For the gunners, the good ship is a large and slower target, and it is a matter of time before a net of fire is formed and cast down in a rapid manner, and statistically it is only a matter of time before it hits the big luck.

The first shell was still in the air, and the next seven or eight were already fired. The cannonballs rained down, stirring up huge columns of water around the two ships.

The Japanese first mate steered desperately to avoid it, but too much steering slowed it down, and for dense firepower that was not precisely aimed at and was only used to disperse, the turn did not reduce the probability of being hit. The two Japanese ships were hit several times in succession, the shells exploded on the deck of the steamer and set the ships on fire, and they fled downstream in black smoke. One of the boats, which had been blocked from view from the bridge due to darkness, had a yaw and ran aground on the shore.

On the river, seven or eight small boats were approaching, loaded with Japanese troops ready to go ashore to support. Just now, he was backing a powerful armed freighter and preparing to go ashore to support his side, but in the blink of an eye, the two big ships were hit with gunshots, and the troop transport boats on the river lost cover and became a lonely target. Just happened to bump into Lin Xiuxuan's half-track car appeared along the coast. The Japanese could only confront it with light machine guns in the bow, and could not penetrate the frontal armor of armored vehicles at all.

The .50 machine gun fire scattered the stumps of the Japanese soldiers on the boat, and only a few escaped by jumping into the river. In the blink of an eye, all the small wooden boats were torn to shreds.

As Makino ran towards the river, he saw the situation take a turn for the worse. As if by juggling, a group of enemy chariots appeared, and the boats on the river could not resist it, and behind them there were natives in hot pursuit. These people didn't know which tendon was wrong, and they actually chased them into the battlefield after them, and they were clearly very cautious and hesitant just now. Now, these natives, who run much faster than Makino, have become his greatest threat. If they catch up, they may not be able to say anything about it, and they will give him a stab in the heart, anyway, they are already completely disappointed in the bounty thing.

He desperately ran to one of the engaged Japanese troops, who were retreating. They could have resisted Luo Yang's guerrillas, but after Lin Xiuxuan's armored car appeared, they were in a state of being attacked by the enemy on their backs, so they began to retreat.

Makino realizes that even being able to catch up with these people means being besieged by enemies that appear on all sides, and there is no doubt that these enemies are coming for him. He simply ran to the guerrillas, and at the last moment, his reason told him the best way to survive.

The guerrillas were also bewildered by the chaotic flank situation, and saw a man running towards him waving his hands, looking dressed like a Chinese. Behind him was a group of local fighters.

The guerrillas subconsciously stopped firing and turned to Makino, and before they could figure out what was going on, Makino flashed before their eyes, and then the natives began to shoot at his guerrillas, who shot at anyone who stood in their way, whether it was a guerrilla or a Japanese soldier. This gave both Makino and the Japanese a chance to loosen up and flee in different directions. Lin Xiuxuan's troops began to sweep along the river, and he noticed that small groups of Japanese troops had appeared from the inside on the opposite bank. It was already difficult for him to find out where Makino would appear in such a messy situation, and now he could guarantee that he would definitely not have crossed the river yet.

In the chaos, only Lu Qingshan was still waiting in place. So far in the battle, he has not even moved his position, just overlooking the battlefield, he expects that the main target may not appear, then he should retreat to the second, eliminate the secondary target, and don't let the Japanese commander on the hill slip away.

Suzuki was still anxiously observing the situation, when the sudden appearance of the enemy's mechanized troops made him realize that something was wrong, and he could certainly think that there was something wrong with Wright, but he did not reveal the location to Wright.

Now is the time to try to protect yourself first, and Major General Kagesa Zhenzhao is on the other side. He walked around the hill, observing the route of the evacuation. Lu Qingshan waited patiently for him to stop, and when he saw that he had taken the radio from his subordinates, as if he was about to start a conversation with the other side, he decisively pulled the trigger.

Inside the scope, the Japanese shook heavily and fell apart.

The Japanese lost command and began to break up, and some of them could swim desperately to the opposite bank, where the Siamese crocodiles hidden in the Kelantan River were waiting for these reckless people to enter the water. What's more, the machine guns erected by the Chinese army began to block the river.

Without waiting for the battle to end, Lin Xiuxuan began to order a search of the battlefield, and his order was issued, which was easily understood by the guerrillas and his own troops as cleaning the battlefield, which was of course not his intention, what he wanted to find was the key corpse. But no one here had seen Makino except him.

At the same time, the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army was trying to surround Tao Mingzhang. Since the heavy defeat at Mandalay, the division has been somewhat frightened by Commander Chu's troops, and the pre-war lecture of Seishiro Itagaki personally summoning the junior officers was also full of incitement for revenge. An implicit merit of the Japanese Army, when morale was low, the lack of battle could be compensated for by agitation, and the fear of the Japanese army could easily be transformed into a kind of blind courage in a state of hysteria. This is something that other armies do not have.

Sakagaki's approach was always particularly effective for the Japanese army. The attack launched by the 2nd Division south of the Kelantan River was decent, but the attack was thorough and rigorous, constantly testing Tao Mingzhang with heavy artillery and charges, which made the 201st Division a little unbearable.

The allied airfields in southern Burma are being repaired, but they are still unable to take off and land large bombers, so the 201st Division can only be covered by some heavy fighters for the time being. The P38 fighter could fly over the heads of the Japanese and drop two 500-pound* shots, but they were usually not accurate; Or fire 24* at the Japanese in the jungle, but not very powerful. For the Japanese army, which had been under heavy bomber pressure in Burma, this air attack was not enough to stop the pace of its offensive. The 12 Taisho four-sided 150 field guns brought in from Kuala Lumpur supported the Second Division. Tao Mingzhang's heavy artillery did not have time to cross the river, so he could only counterattack on the north side of the river, losing a lot of range.

On the second day of the defensive battle, the Japanese army's new 54th Division arrived from Singapore and joined the frontal battle, which doubled the pressure on Tao Mingzhang, but at the right time, Chen Ping and Xu Chong came to his headquarters.

After Xu Chong arrived, he immediately checked the enemy situation and found that the intelligence work of the 201st Division had regressed to the level of the first half of 1942. The reports are full of words likely, probably, not excluded, and unexcluded. On the map or on the sandbox, small flags representing the enemy are constantly changing, because there are always different sources of information, but contradictory information appears.

This is obviously the main reason why Tao Mingzhang was unable to organize an effective counterattack, and the Japanese seemed to be more thorough about his deployment, and their artillery support was basically in key positions, which was obviously caused by the passive situation caused by the locals' ventilation and information, and the enemy did not take advantage of the intelligence advantage to outflank, probably because of the prestige of the entire 5th Army, and was afraid of stepping on the trap. But an old guy like Sakagaki should soon realize that the commander he fought with was more like the traditional Chinese Army than the commander of Chu Ting.

419 didn't know why it was delayed, and he didn't appear in the Gulf of Thailand in time, so he couldn't use his information capabilities, but Tao Mingzhang's difficulty was not the second time, and his intelligence communication with the Malaysian Communist guerrillas could not be completed. Before the attack, his troops were replenished with a large number of local Chinese, but most of them had been absent for more than a year and were no longer able to gather local intelligence. And the guerrillas' distancing from the national army tipped the balance of intelligence warfare in favor of the enemy.

Chen Ping immediately contacted his troops scattered south of the Kelantan River and asked for information. At the same time, he asked the main forces to quickly assemble and prepare to cooperate with the 201st Division.

Wright's sabotage of the guerrillas was so comprehensive and far-reaching that the guerrillas had been hiding from the Chinese army in such a small peninsula, and in the set of political correctness he advocated, it turned out to be a heinous thing to cooperate with his own army. Chen Ping needs to reverse the situation immediately, but time is short.

New information was sent through several radio stations and guerrilla informants, which made up for the embarrassment of Tao Mingzhang's command in time. It can be seen that Sakagaki is preparing for an outflanking operation, and the guerrillas report that a Japanese army is quietly searching the jungle for the old path of Yamashita Fumimi a year ago. The area is lush with vegetation, resulting in those bike trails that are not easy to find.

Xu Chong felt that a small-scale counterattack should be carried out to delay the enemy's rhythm and buy some time for Team Leader Lin. He suggested leading two battalions to hold off the enemy, and given the delay in intelligence, the enemy's current advance should be considered in the worst-case scenario, perhaps having reached the river.

Tao Mingzhang immediately approved the suggestion, and Xu Chong and Chen Ping commanded his troops to flank and block a possible enemy attack.

Acting on Tao Mingzhang's flank was the 2nd Mixed Brigade under the command of Kagesa Zhenzhao, who did not want to be part of the whole campaign, his purpose was to wander away from the battlefield and rush to the Kelantan River to cover Suzuki's actions. His troops moved a little faster than Xu Chong's worst judgment.

However, by the time the troops arrived, the fighting on the north bank of the river was nearing the end, and a steamer ran aground near the mouth of the sea, still burning. His troops found several remnants of the soldiers who had swam across the river, and learned that Suzuki Osa might have been killed, and as for the man to be saved, no one could say clearly.

Makino's true identity is absolutely secret, so the Japanese soldiers involved in the operation also don't know that the real intention of this mission is to save people. Now his troops have no equipment to cross the river and cannot cross the river. Fortunately, Kage Satsuki had some preparations, and when he was still on the ship, he had already made contact with the navy, and now a small submarine should have arrived near the mouth of the sea to standby, and he ordered to call the submarine by radio, and he received an immediate response.

Sakagaki observed the success of Kagesa Zhenzhao's secret operation, and he realized that the person he was dealing with might not be the best commander under Chu Tingchang, and in terms of command style, he could not see any active response, and seemed a little slow and passive. He decided not to tie his hands and feet, but to press all his forces and crush the enemy in one fell swoop.