"Retreat, retreat." Henry hissed and shouted in the empty position, more than 100 British soldiers supporting each other stumbled into Henry's sight, seeing this, Henry couldn't help but secretly reddened his eyes, he commanded a battalion of troops, and only one of his battalions had only this soldier left, damn the Japanese pigs, Henry, who was unwilling, could only curse to himself at the Japanese soldiers in the opposite position.

Henry's battalion was no longer able to withstand the next wave of Japanese attacks, and had no choice but to withdraw the second line of defense behind, and by the time he passed through the second line of defense, Henry had already clearly noticed the smell of panic among the British soldiers on the second line of defense. "Damn Japanese pigs." Henry spat at the ground fiercely, and hurriedly crossed the second line of defense with more than 100 of his soldiers and retreated to the city of Mandalay.

The once prosperous city of Mandalay has long since lost the hustle and bustle of the past, and the Japanese army landed in Yangon to defeat the British army and took advantage of the north, and a large number of British expatriates came to Mandalay for refuge. After learning that the Japanese army had conquered a large area south of Taunggyi one after another, and that even Ringanqiang had been captured by the Japanese army, the British troops and expatriates gathered in Mandalay were already panicked, and they were just waiting for the Japanese army to approach Mandalay, and the expatriates gathered in the city were the first to evacuate. By the time Henry and the others were placed in the defensive line, the expatriates had already evacuated to India and China, and all that remained in the city of Mandalay was the British army and some Burmese natives.

When he found the regimental headquarters, the military boots on Henry's feet that had already been torn and opened his mouth finally died, and in desperation, Henry had to enter the regiment headquarters with one military boot and one cloth shoe. Chaos, Henry's first impression when he entered the regiment headquarters was chaos, the non-stop phone calls were ignored, everyone was busy packing up their things, documents were scattered everywhere, and Henry, who was standing at the door, thought that he didn't even have a place to put his feet.

Henry was about to pull a soldier passing by him to ask questions, when he saw Colm, who had not seen him for a long time, accompanied by a few guys in German uniforms to come in from outside, Henry was shocked, when did the British become so close to the German army? At the same time that Henry saw Colm, Colm, who came in from outside, also saw Henry, so he waved his hand and greeted, "Henry, it's good to see you, come to me, I have some things to be entrusted to you." ”

Seeing that Colm's face was as usual, Henry erased the idea of reaching out for the gun and walked to Colm's side. "Colonel Lawrence, this is Battalion Commander Henry, and his battalion has been fighting the Japanese outside the city. If you want to know something about the Japanese army, I think Major Henry will be happy to talk to you. Colm first introduced Henry, who smelled of blood, to the other party, and then turned his face and whispered to Henry.

"Henry, these are the ones sent by the Chinese government to help us fight the Japanese army, although they are Germans, they are not damn fascists, they are all Jews. The Chinese vanguard has arrived only 50 kilometers from Mandalay, Lawrence and they have come to learn about the equipment of the Japanese army, and you must tell them everything you see about the Japanese army. After whispering to a confused Henry, Colm turned to leave.

Henry still hadn't figured out what Colm meant by what he had just said to him, but the man at the head of the other party took the initiative to take out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Henry, "Major Henry, if you can, I hope we can find a quiet place to talk." Stretching out his hand to take the cigarette handed by the other party, Henry explained that the two subordinates who came to the regiment headquarters with him waited here first, and then led the other party and his party to the backyard of the regiment headquarters.

The backyard of the regimental headquarters was very large, and Henry took the other party to the pavilion in the backyard, and several people sat down in the pavilion, and it was the other party who spoke first. "Major Henry, your troops have been fighting the Japanese outside the city, and you should be familiar with the firepower and equipment of the Japanese army compared to others. We came to Mandalay this time to understand the situation of the Japanese army in these aspects, and once we exchanged fire with the Japanese army, we could adjust our tactics in time. ”

Henry nodded, agreeing with what the other party said just now, seeing that the other party had already taken out a pen and notebook at this time, Henry said slowly according to the other party's request. Henry's account is a bit rambling, but he also tells everything he knows, especially the deployment of Japanese firepower several times. Henry didn't know what he said, but the other party wrote down what he said word for word.

After some conversation and inquiry, the other party got up and prepared to leave, and before leaving, Henry suddenly asked, "My commander said that you are here to help us fight the Japanese army." I would like to ask, when exactly will your troops be able to arrive? I want to remind you that the Japanese army is very strong, and a battalion under my command has only held out outside the city for four days, and now there are less than 100 men left, so you must be careful. ”

For Henry's reminders and advice, the other party also said that they would keep it in mind, but as soon as they walked out of the regiment headquarters, the leader showed a face full of disdain. "Anderson, what do you think of the British army in Mandalay?" Lawrence asked his companion softly, but the latter did not answer directly, but also showed a disdainful expression, causing several other people to laugh in unison.

"No wonder even our Anderson has such an expression, the British are indeed already scared by the Japanese army, otherwise they would not have lost half of Burma in just a week." Lawrence affectionately reached out and rubbed Anderson's head, whose neatly combed hair immediately turned into a messy chicken nest. The group laughed and laughed, and soon returned to the assembly point to meet the other advance workers scattered throughout Mandalay, and after determining the number, Lawrence and his party drove away.

Lawrence was dedicated to the 1st Division of the Independent Army, and the 1st Division of the Independent Army, which was originally stationed in Lashio, had just arrived on the outskirts of Mandalay yesterday, and according to the deployment of the Du Army, the 1st Division did not immediately join the war group, but was stationed on the outskirts of Mandalay to watch the retreat and flank of the British Army in Mandalay. With the gradual deterioration of the war in Burma, the British troops stationed in Burma were already panicked, and every time they fought with the Japanese army, they always ended in the defeat of the British army.

The 1st Division did not rush into the battle group, but only sent some advance personnel into Mandalay to check the current situation of the British army, and at the same time urged the British troops in Mandalay to be ready to retreat at any time. I don't know if it is because of the flapping of the wings of Zhuo Fei's butterfly, which caused historical deviations, because a large number of Jewish refugees entered China through Burma, which greatly reduced the number of British expatriates in Burma. As soon as the war in Burma began, the British expatriates in Burma had almost been evacuated, and the British who remained in Burma were only soldiers of the army.

Lawrence and his party returned to the 1st Division, which immediately imposed a tight lockdown on the garrison, and the senior officers were immediately called together to discuss countermeasures. The commander of the Independence Army was Du Yuming, who Zhuo Fei asked for from the Nationalist Army, while the commander of the First Division was Chen Geng, who was transferred by the CCP from Yan'an Military and Political University, and the deputy division commander was Bach, a German Jew who had served as the commander of an infantry regiment in the German army. The assignment of the Independence Army to the Nationalist Army and the Eighth Route Army was unacceptable to the Jewish officers and soldiers of the Independence Army, as most of them had no battlefield experience at all.

In fact, not only did most of the Jewish soldiers in the Independence Army have no experience of actual battlefields, but even many of their Jewish officers did not have the command ability and experience, and a high-ranking officer like Bach had never commanded so many soldiers in battle. Under such circumstances, Zhuo Fei could only turn to the National Army and the Eighth Route Army system, first equipping the Independent Army with commanders from the National Army or the Eighth Route Army, and waiting for the high-ranking Jewish officers in the Independent Army to train out, and then Chen Geng and them could successfully retire.

In front of Chen Geng was a large sand table, according to the information collected by Lawrence, the sand table had marked the defense lines and positions of the British army and the Japanese army, and there were also many small flags representing the strength of the Japanese army placed everywhere on the sand table. Chen Geng looked at the sand table carefully, and his head was thinking quickly, the independent division he commanded only had 13,000 soldiers, and after removing non-combatants, the strength of the independent division that could really be put on the battlefield would not exceed 11,000 people, so Chen Geng naturally had to be careful to deal with the battle that might occur at any time.

They have been living in China for nearly two years, but Bach is not very fluent in Chinese, and they often have to rely on the help of translators to communicate with Chen Geng. Lawrence, who is very gifted in languages, is not only an intelligence analysis expert of the First Independent Division, but also an exclusive interpreter between Chen Geng and Bach, so he is also fortunate to be able to participate in such a meeting. "Deputy Division Commander Bach, the division commander asked, if we take the initiative to find the Japanese to fight, how many tanks and tanks can be drawn from the armored brigade to the maximum?"

Accustomed to the German army's mode of relying on heavy equipment to fight, all the tanks and tanks of the 1st Independent Division were directly under the command of Deputy Division Commander Bach. Hearing that Chen Geng meant that he was going to take the initiative to find the Japanese army to fight, Bach first lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then replied, "There is a lot of water west of Mandalay, which is not suitable for combat vehicles and tanks, if we take the initiative to find the Japanese army to fight, the only direction we will attack is the Japanese army in front of Mandalay, but that will inevitably attract the attention of the Japanese army from the British army, will this deviate from our strategy of controlling northern Burma?" ”