The troops of the expeditionary force are entering the battlefield in an orderly manner.

According to the order, Li Lei's temporary regiment, as the vanguard of the expeditionary force, made a rapid march and reached Tonggu as quickly as possible.

Immediately upon arrival, it will be armed.

Regardless of whether the infantry division of country Y has retreated or not, they will temporarily form a regiment and hold Tonggu.

The Fifth Army followed closely behind the Temporary First Regiment and deployed its troops in the area of Tonggu and Pingman, which was the Central Route Army.

The Japanese have now occupied Mawlamyine and Dawei.

Li Lei analyzed that Iida Shojiro will still use his best tactics and attack in three ways.

On the western and western sides of the battlefield, the depth was not enough, and if the method of attacking from three ways was used, the Japanese army would almost be equivalent to advancing on the entire front.

The important towns of Pingmanna, Mandalay, and Tangji are all in the middle, so Li Lei judged that the focus of the Japanese attack would be the middle road.

For the troops on the eastern route, the headquarters sent troops from the 49th Division, the 93rd Division, and the 55th Provisional Division of the Sixth Army to garrison the area around Leileman.

The main task of the Eastern Route troops was to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through Leileman and attacking Lashio.

Lashio is located in the northeastern part of Myanmar and is a very important place on the Yunnan-Burma Highway. It is the only place for the expeditionary force to enter the battlefield and return home, and it is also the rear of the entire expeditionary force.

If Lashio is occupied by the Japanese army, the entire expeditionary force will be in danger of being surrounded.

This expeditionary force was not superior in numbers.

and the strength of the Japanese army, basically a one-to-one ratio.

If you want to defeat the Japanese army, the troops are somewhat stretched.

As for the western part of the battlefield, in the area of Ringanqiang, there are a large number of troops of Country Y, but it is difficult to say whether they can be relied on.

The command decided to send the 66th Army to garrison the area around Ringanqiang to block the Japanese attack.

Alexander's armored seventh march moved very fast, almost in a hurry. It took only one day to get from Tonggu to Mandalay.

By the time Li Yunlong led the 1st Regiment to Mandalay, the 7th Armored Brigade of Country Y was already waiting there and was looking forward to it.

When they saw Li Yunlong's troops coming, tears welled up in their excited eyes.

As long as they are equipped and handed over to the temporary regiment, they can withdraw directly to Myitkyina.

It's the rear of the battlefield, and it's safe.

It's nice not to have to fight!

The brigade commander of the 7th Armored Brigade was a major in country Y, and he hugged Li Yunlong excitedly, and directly turned in a circle, turning Li Yunlong's disgusting face green.

Damn, it's cheap! Only my daughter-in-law has ever hugged me like that!

If Zhao Gang hadn't told him that this was the battalion commander of the Seventh Armored Brigade, Li Yunlong would have wanted to beat him.

For the sake of him running over to deliver a tank to himself, I spared him this time.

As soon as the big nose handed over the weapon, he immediately retreated with his troops, and the speed was so fast that Li Yunlong couldn't believe it.

It's so happy to give your equipment to others, and it's really everything.

After receiving the weapon, Li Yunlong immediately assigned all the equipment.

Let the troops have to be proficient in the use of this batch of equipment within two days.

That's all good stuff!

Just as the troops of the expeditionary force were rapidly advancing to the designated place, the Japanese troops had already begun to send troops from the port to Tonggu.

Iida Shojiro had already asked his Mei agency to reconnoiter Tonggu, and found that the infantry and artillery divisions of Country Y there had no fighting spirit at all, and their Seventh Armored Brigade had even retreated from Tonggu.

This made Shojiro Iida very excited.

Sardis Nai......

It turns out that the troops of country Y are so vulnerable!

He immediately ordered the 11th Division of the Japanese Army to march towards Tonggu immediately.

"Order, the 11th Division, immediately advance to Tonggu, use the fastest speed, occupy Tonggu, and destroy the infantry division of Country Y there.

The order was given to the 56th Division to advance towards Moltke, and immediately after the capture of Moltke, it advanced in the direction of Laoicao. Prepare the pack from the right flank around the Tonggu troops.

The order, the 55th Division, immediately advanced in the direction of Alamman, preparing to encircle from the left flank.

The 18th Division, as a mobile unit of the 15th Army, was ordered to be ready for battle at any time. ”

Shojiro Iida looked at the map with a gloomy face and nodded.

He thought about his plan for a moment and couldn't find any obvious loopholes.

As long as the main force of country Y's troops can be eliminated in Tonggu, it will be easy to occupy Burma.

After receiving the equipment, the first regiment arrived in Tonggu on time, and Li Yunlong was surprised to find that the infantry division of country Y here had actually retreated!

Tonggu has no troops at all!

Li Yunlong didn't dare to be careless, and immediately reported the situation here to Li Lei.

Li Lei was very surprised, what the hell, didn't they not allow them to retreat? Why did you still retreat?

Li Lei was very angry.

But now anger is useless either.

According to intelligence, now the Japanese army is rapidly advancing towards Tonggu, and there is probably a division of troops.

For the time being, the troops of the first regiment could not hold Tonggu.

"Where is the Fifth Army now?" Li Lei asked David.

David hurriedly pointed to the map and said, "The speed of the Fifth Army is very fast, and now it has reached the Pingman area. ”

Pingmanna......

Li Lei chewed on the name and looked at the map with a frown.

Now that the Japanese army is attacking Tonggu's troops, there is a division, which, according to intelligence, is the 11th division of the Japanese army.

The 56th Division of the Japanese Army, which had been separated from the 11th Division, was advancing towards Moltke.

If you fight a big battle with the Japanese army in Tonggu, it is not suitable.

Tonggu and Moltke were very close, and it was not easy to encircle and eat the 11th Division of the Japanese army.

If the Fifth Army and the 11th Division of the Japanese Army started a war in Tonggu, then the 56th Division of the Japanese Army would be able to come over for reinforcements soon.

In this case, the Fifth Army was in danger of being surrounded.

If you want to take out the Japanese troops, you must annihilate them separately.

Li Lei's first target was the 11th Division of the Japanese Army.

Judging from the traditional command habits of the Japanese army, their middle lane troops are generally the most formidable.

But at the same time, it is the most arrogant.

The commander of the 11th Division, whose name was Sakurai Ishizo.

This is a very arrogant Japanese commander, and when he fought Nanjing, he had this bastard.

And the 11th Division is also the main force of the entire Japanese 15th Army.

Li Lei decided to kill this Sakurai Shizo first.

As long as his 11th Division is killed, then Iida Shojiro's 15th Army will be broken, and it will be impossible to occupy Burma quickly.

After Li Lei reported his idea to the command, the command quickly agreed to his battle plan.

Li Lei immediately ordered: "Order a regiment for the time being and set up multiple lines of defense." After meeting with the Japanese army, they resisted and gradually retreated. Attract the eleventh Japanese army to the area of Pingman. ”

Because of the change in the situation, the command made some new adjustments to the deployment of the troops in accordance with Li Lei's suggestion.

The command ordered the Sixth Army to withdraw from the Laoikao area and move west into Pingmanna, preparing to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 11th Division together with the Fifth Army.

The 66th Army was ordered to hold back the attacking Japanese troops at Ringanqiang, so that the 55th Division of the Japanese Army could not move east to reinforce the Japanese troops in Pingmanna.

David said worriedly: "Commander Li Lei, if the Sixth Army advances to Binh Manna, then in the north of Burma, we will have no troops. The 56th Division of the Japanese Army can advance quickly and advance all the way to Tangji, in which case our Fifth Army and Sixth Army will be attacked by the enemy. ”

David had his own opinion on the transfer of the Sixth Army to Tonggu by the command.

Now that the Japanese army is attacking Tonggu's troops, there is a division, and their two corps want to encircle and annihilate the 11th Division, which is obviously a little powerless.

In David's opinion, it was already the best result to be able to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese 11th Division and force them to retreat.

But in this way, the Japanese troops on the eastern road of the battlefield will have no troops to defend.

The 56th Division of the Japanese Army could completely reach Tangji and copy the back road of their expeditionary force.

At that time, the Fifth and Sixth Armies will be in danger.

After all, the strength of the expeditionary force, in David's opinion, is still far behind the Japanese army.

Li Lei said to David: "David, there is a tactic called sports warfare, have you heard of it?" ”

Athletic warfare?

David was unfamiliar with the term.

Li Lei said: "Our troops are now on par with the number of Japanese troops. If you want to take out the Japanese army, you must form a temporary superior force in a certain place, and this will be done.

In order to achieve this goal, our troops must abandon the defense of a certain point.

Rather, let the troops move, according to the movements of the Japanese army, concentrate superior forces, and kill them.

Of course, the command knew that the Japanese 56th Division would attack Tangji and was ready to copy our rear road.

However, if we annihilate the Japanese 11th Division, we will immediately have a strength advantage over the Japanese 56th Division.

The most important thing now is whether the 66th Army can hold back the 55th Division of the Japanese Army in the area of Ren'anqiang.

As long as the 55th Division is delayed for five days, our 1st Regiment and the troops of the other two corps will be sure to annihilate the 11th Division of the Japanese army in Tonggu. ”

The reason why Li Lei made such a decision was because the strength of the entire expeditionary force was much stronger than that of the domestic troops.

The previous five-to-one ratio of the Nationalist Army and the Japanese Army does not apply here.

The only thing that worries Li Lei now is whether some commanders of the expeditionary force can turn this corner.

After all, when they were fighting at home, they were accustomed to fighting the Japanese army with five or even ten times the number of troops.

Now that the sudden increase in strength has become two to one, one to one, Li Lei is worried that many commanders will not be able to change their minds for a while, and they will not be able to let go of their hands and feet.

Now the overall strength of their expeditionary force is about the same as that of the Japanese army.

Although the quality of the soldiers of the expeditionary force was a little lower than that of the Japanese army, its equipment was better than that of the Japanese army.

In general, as long as the tactics work properly, there is a great hope of defeating the Japanese army.