Li Lei told Li Da that he must pay attention to the follow-up troops of the Japanese army.

In the area of Laoicao, there were also artillery and baggage wings of the 56th Division.

Although the number is small, it is the artillery of the Japanese army after all, and it is necessary to avoid suffering.

Before he could clean up the battlefield, Li Lei received an order from the headquarters.

Let his plane immediately fly to Ringanqiang for support.

At the same time, Li Lei's temporary regiment was ordered to immediately move westward and rush to the area of Ren'anqiang to block the reinforcements of the 18th Division of the Japanese army.

Li Lei looked at the map and measured it with a ruler.

Frowns furrowed.

His temporary regiment had just gone through a great battle, and was now exhausted and in dire need of rest.

Tangji is hundreds of kilometers away from Ren'anqiang, and it will not be possible to catch it in two days.

Even if they arrived, his troops could not immediately go into battle.

In the past few days, the 1st Regiment has fought several vicious battles in a row, and the troops have become extremely fatigued and their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

If you go to block the 18th Division of the Japanese army, I'm afraid there will be problems.

Li Lei looked at the map and was a little embarrassed.

Zhao Gang said: "Regiment commander, according to the current situation, it is a bit difficult to completely annihilate the 55th Division of the Japanese Army!" ”

Zhao Gang also saw that the Japanese army asked the 18th Division to march to Ren'anqiang, making it clear that it was to abandon the 56th Division and save the 55th Division.

Now the 18th Division of the Japanese Army itself is close to Ren'anqiang, plus the 18th Division has not fought here, the troops are complete, and the soldiers are not consumed.

So at present, it is the highest combat effectiveness of all troops.

Their temporary regiment was far from Ren'anqiang, and the troops were already exhausted, and they really didn't have the strength to go into battle immediately.

Not to mention a rapid march.

This is simply unrealistic.

It's okay to send planes to bomb.

But the premise is that you have to kill the Japanese planes first.

According to the content of the telegram, the Japanese should have sent all the planes over.

The number is about seventy.

Seventy, a lot of wow!

Li Lei now has a hundred planes in his hands.

If an air battle were to be conducted, it would not be a big problem to defeat the Japanese planes.

However, even if such a large-scale air battle is won, its own aircraft will suffer heavy losses.

According to conservative estimates, more than 30 aircraft will also be lost.

Thirty ......

Li Lei couldn't afford it.

There is no place to replenish these planes after they are finished.

You can't just fight an air battle and lose it.

The efficiency of such operations is not high.

The most important thing is that it cannot change the fact that the Japanese army in Ren'anqiang can retreat.

Now the Japanese army in Ringanqiang is very stubborn in defense, and it is completely stubborn.

Although the troops of the three armies surrounded the 55th Division, it seemed that they could not defeat it within two days.

The original plan was to annihilate or inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army.

It seems that it was right at that time, and it was a bit laborious to eat the 55th Division in a short time.

If there were no reinforcements from the 18th Division, it would have been completely possible to take out the 55th Division of the Japanese Army in 10 days and half a month.

Just when Li Lei was embarrassed, Zhao Gang hurriedly walked over: "Regiment commander, domestic telegraph, the new commander of the 15th Army, Okamura Ningji!" ”

Who!?

Li Lei was stunned for a moment when he heard this name, and thought he had heard it wrong.

Zhao Gang handed over the telegram and repeated the words again: "The new commander of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army, Okamura Ningji!" ”

Li Lei took the telegram and read it.

What a bastard.

It's really a narrow road.

When I was in China, there was a contest.

I didn't expect to meet him when I got here.

"Is the information reliable?" For this news, Li Lei was a little surprised.

"Reliable, it is the intelligence of the comrades of the underground party in Shanghai."

Ming Lou?

Li Lei was stunned for a moment.

Minglou is really powerful, and such secret news can be found.

Since it was the news he sent, it was basically certain.

Li Lei asked Zhao Gang to send the news to the command immediately.

Okamura Ninji is a tough opponent.

Li Lei had already experienced this when he fought him in China.

This guy is very insidious.

The next battle is going to be difficult.

The command headquarters that received Li Lei's telegram was also taken aback.

They are too familiar with Okamura Ninji, and many of the commanders in the expeditionary force have fought with Okamura Ninji.

They were relatively familiar with the way this bastard used his troops.

Just two words, insidious.

Li Lei reported on the situation of his troops, and at the same time suggested that the command should abandon the plan to annihilate the 55th Division of the Japanese Army.

Immediately move to Mandalay.

After resting in Mandalay, he was looking for an opportunity to annihilate the Japanese army.

Now the Japanese army only has two divisions here, and as long as they find a way to separate these two divisions and regiments, plus Li Lei's temporary regiment, and destroy these two divisions separately, it can be done.

In the end, the command agreed to Li Lei's suggestion, and the troops of the three corps were immediately transferred to Mandalay.

By the time the 18th Division of the Japanese Army arrived at Ren'anqiang, the troops of the expeditionary force had already been transferred.

Although the 55th Division of the Japanese Army was not annihilated, more than half of the casualties were inflicted, and its combat effectiveness was greatly weakened.

It can be said that although this battle was not perfect, the goal of inflicting heavy losses on the 55th Division of the Japanese Army was basically achieved.

Now the Japanese army is in Ringanqiang, Li Lei's temporary regiment is in Tangji, and the other three armies are in Mandalay.

Both the Japanese army and the expeditionary force are resting.

For a moment, the entire battlefield fell silent.

However, Okamura Ninji was not quiet, and the 15th and 49th Divisions of the Japanese Army, which had been transferred, had already landed in Mawlamyine.

But Okamura Ninji did not put these two divisions here.

As a cunning commander, Okamura Ninji had already realized that if these two divisions were thrown into the battlefield here, they would not achieve too good results.

Through the last battle between Iida Shojiro and the expeditionary force, Okamura Ninji found that the other side took advantage of the dispersion of their troops and carried out various breakthrough tactics.

This was a great inspiration to him.

Perhaps, I can also use such a tactic.

Now his 15th Army has four divisions, namely the 15th Division, the 18th Division, the 49th Division, and the 55th Division.

The 56th Division also had an infantry brigade and an artillery baggage wing.

In this battle at Ringanqiang, the 55th Division suffered heavy losses.

Replenishing the remaining troops of the 56th Division would make up for the losses of the 55th Division.

In this way, the 55th Division will become a complete division again.

Four complete divisions can be annihilated if the opposing forces are separated.

The 15th and 18th Divisions were very strong in combat and were the main forces.

With the 49th and 55th Divisions, there should be no big problem.

Okamura pushed his glasses and set his eyes on the north.

If you want to completely separate the opposing forces and not support each other, you must let their troops widen the distance.

For this reason, Okamura Ninji set his sights on several places.

Wan Town, Longling, Tengchong.

This is the large rear of the expeditionary force, and if his troops suddenly appear here, then the other side will definitely send troops back.

The defense here is very weak.

Okamura Ninji had already ordered the Mei agency to reconnoitre, and there was only one division of troops stationed in this area.

Two of his divisions had come over suddenly, and they should be able to occupy this area soon.

As long as this place is occupied, the troops of the expeditionary force will definitely come back for reinforcements.

If the other side does not reinforce them, his two divisions can fight all the way north and occupy a larger area.

This would be catastrophic for the entire expeditionary force.

As long as the other side sends troops over, his two divisions will be able to destroy them here.

The only difficulty was how to get the two divisions to cross a large area of the battlefield from Mawlamyine to the area of Wan Town and Tengchong without realizing it.

Two divisions and regiments, it is not easy to hide.

Okamura Ninji told him about his plan, and the chief of staff of the Japanese army who listened to it was terrified.

This plan ...... Too bold.

He didn't think about it at all.

Draw from the bottom of the kettle!

Good plan!!

Aoki, the chief of staff of the Japanese army, marveled at the plan.

"Your Excellency Commander, if this plan is successful, then it will not be a problem at all to destroy the main force of the other side."

Yo West!

Okamura Ninji's pale dog face finally showed a smile.

The strength of the other side, according to the operational reports of several division commanders, he guessed that the strength should be around 200,000.

After such a fierce battle, it is estimated that there are still about 150,000 left.

The 15th Army lost two divisions, almost 50,000 men.

Based on past experience, the opponent's loss of troops is 150,000 in conservative terms.

After the transfer of two divisions, the 15th Army now has almost 100,000 troops.

100,000 against 150,000, the chance of winning is still very big.

In the past, the major battles he commanded were calculated according to the ratio of one to five.

But the combat effectiveness of the opposing troops here is obviously even stronger.

His own 100,000 people, and the opponent's 150,000 people, should have about the same comprehensive combat strength.

The only thing that worries Okamura Ninji is the opponent's tank troops.

According to the report of the commander of the 56th Division, Watanabe Puff, the attack on their 56th Division should be the strength of an armored division and an infantry reinforced division.

Infantry divisions are common, but armored divisions are very rare.

In the few major battles he commanded, he had never seen an armored division in the opposing army.

This surprised Okamura Ninji.

Panzer Division......

Is there really such a force?

Watanabe was very sure that most of the tanks used by the other side were their Japanese tanks.

What the!?

Hearing this, Okamura Ninji chuckled in his heart, is it our tank?

Okamura Ningji thought about it in shock, and then thought that during the Battle of Hengnan some time ago, Anan Weiji's troops were annihilated, and their more than 100 tanks in Hanyang were also captured by the other party.

Unexpectedly, this batch of tanks actually appeared here!

Okamura Ninji thought that the troops here wouldn't be the same ones he fought last time!?