The War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country

"Boom!" A 155mm grenade exploded near Cai Yong's command post, extinguishing the lights and sending telegrams, maps, and other paperwork flying in the blast. Luo Yong wiped the dust off the table with his sleeve, picked up the map, and spread it out again on the table.

"Boom——" another bomb exploded at a farther distance, shaking the beams on the command post. Dirt fell down and covered the area on the map that Luo Yong was paying attention to!

"Damn it, that damn 155mm howitzer, it's like they're asking me to stop doing anything!"

Luo Yong wiped the dirt and dust off with his sleeve in annoyance. After a moment's thought, he picked up the phone, shook it vigorously a few times, and then said to the other party, "Connect to the tank company!"

The tank chain was quickly connected, and Joseph's broken Chinese voice came to my ears: "Boss, are you looking for me?"

Cai Yong said angrily: "Is there nothing to do but chat with you? Come over here quickly, Command post, there is a task, immediately!"

"Yes!"

Over the past few months, the commanders of the 1st Army, a mixed force of China, the United States and Britain, have been forced to learn Chinese and English from each other, and both sides can now communicate in simple terms using this mixed language.

Captain Joseph and his deputy, Lieutenant Zhou Huaihua, quickly arrived at Cai Yong's headquarters. Joseph casually saluted Luo and asked, "Boss, what mission is it that requires my Selected to be deployed? Don't tell me it's to counter-attack the Japanese infantry!"

Cai Yong was not surprised by this and didn't bother to talk to him. He waved them towards his map and pointed to the place he had circled. "The Japanese heavy artillery is really annoying. I think it should be in this area. I want to organize a commando team to take it out!"

Cai Yong was worried that Joseph might not understand, so he gestured to Zhou Huaihua to translate for him. Before Zhou could speak, Joseph immediately became excited and said, "Boss, good idea! Leave this to our tank company!"

Zhou repeated his explanation in English. Cai Yong wanted to form an assault column with a tank company, a platoon from the engineering company, and the regimental special forces to launch a circuitous attack on the Japanese heavy artillery battalion.

Joseph was delighted and offered his own opinions. The three of them discussed the details of the operation, such as the deployment of troops and the route. At this time, Major Charlie Liu, the director of operations and special operations team leader, also arrived.

Joseph immediately muttered to himself when he saw the Chinese American: "It seems that Charlie is leading the team again. Isn't it for nothing?"

Charlie and Joseph seemed like natural enemies. Charlie said to Joseph in a cold tone, "What, do you want to pete with me for mand? My military rank is higher than yours. If you fight, you can't beat me. Listen to my mand obediently!"

"Boss, you must preside over Justice. Charlie is bullying people. It's obviously Discriminate!" Joseph immediately protested to Cai Yong.

Cai Yong thought to himself: Discriminate? Discrimination? When will the Americans protest against the Chinese for discriminating against white people?! Cai Yong thought this in his heart, but he said calmly: "Stop talking nonsense, listen carefully. Your mission is to attack the Japanese artillery battalion, especially those 155mm howitzers. Destroy them!"

"Yes! Yes!" several people answered decisively. Joseph even added a curse: "Do you!"

A column of 8 M2 Shermans, 10 M1 armored vehicles and 4 open jeeps formed a column. Under the cover of a sudden counterattack launched by the 112st Battalion of the 1th Regiment, they quickly rushed to the rear of the Japanese army from the flank. In order to cover the column's actions, Cai Yong ordered all the artillery of the regiment to open fire. High-explosive bombs, fragmentation bombs and smoke bombs were fired in a mixture, making the entire battlefield gray.

The other Japanese reinforcement battalion, not yet accustomed to the full American firepower, was immediately defeated by the 1st Battalion's frontal counterattack. They retreated to their own positions and continued to fire with light and heavy weapons in an attempt to suppress the enemy's counterattack.

The M2 Sherman tanks and M1 armored vehicles rushed at full speed towards the Japanese artillery positions. When the Japanese reacted, the column had rushed to within 500 meters of the Japanese artillery positions. Joseph could see the layout of the Japanese artillery positions through the tank observation port, especially the fire and smoke formed by the firing of the four 4 howitzers.

"The first row detoured from the left side, and the second row followed me head-on. Each vehicle group shot freely and destroyed the enemy cannon first! (The first row detoured from the left side, and the second row followed me head-on. Each vehicle group shot freely and destroyed the enemy cannon first!)"

"Boom boom boom boom--", 8 tanks fired their weapons in turn, and the shells landed accurately on the Japanese artillery positions. The huge explosion enveloped the Japanese artillery positions, and the Japanese artillerymen fled from the artillery positions and scattered!

The Japanese security squadron's light and heavy firepower also opened fire on the tanks. The 6.71 caliber rounds and 60mm grenade launchers barely scratched the Sherman tanks. Seeing this, the Japanese squadron leader, furious, ordered his men to charge forward with human bombs. By then, a platoon of special forces soldiers, already dismounted from the tanks, had deployed, alternating between covering the tanks' attack and advance. The dozen or so Japanese human bombers were accurately killed by the special forces before they could even reach the tanks!

Four jeeps, armed with four M4A4 machine guns, unleashed a hail of bullets at high speed on the Japanese blocking positions, crippling the Japanese security squadron. The remaining special forces soldiers, in armored vehicles, followed the tanks across the enemy lines and quickly advanced on the Japanese artillery positions. The engineering platoon quickly dismounted and placed a large amount of explosives around the unmanned Japanese artillery. Unfired shells were also collected and used as explosive additives.

The machine guns on the armored vehicles and jeeps continued to fire at the fleeing Japanese troops. Joseph's tank was on the Japanese guard squadron's position, constantly crushing the dirt, crushing and covering up the remaining Japanese troops...