Chapter 961: Hand-to-hand combat

In the next hour or so, the two battalions of the airborne brigade quickly advanced from the left and right flanks to the middle, and all the deployments of the Japanese army were disrupted at once, after losing the radio and telecommunication functions, the command system of the Japanese army suddenly lost its due scheduling, and the troops who were cut off were at a loss, and the troops in the middle were sandwiched by the left and right wings, and suddenly there was a big chaos, with the remaining two battalions of the airborne brigade from the front, besieged on three sides, the last hope of the Japanese army was shattered, and the army had to flee all the way to the north, and the airborne brigade pursued and killed all the way. chased them out for several miles before receiving.

What they wanted was not the number of the enemy to be destroyed, but the effective crushing of the enemy's combat power, so that they could not organize an effective offensive in a short period of time, and in this regard, they undoubtedly did.

The corpses on the two main roads are all over the field, more than 1,000 enemies have been annihilated, plus the jungles on both flanks, it is estimated that more than 2,000 have been annihilated, with the strength of two Japanese brigades plus one brigade of the puppet army, more than half of them have been annihilated, and it is basically difficult to organize an effective attack, but it is a pity that this black light is blind, and it is impossible to determine the specific location of the Japanese artillery position, so they escaped.

However, they also gained a lot of small-caliber mortars and infantry guns from the enemy, which can be regarded as making up for the gap without any supporting firepower.

In the temporary headquarters, Han Mufeng proudly pointed to the watch on his wrist and teased Liu Xianwei: "How about the brigade, if you say two hours, it will be two hours, I, Han Mufeng, am not bragging, right?" ”

"Count on you!" Liu Xianwei gave a thumbs up to Han Mufeng, and then said, "How about the casualties?" ”

As soon as he said this, a trace of pain suddenly flashed in Han Mufeng's eyes, and his smile froze in an instant, "More than 600 killed, more than 300 injured, and more than 100 missing, the details have not yet been counted." ”

"Ah, so tall?" Liu Xianwei opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time.

The establishment of the airborne brigade is relatively large, and it basically continues the establishment of several veteran divisions of the Nanshan Independent Army, with three brigades and 12 regiments in one division, four regiments under the jurisdiction of the brigade (the airborne brigade is a temporary establishment, so there is still a lack of one regiment), four battalions under the regiment, and so on, a full battalion of 600 infantrymen, plus artillery, engineers, spies, communications, medical and other units directly under the regimental headquarters, a total of 3,200 people. In other words, this battle has caused more than one-third of the casualties of the second regiment, which is definitely the largest casualty for them since its formation.

"Alright, leave him alone." Liu Xianwei waved his hand and said, "Han Mufeng, immediately dispatch the first battalion and the second battalion to support the first regiment, and the second and third battalions quickly clean up the battlefield and start defense. ”

While the Japanese army was not yet aware of the rout in the north, it was necessary to gather superior forces to quickly resolve the threat from the south.

"Yes, Brigade!" Han Mufeng straightened his chest and turned around to go out.

Chief of Staff Tang Hao said: "Brigade seat, I've been thinking about a question, maybe the supplies of the Japanese army have not been transported?" ”

"What? What basis do you have? ”

"Do you think, how much should the six divisions of the Japanese army be fed up? At least tens of thousands of tons, how many transport vehicles do they need to mobilize to transport so many materials out? But I just asked Mr. Ne Win and some ordinary people, and they haven't noticed a large number of vehicles coming in and out for a while, so how did they get these supplies out? ”

Liu Xianwei was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that this was a very important piece of information, and this was also the most difficult problem in front of them, they couldn't find the fuel of the Japanese army, even if the helicopter was transferred to them tomorrow, they would not be able to exert their normal attack strength, ammunition could be airdropped, but fuel also needed to be airdropped, and the difficulty was too great.

Indeed, since the Japanese army invested so many troops to set up this bureau, they must have thought that they could completely annihilate the airborne brigade without fail, so there was no need for them to spend so much effort to transport all the supplies away, and it was easy to expose their intentions in this way.

The question is, where can the materials be if they are not in the warehouse? This is tens of thousands of tons of materials, which can not be hidden by digging a few holes, and this heavy rain has very high requirements for the storage points of materials.

"Get me Bonewin."

Liu Xianwei shouted an order, and a guard hurried out.

A short time later, Bonewin hurried in, his right arm bandaged.

"What, it's hurt?" Liu Xianwei asked with concern.

"Report to the brigade, it's not in the way, it's just that I was bitten by a pistol bullet, and the bullet has been taken out." Bonaiwin replied with a chest in his face, as if he had already considered himself a member of the airborne brigade. The battle just now was too shocking for him, big enough to make him awe of the army in front of him.

"It's okay, Mr. Nerwin, I would like to ask, do you know if there is a large bomb shelter in Lashio or any large cave nearby that can hide thousands of tons of supplies?"

"Ah 616161616161 do you suspect that the supplies of the Japanese army were not transported?"

Liu Xianwei did not hide it, and repeated Tang Hao's analysis just now, Bo Naiwen frowned, saying that he had lived in Yangon before, and he was not very familiar with this place, and he really didn't know if there was such a place, but he thought that he could ask the local old people about it, and they would definitely know.

Because the Abe United in the south has not yet been resolved, Liu Xianwei naturally can't care about these things, Bo Naiwen volunteered to investigate the matter, and Liu Xianwei is of course happy to do so.

The troops were quickly assembled, saying that there were two battalions, but in fact there were less than eight hundred men, but no one paid attention to these at this time. After all, the 8th Division of the Japanese Army is also a permanent division of the Japanese Army, and the individual ability of the soldiers is not weak, and the number of people still occupies an absolute advantage, no matter how many people support them at this time, it is a large force.

Hundreds of people rushed all the way, passing through Lashio from north to south, and it was only three or four miles away, which was only a matter of ten minutes for the demons of the Airborne Brigade.

When I left the city, I saw in the distance that the fields ahead were full of burning fires, and thousands of people were fighting in a vast field.

The shouts of killing, the staggered sound of cold weapons, the laughter of the ruin, the terrible cries, and the snorting of bayonets into the flesh were all in chaos. The original green grass seedlings have long been trampled on a plain, and they are even covered with a layer of mud, and in such a muddy meadow, there are dead people lying everywhere.

A good positional battle was turned into hand-to-hand combat, I am afraid that the Japanese army did not expect, the powerful lineup of tanks and heavy artillery was completely useless, so they had to retreat in a hurry, but in this dark night, to dismantle these big guys, and get rid of those tanks that can move or can't move, there is no light, so the Japanese army lit a fire on the battlefield.