Myanmar is located between 10 degrees and 28 degrees north latitude, belongs to the tropical monsoon climate, the annual temperature changes little, the coldest month average temperature is above 20 degrees Celsius, the hottest time of the month average temperature is not more than 30 degrees Celsius.

The mild and humid climate has created a good ecological environment in Myanmar, and in a sense, it is indeed a treasure land.

It was the middle of April, and the wind and sun were beautiful every day.

On October 13, the rising sun climbed out of the sea of clouds early and diligently sprinkled boundless glow on the world.

"Kill...... Kill ......"

"Kill...... Kill...... Kill ......"

The 66 th Regiment was shouting and killing on the school ground, wave after wave, and the training of various units was in full swing.

"Turtle's,"

Li Siwei strode on the school grounds, his eyes slowly swept over the phalanx of various departments, and swept the entourage with a bright smile, "The climate of drifting back is to raise people!" It's only been a few days, and one by one they have become energetic again. ”

"That's," the generals nodded one after another, all smiling with a smile on their faces, "It's lukewarm this day, and the supplies are sufficient, and many brothers are fat!" ”

Although Rangoon has fallen, India is still in the hands of the British, and supplies are safe.

"Got fat? Which turtle son got fat? ”

Li Siwei turned his head and swept the generals, laughing and scolding, "It seems that the training intensity is not enough!" ”

"Enough, enough......"

The generals hurriedly laughed.

"Enough?"

Li Siwei looked at the generals with blazing eyes, and smiled, "Since it's enough, how can anyone get fat?" Are they lazy? ”

"Uh......"

The generals were stunned, so they had to scold themselves for talking too much.

"Commander,"

Wang Liu's eyes rolled, and he pointed to the camp of the medical platoon with a smile, "It's the injured brothers who have gained weight......

"Oh...... Yes, yes, yes......"

The generals nodded in agreement, "It's the injured brothers who are fat!" ”

"Turtle's,"

Li Siwei glared and smiled, "Okay, it's all gone!" Lao Tzu went to see which turtle was fat? ”

Saying that, Li Siwei turned his head and went to the medical platoon camp, walking briskly and smiling brightly, in the past few days, the brothers' lives have indeed been comfortable, and even the injured brother has improved significantly.

It was also a sunny day, but General Stilwell and Chief Luo were not in a better mood at all.

On 7 April, the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee made a final decision on the "Plan for the Battle of Pingmanna" in Meimiao, and then all units of the Fifth Army hurriedly arranged according to the plan; by 12 April, all the units participating in the battle were progressing smoothly, most of them had already arrived at the predetermined positions, and the preparations for the battle had entered the final stage.

However, at this critical moment, the Sixth Army was gradually declining on the Eastern Front, while the British Army was about to collapse on the Western Front, and both flanks of the Fifth Army were exposed to the Japanese attack!

General Stilwell and Chief Luo personally inspected the Eastern Front and made adjustments to Commander Gan's defensive deployment.

At the same time, Commander Du also went to Magway, the headquarters of the First Army of the Anglo-Burmese Army, hoping to persuade the commander of the corps, General Slim, to fully hold the existing defensive line and send a part of the artillery and tank units to support the Battle of Pingmanna.

After listening to Commander Du's request, General Slim asked General Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Burmese army, for instructions, and not surprisingly, Alexander, who was known as the "retreating general", rejected Commander Du's request, and instead asked the expeditionary force to send elite troops to cover the retreat of the British army...... The result was naturally unhappy.

As early as when the "Plan for the Battle of Pyongmanna" was formulated, the chairman of the committee solemnly pointed out that "the key to the success or failure of the Battle of Pyongmana is whether the Sixth Army and the British Army can ensure the security of the eastern and western flanks of Pyongmanna." ”

But now...... The attitude of the British side made Chief Du deeply worried!

After leaving Magway, Chief Du hurried to the headquarters of the Driftback Commander and reported the meeting in detail to Chief Luo and General Stilwell.

After listening to the report, General Stilwell and Chief Luo also felt the seriousness of the situation and immediately decided to convene an emergency combat meeting.

More than 10 people, including representatives of the Anglo-Burmese Army, the Military Commission's Staff Corps in Yunnan, Stilwell's General Staff, the Expeditionary Force Commander's Department, and the Fifth Army and Sixth Army, gathered together for an emergency operations meeting.

At the meeting, the chief of staff of the Sixth Army Lin and the chief of staff of the Fifth Army successively introduced the situation of the enemy and us on the eastern front and the central route, and then Chief Du proposed the "Three Strategies for Saving Burma", but the representatives of the British and Burmese Army put forward the "Mandalay Battle Plan", and the debate was endless!

As the night wore on, the lights were still bright in the commander's headquarters, and the voices of controversy rang out from time to time, and the parties involved in the meeting were unable to reach a consensus for a long time.

Of course, the quarrel in the commander's headquarters did not affect the peaceful and peaceful atmosphere in the 66th Regiment station, nor did it prevent Li Siwei and the two daughters from enjoying a short happy time.

After all, as the old saying goes, "if you are not in your position, you can't seek your own government", as a small regiment leader, all Li Siwei can do is "carry out orders"!

As the night deepened, the lights in the cabin were dim, and the two girls had just returned, Li Siwei hurriedly found a wooden basin to fetch water, and rubbed Ning Rou's feet first.

Since moving to drift back, Li Siwei's rubbing the feet of the two women has become a unique scenery in the hut, so that Li Siwei's method of rubbing his feet has become more and more professional.

"Huh?"

Wu Ruolan sat aside, holding the letter Li Siwei had just received in the afternoon, and was reading, and suddenly her face was full of exclamation, "A thousand lives will memorize the "Three Character Classic"!" ”

As long as the Yunnan-Burma Highway is still open, the letter can be sent back, but it takes a lot of time to go back and forth.

"Ruolan,"

Hearing this, Ning Rou, whose beautiful eyes were slightly closed and her face was full of enjoyment, hurriedly opened her eyes, turned her head to look at Wu Ruolan, and there was a trace of expectation and apprehension in her expression, "Quickly show me......"

"Okay,"

Wu Ruolan handed the letter to Ning Rou with a smile, and it was difficult to hide her pride between her eyebrows, "An An can also recite a few words...... I'm just over two years old! ”

Parents in the world rarely hope that their sons will become dragons and daughters become phoenixes, and there are rare people who are not proud of their children.

"Hey......

Li Siwei listened to Wu Ruolan's words, raised his head with a smile, and there was a look of self-satisfaction between his eyebrows, "Can our baby be bad?" ”

As he spoke, Li Siwei quickly ripped off the towel on his shoulder, picked up Ning Rou's jade feet from the basin, wiped them gently, and said in a gentle voice, "Rou'er, lie down on the bed and watch!" ”

"Hmm,"

Ning Rou nodded obediently, and slowly shrank into the bed, but her eyes were still glued to the letter in her hand, and she smiled brightly, "Dad said that the two babies know how to take care of September!" ”

"Very well-behaved!"

Although Li Siwei had already read the letter, he still echoed with a smile on his face, slowly got up, picked up the wooden basin and went outside to change the water.

"Sister Rou'er,"

Seeing that Li Siwei was gone, Wu Ruolan hurriedly leaned over to Ning Rou's side, looked at the letter again, and suddenly her eyes turned red, "I ...... I miss the baby! ”

Ning Rou's hand trembled, and she hurriedly handed the letter to Wu Ruolan, and gently took her into her arms, looking lonely, "I miss them too......

"Sister Rou'er,"

Wu Ruolan didn't answer the letter, she just leaned into Ning Rou's arms tightly, her voice full of helplessness, "You say, let's ...... When will I be able to go back? ”

"It's coming, it's coming soon......"

Ning Rou gently patted Wu Ruolan's back, her voice was soft, as if she was comforting Wu Ruolan, and she seemed to be muttering to herself.

"Bang ......"

After a long time, footsteps sounded outside the door, Li Siwei walked in with a basin of water, but the two women had separated, and both pretty faces looked at Li Siwei with a smile.

Li Siwei didn't notice anything abnormal, walked to the bed with a smile and put down the wooden basin, then squatted down and took off her shoes for Wu Ruolan, with a smile in her voice, "Hehe...... Zhenhua laughed at me two days ago, I see that he is also fetching water tonight! ”

"Uh......"

The two girls were stunned, and they were all "sneering......", their faces full of slyness, "He should have learned from you, the head of the regiment!" ”

"You ......"

Seeing the expressions of the two women, Li Siwei suddenly realized, and had to smile bitterly: It seems that ...... Women really can't be messed with!

The night before yesterday, Miao Zhenhua came to look for Li Siwei, and happened to see Li Siwei washing his mother-in-law's feet, and his expression was ...... To be surprised, to be surprised, to be surprised.

After talking about business, Miao Zhenhua also whispered a sentence to Li Siwei, "Commander, I go back every day, but my mother-in-law fetchs water for me to wash my feet", and then left triumphantly.

Although the two girls didn't hear what he and Li Siwei said, they could see his smug expression clearly...... So I went to pick up Luo Meier, and Miao Zhenhua had to obediently go to wash her feet!

"Who shouted him so arrogantly?"

Wu Ruolan smiled proudly, "Besides, Mei'er is not easy!" ”

"That's,"

Li Siwei dared to refute, and hurriedly buried his head in rubbing his feet for Wu Ruolan, with gentle movements, "Rubbing feet is also a craft!" Let him learn and learn......"

The hazy night, the small room, the dusk lamp, and the faint warmth brewed a strong sense of happiness.

This night, Li Siwei hugged the delicate bodies of the two girls and still slept soundly.

However, the lights in the conference room of the Governor's Department were brightly lit and remained unturned all night.

The emergency combat meeting was held until dawn, but no consensus could be reached.

For unknown reasons, the representatives of the Military Commission's staff mission in Yunnan agreed with the British proposal -- to abandon the Battle of Pingmana and fight a decisive battle with the enemy at Mandalay instead.

Although General Stilwell believed that one of the three strategies proposed by Chief Du, the "Battle of Taunggyi," was a good strategy to save the situation in Burma, he could not influence the opinion of the British side, and in the end he could only suggest that "we should call the Upper Peak again and ask it to approve it as soon as possible so that it can be implemented." ”

However, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and the situation on the Western Front had changed dramatically before the "approval from above."

On 14 April, the 33rd Division of the Japanese invaders occupied Dongdunzhi and Mingong, approaching Magway, and the British and Burmese hurriedly abandoned Magway, and then blew up the Ringanqiang oil field, and retreated northward in panic, and its first division and the 7th armored brigade, a total of more than 7,000 people, could not retreat, and were surrounded by the forces of the 214th Wing of the Japanese invaders and the 1st of the 213th Wing of the Japanese invaders tracing the Irrawaddy River in the Ringanqiang oil field.

On 16 October, when the British army trapped in the Ringanqiang area failed to break through, General Alexandria personally went to the headquarters of the Drifting Commander at dusk to ask for help.

However, General Stilwell and Chief Law were both inspecting the Eastern Front, and they were not returning for a long time, so anxious that Alexander was like an ant on a hot pot.

As the night wore on, the convoy of General Stilwell and Chief Law finally drove outside the commander's headquarters, and General Alexander heard the movement and greeted him in a panic, with a solemn expression.

"Alex,"

Without waiting for General Alexander to speak, General Stilwell looked at General Alexander with a calm face and a sneer on his face, "You must have come late at night because you heard that we were about to launch the Pingmana Offensive and sent us tanks and artillery units, right?" We really want to thank you......"

"Joe,"

In the face of General Stilwell's sarcasm, General Alexander couldn't help but blush, "I'm very sorry! I can't have tanks and artillery units to support your offensive operations right now. On the contrary, I would like to ask you to send the new 38th Division to relieve the 1st Anglo-Burmese Division, which was besieged by the Japanese at Ringanqiang. ”

As he spoke, General Alexander's face was full of earnestness, "There are more than 7,000 British officers and soldiers there, eager for you to send troops to rescue them!" London and New Delhi are crying out for help! Hurry up! Saving soldiers is like fighting fire! ”

General Stilwell was stunned, and his face became solemn.

Ringanqiang is the largest oil field in Myanmar and the most important strategic energy base of the China-UK-Myanmar coalition!

At this point, the situation on the Western Front was already precarious, the flanks of the Fifth Army were completely exposed to the Japanese attack, and the possibility of success in the Battle of Pingmana was very small.

On 18 April, on the eve of the 38th Division's forward attack on the Japanese at Ringanqiang, General Stilwell and Commander Luo were forced to make the decision to "abandon the Battle of Pyongmanna" and ordered the Fifth Army to assemble on the lines of Myitira and Piaobei.

On April 18, the sky was as beautiful as ever, and Li Siwei was patrolling the camp as before, walking briskly and smiling, but he didn't know that the war clouds were drifting towards the drifting back.

"Regiment...... Commander,"

In the middle of the day, as soon as Li Siwei came out of the camp of the supply company, Zhao Xin came over panting and handed Li Siwei an order, "The order just sent by the commander's department, let us ......"

Before Zhao Xin's words fell, Li Siwei had already snatched the order and hurriedly read it, and waved his hand, "Go and inform the heads of the departments immediately......

"The platoon commander has already sent someone!"

Zhao Xin put down the next sentence, and hurriedly ran to the camp of the supply company again, "I'll call Company Commander Liu ......."

"Commander,"

Seeing this, Liu Tianfu suddenly became energetic and eager to try, "It's going to be war again?" ”

"Turtle's!"

Li Siwei glared at him headed, turned his head and walked towards the regiment headquarters, his words were solemn, "This is a ...... I'm afraid I can't stop! ”

"Can't stop?"

Liu Tianfu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly chased after him, with a smile on his face that didn't care, "That's good, go back to China early after the fight!" ”

Li Siwei's steps stiffened, and his voice was bitter, "Do you want to go back in a gloomy way?" ”

Li Siwei's voice was not loud, but Liu Tianfu smiled stiffly when he heard it, "Tuan...... Captain, you're saying we're going to ......?"

Before Liu Tianfu's words fell, Li Siwei took another step and hurriedly went to the regiment headquarters, but the steps looked a little heavy, and every step was splashed with dust and smoke.

The troops on the western front were surrounded, the troops on the east could not hold their ground, and the troops on the south had to retreat.

However, God knows where to retreat this retreat?

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