The 236th Division belongs to the C Division, with a total of three infantry wings, stationed in Mengdu and Ringanqiang, one of which is in Mengdu and two in Ringanqiang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because Ren'anqiang was close to the defense line of the western front, and when the troops were tight, they could rush to the front at any time, so the middle position of Ren'anqiang was more than Mengdu's troops.

Ren'anqiang is hundreds of kilometers away from Mengdu, like the 236th Division, this kind of C division, the mobility ability is incomparable with the permanent division, semi-mechanized logistics can not be reached, the whole process depends on two legs, and when they arrive in Mengdu from Ren'anqiang, it will be at least tomorrow, whether the defenders of Mengdu can hold out until tomorrow, I'm afraid only God knows.

But in any case, Yamashita Fengwen has to take this move, as soon as Mengdu loses, the entire rear line of the Western Front will be exposed to the guns of the Chinese army, if their shipping capacity is good, there will be a large number of troops from Mengdu, then the next battle will not have to be fought at all, the troops of the Western Front simply cannot withstand the attack of the expeditionary force on both sides, and it is only a matter of time before the whole line collapses.

Therefore, Mengdu must not be lost, and even if Mengdu is lost, this wing sent for reinforcements must be recaptured from the Chinese army.

The strength of the Chinese navy is still clear to Yamashita Fumi, compared to the expeditionary force, they are still too far behind, even if the surprise attack succeeds for a while, it should not be a problem to gather the strength of two wings to drive them into the sea.

An hour later, reinforcements reported that they had marched more than twenty kilometers towards Monto.

From the assembly to the dispatch of troops, it is commendable to have this kind of speed, although most of them are the C division composed of retired veterans, but Yamashita Fengwen is still a little relieved, according to this speed, maybe Meng Du can still be saved.

Thinking about it this way, Yamashita Fengwen also calmed down a lot, but he was still afraid of Jiang Haoran's tactics, this surprise attack simply hit him in the soft underbelly, once he succeeded, Mandalay had no possibility of holding on at all, and it lost the meaning of holding on, because the loss of Mengdu meant that Ren'an Qiang was not guaranteed.

As soon as he thought of Ren'anqiang, Yamashita Fengwen suddenly became excited, and the whole person ejected from his seat, walked up to the combat sand table, and looked at the place name "Ren'an Qiang" on the sand table, and then his whole body trembled, and suddenly launched a beast-like roar, which frightened a room of staff generals and generals who were stunned, not knowing what was happening.

"Hurry up, order the defenders of Ren'anqiang to turn west and open their defenses, hurry up!" Yamashita Fengwen howled, and a staff officer immediately picked up the phone to convey the order.

An order was issued, and Yamashita ordered the 16th Division to dispatch a wing to Ringanqiang immediately.

In this battle, Jiang Haoran even dispatched the newly formed navy, but so far the most elite airborne division has not been found, which is not in line with common sense, Jiang Haoran has always taken his troops by surprise, and Yamashita Fengwen suddenly thought of Ren'anqiang.

If the airborne division follows the tactics of a surprise attack on Meng Gong, first airdrops a small detachment to clear the obstacles, formulates the airborne landing site, uses the cover of the jungle, and airdrops thousands of people over in the early hours of the morning, it will be difficult for the locust army to find them.

With a few more hours of long-distance running, they could have suddenly appeared on the western front of Ringanqiang without realizing it.

It's a pity that Yamashita Bongwen confessed too late, if he hadn't transferred that wing an hour ago, maybe the battle would have to be fought, but now it's too late.

Less than three minutes after Fengwen gave the order at the foot of the mountain, Ren Anqiang's call arrived, and a troop suddenly appeared in the jungle to the west.

Moreover, they had a large number of troops, and as soon as they appeared, they flanked and rushed into a no-man's land, and the locust army could not resist at all, and there were countless casualties in an instant, and Ren'anqiang had no possibility of holding on.

"Airborne Division!"

Yamashita Fengwen let out a miserable cry, and immediately turned pale and his legs trembled like chaff, if it weren't for the guards on both sides who quickly supported him, I am afraid that he would fall to the ground.

The combat capability of the airborne division Yamashita Fengwen never doubted that it was almost impossible to block their attack with a wing and a wing of the C Division, and the other wing in front of him was already more than 20 kilometers away, and it was probably too late to fight back, and it was inevitable that Ren'anqiang would be lost.

The disillusioned Yamashita Fengwen could only give an order to destroy the Ren'anqiang oil field, even if the jade was burned, Jiang Haoran could not get the oil field.

When the order was given, Yamashita began to wait anxiously, and half an hour later, he did not wait for the news of the destruction of the oil field, but only received a message from the defenders.

Disillusioned in the end, Yamashita was so disillusioned that it took him a long time to accept this fact and order his staff officers to report the battle situation to the Southern Army Headquarters and ask for tactical guidance.

In view of the fact that Ringanqiang and Mengdu have lost their grasp of Mandalay, Mandalay has lost the meaning of holding on, if it resists stubbornly, once the airborne division crosses the Inrawaddy River and cuts off the retreat route and logistics supply channel of the 17th Army, the entire 17th Army will be in danger, and the commander of the Southern Army, General Terauchi Shouichi, has no choice but to order the 17th Army to withdraw from Mandalay and garrison it in the area of Pingmanna.

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the 16th Division and the 235th Division of the Island Army on the Western Front, under the cover of the air force, retreated from the Western Front to Mandalay via the Awa Bridge.

The 2nd Division on the Northern Front was too tightly glued by the Special Operations Division to withdraw from the battlefield at all, and Yamashita Fumifumi could only order Imamura to hold off the Special Operations Division at all costs to gain time for the other troops to retreat.

The 237th Division, which was originally transferred to Kyaukmi Town for reinforcements, was recalled by Yamashita Fengwen halfway because of the loss of Ren'anqiang, and the 2nd Division was completely alone.

The 1st Guards Division on the Eastern Front, leaving a large battalion to hold back the New 3rd Division of the Expeditionary Force, fled south overnight, and did not return to Mandalay at all.

On the morning of the next day, the island army began to massacre the city in Mandalay, whether it was Burmese or Chinese, the elderly or children, as long as they were not from the island, they would not let go, and Aung San's change of course made Yamashita Fengwen sprinkle all this hateful anger on the common people, stabbing with bayonets, directing knife slashing, and machine gun fire, and for a time, the entire city of Mandalay was covered with corpses and rivers of blood, and according to post-war statistics, nearly 50,000 civilians were slaughtered, including more than 10,000 overseas Chinese.

After slaughtering the city, the orcs swept away all the supplies in the city, burned everything they could not take away, and began to retreat to Pingmanna in the evening.