Chapter 728: The Lion Fights the Rabbit

As soon as everyone heard that there was such a good thing, they immediately came to their senses, and no one thought about it or asked too much, as long as they could cross the river, dozens of miles would be a piece of cake for them.

The special combat team came out of sixty-three, sacrificed two, wounded three, and supplemented Yao Menglin and Tian Long, the number of people is still sixty, although two members of the team were injured when attacking the command headquarters, but they were all injured in the arm, not serious, did not affect the speed of the march, dozens of people immediately rushed all the way on the river, straight to the downstream chain bridge.

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At about 7 o'clock in the evening, the large troops of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army finally arrived at the north bank of the Liangmiao Bridge, and the commander of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army, Shinichi Tanaka, looked at the camp of the headquarters that had been destroyed like a scorched earth, and he was trembling with anger.

Soon, bad news followed, a squadron sent out to pursue the independent regiment in the afternoon was also found in the jungle, but all the jade had been shattered, and no life was left, from the analysis of the traces of the battlefield, it was basically determined that they were also Jiang Haoran's snow wolf special combat team.

On the same day, less than 20 miles apart, the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team not only annihilated a squadron of the Imperial Army, but even the headquarters of the wing was terminated by them, and according to investigation, their number was actually only a few dozen people, almost less than the strength of a squad of the Imperial Army, causing casualties and delaying the fighters, which was simply a shame for the Imperial Army, which was unbearable.

Tanaka Shinichi quickly took out the map, and after some careful investigation and comparison, they basically determined their marching route, with the flood of the Liangmiao River at this time, they could never cross the river, waiting for them to only have two options, one is to continue to wait in the jungle, and wait for the imperial army to close the sluice gate of the reservoir, with the Liangmiao River high in the west and low in the east, in less than two hours, the river will bottom out and expose the riverbed, and they can directly wade across the river, and the other is to run downstream for thirty miles, and take the chain bridge to cross the rear of Mina.

But no matter which option it is, Tanaka Shinichi decided to block their back road and must annihilate Jiang Haoran's elite troops.

After several hours of flooding, the flow of the Liangmiao River was no longer as turbulent as it had been at the beginning, and after reconnaissance, it was basically certain that the expeditionary force on the opposite bank had retreated, and after the sappers quickly repaired the bridge deck, the troops could cross the river, and there was no need to close the sluice gates at all.

As for the chain bridge, Tanaka Shinichi immediately sent a telegram to Tada Jun of Mina, asking them to cooperate, be sure to ambush heavy troops on the south bank, and once they get on the bridge, immediately annihilate them all on the unobstructed chain bridge, and never let one go.

Tada Jun's hatred for the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team is as good as Tanaka Shinichi's, when the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team made trouble in Wuhan, for which he also ate a good ear scraper from the then Central China Commander Shun Hata, plus several losses in the hands of Jiang Haoran, all of which have a great relationship with this army, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a blood feud, as soon as he heard that the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team would pass through their defense line, Tada Jun immediately called back, saying that he would fully cooperate with Tanaka Shinichi and never let a person pass over the chain bridge, Moreover, there were also cruel words in the message that the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team would be crushed and scattered, which shows that Tada Jun also gritted his teeth when he sent the message.

Immediately, Tanaka Shinichi decided to send a large group of troops to encircle and intercept the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team. As soon as the words came out, the Abe Brigade of the Mohua Wing, the captain of the Motorized Wing An Bei Jinwei, immediately stepped forward and said that the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team had the United Force Command under their noses, which was their shame, and this task should only be undertaken by him, and repeatedly said that he would definitely use the head of the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team to wash away their shame.

For Abe Jinwei's initiative to ask for help, Tanaka Shinichi showed a look of relief, immediately agreed, and repeatedly told him not to underestimate the enemy, but there is no need to be too jealous, although the snow wolf special combat team is a relatively terrifying team, but after two battles, the ammunition carried must be limited, and after a long time of running, physical strength is not superior. In terms of tactics, you can use "the lion fights the rabbit with all your might" to make sure that they are all annihilated in the jungle.

When Abe Jinwei went out, Tanaka Shinichi did not forget to explain that the first thing that Abe's brigade should control is the river, although the river is still panting at this time, but in the second half of the night, it is estimated that the water in the reservoir is almost exhausted, don't let the snow wolf special combat team take this opportunity to slip away from the river beach, as long as they can't cross the river at night, the imperial army can launch a comprehensive search of the jungle during the day.

After Abe went out, Tanaka Shinichi began to order the Funabashi troops to immediately repair the bridge and repair the road, and the troops moved on all fronts to pursue the 75th Army of the expeditionary force in front.

Because the main beam of the bridge deck was still there, basically the infantry could cross the bridge with wooden planks, and the search team quickly crossed the Liangmiao River, but then the news came that the road was already full of mines, and more than a dozen soldiers of the imperial army were killed and wounded, and it was impossible to advance without demining.

Tanaka Shinichi almost didn't vomit blood when he heard this, but he had no choice but to order the sappers to urgently clear the mines, but he did not expect that this demining work could not be completed until the next morning.

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Mina, the Provisional General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Force.

Tanaka Shinichi was not easy, and Jiang Haoran was not much better, although it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, the headquarters was still busy, and the telegrams everywhere began to increase, and there was good news and bad news.

The good news is that the 28th and 29th Divisions heading for Meng Gong have arrived, and although the Japanese bombardment is not small, their casualties are not large, after all, time is relatively rich for them, and the troops specially choose to march in the gaps of enemy aircraft. The 75th Army had also been fully deployed, and the leading tank regiment and automobile regiment had already left Leva, and soon passed through Mina and drove directly to Monggong. The infantry was also on the way to the emergency march, and Huang Jie, chief of staff of the expeditionary force, said that even if the soldiers broke their legs, they would reach Lewa before dawn.

There was also a lot of bad news, first of all, the 200th Division, the vanguard of the Fifth Army, had been bombed indiscriminately by enemy planes on the road, and so far, it had advanced less than 30 miles. There is almost no possibility of reaching Indo tomorrow, and even if you run all night without sleep, you can only get half the way, after all, it is impossible to march at night as fast as during the day. Moreover, if the Japanese army continues to bite them during the day tomorrow, it is estimated that they will not be able to reach the outside of Indo until the morning after tomorrow.