Before evening, the Chinese broke through the defense line of Ikeda's brigade from the front, rushed to the small hill where his original headquarters and artillery positions were located, set up artillery positions on them, and opened fire on both wings, and the infantry swept at both wings at the same time, forcing Ikeda's brigade to retreat step by step. Whole \ Ben / Small \ Say / Net

Antlers felt a little comforted in his heart that it was getting dark, and it was unthinkable to fight at night in such a dense forest, and all the officers in the command were silent, and no one expected that after just one day of fierce fighting, the entire wing would be in danger.

The 35th Division is a three-wing formation, but the Ugly Wing is still left in Mao Tam Jin, and there are only two infantry wings in this operation, plus the 35th Artillery Wing, from Plome Pingmana to Mandalay, there is no real resistance along the way, neither the British army nor the expeditionary force have caused him any trouble, but he did not expect to encounter big trouble in Meimiao.

Even retreating now is a very difficult thing, although the dark night can stop the attack of the squadron, but the dark night is also easy to cause confusion in the troops and disorient the troops. But what about the stalemate? Antlers knew that it was impossible for the division to send him reinforcements, but the Chinese army was likely to receive reinforcements. So the stalemate can't go on.

After a day of fighting, the antlers also knew the number of the squadron on the opposite side, the 35th Division was the second Jinpu Road operation between the Chinese and the 23rd Group Army, although the other side felt that the combat effectiveness of the other side was higher than that of the other squadrons, but it was by no means as high as the combat effectiveness of the independent brigade in front of him.

What to do? Antlers' brain was spinning rapidly, and he came up with several solutions, but they were all vetoed by him, and Chief of Staff Yamauchi looked at him in a dilemma, and sighed softly: "Your Excellency." In any case, there must be a plan now, the offensive of the Chinese army has slowed down, and now is the time to make adjustments, if it is completely dark, the movement of the troops will be very difficult. ”

The antlers were extremely bitter, he turned around, Yamauchi's expression was equally bitter, Yamauchi used the Japanese customary ventriloquish, what he meant was to give up if he couldn't get it back, as long as the main force of the wing could get out of danger. But the antlers knew that once the retreat order was issued, those who received the order would retreat without reading it, and it would be difficult for the troops who did not receive the order or were entangled with the squadron to retreat, and they were bound to be wiped out by the squadron. The antlers estimated that the entire wing was likely to be lost by nearly half.

"Boom! Rumble! "Several shells exploded nearby, the artillery positions were lost, and the main support artillery of the wing was lost, and the fire superiority of the squadron became more and more obvious.

"It's not okay to withdraw like this," Antlers gritted his teeth and said slowly, "The Ikeda Brigade continued to insist, and the Furugi Brigade immediately contracted, leaving part of the forces to contain the Shina Army, and Furugi Shaosa led the main force of the Brigade to move closer to the Ikeda Brigade. ”

The purpose of the antlers is to gather the main forces of the two brigades to attack Han Xinfa together, defeat the five regiments in front of them first, and retreat with the whole division even if it is not good.

Yamauchi knew in his heart that Antlers had accepted his suggestion, but he was not reconciled, but his plan had run out of time, and even if Guki could bring the troops back, it would be completely dark. And what tomorrow will bring, only God knows.

Although there were only two brigades of the Japanese army, Lu Ruishan still transferred the third regiment out, and the third regiment, under the leadership of the regiment commander Sun Chengzhong, rushed to Qiulong Mountain with a rapid march It was already sunset, and Lu Rui stopped. They were not allowed to move on, leaving two battalions, and another battalion to reinforce a regiment.

The position of the first regiment was the main direction of the Japanese army's attack, and the 35th Division concentrated three brigades to attack in turn, and the first regiment held its position under the leadership of the regiment commander Wang Jingju, and fought to the death without retreating, and the Japanese army attacked the hill several times, and was beaten down by the first regiment several times, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. Lu Ruishan transferred a battalion for him.

Compared to the second regiment, it was easier, and the Japanese army threw only one brigade in this direction. The main forces are all pressed on a mass. However, the Japanese offensive was still fierce, and the second regiment was firmly pinned down in front of them.

As night fell, Lu Ruishan calculated the results of the day, he was fully qualified to be proud of his independent brigade, he used a brigade to fight against a division of the Japanese army, and he did not fall behind at all, but also had a slight advantage. But Lu Ruishan did not think so, and after carefully interrogating the distant hills, he decided that the 35th Division, which was one less wing, was not his opponent at all.

"Mother's Rahba, a me. The devils of the brigade also dare to be arrogant in front of Lao Tzu, I really don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has. Lu Ruishan was very disdainful, and his mood fell: "Damn, what is the second regiment doing, a brigade is a chicken." Tomorrow for Lao Tzu to attack. ”

Just when he was scolding and scolding, a staff officer with a big head ran in: "Report" Commander Yu of the Kou Army telegraphed. ”

Lu Ruishan didn't go to answer the telegram, Su Xiaojun took the telegram and read it before handing it to Lu Ruishan, because Lu Ruishan's education level was relatively low. If Shi Yuanxing is here, this matter will be done by Shi Yuanxing: "Commander Yu has already abandoned Mande, and the blocking line has been changed to Jishini Mountain north of Meimiao, and I am ordered to take a little Yuezhukou Meimiao, and at the same time receive the whole army, in addition, the new 284th has been ordered to retreat, and it is estimated that it will reach Meimiao tomorrow." ”

It seems that the devil is a little anxious, Lu Ruishan thought for a moment and immediately changed the combat deployment: "Order Sun Chengzhong to leave a battalion, and the rest of the troops immediately seize Jiwulong Mountain."

Jilong Mountain is the mountain in the southwest of Meimiao, and the Manla Railway passes through the foot of the mountain, which is the only place to enter Meimiao along the railway.

There is only one battalion left in the three regiments Su Xiaojun reminded that the three regiments have been completely divided and used, one battalion is in the direction of the first regiment, and one battalion is left in Qiulong Mountain, Sun Chengzong led the regimental headquarters and a battalion to Jiwulong Mountain.

"It's okay, tomorrow the devils opposite Han Xinfa and Fang Qiming will retreat, and the other two regiments will also be attacked by Lao Tzu tomorrow." There was a murderous aura in Lu Ruishan's tone: "First take this old dog Harada Kumayoshi, so as not to worry about him in the future." ”

Not only Tanaka Shinichi was in a hurry, but Iida Shojiro and Terauchi Shouichi were in a hurry. Under the city of Lashio, Zhuang Jihua commanded the 103rd Army and the 58th Army to launch wave after wave of attacks on Watanabe.

Chen Mingren cut off the Quzha Valley, Liao Yaoxiang seized Mokun Mountain, the two troops blocked Watanabe's retreat, Xia Yanglin cleared the remnants of the enemy on Papani Mountain, and covered up from behind the 22nd Division, and Huang Botao personally commanded the new 53rd Division to attack the 22nd Division from the flank.

The squadron attacked from three sides and drove the 22nd Division to the north. Ota Katsukai saw through the squadron's attempt and knew that they wanted to drive themselves to the foot of Mokun Mountain, join the 56th Division, and then gather and annihilate it.

Although I saw through it, Ota had no way, the troops marched long distances through the jungle, fought one after another, and the troops consumed a lot of ammunition, and soon after the breakout battle began, there was a shortage of ammunition in the troops, and all the troops were hard to support under the fierce artillery fire of the squadron, and there was almost no power to fight back, and the troops were forced to retreat north step by step.

Ota's days were difficult, Watanabe's days were even more difficult, and the offensive of the New 38th Division and the Usushi Division was equally fierce, especially the New 38th Division and the New 22nd Division. Liao Yaoxiang didn't look like he was on the defensive at all, he personally led one brigade to defend Mokun Mountain, while the other two brigades launched an offensive on the flank, so that Watanabe could not attack Mokun Mountain with all his strength and open a way of escape.

Watanabe asked Iida again and again for tactical guidance, and finally simply asked for help, telling him that the main force of the Iidachina expeditionary force was all in Lashio, and that Mandalay only had a small number of Chinese troops, and asked Tanaka Shinichi to attack Lashio as soon as possible, and if it was late, the 56th Division and the 22nd Division would inevitably be all Jade. Broken.

The fact that the Japanese generals said such naked words in itself proves that Watanabe's situation has reached a critical situation, Iida and Terauchi are not in a hurry, especially Terauchi Shouichi, who was defeated in the first Jinpu Road battle, and this time Burma will be defeated again, and what awaits him is probably an unhonorable retirement.

Terauchi Shouichi personally sent a telegram to Watanabe to cheer him up, but Watanabe couldn't cry or laugh when he held Terauchi Shouichi's telegram, and his heart was extremely bitter.

"Boom! Rumble! "The explosions all around continued to sound, and the squadron's artillery fire tore through the space, ignited the air, and turned the green carpet of the earth into patches of scorched earth.

Force mortars, 75 mountain artillery "West howitzers" field howitzers, all kinds of shells, old trees turned to ashes under the raindrops of shells, thick smoke obscured the sun, and the firelight turned the earth hot.

Watanabe's headquarters was located under a rock that had been covered with moss, but now it was pitch black, and there were traces of shrapnel everywhere.

Watanabe's face sank like water, and he tried to remain calm in front of the soldiers, his eyes full of anxiety when they betrayed him. To the north, the New 38th Division steadily forced the covering troops to stop at Mokun step by step. retreated, and the new 22nd Division of Mokunshan replaced defense with offense, constantly launching counteroffensives on the flank of the wing responsible for the attack "The old wing was forced to take a defensive position, chasing from behind, the offensive of the bow division was equally ferocious, and the good wing was in a hurry after being broken, and the Hosokawa wing in La Popa Mountain had long been cut off, and Watanabe was sure that they had been completely wiped out by the squadron.

Dead, dead, Watanabe racked his brains and couldn't find a way to survive the crisis.

Almost all of the forces were pinned down, and the Omatsu Wing on Papani Hill had lost contact, and Ota was retreating north with the remaining two wings.

In the distance, the sound of Mark Core heavy machine guns and Czech light machine guns was heard, and Watanabe judged that the squadron had advanced some distance further. He can't blame his soldiers now, he knows that they have done their best, holding empty thirty-eight guns in the face of the squadron armed to the teeth, using their lives to buy time for the entire division.

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