The 20-minute shelling finally stopped, and the entire Lashio was in flames, with faint figures moving in the firelight, and heart-rending cries could be faintly heard.

The rain was still falling, overwhelming, far from stopping, wiping a handful of water droplets on his face, Chief of Staff Tang Hao looked at the fire not far away, and scolded fiercely: "Wipe the damn, the little devil is really fucking inhumane, they don't care about the life or death of the people?" ”

Liu Xianwei thought for a while, turned to Bo Naiwen and said: "There are so many Burmese people in this city, the Japanese army is not afraid of breaking your hearts by doing this?" ”

Po Naiwen replied: "Lashio is close to Yunnan, it is a border town at the forefront of the war, and the Burmese natives basically do not live here, most of the people in the city are Chinese and overseas Chinese, there are almost more than 20,000, and the Burmese are estimated to be only a few hundred ......."

Liu Xianwei nodded, suddenly realized, and then asked: "Hasn't the Japanese army always killed overseas Chinese, why are so many people still alive here?" ”

Bo Naiwen said with a smile: "Before the war, there were more Chinese and overseas Chinese here, at least more than 30,000, and the Japanese army had already killed a batch, but they still had to have free labor, so most of them survived." ”

"These brutes!" Liu Xianwei gritted his teeth and scolded, and then said: "Mr. Ne Win, I think I have to trouble you, you go into the city as soon as possible to find out the whereabouts of Aung San Dazuo, and at the same time see if you can collect valuable information for us, and find a way to get the people to withdraw from Lashio to the east." ”

"Yes, I'll go into town!"

Bo Naiwen said and raised his leg and left, but was immediately stopped by Liu Xianwei, "Wait, Mr. Ne Win, I think it's better to bring a few of our people in, these Chinese and expatriates may not listen to your words." ”

Bo Naiwen said: "It's still Brigade Commander Liu who thinks thoughtfully, our Burmese army is a lackey of the little devil in their eyes, they really may not buy my account, it would be best to have your people together." ”

"Chief of Staff, select a few sharp-tongued soldiers from the guard battalion to accompany Mr. Ne Win into the city."

"It's a brigade!"

In an instant, Bonevin disappeared into the black rain with four retinues and five airborne brigade soldiers, a group of ten.

Tang Hao said: "Brigade, how can you be sure that the east is safe?" ”

Liu Xianwei smiled and said: "Not far east of Lashio is the boundless primeval forest of the Shan Plateau, the little devils naturally wish we would go in from here, and they will definitely not deploy troops anywhere, according to the terrain here, their tactics are inseparable from setting up ambushes in the west and blocking them in the north and south." ”

As soon as Liu Xianwei's words fell, there was a sudden sound of gunfire from the north, which was sparse at first, and then immediately connected, not only the AK47 equipped by the airborne brigade, but also the Japanese army's 38 big covers, crutches, and even the latest German-style MP40 submachine guns, which could be heard.

For the MP40 submachine gun, as early as in Xidang, Liu Xianwei had seen it when he fought with the Second Division of the Japanese Army, and even picked up a few from the battlefield, so it was familiar, but Liu Xianwei did not expect that the Japanese army also began to be equipped with a large number of submachine guns, which is not a good phenomenon, which means that their superiority in weapons will also be lost.

In less than five minutes, the movement of the war became even grander, and the Japanese army's melon grenades, the M2 grenades of the airborne brigade, the Japanese army's 92 infantry guns and grenadiers, and the bazooka of the airborne brigade appeared one after another.

This means that they have begun to encounter each other in close combat, and the Japanese army has no intention of coming to the void at all, and as soon as they come up, they will attack with all their might.

"I don't know if the defensive position of the second regiment has been constructed?" Looking at the fierce battlefield, Chief of Staff Tang Hao muttered unconsciously.

"Chief of Staff, the northern front may be a little better, and our biggest threat is probably still in the south." Liu Xianwei said worriedly.

"South? It can't be, after all, the main forces of the Japanese army are in the north, and the source of troops can be continuously pushed up, and the pressure on the north must be greater than that on the south. ”

Liu Xianwei smiled bitterly: "It is precisely because of the strong strength of the Japanese army in the north that the Japanese army is not afraid that we will break through from there, but the south is the rear of the Japanese army, and the strength is almost empty, so the Japanese army should put the main force in the south to prevent us from breaking through from here, as long as we jump out of the enemy's encirclement and enter the jungle of Burma, we will be like a dragon into the sea, and the Japanese army will be a fool's dream if they want to encircle us again, we know this, and the Japanese army also knows, so do you think he should put heavy troops in the south?" ”

"That's right!" Tang Hao praised the festival: "Brigade seat, I think your command ability can be compared to the general seat, and your way of thinking is getting closer and closer to the general seat." ”

"Hehe, compared with the total seat, I am really not half a star, tactically I may be able to reach one-third of the total seat, but strategically, I am afraid I can't even reach one-tenth of the total seat."

"Hahaha, Brigade, you're humble."

"Hahaha!"

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No matter how big the gap between them and Jiang Haoran is in terms of tactics or strategy, but in the face of pressure and predicament, Jiang Haoran's calmness and calmness they have learned, knowing that the battle in front of them is a battle of life and death, but they still smile heartily.

Ten minutes later, Li Chunqiao sent someone to report that the spearhead had spotted the enemy two miles ahead, and that it was still a tank wing that opened the way, and the number of infantry was unknown.

As soon as the soldiers finished speaking, there were several dull explosions from the southwest, and listening to the sounds, Liu Xianwei and they could conclude that this was the C4 time bomb equipped by their airborne brigade, and it was only possible that the soldiers had temporarily planted a few on the road to block the enemy and remind their own people that the Japanese army was not far from them.

"Hehe, Chief of Staff, the show is on, let's go ahead and have a look, right?" Liu Xianwei pulled his wet military uniform and said playfully.

"Okay, this kind of ghost weather little devil has driven the tank out, and he really looks up to us, if you don't give them a good show, I'm really sorry for them?"

"Hahaha!"

The two laughed and strode out of the jungle, two rows of guards forming a line of guards to their left and right, hugging them all the way west. The pouring rain continued, clanging their steel helmets.

Digging trenches on a rainy day is not an easy task, especially in the rice fields, to dig the old bottom of the mud above, but often the mud is dug up, but the water fills the entire tunnel, how deep the trench is as deep as the water, even if the trench is dug, the whole body is soaked in water.

This dilemma was encountered by the airborne brigade, and almost all south of Lashio was an open rice field. The rainy season is almost over, and it is also when the rice is about to ripen, and the drainage in the rice fields is generally very good, basically not allowing too much stagnant water, but the rain is so heavy that the trenches will obviously be deeper than the drainage ditches, so all the water will pour into the trenches.