Not only Jiang Haoran is as fierce as a tiger, but these tens of thousands of soldiers are also as fierce as a tiger, whether they are veterans or recruits, the probability of being able to charge side by side with the commander-in-chief, army commander, and division commander on the battlefield is simply low, but today, they saw it, and their hearts were surging, and there were also thoughts of eagerness to show themselves in front of the commander, and of course, there were also thoughts of paying for blood debts and killing the enemy to serve the country.

And these thoughts, even the new recruits are more than the veterans, maybe when charging, they will inevitably be a little timid, dazed, overwhelmed, and even may be timid, with weak legs and wet pants, but as the two troops are completely mixed together, they soon find out that the Japanese army is not as terrible as the legend, and they will also die under the bayonets of the veterans.

The bloody scenes, the threat of either the death of the enemy or the death of our own people, and the old and new hatred of seeing their own people fall under the enemy's bayonets, all stimulated them to have only one thought left - kill, kill, kill!

The four divisions of the expeditionary force, plus the third airborne regiment, were already much larger than the 22nd division of the Japanese army, and with the addition of the 22nd division of the Japanese army, a cavalry wing, an infantry wing, and an infantry brigade had been transferred to Lashio, so the strength was even weaker.

Moreover, the fierce battles in Japan and the constant feints of the expeditionary force had already brought mental weakness to the Japanese army, and the momentum had already been lost for a while, and the expeditionary force was encouraged by Jiang Haoran to add fresh blood, and its morale and confidence had reached its peak.

Therefore, although the Japanese army's stabbing skills were never bad, in less than an hour, the Japanese army had already shown defeat, and the battlefield commander decisively issued the order to retreat when he knew that the defense line could no longer be held.

Moreover, they didn't dare to retreat to Ruigu, and the remaining remnants of the defeated army were no longer able to stop the expeditionary force's footsteps towards Lashio, and forcibly blocking it was just a way to kill themselves, Tada Jun was not so stupid, so they could only retreat all the way to the north and give way to Ruigu for the expeditionary force.

At this point, Tada Jun had no choice but to preserve his strength as much as possible, in order to encircle the expeditionary force after the arrival of the 1st Guards Division.

After the Japanese army fully retreated, and the expeditionary force had no intention of catching up, after controlling the situation, the three divisions on the eastern front also retreated rapidly, and more than 100 helicopter gunships were responsible for breaking the rear.

Because the troops crossing the river did not have cars, mules and horses, they did not have much material reserves, and they retreated neatly. Moreover, before retreating, each division received the retreat route drawn up by Jiang Haoran, as well as their new defensive area, so there would be no congestion on the road.

At about 12 o'clock that night, Jiang Haoran, Zhang Zhen, and the civilian personnel of the headquarters had already logistics troops, and under the escort of the Third Regiment of the Airborne Brigade, they marched into Lashio, and Liu Xianwei, Aung San, John Williams, and other generals went out of the city to greet them.

Jiang Haoran was not mistaken, when he went to Yingduo to negotiate with Po Naiwen, one of the two entourages, to be precise, the one who looked back and smiled in the rain, was Aung San.

The second time they met, neither of them mentioned it, and some things were tacitly understood, but Jiang Haoran still spoke highly of Aung San's performance.

Without too many pleasantries, the group quickly entered the temporary headquarters.

Knowing that Jiang Haoran was coming, and there were several divisions and large troops, of course this command headquarters could not be too simple, and the safety factor should not be too low.

For this reason, Liu Xianwei and Aung San did not waste any effort, the city would inevitably be the focus of the Japanese bombardment, and it was not suitable for building a headquarters at all, so they deliberately found a cave a few miles east of the city and carried out some camouflage and arrangement.

Lifting the quilt at the entrance of the cave to block the light, the lights in the cave were brilliant, illuminating like daylight, and the cave was several hundred meters wide, which had been systematically separated from the command room, war room, telecommunications room and other areas, which made Jiang Haoran full of praise.

This is located on the edge of the Shan Plateau, which is the direction in which the Japanese army will not appear, and there is absolutely no problem with safety.

With the arrival of Jiang Haoran, the headquarters began to be lively, and the personnel of all departments nervously entered their posts to perform their duties.

Jiang Haoran's first order was to immediately turn off the electronic jamming equipment, turn on the radio to inform Huang Jie of the news that the troops had successfully arrived at Lashio, and at the same time, to contact the troops in time whether they had arrived at the designated positions as scheduled.

Immediately, Jiang Haoran walked directly into the war room, where there was already a combat sand table prepared by Liu Xianwei, and the terrain and landforms around Lashio were all on it, just waiting for Jiang Haoran to rearrange the troops.

The staff team was the original team of the 75th Army, and under the command of Jiang Haoran, they began to plant small red flags representing the expeditionary force and small white flags representing the Japanese army in the sand table.

Soon, the arrangement of troops was clear at a glance on the sand table.

The defense line from south to north, the troops were the new 38th Division, 28th Division, 29th Division, and 93rd Division, with four divisions about 30 miles outside Lashio, taking advantage of the mountain-shaped terrain, with roads and forks as the center, arranged in an irregular fan-shaped row, and arranged three lines of defense to defend against the enemy head-on.

The 49th Division, the Airborne Brigade, and the Marauder Commando Regiment were the reserves, and the Burmese Army in Aung San and the Chinese and Overseas Chinese Volunteers in Lashio were the logistics units, which were responsible for the logistical replenishment of the forward divisions and the transportation of the wounded.

What is puzzling is that Jiang Haoran openly abandoned the two cities of Xibao and Ruigu, but rebuilt a defensive line in the field, the northwest direction is a jungle, which is conducive to the hiding of troops, and especially self-contained, but the entire south is a plain area with a flat river, facing the crushing and bombing of enemy tanks, artillery, and aircraft, there is almost nothing to hide.

Such an arrangement seemed a little unreasonable, and Liu Xianwei immediately questioned: "General seat, why do we want to give up Xibao and Ruigu?" At least there are still some buildings in the city, and no matter how bad it is, we can retreat to the city and fight the enemy in the streets, which we have an advantage in. Moreover, this has undoubtedly increased our depth, but you see, now that the troops are all in the field, aren't they just waiting to be shelled by the enemy? ”

Jiang Haoran glanced at Liu Xianwei and said: "Xibao is sixty kilometers away from Lashio, Ruigu is seventy kilometers away from Lashio, we don't have transport vehicles, what do we use to ensure the logistics of the troops?" Depth? Besides, we are fighting to the death with the little devils, there is no room for retreat, what do we want to do with such a large depth, I will now take Lashio as the center, a radius of 30 miles, and set up an iron bucket array, and the little devils will be knocked to the death, if they want to go through Lashio or come in, and do not eat more than 90,000 people in my seven divisions, he will never think of succeeding. ”