Bangkok, the headquarters of the Japanese Southern Army.

General Terauchi Shouichi, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Southern Army, is thundering at the moment, and the staff generals below are all bowing their heads and silent, standing in the front is Lieutenant General Nakahara Shengxiao, the commander of the Fifth Flying Regiment of the Japanese Army, at this moment, Lieutenant General Nakahara Shengxiao's eyes are as red as fire, as if he is angry to the extreme, and a face is swollen like a pig's head. Poor Lieutenant General Shengxiao of the Central Plains has just received a stormy ear scraper, and it is definitely enough.

It is no wonder that Terauchi Shouichi was furious, the entire Fifth Flying Regiment plus the Navy's carrier-based aircraft fleet, a total of nearly 300 aircraft, was actually beaten by the Chinese Air Force in World War I, lost their armor, and returned defeated, and less than a third of the planes that managed to escape back, the shame is small, the Fifth Flying Division is finished, and it will not be able to recover in the short term, with the production capacity of the Japanese Empire at this time, it is simply impossible to replenish such a large number of aircraft in time, and over the Pacific Ocean, the US military has increased its air support forces, It is estimated that the navy will not be able to draw strength to support the Burma battlefield for the time being, and the imperial army has lost its air superiority, but the air superiority of the expeditionary force has increased exponentially, and there is no way to prevent Jiang Haoran from landing in Burma, and the situation in Burma has suddenly become uncertain.

After the storm, the short silence made the atmosphere in the room very depressing, and the chief of staff, Tsukada Tsukasa Tsukasa coughed dryly, and said to Zhongyuan Shengxiao: "Zhongyuan-kun, are you saying that it is the Mustang fighter that attacked you this time, and the number of them is more than two hundred?" ”

Zhongyuan Shengxiao crossed his legs and said: "Hai, I can be sure that I can see it really, the appearance of the aircraft of the China Army is no different from the new aircraft Mustang of the US Army in the newspaper yesterday, and even the performance boasted by the US Army is about the same, and it is only superior to the Zero Type of the Imperial Army, if it were not for these, plus the number of aircraft of the China Army is much larger than that of the Imperial Army, my Fifth Flying Regiment would not have been defeated so badly." ”

Tsukada attacked: "This is strange, the Mustang fighter produced by the US military was only put into the skies over Britain a few days ago, it is said that this is just studied and put into production by the United States, and the total number is not more than 100, how can there be 200 in the Zhina Army, is it possible that this Mustang fighter is still the masterpiece of the Zhina Army, and the Baoshan base is its production base?" ”

Terauchi Shouichi snorted coldly and said: "I think it is very likely, the news of the base camp, this Jiang Haoran is not only a war maniac, but also extremely creative, AK47 assault rifles, rocket launchers, artillery fire, grenades, he can produce, and in the recent Nanchang Campaign, it was also found that he had modified the captured tanks of the imperial army, and the speed, flexibility and even artillery fire have been strengthened, which has greatly surpassed the imperial tanks themselves." Moreover, according to reliable sources, the 331 base has been developing aircraft, and now it seems that he has not only produced it, but also surpassed the Zero of the Imperial Army in terms of performance. ”

"Shhh Tsukada took a breath of cool air and said: "In this way, this Jiang Haoran is really a terrifying opponent, no wonder Tada-kun and Okamura-kun were both disgraced by him, Terauchi-kun, I think this matter should be reported to the base camp as soon as possible, I am afraid that the situation in the Southeast Asian battlefield will have to be re-evaluated, and we must also submit a request to the base camp to replenish aircraft and troops to deal with all the changes that can occur after Jiang Haoran's arrival." ”

Terauchi Shou nodded slightly, and acquiesced in Tsukada's statement, and then ordered Tsukada to immediately issue an attack order to several divisions and regiments in the Burma battlefield, and he always had to find some back after losing face, and at the same time, the only way to deal with the expeditionary force as soon as possible can curb the possibility of the deterioration of the situation on the Burma battlefield.

Northern Myanmar, Hukang River Valley.

It has been more than three hours since the end of the air battle, and the sky over the Hukang River valley is still filled with gunsmoke, hundreds of planes have crashed, and the burning of the wreckage has not been completely extinguished.

After witnessing a rare air battle, the soldiers' spirits rose, and the armor shovel in their hands was also wielded diligently and powerfully, of course, this must be their knowledge that in this air battle, the national army won a complete victory.

Before the new chief seat was met, such a wonderful play was staged for them to see, so that the soldiers were full of expectations for the new head seat one by one, and their confidence and belief were greatly improved suddenly, and the entire Hukang River Valley was in full swing.

Outside the headquarters of the expeditionary force, Stilwell and Luo Zhuoying were sitting under a parasol chatting and smoking cigars, originally thinking that Jiang Haoran should come after the air battle, but who knew that they didn't see ghosts left and right, so the two simply moved out of their chairs and sat outside and set up a dragon gate array.

After the war, they roughly counted that at least 160 enemy planes were shot down, and they captured alive or confirmed that more than 100 Japanese pilots had died, and they also successfully rescued more than 40 pilots of the Nationalist Army and the Flying Tigers.

It is estimated that he has been waiting for too long, Stilwell was a little restless, walked out of the tent, looked at his watch and looked up at the sky, and said with an exaggerated expression: "It's almost past noon, and I haven't seen a single bird in the sky, I really don't know what the hell Jiang Haoran is doing?" ”

With that, Stilwell unbuttoned the first button on his uniform, took off his military cap, and fanned it vigorously.

It's already very hot in northern Myanmar in March, and the sun is shining brightly. Myanmar belongs to the tropical monsoon climate, the four seasons are not distinct, the year is divided into dry season, rainy season, cool season, now is the hottest season in Myanmar, the air is humid and muggy.

Compared with Stilwell's impatience, Luo Zhuoying seemed calm and relaxed, on the one hand, he was in a good mood as the commander of the Fifth Army, on the other hand, he believed that he had a good personal relationship with Jiang Haoran, and even helped him to some extent, and the next days should be much more comfortable than under Du Yuming's hands.

Luo Zhuoying sneered and said, "General Stilwell, don't worry, Jiang Haoran is not a master without a sense of time, I once looked for him on the first day of his wedding, but he rushed to the headquarters before dawn?" ”

"Oh, and that? Let's hear about it. Stilwell was immediately interested.

But at this moment, Huang Jie, chief of staff of the expeditionary force, hurriedly arrived with a telegram, and it did not bring good news, the Japanese army was fully dispatched from the southeast and southeast directions, and rapidly advanced to the front of the expeditionary force.

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