Chapter 349: A Battalion Eats a Division
Several simple pontoon bridges were built on the Wangbin River, connecting the two banks of the Wangbin River. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The officers and soldiers of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army quickly arrived on the east bank of the Wangbin River from the west bank of the Wangbin River through the pontoon bridge, and launched a pursuit against the Japanese and Thai troops who had fled.
"Quick, keep up, be quick!" Zhou Yuanhua, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment, stood on the side of the road and shouted loudly at his troops. Although, the officers and soldiers under his command are very tired. However, he was unwilling to give up this opportunity.
In last night's battle, the 1st Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses, especially the 1st Infantry Battalion and the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment, both of which lost more than half. The losses of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, although a little less, were also more than a third.
Originally, the request of the military headquarters was that the 1st Infantry Regiment enter a rest. After the arrival of the reinforcements in the rear, they began to rest and recuperate, striving to be able to recover their strength as soon as possible. However, in any case, they have no way to participate in the next battle on the battlefield in Thailand.
This was originally done to protect the 1st Infantry Regiment. However, Colonel Han Jianfang, commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment, may not have received this situation. He insisted that since the 1st Regiment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army participated in this battle, then they had to start and finish. Although, the 1st Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses in the previous battles. However, this does not mean that they have no combat effectiveness at all. Even though the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions suffered heavy losses, the 3rd Infantry Battalion still had some combat effectiveness.
So, at the insistence of Colonel Han Jianfang, the 3rd Infantry Battalion was thrown into the pursuit of the Japanese-Thai forces. They will be representatives of the 1st Infantry Regiment and will participate in the pursuit of the entire battle. If they could, they would even fight the entire Thai campaign from start to finish.
Of course, in order to make the speed of the 3rd Infantry Battalion faster, Colonel Han Jianfang collected a lot of cars from the other two infantry battalions, the regimental headquarters and the artillery battalion, and even the reconnaissance company was reinforced to the 3rd Infantry Battalion, so that their officers and men could directly ride in cars when they were marching. In this way, they can march much faster than the rest of the troops. It was also much faster than the fleeing Japanese army and the Thai army.
The officers and men of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army were riding in trucks and chased along the road to the southeast. Thanks to Thailand's vigorous development of industrial and infrastructure construction before the outbreak of the war, Thailand's domestic transportation facilities have been greatly improved. However, this does not make Thailand strong. Both the Japanese and the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army were able to easily attack the hinterland of Thailand along these roads.
"Battalion commander, just a battalion like ours is still not satisfied, even if the reconnaissance company is added, it has not recovered to its heyday! There are still more than 100,000 people in the Japanese-Thai coalition army! If you chase them like this, will you be able to defeat them? A soldier asked, a little worried.
After all, that's hundreds of thousands of enemies! Even if one person spits at the foam, it's not something that they, an infantry battalion with less than a thousand people, can fight against!
"Humph! What about hundreds of thousands? It's just a group of defeated routs. They don't have the courage to continue fighting us, what's so scary? As long as we catch them, they will only have the life to surrender. Major Zhou Yuanhua looked contemptuous. It's as if the hundreds of thousands of Japanese-Thai coalition troops really don't have anything to worry about.
Xiao Bing nodded, as if he thought what Major Zhou Yuanhua said was very reasonable.
"The battalion commander, the reconnaissance company reported that five kilometers ahead, there was a unit of the Thai army. The reconnaissance company commander asked for instructions, what should I do? A staff officer asked.
"What? More than 10,000 people? It was supposed to be an infantry division of the Thais. Major Zhou Yuanhua was suddenly excited.
"Order the troops, pick up the speed and eat this infantry division of the Thais." Major Zhou Yuanhua ordered.
"Eat a division of the enemy with a battalion?" Everyone was shocked. Although everyone didn't say it on the surface, they all thought in their hearts that Major Zhou Yuanhua was too bold.
"Don't worry, on the domestic battlefield, an infantry division of the national army that can be defeated by a single brigade of the Japanese * himself is embarrassed. Our combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of a brigade of the Japanese themselves. And the combat effectiveness of the Thais is even inferior to the national * army. There's no reason why we can't beat them. Major Zhou Yuanhua was full of words.
When the other officers and soldiers heard this, it seemed that the same was the case! Many people were persuaded by Major Zhou Yuanhua's rhetoric.
Under the leadership of Major Zhou Yuanhua, the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army launched an attack on an infantry division of the Thai Army.
Major Zhou Yuanhua: The target of their attack was the 19th Division of the 4th Army of the Thai Army. Their defense zone is located in the northern part of Tak province. In this battle, because it was far from the main battlefield, it did not suffer any losses. Up to now, the structure of the army has remained relatively intact. But it was for this reason that they were left behind by the commander of the Japanese-Thai forces, Lieutenant General Moriya Seiji, to block the pursuit of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.
"Damn the day * himself, they can't beat the Chinese themselves, but let us send them to death, it's just a bunch of bastards!" Major General Charon, commander of the 4th Infantry Division of the 19th Army of the Thai Army, scolded in his own command.
"General, why don't we run away. Are the Chinese so easy to deal with? Didn't the Japanese himself be defeated by the Chinese? The losses were extremely heavy. One of the regimental commanders suggested.
"Yes! It seems that this battle is lost. There is no reason for us to follow the day to death! ”
The other officers also said one after another.
Hearing these remarks, Major General Charron couldn't help but frown.
"Alright, shut up. Don't forget, Bangkok is still under the control of the Japanese themselves. And the Prime Minister, but pro-Japan. What's more, our family members are still in Bangkok. If we surrender, Japan himself will never let our families go. Charon said with a cold face.
Suddenly, everyone was silent. Indeed, in order to strengthen his grip on the Thai Army, the Japanese * himself used a lot of underhanded means. One of them is to control the families of these generals and high-ranking officers.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Da-da-da-da! "Suddenly, fierce gunfire rang out outside the command headquarters. The faces of the Thai generals and officers inside have changed drastically. There was only one thought in their minds, and that was the end, the Chinese called.