If you don't drive the tanks away, and you don't fight with the Japanese, it seems that there is no third way to go.

But in reality, there is.

Zhang Chi waved his hand and stroked a group of soldiers under him: "Did you see those big tanks?" Let's pick the tank. ”

Anyone can understand this, generally speaking, large tanks have thick armor, heavy firepower, and a lot of ammunition, and the first choice is, of course, it.

"Then ......" Zhang Chi raised his head to the village not far away and said, "Let's hide the tank in the village!" ”

"Hiding in the village?" Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but be stunned.

The big tank that Zhang Chi is talking about is the American M4 Sherman tank...... As for why Britain's armored forces use American M3 and M4 tanks, the reason is that the United States passed the "Lend-Lease Act" last year, that is, in 1941, to provide war materials for the allies, which of course also includes Britain, so Britain got a large number of American tanks. (Note: The British Firefly tank was converted from the Sherman in 1942 and was in the development phase at this time)

You must know that this Sherman tank is a medium tank, the body is three meters high and three meters wide, and the nearby village has no other concealment except for a dozen thatched huts and bamboo houses, and the soldiers do not understand how this tank can hide in the village without attracting the attention of the Japanese army.

Zhang Chi didn't say much, only shouted: "Time is pressing, a group of several people drive a tank to the village to gather!" ”

"Yes!" The warriors answered, knowing that this was a life-or-death situation, so they didn't ask much, and every group of four or five found a Sherman and drove into the village.

Not to mention, these soldiers of the engineer regiment are very good at driving tanks, and they can drive the tanks into the village without driving lights.

After entering the village, Zhang Chi glanced around, and a total of seven Shermans were driven. So he didn't hesitate anymore and shouted to the others: "Follow me!" ”

As he spoke, he directed the tank to turn a corner and crash straight into the hut from behind...... With a crackling sound, the tank disappeared into the hut.

Seeing this, the soldiers suddenly realized: the tank is indeed petted, but there is a thatched hut outside for camouflage, and it is also crashed into it from another side, and it is difficult for the Japanese army to find anything unusual about the thatched hut when they walk from the other side of the road.

So the soldiers followed suit and drove the tanks one by one into the hut and hid it.

Fortunately, the thatched huts made by the Burmese people were very strong, and they were still intact after being hit by tanks, so they hid a total of seven tanks in this batch.

The only surprise was ...... In one of the huts, there was an old Burmese man who had not been evacuated, and he was just about to flee when he was chased back and tied up by his fellow villagers. He didn't want the old Burmese man to report to the Japanese.

After seven tanks stopped one after the other, the village returned to its original state as if nothing had happened. If anything, it's that the hut looks a little dilapidated and crumbling, but there's nothing out of the ordinary, and others will understand that it's the result of a cannonball.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi felt that he couldn't deceive the Japanese like this, and the Japanese would eventually find them hiding in the village.

There are two reasons for this:

First, after Japan occupied the surrounding area, it was impossible for such a large village not to be searched, and the tanks hiding in the huts at that time would have to show up anyway.

The other is that Sherman left a large number of track marks when he drove into the village, and if the Japanese noticed these marks, they could easily follow them to find their location.

Therefore, Zhang Chi seems to have only one choice, that is, to use the seven tanks in his hand to surprise Japan.

So Zhang Chi immediately poked his head out of the turret and shouted to his fellow villagers: "Pass the order and get ready for battle!" ”

"Yes!".

The fellow villager was just about to convey the order, but Zhang Chi called him back again: "Aim at the car on the highway, understand?" ”

"Understood!" The townsfolk answered and ran into the darkness.

"Platoon commander!" Xiao Zhe, who was hiding in the tank and was in charge of operating the machine gun, shouted at Zhang Chi: "Are we going to fight?" ”

"Hit!" Zhang Chi responded.

"But...... We're only in a platoon...... "Xiao Zhejiang is obviously a little scared.

Zhang Chi didn't answer, in fact, he was also furious in his heart, just like Xiao Zhejiang said, they only have one platoon, and there are thousands of devils, not to mention the devils.

But after thinking about it, Zhang Chi still felt that there was no other choice but to fight, after all, there was still hope of survival, and if he didn't fight, he would only be tied up.

Zhang Chi wanted to say something uplifting to boost his morale, but his head was blank with his feet weak, and he could only make a "hum" sound from his nose after a long time.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that Zhang Chi's silence and this "hum" were naturally understood in the eyes of Xiao Zhejiang and other soldiers as the platoon commander disdained to speak or didn't care about the strong disparity in strength between the enemy and us, so he made up his mind and immediately mustered up the courage to prepare for battle.

Later, Xiao Zhejiang also wrote in his diary: "I always thought that although the platoon commander was strategic, he lacked courage, but the battle of Wajieqiao completely changed my outlook, because even a veteran like the old squad leader was scared that night, but the platoon commander was as calm as Mount Tai!" ”

Of course, Xiao Zhejiang didn't know that Zhang Chi's "steady and calm like Mount Tai" was actually stupid.

The Japanese army crossed the river even slower than expected...... In fact, this is not that the Japanese army is slow, but that the Japanese army can't believe that the British army will just give up the tank breakout, you must know that it is dozens of advanced tanks, if it is the Japanese army, it will fight and even do not hesitate to break jade for this batch of equipment.

Besides, the Japanese army knew very well that they were not capable of fighting the British tanks when they were advancing lightly, so they did not plan to defend the British armored regiment from the beginning, let alone capture the armored regiment, they just wanted to stop the armored regiment so that they could not go, and then plan when the main force caught up, who would have thought that the British army would be so vulnerable.

Because they were not mentally prepared, Yuta Harada was always worried about whether this would be a trap, a trap to lead them into the encirclement, so the Japanese were very cautious along the way, which made them not come to the tanks and cars dropped by the British until forty minutes later.

Finally came, looking through the window at the darkness not far away, the figures of cats rushing forward agilely, swallowed their saliva with difficulty.

How he wished that none of this was true, how he hoped that the Japanese army would never appear in front of him, but the reality was cruel...... Zhang Chi had to face his first fierce battle, a fierce battle that could almost be said to have no chance of winning.