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Chapter 846 Crazy Pursuit

846 Crazy Pursuit

Banwu Mansion was located in the 56th Division of the Japanese Army. Before the last regiment arrived here, there were only dozens of Japanese soldiers and a few hundred indigenous vassal troops stationed here.

With such a small number of troops, facing the fierce attack of the 1st Regiment of the New 1st Division, Banwu Mansion was captured by the 1st Regiment in less than half an hour.

The dozens of Japanese soldiers stationed here basically didn't dare to resist and just ran away.

On the afternoon of the 18th, the last regiment of the Japanese 56th Division arrived at a place about ten miles north of Banwu Prefecture, but also learned the news that Banwu Prefecture had fallen.

"Baga, you are a bunch of idiots."

The commander of the Japanese 56th Division slapped several Japanese soldiers who escaped back in the face.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Ban Wu Prefecture has been captured by the Chinese army.

There's no point in us continuing on.

Now, it’s time to implement Plan B.”

A Japanese colonel frowned and said with a worried look on his face.

The marching speed of the 1st Regiment of the New 1st Division far exceeded the expectations of the Japanese commanders. The loss of Banwu Mansion, an important stronghold, put the Japanese on the passive side again.

Because, from Banwu Prefecture to the north, there is no more dangerous terrain.

It can be said that from here on, the New 1st Division can almost advance all the way to the capital of Siam, which is where the headquarters of the old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki is located at this time.

As for building new fortifications on flat terrain.

It was too late for the Japanese to do this.

If a regiment marches at this mechanized pace, it will take at most three days to reach the outskirts of Siam's capital.

In just three days, we can't build any new fortifications.

In this short period of time, the Japanese probably don't even have time to recruit local indigenous men.

The Japanese division commander was reluctant at first.

As a result, there was a sudden burst of fierce artillery fire in the distance.

They knew it was large-caliber artillery and soon received the news.

The troops they sent out to scout encountered a round of artillery fire.

In addition, the Japanese reconnaissance troops discovered a large number of armored vehicles and tanks, and this news was passed back to the commander of the Japanese 56th Division.

This directly frightened many Japanese officers of the 56th Division.

"Hurry up and send the order, turn in immediately."

The commander of the Japanese 56th Division no longer had the reluctance to give up and immediately ordered the entire army to retreat.

He was worried that if he didn't retreat quickly.

If we are caught up and entangled by the armored forces of the New 1st Division, the decisive battle between the two sides may begin here.

This is not the plan of the old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki.

It would definitely be disadvantageous for the Japanese to fight a field battle with the New 1st Division here.

Their regiment was now the last mobile force behind the Japanese.

Yamashita Tomoyuki ordered that the regiment transferred back from the Imperial Guards Division in the western mountainous area of ​​Siam would not be able to return for half a month.

During this period, whether they can stop the New 1st Division and protect their rear depends entirely on their regiment.

There must be no mistakes.

Therefore, the Japanese soldiers of the last regiment of the 56th Division staged a drama of appearing and escaping quickly in the northern part of Banwu Prefecture.

After waiting for a long time, the armored assault troops of the 1st Regiment of the New 1st Division fought their way into the Japanese camp.

All the devils here have disappeared.

"Damn it! Those devils are running too fast."

The commander of the 1st Regiment of the New 1st Division poked his head out of a Sherman tank.

Looking at the empty Japanese military camp, the warmongering commander was very angry because many Japanese supplies had not been taken away in time.

Originally, not long after the First Regiment captured Banwu Mansion, it received news that the Japanese had appeared in the north.

When this news reached the headquarters of the first regiment, the commander of the regiment was not panicked but excited instead.

Immediately regroup the entire regiment's armored forces, and lead the most elite battalion to attack first.

Captain Xie really wanted to keep this group of Japanese soldiers heading south here.

Even if we can't swallow them up in one bite, at least we can keep the Japanese trapped here and wait for the main force of the follow-up division to arrive, and then we can swallow them up in one bite.

Xie Changlin believed that this should be the last mobile force of the Japanese devils in Siam.

As long as they can defeat this group of devils here, perhaps they will not encounter large-scale devil attacks again when they march north to the capital of Siam.

But unfortunately, they were still a step too late.

The Japanese ran faster than they expected, and even threw away some of the supplies they brought.

The Japanese commander also had an expert who knew that he would rather abandon the supplies than let his last mobile force be lost here.

"Commander, the Japs just ran away not long ago.

Are you still chasing me?

A battalion commander jumped out of another Sherman tank and asked.

The leader of the first group gritted his teeth and said, "Keep chasing."

"Send a message to the second and third battalions, telling them to move lightly and keep up with our pace.

Once we catch up with the Japanese, we will entangle them.

They need to reinforce us in time."

The commander of the first regiment was also a tough guy. Even though their armored troops had been attacking for days, the soldiers were very tired and had little fuel left.

But he still gave the order to pursue.

"All tanks, charge north."

So, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, carrying more than 300 soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment, followed the fleeing soldiers of the 56th Division of the Japanese army and pursued them frantically.

Half a day later, they engaged in a firefight with the last Japanese squad left.

The exchange of fire was brief, and the Japanese squad was quickly wiped out and could not cause them much resistance at all.