Sima Mingwei sat in the rickety car, looking at the map spread out on his lap, because the road was blocked, he had been waiting here for more than ten minutes, and he still hadn't been able to move forward. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The 5th Army is now across the southeastern peninsula and is attacking in the direction of Rangoon. The roads here are very difficult to navigate, and several railways have long been blown up by the Ceylon defenders who could not resist the attack of the Ming Empire.

"Haven't you opened the way forward?" Taking off his glasses, Sima Mingwei raised his head, looked at the adjutant sitting in the co-pilot seat and asked.

The adjutant shook his head and replied, "Your Excellency, the road is very muddy because of the rain. Our army operates in large corps, so it is inevitable that the speed will be slower. ”

"It's damn weather...... Yesterday it rained, turning the roads here into a swamp. Sima Mingwei complained, and then pushed open the door of his car.

He stepped on the ground with one foot, and when he stepped out of the car with the other, he found that the top of the foot in front of him was already stuck in the muddy water.

The pair of shoes that looked brand new, leaving only the boots outside the muddy water, Sima Mingwei took half a day of strength to pull his feet out of the muddy water.

Then he took a difficult step forward, and the adjutant had already pushed open the door and got out of the car, and there were some guards in charge of guarding around him, and they were also hurriedly walking forward with the general.

It is a very difficult thing to step forward in this kind of place, Sima Mingwei finally walked to a relatively dry place, and the boots under his feet were no longer visible.

"The roads are in such bad condition that Ceylon's investment in construction here is shockingly low." Standing on a high ground that barely had to sink, Sima Mingwei opened his mouth and complained.

Then he picked up his binoculars and looked farther away - only to find that he could not see anything clearly, and that vegetation was obscuring everywhere.

On the other side of the mountain in the distance, black smoke could still be seen, it was the front-line troops attacking the Ceylonese troops, the battle was quite fierce, because tanks and armored vehicles could not reach the front line, and the planes could not take off due to the weather conditions, so the Ceylonese defenders barely stopped the troops of the Ming Empire from continuing to advance.

However, as the weather conditions improved and the terrain gradually opened up, the offensive speed of the Ming Empire's troops increased again, and the distance from Yangon became closer and closer.

The Ceylon defenders, who had already felt that their retreat was about to be cut off, desperately stopped the attack of the Ming Empire's troops, and the two sides repeatedly fought over some local positions, and the corpses exuded a disgusting stench in the jungle.

"As for the Air Force, is there any news about the reconnaissance plane?" Sima Mingwei put down the binoculars and looked at the adjutant behind him and asked.

"Sir, the latest reconnaissance results show that the Ceylonese defenders are massing towards Hpa-an, Mawlamyine, Tak and Sukhothai, and they seem to have judged the direction of our main attack." The adjutant answered Sima Mingwei's question.

Sima Mingwei nodded, calculating in his heart: if he continued to attack in the direction of Hpa-An, then after taking Sukhothai, he would fall into a difficult positional battle.

Therefore, he was more inclined to change the battle plan a little bit, move the direction of attack to the south, attack Phitsanulok, go south along the railway line, and occupy Phichi.

If this change is successful, then the direction of his attack, according to the map, is to rush directly along the railway line to Bangkok.

It was a bold battle plan, and there was a danger that the flanks would be exposed. However, if Sima Mingwei can grasp the degree of the feint, it will be a brilliant and suspicious strategy.

Once the Ceylon defenders misjudged the direction of Sima Mingwei's attack, the 5th Army would be the main force of the Ming Empire's attack, and going south to Bangkok would be the main direction of the Ming Empire's attack.

However, if Ceylon judges it this way, then it will be the Ming Empire's attack! In fact, because of the influence of road conditions, the 4th Army moving south was closer to the main transport line and was the real main force of the attack!

"Let the two infantry divisions on the flanks continue to attack south, and if you can, try to capture Sukhothai! I'm going to give the enemy the illusion that we're heading for Bangkok! Sima Mingwei looked at the chief of staff who rushed over behind him and commanded.

"General, there is not much ammunition to be replenished to us...... The road conditions are also worse, and in this case, it is very detrimental to our logistical supply to rush to increase the direction of the offensive......" said the chief of staff with some concern.

Sima Mingwei nodded, which also made him a little worried: "Use the highest-level password to send this choice to Commander-in-Chief Wang Jue...... See what he has to say! ”

After saying this, Sima Mingwei looked into the distance again, those mountains with thick smoke behind him - when he arrived there, the forward troops of the entire group army would not be far from Sukhothai, right?

As he pondered, dozens of Lei Gong-1 dive bombers that had taken off from the Phra Fu Field Airfield flew above his head in the sky.

The bombers were ordered to take off and bomb the Ceylonese defenders who were resisting on the outskirts of Sukhothai. These bombers had many bombs hanging under their wings, and they looked imposing.

Although the bombing effect was not very obvious, the air force of the Ming Empire tried its best to destroy the enemy's defensive line. Again and again they took off, flew at the enemy with bombs, and dropped these bombs on the enemy's positions.

Soon after the Lei Gong 1 dive bomber flew over here, more Djinn medium bombers also passed here. These bombers, which can fly farther away, are there to bomb Mawlamyine and Hpa-An!

A few minutes later, Wang Jue, who was already commanding the troops to attack south, received a telegram from Sima Mingwei, he looked at the contents of the telegram, thought for a while, and then opened his mouth to order: "Try to ensure the logistics supply of the 5th Group Army!" If necessary, pause the attack on our side! ”

Subsequently, when the news that Wang Jue, as commander-in-chief, had agreed to Sima Mingwei's attack plan, was transmitted back to the 5th Army, Sima Mingwei ordered the troops to start attacking Sukhothai at any cost.

When the news of Sukhothai's occupation by the Ming Empire a few hours later reached Miao Shengye, Miao Shengye only ordered all the troops on the southeast peninsula to hold their defensive positions, and there was no other order.

All he can do now is to compete with the Ming Empire army on the southeast peninsula - turning back, that is impossible!