Chapter 124: The Battle of Bago (3)
Zhang Chi led his troops to the airport first under the cover of tanks.
But it is better to say it is to take over it than to invade... There is no one except a few dilapidated planes in the huge airport. It was not until the soldiers broke into several buildings next to the airport that dozens of Burmese covered in blood were found inside.
"Raise your hands!" Zhang Chi shouted at the Burmese people because he saw that several of them were holding the 38th hood in their hands.
"Comrade!" The Burmese people raised their hands one by one as they said, and asked Zhang Chi at the same time: "Are you Chinese? Let's fight the Japanese together..."
"Where are the Japanese?" Zhang Chi asked.
The Burmese slowly moved aside. Xiao Zhejiang shone with a flashlight, and several bloody corpses appeared in front of Zhang Chi and the soldiers.
"They have been beaten to death by us!" The leader of the Burmese man looked at Zhang Chi with a request in his tone: "We... beat the Japanese together!"
It turned out that these Burmese people were coolies who were caught by the Japanese army at the airport. Until now, the Japanese army has experienced serious labor shortages. Therefore, although the airport is a military key, they still have to catch some coolies to go to the airport to do some work such as transporting gasoline and parts.
Due to the cruelty of the Japanese army, they usually don’t regard these Myanmar coolies as humans. Not only do they work hard every day without being hungry, but they also have to be beaten by the Japanese or even lose their lives. So Burmese coolies all hated the Japanese army to the core. At this moment, they heard the sound of gunfire and saw the Japanese looking panicked. They knew that maybe the Chinese were fighting, so they took the lead to kill the dozen Japanese soldiers guarding the airport.
Although this is a small matter, Zhang Chi knew that there were these rebellions from Burmese coolies. Otherwise, although there were not many Japanese troops guarding the airport, they would still do it if they detonated the gasoline stored in the airport... The Americans did not lack gasoline, but if they wanted to transport gasoline to Bogu, it would be another matter. If they did this, the US military's transport plane would have to transport a batch of gasoline to Bogu Airport in artillery fire. This was both difficult and dangerous, and it would also waste precious time and space.
But judging from the current situation, the Japanese army obviously did not have time to do this.
Sure enough, Zhang Chi and others soon found the Japanese underground warehouse under the guidance of Myanmar coolies. There were piles of gasoline and ammunition and supplies waiting to be transported to the front line.
"It would have been great if you came a month earlier!" The Burmese man told Zhang Chi: "A month ago, there were still many planes at this airport, and then batches of them flew away..."
Zhang Chi nodded. Needless to say, the planes flew to the direction of Impal to carry out the so-called "Wu Plan".
Compared with the New First Regiment's successful capture of the airport, the troops attacking the Japanese defense line can be described as the word "hard".
This is mainly because while setting up defense lines, the Japanese army cleverly dispersed a force to the residential areas in Bogu Town, and the Japanese army scattered into residential areas even put on makeup to Burmese... The Asians all look the same. As long as they change their outfits, it is difficult to tell whether the other party is Japanese or Burmese.
Bogu Town is the fourth largest city in Myanmar. In addition to Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw have the largest population.
More importantly, because I didn’t know that the Chinese army would attack Bogu so quickly, the Burmese people had no time to withdraw. In addition, the Japanese artillery was intending to fire a row of shells into the Bogu city, so at this time, the town of Bogu could be said to be in chaos, with the streets and alleys full of Burmese people running around.
This gave the Japanese army a good hidden space. The Japanese army who were dressed up as the people could not recognize them. Some of them hid in the people's homes and some were mixed with the running Burmese people. They even held back silently when the Chinese army entered the city. It was not until the Chinese army launched an attack on the Japanese army on the other side of the city that they suddenly emerged from behind and launched an offensive.
This is actually a kind of infiltration war, but this time the Japanese army infiltrated the people rather than directly infiltrated the Chinese army.
From this point, we can also see the viciousness of the Japanese army. They completely ignored the lives of the people on the battlefield... But this seemed normal for the Japanese army. They were forced to do so even if they ignored the lives of the people of their own country, let alone the people who were in the fortification. To be precise, it would be strange if they could take into account the safety of the people of Myanmar.
This makes the Chinese army very passive in combat. On the one hand, they have to attack the Japanese defense line, and on the other hand, they have to be careful of the Burmese people in the city, because among these seemingly uncharacteristic people, a team of Japanese troops may suddenly shoot at the Chinese army. Or the tanks are driving in the alley, and suddenly a "people" rushed up with explosives bags.
What surprised the Chinese army even more was that the Japanese army in front was still fighting very tenaciously.
It should be said that at least Chen Shanguo guessed it correctly. The Japanese army in front of him was indeed caught up with him by fighting each other, so the command and coordination were very chaotic.
But sometimes chaos is an advantage...
It is certainly not a good thing if the units in the army fight and even flee for their own lives due to chaos. But this is not the case with the Japanese army. Although they are in chaos, the various parts are rushing to the battlefield to fight against the Chinese army.
One reason why they show such fighting spirit is that a considerable number of them are Japanese expatriates. The families of these Japanese expatriates are in Yangon. They know in their hearts that if they do not block the Chinese in front of them, then the next thing they have to face the war is their families in Yangon.
Therefore, although they did not receive much military training, and even the rifles in their hands were worn out and repaired and repaired, they would malfunction if they could not fire a few rounds. But they hid in fox pits with explosive bags or anti-tank magnetic thunders, waiting for the Chinese army's tanks to come up and detonate.
For the Chinese army, it would be fine if the Japanese army was organized and commanded. At least the Chinese army would know where the Japanese defense line was, the artillery fire should be bombed, or where to attack.
But now, they didn't even know where the Japanese defense line was. Some highlands seemed to have been occupied by the Chinese army, but they suddenly emerged from somewhere and took the highlands back.
Chapter completed!