"They don't dare?" Tsukada frowned, and said suspiciously, he really couldn't think of anything else that Jiang Haoran didn't dare to do. Seeing that the 16th Division has been completely wiped out, if the remaining two divisions are lost, then they really can't deal with the base camp, although these two divisions are also suffering heavy casualties, but at least the shell is still there, with this shell shell can be reorganized, in case this shell is also lost, that is, the three divisions have been completely annihilated, although it is not much different in terms of battle damage, but in terms of meaning, it is completely different, so, Tsukada Attack in his heart is to think that these two divisions should jump out of the battlefield, Anyway, their existence could no longer pose any threat to Meng Gong's expeditionary force.

"Yes, they don't dare!" Terauchi Shouichi replied with certainty: "There are hundreds of miles from Meng Gong to Mina, the battle line is not short, if tanks and helicopters continue to pursue, logistics support is particularly important, they will have to invest a lot of troops for this, but Meng Gong's defenders are also suffering heavy casualties, otherwise under the premise of having helicopters and tanks as the backing, he Jiang Haoran will not have to parachute a force to take the main attack." Therefore, in the case of absolute shortage of troops, he Jiang Haoran will never easily give up the advantage of Menggong Heights, from defense to offense, there is another major factor, no matter how fierce his airborne troops are, it is impossible to catch up with our troops in one night, and eat us, once it is daylight, the planes of the imperial army will fully control the air supremacy, and helicopters and tanks will lose their shelter, which he Jiang Haoran must definitely consider. For us, it is a small matter to give up the mina, and the most important thing is to contain them. ”

Seeing that Terauchi Shouichi insisted, Tsukada did not entangle again, but only proposed that the 33rd Division of Ba Mo should be ordered to move closer to Mina, in case of any accidents, they still have troops to rescue, so as not to be caught off guard.

In this regard, Terauchi Shouichi did not refute it, but nodded silently, which can be regarded as acquiescing to Tsukada's suggestion.

The offensive on the northern front was over, and the result ended in a crushing defeat for the Imperial Army, but it cannot be said that the situation of the Expeditionary Force was thus opened, and their threat was lifted, as long as the Imperial Army took Khormarin as scheduled, the encirclement of the Expeditionary Force still existed, in other words, the Imperial Army still had a chance to kill the Expeditionary Army, and the success rate of this opportunity was extremely high.

Jiang Haoran's analysis is basically correct, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army has indeed entered the jungle from Xidang to Homalin, but what Jiang Haoran did not expect is that the 18th Division actually has a nickname, called "Silver Wheel Force", and therefore there is a famous battle, that is, "bicycle blitzkrieg".

Speaking of this "bicycle blitzkrieg", the Chinese people don't know much, after all, they didn't directly participate in that battle, but they empathize with the British army.

After the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor, it began to attack Southeast Asia in an all-out way, and when the 18th and 5th Divisions landed in Malaysia, they were equipped with a large number of bicycles, and although the Japanese army itself boasted of a high degree of mechanization, its logistics vehicles were seriously insufficient, and the landing force only had about 1,400 motor vehicles, which was difficult to ensure logistical supplies.

On the other hand, even if the Japanese army had sufficient mechanized vehicles, it would often find itself in a dilemma due to the jungle terrain. But the Japanese have solved this problem very well.

Before the invasion of Malaysia, the horses of these divisions were all converted into bicycles, and by the time of the battle of the Malay Peninsula, the attacking force of more than 60,000 men had brought more than 12,000 bicycles. Because the wheels of these bicycles were coated with silver, the Japanese army proudly called these units "Silver Wheel Troops" after the war.

It was precisely because of this very mobile bicycle unit that the Japanese troops were able to rumble south in Malaysia, chasing the Anglo-Indian troops all the way to lose their armor and abandon their armor, and tens of thousands of wheels converged into a noisy area, and the retreating Anglo-Indian troops were terrified, thinking that tanks were chasing them.

The scorching heat of the Malay Peninsula caused the tires of bicycles to burst quickly, and the Japanese soldiers simply stripped off the rubber tires and rode on only steel rims, and the sound of thousands of such bicycles was indeed a bit like a tank.

Because of this terrifying sound, the Anglo-Indian army completely lost its fighting spirit and was defeated all the way, allowing the Japanese army to easily sweep through the entire territory of Malaysia, and the Japanese army later called this battle "bicycle blitzkrieg".

Jiang Haoran didn't know anything about this, and the British army at this time, in order to cover up the unbearable defeat of that battle, also kept it secret, and these rumors from the outside world came out after World War II, because it was not a battle in the Chinese battlefield, although Jiang Haoran came from later generations, he had no way to know so much.

And the main source of Terauchi Shouichi's self-confidence is also here.

According to the plan, the 16th Division could cross the jungle in four days and reach Homalin, even if Jiang Haoran found out in time, he would not be able to send troops back to help Homalin, and it would be absolutely impossible for the two British divisions to block the attack of the 18th Division of the Imperial Army, and the encirclement of Yingduo would become an ironclad fact.

Once the logistics channel of the expeditionary force is cut off, in the case of no rescue soldiers in front and no food and grass in the back, no matter how powerful Jiang Haoran is, it will be difficult for this rice cook, and it will be a matter of time before it will be destroyed, and the final victory will still belong to the imperial army.

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Meng Gong, Headquarters of the 75th Army of the Expeditionary Force.

An unprecedented victory made the headquarters and even the entire Meng Gong a sea of joy.

Although the battlefield has not yet been cleaned up, it is initially estimated that the number of enemies destroyed exceeded 20,000, and together with the division commander Nakajima Isago and the chief of staff Nakazawa Mitsuo, none of the 16th Division at the Menggong front escaped and were annihilated. With Jiang Haoran's special operations division present, the soldiers adhered to the fine tradition of leaving no prisoners, and did not leave a single living mouth for the Japanese army, even the Japanese soldiers who surrendered were all shot, and even the wounded soldiers, doctors and nurses in the field hospital were not spared.

Countless guns and artillery fires of all kinds were captured, and there were even more than 20 intact Type 4 and 5 tanks, but the only regret was that the Japanese division and regimental flags have not been found, and even the wing flags have not been found.

The casualties of the expeditionary force can be described as negligible, such a large battle, only four helicopter gunships, two tanks, infantry casualties are less than 500. Not to mention that since the Anti-Japanese War, even Chinese history may not have heard of such a record.

Such an impressive achievement, from the generals to the soldiers, who can not rejoice, not to say revenge, to speak out of the vicious anger that has been raged by the Japanese army all the year round, not to mention the rewards that will be obtained in this battle, from then on, any troops, any soldier who sees them must not be solemn and respectful, only this battle, any victory in front of them is scum.