The commander maneuvered the machine gun on the top of the turret to fire at the lower tank, indicating the target for the gunner, and the gun fired quickly to knock out the tank in which the commander was riding.

Ogata Shaoza got out of the tank and rolled into the ditch on the side, only to escape for the time being, he had to flee back quickly and report the enemy situation to Kanda. In the midst of the chaos, a Japanese tank finally turned its gun and counterattacked. But at close range, it failed to penetrate the wolverine.

Although the Type 97 long-barreled 47mm gun can theoretically penetrate any position on the front of the Sherman hull within 200 meters, this is only the static armor-piercing data obtained at the test site, and the relative angles of the two sides must still be considered in actual combat. Of course, it would have been much better if it had fired a tungsten carbide core shell*, but the Japanese army has been in short supply of such ammunition recently, so what hit the 6-centimeter-thick cannon shield on the front of the Wolverine was just an ordinary*.

More wolverines rushed up the high slopes and shot downwards. The battle turned into a one-sided slaughter, and the Wolverine did not have the innate gift of close combat, and its side armor was actually about as thick as that of a Japanese tank. But with the appropriate tactics, this destroyer can still be used in close combat with the enemy head-on. The lack of a top also leads to a large gun depression angle, which is indeed weighed before a Sherman tank rushes up a high slope, but the Wolverine has this advantage.

A few Wolverines rushed down the mud and fired at the enemy's seemingly intact tanks, which were not followed by infantry, reassuring the tankers as they carefully bypassed the burning tanks, which had to be careful to get hit by the various things thrown by the blast gas waves.

The infantry then arrived, and Huang Tianyang's two battalions immediately began to attack Bangkok, with the aim of diverting the attention of Lieutenant General Kanda.

In fact, Kanda's defenses have been breached, and it can be taken at a certain cost. However, Chu Tingchang did not want the main battle to take place in the city, so the casualties would inevitably be large. He also could not directly occupy the port and besiege it, after all, it was necessary to consider the enemy's superiority at sea, and the enemy's navy could still approach the shore and shoot directly at the port. So the best strategy is to lure the enemy out. At this moment, Zhou Youfu was fighting against the 104th Division that had rushed from Guangxi, and his advantage was quite obvious. Chief Chu had to take into account the rhythm and the complexity of the situation. Of course, he didn't have the eagerness for revenge of Huang Tianyang. The 6th Division, of course, was the most vicious enemy, but was in no hurry to annihilate it immediately.

The Wolverine destroyer reached a halt northwest of Bangkok and did not attack. Huang Tianyang's attack was not sharp, and Chu Tingchang intervened, limiting the number of troops he invested.

Kanda is under tremendous pressure. Ogata, who had just escaped, reported on the enemy's armored forces, which made Kanda feel that the situation was serious. He did not have enough to fight the enemy during the day, but at night he could counterattack with a new type of individual recoilless gun.

He could see the enemy's constant progress from the windows of the headquarters and seemed to be coming straight to the train station, but the enemy's forces did not move and were quickly blocked. It seems that the enemy's infantry and armored corps are still disjointed. This gave him a new idea: at night, he could use the 13th Wing, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, to quickly intersperse, cut through the enemy's infantry, and encircle the part of the enemy who was currently attacking in the city and annihilate it. In this way, the defense will be stabilized, and perhaps tomorrow during the day, the fleet artillery will resume shelling, and it will be slightly more accurate.

Naval Command in Singapore.

Sakagaki and Yamamoto, two generals, are working together on the Nagato manslaughter incident. Since it was the navy that fought the army, the stakes were so high that we had to be very serious and careful.

Of course, on the one hand, the forward army continued to viciously abuse the navy, and on the other hand, it demanded that the navy quickly resume fire support, and with the current situation, if there was no artillery fire, the 6th Division could face heavy losses. Sakagaki also couldn't understand where Chu Tingchang got so many troops, originally he thought that Chu Tingchang would have at most 100,000 people, and his troops were scattered on the two unconnected battlefields of Malay and Phnom Penh, and Bangkok was bound to be a weakness. But as soon as Kanda came ashore, he kicked the iron plate, and he reported that the enemy was not only a large number of troops, but also tanks. The 8th Division, which was originally intended to cut off the Malay Peninsula, could only be temporarily used to support Bangkok from the periphery. In this way, the original grand strategy, which was full of ingenuity, is bound to turn into an inferior tactic that constantly adds fuel to the fuel after the main points of the intention have been exposed. And there seems to be no other way.

Lieutenant Kuroiwa insisted that the correction instructions he had given were accurate, and the map he had brought with him had markings made every time he gave an order. He said that the first test artillery attack clearly fell on the side of the enemy's tank column, and it can be seen that the fleet is slyly saying: It is unreasonable for the army to make unclear communications, which has led to the continuous accumulation of errors. And he stressed that after the first misfire, he quickly gave corrective data, but the Navy did not carry it out, and after the second theory that the shelling continued to fall on the head of the 45 Wing, he asked to stop firing, but the shelling still went on several rounds, and by all accounts, the Navy did not look like a reckless operation, because they hit the ground with good accuracy of fire. Even when the army retreated from its positions, its artillery fire extended in the direction of retreat.

This, of course, is a strange place, and if the Navy did it on purpose, then how could they have extended the shooting, because at that time there were no naval observation aircraft in the sky that could observe the situation on the ground.

Yamamoto's lieutenant took out the communications recorded by the Navy at that time, and recorded them on a magnetic wire. All of the people present fell silent and listened carefully to the recording.

Kuroiwa heard his own voice, and at first, of course, there were no problems, he clearly remembered that he informed the enemy's position and the number of tanks, and then the navy fired. These correspond to the location and time of his shots marked on the map. But then there was a deviation.

In the second correction, he demanded a correction of 600 to 900 meters to the south, covering rectangular targets within one kilometer of length and width. The lieutenant's jaw was about to fall in shock. This obviously could not have been what he said. At most, he described the deviation of the first shot at a distance, the enemy was in a column and still on the march, and it was impossible for him to ask for artillery fire to cover a fixed area of 1 square kilometer, but the sound he heard was clearly his own.

The recording continues to play, and Black Rock's voice can be clearly heard, further calling for an artillery bombardment of the enemy's attacking forces, which has been directing the fleet artillery for 30 minutes, and contains a large number of results evaluations, including: very good, accurate hits, continuous fire, etc., with no part at all asking for a halt to fire.

"I think it's pretty clear." The recording stopped, and Yamamoto stood up and said.

The lieutenant looked at the admiral dumbfounded, the admiral didn't seem to be ready to give him a chance to justify, of course, if he really gave him time to defend, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to say anything.

"Well, I'll admit, it's pretty clear." Seishiro Itagaki said.

"I ...... I ......" Black Rock still wanted to argue.

"Lieutenant, you don't have to say it, it's not your responsibility to do all this. Come on, send the lieutenant out. ”

Kuroiwa looked at Yamamoto dumbly, he seemed to know everything.

"Lieutenant, everything that happened here today, is classified, don't reveal it to anyone."

"Yes......"

Someone came in from outside the door and sent the dazed-looking lieutenant out, and the lieutenant was of course still wondering whether he would go to court-martial. In the end, in the conference room, only Yamamoto Sakagaki and a few high-ranking generals remained.

"Have you noticed that there are no flaws in the voice recording?" Yamamoto said.

"Well, I noticed." Sakagaki hugged his hand.

"But the description of the fire command is still too precise. I have been in the Navy for so many years, and all I have wanted is accurate artillery fire instructions and battle results assessments, but naval observers can't do that. Usually in war, their nervousness, can lead to incoherent speech. ”

"Yes, the army is also a virtue."

"There are also communications, this time the army aircraft used are at a very low altitude, and in New Guinea, this method can only ensure relatively smooth voice communication within 20 kilometers of the coast, and if it goes deeper, it can only be telegraphed."

"Yes."

"But this time, the Nagato was more than 35 kilometers away from that plane. You also heard it, and although there were frequent pauses in an attempt to disguise the loss of communication, the voice was clear at the critical moment. ”

"So, Makino's opinion is right," Yamamoto suddenly raised his tone, "Our enemies are not just Chu Tingchang or Lin Jiu, they have strong technical support behind them. They are right in the Gulf of Thailand, and not only can they overlook our movements, but they can also eavesdrop on our communications and even ...... They can also direct our artillery bombardment, and they are becoming more and more confident, more and more emboldened, using our artillery fire directly against us, which has not happened before. ”

"Maybe, we just don't know." Sakagaki sneered helplessly.

"There is such a possibility. But this time, they are even trying to exploit the contradictions between the Navy and the Army, and the thought of this really makes me shudder. ”

"What are you going to do now? Kanda can't stand it? Sakagaki said.

"I'm going to fly to Kuala Lumpur in the navy right away to see if he's awake, and if he's conscious, I'd like to ask him some questions. If possible, it's best to bring him back to Singapore. Yamamoto said.

"Your Excellency," Onishi Takijiro on the side quickly got up, "According to Asano, you can't fly close to the battle line this year. ”

"In Asano's history, I was killed last month, which shows that there may not be traces of personal fate in the history of change. In addition, our army is advancing north in Malaysia, and Kuala Lumpur is not very close to the battle line. Onishi, now is the most critical moment, I have to go. ”

"Then, I'll arrange for an escort plane."

"Hmm. You do it, and you don't use radio to communicate. ”

"Understood."

In the city of Bangkok, Kanda began to secretly mobilize his troops, preparing to sneak attack Huang Tianyang's troops entering the city, and during the daytime battle, Huang's troops showed bravery and determination, but also exposed their lack of experience and low tactical ability. In the battle of the city, Huang's troops did not act against the streets on both sides, nor did they make holes in the buildings.