Chapter 55: Make meritorious deeds!

"Commander, something happened." The chief of staff ran over with a pale face and said to Dai Anlan in panic.

Looking at his expression, Dai Anlan's heart skipped a beat.

"what happened?"

"The airport guarded by the engineering battalion was lost." The chief of staff lowered his head in shame.

"What?" Dai Anlan looked as if he was struck by lightning, his face full of disbelief.

"Did you encounter the Japanese army?"

"Yes, when they were destroying the railway in the tunnel, they encountered the Japanese army. After a desperate resistance, they were driven out of the airport by the Japanese army." The chief of staff still said a good word for the engineering battalion.

After all, he thought, it was already very difficult for the engineering battalion to stop the Japanese army.

They are not a combat unit, so it is not easy for them to hold on until now.

"What? The airport is lost? Where is Li Shuzheng?" Dai Anlan was furious, but he still held it back and shouted with a grim face.

"This cowardly bastard, how long have I handed over the airport to him? And he just abandoned it to me?"

Dai Anlan became angrier and angrier as he cursed. Although he knew that the engineering battalion's combat effectiveness was not strong, but with the help of fortifications, they should be able to hold out for a while.

At least we have to wait until he sends reinforcements.

The results of it?
The airport was lost before reinforcements were sent out.

This is a serious sin.

The British army finally agreed and prepared to send fighter jets to support.

The results of it?
Lost the airport?

Given the British Army's arrogant temper, they will definitely report this matter to the Allied Forces Headquarters.

If something goes wrong, it will rise to the strategic level.

There is no doubt that given the character of the British army, they would definitely do such a thing.

From the moment they entered Burma and began to change their uniforms, they kept talking about the straw sandal soldiers.

Later, Mandalay won a battle, which temporarily silenced the British army.

The British army calmed down for a while after repelling the Japanese search team and killing dozens of Japanese soldiers two days ago, and decided to send fighter planes for support.

result?

It's only been two days and the airport has been lost. The British army will definitely not provide any support and may even ridicule them in various ways.

Dai Anlan's scalp tingled at the thought. At this moment, he wished that Li Shuzheng would die in the airport. In this way, at least his guilt would be less.

"Commander, now that things have come to this, there is no point in thinking about it. It is better to withdraw troops and take back the airport first. Otherwise, once the British army finds out, it will be difficult to deal with." Seeing this, the chief of staff hurriedly advised.

"Let Li Shuzheng come over." Dai Anlan took a deep breath.

"Yes."

Li Shu, who had been waiting outside the door, looked nervous. When he saw the chief of staff, he hurriedly whispered.

"Chief of Staff, please say a few good words for me in front of the division commander. I will definitely be grateful to you."

He sounded like he was about to cry, and the Chief of Staff patted his shoulder, sighed and said.

"What can I say about you? Didn't I tell you to be careful of the Japanese sneak attack? How could you still be so careless?"

"Go in, the master is angry, don't provoke him."

Li Shuzheng didn't know what to say for a moment, and he also knew that he seemed to have made a particularly big mistake.

"Li Shuzheng, you bastard, waste."

"You know, what the loss of the airport means?"

"It doesn't matter if our escape route is cut off. At worst, I, Dai Anlan, will sacrifice my life to repay the country."

"But what about the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers?" Dai Anlan roared angrily when he saw Li Shuzheng.

There was another deeper reason that he did not mention, which was that the Allied forces originally wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Tonggu. The 200th Division withstood the Japanese attack, and the Fifth Army that arrived later cooperated with the 200th Division to strive to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army.

For this battle, the most elite 200th Division was directly transferred to Tonggu to ensure its success.

Even Allied Lieutenant General Stilwell personally came forward to persuade the British army to send fighter jets for support.

It can be said that all parties put their best efforts into this battle, but what was the result?

The loss of the airport completely ruined the entire battle plan, which was why Dai Anlan was so angry.

"Someone, drag Li Shuzheng away and shoot him." Dai Anlan said with a cold snort.

"Ah? Master, please spare my life, please spare my life." Upon hearing that he was going to be shot, Li Shuzheng was so scared that he lost his soul and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"I led my troops to resist, but there were too many Japanese troops, and they were equipped with a large number of mortars with very strong firepower. My engineering battalion could not stop the Japanese attack at all."

Li Shuzheng didn't dare to say anything else.

Why did he send his engineering battalion to garrison the airport when he knew that its combat effectiveness was not good?
Can't we just send another elite force to garrison the airport?

It's clearly my superiors' fault, why are they blaming me?

However, he knew that if he said this, he would definitely die, so he only dared to talk about his own difficulties and did not dare to say any other nonsense.

"Commander, why don't we let Li Shuzheng redeem himself for his crime and have the Engineer Battalion cooperate with the Third Battalion of the 598th Regiment to retake the airport."

"The Japanese army has just taken over the airport and has not yet established a firm foothold. It is not too late yet." The chief of staff advised again.

Hearing this, Dai Anlan closed his eyes, thought for a while, and agreed to the other party's proposal.

Li Shu was looking at the chief of staff with gratitude when Dai Anlan's cold voice came.

"If we fail to retake the airport, you know the consequences."

"Yes." Li Shuzheng replied tremblingly.

Soon, the fully equipped Third Battalion and the engineer battalion that had been reorganized with great difficulty headed towards the airport again.

However, the engineering battalion had lost all morale and had no fighting capacity, and everyone's face was filled with fear.

They were deeply impressed by the powerful fighting capability of the Japanese army.

This action made the soldiers of the third battalion extremely contemptuous.

Li Shuzheng didn't want to come either, but there was no way. If he didn't come, he would be dead.

Now that I'm here, there's still a chance to atone for my sins.

He knew that his engineering battalion was not up to the task, so he placed his hopes on the Third Battalion.

"Captain Zu, whether my brothers can survive depends on you." Li Shuzheng put himself in a very humble position.

Captain Zu had heard something about what happened to Li Shuzheng, so he nodded.

"We must work together to drive the Japanese troops away in one go."

"Okay." With these words, Li Shuzheng's confidence suddenly increased.

But the ensuing battle was beyond their expectations, the Japanese army's fighting will was very tenacious.

They attacked desperately but could not advance even a single step.

"How come the Japanese army has so many mortars?"

Looking at the shells that kept falling, Captain Zu found it hard to accept for a moment.

He finally understood why the airport was lost so quickly.

The Japanese army was obviously prepared, so Li Shuzheng's death was not unjust.

How can the flesh and blood of the engineering battalion withstand such powerful artillery fire?

"Captain Zu, what should we do now? If we can't take back the airport, I'm finished." Li Shuzheng was really about to cry.

"Let's organize another attack. If we can't take it, we can only retreat. Dozens of people in my battalion have been killed." Battalion Commander Zu gritted his teeth and decided to attack again.

(End of this chapter)