Du Yuming, commander of the Fifth Army, was leading his troops through the primeval jungles and mountains, trying to get rid of the pursuers and find a way back to the motherland, of course he did not know that at this time, the 55th Division had changed the target of the attack.

But the U.S. reconnaissance plane, which was looking for General Stilwell and his bodyguards, discovered the war that was still going on.

"I don't know which army is fighting against me below, the only thing I can say is that it was the worst battle I've ever seen in my life!"

He piloted a reconnaissance plane and repeatedly skimmed over the hillside, but because he flew too many times and flew at too low an altitude, he was shot down by his army with a light machine gun, and was finally forced to land on a relatively empty meadow.

The American pilot jumped off the plane and took a cursory inspection, and soon found that a fuel pipe on the outside of the plane had been broken by a bullet, and he searched through all the accessories on his plane and could not find a replacement fuel line. In this case, the driver, who had been reprimanded by his boss for not knowing how many times he had the adventurous spirit of a western cowboy in his surname, simply opened a Cuban cigar he was carrying, wrapped the oil pipeline that was interrupted by the bullet with the foil wrapped in the cigar, and then used the chewing gum in his mouth to reinforce the front and back for a while, which was barely eliminated as an obstacle. As for whether the plane will catch fire and explode in the air because of oil leakage, or whether it will be forced to land again after flying halfway through the plane because of excessive oil leakage, then only God and his old man know!

When all this was done, the search team responsible for searching for the downed reconnaissance plane was about to find this place, and the American pilot had even heard the sound of the soldiers talking, but at this critical moment, the pilot was stunned to find that the engine of the reconnaissance plane could not be hit, and without the help of the airport attendants, he had to manually ignite the engine, and then jump back onto the plane before the plane took off.

If he fails to do this, he will either become a prisoner of the Yue Army, or he will use his legs to walk out of this mountain full of primeval jungles, just like the Chinese Expeditionary Force!

"Huhuhu......"

When the engine on the reconnaissance plane finally began to turn and let out a characteristic roar, this absolutely daring pilot heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming down the hillside on the other side of the meadow, needless to say that the soldiers of the search team had already discovered him and the reconnaissance plane. And with the engine turning faster and faster, the reconnaissance plane was already running faster and faster on the open grass.

This American pilot, who was not too tall and could not be too outstanding, ran desperately, jumped up regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, and grabbed the wall of the flight cabin, and just as he was crying out in his heart "God forbid" in prayer, he climbed into the cabin with his hands and feet, and when he finally fell into the happiest cradle in the most disgraceful posture, a burst of gunfire rang out behind him and the reconnaissance plane.

"Fortunately, our soldiers are not used to using submachine guns, and their search team does not carry weapons such as light machine guns for the convenience of movement, otherwise, with the distance between us at that time, my plane and I would be 100% finished!"

God knows if God finally opened his eyes, or if the pilot's prayers had worked, and the reconnaissance plane was left with eleven or twelve rifle bullet holes, but this reconnaissance plane, which was so scarred that even one of the oil pipes was made of tin foil wrapped in Cuban cigars and chewing gum, finally carried the pilot back into the blue sky.

And this bold pilot, knowing that his plane was likely to catch fire in the air, and even more likely to be unable to fly back to the base because of too much fuel loss, he was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and he did not know how to write the dead word, so he once again swaggered over the battlefield. With his own practical actions, he expressed the greatest disdain to the enemy!

When this reconnaissance plane, which had obviously been shot down, but had turned over and flew back into the air, and even more fucking played the American-style Ming and provocation, and played to the fullest, finally turned its nose and flew straight to the east, a piece of toffee candy candy paper produced in the United States, with the smell of gasoline stars that was inevitably stained in the driver's hand, kept tumbling and falling from the sky, and happened to fall in front of the former commander of the Yue army who even his most beloved command knife was broken in two.

Looking down at this small piece of candy paper, which is not much bigger than a piece of dried tofu, and is printed with colorful and green patterns on it, smelling the smell of gasoline wafting into the nose, if the gaze can also become a weapon, then the reconnaissance plane that flies farther and farther in the sky, together with the pilot sitting on it, will definitely be shot down in the air and blown to pieces!

At the other end of the position, Lei Zhen, who had witnessed all this condescendingly, smiled, he raised his binoculars, and watched the reconnaissance plane that could fly again with a boiled duck fly farther and farther, until there was no trace of it anymore, and then he smiled and said: "This kid has a seed, I like it!" ”

"Especially his last provocation," the ghost also smiled, "I guess the commander of the enemy opposite us is already angry, and the more angry he is, the more eager he is, the easier it is to make mistakes." ”

As a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy and also participated in the Northern Expedition War, Luo Sanpaillai, in this regard, can see farther than the ghost, he first glanced at the two radio stations that were placed in the division headquarters, but had been silent, and then said: "The most important thing is that as long as the pilot can bring the news back, the Yucheng Military Committee and even Chairman Jiang will know about the fierce battle that is unfolding here, I think, it won't be long before the superiors will find a way to get in touch with us." ”

Luo Sanpao's prediction was not wrong, the American pilot insisted on burning the reconnaissance plane in the middle of the way, using the method of gliding, and after driving back to the base, he ignored the airport logistics personnel who were looking at the reconnaissance plane and gasping for air in their mouths, and before the pilot jumped off the plane, he tore his big throat and shouted: "War, I see that Chinese is still continuing to fight the enemy in Burma, and there are deaths everywhere, my God......

Speaking of this, the pilot took out a piece of toffee candy from his flight suit, threw it into his mouth in a big way, and then continued to shout: "It looks really miserable!" ”

Not all Chinese troops have become stragglers, not all Chinese expeditionary forces have lost the courage to confront the enemy, and there is an unknown number, but definitely not too few troops, relying on the favorable terrain to defend the danger, and fighting to the death with a strong enemy!

This kind of news is like a shot in the arm, and it finally makes the Yucheng Military Committee, which has a sluggish atmosphere, a little excited! What they are thinking about now is not how to defeat the Yueben army on the battlefield in Burma and ensure the smooth flow of the Yunnan-Burma road, but how to let Du Yuming and his Fifth Army return to China as completely as possible!

The fighting in Burma continues, at least indicating that the Fifth Army has not yet entered the worst situation, and that they at least have the strength to turn around and fight.

"Got it, I got it all!"

At the Yucheng Military Committee, hearing the news, He Yingqin, chief of the general staff of the National Revolutionary Army, suddenly brightened his eyes, he walked quickly to the map, and said loudly: "I have always wondered why our army is now isolated and has no logistical supplies, and is already a tired division, and in my radio and newspapers, I shout every day the slogan 'If you want to conquer China, you must first destroy the 200 divisions', but their fast mobile troops have given up the attack on Dai Anlan's 200 divisions. The main force of Takeuchi's 55th Division, which entered the periphery of Savage Mountain, did not join the pursuit of the 200th Division, but turned to other positions like the rapid mobile troops. It turned out that someone had planted a steel nail here, and even if the enemy wanted to pursue the 200th Division, they had to consider that if they did not pull out the hidden danger first, the 200th Division or even the entire Fifth Army would fight back, and they would definitely be in the absolute predicament of being attacked by the enemy on their backs. ”

Speaking of this, He Yingqin let out a long breath of sullen breath in his chest, he, the chief of the General Staff of the National Revolutionary Army, looked at the map in front of him, coupled with the reports collected so far, he could already make a judgment: "Du Yuming and his Fifth Army, including the 200th Division, can finally get rid of the chasing soldiers behind him!" ”

"There's also a copy of the information sent back by a U.S. reconnaissance plane." An operational staff officer quickly read: "According to our aerial reconnaissance, it was discovered that the 55th Division of the Chinese Army was chasing into the mountains from the vicinity of Menggu. And their engineering units are opening a temporary passage for artillery and light tanks! ”

In the confidential operations staff room of the Yucheng Military Commission, a group of senior operational staff officers who can be called the pride of the sky looked at each other, and after a long time, an operational staff officer said: "It seems that this sniper battle is not small, and their mobile troops must have suffered a big loss on the battlefield, so the 55th Division is now not only the main force on all fronts, but even their heavy weapons have to be transported in order to be able to destroy the temporary fortifications." ”

"The main force of the entire division and regiment rushed on all fronts," another combat staff officer pondered, "To force them to make such a big move, how many troops does Du Yuming's army have to use to fight this sniper battle?" ”

In fact, there is no need to ask this question at all, all the people present are real elite talents, they look at each other, and they have already found the same answer in each other's eyes: "At least one division!" ”

The question is, can Du Yuming, who has now entered the Savage Mountains of the primeval jungle of Burma and has actually lost control over the whole army, still find a division of sniper troops? The bigger question is, even if there is a fully formed force left at work, who wants to stay? You must know that now that the army has won a decisive victory in Burma, leaving to snipe the enemy is tantamount to choosing death.

He Yingqin thought for a moment and ordered: "Contact Du Yuming immediately and ask him to report which unit is sniping at the enemy!" ”

"It may be that the radio station is malfunctioning, or it may be because the troops are scattering, and we lost contact with Du Yuming's military headquarters two days ago."

Listening to the report of his subordinates, He Yingqin fell silent again, Du Yuming's military headquarters lost contact with the outside world two days ago, which in itself already shows that Du Yuming has not many available soldiers around him, in this case, of course, Du Yuming is even more unlikely to leave a division to snipe the enemy's pursuers.

"Could it be that this is a trap deliberately laid by the Yue army, trying to lure our army into being deceived? But...... In doing so, there is no point in them except for missing the opportunity to destroy our Fifth Army, especially the 200th of Dai Anlan! ”

The brain was spinning rapidly, but He Yingqin found that with the information in their hands, even he, the chief of the general staff, could not penetrate the fog of war and directly see the essence of the incident. After being silent for a long time, He Yingqin said categorically: "It's really impossible to find a way to get in touch with the troops who are fighting fiercely with the enemy, you can directly use the clear code to report to them!" ”

Facing the eyes of everyone in the confidential war room, He Yingqin said in a deep voice: "No matter who they are, once we get in touch with them, we must do everything we can to meet their requirements and support them by all means." That's the only thing we can do with this group of warriors. ”

An operational staff officer proposed: "Do you want to report to Chairman Chiang?" ”

"Not yet." He Yingqin said: "When we contact that unit and find out their establishment and supreme commander, it will not be too late to report this series of situations to the principal." ”

Just as the offensive and defensive battle between Lei Zhen and the two wings lasted until the third day, when the 55th Division led by Takeuchi Kuan was already rushing towards him with great momentum, the two telegraph receivers sitting in front of the radio station of the division headquarters suddenly widened their eyes. Because in such a fierce battlefield, the radio station, which had been silent, finally received a message for them.

"Reporter!"

A telegraph receiver's eyes widened, and at this time, even his voice trembled slightly from excessive excitement, "The Confidential Operations Department of the Yucheng Military Commission has called, asking us to immediately report the number of the unit and the current situation on the battlefield!" They also said that if there is any need, please ask us to ask, and they will do everything they can to support us! ”

"Support?"

As the division commander, Lei Zhen's expression was far less excited than the two telegraph receivers, even if the senior staff members in the confidential war room of the Yucheng Military Commission got in touch with them, what could they do?

"Tanks, mortars, armored vehicles, light and heavy machine guns, bullets, grenades, shells, first-aid medicines, food, equipment for field fortifications, air support, ground support...... What can you give me from the Confidential Operations Department of the Yucheng Military Commission? ”

The telegram receiver who finally found his job and was responsible for sending reports to the Confidential Operations Department of the Yucheng Military Commission was really excited, he really didn't pay attention to it, these words were just Lei Zhen's own words, and in the series of "tick-tick" sounds on the radio, Luo Sanpao had not had time to stop it, and the telegram receiver faithfully and completely transmitted Lei Zhen's words to the confidential war room of the Yucheng Military Commission thousands of miles away through the radio waves.

Seeing such a reply, the faces of those senior staff members of the confidential war room, who were high up and accustomed to the respect and flattery of others, turned green.

One of the operational staff officers snorted softly, "I don't know who is actually commanding the troops, but I can now be sure that he is 100% a thorn." And a thorn in the thorn! ”

Hearing this, He Yingqin sank his face, "What's wrong with him being a thorn, I wish our army was full of this kind of thorn!" Send a report to that unit again, record. ”

A combat staff officer who had received shorthand training quickly opened the notebook in his hand, and the telegram dictated by He Yingqin himself was once again transmitted to Lei Zhen amid the slight friction between the tip of the pen and the paper, and the electronic whispering of the radio station. "I am He Yingqin, chief of the General Staff of the National Revolutionary Army, indeed, now that the battlefield in Burma has been lost, and the army has occupied air supremacy, we can give very limited support, but in any case, we will do our best, this is not only the responsibility of a soldier, but also our heartfelt respect for heroes, and our obligation to our compatriots! In addition, I hope to report on the situation on the battlefield, although we cannot provide the most timely support, but please believe that our patriotic sincerity and loyalty to the country are linked. ”

Looking at the second telegram, Lei Zhen nodded slightly, as the so-called Hades is good at seeing little ghosts, although this He Yingqin is the chief of the general staff, he is obviously much more polite and polite than the staff officers in the confidential war room, and between the lines of this telegram, Lei Zhen can read his sincerity from the heart.

Although the battles commanded by He Yingqin were defeated one after another on the frontal battlefield, he was still heavily used by Chiang Kai-shek, and of course he had his own advantages.

"The main force of the 55th Division has arrived, and although the heavy weapons have not yet arrived, I believe that they will soon launch a more fierce attack on our position. How long can we resist the enemy, I don't know, I only know, one more time to block, the other fraternal units of our Fifth Army, the other fraternal units of our Fifth Army, will be able to walk one more moment, their danger will be one point less, if we can support for two more days, the enemy army will never be able to go deep into the primeval jungle, and will automatically give up the pursuit! As for the current situation of our army......"

Speaking of this, Lei Zhen's voice stopped, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "I am Lei Zhen, the former captain and platoon commander of the 59th Regiment of the 200th Division, and the current captain and division commander of the Fifth Division of the Fifth Army!" ”

“……”

The telegram receiver who had just made an almost unforgivable mistake and sent Lei Zhen's self-talk to himself as an order to the confidential war room of the Yucheng Military Commission, his fingers suddenly froze there, he looked back at Lei Zhen, and said cautiously: "Master, report to the top like this...... All right? ”

"Real information, what can't be reported?"

In the repeated shaking of Luo Sanpao and Ghost Cai, such a telegram that was really stunned and could directly set off a nine-magnitude earthquake was replied to the confidential war room of the Yucheng Military Commission, and when a lieutenant in the telegraph room read it out word for word in public, the entire confidential war room suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Captain, this guy named Lei Zhen is too fucking bullshit, right?!

"Mutiny? Uproar? Or is it a lie about the military? ”

In everyone's heart, they were inevitably thinking about these words with absolutely close meanings, and an operational staff officer frowned, and even directly said the biggest knot in everyone's hearts: "Provisional Fifth Division? The Fifth Army has only four main divisions, and when will a provisional Fifth Division emerge? I think this person named Lei Zhen is very problematic! ”

"A division commander served as a captain platoon commander is indeed incredible; It is also inconceivable that the corps, which has only four main divisions, suddenly has an additional provisional fifth division. ”

He Yingqin looked around the audience and said, "The fact is that now the pursuit of our Fifth Army by the 55th Division of the Chinese Army has indeed stopped!" If it weren't for the fact that the US reconnaissance plane accidentally discovered the battle that was breaking out, our confidential war room still did not understand what exactly caused the 55 th Division to suddenly give up the opportunity to destroy the Fifth Army, especially the 200 th Division. You must know that in the same ancient city, Takeuchi Kuan and his 55th Division suffered enough in front of the 200th Division, and even paid a huge price of more than 5,000 casualties. I think that in terms of the level of hostility and hatred, if there is no special reason, Takeuchi Kan will definitely not lead his 55th Division to divert the target of the attack, right? ”

All the operational staff officers were listening quietly, and although they were all elite talents with their own specialties, they had to admit that they still had a long way to go compared to the Chief of the General Staff, who had a wealth of life experience and integrated Chinese philosophy into their life and work!

At the same time, Takeuchi was pointing at the two co-captains standing in front of him, and he scolded him, "What are you doing?" Do you know how to attack an enemy army trapped in the Jedi? I don't blame you for not capturing the enemy's position in three days, but you haven't cut off the enemy's water supply until now, leaving them in chaos, what are you thinking?! If you really don't even know this basic common sense, well, let me tell you, a normal person will lose his mobility after seven days of starvation, and he will collapse and be weak after only two days without water to drink, let alone in Myanmar, where the maximum temperature has exceeded 41 degrees! ”

"I don't care if you send people to poison you, I ask the army aviation unit to send bombers to blow up the spring behind the enemy's position, in short, I don't want to see the enemy on the mountain, there is enough water every day for thousands of people to drink, I can clean the wounds of the wounded, and I can also set up a few marching pots in a big way, and cook a mess of things in them! If there is really no way, you two wing captains, you will be the leader of the death squad for me! ”

Watching the two wing commanders walk out of the division headquarters with a disgraced face, Takeuchi said to Takahashi Shino: "I carefully inspected the enemy's position just now, and in this desperate situation, the enemy still maintains high morale, which shows that they not only have a commander with superior command, but also have made up their minds to die. However, they also have weaknesses. ”

Takahashi Shino nodded and said, "The enemy commander who set up this position is a master, and he has taken advantage of the undulating terrain to establish several intersecting firepower networks, and it is difficult to break through the defense without heavy weapons to suppress it. But judging from the overly loose structure of their troops, what we are facing is not at all like a well-trained and tacit elite army, but like a group of improvised rabble supported by the courage of flesh and blood! ”

Takeuchi nodded approvingly, and said in a low voice: "I deliberately reprimanded the two wing captains in public, they will inevitably concentrate all their strength and launch a fierce attack on the enemy's position again, at this time, you lead the reading force reconnaissance detachment, change into the enemy's military uniform, touch it, and take advantage of the chaos to blow up the spring in the hinterland of the enemy's defense line and cut off the water source!" ”

"Yes!"

After saluting Takeuchi, Takahashi turned around and left, and when he walked out of the division headquarters set up in the military tent, Takeuchi said: "Also, tell all the wing commanders not to give the enemy a chance to fight with bayonets again, when charging the enemy, how can there be casualties among the soldiers, and the corpses can be ignored, but the weapons, ammunition and rations on their bodies should be brought back to me with a lot of them!" The enemy has no logistical supplies, their bullets are limited, their grenades are limited, and their machine gun bullets are even more limited, and they deliberately attract our troops to rush up to fight bayonet fighting, just to prolong the battle time by fighting to feed the war and snatch our army's weapons and ammunition! ”

"Got it!"

Seeing Takahashi Shinoui stride away, Takeuchi once again glanced at the position occupied by the [***] people in the distance, and he snorted lightly: "Organize a group of stragglers to fight with my two wings to this extent, I don't care who you are, but I must say, you are really not disappointed!" Being able to use a katana to cut off the head of an enemy like you with your own hands is the biggest victory for me Takeuchi Kan in this Burma war! ”

Takeuchi Kuan did not call in other units of the division, he still used the original two wings, but because of Takeuchi Kuan's existence, Lei Zhen immediately felt great pressure.

When there was a loud roar from the right flank, Lei Zhen knew that the onslaught of the enemy's two wings turned out to be just a feint, and their real killer was a small detachment composed of more than 20 elite soldiers. Looking at the spring that was blown up by someone with directional blasting technology, and I don't know how many heavy boulders rolled on it, Lei Zhen's face was really gloomy as water. As a professional soldier who has received the most rigorous self-training in the Gobi Desert, Lei Zhen certainly knows very well the importance of water to a unit fighting the enemy in the hot summer of the tropics.

And the pressure brought by Takeuchi is obviously not just that. Although the enemy continued to launch a fierce attack, the two sides exchanged fire one after another, and the army, which had always liked to fight bayonets, adopted the method of echelon progression, combining light machine guns, grenadiers and grenades, and advancing forward in a stealthy and stealthy manner. Every time they encounter a stubborn sniper, they will retreat, and after a slight adjustment, they will attack again.

After several tug-of-wars, when Lei Zhen came to his senses, the troops on the front line had already used a large number of bullets in this kind of positional attrition that they absolutely could not support.

Looking at the water source that was blown up in front of him and could never be cleaned up again in a short period of time, Luo Sanpao sighed: "Although I fought with this Takeuchi Kuan in the same ancient city, but at that time, there was Master Dai on top, and I didn't feel anything, and now I found out that this person is really powerful enough, and in such a short time, he saw our reality and changed his tactics for the surname, I want to continue to fight like this, I don't need us to be thirsty and dehydrated, just because the bullets are gone, and we lose our combat effectiveness." It is said that the first famous general in this army is good at attacking, and it really deserves its name! ”

Lei Zhen nodded, and he suddenly ordered: "Sun Shangxiang, you immediately return to the division headquarters and send a telegram to Yucheng, requesting He Yingqin, Chief of General Staff, to dispatch transport planes to airdrop food, ammunition and medicine for our army." ”

Looking at Sun Shangxiang's figure quickly walking away, Luo Sancang said: "We are in Myanmar, not to mention cross-border transportation, and there is also the interception of this air force, with my country's existing air power, even if it can be successfully airlifted, I think it will be a drop in the bucket." ”

"That's right, counting on the implementation of air transportation in Yucheng, even if they are willing, it can only be better than nothing."

Lei Zhen looked at the military camp set up by the enemy at the bottom of the hillside, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and said softly: "Takeuchi Kuan, you like to blow up the water source, don't you?" Do you like to send people to make up like Chinese soldiers and infiltrate our army's camp? Well, I'm with you for this game! ”

…… That night, the officers and men of the special service platoon, who had been trained in thunder and had special skills, used ropes to successfully pass through the enemy's encirclement from the section of the cliff behind them that even wild goats could not climb, and then pounced on their respective targets in groups of three under the guidance of the map.

It was one night that a dull roar sounded from time to time around the 55th Division, and it was the sound of explosions that caused the vast majority of the officers and men of the 55th Division to stay awake all night, and I don't know how many people, even if they were lying down, holding their rifles tightly in both hands, lest they suddenly encounter an attack by the [***] team at night, and in the midst of the chaos, they would not even be able to find their own guns.

However, the [***] team in the mountains remained calm until the first rays of sunlight fell on the morning of the next day, and ended the long night in the midst of the explosions, and did not see any action from the [***] people. When Takeuchi, who had experienced a hundred battles and could sleep peacefully even under enemy machine gun fire on the city gate tower, appeared in front of everyone in high spirits, he saw obvious lack of sleep and helpless faces.

No one washed their faces, the cooking squad did not prepare breakfast for the troops, and even Takahashi Shinosa, who stood there frowning. When he finally figured out what was going on, Takeuchi was in a daze for a moment.

He just sent Takahashi to lead the reading power reconnaissance team to blow up a spring, but the unknown commander on the mountain actually sent a large number of reading power task teams to blast all the water sources within a radius of 30 kilometers with directional blasting, and blew them up so that they were piled up with huge stones, and they were blown up cleanly. If they encounter a water source that cannot be cut off by blasting technology, they simply put a lot of poison into the time, not to say to drink, just to look at the corpses of insects floating on the water, it is enough to keep people away from three feet away!

Seeing that the entire division did not wash their faces, did not have breakfast, and even their spirits seemed to be a little withered, Takeuchi could only shake his head again and again. Everyone uses the same method, or is it his Takeuchi Kan's first move from this field, but in terms of scale, in terms of effect, that hateful guy on the mountain is more than ten times more wild and arrogant?

After catching the military kettle handed over by Takahashi Shino, and after pouring it hard, Takeuchi looked at the position of the [***] people on the opposite hillside, but he suddenly smiled.

"It's a good step not to give way to-for-tat, I let thousands of people can't drink water, and if you change hands, I won't even have water to wash my face in the morning."

Takeuchi Kuan laughed and shouted loudly: "Okay, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, I attacked beautifully, you are still strong enough, in this round of cutting off the water source and breaking the enemy's morale, we are tied!" ”

Looking at the heartfelt smile on Takeuchi's face, listening to his happy laughter, Takahashi shook his head speechlessly, because only Takahashi Shino, who was most familiar with the division commander, understood that by this time, Takeuchi Kuan was already excited, and only this kind of sudden encounter with the enemy, the whole person was completely surrounded by the excitement that was about to burn, Takeuchi Kuan was recognized by the Army Department as the most offensive general, and he was the invincible "demon knife" Muramasa!

(To be continued)