dognovel Chapter 534 Reunion
Chapter 534 Reunion
534 Meeting
After another ten hours of raid, the armored regiment marched two hundred kilometers and headed north to Toungoo.
The continuous march made the soldiers of the armored regiment very tired.
But the team leader Hu Xianqun did not dare to slack off.
He also understood the importance of Toungoo's location, and headed for Toungoo without delay.
Fortunately, the advantage of their armored regiment is that they do not have to rely entirely on the soldiers to carry the loads and march like the infantry regiment.
Even though they had run for two days and one night and covered more than 500 kilometers, they still had the ability to fight.
If tanks or armored vehicles break down on the road, we will leave people to repair them and then follow up.
"Captain, Toungoo is ahead.
There was an explosion just now.
Taungoo is still in our hands.”
Hu Xianqun, sitting in a military jeep, received a report from his officers.
“It’s great that Toungoo hasn’t fallen yet.
We were not late.
Let the reconnaissance company go first, determine the enemy's location, and report in a timely manner.
Notify all soldiers in the regiment to prepare for battle. "
Hu Xianqun immediately issued the combat order.
At the same time, there were the Japanese armored regiment and the 48th Infantry Regiment to the north and west of Toungoo.
At this time, news was also received from the Japanese scouts.
Until an armored regiment of the expeditionary force arrived from the road south of Toungoo.
"Nani?
There is a Chinese armored regiment coming over from the south?
Baga, you dare to disturb the morale of the army."
The commander of the Japanese armored regiment, Shunta Yayama, received this news from an officer of his reconnaissance unit.
He became furious on the spot and slapped the Japanese major in the face.
Shunta Hachiyama didn't believe the news at all and thought it was false information reported by his subordinates.
After all, this news is too outrageous.
If there really is an armored unit of the expeditionary force, it will attack from the south.
First of all, how did the expeditionary force's armored unit get there? They couldn't have flown there, right?
Also, why didn't the headquarters tell them this news?
It was not until Shunta Hasan found a hill and climbed up that he could use a telescope to see the main road south of Toungoo.
Only after seeing Hu Xianqun's armored regiment approaching Toungoo City did the Japanese colonel believe this fact.
"Baga, hurry up.
Notify the 48th Regiment to suspend their attack and retreat immediately."
Shunta Hachiyama suppressed his fear and gave the order.
They ordered the Japanese 48th Regiment, which was cooperating with them in the battle, to stop attacking and retreat immediately.
Otherwise, what if this armored regiment of the expeditionary force caught the Japanese 48th Regiment off guard?
Shunta Yayama knew very well that an armored force of this size was enough to defeat their 48th Regiment.
Boom boom boom!
To the west of Toungoo City, the vanguard of the expeditionary force's armored regiment has appeared here.
After all, an attack had been launched on part of the Japanese 48th Regiment.
The tanks and armored vehicles rushed in the front, with artillery covering the back, and the infantry followed behind the tanks and continued to fire.
In this way, the Japanese 48th Regiment, which was bitten and still in a daze, soon paid a heavy price.
Large groups of Japanese soldiers fell under the fire from the tanks' artillery and the heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles.
"Turn in, turn in!"
The grassroots officers of the Japanese 48th Regiment issued a retreat order in fear.
They have received an order from the wing headquarters to retreat completely.
Fortunately, the Japanese infantry regiment retreated decisively.
Otherwise, even greater casualties will be incurred.
Even the Japanese armored regiment retreated temporarily.
After all, they were facing an enemy armored regiment that suddenly appeared from a direction where it was impossible for them to appear.
It's just too weird.
The Japanese commander, Shunta Hachiyama, needs to go back and figure out what is going on and then find a way to deal with the situation.
Moreover, they had been fighting in Toungoo for several days.
At this time, if their soldiers were to engage in a decisive battle with an enemy fully armored regiment and lose, the consequences would be disastrous.
So the Japanese commander backed down.
But he actually didn't know that Hu Xianqun's armored regiment had also come from a long distance.
The soldiers of the armored regiment were also very tired.
Therefore, when he saw the Japanese retreating in a hurry, Hu Xianqun did not order a pursuit.
“Is this our reinforcement?
It's not the Japs' armored forces!"
Inside Toungoo City, Zhao Dongsheng and Wang Yuan were watching the armored regiment raiding the 48th Regiment of the Japanese outside the city.
Also dazed.
Then they realized that the armored force that appeared behind them was not an enemy but a friendly force.
"Why would our armored forces come from the south?"
Zhao Dongsheng and Wang Yuan both had this question in their minds.
But this is not important, as it is temporarily suppressed by the excitement in the two people's hearts.
They only knew that with the arrival of such an armored regiment as reinforcement, Toungoo would not be lost.
“I said, the commander will not give up on us.
Reinforcements will definitely be sent to support us.
Brothers, did you see that?
Toungoo, we held it.
Your sacrifice was not in vain."
Zhao Dongsheng suddenly felt a lump in his throat, looked up at the sky, and shouted excitedly.
In this battle, their mobile regiment fought too hard and too tragically.
Zhao Dongsheng arrived in Toungoo with a group of more than 3,200 people, but now, in the city behind him, there were only about 500 people still breathing.
As for the only remaining place outside the city, on the high ground still in their hands, it was unknown how many people were still alive.
But I guess there aren't many left.
With such a tragic result, Zhao Dongsheng, as the team leader, suffered tremendous psychological pressure and guilt.
And when the armored regiment's reinforcements arrived, he finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.
Wang Yuan was standing nearby, but didn't dare to say a word.
After a while, Zhao Dongsheng calmed down and turned to look at him: "Gather the soldiers and go out together to meet our reinforcements."
Outside the city, Hu Xianqun was sitting in a military vehicle heading towards Toungoo City.
He looked at the shell craters that appeared around Toungoo City, and the closer to Toungoo City, the denser the bullet holes became.
Moreover, the craters were large and several meters wide.
He knew that these were not ordinary shells that could be left behind.
They were all Japanese bombers. The huge power of the bombs they dropped was enough to leave such a big crater.
"A regiment, in such terrain, faced such crazy bombing by the Japanese.
Can they withstand the attack of three Japanese regiments and hold Toungoo for six days?
What an iron army this is.
Today, I must see it for myself.”
Hu Xianqun was also deeply shocked at this moment.
Not long after, Hu Xianqun met Zhao Dongsheng, who had brought his men to meet him, in the ruins of Toungoo City.
"Captain Zhao, I am Hu Xianqun, the commander of the Fifth Army Armored Regiment,
I am here to support you under the order of the headquarters.
You have worked hard."
Hu Xianqun looked at Zhao Dongsheng, who was injured and in a very embarrassed state, and introduced himself with admiration.