The 1st Provisional Regiment, which received the order, immediately set out from Tengchong, secretly entered the battlefield, and began to advance towards Mandalay as the vanguard of the expeditionary force.

Other units of the expeditionary force, in accordance with the instructions of the command, also secretly entered the battlefield.

At this time, Alexander was very nervous, and now he couldn't care about Li Lei's subordinates beating him at all.

His headquarters is now in a state of uproar.

His troops, having already sent him a telegram, asking to retreat.

To their horror, they found that the Japanese army seemed to have set out from Mawlamyine and Dawei.

The Japanese troops are advancing rapidly.

According to the speed of the Japanese army's march, it will take two days at most to reach Tonggu.

Alexander was simply furious.

Why are our troops so greedy for life and afraid of death?

There are 40,000 troops there!

The Japanese army has just set off from Mawlamyine and Dawei, and you are ready to retreat?

Is this still an army?

What you have in your hands is not a burning stick!

In his headquarters, many generals also felt that they had to retreat.

Their troops were no match for the Japanese army at all.

Now the people in his headquarters have been frightened by the Japanese army, and the first thought of mentioning the Japanese army is to retreat.

Oh my God, how could such a force fight?

Obviously, at the beginning, they all looked down on the Japanese army, why did they suddenly be so afraid of the Japanese army?

Just because of their troops, how many shots were fired by the Japanese in Mawlamyine and Dawei?

He really doesn't understand, what are those little people in the island country afraid of?

Alexander did not agree to retreat.

If they retreat again, their troops will have to withdraw to Ringanqiang.

Ren'anqiang is an important oil base.

If Tonggu is occupied by the Japanese army, it is only a matter of time before the Japanese army captures Ren'anqiang.

And what if the troops are withdrawn to Ringanqiang?

If the Japanese army launched an attack on Ren'anqiang, his troops would still not be able to resist.

What to do then?

And then retreat?

If you retreat again, you will have to withdraw to Ah San.

The entire territory was occupied by the Japanese army.

Didn't they invite the expeditionary force to come over just to help them stop the Japanese attack?

His own troops only cared about retreating all the way, which really left Alexander speechless.

"Tell the troops, no retreat is allowed! At the very least, they want to see the Japanese troops, right? They didn't even know where the Japanese army was, so they just retreated. The face of our country Y has been completely disgraced by them! ”

Alexander said depressedly.

The chief of staff of the command said to Alexander: "Commander, I must tell you that our troops are no match for the Japanese army. If you don't order the troops to retreat, then there is a good chance that they will be surrounded by Japanese troops.

Commander, if our troops suffer heavy losses here, you will be court-martialed. ”

Alexander grabbed his hair helplessly, the troops needed to be kept, and the territory could not be lost, and the front was the frantic attack of the Japanese army.

It's just terrible.

Isn't there a good way?

His chief of staff said to Alexander: "Commander, if there is no good way, I suggest that we retreat." ”

Good way?

Alexander suddenly thought of Li Lei again.

He said to the chief of staff: "On the border, there are still 100,000 troops. If this force can help us defeat the Japanese army, maybe it's still a little possible. ”

The chief of staff was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered, yes, now they have allies.

Aren't there 100,000 troops waiting to enter the battlefield with friendly troops?

The chief of staff said: "Then what are you waiting for? Why haven't their troops come to our aid? ”

Alexander said helplessly: "We have always wanted the expeditionary force to enter the battlefield in our country, and I feel that in that case, we will not be able to save face. ”

The chief of staff immediately became angry, slapped the table and said: "Commander, now our troops may be surrounded by Japanese troops at any time. What else is there to talk about face? Our army of 40,000 is rare and not comparable to their face? We must call in the expeditionary force to rescue us at once! ”

Alexander said: "It turned out that the expeditionary force wanted to enter the battlefield, but we did not agree. Now I asked them to come, but they didn't come. Alas. ”

His chief of staff was stunned, why?

Didn't their expeditionary force protect the Yunnan-Burma Highway?

How could it not come?

Alexander said: "You don't know, that Commander Li Lei is very difficult to speak. Now we have to ask Him. He said that if he wanted his troops to enter Burma to fight against Japan, he would have to lend him all the equipment of the seventh armor. ”

"Then lend it to him!" The chief of staff said very simply, as long as it can help defeat the Japanese army, the equipment of a brigade is nothing!

Alexander looked at his chief of staff in shock: "Are you kidding?" Li Lei wanted all the equipment of the Seventh Armored Brigade. That's our best troop here! ”

His chief of staff shrugged his shoulders and said: "Commander, I must remind you that the equipment of the 7th Armored Brigade, even if it is not given to Li Lei, in the end, it will be in the hands of the Japanese army." Instead of that, why don't we just give the equipment to Li Lei. In this case, they have a greater chance of defeating the Japanese army. That's good for us, isn't it? ”

Alexander was stunned, what the chief of staff said seemed to be right!

Anyway, the equipment of the 7th Armored Brigade can't be kept at all, why can't it be given to Li Lei?

When he thought about it, Alexander's heart immediately became much clearer.

Originally feeling cornered, he suddenly found that there was still a road ahead.

Alexander nodded: "I'm glad you reminded me, otherwise I would have been confused." I'll go to Li Lei right now. ”

As he spoke, he was about to leave.

The chief of staff grabbed Alexander and said, "Commander, time is very tight right now, I suggest that you tell General Li Lei about this matter by telegram, I think he will understand." ”

Soon, Li Lei received a telegram from Alexander, agreeing to lend Li Lei all the equipment of the 7th Armored Brigade, and asking Li Lei to send troops immediately.

Li Lei told Alexander to have his 7th Armored Brigade send all the equipment to Mandalay and wait for his troops to receive it.

His expeditionary force will enter the battlefield immediately.

Li Lei immediately sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, ordering the temporary group to speed up the speed, and be sure to feel the mande within a day.

The equipment of the troops of country Y, which will soon get there.

Li Yunlong, who received the news, was very excited and immediately ordered the troops to advance at full speed.

Mandalay has an armored brigade of equipment!

For the time being, a group has made a fortune this time!

Yang Liqing has been following behind Li Yunlong, never leaving an inch.

His requirements are very simple, my sixth battalion does not ask for much, I want twenty tanks, twenty artillery pieces, ten anti-tank guns, and the rest, you just look at it.

This request directly stumped Li Yunlong.

Li Lei said that the armored brigade of country Y has only 50 tanks, and he should give Li Da 30 tanks.

There are still twenty cars left, if they are all given to you Lao Yang's sixth battalion, then the other battalion commanders will not make a lot of noise!

But if you don't give it, you can't do it.

Lao Yang is an old qualification.

I didn't say anything about the war, but I was the commander during the Long March.

Count on your fingers, the whole temporary mess, those are his juniors, can you say no?

Moreover, because Lao Yang's sixth battalion was newly formed, its equipment was a little worse.

It's normal for people to ask for equipment.

But the problem is that if he really gives all the equipment to the Sixth Battalion, then the other battalions will definitely come to ask for an explanation.

It's not a couple of machine guns, and if you give it, you give it.

These are tanks and artillery!

Who doesn't want it?

Yang Liqing is a bachelor, it's okay, if anyone is not convinced, let him come to me.

Who doesn't know, the entire temporary regiment, my new sixth battalion is the weakest!

Why do you have to take care of this?

It's about to start a Japanese war, and I'm going to have to give the brothers something to get their hands on.

Li Yunlong was also worried, there was no way, he had to ask Li Lei.

Li Lei patted his head and forgot about it.

I said Yang Liqing, why was he depressed that day.

His 6th Battalion was indeed a shortcoming of the 1st Regiment. It was established late, there were many recruits, and the equipment was relatively speaking, and it was also the weakest among the battalions.

If you want the temporary battalion to have no weaknesses, you must make several battalions strong.

Li Lei immediately ordered Li Yunlong to deploy all the remaining 20 tanks to the new Sixth Battalion, and at the same time, in terms of artillery deployment, it should also be tilted.

In short, it is necessary to grasp a requirement and raise the combat effectiveness of the sixth battalion.

Alexander had his 7th Panzer Brigade move from Tonggu to Mandalay at once.

And told them that when they arrived in Mandalay, they would immediately hand over all their equipment to the 1st Temporary Regiment. Then their armored 7th Brigade, retreating directly to the northwest to Myitkyina.

Alexander thought that the 7th Armored Brigade would disagree, but he did not expect that when the news arrived, the whole Armored 7th Brigade cheered.

Great, we finally don't have to stay in Tonggu, but can retreat!

The news couldn't be more timely.

The Japanese army is coming soon, and if we don't retreat, we will be wiped out by the Japanese army!

The 7th Armoured Brigade of Country Y set off immediately, without a moment's delay.

The mighty armored forces immediately retreated towards Mandalay.

This made the infantry division stationed in country Y in Tonggu very unhappy.

Why can their armored units retreat, our troop divisions must stay here and wait for death.

It's unbelievable!

So the three infantry division commanders immediately sent a joint telegram to Alexander, saying that if reinforcements did not arrive after two days, then they would decide for themselves whether to retreat or not.

Alexander told them that they must hold on to Tonggu, and that their reinforcements would arrive in two days.

Can I get there in two days?

The devil knows.

From Tengchong to Tonggu, the possibility of being able to reach it in two days is very small, almost impossible.

But Alexander could only call back like this, and he couldn't let his three infantry divisions really retreat like this, right?

The geographical location of Tonggu is very important.

Don't lose it.