freenovelworld Chapter 532 A sudden turn of events
Chapter 532 A sudden turn of events
532 Turn of events
Not long after dawn, the Japanese armored regiment and the 48th regiment, which had just finished breakfast, sent out two more attacking forces.
They began to attack the city of Toungoo and the last high point, Hill 101, outside the city.
"Captain, the devils are coming.
Seven tanks!"
On the ruins of the city, a squad leader was observing the movements of the Japanese outside the city with a telescope and shouted loudly at this time.
Inside the city, Zhao Dongsheng was leading the remaining 170 or so soldiers from the first battalion, using the last of the ammunition in their hands to set traps.
Zhao Dongsheng sighed after hearing the observation squad leader's call.
He looked at the soldiers around him and shouted, "Brothers, this may be our last battle.
As the team leader, I'm sorry to you.
When we reach the underworld, we will be there together."
Faced with this wave of Japanese attacking forces consisting of seven tanks, they had less than two hundred people and lacked heavy weapons.
It's basically impossible to defend.
Zhao Dongsheng looked around and saw that almost all of his soldiers were injured, and his nose felt a little sour.
Feel sorry for them.
Logically speaking, they have done their best to stop the Japanese to this extent.
At this time, they would even give up Toungoo and withdraw.
After the war, even if Ye Qingshan knew about it, he couldn't blame them too much.
However, Zhao Dongsheng still chose to lead his soldiers to fight until the last moment.
Their radio station was blown up, causing them to lose contact with Ye Qingshan's headquarters.
Unable to receive new orders from Ye Qingshan.
Zhao Dongsheng had no idea whether the main force of the Japanese 15th Army, which was besieged in Mandalay by the main force of the Expeditionary Force in the north, had been annihilated.
If the main force of the Japanese has not been wiped out yet, he can hold on here for a little longer.
It might change the situation of the battle.
So, in this situation, Zhao Dongsheng chose to firmly carry out the orders that Ye Qingshan gave them at the beginning.
They defended Toungoo to the death and fought to the last man.
Boom boom boom!
Not long after, the Japanese tanks rushed into the city of Toungoo.
They fired continuously at the ruins defended by a battalion of soldiers, covering the Japanese infantry following behind.
"beat!"
Da da da!
Fierce gunfire once again enveloped the entire city.
But soon, the defense line set up by Zhao Dongsheng and his men was repeatedly broken through by the Japanese attacking forces.
Two hours later, most of the city of Toungoo fell into the hands of the Japanese.
The Japanese tanks were rampaging in the city.
The limited number of troops Zhao Dongsheng had was no longer enough to stop so many Japanese tanks.
The fall of Toungoo was a foregone conclusion.
"Your Excellency, our attacking force has captured most of the city.
The remaining Chinese soldiers were compressed into the southwest corner by us.
In two more hours, we will definitely wipe them out."
At this time, the Japanese regiment commander Shunta Hachiyama at the North City Command received a report from his officers.
"吆西."
Suddenly, the commander of the Japanese armored regiment showed a satisfied smile.
We are finally going to take down this damn Toungoo.
Boom boom boom!
Suddenly, the city of Toungoo was covered by artillery fire.
"Baga, what's going on?
What are our artillerymen doing? Didn't we ask them to stop shelling?"
The Japanese regiment commander was furious.
At this time, most of the city of Toungoo had been captured by their attacking forces.
At this moment, the shelling continued in the city, but it was their soldiers who were being hit.
"Sir, this was not done by our artillery."
A Japanese officer immediately replied.
"Nani?"
"Your Excellency, Captain, please look."
Shunta Yayama followed the direction pointed by his major officer and looked through the telescope.
At this time, they discovered that a team had emerged from the jungle in the southeast and was rapidly rushing towards the city of Toungoo.
The artillery shells that just hit the city and the Japanese-occupied area were fired by them.
"Where are the Chinese reinforcements coming from?"
Shunta Hachiyama naturally realized that this was an expeditionary force.
There weren't that many people, about three or four hundred.
Because they attacked so suddenly and were already very close to Toungoo City, the Japs could no longer stop them.
"Sir, this Chinese army came out of the jungle in the southeast.
It is very likely that they were Chinese troops who escaped from Leigu.
Two days ago, a battalion sent by the 215th Regiment had recaptured Leigu from the Chinese army.
Cut off Toungoo's supplies.
But some Chinese troops escaped, and it is very likely that they were this group.”
The Japanese major reported.
"吆西."
Shunta Hachiyama agreed with the analysis of the Japanese major.
"A mere three or four hundred Chinese soldiers are not enough to affect the war situation.
Send a message to the 48th Regiment and ask them to send in two more attack teams.
Eat up these Chinese reinforcements that have arrived."
"Hi!"
At the same time, more than 400 armored battalion soldiers led by Wang Yuan also entered the city of Toungoo to provide support.
"put!"
A bazooka operator from the armored battalion, carrying a bazooka, aimed at a Japanese tank that was rampaging through the city.
Whoosh! boom!
The rocket accurately hit the tiny Japanese tank that was dozens of meters away.
The tank exploded and turned into a huge fireball.
“Fried beautifully.”
Zhao Dongsheng, who was not far away, saw this scene and shouted excitedly.
"Come on!"
Then, the soldiers of the armored battalion who rushed in from outside the city launched a charge towards the Japanese soldiers who had lost the protection of their tanks.
"Brothers, our reinforcements are here.
Kill me! "
Zhao Dongsheng was so excited that he endured the pain and charged forward with the remaining soldiers.
Together with the armored battalion that broke into the city from outside, they attacked the Japanese attacking forces in the city from the front and back.
Da da da!
There was dense gunfire, and the armored battalion soldiers who rushed in opened fire wildly when they saw the Japanese.
If you encounter Japanese tanks, just use rockets to attack them.
They are not like Zhao Dongsheng, who has run out of ammunition.
They still have sufficient ammunition in their hands and can fully utilize their firepower advantage.
Soon, the battle situation in the city was reversed.
The several Japanese attacking teams that entered the city did not expect that such an expeditionary force reinforcement would suddenly appear.
It caught them off guard.
As the Japanese tanks were blown up one after another, the Japanese lost their tank advantage and casualties immediately increased.
Before they could wait, Japanese Colonel Shunta Hachiyama ordered the 48th Regiment to send two Japanese squads into the city.
The attacking force of the Japanese armored regiment took the initiative to withdraw.
These were the soldiers of the Japanese armored regiment who were accustomed to being covered by tanks and armored vehicles as they advanced into battle.
Once they lost the cover advantage of tanks and armored vehicles, their combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the soldiers of the Japanese infantry regiment.
"Ahh! We won."
Looking at the Japanese being driven back, the soldiers of the mobile regiment shouted excitedly and hugged each other to celebrate.
Zhao Dongsheng didn't expect that things would take such a sudden turn and lead to such a turn of events.
He couldn't help but look at the armored battalion commander Wang Yuan who was walking towards him not far away.