"You're crazy, what if you want to drive the tank away, and the main force of the Japanese army comes up?" Brooke came over angrily to stop him, if he wasn't afraid of Zhou Youfu, he would definitely grab Chu Ting's long neck collar.

"You have a regiment, and 12 battle defense guns can't hold it?"

Chu Tingchang said that during the day, he guided the British army to build fortifications, and with the open terrain around the airport, as long as the flares were constantly fired, it was difficult for the Japanese army to get close to the sneak attack, and the entire landing Japanese army in Sittwe may not have 12 battle defense guns.

"How can you ...... Because that wooden ......" Brooke glanced at Zhou Youfu, who was holding down the pistol behind him and staring at himself, "The will of the wooden god will pull all the mobile forces away." In case one of your gods is mistaken, there are no motorized troop movements here. ”

Chu Ting thought for a long time, what he said was right, Lin Xiuxuan just discovered a force of the enemy, in case the Japanese soldiers came by two routes, some men and horses should be left at the airport in the center of Rakhine, so that if there is other enemy situation, they can respond at any time with the help of the road.

"Well, I'll take two tank platoons and a moult company, and leave two tank platoons and a reconnaissance company here. Let Zhou Youfu command, and you will also stay to help him dispatch the Air Force. ”

"I'd better go with you, I'll keep someone here to cooperate with Company Commander Zhou." Brooke said he really didn't want to be with Zhou Youfu.

"Let's go!"

Chu Tingchang seemed to be convinced of the results of his prayer for divine divination, and immediately took Tao Mingzhang to dispatch troops, saying that there were two platoons, but in fact, they were all defective, only 5 tanks. So I had to take Tao Mingzhang's infantry, they had 4 battle defense guns and two mortars, the mortars were picked up and repaired in the afternoon, and the British wanted to go back, but they were driven back by Zhou Youfu.

They followed the road to the north.

This highway is actually a road from Yangon all the way through Ringanqiang, Magway and Rakhine to Siddang, opposite the Siddang Bridge, which is a road to Imphal, Nagaland, India, which is also the most feared escape road for the British to be pinched by the Japanese.

In fact, Iida's deepest strategy for Burma was to revolve around two lifelines, one east and one west, and the other was Mandalay's passage back to China via Lashio. In a way, if he had the ability to cut off both passages at the same time, he wouldn't do that, because that would easily cause the other party to huddle together and make a last-ditch effort. Therefore, he has already set a strategy of one virtual and one real, one vertical and one battle, in order to divide the alliance between the two sides and profit from it. So when Masanobu Tsuji broke this strategy, he immediately looked up to Tsuji Staff Officer a lot.

Chu Aiyun sat on the tank, listening to the intermittent intelligence. The Japanese army was like a superman, without using any lighting equipment, dismantling heavy weapons and carrying horses and horses, walking through the jungle, practicing strict radio silence, and there were no less than dozens of people who fell from the mountains and were attacked by wild beasts. Even so, no one turned on the flashlight to search for their own people who had fallen, or lit torches to drive away wild beasts. Their march was slow, but it was expected that they would be able to make their way out of the jungle to the banks of the Sidan River before dawn, so that with the help of artillery and machine guns they could block the road on the opposite bank. Maybe the Japanese don't know whether they can get out of the mountains and mountains before sunrise, but Lin Xiuxuan's small hovering drone can see that there is indeed a difficult but feasible road ahead of them.

Brooke followed closely, he wanted to know when Chu Tingchang's pretending to be a ghost would come to an end, he grew up in China, he had a deep image of the superstition of the Chinese, and the belief in ghosts and gods was more common among the warriors who licked blood at the knife's edge, which was probably also a certain tradition, and he had also seen a large number of worship and divination content in the martial scriptures. But in any case, it doesn't make sense from the probability, he is fluttering like this, there should always be a day of exposure.

The tanks and half-tracks all turned on their headlights and taillights, completely unafraid of the Japanese army's air superiority, just to rush to the place where Chu Tingchang asked Bu to come as quickly as possible. But then again, Brooke only saw one or two Japanese reconnaissance planes flying over his head in the afternoon, and he also inspected the craters opened by the bombs dropped by the Japanese planes, the number of craters was not many, and the craters were not deep, which was completely different from the description of the enemy's dive bombers that were overwhelmingly attacking, and he also found several unexploded bombs, most of which were 25 kilograms of aviation*, and there was also a 9.2-inch shell belonging to the British.

At three o'clock in the morning, Chu Tingchang suddenly stopped. Brooke looked at the map and found that he had stopped in front of a mountain pass that didn't even have a name.

Battalion Commander Chu got out of the turret, looked at the dark mountains with a telescope for a while, and then picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Tao Mingzhang, this is it, you take the brothers to deploy the position, the battle defense artillery is lower, and the machine gun position is higher. Hide your car and don't let stray bullets break down. "It's been so well deployed.

"Understood."

The Brooke jeep arrived, and Chu Tingchang pretended not to see it.

"How can you be sure this is the place?" He asked, banging on the armor.

"I looked at the aerial photos taken by your plane, and there is a densely vegetated ravine here, and I guess the terrain is relatively flat." Chu Tingchang said, it seems that he has returned to some rationality. Brooke was also shocked, thinking that he would say something confusing to fool himself.

"But there are a lot of ravines like this on the map."

"No, it's right here."

Chu Tingchang said categorically, and then jumped out of the tank.

"Zhou Youfu is gone, borrow your jeep to scout."

He said as he got into the passenger seat, squeezing Brooke to the back. The Wesley Jeep had only two seats, and there was only a row of cramped space in the back, and people could only hold on to the radio and sit on ammunition boxes.

The three of them headed straight for the swarthy mountains ahead with a radio.

"What are you doing with a Japanese map bucket on your back? You don't look at the map. ”

"Do I carry it all the time?" Chu Tingchang pretended to be surprised.

"I've been observing for a long time, and I take it with me every time."

"This is the first trophy I made when I accompanied Chief Du to inspect near Mawlamyine, so it means a lot."

He casually told a lie.

"I see." Brooke was finally relieved, although this matter was not important, but it had been entangled in his heart for a long time, and it turned out to be this truth.

The car reached the side of the hill, and the driver stayed where he was. Brooke carried the radio on his back and followed Chu Tingchang all the way up the hill carefully. Brooke doesn't believe it or not, it is inevitable to be careful, although it is unreasonable for Chu Tingchang to stop here, but in the past, every time he was nervous, the thief did not fall short, and he still cheered up.

The two of them found a condescending one, lying down on the grass facing the forest, and flying insects were buzzing around, but the reconnaissance position was good, but unfortunately it was too dark to see anything, but the sky was almost dawn.

"If they want to start from here, the scouts should have arrived at this moment." Chu Tingchang said.

"Yes, the Japanese army is used to attacking at dawn, provided that there is such a force."

"You can't trust me? Still can't trust the second master? ”

"Huh." Brooke smiled but didn't say a word.

"Look ahead."

Brooke looked in the direction of Chu Ting's long finger for a moment, and could see nothing except a slight light on the skyline. Then suddenly there was a light in the distance, and someone was walking in the forest with a flashlight. But the use was very restrained, and soon the flashlight disappeared again. Then you can hear the sound of the flock of birds in the jungle being startled, and there are indeed people coming, and the scale is not small, more than one column, otherwise it would not have alarmed so many birds.

In the east, the belly of the fish gradually showed white, and a group of sneaky people appeared by the stream, wearing dirty Japanese uniforms, holding each other, soaking wet, apparently crawling all the way through the pond. No heavy weapons were seen, but someone was carrying a crooked handle. The size is about a squad.

"See, this is the Japanese...... If you have to make a way out of the primeval forest, you have to obey them. Chu Tingchang said proudly, obviously everything was expected by him.

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel Gale is too light to think that it is impossible for the enemy to pass through the primeval forest here at night."

"Hmph, it's not just him, if it weren't for Guan Erye's guidance, I would have almost missed the enemy."

"Will they attack immediately?"

"Of course, there are more than a dozen of them, estimated to be the size of a squadron, and they think that they are unaware, so they will naturally attack immediately, establish a position west of the Xidang River, and when the brigade arrives, they will cross the river in rubber boats and completely cut off the road."

"You're a little bit behind. If the infantry set up an ambush here, they can be eliminated now. ”

"Yes, it is impossible for Second Master Guan to tell us all the details of the enemy, and he can only point to it, otherwise he will be blamed for violating the rules of heaven. Let's go, let's go back, adjust the deployment, and give them a dismount at the mountain pass. ”

The two sneaked down the mountain and disappeared.

The vanguard of the Japanese army, which had marched in a hurry, finally completed the orders of the high command in time and rushed out of the Rakhine Mountains. Dozens of them disappeared along the way, some were swept away by the rapids, and some were swallowed by pythons, but they persevered to complete the task. Before the start of the war, they received half a year of training in jungle warfare in Taiwan, and after the start of the war, they moved to the Philippines and Burma.

The bearded squadron leader took the lead out of the valley and began to read the terrain, and finally there were still a few kilometers left, and the road was flat.

"Captain Fangcun, wheel prints were found on the ground." Someone reminded.

The squadron leader walked over and checked it, and it was the clear marks that would be pressed out of the grass that was wet with morning fog, which should have been left within an hour.

"Hmph, maybe it's a patrol, it shouldn't have gone far, everyone be careful, if you bump into it, don't break the car, it's useful to keep it."

The Japanese were accustomed to being somewhat underestimated by the Allies, and they lacked transportation after landing, and at this time they were still trying to seize a car.

The devils dispersed and walked cautiously. The squadron leader kept looking at the low hills on both sides, and perhaps he should send someone to occupy it, but that would inevitably delay the main task.

200 meters away, Tao Mingzhang squatted next to the machine gunner and observed with a 6x telescope.

"See that saber-breaking dog day? I'll kill him later, and the guy who carries the radio. ”

A terrible howl came from far and near, and a shot* landed in the middle of the Japanese straggler line. This was followed by crossfire from five machine guns in several directions. The Japanese machine gunners counterattacked as they retreated, and the shots were inaccurate. A rumbling sound rang out from behind the side. Fangcun turned his head and found that a tank was outflanking his back. Before his mission, his superiors told him that there were only a few dozen Allied tanks in the entire Burma, and that they were all near the road, and he would never have imagined that he would be bumped into on such a successful morning in a sneak attack.

The tank turned around and fired with a 75mm gun at the ground where the Japanese were gathering. For a while, the enemy who exploded rose into the air, and his limbs flew wildly.