After receiving Watanabe's telegram, Tanda said, "The hunter saw that the prey had fallen into the trap, but suddenly he realized that it was not the prey that fell into the trap but himself, and the roles of the hunter and the prey were reversed."

Two divisions and regiments of more than 40,000 imperial warriors. Risking a strange risk, crossing the jungle, a thousand miles of detours, and finally walking into a trap, Iida felt a chill in his vest when he thought about it, if this battle was lost, the general of Shina was bound to become a lingering haze in the hearts of the imperial generals.

How to rescue Watanabe? Iida pondered for a long time, but there was no way to do it, so in desperation, he had to order Tanaka Shinichi to strengthen the offensive, attract the Shina army from Lashio, share part of the pressure for Watanabe, and at the same time urgently report to the Southern Army's Command Department.

After the occupation of Singapore, the main task of the Southern Army was to clear the American forces still holding out in Bataan and to occupy the East Indies, namely Indonesia, and the purpose of the Burma campaign was to cut off the Yunnan-Burma road, build a defensive barrier for the Japanese forces in Southeast Asia, and wait for an opportunity to attack India if the opportunity arises.

Terauchi Shouichi learned the lessons of the Battle of Jinpu Road and no longer commanded in person, so he moved his headquarters to Singapore and commanded the southern operation. Of all the battlefields, the Burma battlefield was not the focus of the Japanese army, but it attracted his attention the most, for only one reason, the Chinese general Zhuang Jihua, the opponent who had defeated him, appeared in Burma again.

After receiving the news of Watanabe's defeat at Lashio Castle, Terauchi Shouichi and Iida were almost identical to their shock, but the two reacted differently, and Terauchi Shouichi quickly returned to normal after being shocked.

"Your Excellency, the troops led by Tanaka Shinichi are still attacking Mandalay, and when they occupy Mandalay, I am afraid it will be too late to reach Lashio After a short silence, Chief of Staff Luo Tian Tsung was the first to react, and the deployment of troops of both sides in the Burma war situation immediately appeared in his mind.

There is no doubt that the main force of the squadron is in Lashio, but in Mandalay, the general of China has released an army, and a division of this army has blocked two divisions of Commander Tanaka Shinichi in Tonggu for ten days, and now a whole army is in Mandalay, and there is no confidence in Luotian's attack.

Shouichi Terauchi's white eyebrows trembled, he put his hands in his trouser pockets, stood with his feet open, and stared at Lashio on the map, as if to see through this thin drawing, behind the various symbols, the soldiers of the two armies were fighting selflessly.

Dilemma, another dilemma. In order to break the siege, he had to quickly open up contact with Watanabe, who did not bring almost all of his heavy weapons and did not carry much ammunition in order to make a detour of thousands of miles, and all the hopes of the battle were to conquer Lashio and replenish it from the mountains of supplies piled up in Lashio. But now, if he fails to capture Lashio, Watanabe will soon be in a situation where he will run out of ammunition and food, let alone seven days, I am afraid that he will have to calculate the use of ammunition now.

"Liyu ordered the air force to drop ammunition on Watanabe" Shouichi Terauchi quickly made the first decision. Then ponder for a moment. He gritted his teeth and said categorically: "Order the Fifth Flying Division to prepare, and the Kume Brigade to carry out airborne operations." ”

Luotian's face changed suddenly, paratroopers are a new branch of troops in Japan, because the German army has achieved great results in using paratroopers in the attack on Belgium, Japan has also decided to form paratroopers, but the Japanese paratroopers have been doomed again and again from the day they were formed. There were several fatal accidents during the exercise, and the military was forced to call a halt, and it was not resumed until the attack on Pearl Harbor in four years.

In the southward advance operation, Zaoben threw himself into the paratroopers several times, but the battle record was still light to describe as extremely bad. It's more accurate to describe it as a nightmare. The paratroopers were either airdropped over the enemy's positions or attacked by the enemy on the ground, and the worst of the time was when they were airdropped onto a three-meter-deep lake during the Sumatra operation more than a month ago.

"Your Excellency," Luo Ming attacked in a suspicious way to stop.

"There is no other way" Terauchi Shouichi waved him off, and said with a resolute expression: "There is no other way, but to attack with paratroopers and surprise the Shina army from the flank."

He walked to the map: "The Shina army is attacking Watanabe, Lashio must be empty, if this is the case." At that time, we airdropped our paratroopers here to take advantage of the situation to surprise Lashio, and only in this way could we turn the tide of the war. ”

"But can they do it? In view of the previous achievements of the paratroopers, Nagata was completely unconfident, but Terauchi Shouichi had no other way, and he said in an accentuated tone: "Order Hidera Koyan to strengthen air support for Watanabe."

Luo Tian sighed helplessly, he knew that this was already the biggest way he could come up, Watanabe's detour was a risk in itself, and there was a great hope of success, but if it failed, it would be a catastrophe, and if the troops could escape into the jungle safely, it would be considered a blessing.

"In the name of the Southern Army Command, Tanaka Shin was given an order that Mandalay must be occupied within three days and the passage to Lashio must be opened." Before Nakada had come to his senses, Terauchi Shouichi added another order fiercely.

In fact, you don't need to chase Shouichi in the temple to train Kouyang... ８。 ０… A different experience at the Fishing Book Bar! "Yueyun, Iida Shijiro Fan Jing personally prepared to fly to Mandalay in person. Tanaka's Asamu Divisions stepped up their attacks, and his deployment was simple, but the threat was great.

The 55th Division abandoned the British army that had retreated west and turned to Mandalay, but did not attack Mandalay directly, but divided into several routes, resolutely detoured to the flank and rear of the squadron, and encountered obstacles along the way. And the 35th Division used the same tactics on the Eastern Front.

The change in Japanese tactics immediately put great pressure on Yu Chengwan, and the new 46th Division, which was responsible for the defense of the western front, was constantly expanding to the northwest, but it still could not prevent the Japanese flank from detouring, and the defense line along the Irrawaddy River was quickly broken through, and the New 46th Division was forced to retreat in stride, retreat to the east bank of the Madeya River, and establish a defensive line on the east bank of the Madeya River.

On the Eastern Front, the new 28th Division was already weak, the 35th Division attacked fiercely, and broke through the defense of the new 28th Division in only one day, Liu Bolong led his troops to retreat to Mandalay, and the 35th Division sent a wing to pursue, but the main force turned to Meimiao and attacked the important stronghold on the Manla railway line.

Yu Chengwan was extremely angry, and ordered Lu Ruishan to lead his troops to Meimiao overnight, and then rushed to the headquarters of the new 28th Division, scolded Liu Bolong when he entered the door, and put a gun to Liu Bolong's head and ordered him to immediately organize a counterattack, drive the Japanese army out, and pull back the troops of the Japanese army who detoured to Meimiao.

In front of the furious Yu Chengwan, Liu Bolong did not dare to defend anything, and immediately organized a counteroffensive, gathered the regiments directly under the division headquarters and the guard battalion, and launched a counterattack against the pursuing Japanese army.

"You remember, Liu Bolong, if you retreat without permission, don't blame me for not recognizing the feelings of Huangpu classmates!" Yu Chengwan did not stay long at the headquarters of the new 28th Division, and watched Liu Bolong organize a counteroffensive. before boarding the bus and returning to the city.

Yu Chengwan, who was sitting in the car, was very nervous, the sudden change in the Japanese attack mode suddenly exposed the weakness of his weak forces, and the new 44th Division faced the fierce attack of the 18th Division and the 33rd Division, and also kept retreating, if it were not for the favorable terrain near Mandalay, the Japanese army would have attacked under Mandalay City long ago.

"Commander Zhuang called". Shi Guanyi handed him a telegram in front of him, and Yu Chengwan took it, which read: "The defense of Mandalay is a movement defense, your task is to drag Tanaka Shinichi and win time for the main force to annihilate the 56th Division and the 22nd Division, you must base yourself on your own and do not change with the changes of the Japanese army, then your situation will become more dangerous, the gains and losses of Mandalay are not important, the important thing is not to let the Japanese army reinforce Lashio."

"What does this mean, Commander, that Mandalay's gains and losses don't matter?" Shi Guanzhi was very puzzled, Zhuang Jihua's telegram had arrived for a while, but he still didn't understand what it meant, and the telegram in the morning asked them to block the attack in Mandalay for seven days. In the afternoon, he said that Mandalay's was not important, and he was a little confused.

Yu Chengwan already understood that Zhuang Jihua was telling him that Mandalay could be abandoned if necessary, provided that no Japanese troops could reinforce Lashio.

He put down the telegram and walked to the map, as if he was carefully examining the map, in fact, this map was already familiar to him, Shi Guanyi walked up to him, his eyes wandering over the map.

"You, how about we retreat here after we abandon Mandalay?" Yu Chengwan's fingers tapped in an area north of Meimiao.

Shi Guanyi didn't think about it, he was shocked by the abandonment of Mandalay, it was only a day to give up Mandalay, and in his opinion, the situation was far from so bad.

"The commander is telling us that we can abandon Mandalay if necessary" Yu Cheng Wanyang's telegram in his hand: "However, we must block the Japanese army south of Lashio and move defensively, that is, we don't have to defend here, and this is to take into account our strength, I estimate that his plan has changed."

Yu Chengwan's conjecture is good, Zhuang Jihua's plan has indeed changed, but what has changed is not the Battle of Lashio, but the plan after the Battle of Lashio.

Zhuang Jihua has a great appetite, in his vision, after the Battle of Lashio, he will go the opposite way, with the new Eighth Army to attract Tanaka Shinichi in Mandalay, the 66th Army on the Western Front and the Honor 10th Division together to carry out a counter-detour, the goal is directly aimed at Tonggu and Pingmanna, at this time, the main force of the frontal expeditionary force will take the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive, which will completely reverse the situation in Burma, and even affect the entire Southeast Asian war.

But He Wei, who rushed to Lashio, reminded him that with one army, 50,000 troops, against more than 70,000 Japanese troops in four divisions, even if there is a geographical advantage, it is difficult to hold on, even if it persists, the cost must be very large, and the New Eighth Army is likely to have lost its combat effectiveness. Call for monthly pass support!!!!

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