At the Yingduo Headquarters of the Expeditionary Force, the chief of staff strode into the headquarters with a happy face, and began to shout while still at the door: "General seat, good news, the Japanese Second Division in Xidang will collapse at the touch of a button, and it will retreat thirty miles again." ”

"Oh!" Jiang Haoran frowned and exclaimed, "Thirty miles back? How did this data come from, the 200th Division won't pursue it, right? ”

Huang Jie said with a smile: "No, Dai Anlan is waiting for orders in Xidang, the data of thirty miles is obtained by the top soldiers, I think I can order the 200th Division and the Airborne Brigade to continue the pursuit, the Japanese army has no intention of fighting, and the pursuit all the way will definitely make them lose their armor." ”

Jiang Haoran pondered slightly, and said, "No, Chief of Staff, immediately order Dai Anlan to withdraw back from Xidang and arrange a defensive line five miles away from Xidang." ”

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Huang Jie opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time, when he felt that he couldn't pursue, Jiang Haoran rushed forward to pursue, now the situation is very good, and the Japanese army is retreating is a good time to strike, but he proposed to withdraw again, what is this?

And not only Huang Jie didn't understand, Luo Zhuoying and Leng Rushuang in the command also opened their mouths wide and felt incredible, which was too different from Jiang Haoran's style.

"Huh!" Jiang Haoran smiled deeply, and said: "The reason why the second division of the Japanese army was fought was to widen the distance between them and the enemy, so that they would not advance outside the city of Yingduo, and now the goal has been achieved, and if we advance further, the battle line will be too long, which is not only not conducive to supply and replenishment, but also not conducive to defense, so it is not our goal to attack the second division of the Japanese army, the most important thing in front of us is to hold Yingduo, and the others are not considered." Besides, the Second Division of the Japanese Army is an elite permanent division, no matter how it is, it will not be so vulnerable, and their blind retreat is to lure us deeper, and Lao Tzu may not fall for his plan. ”

"Oh!"

Everyone seemed to be enlightened, and they suddenly realized, but Luo Zhuoying also raised another question, saying: "Boss, even so, we don't have to abandon Xidang, no matter what, it can be regarded as recovering a city, and the report submitted to the Military Commission is also better, there is only a difference of five miles before and after, but this sense is completely different." ”

Jiang Haoran picked up the command pole, walked quickly to the combat sand table, drew a circle on Xidang's position, and said: "Brother You Qing, you see, Xidang is a small town, strategically it is definitely not a rush, and the terrain is flat and open, not to mention the indiscriminate bombing of Japanese aircraft, you must know that the Japanese Second Division has an independent tank wing, once they rampage and kill, if we want to stop them, the price we pay must be multiplied." ”

Jiang Haoran waved his command pole, pointed to the place five miles behind Xidang, and continued: "On the other hand, here, the terrain is complex and the jungle is dense, and there is basically no terrain suitable for the full deployment of Japanese tanks, and the jungle can effectively prevent Japanese aerial bombardment and artillery attacks. Therefore, Xidang is a bone thrown to us by the Japanese army, and once we remember it, we will definitely suffer bitter fruits. ”

"Hehe, this little devil is so fucking insidious!" Luo Zhuoying picked her head and smiled awkwardly.

Huang Jie said: "That's okay, Boss, I'll go and give an order, since it's based on the principle of blocking the enemy, I think I'll order the search company at the front to blow up all the bridges along the road, and set up more roadblocks on the road, so that he can go to his dog's work." ”

Jiang Haoran said: "This suggestion is good, it can be implemented, and this task can be handed over to Liu Xianwei and them to do, let them send a small team to lay mines and set up obstacles along the road, don't let the enemy advance too fast!" ”

"Huh!"

Huang Jie agreed, and then walked to the telephone of the headquarters, the distance of dozens of miles is still suitable for telephone, convenient and fast, so when the troops moved forward, they also laid out telephone lines.

Over there, Huang Jie was talking on the phone, but Luo Zhuoying looked at the Inouwady River on the sand table, and it took a long time before he doubted: "General seat, do you think the Japanese army will have any idea on the Innovady River?" ”

Jiang Haoran was stunned for a moment, seemed to be a little moved, and then asked: "Who is guarding Jiangfang now?" ”

Luo Zhuoying replied: "It's the 28th Division." ”

"Hmm!" Jiang Haoran nodded, and said: "It should not be possible for a large army to cross the river and attack, although it is the dry season at this time, the water area of the Inovady River is still wide, and there is no good terrain suitable for a large army to cross the river and land, the only possible thing is the line of Longhutan, there is an open area about a mile long, but the Innovady River has an obvious drop in Longhutan, and the water flow is suddenly urgent, it is basically impossible to build a pontoon bridge, but it is also necessary to guard against the Japanese army sending a small force to cross the river by boat to sneak attack, so, ordered Zhang Zhen to personally go to the front line to check it out, and the devil must not be allowed to take advantage of it. ”

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For two days in a row, there was no movement of the Japanese army, but Stilwell sent a telegram from India, informing him that he had just received news that five days earlier, the 18th Division of the Japanese army, which had been fighting with the US-Filipino coalition forces for islands, had suddenly disappeared in the Philippines, and the pressure on the US-Philippine forces had suddenly decreased. However, Stilwell suspected that the Japanese army might have sent the 18th Division to the Burma battlefield, otherwise it would not be explained, and under such a critical situation, the Japanese army would suddenly give up the encirclement and suppression of the US-Philippine forces.

Jiang Haoran also quickly realized that the Japanese Second Division was very likely to be waiting for the 18th Division, if the Japanese army attacked Yingduo with the strength of two permanent divisions, coupled with the intensive bombardment of absolutely powerful tanks, planes, and artillery, the next battle would be as cruel as you can imagine.

Chiang Haoran immediately responded to Stilwell, requesting that the artillery regiments of two British divisions of Homarin be mobilized to rush to support, and at the same time one division of infantry should be mobilized to move closer to Yingduo as a reserve for the expeditionary force, in case of emergency.

Chiang Haoran's request was quickly replied, the telegram was signed by Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in India, he said that he would give his full support to Chiang Haoran, and before the reply to the telegram, the order to mobilize the infantry division and two artillery regiments of Homarin had been issued, and the request of John 61 Williams to go to Indole for support was also granted, and in two days, they would arrive in Indo.

In this regard, Jiang Haoran sighed, the British army's move can be said to have even taken out the old bottom, compared with the previous blind retreat and passive resistance, it is like two armies. However, he was also quickly relieved, this can also be said to be this time and that time, after all, the situation of the British army at this time is much more dangerous than at the beginning, once Germany and Japan and India meet, Britain will face the danger of losing the country, and it will not be possible to go all out.

Also because of the British army's active resistance to the war, since yesterday, the people who transported food, clothing and other materials have arrived in Yingduo in a steady stream, although each person carries a hand-carried one, the average weight carried by one person may be less than 100 catties, but it cannot support the large number of people.

There were 50,000 men in the Indian grain transport team, plus 30,000 or 40,000 expatriates who had retreated with the expeditionary force, and 40,000 or 50,000 Burmese people, bringing the number to more than 100,000.

Under the mobilization of the puppet government supported by Jiang Haoran, the people of Yingduo not only participated in the transportation of grain, but also sent out the people to form a transport team to transport supplies and even weapons and ammunition for the expeditionary force in the direction of Xidang.

The weapons and ammunition transported by helicopters every night began to be diverted that night, some of which were transported by Minfu to Xidang, and the other part was transported by train to Menggong, and the state of readiness for war was already in an orderly state.

By the morning of the third day, the eighth day of the expeditionary force's entry into Indo, the Japanese finally made a move, first with a round of artillery attacks on Meng Gong by the Japanese troops in the direction of Meng Gong, followed by a tentative attack. Then the Japanese 2nd Division entered Xidang again and organized troops to launch an attack on the front of the 200th Division, which was also a small-scale temptation.

In the afternoon, Japanese fighters began to appear in large numbers in all areas of Xidang, Yingduo, and Menggong, and bombed the defensive positions of the expeditionary force at fixed points.

Immediately, the Inovady River suddenly appeared with the Japanese inland river guns, at least hundreds of large and small, swaggering up the river, all of them heading in the direction of Menggong.

At this point, the situation of the war was very clear, and the war was about to break out.

It was night, the Expeditionary Force Yingduo Command.

Commander-in-Chief Jiang Haoran, Chief of Staff Huang Jie, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Luo Zhuoying, Commander of the 66th Army Zhang Jun, Commander of the 28th Division Ma Weiji, as well as Liu Bao, Leng Rushuang and other staff generals gathered together.

Originally, it was thought that the Japanese army would be taken by the terrifying lethality of the helicopter gunships and would not send the navy to the Inovady River.

The threat of naval artillery is still secondary, the most important thing is that the navy marches into the Inovady River, which means that the Japanese army can land on the front line of Sidang, Yingduo, and Menggong at any time, and due to the limited territory and the limited strength of transport ships, although it is impossible to land on a large scale, small-scale infiltration and sabotage attacks cannot be avoided, which means that the expeditionary force must divide a large number of troops to conduct a large-scale search for all possible landing areas along the river.

Moreover, the search intensity should not be too small, there is a railway transportation line from Yingduo to Menggong, once it is infiltrated by the Japanese army, the damage to the railway is still secondary, and the most afraid that the Japanese army will destroy all the hard-won weapons, ammunition and food. There are also logistical convoys in the direction of Yingduo to Sidang, and the infiltration of the Japanese army will also pose a threat to them.

From Xidang to Menggong, this line of defense is nearly 200 miles long, it can be said that it is impossible to defend, and now Yingduo's reserve force is only the 29th Division, if the 29th Division is sent out in batches and multiple roads, it means that the expeditionary force encounters an emergency, and there is no more adjustable troops, and its danger is self-evident.