Chapter 96: Chaos on the Thai‑Myanmar Border

Lv Guoquan did not understand why the Thai Army was in chaos, only that a few especially huge sounds like explosions were heard, and many soldiers in the troops heard them; the reconnaissance regiment's soldiers also saw the flashes of fire.

It looks like the sound of an ammunition depot exploding or something.

That's right, it's the sound of an ammunition depot exploding.

All of this is thanks to Li Yi's guerrilla unit, which successfully infiltrated the rear of the Thai Army and blew up the place where the Thai stored weapons and ammunition.

During the period when the Japanese Army's 56th Division advanced westward and then turned north toward Lashu.

Watanabe Masao had also informed the Myanmar side's 15th Army Commander Fan Tian Xiang Er Lang, ordering the Thai Army to launch an attack against the Chinese Army.

It was used to pin down the Expeditionary Force's 93rd Division on the Thai border.

At this time, Thailand had already gathered the forces of two divisions, numbering twenty thousand men, far surpassing the 93rd Division in manpower.

After the last sortie, Li Yi went into concealment, hiding for a while, only dispatching small detachments—snipers—to conduct ambushes.

That raid netted Li Yi a fair amount of supplies, mainly cattle and horses, which were edible.

In fact, over nearly a month, Li Yi's unit suffered heavy supply loss; even without sorties, daily consumption was large.

Unless under special circumstances, each person's daily food intake is only eight hundred grams; fortunately there is meat, otherwise it would be insufficient.

He did not send anyone to forage nearby wild vegetables, as it would expose the position; only on rainy days would Li Yi personally lead the team outside to gather food.

The jungle still offers plenty of edible items, but facing over a hundred people, it is insufficient; after all, Li Yi's unit is fixed at one spot, and the surrounding area has essentially been stripped clean.

The unit's Non-combat Casualties are also severe, mainly from colds and malaria, and medicines are insufficient to keep Li Yi's company staying in Thailand.

Mosquitoes, insects, snakes, ants.

The most dangerous are Poisonous Snakes; a moment of inattention can lead to a bite, and even with Li Yi warning everyone, casualties still occurred.

Everyone's weight generally dropped by six or seven jin.

The Thai Army was indeed angry, but they pursued the wrong direction; after the snipers finished firing, they simply fled, and most of the time the attacks occurred at dusk, disappearing once night fell.

When snipers carry out a mission, they pick up the Magazine, but among the Thai Army there are Japanese commanding, so they recognized the sound of a Type 38 rifle; although they were puzzled, the opposing Chinese Army made no move, so where did those shooters come from?

They continuously dispatched units to pursue, but often returned empty‑handed, as the dense jungle provided excellent cover.

Not to mention the Thai Army, even Li Yi's own three Platoons got lost in the jungle for three days, finally finding their way back by following marks on a large tree.

This time Li Yi located a major target: the Thai's temporary ammunition depot.

Finding such an important target is not easy.

"Concentrate all our Grenade Launchers and fire at the Thai ammunition concentration, then retreat," was the order Li Yi gave before the operation; after this action, Li Yi decided to bring the unit back.

Staying in Thailand any longer holds little meaning, and after such a raid the Thai Army will react, launching a massive encirclement against Li Yi's unit.

The reason they did not truly target Li Yi's unit is that the Japanese Army's commander believed the unit's numbers were too few to affect Myanmar's operations; the main operational focus should remain on Myanmar.

Similarly, they only dispatched a few small detachments for search.

But Northern Thailand has already begun to rain; the downpour washed away Li Yi's unit's traces completely, making pursuit extremely difficult.

The Thai Army's combat morale is not that high.

Li Yi concentrated the entire company's 16 Grenade Launchers—yes, sixteen—on a 160‑person company, which is astonishing; even against an equal number of Japanese, that firepower would be enough to give them a good drink.

After entering the designated combat position.

Li Yi issued the order, "Quick, fire all the shells out."

All Grenade Launcher operators loaded shells one by one, caring not at all about what would happen after firing.

In the distance, boom—boom—boom.

Successive explosions rang out, and the Thai Army fell into chaos.

"Retreat, everyone retreat." Li Yi, uninterested in assessing the results, immediately ordered a retreat; all Grenade Launchers were destroyed, as he had run out of shells.

These Grenade Launchers were Li Yi's trump card; he had been waiting for the biggest prey to appear!

Since that was the case, the Grenade Launchers couldn't be kept; he piled them together, tossed a hand grenade, and with a bang all the Grenade Launchers were damaged.

After doing all that, Li Yi didn't look back and fled with his unit.

Compared with the massive explosions at the Thai camp over there, Li Yi's side was nothing.

That round of artillery caused Thai Army casualties exceeding three hundred; the Thai force guarding the ammunition numbered over five hundred.

Many Thai soldiers, at the instant they heard the artillery, fled first.

Many were injured by the blast's after‑effects.

That camp concentrated the ammunition and shells of two Thai divisions, and a large portion of supplies were also stored there.

The explosions continued until the next morning, partly because it rained late at night; even so, they only dared approach after daylight.

Final counts show this battle killed a total of 345 Thai soldiers, including two Regiment Commanders, meaning they were killed before any actual fighting began.

The total points awarded to Jiang Anguo were truly a great harvest.

When Jiang Anguo saw so many points, he was full of questions, because Li Yi's unit's numbers had not decreased, which the system could show.

He had no casualties on his side yet earned so many points; Jiang Anguo couldn't understand, and he didn't dwell on it, waiting until Li Yi's unit returned to determine what had happened.

Li Yi led his unit back to the cave, feeling the Thai Army would next move to annihilate his force; Li Yi no longer hesitated and also did not intend to open the radio for a report.

In the early hours of April 22, Li Yi took everyone, including the ashes of fallen soldiers, northward along the Mekong River back to the homeland.

The commotion was huge; although Li Yi was unsure of the Thai Army's numbers, he estimated them over fifteen thousand, and while conducting guerrilla warfare one must be realistic, so Li Yi did not linger a moment and chose to retreat.

Following the Mekong River, traveling the Laos route, northward back to the homeland.