But the Japanese were wrong at this point.

When Zhang Chi led his troops to guard the big banyan tree the next day, he found that this enemy's light and dark form would be further strengthened at dawn... It was rainy season, and the sky was gloomy and the shade of the big banyan tree was very dense, so there was still darkness under the banyan tree, and there was a ray of light outside the banyan tree, which means that even flares could be saved.

The Japanese army obviously did not expect this situation to happen. After hesitating for a long time, they launched an attack on the banyan tree again.

As usual, they first pulled shells into the banyan tree, and there were both types of shells for the fuze... This was obviously the experience summarized by the Japanese army during the attack last night. The shells of the instant fuze would blow the branches of the banyan tree down like shrapnel, and the delayed fuze would pass through the canopy of the banyan tree and hit under the banyan tree before exploding.

The combination of these two shells shone against the banyan tree, which really made the banyan tree chaotic.

But the problem is that there are many banyan caves for hiding on this big banyan tree. Some of them are not natural but dug out by the soldiers. The soldiers even dug holes in the banyan cave in the direction of the Japanese, so the banyan tree stands like a bunker in the middle of the road where the Japanese are advancing.

When the Japanese were shooting artillery, the soldiers only needed to shrink into the banyan cave... No matter how wind and rain outside it, the soldiers hiding in the banyan caves up and down inside should not remain unmoved.

Then the Japanese launched a charge amid the sound of cannons.

This scene was almost incredible to Zhang Chi's eyes... The Japanese could almost say that they had no hiding place along the way. If there was a hiding place, they would be the craters they had bombed with shells or the corpses of the Japanese army.

However, the role these "hiding places" can play is very limited. The reason is that the soldiers located in the upper banyan cave are condescending to the Japanese, and the soldiers can comfortably hide in the branches and leaves to aim at the target.

So with just one gunshot, the Japanese army rushing up were knocked down one after another, and the life-highest rate could almost be said to destroy an enemy with each bullet.

If the ghost charges faster, then there is no problem. The soldiers also deployed several machine guns on the banyan tree. As soon as the machine gun sounded, they would sweep the Japanese to the ground in pieces.

So it is obvious that as long as the Xujia Village has enough supplies, it will be difficult for the Japanese to step into Xujia Village.

At this time, Stilwell called.

"Zhang. You guessed it right. There was indeed a problem with the Japanese supply." Stilwell on the other end of the phone was unsatisfied with excitement: "After the discussion, we decided to accept your opinion and turn this battle into a protracted war. Our transportation opportunities kept dropping materials into Xujia Village, and of course there were other locations. You must be prepared to stick to it for a long time, and it is best to be able to defend for one to two months, so that the new 22nd Division can become a new force after the dressing is completed. How about it? Can you persist for so long?!"

"No problem!" Zhang Chi replied without thinking.

He was very confident that what he couldn't afford here was not Chinese soldiers but Japanese soldiers.

In fact, if the situation of the war continues to develop in this way, the situation of the Japanese army may not necessarily worsen... Zhang Chi guessed correctly. There was indeed a problem with the Japanese army's supply, but on the one hand, the Japanese army had a high degree of obedience beyond imagination, just as Mutaguchi said: "The Japanese have been a herbivorous nation since ancient times. You are surrounded by such a dense jungle and actually reported lack of food. What's going on?"

Mudaguchi Ryoya's spirit was implemented very thoroughly, especially in the 18th Division. Sometimes, Japanese soldiers could persist in the food rations for just a rice ball for a day.

On the other hand, the Japanese army can still get the support of the Burmese people. The Japanese army will get some food from the Burmese people from time to time. If it is really impossible, the Japanese army will launch a secret sweep of Myanmar villages... that is, kill all the Burmese people in a village. All their surplus grains are put into their pockets and the crime is pushed to the Sino-British and American coalition forces.

In addition, the Japanese army still stored certain food and ammunition in important cities such as Mandalay and Bamo for emergencies.

So if you want to drag down the two Japanese troops within one month or two months, you will be a little underestimated by the Japanese army.

But at this time something happened. This incident seemed not a big deal on the surface, but it directly or indirectly helped the Expeditionary Force to drag down the two Japanese corpses.

This happened in Mandalay.

Just like what happened in Yangon, the Japanese army would hide their animal nature because of the war when fighting, but once they stayed in a certain city, especially in cities with many women, they would inevitably be confused.

At this time, the Japanese army was still controlling themselves. They would choose to go to brothels or secretly kidnap them. Japanese officers would also act in front of the Burmese people and punish all subordinates who committed crimes. So everything was still within the controllable range... Although the Burmese people were already dissatisfied with the Japanese army in their hearts, they were not so dissatisfied with them. They still believed that the Japanese army was here to save them, thinking that these crimes were just the actions of some "disobedient" individual soldiers.

But this superficial stability was broken by one thing.

That evening, Nira had an appointment with a college classmate Mamedan, but she couldn't wait for anyone after waiting around, with a vague premonition. Nira followed the possible route Mamedan could come to search, but she found that Mamedan had been wiped out in a small alley.

It turned out that this was a Japanese general and several subordinates who encountered Mamedan on the road while drunk. Because they were drunk, they did not kill anyone to silence them afterwards...

The shocked Nira informed Mamedan's father while sending Mamedan to the hospital.

And Mamedan's father is no one else, but the commander of the First Division of the Myanmar Independent Volunteer Army who cooperated with the San Sakurai Province.

Soon, Dalai learned from his daughter that this was something the Japanese army did. So Dalai found Sakumi Sakurai as soon as possible.

"Lieutenant General!" Tarai said to Sakurai with an angry face: "How can your soldiers do this? They committed an unforgivable crime against my daughter, and I hope you can find them and give it to me!"

"What? Such a thing happened?!" Sakurai Sakuzo looked at Tarai in surprise.

In fact, when I heard that Takura's daughter had an accident, Sakurai Shizuo was very sorry that it was his subordinate who did it.

"Dalaijun, have you asked clearly?" Sakurai Shizuo was still pretending to be confused: "Are you sure it was made by the Imperial Army?"

"Of course!" Dalai said gritting his teeth, "My daughter makes it clear. There is also a major among them. There is a scar on the left face of this major!"
Chapter completed!