The Air Force acquired the shortcomings of the most advanced aircraft of the devils from the beginning and studied targeted tactics, which gave the Japanese Air Force a stronger blow. The one-sided situation on the air battlefield has improved.

On May 19, the army and air force were still fighting to the death with the devils, and Wang Hanzhang also ended his four-day investigation, and Wang Hanzhang finally made a plan, that is, to use the Irrawaddy River and the coming rainy season to flood the Japanese army.

To the east of Mandalay is the Irrawaddy River, although Wang Hanzhang has no way to intercept the Irrawaddy River, but there are countless small rivers in the upper reaches of the river how to intercept the flow, and at the same time, this can be recruited on the spot to recruit the local aborigines, as long as dozens of his tributaries are intercepted, and then according to the speed of the river, it will be blown up in time, so that it can reach this position at the same time, then the devil will definitely die, of course, there must be a place where the devil is also flooded.

Wang Hanzhang immediately found Wei Lihuang after he got it, and studied specific measures with him, the plan was quickly implemented, Wei Lihuang also supported this plan, because since the start of the war, the Japanese army has lost no more than 10,000 people, but its own losses are nearly 20,000 people, and the devil has been confronted in Zhongtiao Mountain for two years, he knows how powerful the devil is, so he can understand better than anyone how difficult it is to encircle and annihilate the 56th Division in 200.

And now, if there is no special force to break the current situation, then he can only maintain the current situation with the support of a steady stream of materials and troops in the country, which is not what he wants to see.

Wang Hanzhang was in charge of the interception part of the plan, and Wang Hanzhang knew that it was expected to come soon, so the embankment had to be started immediately.

In order to confuse the devils, at the same time, the devil's gunboats often have the courage to bombard the expeditionary force in the Irrawaddy River, so Wang Hanzhang ordered the army to organize the local people to knock off the leaves of the trees, and then threw countless trees without leaves into the river, it took three days The river outside Mandalay was covered with a tree isolation zone about one kilometer long, and the downstream ships could not enter and leave Mandalay at will in the future.

In addition, Wang Hanzhang ordered a small group of troops to sneak into the Japanese occupation area downstream, on the edge of the river, a large number of leafless trees into the river, they disguised themselves as local people to first sawn the trees, and then found a night to hit the door to throw these trees, to May 26, there are two sections of the downstream cut off by trees, so that large ships can not enter at will, and later the expeditionary force also specially got mines, arranged in the trees, although the number is small, but after a devil's munitions ship hit the mine at night and exploded, no boat dared to sail at night, and during the day it is possible to be attacked by the Chinese Air Force.

And the devils had nothing to do but scold the expeditionary force for being despicable and shameless, and the expeditionary force's proximity to the Irrawaddy River was quiet later, and there were no devils' gunboats to fire indiscriminately. The Japanese originally wanted to go up the river, and then the plan to land was also forced to run aground.

And Wang Hanzhang made a big fuss in the water and successfully confused the devils, who thought that Wang Hanzhang wanted to lower the water level of the river by intercepting the upstream stream, and then threw a large number of trees in the river to avoid the river being attacked by their ships again, and at the same time it could also increase the burden on the Japanese army, so that Japan could not use ships to transport supplies at will, in fact, the expeditionary force did do it, the original wide river, after a large number of trees were thrown, navigation became difficult, especially in the Mandalay area, In the past, it was possible to shoot ships at night to bomb the expeditionary force, but now it is completely impossible.

And Hebian Zhengsan once again learned Wang Hanzhang's power, although Wang Hanzhang did not compete with him seriously, he was more afraid of Wang Hanzhang, because Wang Hanzhang is always unexpected ideas, will cause countless troubles to people, just like this time Wang Hanzhang just sent people to the mountains to cut down countless trees to scrap the Japanese army's plan to land along the river, the key is that people are too rich, cutting off the leaves of the trees will not block the river, but it is a peer who can block the ship.

Since May 26th, Wei Lihuang has gradually exposed flaws according to Wang Hanzhang's plan, and gradually exposed the flaws, and gradually occupied the Handawaddy and Amarabula along the river in the lower reaches of Mandalay, of course, in order to confuse the Japanese army, it still makes people feel that there are heavy casualties, and the land is repeatedly contested, and the riverside Zhengsan and others also feel that this is the most difficult battle they have fought so far, and the Japanese 33rd Division has been unable to fight again after capturing Amarabula on the 30th, and the troops have suffered heavy losses. Kawabe Shozo immediately let the newly felt 55th Division take over from Amarabra and prepare to continue the attack on Mandalay from here.

On the 28th, the rainy season in Myanmar finally arrived, and the heavy rain almost destroyed the embankments of the various sections of the river that intercepted the flow, and the sky did not know how, even the rainstorm for two days, even the usual small river embankments were almost submerged in an instant, Wang Hanzhang felt that these promotions were estimated to not last long.

On June 1, Wang Hanzhang learned that the devil had four divisions outside Mandalay to Amarabula, Mi'e River, Handawaddy and other areas, namely the 55th Division, the 18th Division, the 53rd Division and the 54th Division, but unfortunately the 33rd Division ran away, but it was good to take the 55th Division with full personnel in exchange, the four divisions are almost four-fifths of the strength of the Burmese side, although they were consumed a lot by the previous war, but they still have nearly 100,000 people,

On June 2, it was learned that Wang Hanzhang was ready, and the expeditionary force ceded Mandalay to the Japanese army by the Irrawaddy River, and the Japanese generals were complacent, although there were countless fierce battles to fight in the capture of the city, but the outer positions were taken, and it was only a matter of time before Mandalay was taken. As long as the Japanese army takes Mandalay, a strategic point in central Burma, then the gateway to Lashio and Myitkyina will be opened, and the squadron will have no danger to defend, only to be wiped out or retreat to China.

And the situation in Mandalay also affects the hearts of domestic and international people, including Lao Jiang, Lao Jiang repeatedly telegraphed Wei Lihuang to hold Mandalay at all costs, and the air force fought desperately in the meantime, they didn't know the conspiracy of Wang Hanzhang and Wei Lihuang, thinking that Mandalay was really about to be lost, and Wang Hanzhang also needed this kind of result, if they were leisurely, then the devil would naturally be suspicious.

At 12 o'clock in the evening of June 2, the expeditionary force had secretly withdrawn the soldiers from the places where the flood might have flooded, but they did not dream that they would launch an attack at 10 o'clock, and after a fight, there was no one left in the enemy positions that had not been defeated.

And at 11:45, the farthest embankment was blown up by explosives, and the river rushed towards the Indian Ocean like a beast, and then all the dikes remembered the roar, and the crumbling were blown open by the explosives, and the remaining mud mixed with the flood water wanted to merge the main road of the Irrawaddy River, and the power of the water of hundreds of tributaries was huge, and the water level of the Irrawaddy River rose by more than two meters due to the heavy rain, and now with so much water that has not been released for several days, they quickly converged into a torrent and rushed towards Mandalay.

Let's talk about this section of the river in Mandalay, it is a small bottleneck in Amarabula, the river surface is very wide in his upper reaches, and it is like a bottle mouth to him, very small, in addition, Wang Hanzhang has thrown countless trees here in order to prevent the devil's warship from entering, and he usually doesn't see the harm, but when the flood comes, they will play a role in blocking, because the flood is like a whale, so in the end, after the bombardment is blocked here, he can only drown the devil along the small tributary of the river bank here.

Half an hour later, the flood finally arrived, countless people heard the sound of thunder in the distance, Wei Lihuang also heard it, to be honest, he was expecting it at the same time, and a chill rose, as a soldier, what he was most afraid of was not a strong enemy, but a person who would calculate people like Wang Hanzhang, if the flood succeeded, then there would be four divisions destroyed, if it was consumed by the army, the squadron would not be able to successfully eliminate so many devils even if it was 500,000 dead and wounded, as for the encirclement and annihilation, At least a million troops will have to surround these devils, and the devils can't have reinforcements yet, maybe they can. There is no way that the training of the army is not a level, the devil's soldiers generally have three years of military experience, and the Chinese soldiers are all strong men, that is, the regiment commander has fought until now, many people have studied in the military academy for a few months, and then in a year or two they have been promoted to regiment commander, battalion commander, and the weapons are also far behind, so the combat effectiveness is not at all a grade.

And by the river where he was sleeping, he didn't know why, he was woken up by the sound of the flood or what, he got up and walked out of the tent, wanting to see the situation outside, but only two minutes before he saw a torrent rushing towards him in the dark, at first he thought it was an illusion, but no, when he rubbed his eyes to see if it was a dream, there was no chance, he was swept away by the flood, until decades passed, and his body was not found.

The other four divisions did not come of any good, and when the flood came, it swept away everything they had like an autumn wind, especially the devils who had built their tents by the river for the sake of coolness, and there was no hope left, and the flood saw that these people were connected to the munitions, and the supplies were swept into the Irrawaddy River, and later when the trees in the river were cleared, hundreds of bones were found inside.

The next day, the flood had quietly receded, but the flooded place had formed a depression, Wei Lihuang immediately sent a small force to annihilate the remnants of the devils who had not drowned, and sent troops to eliminate other formed devils. Wei Lihuang looked at the former Japanese positions full of Cangyi, he knew that the devils had planted them, because even if the devils found something when they retreated, it was impossible for them to retreat in such a short time.