No less than two divisions, this is Li Lei's approximate estimate.

At present, the 15th Army of the Japanese Army has only about two divisions left, and if only one division is transferred over, the strength of the Japanese army will still be insufficient.

If too many troops are transferred, Yamashita Fengwen will definitely not agree.

At present, the Japanese 25th Army is attacking smoothly and is rapidly occupying large areas.

If too many troops are transferred, it will seriously affect the offensive of the Japanese 25th Army.

All things considered, Li Lei felt that two divisions were the most likely.

Li Lei immediately ordered Wang Han to send out planes to immediately reconnoiter the battlefield, focusing on the direction south and east of Tangji.

Zhao Gang said: "Regiment commander, do you think the Japanese army will really increase troops here?" ”

Li Lei nodded: "Nine times out of ten."

Now there are only two divisions left in the 15th Army of the Japanese Army, but Okamura Ninji has no sign of withdrawing troops at all. This shows that he must be specifying a big battle plan.

Without the support of troops, everything is empty talk.

Commissar, immediately summarize and report our analysis, tell the command, and get them ready.

Next, we may have a bad battle to fight. ”

Li Lei looked at the map, if there were really two more Japanese divisions, then the next thing would be a vicious battle!

The command that received Li Lei's telegram was shocked.

If Li Lei's analysis is correct, then this war is not optimistic.

Commander Luo, Deputy Commander Luo, and the commanders of several armies were all discussing the possibility of Li Lei's analysis.

It was concluded that there is a high probability that it is true.

In this way, the disadvantage of their forces will immediately become apparent.

What was supposed to be a good situation suddenly became bad.

As for Li Lei's statement that the Japanese army might copy their rear road, the command headquarters did not pay much attention to it. When Iida Shojiro was the commander of the Japanese army, Li Lei analyzed that the Japanese army might copy their back road.

But the reality is that the Japanese did not do this at all.

Because it's too difficult to do.

This time, Li Lei brought up this issue again, and it is estimated that it is a cliché.

Now their troops are already in Mandalay and Tangji, and it is very difficult for the Japanese army to copy their rear road.

It's easy to spot.

And if the Japanese army copied their rear road, it would be a lone army to go deep, and it was very likely to be surrounded by their troops.

Therefore, according to the commander's analysis, this is unlikely.

The most likely direction for the Japanese to attack was Mandalay and Tangji.

Such a conclusion made Li Lei very helpless.

Li Lei told Wang Han that he must carry out an uninterrupted investigation and report any situation immediately.

At the same time, Li Lei sent a small force to quickly advance to Lashio to conduct reconnaissance.

If the Japanese army wanted to copy their rear route, the greatest possibility was to attack Lashio.

At the same time, Li Lei sent another telegram to Deputy Commander Luo, explaining his views again.

Deputy Commander Luo still attaches great importance to Li Lei's opinion, but the few commanders he has under attack feel that Li Lei is a bit alarmist.

However, in the end, the troops of the other three armies were all on increased alert.

Zhao Gang still felt unsteady: "Regiment commander, if the Japanese army really wants to attack Lashio, we are there, there is only one reconnaissance force, not the opponent of the Japanese army."

Even if we receive the news, our temporary group can't rush over in time! ”

Li Lei thought for a moment and felt that what Zhao Gang said was right.

But until now, all this is just speculation.

If their temporary regiment is directly transferred to Lashio, and if the Japanese army suddenly attacks Mandalay, then their temporary regiment will not be able to be reinforced in time.

In this case, the troops stationed in Mandalay will be in danger.

The most important thing now is to see if Wang Han has gained anything.

"Xu Hu, where are they?" Li Lei asked.

The special operations battalion killed Shojiro Iida in the Manshui River and has not yet returned.

Zhao Gang said: "Xu Hu's special operations battalion, after ending Iida Shojiro's headquarters, immediately retreated, and now it has withdrawn to the area of Lao Yikao. ”

Lauykao?

Li Lei looked at the map.

Rauikao was north of Moltke and south of Tangji, and if there was any change in the east road of the Japanese army, it would definitely pass there.

"Order Xu Hu to hide in the area of Laoikao and reconnoiter for no signs of Japanese military activity in that area."

Now Li Lei is not very clear about what Okamura Ningji is going to do next.

In Okamura Ningji's hands, whether there are more troops, Li Lei is not clear.

This is the only way to scout step by step.

And Okamura Ninji had already given orders to the 15th and 49th Divisions of the Japanese Army, asking them to immediately and secretly advance in the direction of Wanmachi.

In order not to be discovered, Okamura Ninji did not let the two divisions advance directly to the north.

Instead, these two divisions of the Japanese army bypassed the line of Laoyikao, Leileman, and Lashio, and went north along the Nu River.

At this time, the headquarters of the expeditionary force was discussing how to annihilate the Japanese troops in Ren'anqiang.

In Ringanqiang, there are two divisions of the Japanese army, and it is unlikely that they want to eat them in one bite.

Unless the two divisions are separated.

If all the troops and the three armies were concentrated, plus Li Lei's temporary regiment, plus the flying brigade, it would be possible to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army, and if they cooperated well, it would not be impossible to annihilate them.

However, such a direct attack will cause a large number of casualties among the troops.

At that time, the Japanese army will be annihilated, and their entire expeditionary force will also suffer huge losses.

Such a pyrrhic victory is not what they wanted.

If possible, try to minimize your own casualties as much as possible.

However, the Japanese army has already suffered the loss of dividing its troops, and it should not be divided again.

It's not easy to separate them.

Moreover, Li Lei, who attended the meeting, did not agree with the participation of his troops in the offensive of Ringanqiang.

Because Li Lei has always felt that in the hands of Okamura Ningji, there must be two divisions that have not shown up now.

This is a very big potential threat to their troops.

Just as they were meeting, Li Lei's reconnaissance unit in Lashio sent a telegram that a large number of Japanese troops had been found along the Nu River east of Lashio.

Preliminary estimates are that there are two divisions.

Two divisions!?

Everyone who received this telegram was stunned.

They all looked at Li Lei in surprise.

Li Lei's guess was actually correct.

The strength of the Japanese army was indeed replenished.

Japanese ...... of two divisions

It's horrible.

Moreover, the Japanese troops had actually reached the east of Lashio.

They're fast enough.

Fortunately, Li Lei's troops found out, otherwise, these two divisions would have really copied their back road.

"The Japanese army is now east of Lashio, so they are going to attack Lashio?"

"Most likely, Lashio is the only place we must pass through on our return home, and if they take Lashio, then our supplies will be cut off.

Now a large number of our supplies are in Wan Town, and if the Japanese army occupies Lashio, then Wan Town's supplies will not be able to be delivered.

At that time, no matter how many troops we have, they will not be the opponents of the Japanese army! ”

Most people's analysis is that the Japanese army will definitely attack Lashio.

Li Lei looked at the map in the war room and stared at Lashio for a long time.

The Japanese army, is it really to attack Lashio?

Li Lei always felt that something was wrong.

But all of a sudden, there was something wrong with it.

But the most important thing now is to move the troops over quickly.

Regardless of the purpose of the Japanese army, the troops must be moved immediately, and the appearance of Lashio by the Japanese army is a dangerous signal.

Mandalay's troops could not move, and if these three armies passed, the Japanese army in Ringanqiang would definitely advance their troops here.

When the time comes, it will not be easy to take it back.

Li Lei immediately suggested that his temporary regiment should set out from Tangji and immediately advance towards Lashio to block the movement of the Japanese army.

In Mandalay's troops, a corps was sent to Tangyi.

In this way, Mandalay and Tangji can be horns of each other.

If multiple lines of defense are constructed, they will be able to withstand the attack of the two divisions of the Japanese army.

Li Lei's suggestion is good, and Deputy Commander Luo feels that it can be implemented.

But there is a problem, in Li Lei's hands, there is only one regiment of troops, although the total strength is worth one army, but the Japanese army has two divisions!

Li Lei's temporary group, not to mention that it won the war, it is difficult to say whether it can draw with the Japanese army.

"How many troops do we still have in Tengchong in Wan Town? I think we can get the troops there to support us. ”

There must be troops on the domestic border, but Li Lei doesn't know how many.

"I'm afraid this idea won't come true, there is only one division of our troops over there, and the combat effectiveness is not strong, and the weapons and equipment are also very poor. Even if they came to help, it wouldn't make much difference. ”

Deputy Commander Luo was familiar with the deployment of troops in the Wan Town area.

It is unrealistic to count on the support of the troops there.

"That's it, my troops will set off now, Deputy Commander Luo, you immediately send a report to the country, requesting that troops be sent to Tengchong and Wan Town immediately. I am ready to work with my temporary regiment to annihilate those two divisions of the Japanese army. ”

Li Lei suggested.

Now it can only be like this, and the two divisions that Okamura Ninji suddenly appeared out of nowhere, which caught everyone off guard.

Unexpectedly, these two divisions of the Japanese army had already arrived in Lashio.

Now it is necessary to send troops to catch up with the Japanese army as soon as possible, and launch an attack while the Japanese army has not yet gained a firm foothold. Deputy Commander Luo agreed to Li Lei's suggestion, and he sent a telegram to the country asking for reinforcements, and Li Lei directly advanced to Lashio with the temporary first regiment.

As soon as Li Lei's troops set out from Tangji, the reconnaissance unit in Lashio discovered that the two divisions of the Japanese army did not go to Lashio at all, but continued to march north, along the Nu River.

Li Lei, who received the news, chuckled in his heart, the Japanese army did not go to Lashio, but continued to go north?

Li Lei hurriedly looked at the map, north of Lashio, that is Wan Town!

Okamura Ninji's goal is not Lashio, but Wanmachi, or even Tengchong!

This conclusion shocked Li Lei.

Okamura Ninji, this time it's really insidious!