It had been raining for a whole day, and it had finally stopped, but outside Lashio, another bloody storm had just begun.

Twenty minutes later, Liu Xianwei and Tang Hao entered Lashio City with a squad of guards and more than a dozen staff officers and other civilian personnel. Of course, a special operations team like the Airborne Brigade does not have purely civilian personnel, and anyone who picks up a gun is a fighter, and it is definitely not the kind that makes up the numbers at critical moments.

The flares fired from time to time in the sky made the visibility in the city good. At this time, the city of Lashio was already full of ruins and ruins, extremely dilapidated, the humid air was still filled with the smell of gunsmoke, and several houses that did not burn in the rain were crackling and burning again after the rain stopped.

The streets are full of craters, and if it weren't for the good visibility, people could fall into the craters at any time, in short, this place no longer looks like a city, but in ruins.

Soon after Liu Xianwei and his entourage entered the city, they heard a noisy footstep, mixed with some vague scolding, and the people around him suddenly became nervous, picked up their guns and scattered in battle formation, entering a fighting state, Liu Xianwei and Tang Hao hurriedly flashed behind a section of ruins.

Soon they found out that it was a false alarm, and that it was a few soldiers from the Bonay and Guard Battalions, but there was a large contingent behind them, armed with hoes, sticks, kitchen knives, and machetes, and they were so indignant that they were not mighty.

"Why are you going here, here, here?" Liu Xianwei stepped forward and asked.

Bo Naiwen said: "These are the people in the city, basically all of them are Chinese and overseas Chinese, the old and weak, women and children have arranged to take refuge in the east, and the rest of these young and strong people have to rush to help the expeditionary force kill the devils, and they can't be persuaded to persuade them." ”

After being ravaged and destroyed by the devil for so long, and killing so many of them, it is finally time for revenge, and everyone can understand their mood at this time.

But this is a war, and it is not possible to kill the enemy with courage and blood, and these ordinary people who have not undergone any training will not only not be able to inflict casualties on the enemy, but will also bring constraints to their own soldiers.

But it can't discourage their enthusiasm, the army and the people are like water, this is a good start, Liu Xianwei first gave a high evaluation and affirmation to their appearance, there is no need to go to the battlefield, first, there is no weapon, second, the enemy is well-trained, not with blood and courage can kill the enemy, if you really want to help, they actually have other methods, far greater than the value of going to the battlefield.

That is to act as a logistical role for the troops, helping to transport the wounded, take care of the wounded, repair bridges and roads, and even make some food and drink for the soldiers.

Liu Xianwei's mention of yì immediately won everyone's approval, and they said one by one that as long as they could get rid of these little devils, they would be willing to do anything.

Soon, under Liu Xianwei's instructions, the soldiers who accompanied Bonewen into the city divided nearly 2,000 people into several groups, each with a team, and Ulala rushed to their respective battlefields.

As soon as these people left, Liu Xianwei hurriedly asked Bo Naiwen, "Mr. Newin, have you heard about Mr. Aung San's situation?" ”

Bo Naiwen sighed, pulled out a young man dressed as a Burmese ordinary man from behind him, and said: "Bourdain, tell me about the situation, and tell Brigade Commander Liu what Aung San Dazuo explained to you." ”

Bolden stepped forward, gave Liu Xianwei a standard military salute, and then told him that yesterday afternoon, Lieutenant General Maeda Toshiwei, commander of the 8th Division of the Japanese army stationed in Wan Town, suddenly came to Lashio and ordered Aung San to assemble his troops immediately without giving any reason.

Aung San didn't want anything to happen at this juncture, so he had to do it, and after the troops were assembled, Maeda Toshiwei ordered Aung San to divide into two brigades, one to the north and move with the infantry Iguchi Wing, one to the south with the infantry Abe Wing, and the rest to move with Maeda Toshiwei.

Where to go? Do? No questions were allowed, and there were Japanese soldiers guarding the whole process, and they were not allowed to talk to each other, and they were not allowed to desert, and those who did not obey the order were killed on the spot.

It was also at this time that Aung San Daisa learned that the Japanese army's Abe Wing and an armored vehicle wing were still stationed in Saibao, south of Lashio, and they belonged to the 16th Brigade of the Japanese Eighth Division.

For fear of arousing the suspicion of the Japanese army and disrupting the original offensive plan, Aung San had no choice but to obey the orders of the Japanese army, divide two brigades, and take the remaining troops to act with Maeda Toshiwei. The Japanese soldiers accompanying him were a brigade of the Japanese Army's Iguchi Wing.

When the troops had traveled more than ten miles to the west, Aung San found an opportunity to teach Bourdain an opportunity to desert and come back to Bonaiwin and tell them about their situation, while also saying that the original plan would remain unchanged.

In this way, Bolden took advantage of the Japanese army's inattention, and ran into the woods halfway down, and only touched Lashio until last night.

After listening to Bourden's report, Liu Xianwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Aung San did not change his mind, this battle still had to be fought, according to the information they obtained, the Japanese army who ambushed them was also a brigade, but the artillery fire was strengthened, and there was also an armored wing, so he wanted to eat two regiments of his airborne brigade on this point of pomp? Liu Xianwei felt that the appetite of the Japanese army was too great.

However, the Japanese army did not know that Aung San was ready to surrender, and if more than 10,000 of them were counted, the scene would still be not small.

After a little thought, Liu Xianwei asked Bourdain if there was a way to find Aung San, and he estimated that the Japanese army was nothing more than an ambush to the west, and they thought that the two wings in the north and south would attack each other, and the expeditionary force would inevitably break through to the west, so this distance would not be too far.

Bolden said it shouldn't be difficult.

Liu Xianwei asked him to bring a letter to Aung San, asking Aung San to revolt immediately and directly annihilate the Japanese brigade, and then led his troops to Lashio to join them, and told him that Aung San told him not to worry, there is no need to worry, the large force of the expeditionary force has crossed the river at the Ruigu front, and will soon join them.

Bolden took the order, and Liu Xianwei and his party also hurried to the second regiment, because at this time, the gunfire and artillery in the north had become more and more intense.

After walking a few steps, Liu Xianwei seemed to suddenly remember something, looked back at Bo Naiwen and asked, "Abe United?" Bourdain just said that the south side is Abe United? ”

"Yes, it's Abe United."

Liu Xianwei's expression was dazed, and he said hurriedly: "Is their co-captain Abe Jinwei, the former co-captain of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army?" ”

Bo Naiwen looked surprised and said, "Yes, how do you know?" ”

Liu Xianwei suddenly stopped talking, his eyes looked at Tang Hao, the chief of staff beside him, and slowly, both of them clenched their fists, gritting their teeth and cracking their eyes with terrifying expressions.