On the morning of October 14th, under Stilwell's general order, the 38th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force stationed in India launched a thunderous and rapid offensive against Xinpingyang.

"General Hebian, the commander of the 18th Division is calling, my new Pingyang Division was fiercely attacked by the newly formed 38th Division of the Indian Army this morning!"

Kawabe Shozo's eyes flashed brightly after hearing this, it seems that the war has begun, and Stilwell really can't wait for me this time, and he has just started to attack when it is clear.

"Summoning the commander of the 55th Division, Takeuchi Kan, and the head of the Hayafuchi detachment, Genzo Miyamoto, as well as all the operational staff officers, to hold an operational meeting!" Kawabe said to his adjutant with a straight face.

After a while, Takeuchi Kan, Miyamoto Genzo, and the combat staff officers stationed in Lashio came to the battle conference room, and the river side looked at everyone and said.

"Summoning you here is to tell you that the Indian army has launched an attack on our Japanese territory, and this morning the new 38th Division of the Indian Army launched a fierce attack on our Xinpingyang, it seems that it is going to break through Xinpingyang and enter northern Burma, the war has begun, and then you must also cheer up and defend with all your might!" All the generals and officers listened to the words of Hebian Zhengzo, and they all solemnly gave a military salute and shouted loudly.

"No!"

Kawabe Shozo looked at the crowd full of energy, nodded with satisfaction, and at this moment, the young adjutant hurriedly came to Kawabe Shozo and whispered in Kawabe Shozo's ear.

"General, the commander of the 18th Division called, the reinforcements of our unit rushing to the aid of the 1st Division of Xinpingyang encountered fierce sniping from the special operations forces of the Chinese Expeditionary Force halfway, and the 38th Division was all equipped and well-trained by the US army, and it was difficult for Xinpingyang to hold on after half an hour at most!"

Kawabe Shozo gasped after hearing this, is the first battle going to end in defeat? It seems that Stilwell is really menacing this time, and Takeuchi Kan and Miyamoto Genzo also glanced at each other, they both saw the surprise in Kawabe Shozo's eyes, and an ominous premonition enveloped the hearts of the two, so they quietly waved their hands to let the combat staff officers leave first, and then the two looked at Kawabe Shozo.

"Is something happening to the general?"

Kawabe Shozo listened to no words, let the adjutant hand the telegram to Takeuchi Kan and Miyamoto Genzo, the two took the telegram and looked at it, and they were secretly surprised in their hearts, just an hour, the 18th Division was difficult to hold, and the reinforcements were actually blocked by 50 special operations troops, it seems that this time the strength of the Chinese army has made a qualitative leap, and the two of them are not optimistic about the future war situation for a while.

And the riverside Zhengsan's eyes also flashed with a solemn gaze, and he quickly recovered from the shock and looked at the three people.

"It seems that the deployment of western Yunnan is now going to be transferred to help my northern Burma battlefield!" After Kawabe Shozo finished speaking, the young adjutant's eyes flashed with a bitter gaze and looked at Kawabe Shozo.

"Just now a call came from western Yunnan, the 20th Group Army of the Wei Lihuang Department of the Chinese Expeditionary Force has shelled and airraided Lichaiba and Shuanghongqiao along the Nu River!" Hebian Zhengsan listened, his eyes became more solemn, this is Wei Lihuang warning himself not to move the battlefield in western Yunnan, otherwise they will cross the Nu River to regain lost territory, Hebian Zhengsan listened to this message and also canceled the decision to let western Yunnan rush to aid northern Myanmar.

At this moment, Kawabe Shozo has a kind of embattled taste at the beginning of the battle, and at this moment Takeuchi Kan and Miyamoto Genzo also have this illusion, if the Chinese Expeditionary Force is still last year's battlefield quality, they will definitely not have this illusion, but the rapid attack of the 38th Division, Xin Pingyang only lasted for an hour and a half and lost it, what does this mean! It means that the Japanese army no longer has an advantage in military equipment operations, and at this moment, the young adjutant said even worse.

"In the rainy season in northern Myanmar this year, a total of 200 missing people from my garrison divisions and regiments have disappeared for no reason, and even the corpses have not been found!"

Kawabe Shozo's eyes flashed with a solemn gaze after listening, and an ominous premonition enveloped Kawabe Shozo, what does this mean, it shows that during this rainy season in northern Myanmar, there is a Chinese army in the dense forest to reconnoitre, and those missing persons are the patrol team that has never returned, which means that Stilwell is likely to have mastered his military deployment in northern Myanmar, and for a while, Kawabe Shozo's heart was in turmoil, slumped in a chair, and cold sweat on his forehead flowed down his cheeks.

And after listening to the report of the young adjutant, Miyamoto Genzo's eyes also flashed brightly, it seems that the special combat team last time has returned to the battlefield, and this shot is a good move, so Miyamoto Genzo's eyes flashed with a wise gaze and looked at the riverside Zhengsandao.

"General Hebian, I think that now the military deployment of our army has been known in detail by the enemy, and the only way to do this is to shrink the front line and arrange for only one front-line combat division to be garrisoned, so that we can shrink our troops to a high and dangerous pass in northern Myanmar and gather troops to defend it, so that such a small-scale movement will not attract the attention of the enemy, and we can also give the enemy a surprise blow at that time!"

Kawabe Shozo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look at Miyamoto Genzo with appreciation and nodded, and then agreed with Miyamoto Genzo's opinion, so he began to study countermeasures to compress the front with Takeuchi Kuan and Miyamoto Genzo, but unfortunately what Kawabe Shozo didn't expect was that their idea Stilwell also thought of it, so he decided to let the Shen Zui special combat team give full play to their maximum combat effect, continue to hide in the dense forest, monitor the movements of the Japanese army, and just like that, a battle of wits and courage was in full swing on the battlefield in Myanmar with the flames of war.

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Shanghai unconsciously came to the cold winter, Okamura Ningji looked at the battle report in front of Yunnan and northern Myanmar at home, and couldn't help but feel a strong sense of frustration, Okamura Ningji was in Manchuria before, and the staff headquarters was not so frustrated and depressed about the temporary defeat of the war report, but after arriving in Shanghai this time, Okamura Ningji really realized that the empire's chariot has some sunset flavor.

Ono Jiro's death, Xiaoshan's unharmed, there is no doubt that the empire began to compromise with Wang Jingwei in the face of domestic economic collapse, which actually indicates that the empire has begun to decline, the battlefield ahead, the enemy has a division, and a half hour to break through the new Pingyang garrisoned by the 18th Division, and the Chinese 20th Army stationed near the Nu River is eyeing the tiger, it is already a cold winter, the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India has broken through Yubang, and the river side Zhengsan has also shrunk the Japanese army to the Jebu Mountain Pass, once Jebu is lost, The empire is really losing ground.

Okamura Ninji's heart couldn't help but feel a deep self-question, are we really going to lose? Now that the American battlefield is losing and retreating, is this Chinese battlefield, the last stronghold of the empire, also unstable? For a while, Okamura Ningji looked out the window at the winter sunset, and he really had a sense of the end of the sunset!

"General Okamura, you, the Quartermaster of the Navy, are really leisurely, you are really comfortable drinking at home in winter, General Okamura, I don't even know you anymore!"

At this moment, a mysterious voice sounded in Okamura Ninji's ears, interrupting Okamura Ninji's contemplation, Okamura Ninji woke up instantly, looked in the direction of the sound, and what caught his eye was a mysterious person wearing a silver iron mask on his face and wearing a black coat, his voice was hoarse and low, giving people a strange coldness, Okamura Ninji looked at the mysterious man vigilantly.

"Who are you? Why did you suddenly appear in my house! The mysterious man listened to Okamura Ninji's words, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he looked at Okamura Ninji with a sneer.

"If I don't come to your house, how can I see how the iron-blooded birdman in the past has such a dejected side, Okamura Ningji, I really misjudged you, you really disgraced the face of our Imperial Japanese general, Ono Jiro died in Shanghai, you obviously know that Xiao Shan is the culprit who killed Ono Jiro, not only did you not kill him, but you still let him be in charge of the Dayu Chamber of Commerce, you let Ono Jiro's heroic soul in the kingdom of heaven how can he be blinded!"

After listening to the words of the mysterious man, Okamura Ninji also understood that he must be a Japanese, and he was upset for Ono Jiro, but who was he, could it be a member of the Ono family, so Okamura Ninji asked tentatively.

"You're from Kyoto? A member of the Ono family? It's not that I don't want to get rid of Xiaoshan, but the empire is now mainly fighting at the front, and a large amount of war materials is needed as soon as the war starts, and the situation in Shanghai can only be controlled by Xiaoshan, and now the Dayu Chamber of Commerce is under our comprehensive surveillance, and he is just a puppet for us to transport and collect strategic materials! The mysterious man became even more angry when he heard this, and let out an oozing sneer, looking at Okamura Ninji with mockery and disdain.

"This is the reason why you keep Xiaoshan, you generals are all rice buckets, the people in Shanghai are disobedient, you will kill, in the face of killing, no one dares to be disobedient, it's a big deal to kill them, it's all controlled by us Japanese, what is to control China with China, it's just the big words of some hypocritical politicians, I don't feel pity for the lives of those agents who sacrificed for the empire, you really disappointed me too much, since you don't dare to kill, then I'll come, I can still kill him Xiaoshan alone."

For a while, Okamura Ninji's room was filled with a crazy and fiery murderous aura, and Okamura Ninji shuddered when he looked at the killing intent in the mysterious man's eyes, and couldn't help but look at the mysterious man.

"Who are you, why do you hate Xiaoshan so much, haven't you understood my explanation, Xiaoshan can't die now, otherwise the situation in Shanghai will be difficult to control!" After listening to Okamura Ninji's words, the mysterious man looked at Okamura Ninji coldly and said.

"If you don't help me, forget it, and obstruct me, it's really disappointing to me, an iron-blooded general has become such a mother-in-law, who am I, I am a person who has returned from hell, I came back again, just to find Xiao Shan for revenge, Okamura Ningji I respect you as a soldier, I don't want to be presumptuous to you, you don't care about me and Xiao Shan's affairs, otherwise I will have to kill you, I came to you today, just to borrow something from you, and lend me your saber village to use!"

Okamura Ninji's eyes flickered when he heard this, he actually even knew the demon sword in my hand, he must be someone I am familiar with, who is it? Looking at the crazy eyes of the mysterious man, Okamura Ningji felt a chill in his heart, once the demon knife village was out of the knife, the blood flowed into a river, although he has always owned it, but he has always treasured it, and he has not used it, but looking at this person's madness, it seems that he will not give up if he does not give it to him.

So Okamura Ninji got up and left the living room, and after a while, he handed a sealed ancient long knife to the mysterious man, and said solemnly.

"As soon as the village is out, the blood is flowing like a river, you must have heard of the legend of the demon knife, so you must be cautious about using it!"

The mysterious man glanced at Okamura Ningji with disdain after listening, and then left with a flash, and at the moment when the mysterious man disappeared, a quaint waist card appeared in front of Okamura Ningji, Okamura Ningji picked up the waist card and saw that it was written in ancient Japanese with Chikage Ye, Okamura Ningji already knew that this mysterious person was Chiba, but he didn't expect him to come back from the dead, and then Chiba's words sounded in his ears.

"If I want to come back alive, then Xiaoshan will die, if I don't come back, you will take that village to the battlefield to kill the enemy!"

Okamura Ningji's eyes flashed with a bright light when he heard this, it seems that this Thousand Shadows family is really mysterious, and they actually know how to control the secret method of Muramasa, Xiao Shan seems to have encountered a real strong enemy this time, but Okamura Ningji is not ready to care, since this is already the case, let the two of them resign themselves to fate!