Chapter 671 Pursue the victory
"Boom boom boom!"
"Big!" The Japanese bombers bombed the British troops marching on the ground, and the British anti-aircraft guns deployed on both sides of the road also fired at the bombers in the sky.
"Damn it, isn't it said that the Chinese troops are still there? Why don't Japanese bombers blow them up and come to blow us?" Slim lay in a bomb crater on the ground, looked at the plane in the sky, and started to curse loudly.
He couldn't understand why Japanese bombers did not bomb Chinese troops, but stared at his troops and refused to let go.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
"Help!"
"Save me!" Many British soldiers were bombed everywhere. Now all they could do was shout help on the ground. Such people were lucky and had the chance to make a sound. Many British soldiers were not even in their bodies after being bombed!
There are also many British soldiers who can only hide in the ditches on both sides of the road, while some soldiers hide in the craters where Japan had just dropped the aviation bombs. Now they can only find ways to hide themselves.
On the road, many of the British vehicles were bombed. Although the anti-aircraft guns on the ground could threaten Japanese bombers, they could not stop Japanese bombers from dropping bombs on the road below.
"Commander, this won't work. When we return to India, there will probably be few soldiers reads;!" A major general lay beside Slim and said to Slim.
"Damn it, what can we do now? If we don't go back, where can we go? We must go back and strengthen the defense line over there." Slim shouted loudly.
He knew that this Japanese bombing brought huge casualties to his troops, and he did not want to see such casualties, but he also knew that India must not allow the Japanese to occupy it. Now Japan has occupied Australia under their British control. If it is also occupied, then there will be no colonies in the direction of Asia.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The planes in the sky were still bombing, while the British troops on the ground could only shoot with anti-aircraft guns, and some soldiers fired at the sky with heavy machine guns. This also had to wait for the bomber to descend. If they did not descend, they would have no chance at all.
The Japanese planes bombed about 10 minutes before evacuating. In these 10 minutes, Japan lost about 5 bombers, but the effect was very great. The vehicles were burning on the entire road, and there were corpses of British troops everywhere on both sides of the road. They were all killed by the bombing.
"Damn it, hurry up, rescue the wounded. Lift it into the forest, hurry up!" Slim crawled out after seeing the British troops retreat, shouted loudly, and the uninjured British soldiers also began to help.
"Commander, what should we do? Japanese planes will still come. Moreover, Japanese planes will come alone. We are not worried, but if the ground infantry comes, we will be in trouble. Now our soldiers are very tired. We can't continue to force the march, let alone war." A major general said to Slim.
"Damn it, don't tell me this. Now treat the wounded first!" Slim shouted irritably.
Of course he knew what his troops were doing now, but he had no other choice and could only take the soldiers back.
"Commander, if we continue like this, we will not be able to reach India at all. I dare say that the Japanese troops may have set out now. China has deceived us. They are not in Yindu, and they may have withdrawn!" The major general also shouted loudly.
Because the casualties of the troops were too great, from the beginning, 130,000 people can be intact now, and there may be no more than 30,000 people. Most of them are dead, and there are still 20,000 or 30,000 seriously injured. In addition, the cars are almost burned, so they don’t know how to get the wounded back.
"What do you think of doing? Go back? Or is it here? Can we continue to go back? Are we waiting for death when we stay here?" Slim shouted at the major general. After calling, he left the major general and ignored it and continued to walk forward. He wanted to see his troops.
"Damn it!" the major general cursed, as if they had no other choice but to go back.
"Report, the Air Force sent a report that the bomber has completed the bombing mission, and the bombing effect is very good!" A consultant came to Okamura Nishi and reported.
"Yoxi, order them to continue bombing, not only to bomb the British troops on the road, but also to the forests on both sides of the road, but also to bomb. Now the British troops will not march for a short time, and they will hide their troops in the forest.
Continue to carry out the bombing mission, we cannot let the British troops return to India. Once we return to India, it will increase the difficulty of our attack on India!" Okamura Yanji nodded with satisfaction when he heard the staff's words, and started to order again.
He wanted the Air Force to continue bombing British troops, and even if he could not wipe out them all, he would kill most of their troops.
"Come here, send a telegram to Yoshiro Iida and ask him if he could draw 10,000 people from the 18th Division to chase British troops. They are safe during the day, and Hu Bin's troops dare not come out. If he marched now, he might not be able to catch up with British troops until night.
If they attack the British troops, Hu Bin may not chase them. Even if they chase them, it doesn’t matter. As long as we kill the British troops, we will win. Hu Bin has no choice but to do anything to us!" Okamura Nishi sat there and thought for a while and said reads;.
He felt that the bomber might not be able to wipe out the British troops. If there were ground troops to cooperate in combat, the effect might be better. However, when Hu Bin's troops were in Banmao, if the troops were dispatched now, Hu Bin's troops would definitely know it. However, Okamura Yanji evaluated it in his heart and felt that this risky adventure was worth it.
First, Hu Bin dared not let his troops come out to attack the 18th Division during the day. Second, if Hu Bin's troops attack at night, then their 18th Division's troops may have been fighting against British troops.
Although Hu Bin's troops have passed and the 18th Division's troops may be wiped out, the British troops are probably not much better. Now his purpose is to kill the British troops and not let them go back.
Therefore, Okamura Yasuji wanted to use about 10,000 Japanese troops to exchange for the complete annihilation of British troops. It would be even better if Hu Bin's troops could be drawn out.
Soon, Yoshijiro Iida received a telegram from Okamura Yasuji.
"What, go chase the British, this!" Iida Yoshiro was resting, but after being awakened by the staff, he looked at the telegram and was stunned.
"Commander, the 18th Division fought one night last night, and today it was going to march again during the day, and now it was to mobilize them to chase the British troops. I think this is not enough, and their physical strength is too strong. Moreover, they were defeated last night, so morale has a great impact!" The Chief of Staff looked at Yoshijiro Iida and said.
"Damn it, I know, sending a telegram to the headquarters. Now the 18th Division is exhausted and it is impossible to execute such an order. We have no other troops to send!" Iida Xiangjiro said, saying that he meant to give up the order to execute this battle.
"By the way, Commander, the 25th Army had a brigade unit back to Benqiang to rest. They had been resting in Benqiang for 2 days, so the commander-in-chief could order them to go there!" The Chief of Staff suddenly thought that a brigade unit of the 25th Army had a brigade unit resting in Benqiang, and immediately suggested to Iida Xiangerro.
"Yoxi, add one more sentence. Now the 25th Army has a brigade unit in the Benqiang, so you can order them to go there." Iida Xiangjiro nodded and said.
"Hi!" The Chief of Staff nodded, while Yoshijiro Iida lay down and continued to rest.
After receiving the telegram from Yoshiji Iida, Okamura immediately sent a telegram to Yamashita Fengfu, ordering the troops of Hon Qiang to catch up with the British troops.
Yamashita Fengwen received the order and immediately ordered the 58th Brigade of the 56th Division stationed in the Qiang to catch up with the troops fleeing towards India.
The 58th Brigade under the 56th Division is mainly mechanized troops, with tanks, cars and a large number of motorized troops. At the same time, the 56th Division is also very good at fighting jungle warfare. This unit is very powerful. Now that he has received the order from Fengwen of Yamao, the troops set off immediately and began to pursue Banmao.
"Report, Commander Li, the telegram from the Special Forces Regiment, Japan dispatched a brigade troops from Ben Qiang, and is now marching northeast. The target may be Ban Mao or Indian troops!" A special forces Regiment's staff stood up and said to Li Dalong.
"What? Japan dispatched a brigade troops? Go to Banmao?" Li Dalong stood up in surprise, took the telegram, and looked carefully.
"Hamad, what do you want to do? A brigade unit is heading towards Banmao, looking for death?" Li Dalong said while touching his head.
"Come on, go and call the commander up and sleep in the command center. There are many things happening now!" Li Dalong didn't dare to make a judgment easily, so he needed to call Hu Bin. After a while, Hu Bin walked into the command center in a daze and went to the recliner.
"Commander, look, Japan dispatched a brigade troops and is now marching towards Banmao!" Li Dalong took the telegram and said to Hu Bin.
"What is the goal?" Hu Bin asked, lying there with his eyes closed.
Chapter completed!