Helpless Chen Xinmin had to squat down and pat his shoulder.

"Ah? What's wrong? What did you say..." The third platoon leader turned his head and looked at the company commander.

Perhaps even he himself didn't hear what he said clearly, and then raised his hand and patted his ear hard. The uncomfortable look made people feel sad.

"I said you're okay? Who fired the signal flare just now, and Li Shuanggui, and others?"

Fearing that he wouldn't hear it, Chen Xinmin asked loudly at the top of his throat.

There were only thirty soldiers in the third row and the original first row, but there were still alive people there. After counting carefully, there were only twelve or three left.

Moreover, after searching around, he didn't find Li Shuanggui's figure. Chen Xinmin suddenly had a bad premonition.

After hearing the other party's words clearly, the third platoon leader remained silent. He just looked at the wreckage that was bombed not far away, gritted his teeth and shook his head with difficulty.

At this time, there is no need to say anything more. The signal flare is being launched at the bomb drop point, and there is almost no possibility of survival there...

Chen Xinmin frowned. He couldn't believe that the lucky and reckless guy was actually staying in the center of the bombing area.

The tragic situation of the Japanese can be seen, and the ending can be imagined...

"Communication officer, send a report to the command center immediately. The Japanese artillery unit has been destroyed and the reconnaissance company's mission has been completed!"

"yes!"

After saying that, Chen Xinmin, who was depressed, walked towards the riverbed with a gun. He wanted to go and see it himself, no matter how he said he would see people alive and die.

At this moment, a wounded young soldier next to him caught Chen Xinmin's attention. If he remembered correctly, he seemed to be the little guy who had been following Li Shuanggui.

Qiu Lin, covered in black and gray, stood up with the help of his comrades. The blood left on his forehead dyed half of his face red, but he didn't care at all.

"Hey! Wait a moment..."

The medical soldier wanted to bandage him the wound, but the other party ignored him. He just looked at the direction of the riverbed with thick smoke and walked forward.

"Kobayashi, what are you doing?" The third platoon leader saw some clues, and was afraid that something would happen to the other party and quickly got up and grabbed him.

"I have to go find Brother Li, he is still there..." Qiu Lin squeezed out a sentence from his mouth with difficulty.

Perhaps because of excessive blood loss on the wound, or perhaps because of the shock of his head, his face looked pale and bloodless, and his voice was weak, as if he could fall down at any time.

"Don't...ah..." The third platoon leader wanted to persuade him, but he couldn't say anything when he was at his mouth.

He could fully understand the other party's mood, but he didn't know how to explain the cruel reality for a while.

Qiu Lin didn't stop, holding a glimmer of hope in his heart, and still dragged forward.

The third platoon leader wanted to follow, but was stopped by a pair of hands: "Lao Jiao...you take a rest, I'll accompany him to see."

Chen Xinmin sighed, then said a word and quickly followed Qiu Lin.

Li Shuanggui is his old comrades-in-arms since the recruit camp. He has never taken away the kid's life in so many critical moments before. Unexpectedly, this time...

Or maybe he is like Qiu Lin, and he still has a glimmer of hope.

In fact, everyone may understand in their hearts that it is almost impossible to find Li Shuanggui, but they just hope to find his body and take it back. This is the honor he exchanged for his life.

...

The news of the destruction of the Japanese artillery was soon returned to the New Army Command. The commanders of the division-level teams on the front line were very excited, and now they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After spending so much effort over half a month, I finally successfully killed the troublesome Japanese artillery, which undoubtedly saved the lives of countless soldiers on the front line.

After learning the news, Fang Jingyao immediately issued an order. The 201st Division changed its situation and gathered its troops to prepare for advancement. The two divisions in 202 and 203 actively cooperated to change from a flank feint attack to a frontal attack, and launched an attack on various strongholds stationed by the Japanese army on the whole line.

The smoke of war was ignited again, and the Japanese garrison troops, which had lost their artillery support, quickly fell into a disadvantage and the defense line became precarious.

After this period of hardship and actual combat, the new soldiers gradually gained some combat experience, which was no longer as clumsy and awkward when they stepped onto the battlefield, and the cooperation between the troops became better and better.

Faced with a wave-like attack, the Japanese army could not resist it at all. With the cooperation of air support and ground troops, several positions on the front line were lost one after another in two or three days.

Under Fang Jingyao's command and dispatch, the 203rd Division of the 202nd Division successfully captured Waxi City and the lower reaches of the Irrawaddy River, taking the lead in achieving strategic goals, completely isolating the large Japanese troops of Ganjidang from the southern cities, and completely cutting off their logistics supplies.

Seeing that the encirclement was about to form, no new supplies were delivered for several days, I realized that the Japanese, who had been in desperate situation, could not sit still and immediately started to prepare for a breakthrough.

I originally wanted to join the main force of the garrison army going to Yangon, but the west side of the Irrawaddy River had been occupied, and the way was so blocked that it could not move forward at all.

Going west is the endless sea of ​​the Bay of Bengal, and there is no way out. Now you can only venture south to break through and return to the southern states of Irrawaddy Province, known as Myanmar's granary, to look for warplanes.

Now facing the risk of water and food shortage, several Japanese wings stationed in Gankidang have had an astonishing desire to survive, and the breakout battle was extremely fierce and at all costs.

After all, the two divisions in 202 and 203 have not blocked the gap, and the encirclement has not yet been completely formed. The 201 division, which is blocking the opponent's retreat south, is the first to be hit, but obviously they cannot stop the Japanese devils who have decided to leave.

However, Fang Jingyao did not ask that the Japanese army be kept in Ganji should be wiped out. He knew that this was unlikely to happen. Instead of letting them fight to trap beasts, it would be better to let them escape.

On the surface, Fang Jingyao seemed to let the Japanese devils go, but in fact he dug a new pit for the Japanese army, allowing them who were unaware of the truth to jump in.

On April 26, the Battle of Irrawaddy, which lasted nearly two months, ended with the complete defeat of the Japanese army.

After losing defense lines such as Gankidang and Boshenghe, only a large area of ​​alluvial plains remained in the southern part of Irrawaddy Province, and the three main infantry divisions of the new army opened the gates and flooded in a few days. They occupied and controlled two-thirds of the land in Irrawaddy Province.

The remnants of the Japanese army could only retreat to Mumia, Labuda and other places further south, but the road was full of the great plains, and bombers would descend from time to time for a round of steel baptism, which made the Japanese worried all day long.

Because I knew that Irrawaddy Province was about to be unable to defend, the Japanese army originally wanted to go to the Bogeli Port in the southwest and transfer to Yangon through sea and land transport ships, but obviously the opponent would not give them this opportunity.

In order to cut off the last retreat of the Japanese army, the 202nd and 203rd Divisions took the lead in advancing towards Bogeli, using the Irrawaddy River to go downstream, and soon blocked the entire main basin until the location of the sea outlet.

The 201st Division in the front and the support reserve team coming from the Heihe Base were calmly advanced towards the Japanese army, slowly driving them to the southwest end of the Delta like driving a duck.
Chapter completed!