Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

855th Armored Division advances

To put it bluntly, Ye Qingshan asked Zhou Pingkou to quickly open such a gap in the defense line of the Japanese Fifth Division.

The purpose was to allow the armored division to pass through first and pursue the main force of the Japanese Guards Division that escaped a few days ago.

At this time, one of the four main divisions of the 25th Army led by the old Japanese devil Yamashita Tomoyuki was almost wiped out, and one was besieged by the British army on the Malay Peninsula.

Ye Qingshan must defeat the remaining two most elite divisions in this battle.

On June 5th, the armored division was assembled.

Under the command of the division commander Zhangfa, they quickly passed through a narrow mountain road that had been urgently repaired, crossed the pass, and advanced eastward.

"Division Commander, the commander's latest order."

A combat staff officer ran over and reported to Zhang Fa.

"explain."

"The commander said that the accurate intelligence was sent by the Allies.

It has been confirmed that the Japanese Imperial Guards Division has withdrawn to the area around the capital of Siam.

The commander has ordered Commander Lu's New 1st Division to hold back the Japanese Guards Division.

The commander ordered our division to advance as quickly as possible to the vicinity of the Siamese capital and join up with the New 1st Division.

Annihilate the Japanese Imperial Guard Division."

“Zhang, you can call your commander back.

Tell Commander Ye that we will meet up with the New 1st Division in three days at most.

This Imperial Guards Division of the Japanese Army cannot escape."

Before Zhang Fa could say anything, a blond American colonel next to him spoke first.

Speaks broken Chinese.

As the most powerful armored unit under Ye Qingshan's expeditionary force.

Zhang Fa was recently appointed by Ye Qingshan as the new commander of this armored division.

Moreover, during this period of time, the Americans added more Sherman tanks and Greyhound light armored vehicles to their armored divisions.

Make Ye Qingshan's armored division even more powerful.

As the new commander, Zhang Fa also urgently needs to make their armored division fight a good battle in this battle to prove their strength.

The most elite Guards Division of the Japanese 25th Army was their best target.

“Mike.

It is unlikely that we will reach the Mangu area in three days.

The distance between them is more than 300 kilometers.

Three days is too short.

It will take at least five days.”

Zhang Fa shook his head.

Mike is a senior officer in the US military who is proficient in armored warfare.

He was also an officer sent by General Stilwell to cooperate with Ye Qingshan's armored division in combat.

Because, along with the expeditionary armored division, there was also an armored battalion of the US military.

Ye Qingshan's expeditionary armored division was almost entirely copied from the design of the US armored division, and this US armored battalion was their instructor.

“It’s only 300 kilometers.

Will it take another five days?"

Mike was very dissatisfied with Zhangfa's answer.

“Mike, if it’s 300 kilometers on the plain.

If there is no enemy blocking us, we can reach the destination in two days.

However, the terrain here in Siam is more complex.

There are mountains, jungles and lots of rivers.

When the Japanese army retreated, if they blew up the bridge, we would have our engineers build a bridge across the river.

It takes too much time.

Therefore, our daily marching distance will probably not exceed 80 kilometers.

This is still an ideal situation.

Therefore, it is better for us to be conservative when reporting to the commander.

Otherwise, it will affect the commander's judgment of the subsequent combat situation."

After hearing this, Mike was a little surprised and said, "The Japanese army will blow up the bridges along the way?

This is impossible.

If they do this, their troops in the western mountains will also lose supplies.

Isn't that waiting to die? "

Zhang Fa smiled bitterly. It was obvious that Mike still didn't understand enough about the madness of the Japanese devils in combat.

The situation was very clear, from the moment the Japanese Guards Division retreated.

The Japanese Fifth Division, which remained in the western mountainous area, had actually been abandoned.

The more than 20,000 Japanese devils in the western mountains had no intention of retreating or obtaining supplies.

They are all death warriors, which is something the Americans cannot understand.

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"Five days? That's too slow."

Ye Qingshan was also dissatisfied after receiving the news.

He knew very well that after more than a week, more than 20,000 elite Japanese soldiers from the Japanese Imperial Guards Division had retreated to the Mangu area.

Already engaged in battle with Lu Dahai's New 1st Division.

Although Ye Qingshan still couldn't figure out what the old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki's purpose was in transferring the Imperial Guards Division back.

But in order to prevent any further complications, Ye Qingshan still hoped that the battle could be resolved quickly.

"Tell them to send an armored battalion first and march at the fastest speed.

Rush over first to support the New 1st Division.

The new 1st Division needs an armored force to cooperate with it.

Their main armored divisions can move more slowly."

Half a day later, the armored division, which had just walked out of the mountains, encountered its first trouble.

A rushing river appeared in front of them, and the bridge over it was indeed blown up by the withdrawing Japanese Guards Division.

"Oh my god, the Japanese army is really crazy.

They actually blew up the bridge.”

Mike looked in front of him and was surprised to see a stone bridge that had been blown up.

The arrangement was not surprising, and engineers were immediately arranged to start building a bridge.

It was not until the evening that the engineer bridge was built, and Zhang Fa immediately arranged for an elite armored battalion to cross the bridge first.

Then, let them march towards Mangu all night without stopping.

Arrive first and meet up with the New 1st Division.