At about 8 o'clock in the morning, Ruigu, the headquarters of the 16th Front Army of the Japanese Army.

Commander Tada Jun had become an ant on a hot pot at this time, and he was in a hurry.

The defense line on the east bank, which is less than 30 miles away from Ruigu, was cut into a thousand holes by the expeditionary force overnight, and the entire defense line completely collapsed, and the expeditionary force has successfully landed on the east bank and has gained a firm foothold, and the troops crossing the river have already surpassed the division-level units, and more than a dozen steel cables have been pulled up on the river, and it is possible for their large forces to cross the river in an all-round way at any time.

Knowing that the expeditionary force intended to land here, the entire division of the 22nd Division was ambushed here, heavy troops, heavy artillery, and even a batch of missiles specially requested from the headquarters for German assistance.

Moreover, hundreds of helicopters were frantically wreaking havoc, and the joint ground forces pursued and attacked fiercely, not only causing more than half of the 22 nd Division to be destroyed, but also almost destroying two field artillery wings and destroying all five missile launchers.

The most infuriating thing is that all the radio stations in the headquarters are paralyzed, and they cannot issue a single order or receive any news from the front. The order to urgently transfer reinforcements from the 10th Division of Bamo could only be completed through the Guò cavalry, but no response has been received so far, and it is impossible to know whether the order has been delivered.

But the most terrifying, and what Tada is most worried about, is that Lashio's Abe United and Iguchi United have lost contact since yesterday evening, and there has been no news so far.

Although he carefully laid a trap for Jiang Haoran's airborne brigade that he thought was seamless, with the absolute superiority of two infantry wings, one tank wing, one field artillery wing, and more than 10,000 Burmese puppet troops, it was more than enough to deal with thousands of expeditionary forces, but the defeat on the east bank made Tada Jun feel no confidence in his heart, and Jiang Haoran's terror had completely destroyed his confidence.

The chief of staff of the 16th Army, Tomoshi Nakura, hurriedly walked into the headquarters and finally brought the news of the 10th Division, the cavalry had successfully delivered the order, and the 10th Division could arrive in Ruigu at about 1 p.m. at the latest, and Bamo had not been subjected to electronic interference, and the news of the loss of the east bank had been successfully sent to the Southern Army Headquarters, along with a request for support from the aviation forces.

As long as the 10th Division can be in place as scheduled, the air force can regain air supremacy, suppress Jiang Haoran's helicopter attack, the imperial army can recapture the defense line on the east bank, and it will be possible to annihilate the expeditionary force's troops crossing the river, and the situation can still be controlled.

But the good news did not continue, the cavalry brought back the news of the Iguchi Wing and the Abe Wing, and the two teams that were sandwiched from the north and south ended in failure, and they ended in failure at the cost of more than half of the casualties, especially the Abe Wing, the wing that Tada Jun had high hopes for, and even the establishment was disabled.

Under the rage, Tada Jun slapped the messenger cavalry several loud times, and then slumped on the chair like a puddle of mud, his face was white and shivering, making the entire command instantly like a hell, gloomy and cold.

But the nightmare did not end there, Tada Jun has not yet relieved his breath, the captain of the small board brigade ambushed west of Lashio stumbled into the headquarters to report, just three hours ago, the Aung San Burma Independence Army that coordinated the ambush suddenly turned back and launched a surprise attack on the small board brigade, the small board brigade responded to the battle in a hurry, but with a disparity in the strength of one enemy and ten, the small board brigade finally ushered in a defeat, and the small board Zhongzuo fled back to Ruigu with more than 100 people.

When the bad news came, Tada Jun couldn't even sit steadily, and slipped directly from the chair to the ground, and the chief of staff Nakura Tomoshi and a group of generals helped him up, but Tada Jun pushed everyone away frantically, knelt down in front of the portrait of the emperor, and cried miserably, which one made people suspect that he was the eighteen layers of hell, who was put into the oil pot and peeled and sawed open.

In the eyes of the island army, Tada Jun has always been knowledgeable, resourceful, and unyielding, and his tactical and strategic vision is second to none among the generals of the imperial army, even overshadowing Okamura Ninji, and his strategy of "imitating the Mongol Yuan and destroying the Song Dynasty" has been unanimously praised by the middle and upper echelons of the Japanese army.

What is even more rare is that he fought on the Chinese battlefield and made "great achievements" for the imperial army, although in the Wuhan battlefield he lost troops in the hands of Jiang Haoran, but compared to Okamura Ningji and Anan Weiji, he Tada Jun is simply the god of war, because only he won Nanchang in the hands of Jiang Haoran, opened up territory for the imperial army, and is the only commander who can compete with Jiang Haoran, which is why the Japanese military high-level in more than a year, Tada Jun from a prisoner imprisoned for life, again promoted and reused.

But his appearance at this time really surprised the officers present, which really damaged the majesty of the imperial army.

But I'm afraid no one thought that what made Tada Jun sad was not the immediate defeat, but despair, despair of the current war, despair of the way out of the imperial army, and despair of the future of the empire.

The well-arranged bureau invested as many as two divisions and regiments, and was equipped with heavy artillery, combat vehicles, and the most advanced missiles, but it still failed, and it was unbelievably defeated, and it was so defeated that it was unable to fight back.

He knew very well that no matter how hard he tried, he was not Jiang Haoran's opponent after all, and even the Japanese Empire would not be Jiang Haoran's opponent in the end, and the current war situation was obviously unfavorable to the imperial army, and the invincible Jiang Haoran, with the assistance of the British and Mimi countries, was growing stronger day by day, and today's defeat was the beginning of the defeat of Burma, the beginning of the defeat of Southeast Asia, and the beginning of the end of the imperial army.

With Jiang Haoran's ferocity, strength, hatred of the imperial army, and the evil consequences that the imperial army had sown in China, Tada Jun could not imagine what kind of retaliation the empire would suffer, and whether the sun flag would still fly over the territory of the empire.

But no matter what the outcome of the future is, what should be faced in front of you still has to be faced, after a period of "madness", Tada Jun still stood up, blaming the shameless expression just now on his own loss of the height of the imperial army's warriors, and by no means cowardly and cowardly, the imperial army is invincible, and the defeat in front of him is just an ordeal for the imperial army, and the people of Amaterasu will never give in.

The clamor not only saved his own face, but also instigated a number of staff officers and generals in the command headquarters to burst into blood, and shouted the slogans of "revenge" and "victory" with all their might.

Although the defense line on the east bank was lost, with the arrival of the 10th Division and the air force, Tada believed that the battle could be fundamentally reversed, and the Imperial Army would definitely be able to drive the expeditionary force to the Inouaddy River.