The advance of the Sherman tank rumbles, not caring about the accuracy with which the enemy fires ammunition. Japanese 47-mm shells, not even in the strict sense of the word*. The tungsten ore produced in Myanmar has been used in various calibers, but each tank is equipped with a few rounds, and it has long been beaten out in the blind artillery battle that separated it from Stuart by a kilometer just now. There were almost no hits.

The 40 times 75 guns of the Hillman tank, which was also not suitable for long-range shooting, was not in a hurry to counterattack. They pressed over and waited for the final victory, and in such a vast area, the Japanese tanks had almost no chance. In Chu Tingchang's troops, the reward for destroying the enemy's tank by any means was 5 taels of gold. This reward is especially advantageous for tank crews, who are far easier to get this money than other troops, although they can only get 1 tael each. At this time, seeing that Zhou Youfu's two can't win the opponent, it is really a godsend.

The Japanese began to concentrate, and their squadron commanders had issued only a few orders since the beginning of the war, and then there was no movement, perhaps having been killed.

The Shermans did not move laterally, they rushed straight ahead, which made it easier for the Japanese to aim, but the enemy did not care about being hit.

Blown by the army's miraculous *, it constantly hits the target, whether it is the hull, turret or gun shield, it cannot make the opponent pause a little. Kamito had told them that Sherman, though heavily armoured, was not invulnerable. As long as you shoot calmly, resolutely, and full of respect and patriotism, even the thickest armor can be destroyed. They had silently muttered in their hearts long live the emperor hundreds of times, and after firing a large number of cannonballs, Sherman was still approaching.

The Sherman, led by the leader, finally stopped, and the Japanese thought that the Nth hit had finally worked, and that was only the Sherman tank stopped and was ready to shoot.

The gunners spent some time aiming, hiding behind a wall, revealing only half of the turret's enemy. He was not sure of hitting the enemy's turret at a distance of 800 meters, so he fired directly at the wall below, where the enemy hull was expected. * Make a gap in the earthen wall mountain. The tank continued to move forward, observing that the enemy tank briefly burned behind the wall, and then with a loud bang, the turret was blown away.

Some Stuarts also took advantage of the chaos to approach their targets, preparing to snatch some fruit, and these tanks could not stop, but could only rely on the extremely fast rate of fire, constantly firing at close range, hoping to catch a few shots. This rash attack created an opportunity for the enemy to slip away.

The last few Japanese vehicles, without command, fired in all directions* and then disappeared into smoke in an attempt to slip away.

Due to Stuart's sudden return, the Sherman commanders were extra vigilant against the chaos caused by the enemy* by accidentally injuring friendly troops. They weren't afraid of being hit by a Stuart, but if they hit the other side, they would be in trouble.

He Bisheng warned all the crews on the radio to be especially careful of hitting their own people. The Stuart and the Type 100 are easy to distinguish at close range, and at medium and long range, there are some angles that can be easily confused.

The tanks spread out, like a wide net, searching for the enemy who was hiding in the smoke and trying to slip away, and if the enemy opened fire, it could be distinguished by the different cannon and machine gun sounds, but the enemy died down and just wanted to escape.

A platoon commander saw the outline of the tank emerging from the white fog, did not dare to open fire, and blocked the road head-on. What emerged from it was indeed a Japanese tank, and the Japanese tried to turn and slip away, but were hit to the side by Sherman, who was twice as large in size, and the Japanese tank was immediately hit on all fours.

There were still 3 Japanese tanks that took advantage of the chaos to escape, and these were the few they escaped back today.

Seeing that the tanks were defeated and defeated, Zhou Youfu's troops continued to advance in depth against the enemy's defensive line, and the enemy's heavy artillery fire weakened from the maximum base of thousands of rounds in one hour in the morning to the last two hours, dropping dozens of rounds, while Chu Tingchang's covering fire has been strengthening, and his 105 artillery group dominated the battlefield, firing fiercely at every offensive area. The shells extended to every wing headquarters and brigade headquarters below the Noda headquarters. Enemy defenses began to falter.

Lieutenant General Xi Dajo, who had just arrived in the important town of Tak in northern Thailand, took over the command of the entire Japanese army in Thailand, and if Chiang Mai could not hold it, Chu Tingchang's next target along the railway south was here. At the meeting, Nishidaijo ordered Mitsuji Hashimoto to solve the transportation problem within 14 or 8 hours, and if it could not be solved, it was best to commit suicide and apologize.

Nishiojo had just read the report of Hashimoto and the communications staff officer, which indicated that the signal sent did not match the information received, which was the cause of the accident. But the last thing he wants to see is the various reasons that his subordinates have shown him, what he wants is to solve the problem. Or, there is one person who has to take the blame for the defeat.

After the meeting, a depressed Hashimoto approached Keiji Suzuki, hoping to help find a solution. In fact, Nishi's 48-hour limit for him is reasonable, because the Noda Group, which leads 30,000 people to defend it, can only hold this time. If it weren't for the enemy's attack to reduce casualties and not be so eager for quick success, it gave Noda time to organize a defense, and if the other side fought to the death, he might have already hit Noda's headquarters.

Suzuki is well aware of the difficulties faced by Hashimoto, he is the closest person to the truth in the entire Southern Army, but there are some things that are inconvenient to say at the moment, because the situation in Tokyo is still unclear.

"It's surprising that British spies could hack into railway signals at will...... If Chiang Mai loses, I'll apologize, but I really want to know how they did it......"

Hashimoto was crying, verbose, and told the same old story, which he had already said at the meeting.

"The details I know are that your password was issued in the early hours of the morning?"

"Yes. Posted in the early hours of the morning. ”

"The enemy invasion was in the morning?"

"Yes, according to the investigation, the false signal was issued around 10 o'clock, and the train collision in the Lamphun area was half an hour later."

Suzuki realizes that it will take some time for the enemy to crack the code, and may still be able to make some effective countermeasures under the enemy's obscenity. He knew the importance of resuming transportation, but it was not as urgent as Hashimoto, because he personally felt that even if transportation was resumed, Chiang Mai would eventually be conquered by Chuting Pavilion. What he wants is to uproot the buried bane through cooperation with Hashimoto.

"So, you really can't think of a way?" Suzuki asked.

"There is still a way," said Hashimoto, who stopped crying, after all, he was a very tenacious and brainy man, "but I am worried that changing the plan will still be destroyed by the enemy." ”

"Let's talk about it first."

"That's not a signaling system. For a certain period of time, all the columns went south, and then all went north. This is the most primitive mode of railway transportation, and the advantage is that there is only one direction of military trains on the railway, which naturally will not collide. ”

"Isn't that great?"

"It just sounds good, but it's actually the next step." Hashimoto said, shaking his head.

"Would you like to hear about it?"

"The railway is 450 kilometers long, does not stop at any stops, and takes seven hours to travel at full speed. In fact, of course, it can't be done so fast, so on such a long railway, there is only one direction of train, the utilization rate is extremely low, and the longer the railway, the more obvious the damage to efficiency. ”

"For the time being, that's all we can do, right?"

"Even so, I'm still worried that something will go wrong."

"Let's do it first. I will do everything I can to find those saboteurs. ”

The two of them have decided to start their own work separately.

Suzuki was naturally preparing to rush to the place of the incident, and he could judge the approximate area of the saboteur's activities from the area where the collision occurred. Even if their equipment for disrupting communications was not here, at least they observed the railway situation from a nearby mountain.

He traveled north along the railroad by car, and on the way he received information that at his destination, a guerrilla had surrendered to the Japanese army, and this guy had reported important news, probably about the sabotage of the railway.

Before nightfall, he rushed to this Nanben and met this guerrilla who had surrendered to Cheng. The subordinates have carefully examined the fake baht handed over by the team members several times and found that it is actually real. The Thai baht printed by the Thai government using imported Japanese money printing machines has some differences from the British imitation, which can still be found on closer examination. Why pass off real money as fake money? It's really weird.

The guy who surrendered to Cheng was called Sawang, a year earlier, he was arrested by the Japanese once, and became a double agent, he provided some information to the Japanese from time to time, this time the new team leader, insisted on going north to decide, so he felt that the time had come to completely break with them, he didn't want to leave his homeland, so he chose to turn to the Japanese again.

Sawan was not a major member of the group and did not speak to the new captain, but he provided some observations that were obviously useful.

The newcomer, who was very concerned about rail transport, himself went north with the help of a passenger car and got off near Lampang. The place is close to the place where the first train crashed. The second assembly was in Nanben, and the task assigned to his subordinates at that time was also to observe the railway transport trains, and he himself was only with the henchmen he brought. Another piece of information that Sawan brought was that the previous captain was also a little dissatisfied with the newcomer, and said a lot of bad things behind his back.

These are all reports obtained by his subordinates interrogating Sawang, but they are still too rough.

Suzuki then personally interrogated Sawan, and what he wanted to know was how the other party landed in Thailand, and Sawan told him that it was brought by a submarine, and a week before he came, he received a telegram from the British saying that a new captain had come with a new mission and money, so there would be no fake.

But Suzuki knew that the destroyers of the Navy had not so long ago sunk a British submarine close to the coast.

According to the information provided by the Germans, the British had only three missions to transport agents by submarine this month, one of which was temporarily cancelled and the team remained in Sri Lanka. The other landfall took place in Myanmar, not Thailand. And the last time, it ended with the sinking of the submarine. Of course, it is difficult to confirm whether the spy was disembarked before the submarine sank, but according to the time provided by Sawan. The new team leader and the group met three days after the submarine was sunk, and they had been waiting for a radio signal nearby, thinking they would not return, but the radio signal was not late until the third day. And the new team leader did not give any explanation for being a few days late.

Of course, Suzuki knows that the speculation brought about by specious information still cannot be called intelligence, and it cannot be used as a guideline for action. It just so happened that he always carried it with him, a portrait left by Kagesa Zhenzhao, which he thought could be seen by Sawan.