He ordered the ancient Sun to launch an attack at seven o'clock in the Ming Dynasty. /。 Qb(5).c0m\\ ordered Huang Botao to attack, and Zhuang Jihua also gave a murderous order.

Stilwell's heart was mixed with joy and anger, according to this plan, four **170,000 people surrounded and annihilated 40,000 Japanese troops, and a big victory was a foregone conclusion, but in this victory, what role did he Stilwell play? As if there was nothing.

Simmons apparently feels the same way. He pondered and suggested, "The Air Force should cooperate." As far as I know. Some of the planes of General Chennault's China-aiding aviation volunteer team are still in western Yunnan, and I think General Chennault can provide air cover

Stilwell nodded silently, Chennault's volunteer team Shi Qiwei actually had no command. But Chennault was an American, and his subordinates were also retired American pilots. For the sake of this, Chennault has to buy it. Simmons immediately sent Chennault a telegram. The Chinese Aid Volunteer Corps was asked to temporarily abandon other tasks. Provide air protection for the Battle of Lashio, Chennault calls back to accept the mission. However, he also explained that the volunteers only had more than 60 planes available in western Yunnan, and this was the last time Chiang Kai-shek went to Lashio, he felt that the British army was unreliable, and ordered Qian Dajun to transfer some planes to western Yunnan, but the strength of the Chinese air force was not restored, and the air defense of Chongqing, Si" and Guizhou alone was not able to catch it, and there was really no spare strength to provide air cover for the expeditionary force.

Qian Dajun's low voice made Chennault very satisfied, and he agreed to send some planes to western Yunnan, but fortunately, Li Anding had built enough airfields in western Yunnan, from Baoshan to Tengchong Longling Wrist Town, and repaired more than 20 field airfields, and these dozens of planes were less than half of these airfields.

However, Chennault's plane did not immediately take action after arriving in western Yunnan, but refused to attack under the pretext of insufficient fuel and ammunition.

Lin Wei once informed Zhuang Jihua of these situations, Zhuang Jihua thought about it himself, and felt that he was not able to make Chennault listen to him, so he did not consider the issue of the cover of the air force, anyway, the Japanese did not have an air force.

If only Stilwell could get Chennault out of the field. That's certainly a good thing, Zhuang Jihua supports it from the bottom of his heart. Immediately complimented: "This is great, if there is the support of the US Air Force, this victory is more certain."

Since learning that Chennault was under the command of the Air Force, Zhuang Jihua had never regarded this unit as a part of the Chinese Air Force, and now he was simply assigned to the US military sequence, Stilwell did not hear the meaning, but now there is no other way, only the Air Force can make the United States of America leave traces in this great victory.

In the darkness, both sides were nervously mobilizing troops to the city of Lashio. The Japanese army once again showed a quality far superior to that of the Chinese soldiers, although the magnitude and difficulty of their adjustment far exceeded that of the Chinese, but it was completed almost simultaneously with the adjustment of the squadron.

In the valley to the north, after receiving the telegram, Sun Liren, who had not slept all night, immediately called a meeting of officers of various departments and ordered the new 22nd Division to be led by division commander Liao Yaoxiang. After making a detour to the east and directly attacking the rear of the 56th Division, he personally led the new 38th Division to attack Mount La Popa, and the troops launched an operation at 6 o'clock. The whole army must be launched before seven o'clock.

Sun Liren gave an order, and the whole army of the 103rd Army was divided into two roads, and Liao Yaoxiang led his troops to cross the Lawan Highway. plunged headlong into the jungle; Sun Liren led the new 38th Division to advance south along the Lashou Highway, and the two regiments that served as the vanguard were the old regiment led by Li Hong, his old subordinate of the Tax Police Corps, and the old regiment led by Liu Fangwu. One left and one right, the title of person. The horse picked up the bell and quietly galloped south.

On the southern line, Xia Yanglin finally had a feeling of seeing the sun. When he came out of the military headquarters, he rode back to the division headquarters and just pulled the reins. A group of officers gathered around.

"Division Commander, isn't it time for us to dispatch!"

"Commander, it's time for us to move."

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Xia Yanglin didn't say anything, walked quickly into the tent, and when he walked into the middle, he threw his military hat on the table. Looking at the anxious subordinates, a smile appeared on his face: "The commander ordered" The mouth army will launch an attack on the Japanese army tomorrow, and our division will serve as the vanguard. O ostrich, you brigade go to the front and occupy Mount Papani. Open the passage for the whole army, and you should be careful along the way. The commander estimated that there were Japanese troops on Papani Mountain, so don't fall into an ambush

"Brigade Commander Du, your brigade is going to the Lulu Pass, if Wang Zhuzi encounters an attack, you will copy the back road of the little devil. If not, you will attack directly at the south gate of Lashio, and our task is to open the passage for the whole army, and then enter Lashio from the south gate. First of all, stabilize Lashio. The corps commander led two other divisions to attack the Japanese flank

"Well, the divisions will go back and prepare, start at half past five, pass through Mount Papani at six o'clock, arrive at Lashio at seven o'clock, and clean up the battlefield at twelve o'clock. Remember to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu don't take prisoners.

"Yes". The officers replied abruptly, turned to leave, and in an instant, Xia Yanglin was left in the tent.

In the night, the army surged" The whole army of the mouth army marched towards Lashio in the early morning, under the dim starlight. A large number of soldiers marched along the road, and Xia Yanglin on the side of the road, with a little smugness and high spirits, followed the example of the Americans, leaning on the jeep, holding a cigar in his mouth, watching his troops rush towards the battlefield.

Huang Botao led the military headquarters and the troops directly under Xia Yanglin behind Xia Yanglin, and they would attack to the northeast along the passage opened by Xia Yanglin and insert themselves into the Japanese flank.

Farther away Jing Dong, Zhang Qing was woken up by the staff officers who came in a hurry, after reading the telegram, the drowsiness immediately disappeared without a trace, and after a few strokes put on a military uniform and went to the division headquarters, it didn't take long for all the units of the 66th Army stationed in various parts of the city to wake up from their dreams, and Jing Dong woke up in the dark night.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, artillery fire fell heavily on the positions of the Thai-Japanese forces outside the city, and the enemy outside Jingdong was mainly Thai troops. The Japanese army only had one brigade, so both sides did not exert their full strength, and they were waiting for the battle situation in Lashio, and now Zhang Ling began to move, and his main attack direction was chosen in the defensive area of the Thai army.

Farther south, there was a non-stop artillery fire all night, and after Tanaka Shinichi got Lashio to start the battle, he immediately changed the speed of his attack in front of him and divided his three divisions into three directions to launch a fierce attack on Mandalay. On the Western Front, after the surrender of the British army in Ringanqiang, the 55th Division had no worries and told to kill the left flank of Mandalay and occupy the support point of the left flank on the same day.

Alexander led the remnants of the British XVII Division, without firing a single shot, turned and rushed towards India, one. The Japanese army chased after them, and the British lost their armor, abandoned almost all their heavy weapons, and retreated to India in disarray, and Alexander cursed Zhuang Jihua as he ran.

Yu Chengwan in Mandalay City, seeing that the Japanese army had copied the three breads, immediately abandoned Darcy, and the whole army retreated to Mandalay, and Tanaka Shinichi immediately led the army to chase to the city, and fierce battles began around Mandalay.

Within the city of Yangon, control the whole. Shojiro Iida on the battlefield was thinking hard about Watanabe's failure to take Lashio, which made him feel worried about such a long-distance intersperse. Chengzhou Pingong Nian is wonderful, and if he fails, it is very likely that the army will be destroyed in the six Watanabe in the telegram Jin is willing to be confident. But Iida felt that something might go wrong.

Thinking of this, Iida couldn't help but complain that Watanabe should not insist on attacking Tangyoshi, which was likely to arouse the alarm of General Shina, and once Mandalay's China Army retreated, the 56th Division might not be able to escape.

Report. Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army. ”

Ten "took the telegram from him, looked up at it, and said, "Your Excellency, the Earl is very worried about Lashio, and he has called to ask if there is another plan of battle. ”

Iida was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Terauchi Shouichi was asking if the attack on Lashio failed. What is he going to do? He thought for a while and turned his head to Shichuan and said, "Call back, Imperial Samurai, there is advance and brightness, retreat." ”

Even if Lashio is defeated, the Chinese army in Lashio will press Mandalay with all its troops, but the number of troops attacking on the southern front is as high as four. Divisions, more than 100,000 people. Iida is confident of beating them, but before that, he must first conquer Mandalay.

A telegram flew to the headquarters of Tanaka's 1st Division on the Mandalay front, and Iida Shojiro strictly ordered Tanaka Shin to capture Mandalay within a day or two.

A busy and stressful night passed quietly, the morning star shone brightly in the sky, and gradually, the darkness quietly disappeared. The sky turned gray and gray.

At five o'clock in the morning, there was no sound of artillery, and fierce fighting broke out on the whole front. The Japanese army is still the same as yesterday. Desperate to attack. The positions of the divisions shrank, and the strength of the regional defense increased greatly. There were few gaps between them, and the Japanese interspersed attempts were discovered, so they had to switch to a frontal attack, and the two sides fought in a group northeast of the city.

The battle situation of the stuffy division quickly spread to the headquarters of the expeditionary force, and no one in the headquarters was surprised by this, Xiao Yisu just asked about the scale of the Japanese attack, and then told Gao Yinjie that he must hold the position. Don't miss it again.

"The scale of the Japanese attack is about a wing" put down the phone Xiao Yisu reported to Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua nodded and did not speak.

Stilwell spoke at this time: "This should be a feint, we can't be fooled, the real target of the Japanese army is still Lashio." ”

"You're right, even if the Japanese army crushes the bow division. As long as Mount La Popa and Lashio are in our hands, they will lose this battle. Xiao Yisu praised just right.

As he spoke, an explosion came from the direction of the south gate, followed by a series of explosions, and Stilwell listened carefully and was overjoyed: "South." The direction of the Japanese attack was in the south. ”

Zhuang Jihua walked out of the headquarters quickly, climbed to a high place, picked up a telescope and observed in the direction of the south gate. The telescope was filled with smoke, and the figures of the soldiers appeared and disappeared in the smoke, and the shelling did not last long. The smoke cleared, the figure on the city wall gradually became clear, and the sound of machine guns like violent beans came.

"Division Commander Lu put a regiment at the south gate. With Zhong Jimin, the commander of the Mi Brigade, personally in charge, it should be foolproof. Xiao Yisu added beside him.

Zhuang Jihua still didn't say anything, but turned around and looked at the west gate, where it was quiet. There was not a single movement.

"Simon also has one. Regiment "Distilled Regiment, two battalions. Led by the head of the regiment, Ma Jiajun. Xiao Yisu knew what Zhuang Jihua wanted to know, and immediately reported the deployment of the division.

The gunfire at the south gate became more and more intense, and from time to time the soldiers who had been shot could be seen falling, and the overseas Chinese volunteers with weapons on their backs quickly stepped forward and carried the wounded away, and the regimental artillery began to shoot, and soon the brigade artillery also began to shoot.

After observing for a while, Zhuang Jihua returned to the headquarters, and Zhong Jimin's call also arrived: "Division commander." The attacking Japanese army was about two. Wing. Artillery support was requested to block the rear of the Japanese army. ”

Lu Daoyuan looked up at Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua was silent for a while and said: "Tell me, beat the Japanese army, if there are two, the wing will defeat him, and this regiment can be withdrawn." ”

Lu Daoyuan felt a chill in his heart. conveyed Zhuang Jihua's original words to Zhong Jimin as they were, Zhong Jimin dropped the microphone, grabbed the steel helmet and rushed out. The two guards did not stop him, but also rushed to the head of the city.

Cities in Myanmar are much the same as those in China, with tall walls and moats on the outside. It's just that after the British came, the city began to extend outward, and the same is true for Lashio, and there are still a lot of residential areas outside the city wall. Allowing the Japanese to take advantage of it, they forcibly demolished residential and commercial areas near the city walls. At the same time, part of the demolished city wall was rebuilt. Now the wall is in full swing. Zhong Jimin looked out at the technical opening, and felt a little comforted in his heart. Sure enough, the Japanese army used the undemolished houses in the distance to rush towards the city wall, and at the front was their assault team, each with a white strip wrapped around their heads and a red round in the middle of their foreheads. Holding bayonets glowing in the morning light, he shouted Banzai and rushed towards the city wall, followed by a group of four carrying a ladder and rushing towards the city wall.

Zhong Jimin was greatly relieved at this time, in China, there were also city walls, but they were always destroyed under the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army. Now it was different, the Japanese did not have heavy artillery fire, and there were no tanks, so they had to rely on infantry to storm the walls.

But there were too many Japanese troops, Zhong Jimin looked at it, layer upon layer, hitting the city wall like waves. Falling down and pouring up. The casualties on the city walls began to increase, and many volunteers took up arms, took the initiative to take over the defenders, and shot outward.

"Order all artillery, all shells at fifty meters!" Zhong Jimin saw that this would not work, and he had to interrupt the Japanese army's line of attack. Otherwise, the Japanese army would have to rush to the top of the city.

Under the command net, he saw several Japanese soldiers pushing a battle defense gun to the front, and the muzzle of the gun flashed, and the head of the city was shattered, and a machine gun flew into the air.

"Knock it out!" Zhong Jimin was furious, and his words were out, and two shells exploded near the battle defense gun. When the smoke cleared, all the Japanese gunners were crooked, but then several Japanese soldiers rushed behind the guns, set up battle defense guns and continued to fire at the city wall.

The superiority of the squadron's artillery fire began to show, and Zhong Jimin concentrated the mortars of the whole regiment. The 60 mortars, 82 mortars, 120 mortars, and 92 infantry guns formed a blocking line 50 meters away, and the fierce shelling caused heavy casualties to the Japanese troops.

At the same time as the fierce battle at the South Gate. The west gate was very quiet, the checkpoint placed outside the city had been withdrawn into the city, and in the grove two hundred meters away, the first echelon of Watanabe Masao was hiding here, and farther away, Watanabe Masao concentrated nearly 100 mortars and 92 infantry guns, as well as a small number of 75 guns. The guns were collected by him from two divisions.

Watanabe anxiously looked at the watch in his hand. Looking up at the direction of the south gate again, the time passed minute by minute, the sky gradually turned white, and the expected signal had not yet arrived.

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