The War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country

英印第 4 师第 5 装甲旅 70 多辆坦克，50 多辆装甲车，加上仓库调出来的美式 24 辆 M3 坦克和 18 辆 M1 装甲车，一个营的步兵，很快开到驻印军机动纵队隐蔽地。

Brigadier General Wells met with Lieutenant Colonel Wang Congwu and Lieutenant Colonel Robert, who were in charge of the command. Although General Khalid had repeatedly stressed before departure that he must obey the Chinese Lieutenant Colonel's command completely, Wells was still shocked to see Lieutenant Colonel Wang Congwu, a young Chinese officer. He couldn't help but worry, would the Chinese betray him?

Wang Congwu clearly read Wells's thoughts from his eyes, but he ignored them. After they got to know each other, Wang Congwu shared his battle plan with Wells. The troops would depart in an hour, led by the 200th Division's Armored Reconnaissance Company. Lieutenant Colonel Robert led the Indian Army's Armored Tank Regiment in the vanguard. The new 22nd Division and the 200th Division's Armored Battalion would form the center, with the British Indian Army's 5th Brigade following in the rear. They would make a detour from the right flank and attack the Japanese garrison and rearguard units outside Haflon.

Wang's arrangements had taken care of Wells' 5th Brigade, and Wells had no objection. After all, if things went wrong, the 5th Brigade could completely break away from this force and act on its own.

After the search company set out, Robert's armored tank regiment, with 50 tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles, followed, along with units of the new 22nd and 200th Divisions led by Wang Congwu. By this time, some of Wang Congwu's jeeps were already equipped with rocket launchers and gas cannons, and they were advancing in a dusty manner.

Wells watched all this unfold from the sidelines. He had already learned from General Khalid that it was these strange devices that had repelled the frenzied Japanese attack. Seeing Luo and Wang already on their way, Wells, without a second thought, immediately led the 5th Brigade to follow. Inwardly, he was eagerly anticipating a brilliant victory in this operation. It was also his best chance for a rapid promotion.

A column composed of hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles was like a steel torrent, rushing towards the Japanese army. This was the first time that the Allies had gathered such a large armored force in the Eastern Front. Just as Major General Khalid said, Wang Congwu and others were implementing another "German Iron Fist" operation!

After advancing approximately 10 kilometers, the forward search company encountered the 143rd Regiment, which was resuming its attack on Haflon Railway Station. After a brief exchange of fire, Company Commander Zhao Zheliang immediately led his troops in a retreat, reporting promptly to Luo and Wang. Wang acted decisively, ordering Robert to lead his armored tank regiment to engage the enemy head-on, while units from the new 22nd and 200th Divisions launched a flanking attack from the left. Simultaneously, Wang informed Wells that the 5th Brigade could, if they had time, make a flanking move on the right. Wang Congwu's plan was simple: utilize the powerful mechanized corps to completely and utterly annihilate the 143rd Regiment.

Kobayashi Mitsuo also received the report from the front. He saw this as an enemy search operation, which clearly had no meaning in his large-scale attack. He immediately ordered the 1st Battalion to send a small team to search and chase the enemy in the direction of their escape. After calculating the distance, he ordered the accompanying divisional heavy artillery battalion to establish artillery positions on the spot, ready to bombard the British and Indian troops in the direction of the railway station at any time.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire came from the front, and soon the remnants of the team that went to search and drive away retreated. Then, thick smoke billowed, and a large number of local tanks and armored forces appeared in his eyes.

Kobayashi now had his own armored unit, expanded from the original 143rd Regiment's tank squadron and captured British and Indian tanks. Disdainful of the British and Indian tanks, Kobayashi immediately ordered his own tanks to meet them, while simultaneously ordering the 2nd and 3rd Battalions to make a flanking movement. He was determined to annihilate this enemy armored unit that dared to attack him!

Kobayashi even thought that capturing enemy tanks and armor would expand the combat capabilities of his own troops. Sato even dreamed of fully mechanizing the 143rd Regiment.

The Indian Army's tank regiment, a joint force of Chinese and American soldiers, possessed a combat awareness and capabilities far superior to the staid, old-fashioned British and Indian forces. Robert personally led an M3 tank at the forefront, while over 50 tanks, alternating in a diamond formation, charged towards the Japanese, like a herd of steel behemoths, fiercely descending upon the enemy. Artillery fire roared incessantly, hammering down the Japanese tank formations.

The accompanying armored vehicles followed closely behind, ready to deploy their soldiers to guard the tanks and prevent sneak attacks from Japanese anti-tank infantry. Several jeeps equipped with M2 heavy machine guns had already moved to the commanding heights and were pouring a continuous hail of bullets on the Japanese infantry that were flanking them.

The battlefield was thick with smoke and dust. Under the brutal coercion of the Japanese army, the British and Indian soldiers in the Japanese tank unit also displayed extraordinary fighting power. The two sides fought back and forth, and each side suffered casualties. The battlefield was filled with a tense atmosphere, like the calm before the storm.

Kobayashi Mitsuo obviously sensed the difference in this enemy force and had a bad feeling. He immediately ordered the artillerymen who had established their positions to fire at the enemy echelons, but the Japanese artillerymen were wary of injuring their own men, so the bombardment was weak and their movements were restricted.

At this time, Wang Congwu, leading the tank and armored battalions and special operations battalions of the new 22nd and 200th Divisions, had already made a detour. While the tank battalions attacked the 2nd Battalion on the Japanese left flank, the special operations battalions quickly unloaded and installed over ten rocket launchers, adjusting their angles. Having already gained experience with their first artillery attack, their speed was significantly increased. Their deployment was quickly completed. Wang Congwu surveyed the battlefield and immediately ordered the attack to begin.

There was a burst of rapid artillery fire from the special operations battalion's position. Surrounded by thick smoke and dust, countless flames flew out rapidly. A large number of dense artillery shells flew in arcs and flew into the Japanese artillery position at high speed.

"Boom boom boom boom boom--", the Japanese artillery was shrouded in flames, and the rising and falling sounds of explosions were accompanied by the huge explosions of the detonated Japanese artillery shells. The entire Japanese artillery was destroyed almost in an instant!

Just as Mitsuo Kobayashi was stunned, a huge "whoosh" sound was heard again, and a gas tank bomb fell accurately into the infantry group in front of Mitsuo Kobayashi.

"Boom--", the violent explosion knocked Kobayashi to the ground 200 meters away. Before Kobayashi woke up from his fear, another shell flew over with a sharp "whoosh" sound.

"Run!" The brigade staff officer Koizumi Taki immediately realized that he was powerless to resist, so he hugged Kobayashi and rolled and crawled, stumbling and retreating backwards.

"Boom!" The massive explosion and the resulting powerful airflow knocked the two men down once again. Koizumi staggered to his feet and walked over to his superior. By this point, Kobayashi was bleeding profusely, clearly dying! Koizumi couldn't care less, immediately abandoning Kobayashi Mitsuo and fleeing alone.