12dz Chapter 516 Encirclement Completed
Chapter 516 Encirclement Completed
516 Encirclement completed
While Ye Qingshan was holding the meeting, in Toungoo, hundreds of kilometers away, the Japanese army was defending itself around the camp here.
A fierce offensive and defensive battle is going on fiercely.
"Hurry, tanks and armored vehicles keep rushing in.
Artillery company, fire cover.
Bazooka operator, destroy the two Japanese bunkers in the east for me, and let our soldiers charge forward..."
Wang Yuan, commander of the armored battalion, anxiously issued orders one after another.
Around the Japanese army camp, teams of soldiers from the armored battalion were relying on the cover of the tanks and armored vehicles in the front.
Seize the positions around the Japanese army camp.
The assault troops, led by tanks, rushed straight into the Japanese army camp and killed their way in.
The Japanese soldiers around the military camp fought desperately and vowed to defend their military camp in Taunggyi to the death.
Just because the military camps here have stored a lot of military supplies.
These military supplies should have been sent to the main force of the Japanese 15th Army on the Mandalay front within two days.
But now, they were intercepted here by the armored battalion led by Wang Yuan.
It was just because the armored battalion led by Wang Yuan attacked too fast.
They had just laid the foundation yesterday afternoon.
As a result, they didn't rest much and rushed more than 100 kilometers to Toungoo.
After dawn, they decisively launched an attack on the Japanese defenders in Toungoo.
Even so, the Japanese defenders in Toungoo received warnings from their headquarters in advance.
They knew that an elite expeditionary force had infiltrated their rear and captured the fortress.
The next target must be their Toungoo.
A squadron of Japanese soldiers guarding Toungoo, plus 700 vassal troops, immediately made preparations for defense.
However, despite the strong attack launched by the armored battalion early this morning, the outer defense line was still breached within two hours.
It was only because these Japanese defenders received the intelligence too late.
Just one night left them no chance to build a stronger defense.
As for the Japanese reinforcements, they were still hundreds of kilometers away.
Faced with the armored charge and the fierce firepower of the armored battalion, the 300 and 720 Japanese soldiers defending Toungoo were no match at all.
Boom!
A tank in the front suddenly exploded.
It was blown up by the Japanese.
This was the second tank to be destroyed.
But the three tanks in the other three directions did not stop and continued to charge forward.
The expeditionary soldiers following behind fired wildly.
Under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, the rocket launcher operators approached the Japanese bunker and used rockets to destroy the bunker that the Japanese had built with great difficulty.
This is also the firepower point on the Japanese position that poses the greatest threat to them.
"Go in, Captain."
Finally, after more than three hours of bloody fighting, the first commando team of the armored battalion broke into the Japanese camp.
"Quick, get the third company's reserve team to catch up.
Let's wipe out the little devils inside in one fell swoop."
Wang Yuan had also seen this scene through the telescope and immediately shouted excitedly.
Although their armored battalion had only about 700 people, it was outnumbered by the Japanese and Japanese invaders defending Toungoo.
However, their firepower is much more ferocious than theirs.
In addition, the infantry-tank coordination tactics used by the armored battalion were enough to crush these Japanese defenders.
Boom boom boom!
Soon, Wang Yuan saw a violent explosion in the Japanese army camp.
"Damn it! The Japs blew up their stockpiled supplies."
Seeing this scene, Wang Yuan cursed with a gloomy face.
These explosions were definitely not caused by their soldiers. They must have been caused by the Japanese soldiers who saw that the situation was hopeless.
They couldn’t stay in the barracks, so those military supplies were given to the expeditionary force for nothing.
Just blow them all up.
"Pity."
"Let the first and second companies go east and west to wipe out the remaining enemies.
The telegraph operator sent a message to the regiment headquarters, telling the regiment commander that Toungoo had been captured.
At this time, the main force of Zhao Dongsheng's mobile regiment had just arrived at Leigu.
Their marching speed is much slower than that of the armored battalion.
"Haha, well done Wang Yu'an.
I have already taken Toungoo with the armored battalion.
Quick, tell the commander this good news, the commander is still waiting for our victory report."
Zhao Dongsheng, who was in Leigu, was also overjoyed after receiving Wang Yuan'an's telegram.
Then, tell Ye Qingshan the good news.
It was eleven o'clock in the morning, less than half an hour after Ye Qingshan's bet with Stilwell.
The young warrior rushed in, suppressed his excitement, came to Ye Qingshan, and reported loudly: "Report to the commander.
Just received the latest news from the military, half an hour ago.
The armored battalion of the mobile regiment has captured Toungoo and destroyed a batch of Japanese military supplies. "
As soon as the young martial artist finished speaking, Stilwell, Luo Zhuoying, Du Yuming and others looked over.
"Haha, good, this news comes at the right time."
Ye Qingshan also breathed a sigh of relief and laughed out loud with his head raised.
Then he turned his head to look at Stilwell beside him and said with a smile: "General Stilwell, you lose."
"This is impossible."
Stilwell stood up suddenly, unable to believe the result.
“MI6’s intelligence capabilities shouldn’t be too bad.
If General Stilwell doesn't believe me, I can wait a while.
Give you time to determine whether this news is true or false."
Ye Qingshan said calmly.
Then Stilwell whispered a few words to a colonel adjutant following behind him.
The adjutant left the meeting room.
After the adjutant left, Stilwell sat there without saying a word.
However, Ye Qingshan looked at the map and said to everyone: "Toungoo has successfully moved south, and the retreat route of the Japanese 15th Army has been cut off.
This means that the Japanese 15th Army has been swallowed up by our Expeditionary Force.
Next, we need to consider how to digest this huge monster, the 15th Army of the Japanese devils."
Ye Qingshan also knew that encircling the Japanese 15th Army was only the first step in the counterattack.
But faced with such a powerful prey, whether it can be digested after eating is also a big problem.
If the digestion is not good, the expeditionary force might even die from overeating.
“The 15th Army has four divisions with a total strength of over 120,000 men.
Moreover, in the previous battles with us, the enemy's casualties were no more than 20,000.
In other words, at this moment we have surrounded 100,000 elite Japanese troops.
How to digest this is a big problem.”
Du Yuming frowned, stared at the map and said.
At this moment, no one dared to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Japs, even though the Japs' 15th Army was surrounded.
The Japanese 15th Army has proven in previous battles that they are an elite force.
"Xiao Wusheng, what did the reconnaissance team sent to Mandalay send back?
What's the new development of the Japanese 18th Division?
Have you retreated?"
Ye Qingshan looked at the young martial artist and asked.
"Commander, our reconnaissance team reports in.
The Japanese 18th Division in the Mandalay direction not only did not shrink its defense line, but instead strengthened its offensive to the north. "