The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

The final battle has begun.

Company commander Yin Zimin took the remaining thirty-odd soldiers in the company and more than sixty wounded soldiers from the entire regiment and voluntarily stayed behind to dig fortifications in the middle of the jungle trail in an attempt to stop the aggressive Japanese invaders.

Yin Zimin's company had only two Czech light machine guns, and the other soldiers and wounded soldiers only had Zhongzheng rifles and some grenades.

In this dense rainforest, these weak firepowers were simply unable to stop the crazy attacks of the Japs coming from all directions.

A Japanese Type 94 ultra-light tank roared over, and its steel tracks dug two deep grooves in the muddy ground after the rain.

The 7.7mm heavy machine gun in the tank's small turret kept firing wildly, and bullets rained down on the soldiers of the 66th Regiment.

Brave soldiers kept trying to raise their guns and shoot back at the Japanese, but unfortunately they fell under the machine gun fire of the Japanese tanks. The brave soldiers' bright red blood was spilled all over the foreign soil.

Seeing that the Japanese were about to break through the defense line with the help of tanks, the wounded soldiers who were determined to die began to pour gasoline on themselves.

They had already made preparations and would rather burn themselves than become prisoners of the Japanese.

"Captain, it's worth it to follow you from one place to another!"

As squad leader Zhou, who was in his thirties, spoke, he suddenly threw off his helmet and rolled out of the trench.

He crawled on the ground, holding the bundled wooden-handled grenades tightly in his arms, and slowly approached the Japanese tank.

"Da da da, da da da!" The Japanese machine gun fire swept like a storm, and two bloody holes were immediately shot on Squad Leader Zhou's legs.

The pain was excruciating, but he still rubbed his arms on the ground, moving his body with difficulty, trying to move forward.

"Bang!" With a gunshot, a Japanese soldier hit Squad Leader Zhou in the head with a Type 99 rifle. His body stiffened instantly and he could no longer move.

"Old Zhou!"

Yin Zimin was furious when he saw his comrades fall. He jumped up and rushed to the side of squad leader Zhou. He bent down to pick up the cluster grenade, lowered his body, and rushed towards the devil's "bean tank" with a roar.

"Da da da, da da da!" The Japanese tank's machine gun fired mercilessly, knocking Yin Zimin down on the way to charge. The constantly flowing blood dyed his military uniform red, and the company commander also left his life on foreign land.

The company commander and squad leader Zhou died in battle one after another. The soldiers witnessed this scene and fell into despair.

Without a leader, they seemed to see their inevitable tragic fate.

"boom!"

A cannon shot cut through the clamor of the battlefield.

A 75mm capped armor-piercing shell whizzed through the dense forest behind the soldiers of the 66th Regiment.

The Type 94 ultra-light tank's frontal armor, which was only 9 mm thick, seemed extremely fragile in the face of this ferocious shell and was easily penetrated in an instant.

The armor-piercing bullet continued to move forward at high speed, effortlessly penetrating the Japanese driver's head, cutting the Japanese tank commander in half, then penetrating the armor at the rear of the tank and finally flying out of the vehicle.

The shell's warhead hit the muddy ground, finally triggering the fuse and exploding with a loud bang. The flying shrapnel knocked down several Japanese soldiers around it.

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"Destroy one [Type 2 Ultra-Light Tank], and you'll gain 600 R&D points and 1500 Silver Lions. Kill two [Non-Commissioned Officers], and you'll gain 200 R&D points and 300 Silver Lions."

"Kill 3 [soldiers], increase R&D points by 120, and increase Silver Lions by 270."

The system's prompts rang in the ears of our protagonist Zhang Chi, and he sat in the commander's seat without distraction and continued to command the tank battle.

Through the commander's periscope, he saw that the Japanese tank did not explode after being hit by a shell.

The armor-piercing bullet only killed the two crew members in the vehicle, leaving two large black holes in the bean tank, one in front and one in the back.

When the soldiers of the 66th Regiment in front of Zhang Chi's tank saw the Japanese tank being stopped, they immediately cheered.

"It's reinforcements. They're coming with artillery to rescue us."

Amid the cheers of the soldiers, Zhang Chi commanded this strange tank, which had rows of steel pipes on its turret and looked top-heavy and round-headed, to slowly drive out of the dense forest.

As the tank slowly moved forward, Zhang Chi commanded the gunner to continuously fire the main gun at the Japanese troops.

One after another, 75mm high-explosive bombs exploded in the dense formation of the Japanese devils. The orange-yellow flames of the explosions were like camellia flowers, blooming all over the battlefield.

The dirt flew everywhere, and tropical vegetation as big as bowls was constantly overturned by the shock wave of the explosion, flying into the sky along with the broken arms and limbs of the Japanese soldiers.

"boom!"

Another artillery shell flew over, and countless shrapnel flew everywhere, hitting several Japanese soldiers with their butt curtains on their heads and making them full of holes.

"Okay, fire hard and kill these little bastards."

"An eye for an eye, blood for blood. Let the blood of that little beast dye this rainforest red."

The soldiers of the 66th Supplementary Regiment suddenly found a way out of the desperate situation. Seeing the Japanese being blown to pieces by the powerful artillery fire of the reinforcements, they all shouted excitedly.

The Japanese officers had previously led their troops in a intensive charge in order to break through the defense line of the 1st Company of the 66th Regiment, but now they paid a heavy price for it.

Each high-explosive round detonated, killing or wounding all the Japanese soldiers within a seven-meter radius. (The actual kill zone of a 75mm grenade was a rectangle, roughly 15m x 30m.)

After more than a dozen high-explosive bombs, the Japanese charging column had been reduced by more than half, and their broken bodies were lying all over the ground.

"Turn in! Turn in!"

Knowing that they had no anti-tank means, the Japanese officer immediately ordered a retreat.

Dozens of panicked Japanese soldiers retreated hastily in the aftermath of the explosion, retreating as quickly as a tide.

Xiao Dongbei, a veteran sergeant from Fengtian, turned around and didn't see the massive army he'd expected to charge back. Instead, he saw only a lone tank behind him. He muttered in confusion:

"Where are the reinforcements? Where is the main force? Why is there only one chariot?"

Our protagonist, Zhang Chi opened the hatch of the tank commander's tower, stuck his head out and shouted loudly.

"There are no other reinforcements. I'm all alone."

The other soldiers didn't care about that. They just thought that the steel monster in front of them was very novel and much larger than the "little guys" (Mao-aided T-26 light tanks) of the 200th Division of the Fifth Army that they had seen before.

"Is this monster the legendary heavy chariot?"

"Oh my goodness, this thing is huge. One is bigger than three Japanese tanks."

"Staff Officer Zhang, you're really capable of getting such a big thing!"

"Xiao Dongbei, Xiao Dongbei, look at that gun barrel. You can even fit your arm in it."

"Staff Officer Zhang, what's that thing on top of this iron turtle?"

The surviving soldiers of the 66th Regiment gathered around the "Organ" Sherman (US military designation: T34 multiple rocket launcher) excitedly, shouting in unison.

Zhang Chi stood in the commander's tower, half of his body leaning out, an unlit Camel cigarette in his mouth, looking at the blue sky in the distance with melancholy, and only felt that they were noisy.

After defeating the Japanese in front of him, where should he go next as a time traveler in this foreign rainforest?

[Congratulations to the host for participating in the first battle. Reward: a 'Level III Land Combat Gold Vehicle Exchange Voucher']

The sudden system prompt interrupted his thoughts.

Although Zhang Chi was excited to get another 'Level III Land Combat Gold Vehicle Exchange Voucher', he was not in a hurry to exchange for the vehicle as he had more important things to do.

Having just ravaged a group of devils, he felt refreshed. After all, the three words "beat the devils" were rooted in the blood of every Chinese.

If he wanted to defeat the Japanese with ease, this one tank wasn't enough; it would be best to form an army that would obey his orders. Thinking of his future as a marshal, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops to ride through the cherry blossoms, Zhang Chi couldn't help but laugh.

After calming down, Zhang Chi brought his thoughts back to reality. He had to find a way to subdue these remaining soldiers. This was not only to save their lives, but also to make them the foundation of his future power.

Zhang Chi's own golden finger - the War Thunder system can only provide a variety of sea, land and air vehicles and a small number of synthetic member groups.

He immediately had to find a way to subdue these remnants, which would not only save their lives but also make them the foundation of his future forces.

the other side.

Veteran "Xiao Dongbei" and several other soldiers were circling the stretched tank. They curiously tapped the tank's sloped front armor, marveling at the muffled sound produced by the thick front armor. (The 50.8mm 56-degree sloped front armor is known as the Wall of Sighs in Southeast Asia.)

They stared at the thick tracks with curiosity, as if they couldn't believe that something so huge could move in the mud;

Some soldiers tried to peek into the internal structure of the tank through the gaps in the armor, but no matter how hard they tried, they could only see darkness.

Seeing Zhang Chi remained silent, Xiao Dongbei had no choice but to speak to him: "Staff Officer Zhang, all the officials are dead, and now you are the most senior official here. What do you think we should do?"

Unexpectedly, several soldiers around him suddenly interrupted and said, "Why should we listen to him? I don't accept it!"