"Boom!" The sound of a cannon could be heard in the distance. It was unknown where the shell landed, but the sound reached the airport command center. This was an underground fortification. Zhou Heng had just taken over from the chaotic British army.
Under the cover of the fighter jets, the 3rd Regiment landed at the airport in northern Myanmar. As for why they were shocked, it was because the transport plane Zhou Heng was on almost hit the British jeep running around the airport. If it hit Zhou Heng, he would really have no place to cry.
After the transport plane landed, Zhou Heng immediately began to organize the defense. The already chaotic British army was no longer of any use. They were all trying to get on the plane or drive away, but only a few could escape. The US military transport plane had no intention of picking them up at all.
Zhou Heng and the others had captured a British company commander and found out about this command post. There was also a map of the surroundings of the airport in the command post. The fortifications were also marked, which saved Zhou Heng a lot of effort. He immediately ordered his men to take over the fortifications and sent scouts to investigate the surrounding situation.
After landing for three hours, the troops were finally deployed. The scouts who had gone out to investigate had also returned. They had reported a lot of information.
The first was that Yu Shi had already sent a group over, but it seemed that they had left after arriving.
The command of the surrounding British soldiers was extremely chaotic. They did not even know who they should listen to or where they should go.
The third reason was that there were many scattered soldiers of the expeditionary army scattered in the jungle. They were mainly soldiers of the newly formed 28th Division, 29th Division, 96th Division, and 200th Division.
Fourth, there weren't many Japanese troops nearby. There might only be one large group. They didn't know if there were any reinforcements behind them. This required them to enter the rear to investigate, which was currently impossible.
After hearing the report, Zhou Heng had a rough idea. He called Meng Fan, Lin Yi, and the others over and told them his guess." The Japanese's artillery sounds are short and sparse, and they don't have much power. I think it's mortars and grenade launchers. They chased us all the way from Yangon. The logistics can't keep up, and there aren't many people. Do you think we should take the initiative to attack?"”
This was the first time the two of them were actually commanding a battle. They were a little nervous, but they still spoke boldly.
Meng Fan said," The Japanese are currently very scattered. They seem to be in the surrounding forest. If we attack now, it will be difficult to find them. Our losses may be even greater in the forest. We are now guarding the airport to gather the scattered soldiers and waiting for them to arrive."”
"I think so too, Regiment Commander. Right now, the airport is still taking off and landing planes. The Japanese will definitely see it. They will definitely not let the airport go. I estimate that it will not be long before they attack the airport.”Lin Yi agreed to Meng Fan's plan.
Zhou Heng knew that they were being cautious. In fact, Zhou Heng was thinking of transferring a few companies from the two battalions and entering the forest in units. Through small-scale battles, the soldiers would experience the atmosphere of battle.
However, since the two of them did not agree, he put the plan aside. He said," In that case, we'll stay at the airport and send scouts to search for the expeditionary soldiers. We'll bring them to the airport, including the wounded.”
The two of them did not object to this idea and immediately went down to carry it out. Zhou Heng asked a few guards to guard the command center and watch the radio station. He then led a few other guards out of the command center and went to the camp.
Many of the positions were ruined by the British army. The soldiers were reinforcing and tidying up. Zhou Heng saw that the entire airport was in full swing. Zhou Heng patrolled around and came to the temporary field kitchen. At this moment, the soldiers in the kitchen platoon were waving their kitchen knives to chop vegetables and prepare dinner for the soldiers in front.
"The food in the 1st Battalion needs to be spicy. There are more soldiers from Sichuan and Hunan. The food in the 2nd Battalion is lighter.”Snakebutt was using his position as a platoon leader to guide the soldiers on how to cook.
Since they had arrived here at the last minute, they naturally did not have any fresh meat. However, they found a vegetable warehouse in the British army. They could cook vegetables with canned food. The taste was naturally not good for Zhou Heng, but it was acceptable for the soldiers.
"Snake Butt, I want vegetable soup and brown rice tonight. I don't want canned food. It's too greasy and I can't stand it.”Zhou Heng called out to Snakebutt.
Seeing the regiment commander arrive, Snakebutt hurriedly saluted. Hearing Zhou Heng's request, he said," Regiment commander, if you don't eat meat, you'll lose your strength. How can you fight?”
"It's fine, I…Boom!" Before Zhou Heng could finish his sentence, an explosion suddenly sounded from a distant position. Looking up, he could see the black smoke produced by the explosion. It was not very powerful, so it should be a grenade launcher.
"The Japanese are here, earlier than we thought. Quick, follow me to the camp.”This was his first battle, so Zhou Heng naturally had to personally witness it. This was both encouragement and supervision. He had to be there for the first battle.
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