The spontaneous hasty counterattack of the Japanese infantry could not succeed at all. The tanks used their speed to outflank the enemy's chaotic formation, making it impossible for the Japanese to deal with them, and as they went, they continued to kill and wound the enemy with machine guns like mowing grass. When the 45th Wing was in Australia, it was known for being good at fighting tanks. The troops were commended several times for their ability to predict new routes for tanks. The wing originally had some psychological advantages against Chu Tingchang's troops, as they had repeatedly defeated Chu Tingchang's mentor, Jiang Weiguo. Jiang Weiguo was also defeated in a battle in which the infantry was abandoned and the tanks advanced alone, but the difference was that the US-Australian coalition forces at that time broke into the enemy's rear with a long snake, and there were still some disjoints in the middle, and the offensive formation of He Bisheng was unfolded, and the light and heavy tanks were arranged in a staggered manner, giving full play to the ability to shoot and cover each other. In addition, of course, it was the heavy artillery of the Nagato that played an important role. When Jiang Weiguo attacked, there was no such fire support.

The tank group almost crushed the enemy's second line of defense, but He Bisheng stopped in time according to Chu Tingchang's request. There are still 20 minutes to go until nightfall. At that time, the disadvantages of the tank will become apparent. Therefore, the troops no longer assaulted, but after forming an encirclement, they compressed the enemy in the encirclement.

Lieutenant General Kanda was ahead, and the command was less than 300 meters from the tank at the forefront. He clearly saw that the enemy would take it when he saw it, and then he retreated and returned. If the enemy rushes over, he will not be able to stop him with a few anti-aircraft guns here. His troops had no intention of carrying out a fierce attack that would smash the Yellow Dragon.

His mind was in a mess, and he didn't know what the hell the navy had done, and he used such powerful firepower to beat his own people. It was a shame that there was not a single telephone connected to the Nagato, or he would have cursed the gunners who had given the order to shoot. If the army artillery had committed such a big crime, he would have forced the guy in charge to commit suicide and apologize.

But right now, it's not over yet. He watched as the enemy tank swarm unleashed its final centripetal assault, sweeping across the unsheltered wasteland once more. The surrounded Japanese could only launch a suicidal charge, and of course there was no possibility of escape. After dark, the battle was largely over. The 45 Wing, as a main force, has lost most of its combat effectiveness. As for the casualty figures, he didn't dare to think about it, maybe he could count them tomorrow morning.

The base camp spent about a decade discussing the respective advantages of infantry and tanks, a debate that has remained virtually inconclusive. Today, however, Kanda saw the one-sided slaughter for himself. His troops roamed China and did not encounter a formidable opponent. The enemy is no opponent in terms of firepower, logistics, tactics, and tenacity. But here, everything is reversed. He watched as the enemy gave up the attack after nightfall, and rumbled away, advancing and retreating in a rather orderly manner.

The orderly retreat of the enemy gave Kanda a very bad feeling, and the enemy obviously did not care about retaking Bangkok, did not care, did not care, how much baggage they could get in one night, how many fortifications they could build, or else they should have rushed over and driven themselves into the sea.

Chu Tingchang naturally didn't have to be too anxious to take Bangkok, he knew that if he gave Kanda one more day, he wouldn't get any supplies. Because all the supply ships have returned. This bluff amphibious operation of the Japanese army actually did not have too solid material backing. In order to gather enough ships, the army requisitioned about 600,000 tons of cargo ships, disrupting the already tight deployment. Without these ships to bring rubber from Malaya and Indonesia and rice from Vietnam back to Japan, Japan's domestic military production and livelihood production will most likely come to a halt next month. The base camp still lacks a person who has the ability to coordinate the overall situation. This attack, in essence, would hasten the destruction of the Japanese Empire.

419 detected a large number of US submarines entering the South China Sea, several of which also entered the Gulf of Thailand.

However, the U.S. Navy's actions are still somewhat restrained, and they are at the point of fighting on their own. Their wolf pack tactics are still immature, especially in relatively small waters such as the Gulf of Thailand, and they dare not use radio to exchange information. However, 419 can give these submarines some guidance through deciphered American telecommunications, and whether they can intercept it depends on their creation. But with so many ships going back and forth between Singapore and Bangkok, submarines can always hit some big luck.

During the night, Isoroku Yamamoto and Seishiro Itagaki learned at the same time that Nagato and the Ise had accidentally hit the Army, and although the situation was unclear, Yamamoto first guessed that the submarine predicted by Makino might be playing tricks.

He did not immediately call the Nagato to explain, but very calmly asked Nagato to send the records of the actual firing of the main guns under the command of the gunnery commander to Singapore in the last month. In fact, in the last month, Nagato has only had one such live firing. What he wanted to know, it was self-evident.

The Nagato had already seen from the various communications it had overheard that something was not right. On the Akitsu Maru aircraft carrier, the Army, there were constant reports asking for verification.

The captain did not dare to slack off, and immediately mobilized the seaplane to send various records, as well as the audio recorded by the tape recorder, to Singapore. At the same time, a Type 97 fighter plane took off from the Kumano Maru, piloted by Kuroiwa, a backseat observer who had returned from the battlefield a few hours earlier. With a belly full of rage, he will go to Singapore to confront the navy.

Huang Tianyang was in the camp and learned the bad news of his uncle, a gang member, through the rough defense line of the Japanese, brought the news of the Japanese army's killing of Huang Jiugong to Huang Tianyang.

Master Huang was overwhelmed with grief on the spot and fell to the ground crying. Although he and his uncle are actually not familiar with each other, and they have not met a few times before entering Bangkok, but recently, the two have become like father and son. Now he has no other thoughts in his heart than hatred.

He erected a mourning hall in the camp to pay tribute to his uncle. The photo of the old man smiling is placed in the middle, in fact, the photo was taken from the family photo on his birthday 48 hours ago, and it looks radiant, not like a posthumous portrait.

Huang Tianyang looked at the photo, kowtowed three times, and then swore to the sky that he must kill the 6th Division in Bangkok, which is not only a national hatred but also a family hatred. He had already received the order from Pavilion Chief Chu to attack. Chief Chu did not explicitly hold him accountable for his previous command, but he did not say that he would let it go. Chu Tingchang just said: Fight this battle first.

What is the situation of the enemy in the city? Huang Tianyang still didn't know. His eyes in the city have been sending information, but the enemy has been maneuvering. Before nightfall, He Bisheng won for a while, which made Huang Tianyang see hope. Chu Tingchang was separated by 120 kilometers and directly intervened in the command. The map he sent his planes to drop was densely marked with attacking arrows, accurate to each company.

Huang Tianyang wished that the army commander would personally command, and he knew that Chu Junzuo would personally use the troops. He has some frustration with his ability to command.

There have long been rumors in the army that Chu Tingchang is a half-immortal, of course, later, more people believe that he should be an immortal. According to the order of Commander Chu Ting, the 203rd Division will launch an attack at the same time as He Bisheng's Jibu Brigade. But the offensive routes were different, and Chu Tingchang seemed to be sure that the enemy's naval and artillery superiority at sea would not be brought into play. Huang Tianyang's 203rd Division suffered a lot of losses during the retreat, and also lost a large number of weapons, and Chu Tingchang replenished him with the newly arrived six motorized composite battalions and one artillery battalion. Huang Tianyang didn't know how the army commander could conjure up so many troops like a trick, but he was no longer interested in thinking about these things, he just wanted to be the first to re-enter Bangkok, cut off the head of the enemy's division commander, and pay tribute to his uncle.

In Bangkok, Lieutenant General Kanda is spending the night in a state of apprehension. Today he was not adequately replenished, only some reserves arrived. After the 6th Division was changed to a three-wing division, its strength was not as good as it used to be, and after the Australian Campaign, there were many new recruits. A few hours earlier, more than half of the 45th Wing had been annihilated by naval artillery and enemy tanks, leaving only 15,000 men in the city, of which 2,000 belonged to the Navy's 2nd Mobile Brigade on the Water, and were not under his command.

After seeing the power of the enemy's tanks, he made up his mind to defend the city, using a large number of buildings and barricades to resist the enemy. As long as it holds out for a few days, the follow-up troops will arrive. Of course, Kanda has an account in mind. Chu Tingchang currently has to face four battlefields, one in the Malay Peninsula, one in Bangkok, the Thai-Cambodian border, and near Phnom Penh, so the number of troops that may be invested here may be two divisions, or at most three. The establishment of Chu Tingchang is different from that of the general Chinese army, there is no regimental level establishment, and each division has roughly 10 infantry divisions and directly subordinate baggage, artillery, and engineering units, with a full strength of about 11,000 people. There were no more than 30,000 men in three divisions. Therefore, he felt that although it was ugly to hold on, there was no problem in holding on, and he could launch a counterattack when the follow-up troops arrived.

Before dawn, Commander Chu confirmed that the enemy fleet would not open fire again. 419 From the telegrams exchanged between the enemy fleet, it is clear that the navy and army have begun to fight for the shelling, and Yamamoto has also issued a clear order to stop the artillery support corrected by the army's observation planes. Yamamoto didn't say anything in the telegram, but it was clear that he had begun to suspect that something was wrong with the communication. Although Lin Xiuxuan's worries became a reality, Chu Tingchang felt that he could take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's naval guns to fire and annihilate the enemy's main force in Bangkok and restore the railway line.

He planned to attack with He Bisheng's troops first, drawing the enemy's attention to the north of the city, and then Huang Tianyang's troops to attack from the west. It shouldn't be a problem for Huang Tianyang to deal with the weaker mobile brigade on the water. In this battle, he launched an attack with a 2-1 advantage. Soon in other battlefields, such a superiority in forces will also be formed.

At dawn, various artillery pieces began to fire. The infantry of the 203rd Division had already taken advantage of the darkness and secretly moved in front of the enemy's position. Since the artillery fire, Huang Tianyang personally commanded the charge. The enemy's mobile water brigade was originally only borrowed from China's experience in public security warfare, and the lightly armed garrison unit established in the broken pirate area was not strong in combat effectiveness and was quickly suppressed.