C465
C465
At dawn on April 24, the Battle of Tanguay broke out. The 200th Division officer in charge of recovering Tanji took the lead in launching an attack on the Japanese army. In view of the strength of the enemy's garrison, Dai Anlan ordered his troops to first attack the enemy's defensive position on the west side of the Dangji city and seize it in one fell swoop. However, the victory of the local battle could no longer stop the rapid defeat of the Chinese and British allies on the entire battlefield of Burma. This was because the 56th Legion, in addition to facing the enemy head on, had secretly traversed 1500 kilometers of primitive forest on the Maine border and appeared mysteriously in front of the Chinese defenders of the cities of La Wing and Mizona. Almost without any form of resistance, the Chinese expedition troops that had returned to the country lost their defenses one by one. At the beginning of May, the Chinese and British allies were utterly defeated. On May 10, the main force of the Expeditionary Force retreated to the Hukang Valley, where it was stopped by the 56th Japanese Regiment. While the ground attack was being carried out, a large number of Japanese aircraft repeatedly dived towards the road, shooting at the crowd. As a result, the Huaxia Expedition Army did not engage in a battle and entered a state of chaos, competing to enter the primeval forest.
At that time, the 56th Regiment, the vanguard village unit of the 56th Regiment, had suffered great losses after a series of battles. The squadron of the island itself had entered the virgin forest with one of the squadrons. In the early stages, their troops were still in the state of chasing down and annihilating the Chinese ranged soldiers. After encountering the pincers of the Chinese expedition's Fifth and Sixth Army, his unit was dispersed and lost contact with the rest of the army. However, this obviously could not stop the bloodthirsty enthusiasm of the group of young soldiers. Not only did they not retreat, but they even continued to pursue and kill the Chinese soldiers in the primeval forest, relying on their strong individual qualities and good teamwork. In the beginning, when the Chinese army could not protect itself, it had little energy to deal with them. Then, somehow, it seemed that a small force had separated from the main force and started hunting them down.
The efforts of the Chinese team were obviously not in vain. They greatly stopped the Japanese soldiers in their tracks and succeeded in freeing the Chinese expedition army from these possessed maggots and advancing forward with large strides.
What happened next was known at home: although the Chinese Expeditionary Force had escaped the Japanese to a certain extent, it was still no match for the primeval forest: disease and hunger followed one another. In the end, after paying a heavy price, the Chinese ranged soldiers were finally able to return home. At the same time, the 56th, 33rd, 31st and other divisions of the Japanese army were also facing the same disease and hunger as the Chinese Expeditionary Army. They had lost a large number of their soldiers and there was even a human-eating tragedy!
Sickness and hunger were also tormenting Shimamoto's unit. However, because their unit was also a hunter in three mountainous areas from Japan, its survivability was greatly improved. Of the initial fifteen, they lost six to the most of the Chinese ranged troops. The remaining nine, under the leadership of Little Island, continued to compete with the Chinese team in the forest.
At first, they had clearly underestimated the strength of the Chinese team. For the first time in days of struggle, Shimamoto felt a heavy sense of defeat. There was no other reason but that this opponent was truly too formidable. As outstanding hunters, they were able to make the most of what happened in the primeval forest: enough food and enough weapons. In the beginning, they believed that with all this, the abominable Chinese people would perish: either at their hands or in the hands of the forest. But apparently they were wrong. This was because their opponents were like maggots this time, staring back at them. This group of Japanese soldiers experienced for the first time the tough military qualities of Chinese soldiers and their outstanding ability to fight in the forest. It was also the first time they experienced a situation where they couldn't stop, couldn't retreat, and couldn't advance … In order to survive, the Japanese team reacted and began to work with their opponents …
Just like this, two small, vigorous squads were following and countertracking each other within this great forest. Hunting and counterattacking …
In the repeated battles, Little Island hated these Chinese soldiers to the point that his teeth were itching, because his small, elite squad didn't suffer too much damage from the Chinese army, but in the exchange, he suffered a lot of problems: in just a week, his squad only had two soldiers left, including himself and the other two hunters! Of course, as a soldier, Shimamoto's heart was filled with admiration for these Chinese soldiers. He was especially impressed by the Chinese soldier leading the team. There were several times when he escaped from under the gun's muzzle. There were even several times where he almost fell under the gun's muzzle. He could feel that the Chinese person he had never met was the best opponent in his life!
Of course, Shimamoto was also very proud. Because of his efforts and even the way he fought with his life on the line, his opponent was severely injured. He had personally eliminated at least three people. He believed that this opponent had paid at least 15 or more lives for this. This included the 4 Chinese lives he had lost in the beginning of the fight. From then on, harvesting a Chinese life was much more difficult. However, it was obvious that the Chinese military could not be compared to them in terms of fighting in the jungle. This gave them an opportunity to take advantage of. In this way, they exchanged 7 Japanese lives for 11 Chinese lives. In other words, at this time, the two Japanese soldiers on the small island would only need to fight against each other to pick out 5 Chinese lives!
At this point, even Matsumoto, who was usually so arrogant, felt a chill down his spine. However, the blood and death did not scare him. Instead, it gave him a taste of blood. In spite of Matsumoto's suggestion to retreat and find the main force, he insisted on destroying the Chinese team. He believed that as long as he could think of a way to get rid of the leading Chinese soldier, he had complete confidence of destroying the other four by himself. Thinking about that leading Chinese soldier, Little Island was inexplicably excited.
The final battle began two days later. After two days of silence, the Chinese soldiers sent out their final attack on the Japanese. Behind the silence was excitement. From the two days of silence, Shimamoto's eyes could tell that the final battle of life and death had already begun!