The commander of the 18th Division, Hyakutake Haruyoshi, looked at the burning town of Xibu in the distance on the top of a mountain more than 10 miles away, and knew that the Chinese troops were burning the materials they had stored, so he sent a telegram to the above, informing them of their judgment that the Chinese troops were going to retreat, and they would not hold on to Xib, and if they wanted to hold on to Xib, then not only would they not burn the supplies, but they would also hide them so as not to be bombed by Japanese bombers.

And at this time, the chief of staff of the 18th Division asked Hyakutake Harumichi what they would do next.

"We are waiting here, if the Chinese troops want to retreat, our large forces will arrive at dawn, and then we will join the commander and them!" Hyakutake Haruyoshi spoke.

"Hey! However, I would suggest that we move on to Mandalay for now. That's good for you! The chief of staff reminded Hyakutake Haruyoshi and said.

"I know, don't worry, His Excellency the Commander will not order me to cut myself, I hope he can order me to cut myself, but this battle is not lost in my command, but in the enemy is too strong!" Hyakutake Haruyoshi heard the words of the chief of staff and immediately knew what he meant.

The chief of staff was reminding himself that if he went back and saw Yamashita Fengfumi, he might be ordered by Yamashita Fengwen to cut himself, however, Hyakutake Haruyoshi was not worried at all, he did not make a mistake in command this time, on the contrary, it was because of Yamashita Fengfumi's light enemy that the troops would be wiped out, and the responsibility for this defeat lay with Yamashita Fengwen, not himself.

"Hey, since the division commander said so, then let's wait here, but it's not safe here, I'm worried that the Chinese reconnaissance force will still come, I suggest that the troops continue to move a little south!" The chief of staff said again.

"Good!" Hyakutake Haruyoshi spoke.

Soon, after receiving a telegram from Hyakutake Harukichi in Yangon, Okamura Ninji immediately stood up. He had been contacting Hyakutake Haruyoshi before, but he couldn't get in touch, and now he saw the telegram from Hyakutake Haruyoshi, which made him very excited.

Because Hyakutake Haruyoshi sent an important news that Hu Bin's troops had now retreated, so that Okamura Ninji would be able to send a delegation to Hu Bin's side. Negotiate with Hu Bin.

"Yo Xi, Hu Bin is really as I guessed, he will not take the initiative to fight us without being driven by interests." Just about to Ning Ci said happily.

"Your Excellency, Commander, are we really going to send a delegation over?" The chief of staff immediately asked.

"Yes, you must, but we need to send a telegram to the base camp in advance to explain it, if we can negotiate with Hu Bin in advance. Then we will be able to send troops to India immediately, which will be the most beneficial for our empire! Okamura Ninji said very happily.

"Hey, though, we haven't gotten any definite news yet, I think, after daytime, we'll know if Hu Bin's troops have really retreated!" The chief of staff looked at Okamura Ninji and said.

"Yo Si. You're right, we have to have definite information. Send a telegram to Hyakutake Haruyoshi and ask him to pay attention to his own safety, don't think about the defeat so much, it's not his fault.

There is also a telegram to Yamashita Fengwen, and now the 18th Division has lost Xibu. Then the troops should not march in such a hurry, pay attention to the situation on both sides of the road in advance, and do not rush forward, Hu Bin's troops, the favorite thing to fight is ambush. Don't fall into Hu Bin's trap! Okamura Ninji said.

"Hey!" The chief of staff heard it and immediately went out.

Okamura Ningji was a little excited at this time, although tonight's battle was a failure, but this failure verified his guess about Hu Bin, before he had always wanted to determine whether Hu Bin would fight Mandalay and when he would fight, if he could be sure that Hu Bin would not fight Mandalay, it would be the best.

But after last night's battle, Okamura knew that no matter what choice Hu Bin made, he would be able to judge Hu Bin's next intentions and successfully judge the opponent, which would be very helpful for commanding the operation.

However, after seeing Hyakutake Haruyoshi's telegram after seeing Hyakutake Haruyoshi's telegram, he couldn't be happy, although Hyakutake Haruyoshi escaped, but in Xibu, more than 40,000 people were still killed in the battle, originally yesterday during the day, his entire 25th army still had 100,000 people, and now, there may be less than 50,000 left.

Because the division that was broken in the back was still fighting fiercely, and the entire army was surrounded by Wei Lihuang's troops, and then Wei Lihuang's troops launched a fierce attack on the division that was broken behind.

An hour ago, a report came from that side that there were more than 10,000 casualties, and now it has not been able to successfully break through, so the entire 25th Army of Yamashita Fengwen may have less than 50,000 people left.

"Yaga!" After reading Hakutake Haruyoshi's telegram, Yamashita Fengfu scolded anxiously, because the casualties of his troops were too great, that is, in less than a day, more than half of his troops were killed and wounded, which made him a little difficult to accept!

"Hu Bin, Hu Bin, I really underestimated you." After Yamashita finished scolding, he leaned on the car and looked outside and muttered.

He now finally admits that he underestimated the combat capability of Hu Bin's troops, in any case, Hu Bin used one day to defeat a division and regiment in a defensive position, and there is an armored brigade whose life and death are unknown, and it is the first time he has seen a unit with such combat effectiveness.

"Report, telegram from the commander-in-chief!" A staff officer took a telegram and said to Yamashita Fumi, who was sitting in the truck.

Yamashita heard it, took the telegram, and read it.

"Order our troops, slow down, as long as they reach Xibu after dawn, and in addition, order the vanguard troops, pay attention to the situation on both sides of the road, and do not rush in!" When Yamashita Fengfu saw the telegram sent by Okamura Ningji, he didn't dare not listen to it, so he commanded the staff officer, and now he knew that Okamura Ningji really knew Hu Bin too well.

Soon, the whole carriage fell silent, only the ticking sound of the telegraph machine!

"Boom~" Suddenly, there was a thunderclap in the sky.

"It was thunder just now?" Yamashita was not sure if what he heard was thunder, so he asked.

"Like, it's going to rain?" As he spoke, the chief of staff lifted the curtain and looked at the sky outside, seeing nothing, not a single star!

"Your Excellency, Commander, there is not a single star in the sky, it may be raining heavily, the rainy season is coming!" The chief of staff looked at Yamashita and said.

"Damn it! Why didn't you come early, didn't you come late, it came when the battle was over! Yamashita said.

"Boom," and then thunder sounded again in the sky.

"Is it really going to rain?" At this time, Wang Changhe, who was already retreating, heard the sound of thunder, and immediately stood on top of a clearing, looking at the situation in the sky, only to see that lightning was constantly shining in the clouds.

"Order the troops, speed up the retreat, and also, the troops of the special regiment, responsible for breaking off, hurry up!" When Wang Changhe saw this, he knew that it was going to rain heavily, so he immediately shouted to the staff officers beside him.

"If it rains heavily, the mountain road will not be easy to walk, so the soldiers will be very tired and the speed will slow down!" Xu Zhuozhuo said.

"If it's hard to walk, you have to go back, it's just starting to go now, you can still walk, if it's really like the commander said, go down for several months at once, then there is no way to go, and there is a stream in the mountains, if you don't do it, the water will rise, retreat quickly." Wang Changhe nodded and said.

And Hu Bin, who was sleeping, also heard a rumbling sound in the distance, but the sound was very small, but Hu Bin's ears were sensitive, after hearing the thunder, Hu Bin immediately got up from his bed, stepped on his shoes, opened the door and walked to the yard, and then found that there was lightning in the southwest.

"Commander, Commander, look over there, it's thundering!" Li Dalong also came out of the headquarters and said to Hu Bin.

"It may start to rain over there, and it is estimated that it will be a day or two late on our side, but it is not necessarily, it may rain on our side this afternoon!" Hu Bin looked at the sky and said worriedly.

"Then Wang Changhe is not easy to retreat!" Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin and said.

"It's okay, just now, I should be able to walk back, but it will be later, and now our troops are almost coming back, right?" Hu Bin asked.

"According to your order, we have to wait for Wang Changhe and them to come back, now the two divisions deployed at the front have dug trenches, and the remaining two divisions still have Wang Changhe's troops, it may take three or five days later.

"Order the 232nd Division to be stationed at the front, and the 102nd Division to come back! Now we need to put 3 divisions of troops in front, and I don't think the little devils will come to fight, but we still occupy the position over there.

By the way, send a telegram to Commander Wei, didn't he inform the division that surrounded the devil before? Tell him to eat this division, the devil's bombers can't come, just rest assured to fight! Hu Bin said to Li Dalong again.

"Okay! I know! Li Dalong nodded.

"Hey, for the next 2 months, we just haven't had any, and we've been hiding from the rain every day." As he spoke, Hu Bin stepped on his shoes and walked towards the place where he lived.

"That's not good, the fighters have never had a good rest, this time take a good rest." Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin's back and said with a smile.

"You can try it and you'll know, don't scold God every day when the time comes!" Hu Bin said with a smile in front.

At about 6 o'clock the next morning, when Wang Changhe's troops had just entered the trail to retreat, heavy rain began to fall! (To be continued.) )