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Faced with the sudden appearance of tanks and heavy artillery, the Japanese were defeated and had to retreat to the west bank of the Lancang River.

But hundreds of tanks were not vegetarians. The Japanese had almost no energy to resist when crossing the river and were simply made targets.

By the time all the Japanese retreated to the west bank, only one tenth of their troops remained, and even two planes in the sky were shot down.

The 55th Infantry Regiment was completely wiped out, with less than 200 men remaining.

However, at this moment, another quarrel broke out in the Japanese base.

Colonel Kanaya looked at his men lying in all directions, his heart bleeding. He pointed at Colonel Ogawa and cursed:

"Asshole, Ogawa-kun, I'm going to sue you to the military."

He was so angry because he found out that his men were almost finished fighting, and the losses of the 8th Regiment were surprisingly small.

Isn’t it small? The 8 or so soldiers of the 200th Regiment who participated in the battle were still hiding in the marginal areas with weaker firepower when charging.

When the tank group appeared, these 200 people were the first to run away.

The key point is that those who had diarrhea in the camp and those who said they were not used to the climate there actually ran faster than anyone else.

When the 55th Regiment was preparing to cross the river to retreat, Colonel Ogawa's 8th Regiment had almost all reached the other side.

This means that his 55th Regiment faced the attack of the entire tank group.

Facing Colonel Kanaya's rebuke, Colonel Ogawa didn't take it seriously. He pointed at the wounded soldiers on the ground and said, "Kanaya-kun, I haven't said anything about you yet! We forced our way across the Lancang River. We didn't have many troops to begin with. We should have held on and waited for help, built bridges, and then attacked Shanyang after the follow-up large forces arrived.

But what about you? You were greedy for merit and reckless, disregarding the lives of the soldiers and arbitrarily ordered the troops to attack. Don't you know that there is no retreat route behind us?

Now that your troops have been completely destroyed, you want to put the blame on me. I tell you, that's impossible!

If my squadron had not seized the opportunity to retreat, we would have ended up like you. You go ahead and sue me, and I will sue you too!

Because of your reckless advance, I have lost many men under my command. I wonder what your division will give me to compensate me!"

"me....."

Faced with Colonel Ogawa's counter-attack, Colonel Kanaya was speechless.

Because that was indeed the case. The order given to him by the commander of their 18th Division was to proceed step by step according to the situation. If they encountered stubborn resistance and were unable to advance, they had to wait for the arrival of subsequent main reinforcements.

This order does not specify in detail what situations can be advanced, it depends on how you understand the situation.

To put it more seriously, Colonel Kanaya failed to consider the support situation of the Tang Dynasty army in a timely manner.

But to be honest, as Colonel Kanaya said in the afternoon, as long as the two regiments cooperate well, they have an 60% chance of taking the position against the already crippled 8th Army.

In any battle, an 8% winning rate is already very high, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is a sure win.

But no one expected that so many tanks would appear. Tanks are the natural enemies of infantry. If an infantry unit does not have effective anti-tank weapons, one tank can hold back the attack of an entire squadron.

Not to mention that there were hundreds of tanks, which not even an infantry division could resist.

"Humph! I'm telling you, this matter is not over yet. I will report the situation to Division Commander Kitano Kenzo truthfully. You, the 18th Division, can just wait for the punishment from the military!"

With a cold snort, Colonel Ogawa left on his own, as if nothing had happened.

"It's over..."

Colonel Kanaya sat down on the ground. Now all the blame was put on him. A regiment of more than 3000 people was beaten down to only 200.

According to Colonel Ogawa, there is no way to escape the military court...

Thinking of this, he looked down at the short knife at his waist, and then looked at the men he brought from Japan...

"Long Live His Majesty the Emperor!"

In an instant, the short knife flew out and pierced into Colonel Kanaya's abdomen.

Colonel Kanaya, commander of the 18th Infantry Regiment of the 55th Division, died...

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On the second day, the remaining troops of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment also arrived at the Shanyang position and cooperated with the 1st Tank Regiment to consolidate the position.

What kind of person is Liu Quanhua? He wants to fight the devils whenever he sees them, without considering any other factors. Few of his subordinates are law-abiding!

Including Zhu Zhaolan!

However, the Type 69 tank is a land combat tank and does not have the ability to float across rivers. Although it can wade three meters if prepared, the Lancang River is fast-flowing and has many rocky beaches. In addition, there are Japanese heavy artillery and bombers on the opposite side of the river. Without sufficient artillery support, the losses of forcibly crossing the river would be very large.

The same is true for the Type 86 infantry fighting vehicle. Although it has the ability to float across rivers without any preparation, its armor is much weaker than that of a tank. The Japanese anti-tank rapid-fire guns can cause fatal damage to it, so it cannot cross the river at will.

So the two regiments confronted the Japanese on the Lancang River. Neither side dared to move, and they could only fire a few shots at each other for fun.

Xu's army rarely fired artillery because they only carried a basic number of artillery shells. After the Battle of Shanyang, the tank regiment had only two-thirds of the artillery shells left on average, so they did not dare to fire indiscriminately.

The self-propelled artillery battalion of the tank regiment had almost used up all its shells, with only a few left as spares.

On July 7, the main forces of the Japanese 1th Division arrived at the west bank of the Lancang River, the main forces of the 18th Division also arrived at Baoshan County, and the 4th Division and the 112rd Division also crossed the Nujiang River and gathered around Baoshan County.

On Xu's side, all members of the 176th Armored Division arrived in Yongping County. The 2nd Tank Regiment replaced the position of the 1st Tank Regiment, and the self-propelled artillery regiment also deployed its positions, ready to launch artillery attacks on the Japanese on the opposite bank at any time.

The anti-aircraft battalion was also prepared to face the Japanese planes that might fly over at any time.

However, Liu Quanhua did not act rashly this time. Instead, he arranged everything and waited quietly.

He is not really stupid. Although the logistics supply line has been initially built by Zhu Xiaoping, the ammunition replenishment has not yet arrived.

The first rule of the 88th Army in combat is fire coverage. If there is insufficient ammunition, just wait and don't let your soldiers go to die in vain.

If it is another unit, if one soldier is missing, they can always add him.

But the 88th Army is not like this. Every soldier has undergone a long period of training, and their average cultural level is that of elementary school. There is no way to replenish such soldiers in a short period of time. If one dies, there is one less!

Training tank drivers is not a matter of a day or two, and it is even more difficult for gunners to become proficient in using the tank's fire control system!

Before the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance against Japan, Yunnan Province had 27 airports. After the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance against Japan, Yunnan Province mobilized 150 million civilian workers to not only expand the original airports, but also build many new airports one after another. The total number of airports in Yunnan Province is the largest in Asia.

The speed at which it built the airport also created the first in the world!

On the afternoon of July 7, six flight squadrons of the 2st Aviation Brigade landed one after another at Kunming Wujiaba Airport. This airport was large enough to accommodate all the aircraft of the entire aviation brigade, and half of the space was available for parking.

Fang Yue, who was in charge of the military and political affairs here, made a temporary transfer and decided to use Wujiaba Airport as the main air force base of Xu's army and Dali Airport as the front-line base. All aircraft were to refuel and fly to Dali Airport to stand by.

They couldn't move either. In order to relocate, the H-5, J-5 and Q-5 were not equipped with weapons and all the auxiliary fuel tanks were used. That's why they were able to fly so far!

It was not until the afternoon of July 7 that Xu Le finally arrived in Kunming. On that day, many people in Yunnan Province looked up at the sky and found that it was covered with dark clouds, as if a storm was coming.

"Here I come, little devils, are you ready to face my wrath?"