Menghang, Myanmar, the 18th Army of Japan.

"Report to the Commander, the General Command of the Myanmar Expeditionary Army issued a combat order, ordering our troops to immediately cross the Salwen River and launch an attack on the Chinese troops on the front lines of Dongzhi, Nansang, Gunxin, Mengbin and Jingdong!"

"Yo Xi! You can finally let go!"

Anda 23 took the message and glanced at Lieutenant General Yoshihara, chief of staff of the 18th Army, said: "Yihara Army, have the imperial warriors made all pre-war preparations?" "Hayi!"

Yoshihara Sudun said, "Commander, the 42nd Division has arrived in Mengban, the 11th Division has arrived near Mengbin, and the vanguard of the 8th Division has established a frontier position on the west bank of the Salwin River. The large force can cross the Salwin River at any time and go straight to the Chinese defenders on the Nansang and Tamchi!"

"Yoxi, beautifully done!"

Anda No. 23 nodded with satisfaction, feeling proud and victorious.

During the half month of traveling through the jungle area, Anda Twenty-San had to endure the extremely humid and hot climate, endure the bites of insects and mosquitoes that are everywhere every day, but also endure the casualties reports from time to time, especially at night, the Chinese army, who had to worry about the nighttime attack.

Because the Hu Ben Army had night vision devices, the Japanese devils not only did not dare to take the night road in the jungle, but also had to place a large number of landmines around the camp before nightfall to set up camp.

On the second day, a lot of energy and time were spent on demining mines, which greatly delayed the speed of the march.

It originally took only 10 days to travel day and night, but it turned out to be 15 days.

In just half a month, Anda Twenty-san felt that a century had passed, and the long-term passive beating almost made him mentally unconscious!

If Yufang had not been beaten before leaving, and had learned about the experience and lessons of the jungle war from Iida Xiangjiro, Ishimoto Insan and others, Anda 23 would have been extremely angry and ordered the troops to spread their formations to carry out a large-scale clearance, and to eliminate the extremely hateful Chinese troops!

He walked to the map, looked at it carefully, and recalled the entire combat plan in his mind. After a while, Anda No. 23 then suddenly turned his head and looked at Yoshihara Suk and said:

"Do you think those damn Chinese troops will still block the imperial army in the jungle area ahead?"

The painful experiences over the past few days have made Anda Twenty-san feel both angry and worried. He was really scared by the elusive Chinese army.

Yoshihara Suzumi pondered for a moment and said, "This is unlikely. Due to the excessive cutting of teak resources by the British, there are not many real primitive jungles on the West Bank of Salwin in front of the Imperial Imperial Army!

Especially on both sides of the road that directly leads to Dongzhi, Nansang and other places, not only are many areas turned into open spaces, but also many indigenous villages in Burma, so the Imperial Army does not have to go to the forest like before!”

"Yoxi! That's good!"

Anda Twenty-Three Da was relieved and asked again: "Yihara Jun, do you have anything else to add?"

Yoshihara said with great emphasis: "Report to the Commander, please rest assured that all preparations are ready, everything is ready, but the east wind is not available!"

Hearing this, Anda 23 no longer hesitated and immediately waved his hand at a Japanese communications staff member with great enthusiasm: "Immediately generate power to the General Army Headquarters, request air support, and launch a bombing of the Chinese defenders from Taungzhi to Jingdong!"

Since the 18th Army spent most of its time hiking in the forest, it was impossible to carry too many heavy artillery and medium tanks, and could only carry small-caliber artillery and Type 95 light tanks.

The Type 95 light tank was mass-produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan in 1935. It is the best-quality and performance model among the Japanese light tanks in World War II.

The weight is 6.7 tons, the total combat weight is 7.4 tons, the crew is 3 people, the length of the car is 4.3 meters, the width of the car is 2.07 meters, and the height of the car is 2.28 meters.

Although this tank has a armor thickness of 6-12 mm, it can only protect against light weapons attacks, and its poor protection is its fatal weakness.

However, in the Southeast Asian battlefield, the Type 95 light tank swept across Southeast Asian countries, especially in the Philippines, Malaysia and other operations, and defeated the old Western empires until they could only surrender.

Because of its small size and strong mobility, this tank is also very sharp during jungle combat. This time, the 18th Army carried more than 200 vehicles with the army.

However, these tanks were not arrogant in front of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which was equipped with a large number of individual anti-tank rocket launchers. After suffering losses for many consecutive times, they could only let the scouts rush to damage the front, and the tank troops became the back row assist!

It is also because the 18th Army lacked enough large caliber heavy artillery, in order to make up for the shortcomings of the 18th Army's heavy firepower, before the 18th Army set off, Mejiro Umezu built several simple airports on the Thai border near the 18th Army's combat area and transferred a strong enough aviation regiment.

So the battle was about to start, Anda Twenty-san took the lead in requesting a fierce bombing, and the three axe-passing techniques should not be lost.

"Hayi!"

The Japanese correspondents' officer quickly quit the commander.

Before the Japanese correspondents walked away, Anda Twenty-three continued to order in a deep voice:

"Transfer to my order, the 42nd Division immediately launched an attack on Jingdong, the 11th Division immediately launched an attack on Mengbin and Gunxin, and the 8th Division immediately launched an attack on Nansang and Taung-zhi.

The 1st Division is the chief reserve team and is always on standby!”

"Hayi!"

The Japanese correspondents consultant then took the order and left.

Half an hour later, the group of Japanese bombers that took off from Baqi and Huai'ao Airport in Thailand roared toward Dongzhi, Nansang and other places.

Woo~Woo~Woo~

When the Japanese plane appeared on the radar station surveillance screen, fierce air defense alarms sounded one after another in the places such as Taungzhi, Nansang, Gunxin, Lash and other places. The telephones of the 6th Army, the 66th Army, the 74th Army, and the divisions of the various military headquarters were instantly exploded.

Not long after the alarm sounded, a large number of Japanese planes appeared over Taungchi and Nansang, assisting the Japanese army on the ground to launch the first round of attacks.

The Japanese fleet circled repeatedly and bombed the 6th Army and the 66th Army's entire positions.

The anti-aircraft artillery air defense forces belonging to the 6th Army and the 66th Army fought back and bombarded the Japanese aircraft group with all their might.

At the same time, after receiving a telegram for help, the 23rd Battalion of the 10th Air Force stationed at Mandalay Airport was led by General Chennard to block the Japanese Air Force.

A fighter flight regiment of the Flying Tigers was accompanied by.

"Taozi changed!"

"assault!"

The Japanese troops were eager to stand firm and break through the national defense line. Before the air force bombing was completely over, the Japanese soldiers began to pounce wildly under the command of the commander's sword.

The commander of the 6th Army Gan Lichu, and the commander of the 66th Army Zhang Zhen ordered the troops to respond calmly and fight steadily, so as not to let the Japanese army go further.
Chapter completed!