Immediately after Takuji Aizawa's order was issued, a reconnaissance plane of the headquarters took off and flew to circle the area he designated, and it would stay in the air for a long time to carry out reconnaissance tasks. The terrain near Ringanqiang is both flat and mountainous, and for a vulgar commander, the mountain is always an unsurpassable place, but for a good commander, it means more routines, anyway, Aizawa thinks so.

He is not in a hurry to mobilize troops to act blindly, every time the tank group moves, and even every time it starts idling, it means that the motorcycle hour is lost, and there is also valuable fuel consumption, it is better not to move around, he let the 2 squads warm up the car at any time, and patiently wait for the plane to return. To some extent, in this theater of operations, the right to information on the battlefield is close to changing hands.

Chu Tingchang still only held the position of the opponent half a day ago, at that time they seemed to have some cars under repair, the track shoes were spread all over the ground, and some of the car turrets were still on the gantry, and there was basically no vigilance, but what happened later, because the team leader swam across the river to protect*, so it was not observed.

He asked the reconnaissance company to take the lead and occupy a better observation position to probe the enemy, but the enemy could see the distance that the reconnaissance company could see. The most powerful tank company in the center, consisting of three Grant platoons and one Stuart platoon, was clearly overstaffed, and apart from the 14th Wing, there was no second armored force in Burma that could compete with his company.

The machine step company is at the end of the formation. There was another group of Americans with a radio station, and he couldn't command it, as long as they didn't fall in love with anything too closely.

Brooke's jeep followed the tank closely, because the liaison plane sent by Stilwell could only seat one person, so he did not follow the battalion commander to the military meeting, but he looked at the approved plan brought back by Commander Chu, and he suddenly felt that this plan, the fighter plane, was exactly what he or Stilwell had been longing for.

In fact, the 33rd Division had been isolated on the Western Front, but it was not until 24 hours ago that the flaw really leaked, and it was caught by this layman with no military training, and he also thought of a supporting plan to destroy the pontoon bridge, and Brooke admitted that he could not think of a plan for an attack; As an Army, his vision is within the scope of the Army's arsenal, and he can't even think of killing him*. If the planning of the storming of the pontoon bridge is handed over to him, he will undoubtedly hand over the task to the Flying Tigers, and he may be able to complete it, but I am afraid that he will suffer a lot of losses. The Japanese marched in a very regular formation, and wherever there were pontoon bridges, there must be anti-aircraft fire. He was also very suspicious of Chu Tingchang's crooked ideas, but 30 minutes ago, he received a telegram from a British reconnaissance plane confirming that all three pontoon bridges had been blown up. And the pilot saw that most of the pontoons were floating downstream, which meant that the Japanese lost their equipment and could not repair the pontoon bridge immediately. He made professional calculations based on the transportation efficiency of the Japanese army and the equipment required, and it was not difficult to come to the conclusion that Chu Tingchang and the new 38th Division had a window of at least 2 days, which could be used to annihilate 6,500 enemy troops near the Sakurai headquarters, and Sakurai In two days, the only possible ground support was a garrison brigade at Magway Airport, about a thousand men, and the British should be able to deal with it.

He has participated in several wars with Chu Tingchang, and each time he has won inexplicably, these victories are so strange that it is difficult to write a report, because you can't write a three-stage reconnaissance, plan, and battle process very completely. Each time, after a hasty action, Chu Tingchang suddenly encountered a weak enemy, and then quickly took advantage of the position, and in a Chinese proverb he knew, he beat the master to death.

Although he was stunned repeatedly, it gave him some positive psychological hints, and the current plan of action made him impressed, although it was as simple as ever, but he went straight to the 14th Wing, instead of choosing to escape; Before leaving, he happened to bump into Chu Tingchang climbing up and down, checking the camouflage of each tank, which was almost like the previous image of fatigue and collapse, and the U.S. military usually doesn't pay much attention to camouflage, but in Burma, this seems to be important.

Ki46 flies over the reconnaissance zone at low speed. The pilot can fly very low, very sure to observe the enemy situation below, completely indifferent to having entered the enemy's defense zone, if this plane has a radar alarm, it should be found that the British radar not far away is scanning it non-stop, of course, even if you know, there is nothing to panic about, because it is the fastest existence in this sky. It is at least 90 kilometers per hour faster than the P of the Flying Tigers.

The scout--communicator saw something moving below, and he tapped the pilot on the shoulder and asked to come closer.

He held up his binoculars to take a closer look. The object that was just moving no longer seems to be moving.

If it weren't for the fact that the American jeeps were scurrying around the tanks, the tea garden would not have been able to spot the formation of a marching army, because from a few kilometers away, it would have been easy to misplace the 12 carefully crafted tanks for the bushes; But once it gets closer, it becomes further apparent that it is not as simple as a few jeeps. The Grant tank was too tall and not easy to hide, and throughout the entire world war, only the Soviet KV2 was slightly higher.

Chief Chu Ting strictly ordered the whole team to stop in the roadside ditch, but the enemy plane still came, and in his heart, he scolded Brooke's family. It may be that he and his people rushed like reincarnation, causing themselves to be exposed.

But it is also not certain that the Japanese planes saw what they did not. Before leaving, he personally inspected each tank and knew that it was doing a good job, which is why he asked to drive into the ditch, to reduce the shadow of the tank on the ground, and at sunrise the east sun will illuminate the tank projection for a long time, which will be more conspicuous in the air, and at the same time hide the walking part that will be most easily exposed.

The Japanese plane didn't go around much and turned to the north, maybe this was his original course? Battalion Commander Chu has become an ordinary, no longer your battalion commander who anticipates the enemy's opportunities, but his fanatical fans don't know this yet. In fact, information superiority has changed from one to the other.

But he can't stop and wait for the team leader to be in place, the window is long and the countdown is long, and time is pressing, he has to try his luck. He didn't dare to bet that the enemy plane didn't see it, but he could bet on the inefficiency of the enemy's stump command system. Usually, this kind of double-shot reconnaissance belongs to the headquarters, and only conducts campaign reconnaissance, and the intelligence will not be directly reported to the front-line troops, and the 33rd Division may not know it immediately, and the following tank units will be even later.

Contrary to Chu Tingchang's wishes, Aizawa almost immediately heard the pilot's report, and he could communicate directly with the aircraft through voice, which was a supporting reconnaissance support for the new tactics. In the Japanese Army, this fashionable tactic, a new trick that had been seen from Germany only a few years earlier, was rarely practiced in actual combat. He now knew that a group of tanks was coming from the north, and it was 7 kilometers away, which surprised him, he didn't expect it to come so quickly? And the reconnaissance aircraft reported that the Grant of the short * gun was seen.

He immediately found a map and studied the enemy's route. The reconnaissance plane is reconnoitring the enemy's rear to see if there are any other troops, and they will immediately turn around, and when the time comes, they can not simply update the enemy's position and see what they can do. He ordered the two squads on standby to set off immediately, attack and harass the enemy first, probe the enemy's reality, and his own brigade would arrive immediately.

KI46 Detective turned around again and brought back the good news that Aizawa wanted, and the enemy was helpless in the rear, and he was completely alone. Fortunately, Chu Tingchang's walkie-talkie stopped Tao Mingzhang's convoy in time, otherwise the enemy would have discovered him.

Grant was still moving along the same path, the annoying enemy planes were back again, and most of the commanders standing on the turret were worried that it would swoop down and strafe or drop bombs, but Chu Tingchang's worries were more profound. He feared that there would be real attack aircraft.

Sure enough, several black dots appeared in the distance, and those were light bombers with the landing gear not retracted. The Japanese tried to rely on these planes to attack tanks, but they were not equipped with the appropriate armament, and the main threat came from the more accurate dive-throwing bombs, which were usually used to attack fixed targets.

"Spread out in the rows, and they can't help you. Brooke, you know you're eavesdropping on the channel, hurry up and stay away, blow up your little white face, I can't afford it. ”

After he finished speaking, he glanced back, Brooke's jeep was moving away from him, and he was not stupid, knowing that this kung fu was looking for death when he approached the tank, and the tank was protected by thick skin, but the jeep did not.

From a distance, he saw a row of two tanks colliding in a panic, and the first stalled.

"Damn, don't panic, it's still far away. The commanders hid their heads so that they could shoot with machine guns. He knew he didn't have that skill.

2 99 attack aircraft began to climb, which was a precursor to the bombing. Usually as long as the tank is moving, it depends on some luck. So be sure to spread out. Sure enough, they rushed to huddle in a row. Chu Tingchang secretly recited Amitabha Buddha in his heart, hoping that Guan Gong would manifest his spirit and not throw it too accurately.

The Japanese planes swooped down from a high altitude, leaving them little to adjust to their altitude, as they could also see that the huddled tanks were restarting and scattering. Each diary carried two 60 kg* pieces, which was not the maximum payload of this aircraft, but was only a last resort to increase the dispersion.

Before the plane reached its maximum dive angle, it threw the * and pulled up, or it crashed into a nearby hill. The second plane dropped bombs more impatiently and hastily. But Chief Chu's prayers didn't work, and the enemy was surprisingly lucky. One* near the reversing Grant near the explosion. He saw the tank tilted to the side and the track shoes scattered, and he didn't know what happened to the people inside.

He watched with a periscope for a while and watched as the tank burned, and the enemy was not even useful *.

He called twice, but there was no reply, and it seemed that a car crew was reimbursed.

"Battalion commander, I was hit once." 2 rows of calls.

There was a call on the radio.

"Don't be afraid. It's far away from you. ”

"It's not *, it seems to be a cannonball."

"Are you sure?" Chu Tingchang exclaimed.

"Sure, again, on the move, not anti-aircraft artillery."

"Directions?"

"I've got to ...... Be...... Southwest. ”

"Bastard Zhou Youfu, he must have leaked something."

Even though the two enemy planes were still circling the plane, strafing from time to time, Chu Tingchang still struggled to get out of the turret and observe it with a telescope. This incident is really not to blame Zhou Youfu's reconnaissance troops, there is indeed a mountain passage here, and they were also ordered to go all the way, but they didn't expect the enemy to come around. Chu Tingchang carefully observed for a while, and saw that smoke continued to appear in the woods 800 meters away, where the enemy was hiding to shoot, if it wasn't for their hurry, thinking that they could penetrate Grant from the side, they might have to suffer a big loss.

His mind was like lightning with the worst-case scenario, the reconnaissance plane above him was in direct contact with the nearby troops, otherwise it would not be easy to explain why the enemy came so quickly.

"The enemy is at 250, face the enemy head-on, retreat at full speed, don't fall in love with the enemy if the enemy situation is unknown."

He demanded that the troops quickly retreat.

Brooke, who hid a kilometer away, heard the call of Chief Chu, but he didn't expect that he also made a set of direction calls among the tank members, which seems to be a habit of the navy, usually the Chinese soldiers have a low culture, and they are more accustomed to the general direction concept of southeast, northwest, and northwest.