in2ebook Chapter 884 Past Events
Chapter 884 Past Events
Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the Japanese soldiers who had been bombed all day came out of the low tunnel and fell into deep thought as they looked at Mandalay, which had almost no intact walls.
The alley is gone, why are we still fighting in the street?
Tanaka Shinichi counted the casualties. After a day of bombing, only 18 Japanese soldiers were left in the entire th Division.
"Damn it! We haven't even seen them yet and have already lost two-thirds of our troops. Rest and reorganize our fortifications immediately! Since this is a ruin, we will fight them in the ruins!"
Tanaka Shinichi was still prepared to fight the independent column with close combat or human bombs.
However, this "fighting with ruthlessness" is also an old tradition of the 18th Division, so it was given the title of "Jungle Devil".
Just as the Japanese were moving bricks in Mandalay, a whistling sound came from the sky, and rocket launchers flew towards Mandalay again, dragging their tails.
These Japanese soldiers exposed in the ruins were still in a daze, and with nowhere to hide, they were torn to pieces by one rocket after another.
In the underground fortifications was Tanaka Shinichi. Looking at the Japanese officers running in in panic, he knew that the losses this time were heavy.
At eight o'clock the next morning, Tanaka Shinichi, who was full of anger, was ready to let the independent column see how powerful they were, so he wrapped each of them with explosive packs.
Wang Meng, Chu Yunfei and other officers said:
"Today we are fighting the Japanese 18th Division, the culprit of the Nanjing Massacre and the Wuhu Massacre. I don't need to make a pre-war mobilization, right? If you don't even have this much courage, take off your military uniforms and get out of here!"
Chu Yunfei saw Wang Meng’s eyes wide open with anger and said no more.
"Ten minutes of artillery preparation, each division and regiment is free to act. There is only one requirement: no prisoners are taken!"
"Yes!"
Ten minutes later, in front of Tanaka Shinichi's horrified eyes, more than a dozen strangely shaped tanks appeared.
This tank was obviously a modified Panzer V, but it had no turret, only a heading machine gun and another machine gun on top. In front was a huge shovel, and the whole body was covered with heavy armor.
When these dozen or so "tanks" were lined up in a row and moved forward, he realized that they were not tanks but armored bulldozers!
But it was too late.
Under the protection of the infantry, the armored bulldozers advanced forward with the posture of one man blocking the pass from ten thousand, and the enemy's machine guns and mortars had no effect at all.
After all, this is thickened armor, and even the Emperor's Happy Stick has little effect when poking it.
The Japanese trenches and bunkers were either flattened or buried by the rubble. Seeing this, many Japanese soldiers ran away, fearing that they would be buried and suffocated to death, but the heading machine gun was not a vegetarian, and it took their lives with a bang.
These ten armored bulldozers cut Mandalay into a dozen scattered positions, while the troops of the Mountain Division and the Armored Division cleared them one by one, using flamethrowers and flamethrower tanks to clear the way and rifles to finish off the attack.
It took a total of three days to clear out the Japanese, and a small white flag was raised in the last uncleared area among the ruins in the center of Mandalay.
"Dear Independent Column, I am the special envoy of Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi, the commander of the 108th Division, and I am here to discuss the terms of surrender."
Wang Meng and Chu Yunfei, who were patrolling the battlefield, heard the sound and walked over quickly.
Just as the soldiers were about to implement the "no prisoners" policy, they were stopped by Wang Meng.
"Let's take a look first and then talk."
The envoy who had saved his life was sweating profusely.
"You are the supreme commander, right? I am here to discuss the terms of surrender. Envoys shall not be killed when two armies are at war!"
"Haha, you bastard know a lot, but don't you know we don't want any prisoners? And we don't want any prisoners from the 18th Division! Besides, you're in such a mess, and you're still negotiating terms?
Tell that damned Tanaka Shinichi that if he doesn’t come out I’ll use my flamethrower to kill him!”
Just when Wang Meng was furious, another officer walked out from the ruins, and it seemed to be Tanaka Shinichi.
"Dear commander of the opposing team, I know you have achieved a temporary victory, but you are still a long way from defeating the Empire!"
"Haha, you don't want to be an empire, save your life first! My patience is limited. If you can't come up with conditions that can impress me, I'm afraid I will be angry because you've wasted my time. By then, you and your subordinates will probably be living a life worse than death!"
Tanaka Shinichi was obviously insulted. Although he was angry, he could do nothing about it.
"I have 100,000 barrels of gasoline, as well as countless rice and aid supplies from the United States!"
"Don't brag. We have been sweeping all the way here! Is there any warehouse that can escape the eyes of our scouts and reconnaissance planes?"
"Haha, there are mountains everywhere, and there are caves in the mountains. Have you checked even the caves?"
Wang Meng was shocked. They had indeed checked some caves, but because they were interconnected and time-consuming and laborious, they only conducted a superficial investigation.
Could it be that there are really a lot of good things hidden in it?
"Well, if you can tell us all the hiding places, I promise you in the name of the independent column soldiers to ensure the safety of you and your men!
But you must also swear by your damn locusts that you will never hide anything!"
"make a deal!"
Shinichi Tanaka quickly took out a map and found a dozen marked locations on it.
"These are the locations of the warehouses, and I'll give you a gift. I'll order all the defenders to surrender, and you can take these supplies smoothly. However, you must ensure that my treatment as a general remains unchanged!"
Wang Meng now wanted to throw him into the Irrawaddy River to wake him up. It’s already this time, and he still wants to be treated like a general?
For the sake of supplies, Wang Meng nodded patiently.
Tanaka Shinichi immediately ordered his men to send a telegram, and then Wang Meng also handed the map to Chu Yunfei and asked the Mountain Division to send someone to receive it.
"Let the soldiers be more vigilant. The principle still applies: do not take prisoners!"
After three hours, we found the cave at the location marked on the map and discovered a large amount of supplies.
Chu Yunfei nodded at Wang Meng.
Wang Meng smiled knowingly and walked towards Tanaka Shinichi who was leisurely looking at the scenery.
"You, the 18th Division, are really ruthless. In order to survive, you even gave up the so-called strategic materials of the Empire?"
"Haha, there is an old Chinese saying, 'As long as the green mountains remain, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood.'"
"So, you killed all the more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Wuhu? And Nanjing?"
Tanaka Shinichi looked at Wang Meng's sudden change of expression, his heart skipped a beat, and a murderous aura came towards him.
"Commander, that's all in the past."