and Zhao Yan could speak Burmese, and she would cooperate with Yan Shijun in interrogating the prisoners.
"Sir, the captives explained that there is a mixed Japanese-Burmese reinforced brigade in Xinpingyang, and the number is about 2,000 people. The Japanese army accounted for forty percent, all of them were veterans, and the Burmese soldiers were also issued with Japanese-style ordnance, and they were all guys who had been trained for more than a year" Yan Shijun became more and more sophisticated, and just used a few small means to pry open the prisoner's mouth and get the information he wanted.
"Keep marching, send the situation back to the headquarters, and see what the bigwigs want to do?" It is better to ask for heaven and earth than for himself, Zhao Zhi had no intention of asking the headquarters to transfer the direct company back to the rear. has already walked here, there is no turning back when he opens the bow, even if it is to get the machete back, Zhao Zhi has to wade through this troubled water.
"The headquarters called back, looking for fighters, defeating the Japanese army, and taking Xinpingyang" The operator came to Zhao Zhi with a telegram.
"Damn, I didn't say the same. An infantry battalion can't stop the Japanese army, and Lao Tzu only has more than 100 people, so what can stop it? Zhao Zhi threw the message on the ground and scolded with his feet, like a shrew who had just been insulted. Zhao Zhi's appearance, the doglegs have long been surprised, since receiving the order from the headquarters, if Zhao Zhi didn't scold that day, everyone felt unaccustomed.
"Don't bother him, let him go crazy, it'll be fine in a while" Yuan Qingqing grabbed Linda, who was going to comfort Zhao Zhi, and left with the female soldiers, and threw Zhao Zhi a big roll of his eyes when he was over, which made Zhao Zhi depressed. Seeing Yuan Qingqing like this, the people next to him tried their best to endure laughter, and hid away from Zhao Zhi under the pretext that there was something, for fear that they would harm the pond fish and be scolded by Zhao Zhi.
"Lao Tzu still didn't believe it, and told his uncle to take his people to follow the goats together, and after meeting with the machete, they would seize the commanding heights first to prevent the Japanese army from raiding" Zhao Zhimo pondered for a long time and gave an order. All the scouts and riflemen were transferred, and Zhao Zhi was left with only a dozen submachine gunners left on his side, except for the artillery and logistics team.
In the eyes of others, Zhao Zhi was purely a little hysterical, and almost all the mobile forces of the direct company were scattered at once, once the Japanese army made a detour and raided, wouldn't Zhao Zhi send himself into a dangerous situation. But Zhao Zhi is a dog temper, he never listens to people's persuasion, and no one dares to provoke him at this time. Yuan Qingqing took Linda and ran to the front team, and the uncle who could persuade Zhao Zhi was sent to go out with the goat again, and the rest of the people looked at each other, and no one dared to say much.
"Old artillery, all the rest of the direct company are now under your command. Lao Tzu only gave you three hours, and after three hours, I will see these mountain cannons appear at the meeting point" Zhao Zhi's order made the old cannon completely collapse. A mountain cannon is more than 700 kilograms, and it would be nice to say if it was just one, but now there are a total of 6 mountain guns, as well as a large number of captured shells.
When leaving the valley camp, Kane made a big circle and raked all the mules and horses in the camp into his direct company, otherwise how could he take away the 6 mountain cannons with more than 100 people. The people were carried by horses and shoulders, and under Zhao Zhi's repeated insistence, the captured mountain artillery and cannonballs were not left and followed the direct company on the road. Now Zhao Zhi has made a cruel statement, asking 6 mountain guns to rush to the meeting point within three hours, isn't this deliberately asking for the life of the old artillery?
Ignoring the bitter-faced old cannon, Zhao Zhi took his loyal little dog legs and hurried to the female soldiers, Zhao Yan still had several Burmese prisoners who had just been captured, and Zhao Zhi needed to know all the information about Xin Pingyang. Yan Shijun's methods, Zhao Zhi never doubted, he was just idle and bored to find something to do for himself.
The captured Burmese captives were tied into a string with ropes, and one by one, they were escorted by several female soldiers at the end of the procession. When the long-eyed captives saw Zhao Zhi's posture of hugging each other, they guessed that Zhao Zhi must be the one who could decide their life and death, so he knelt down on the side of the road early, and kowtowed on the ground like garlic.
"What do they say?" The behavior of the captives made Zhao Zhi's brows furrow a little, originally he wanted to find an excuse to destroy a few captives, but he would be a little embarrassed to start.
"They said that they were all captured by the Japanese army, and they were all forced to carry guns," Zhao Yan, the temporary interpreter, was called over again.
"Tell them, tell me about the situation in Xinpingyang, all the things, including what they had for breakfast today?" Zhao Zhi's requirements are obviously a little too high, and Zhao Yan rolled his eyes vigorously, and he had to know what people were eating and what they were doing.
As soon as several captives heard that Zhao Zhi was not here to kill them, they rushed to Zhao Yan's side and muttered non-stop, keeping Zhao Yan, who was in charge of recording, busy. After working for a long time, Zhao Zhi took the paper of the record, a good guy, and wrote down two small articles. Looking at the content of the prisoners' confessions, Zhao Zhile was happy, and immediately beckoned the officers to come over for a meeting, and ordered the old artillery to suspend the rapid transportation of the mountain artillery.
Originally, Zhao Zhilai interrogated the prisoners, just to find fault and kill them, thinking that these Burmese soft bones should not know any valuable information. Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhi was scared, and these Burmese prisoners were willing to say anything in order to save their lives. In the seemingly ordinary confession, Zhao Zhi saw some suspicions.
The new Pingyang garrison is a mixed Japanese-Burmese force, which is about a squadron of about a mixed mountain force composed of Japanese veterans and Burmese outlaws. Then the new Pingyang was close to the Savage Mountain, and the Japanese often sent small forces through the jungle from here to attack the engineering units of the expeditionary force that were paving the road. After being defeated by Zhao Zhi's advance battalion and the 114th Regiment several times in a row, the remnants of the small Japanese troops ran back along the jungle one after another, and stayed in Xinpingyang to rest for the time being, but the number of people increased and gradually became 2,000 people resting.
This time, the Japanese army ambushed Ye Tian's infantry battalion, and it took out all its combat strength, and Xinpingyang now has only a small team composed of purely Burmese people stationed in Xinpingyang. Xinpingyang is a small village in the Hukang Valley, and taking it here is not attractive to Zhao Zhi at all, but a situation confessed by the captives has aroused Zhao Zhi's great interest.
Last year, when the expeditionary force was being pursued, this Japanese-Burmese mixed force also pursued into the Savage Mountain, intercepted the rout of an expeditionary force, and captured at least 100 of the expeditionary force's rout. Originally, it was going to be sent to the division headquarters, but the war never stopped, and those who came and went were forgotten, and the prisoners of the expeditionary force were kept in Xinpingyang.
By the time the division headquarters remembered it, it was already the rainy season, and when the rainy season arrived, the entire Hukang Valley was a vast ocean. The mixed squadron also had no extra forces to escort prisoners, let alone transport. The captives were tortured daily by Japanese soldiers during their captivity, and now there are less than 50 left, and I am afraid that these 50 people would not have been able to survive if they had not been required to work during the rainy season.
Zhao Zhi now pretended that all he was thinking about was this group of expeditionary force prisoners, and he had to rescue them no matter what. The main force of the mixed forces of the Japanese army stationed in Xinpingyang has been glued to Ye Tian's infantry battalion, and is pursuing the infantry battalion all over the world. On the contrary, Xinpingyang was empty, and Zhao Zhi wanted to smash Huanglong and defeat the Burmese troops stationed in Xinpingyang in one fell swoop, take Xinpingyang, and rescue the prisoners of the expeditionary force. /AUT