Although he knew the ins and outs of this guerrilla force, he did not describe their current situation too much, only mentioning that they had completely lost contact with each other a few months ago, and they did not know anything about the deployment of troops, weapons and equipment.

"This is 'four' and 'eight', it is clear that it is the team organized by Yan'an, I think the current Yan'an people are simply pervasive?" Wang Teng pinched the message and smiled bitterly.

Wang Teng was born in the navy, graduated from the Wusong Naval School, after the Battle of Jiangyin, his ship was sunk into the mouth of Jiangyin, he became the captain of the guerrilla team from a first mate, and began to lead his troops to lay mines in the Yangtze River to block the enemy.

When Jiang Haoran formed the navy, Chen Chen sent him a temporary naval division, which included him, and he was only a battalion commander at that time.

Subsequently, he was also among the first batch of officers to go to the United States for further study, and he entered the famous West Point Military Academy in the United States.

After returning to China, when Chittagong was growing greatly, he was appointed by Chen Shaokuan as the commander of the Second Marine Division.

In the end, the generals who grew up under the banner of the party-state seem to be a little emotional about the current growth of Yan'an.

Cao Guoliang didn't know whether he really didn't understand or pretended to be confused, and said with a big grin: "You don't care who he is, as long as you know that it is our ally and beneficial to our current campaign." ”

"Is it advantageous, why don't I think so?" Wang Teng said disdainfully: "How many people and weapons do they have?" What about combat effectiveness? Where are you now? We don't know how this can help us. ”

Cao Guoliang said with a smile: "Brother, it doesn't matter if we don't know where they are, the key is that they must know that we are here, they will definitely find a way to find us, and also, the embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, don't underestimate the power of the ants, maybe we will count on this group of ants to break the enemy." ”

Wang Teng looked contemptuous and opened his mouth to speak, at this time, a staff officer hurriedly came in to report that the news came from the army on the left that they had launched an attack an hour earlier, and advanced to the jungle with two regiments as the vanguard, and fifteen minutes after entering the army, they encountered the enemy's blocking position, and the two sides began a fierce exchange of fire.

The enemy has a complete group of semi-permanent fortifications, relying on the mountainous terrain structure, they make full use of the jungle advantage to structure fire points, hidden machine gun and artillery fire positions, all hidden between ravines and even trees.

Moreover, the enemy used a large number of poison gas bombs, and the army on the left, which was caught off guard, suffered a great loss, and two regiments entered, and when they came out, they could not even make up a regiment.

Therefore, Master Duan Ruyi specially reminded Cao Guoliang to be vigilant.

The two of them were secretly glad that they were not in a hurry, otherwise the situation would definitely not be much better than Duan Ruyi and them, and what made them most angry was that the shameless island army actually took out the biochemical weapons that had lost their conscience, which brought another uncertain factor to the battle in front of them.

But no matter what, the battle still had to be fought, and the two discussed it and decided to go out to test the water with two regiments first.

Because the Marines are good at landing warfare, jungle warfare is not their advantage, so the new Fifth Division will come to the mine in front.

The New 46th Regiment and the New 47th Regiment of the New Fifth Division were ordered to go to the front in a critical situation.

Duan Ruyi's previous intelligence mentioned that they only encountered the enemy's resistance after entering the jungle for more than ten minutes, which meant that the enemy's defense line was at least two or three miles away from entering the jungle.

The little devil is also very cunning, and the range of the artillery is also included, and if you want to bomb indiscriminately outside the jungle, I'm afraid it's useless.

Cao Guoliang did not bother to bother with this, and only allocated a tank battalion and thirty M4 Sherman medium tanks to the two regiments.

At present, all the tanks of the expeditionary force come from the assistance of the Mi Army and the British Army, most of which are equipped with Mi Army M4s, and only a small amount of British aid from Churchill.

Although the Sherman medium tank was not as powerful as the Tiger and T34, and the armor was not as heavy as them, it was the most reliable tank in World War II, and its power system was a few points less durable than that of Soviet tanks, and even more so than German tanks. German Haw Par tanks need to be overhauled every 1,000 kilometres, and the tanks have to be shipped back to the factory for overhaul.

The Sherman tank only needs the most basic field maintenance is enough, the performance is reliable, and there are very few failures, so the attendance rate of the Mi army tank is much higher than that of the German tank, which is also in line with the national conditions of the Chinese army, and the maintenance is simple and applicable.

Moreover, the Sherman tank also has several world-leading technologies.

First of all, Tai's turret rotation was the fastest of any tank in World War II, taking less than 10 seconds to rotate a week, which allowed Sherman to react quickly and shoot quickly to destroy his opponent in close-range tank combat.

Secondly, Sherman was also one of the few tanks in World War II to be equipped with an artillery vertical stabilizer, which was able to accurately aim at the target while on the move. At this point, except for the tanks produced by Jiang Haoran and the T34-85 of the Soviet Union at this stage, there is no doubt that the Soviets got Jiang Haoran's advantage.

In addition, Sherman's 500 hp gasoline engine was one of the best tank engines in World War II, giving the Sherman a top speed of 47 kilometers per hour.

These advantages are very important for mobile warfare, even if it is not on the same level as the Tiger and Leopard, but it still relies on these advantages and huge numerical superiority to compete with the German army throughout World War II and fight for a place.

The tank battalion marched along the road into the jungle, followed by the soldiers.

Before the troops had fully entered the jungle, a series of explosions were heard in the jungle, followed by a messy burst of gunfire.

Cao Guoliang, who was outside the formation, immediately frowned, because all the gunfire came from the AK47 of the national army, and he did not hear the sound of the little devil's 38 big cover or other assault guns.

It didn't take long for the news to come back from the front, the little devils had planted a large number of mines on the road, and it was difficult for the tanks to advance, and a lot of mines were also planted in the jungles on both sides of the road, and a lot of traps and traps were arranged, and there were also a small number of island army snipers who specialized in sniping the sappers for mine clearance.

It's a shame that the soldiers haven't seen a little devil intuitively so far, and even *are all brought*, and there is no trace of it.

"Rub the damn, the little devil doesn't play cards according to the routine, the left side is still blocking head-on, and our side is simply playing a trick." Wang Teng gritted his teeth and said.

Cao Guoliang said in a deep voice: "Send additional demining engineers, expand the search range on both wings, and forcibly break through." ”

"Yes." The herald took the order and departed.

Cao Guoliang turned back to Wang Teng and said: "Brother, this time we are afraid that we have encountered a fierce enemy in our lives, the little devil commander has a lot of tricks, I am afraid that every time we push forward, we will have to pay a great price for casualties?" ”

"Or ...... Call the air force, bomb him first? Wang Teng said fiercely.