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"Commander, is this the reinforcement you mentioned? Xu's army? This tank is too powerful!"

Commander An didn't understand the temper of his own guard battalion commander. He couldn't move when he saw something good. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why? You want it?"

"Yes, I want one! Not many, just one will be enough!"

"Don't daydream. It's not easy to get such a good tank. Xu's army is really powerful. They actually have 10 tanks. Now we don't have to be afraid of the Japanese! Yonghe County can be saved!"

There was no response to Commander An's words, so he looked at the commander of the guard battalion in confusion, only to see him staring blankly at the back with his eyes wide open and his mouth big enough to fit a potato.

Puzzled, he looked behind him again, and he became the same as the guard...

I saw that there were dense black dots behind my position, and then these black dots approached rapidly.

They were all tanks that were exactly the same as the previous ones, as well as armored vehicles that looked similar to tanks and were also huge in size.

Commander An was completely stunned. He thought to himself, he just mentioned that Xu's army only had 10 tanks. He couldn't help but sigh that Young Marshal Xu must have gone through a lot of hardships to get these tanks. But what about now? There are not 10 tanks at all. If you count carefully, there must be more than 100 tanks!

His eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

"Commander, what is that thing over there with a gun barrel? Is it also a tank?" The soldier's tone was filled with confusion and surprise.

The commander looked in the direction the soldier pointed and frowned slightly, "It should be. Maybe it's their light tank."

There was a hint of uncertainty in his voice, as if he was also unfamiliar and confused by this newly appeared armored vehicle.

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The arrivals were none other than the 1st Armored Regiment, which was the first to set out from Shanxi Province, and the 1st Battalion of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment.

They set out on June 6th, and traveled day and night, tossing and turning all the way. Finally, after seven days, they arrived in Kunming on the 20th.

After arriving in Kunming, they only rested for half a day. Fortunately, the chairman of Yunnan Province had been waiting in Kunming for many days and prepared food and fuel drawn from all over the province. Only then could the tanks and armored vehicles be replenished and rush to the front line in time.

The tank regiment naturally encountered unprecedented difficulties, that is, the roads in Yunnan Province were really difficult to travel. The Burma Road was considered the best road, but the road surface was only 4 meters wide, just enough for tanks to pass.

If there is an oncoming car, you can only wait in a wide area every few hundred meters for one car to pass.

In this way, with the cooperation of the military and civilians of Yunnan Province, the armored regiment took two days and two nights to reach Yongping County despite its full force.

"We finally made it. If we were half an hour late, we would be in trouble!"

Zhu Zhaolan, now the regiment commander, stood on a jeep and sighed as he looked at the battlefield filled with smoke.

The battle was even more brutal than he had imagined. The bodies of Tang soldiers were everywhere, but the bodies of the Japanese were very few. This showed that the situation was one-sided.

"Even if we are half an hour late, with our heavy firepower, even if the Japanese take Shanyang and occupy Yongping County, we can still easily recapture it!"

Zhu Zhaolan is already a thorough military officer. What he thinks is completely different from that of an ordinary soldier and he has a sense of the overall situation.

He squinted at the guard beside him and shouted angrily: "You know nothing. Yongping County is our Tang territory. If we attack by force, it will definitely cause losses to the people. Time is very precious to us soldiers. Even if we arrive one minute earlier, we can avoid a lot of losses!"

"Yes, the captain taught me a lesson!"

Zhu Zhaolan looked at the battlefield through the telescope and saw that it was almost calm, so he said, "Let's go to the front and take a look. Go and find the commander of the army guarding here!"

Ten minutes later, Commander An came to Zhu Zhaolan with a tired body.

As the head of an army, a lieutenant general of the army, he personally came to meet with the colonel regiment commander who was several ranks lower than him. If this were told to others, no one would believe it.

But Commander An did not show any emotion.

"I have heard that the 88th Army is the elite division of our Tang Dynasty, famous for its iron torrent, and wherever it goes, it makes the enemy tremble with fear. Today I see that it is indeed worthy of its reputation. An, thank you all for saving my life!"

"General An, there is no need to thank me. Defending the country and guarding the border is the duty of us soldiers. There is no 88th Army here, only the Xu Family Army! I am Colonel Zhu Zhaolan, the commander of the 176st Armored Regiment of the 1th Armored Division of the Xu Family Army. The current situation is still unclear, and other matters will be discussed later. Please tell me the current situation in detail, General An."

Commander An was stunned, not knowing if it was an illusion, but he felt the aura of a superior from this young man in front of him who looked only 20 years old. Although it was only for a moment, he still felt it.

This aura is no weaker than that of him, who has been a military commander for several years.

"Well, let me first talk about the Japanese troops across from Shanyang! Seven days ago, the main force of the Japanese 7th Division crossed the Nujiang River and occupied Baoshan County in just two days. Then in the early morning of this morning, the Japanese planes and artillery began to bombard our Shanyang positions, and the infantry crossed the Lancang River in the early morning fog.

Afterwards, our army started a battle for position with the 55th and 8th Regiments of the Japanese!"

At this point, a trace of sadness flashed in General An's eyes; "Alas, although our army has several times more troops than the enemy, we are still suffering from the shortage of heavy weapons and limited ammunition. After one day of fierce fighting, the casualties have reached 5,000 soldiers, and the deputy general has also died for the country!"

Perhaps because he had never experienced the situation of insufficient ammunition and heavy weapons, Zhu Zhaolan simply comforted him: "General An, there is no need to be like this. The friendly troops did not sacrifice in vain, they are all heroes. Now that my Xu family army is here, even if the devils have great abilities, they can't even think of moving forward!"

Commander An nodded calmly. If someone else had said it, he would definitely not believe it, but the commander Zhu in front of him had hundreds of tanks under his command, and he believed it without a doubt.

"I received an order from my superiors yesterday. Once your troops arrive, I will hand over the task of defending the line to you. All our soldiers will obey your command and resolutely protect the territory of the Tang Dynasty!"

Zhu Zhaolan was stunned. Why didn’t he receive the order to take over the Yunnan Army?

It’s not that he didn’t want to accept the Yunnan Army. In terms of military quality, the Yunnan Army was very strong, but it lacked weapons and ammunition.

"General An, I wonder if the higher-ups you're talking about are the Military Commission or the Chairman of Yunnan Province?"

Commander An gave Zhu Zhaolan a look that was full of mystery and said, "The superior of my 60th Army is naturally the Chairman of Yunnan Province. As for what the higher-level bigwigs think, that is not for me to ask. I just need to obey the military orders!"

Zhu Zhaolan understood immediately, and then thought of what his cousin said when he appointed him. He also thought about why Xu's army had so many troops, but chose to let his Tank Regiment 1 set off first!

Logically speaking, given Yunnan Province's terrain, not to mention that the motorized infantry regiment is the most suitable for combat, even if the mechanized infantry regiment is allowed to arrive first, the combat effect it can achieve will be stronger than that of a pure tank regiment.

"I see. The troops that enter the battlefield first can gain the favor of friendly forces and get some unexpected gains. My cousin gave this task to me. This is a mission assigned to me!"

Thinking in his mind, Zhu Zhaolan showed a faint smile.

"Okay, Commander An, let my regiment take over the defense of Shanyang for now. Your troops should temporarily withdraw to Yongping County to rest and recuperate. We brought some supplies with us so that the soldiers can have a good meal and a good sleep. We will notify you when there is a need!"

"Okay, I will lead the soldiers to withdraw now, and the position will be officially handed over to you!"

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