The dream of being promoted to commander of the front army was shattered, which made it difficult for Fengwen from the mountain to accept.

He was determined to fight Gao Jiujue to the death, proving that his name, the Malay Tiger, was not in vain. He really wanted to win a big victory to change the base camp's view of himself.

The reason why he only launched this attack with the 18th Division was because he could not count on the 15th Army's troops.

Now those guys already know that he is about to be transferred from the 15th Army and cannot obey his orders. Not only that, he may also reveal his combat intentions.

The only thing he could count on was the 18th Division and the 144th Division, but the command mechanism of the 144th Division had just been destroyed and had no combat power at all. Therefore, he had to lead his most trusted 18th Division to make a desperate bet and fight Gao Jiujue to the death.

Fengwen of the Shanxiao Fengwen led the 18th Division to lie in the morning and walk at night. He was not discovered along the way. They arrived at the Thai-Myanmar border early that morning.

Fengwen at the foot of the mountain decided to camp in the jungle when he saw that it was almost dawn.

At this moment, the vanguard of the Japanese vanguard saw a team of Thai soldiers coming out of the woods in front. These soldiers were a patrol team of the Thai army. They also discovered the Japanese army and the two sides immediately launched a fire exchange.

The Japanese army was worried that these Thai soldiers would expose the whereabouts of the 18th Division when they returned to report the news, so they rushed over and encircled the two wings, hoping to wipe out the Thai soldiers.

The Thai soldiers discovered that the Japanese soldiers were numerous, so they immediately fought and retreated.

The Japanese soldiers were numerous and the firepower was fierce, and the Thai soldiers were shot and fell down one after another.

Thanks to their familiarity with the local terrain, just before the Japanese army was about to encircle them, several Thai soldiers fled.

The situation that was worse than that made Yamashita Takamoto a little depressed. He knew that the surprise attack might have been exposed.

He immediately ordered people to take out the map and try to find out where the 18th Division is currently located. However, there are dense forests everywhere and there is no unique terrain. They are not familiar with the local terrain and cannot judge clearly for a while.

Yamashita Fengmoto was a decisive man. According to the general direction of the march, he ordered his troops to accelerate towards the Thai-Myanmar border immediately.

It has to be said that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is extremely tenacious. Although the Japanese officers and soldiers who had been marching all night were already very tired, they still cheered up and continued to rush forward after hearing the orders of the march.

In an infantry battalion of the Thai army operating in this area, the battalion commander received a report from the soldiers who fled back from the patrol team and hurriedly reported to his superiors. The news soon reached the Thai general.

The Japanese army suddenly appeared here, and the Thai general was also surprised. He immediately reported the information to Gao Jiu.

At this time, Gao Jiugang attacked the division headquarters of the 145th Division of the Japanese Army, and was still in Vietnam.

When Gao Jiu heard that the Japanese army had appeared on the Thai-Myanmar border, he immediately realized that the Golden Triangle was in danger. He immediately sent a telegram to Tianchuan, who was staying in the Golden Triangle, and at the same time led the Taohuashan guerrillas to quickly rushed towards the direction of the Golden Triangle.

After receiving the telegram, Takawa immediately issued a battle alarm.

At this time, the people in the Golden Triangle had just started work and were about to start their day's work.

When people heard the alarm sound, they immediately put down their work, went to collect weapons and ammunition, quickly gathered at the designated locations of each unit, and then ran towards the designated locations of each district.

For this day, the Golden Triangle has undergone many drills.

People gathered in an orderly and quickly, and then teams of people drove into pre-demarcated defensive positions.

In less than two hours, millions of armed militias in the Golden Triangle were already on guard.

The Air Force received a telegram from Gao Jiu and immediately sent a reconnaissance plane to conduct reconnaissance at the place where the Thai army discovered the Japanese troops.

The Thai generals have fought many battles with Gao Jiu and have also understood the guerrilla tactics of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

He ordered the troops to harass the Japanese marching brigade in battalions and companies, and report the location where the Japanese army arrived at any time.

The Japanese army's large groups were constantly attacked by the Thai army, causing a large number of casualties.

The commander of the 18th Division wanted to stop the troops and fight back against the Thai army.

But Yamashita ordered that he ignored the Thai army and continued to advance towards the Golden Triangle with all his might.

At this time, the sound of an airplane came from the sky. The Japanese officers and soldiers knew that this was definitely not their own plane, and they couldn't help but panic.

However, the Japanese soldiers were well-trained and had some common sense about how to distinguish the model of the aircraft.

When they saw the reconnaissance planes flying through the sky, they knew there was no danger, so they continued to march forward with great strides.

The commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese army did not think so. He knew that the enemy's bombers would come soon. They did not have large air defense weapons and only carried a small number of rapid-fire cannons, so they would not have any effect at all.

At this time, the Japanese vanguard had already left the forest. The commander of the 18th Division was very worried that if the troops were exposed to an open area, they would cause major casualties under the bombing of enemy bombers.

The division commander said to Yamashita Bongmoto anxiously: "Master, will you pause your advance? Let the troops avoid the bombing of enemy planes in the woods."

Fengwen of Yamashita was already red-eyed at this time. He knew that if he was delaying his time in this woods, Gao Jiu would definitely mobilize all kinds of anti-Japanese armed forces to surround them.

He did not want to leave time for the Golden Triangle to strengthen his defense, so he decided to take a gamble and continue his march.

Fengwen of the Yamashita pointed to the front and said, "Did you see it? There is still a forest there. Just pass this hillside and enter that forest, isn't it the same?"

The so-called "looking at the mountains and exhausted the horses. The commander of the 18th Division saw that forest, and the distance was at least twenty or thirty kilometers away from here. There were no tall trees along the way, all of which were low shrubs and thatched, and the figures of the soldiers could not be hidden. If they were bombarded by enemy planes on this road, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He said: "Secretary Commander, the enemy's bomber will arrive soon. In such a short time, we cannot enter the forest ahead, so we should stop moving forward."

Yamashita Fengwen was already anxious at this time, and he cursed: "Ba Ge Yalu, execute the order, otherwise, military law will be carried out."

The commander of the 18th Division has always respected Fengwen of Shanxia. He knew that he was an excellent commander with rich experience and calmness. He didn't understand why Fengwen of Shanxia suddenly became like this.

However, based on his previous respect for Yamashita Fengwen, he still carried out Yamashita Fengwen's orders.

The reconnaissance plane continued to hover in the sky and sent back the Japanese situation.

At this time, a large number of bombers had taken off and were flying towards this place.

The pilots of the reconnaissance plane were very excited when they saw the Japanese army's gangs leaving the forest and urged the bomber to come over quickly.

Two reconnaissance planes kept hovering in the sky, making a buzzing sound.

In the eyes of the 18th Division commander, he was as annoying as a mosquito, and ordered the troops to set up rapid-fire cannons and fire at the reconnaissance planes.

The pilots of the reconnaissance plane saw the Japanese gang rushing to the road, without any precautions for the Japanese army to suddenly shoot at the air.

They were caught off guard, and a reconnaissance plane was shot, pulled up black smoke, and the pilot was forced to parachute. The other fled quickly. Instead of flying far, he raised the height and continued to monitor the Japanese marching brigade outside the range of the Japanese artillery fire.

At this time, he saw a scene that made him extremely angry. After the pilot of the downed reconnaissance plane parachuted, the Japanese army actually shot at him. The pilot had already died heroically before it landed.

The pilot of the reconnaissance plane was furious and repeatedly urged the bomber to come and avenge his comrades.

Soon after, dozens of B24 Liberator bombers flew over.

When they saw the Japanese marching brigade, they immediately swooped towards them.

Seeing this scene, Yamashita Fengfu finally regained a little rationality and ordered the troops to evacuate urgently, and at the same time ordered the troops to shoot in the air.

b24 The Liberator's fuselage is huge and there is armor on the belly of the aircraft. He doesn't care about the Japanese air shooting.

They dived as usual, flew past the Japanese marching brigade, and dropped a raindrop-like aviation bomb.

"Boom, boom."

The aviation bombs exploded in sequence, like plowing the ground, turning over the ground.

The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, and most of the rapid-fire cannons that fired at air were also overturned.

The b24 Liberator bomber was also injured, but it did not cause any major impact. Only one bomber's engine was shot and left the battlefield early. The remaining bombers turned around and flew back, dropping air bombs on the Japanese army again.

The commander of the Japanese 18th Division lay on the ground and finally survived the enemy bomber flew away.

He got up and saw that the scene in front of him was shocking. He saw that the incomplete corpses of Japanese soldiers were everywhere on the hillside, destroyed artillery and various materials scattered all over the ground, and the scene was terrible.

At this time, the commander of the 18th Division was ordered to continue to advance. The commander of the 18th Division looked at the distant forest and begged: "Your Excellency Commander, you can't continue to advance. It will take at least three hours to reach the forest in front. During this period, it will be enough for enemy planes to bomb twice. I'm afraid the troops will have lost it if they can't get there."

Yamashita Fengmoto stared at his blood-red eyes and roared: "Eight Yalu, dare you not execute orders, and do military law."

The commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army had no choice but to command the soldiers to reorganize and continue to advance.

An hour later, the sound of bombers came from the sky, and dozens of B24 Liberator bombers flew back and bombed the Japanese marching brigade again.

The commander of the 18th Division lay on the ground and escaped by luck. When the enemy plane flew away, his heart was bleeding.

At this moment, he didn't have to count the number of people, just to know that his troops had lost at least one-third of them, which was the lives of thousands of Huang soldiers.

He made up his mind to stop executing the already crazy orders of Yamashita Fengwen.

At this time, the senior officers of the 18th Division also ran over and asked the division commander to stop the marching like a fast death.

Seeing the commander of the 18th Division and senior officers gathered together, Yamashita Fengwen ran over and said viciously: "What are you doing? Why don't you command the troops to go quickly?"

The commander of the 18th Division waved his hand, and the guards of the 18th Division immediately surrounded Fengwen's guard at the foot of the mountain.

Several soldiers raised Fengwen at the foot of the mountain and ran towards the forest they had just passed.

Fengwen at the foot of the mountain was furious and cursed, but the soldiers ignored him and kept his feet untouched, and continued to move forward.

The commander of the 18th Division immediately gathered the troops and returned on the same route.

The previous reconnaissance aircraft of the Taohuashan guerrillas had exhausted their fuel and returned, but new reconnaissance aircraft took over their mission, and they were still monitoring the Japanese army's operations in the air.

Seeing that the Japanese army began to retreat, they immediately reported the situation to their superiors.

The Air Force still sent bombers over. When they arrived, the Japanese army had already entered the forest. They didn't care about that much and threw the bombs in the general direction.

This time, although the Japanese army was still bombed, the casualties were reduced a lot.

The Japanese army ran forward four or five miles and knew that the enemy bombers who had lost their traces would not come to bomb again, so the commander of the Japanese 18th Division ordered the troops to rest.

After counting the number of people, the division commander was in tears.

Along the way, they were first attacked by the Thai army and bombed by the Taohuashan Guerrilla Air Force. The entire division was incomplete, and the number of casualties reached more than 6,500.

The commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese army wanted to cry very much, but later he actually cried. He fought for many years and could be said to have won every battle. He established one of the greatest achievements in the history of the Japanese army on the Malay Peninsula.

But when they came to South Asia, they first lost the 35th Brigade, and now they have caused such a huge loss, which is unimaginable even in his dreams.

At this time, Fengwen of the Shanxia Mountain finally woke up. He knew that it would be impossible to go to the Golden Triangle again at this time. I am afraid that Gao Jiu was leading various anti-Japanese troops to come here.

If the measures are not taken quickly and waiting for the Japanese army, it may be the result of the destruction of the entire army.

Yamashita Fengwen, who had recovered his sanity, soon entered the state again. He called the officers to meet and said, "I decided to give up the combat plan of attacking the Golden Triangle. My main task now is to protect our troops.

In order to avoid being besieged by the enemy, we cannot return as we did. My opinion is to march north immediately, defeat the Thai army, and then turn east."

Yamashita Fengwen still had a high prestige among the Japanese army. The division commander and the senior officers were very pleased to see that Yamashita Fengwen had returned to his previous state.
Chapter completed!