The power of the white phosphorus bombs was beyond everyone's imagination, and when the infantry of the Independence Army rushed to the main position of the 55th Division, apart from the sporadic gunfire, they encountered almost no resistance from the enemy. After a preliminary count, the battle lasted less than three hours, from the time the artillery of the Independence Army launched the artillery coverage to the end of the capture of the main position of the 55th Division, and in these three hours, more than 3,000 soldiers of the 55th Division were killed or wounded in the position.

The Japanese army of a wing was wiped out in this way, and the officers of the 1st Division of the Independent Army did not believe it at all, but the facts were in front of them. It only took three base shells and less than 30 white phosphorus bombs to eat almost a wing of the 55th Division in one bite, which is absolutely something that everyone cannot believe, is this the power of new weapons?

Everyone's reaction was seen by Zhuo Fei, and Zhuo Fei had already expected their reaction, the appearance of the white phosphorus bomb would be a shocking ideological change and baptism for Chen Geng. Zhuo Fei was secretly proud, my brother has not mentioned to you the more powerful atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs, the white phosphorus bomb is in front of the atomic bomb that can be called the destroyer of the world, it is just an ant-like existence, it is the ultimate killing weapon that can kill hundreds of thousands of people at once.

Occupying the main position of the 55th Division, the 1st Independent Division did not stop fighting, but under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, it immediately launched an attack on both flanks of the 55th Division's defensive line. Zhuo Fei also has other new weapons that can be called high-power, but like white phosphorus bullets, other high-power new weapons can only exert their power when the enemy's forces are relatively concentrated.

The furious armored forces of the Independent Army did not disappoint Zhuo Fei, and after a fierce pursuit, the scattered officers and soldiers of the 55th Division were finally pursued all the way, and Zhuo Fei also stopped the pursuit in a timely manner, so as to give the 55th Division some time to regroup its forces. The original battle plan had to be temporarily revised because of the unbearable situation of the 55th Division, and the ground troops who were willing to pursue the battle had to stop, and the first day of fighting of the 1st Independent Division actually lasted less than half a day.

The first day of the Independence Army's counteroffensive ended hastily, and the number of dead and wounded in the Japanese 55th Division had exceeded 3,000 under the blow of covered artillery fire and white phosphorus shells, and the 55th Division did not expect that the Chinese army confronting them would suddenly launch a counterattack, and the light and heavy weapons that had been placed on the forward positions were not withdrawn at all. In other words, the current 55th Division is not only wiped out by the strength of a wing, but also has a lot less light and heavy weapons.

The purpose of stopping the pursuit was to give the 55th Division time to collect the rout, and instead of pursuing the Japanese stragglers all over the mountains, it was better to surround and annihilate the retreating Japanese troops like dumplings. "Wouldn't it be too risky for us to do this? Although we easily broke through the main position of the 55th Division and repelled them, the 55th Division still had enough combat strength to carry out a counterattack, and I think we can't leave them a chance to breathe, and we should chase them closely, and it is better to chase them to death. Unlike the Jewish officers in the Independence Army, the Chinese officers led by Chen Geng raised their doubts and worries to Zhuo Fei.

Regarding the worries of Chen Geng and others, Zhuo Fei did not answer directly, but stretched out his hand and pointed to the surrounding mountains and said with a smile, "Northern Myanmar is mountainous, and now is just after the rainy season, and the mountain road is difficult to walk. Our goal is to wipe out all Japanese troops in Burma, and if we don't give the 55th Division time and opportunity to gather the stragglers, will it be possible for our soldiers to chase them into the woods? I think you all know what the mountains and forests of northern Burma are like, and I don't want our soldiers to throw their lives into the woods for no apparent reason. ”

In the independent army system, only the thousands of scouts selected by the training camp have undergone systematic training in mountain warfare, and this kind of mountain warfare training for the mountains and forests of northern Burma, the Jewish soldiers in the independent army only have a rough contact with them, and let them go into the forest to pursue the Japanese army, which is simply the end of meat buns and dogs. Although the size of the independent army has exceeded 200,000, if you want to win this war with the Japanese army, this number of troops is probably not enough, so when Zhuo Fei commanded them to fight, he tried to avoid unnecessary casualties.

After the 55th Division, which was almost frightened by the ancestors of the Independent Army, settled down and counted the number of people, Takeuchi realized that his division had lost more than 4,000 people. "Yaga, the people of China are cunning and cunning." Enraged, Takeuchi waved his saber and cut off a small tree on the side of the road, he had no idea that a single assault by the other party would cause such a huge loss to his division.

"Division commander, the people of China have used new weapons that we have not seen, and the kind of phosphorus fire that falls from mid-air is unguardable, which is the main reason for our loss of forward positions." Takeuchi's adjutant spoke out at the right time to persuade him and Takeuchi Kuan that both he and Takeuchi had witnessed the process of dropping white phosphorus bombs by the fighters of the Independent Army, especially after being possessed by phosphorus fire, he may never forget it for the rest of his life.

The adjutant's persuasion did not completely dissipate Takeuchi's anger, but to a certain extent, it made Takeuchi regain his senses. Chased by the independent army from Lashio all the way here, the 55th Division was unacceptable, especially the loss of so many companions, some low-ranking officers shouted that this should be fought back to Lashio, but all of them were scolded by the division commander Takeuchi Kuan, after some discussion, Takeuchi Kuan decided that the 55th Division continued to retreat to Xibu for rest.

Xibu is not far from Lashio, a two-hour drive northeast from Xib to Lashio, and Takeuchi subconsciously wants to fight another battle with the Independence Army in Xib. Knowing that the retreating 55th Division stopped at Xibu, Zhuo Feile was relieved, Xibu was just a small town, and before the Japanese army approached Lashio along the railway, the independent army had already brought all the residents of Xibu back to Lashio, and now Xibu may only have some monks guarding the monastery.

Myanmar is a Buddhist country, most of the many ethnic groups in the territory believe in Buddhism, although the town of Sib is not very large, but there are several large and small monasteries around the town of Sib. The Independence Army had already moved away most of the residents of Xibu Town, and the 55th Division retreated to Xib, and it would not be an easy matter for tens of thousands of people to consume food, and if the Japanese army forcibly went to the monastery to grab food, it would be an excellent thing for the Independence Army.

Since entering Burma, the Japanese army has been preaching the so-called Greater East Asia co-prosperity to the Burmese people, and in fact, the Japanese army has not done anything to harm the interests of the Burmese locals, at least on the surface. If the relationship between the Japanese army and the Burmese locals had always been Zhuo Fei's concern, and if the 55th Division, which had retreated after defeat, had done something unfavorable to the monastery in Xibu, the problem that had always plagued Zhuo Fei would not exist.

Zhuo Fei got the news that the 55th Division was stationed in Xibu, and Takeuchi Kuan was also worried about the food problem, there were not many locals in the entire Xibu Town, and a large area of land was in abandonment, and the logistics officers of the 55th Division could not buy enough food for all the officers and soldiers even if they took the money. The best thing to do was to wait for the food to be delivered from Mandalay to Sib, but the low-ranking officers of the 55th Division, who had been severely reprimanded by Takeuchi, did not think so, and some of them had already taken their soldiers to several surrounding monasteries.

The Japanese have always had a restless element in their bones, they believe that the strong spurn the weak, and the innocent monks in the monasteries have become a way for them to vent their anger at this moment, asking for food is just an excuse, killing and robbing the property of the monasteries is their main purpose. By the time Takeuchi Kuan got the news, several monasteries around Xibu had already been covered with corpses, and the gilded patches and inlaid gems on the Buddha statues in the temples had been forcibly removed, and the soldiers of the 55th Division were used to the extreme by the soldiers of the 55th Division at this moment.

It is impossible for Takeuchi Kuan to dispose of more than 1,000 low-level officers and soldiers at one time, especially after the 55th Division suffered a fiasco just now, and simply disposed of a few officers and soldiers led by him, and this matter was suppressed, but what Takeuchi Kuan didn't know was that his lightness made the officers and soldiers of the 55th Division more and more uncontrollable. At night, Xibu was filled with sporadic bonfires, and the officers and men of the 55th Division, who had barely filled their stomachs, gathered together, and those soldiers who had participated in the afternoon robbery of the monastery became the center and focus, especially the gems and gold plates in their hands that glittered in the light of the fire.

The 55th Division's bloodbathing of the monastery did not escape the eyes of the independent army scouts, Zhuo Fei, who learned the news, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and secretly said that the 55th Division was really empathetic, knowing that he was distressed about this matter, he sent him a solution. A Burmese servant army of more than 4,000 men who had been left behind in Lashio had been urgently redeployed to the front, and most of them were Burmese overseas Chinese who had been trained in Ruili.

The damned Japanese soldiers washed the local monastery in Xibu, not only robbed the monastery of food, but also killed all the monks, and especially the murderous Japanese soldiers also stripped the gems and gold pieces from the Buddha statues in the monastery for their own use. The Burmese servants, who had been urgently transferred from the rear, did not believe this at first, but after seeing the photos that had been improvised by the Independence Army, the Burmese were furious because the Japanese soldiers were disrespectful to the Buddha.

"Go and kill them, you can keep half of all the loot you get, and the Independence Army will ensure that your harvest is safely delivered to your family." Zhuo Fei's order to the Burmese servant army was very short, but it was enough, and the Burmese servant army, which was already full of anger, couldn't wait to teach the damned Japanese soldier a lesson.