Stilwell and Du Yuming's headquarters are in Lashio.

Lashio is a small city with a population of just over 20,000 people, but now, hundreds of thousands of people have poured in around Lashio, and that's not all, the army of refugees is still pouring in.

The refugees were British, Chinese, but more Indian.

The Chinese only stayed in Lashio for a short time, and then, under the arrangement of the Yunnan side, they withdrew to the interior of Yunnan in batches.

Driving back to Lashio from Meimiao Mountain, on the way, as when I came, there were people fleeing everywhere.

Among those who fled were many Chinese, but none of them were on foot, at least, in horse-drawn carriages.

Among these Chinese refugees, there were quite a few people with guns, and although they were not wearing formal military uniforms, they were all shrewd and strong, and it was clear that they were all soldiers.

In Burma, the British are the big devils, the Indians are the two devils, the British rely on the Indians to rule Myanmar, and the two devils are worse than the big devils, and the local people hate the two devils especially the big devils, which is a universal truth.

The Chinese have no status in Myanmar and are not less bullied by these big devils and two devils, but at this moment, no one dares to come and disturb these Chinese who have fled from the big devils, whether they are the big devils British or the second devils Indians.

I watched this scene when I came to Meimiao Mountain, but Du Yuming, Sun Liren, Dai Anlan and others still can't get enough of it, they never get tired of watching it, and they attract their attention more than any play.

The Chinese can flee so leisurely and leisurely, of course, because of the Black God Army, these fleeing Chinese don't have to spend a penny, everything has been arranged, and they can travel all the way to Yunnan.

What Du Yuming and others love to see most is the expressions on the faces of these Chinese, especially the elderly and children.

Country!

Powerful!

And what could confirm this better than the expressions on the faces of the old man and the child!

A sense of flesh and blood grows in the heart of every Chinese...... Du Yuming's headquarters was in a two-story building in the city of Lashio.

The house is a Chinese industrialist surnamed Li, and the middle [***] team is still on the way, so it has been arranged here.

Entering the headquarters, Dai Anlan threw his hat on the table and scolded: "Paralyzed, these British devils and Xiao Yueben are all the way, and they are not things!" ”

Dai Anlan was so angry, not only because of the arrogance of the Royal Praetorian Guard officer, but also because of the shamelessness of the British.

At the military meeting at Meimiao Mountain, there was a fierce debate about the strategic orientation.

Stilwell advocated an active attack, striving to recover Rangoon and drive Yue himself out of Burma, but the British were defeated by Yue himself, and if it was only the Chinese who attacked and did not need them, then they agreed, but if they were to be dragged along, it would be spared.

Du Yuming said that he would obey the orders of Stilwell, the commander of the Allied forces, but there was one thing that Du Yuming would never back down, that is, no matter what, the British could not be absent.

As a result, Stilwell rolled his eyes.

Although Stilwell was the commander of the Allied forces, there were only more than a thousand Americans in Burma, and he was really only in name only.

Finally, not to mention attacking aggressively, even defending Mandalay is a big problem.

The British had no interest in attacking, nor did they have much interest in defending Mandalay, and now they were bent on delaying some time in Burma in order to form the Indian defence.

Of course, it is important to stall for time, and it is even more important to preserve strength.

The British are building a road to the west through the Rakhine Mountains, building a road to India, and as soon as the road is repaired, it is the moment when these big devils and two devils open.

The British could not count on it, and the Chinese were clinging to the British, so, in Stilwell's view, the prospects for the Burmese battlefield were bleak.

Stilwell was helpless to the British, and he couldn't say anything to the Chinese.

The host doesn't have this mind, and he doesn't want to do anything at all, so does he want the guest to take all the responsibility?

This is neither reasonable nor realistic.

Dai Anlan was angry, he was angry with this, and that Alexander fought this idea, and the British all retreated, and the responsibility was on their heads.

Sitting down on the sofa, Du Yuming loosened his neckline, and then asked, "What do you think?" ”

Sun Liren asked in a deep voice: "Junzao, what is Mr. Jiang's plan?" ”

Sun Liren is a quite alternative general in the National Axe Army, he was born in Tsinghua University, studied civil engineering at the beginning of the United States, and later went to the Virginia Military Academy in the United States, and did not even join the Kuomintang, and has nothing to do with the Whampoa department.

This time, the biggest reason why Sun Liren was able to become a member of the expeditionary force was that Sun Liren was a comforter, and Chiang Kai-shek was stepping up his efforts to win over Anhui, fearing that Anhui would split from his group.

Therefore, Sun Liren doesn't know what the inside story is.

After a deep sigh, Du Yuming said: "Mr. Jiang means that it is necessary to be reasonable, but also to preserve a certain strength. ”

In fact, Chiang Kai-shek's meaning was similar to Han Lihong's proposition, Du Yuming was originally a little worried about how to implement President Chiang's order, and Han Lihong's entrustment of Long Yun to give him made him pause.

Sun Liren had no opinion on Chiang Kai-shek's order, originally, the British, like Yue himself, were not a good thing, and the battle of Burma had little to do with them, it was more of a transaction.

What's more, even if Burma is lost, I will not dare to attack Yunnan.

Now, he dares to bomb Shanghai and Hong Kong, but he will not attack Yunnan, because the Black God Army and Yue himself maintain a delicate balance.

In North Vietnam, the elderly, children and women have been withdrawn to Yunnan and Guangxi, leaving behind only a few young and strong. These actions of the Black God Army made it easy for Yue Ben not to break the balance, and attracted a counterattack from the Black God Army.

Now with the American equipment of the water, Sun Liren, like everyone else, really wants to compete with Yue himself, but the appearance of the British can't be the big boss.

After thinking for a moment, Sun Lidao said: "Junzao, I am here, we will fight hard, but if the British are instigated, we will not block it." ”

Du Yuming smiled, turned his head and asked Dai Anlan, "Anlan, what is your opinion?" ”

"I still have a opinion!" Dai Anlan is the tiger general among the tiger generals, and he wants to beat the little devil even more, but now that he is like this, what can he do?

Du Yuming said: "We will keep an eye on the British, they will resist, we will resist, if they withdraw, we will also withdraw." ”

-- Stilwell was very anxious, he advocated an active offensive, and to put it bluntly, it was also for his own national interests, and he wanted to contain the strength of the Chinese army through an active offensive in order to ease the pressure on the Philippines and Australia.

Now, however, Stilwell found that not only was there no hope of actively attacking, but there was also little hope of holding northern Burma.

If you want to hold northern Myanmar, you have to hold Mandalay.

The topography of Myanmar is extremely complex, and the loss of Yangon, the largest city, is equivalent to the loss of southern Myanmar; Similarly, the loss of Mandalay, the second largest city, would mean the loss of northern Myanmar.

Mandalay is entrenched in a bend in the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River, and if the Chinese army captures this ancient capital and transportation center, they will be trapped between the towering mountains of Chindun in the west and the Himalayas in the east.

After leaving Meimiaoshan, Stilwell went to Mandalay, where he found that the British were adjusting their deployment.

To hold Mandalay, a parallel defensive line had to be established along Taungoo on the banks of the Sitang River, from the Salween River from east to west across Burma.

However, this line of defense was already long and required a large number of troops to defend it, and the British did not keep the agreement and placed their forces on the humble line.

The terrain of the humble line is precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it only accounts for one-fifth of the entire defense line, and the British will do this, will the Chinese agree?

Such a cooperation will not have a second result except failure.

The British did not listen to Stilwell, and the Chinese did not listen either.

The Chinese had no opinion on the arrangement of the British, but they only placed one division in Donghu, and the rest of the arrangements were planned for retreat.

Can you blame the Chinese? No.

Can the Chinese be blamed? Not even more.

-- On 21 March, Allied air forces attacked Burma; The next day, he immediately began to retaliate.

The Army's Zero fighters were invincible, and the Allied planes could only be used for sneak attacks, engaging the Zero fighters head-on, and there was no second result except for being destroyed.

Soon, the military aviation occupied an absolute advantage, and in the sky, there were only silver bombers of the army.

Silver bombers flew through the sky in wedges, and cities and villages burst into flames one after another, scorched in the roaring sea of fire.

There was no superiority on the ground or in the air, and the morale of the British was getting lower and lower.

After holding out for ten days, the officers of the Royal Guard completely lost confidence and announced the abandonment of the entire line of defense - retreat.

By this time, the road to India had been built and could be used.

On the first day of April, the great retreat began.

-- It's really bitter!

Field Commander Lieutenant General Slim was full of bitterness.

April to May is the hottest and driest time of the year in the barren mountains of central Myanmar, with temperatures at least above 40 degrees.

The food was only a pitiful amount of beef jerky, rice, and hard biscuits, and the most uncomfortable thing was not the lack of food, but the lack of water.

Moreover, when they retreated, they had to face the bombing of the Syrian planes and the attacks of the small units of the Japanese army that had infiltrated their flanks.

-- The British suffered, and the 117th Division commanded by Sun Liren also suffered, but compared with the British, then they were in heaven.

The 117th Division withdrew a day and a night, twenty-four hours, no more, no less, one day and one night, later than the British.

Along the way, the 117th Division did not lack food, let alone water to drink. Except for the little devil's plane, they couldn't get away, and there was nothing else wrong.

The small force infiltrated by the little devils was cleared by the Fifth Army itself, but these abundant water and food were not, these were all prepared by the Black God Army.

Their logistics, with the help of the Black God Army, reached fantastic levels.

Food and drink are no longer worth mentioning, the seriously wounded will be transported away by transport planes at once, and later, the soldiers and wounded killed in battle will also be transported to the rear by transport planes.

When I saw this scene at the beginning, let alone those ordinary soldiers, it was Sun Liren, and my eyes were wet.

It's all like a dream.

-- "Stilwell called again." With a telegram in his hand, He Yingqin said to Chiang Kai-shek.

"Then let him rush it." Chiang Kai-shek said with some pleasure.

Chiang Kai-shek and Stilwell, the Yankees, were not at each other's throats, and the more anxious Stilwell was, the happier he felt.

Stilwell and the British front-line commander Slim wanted to build a 40-kilometer-wide line of defense in the arid mountains, but the British did not have enough troops, so they wanted Du Yuming to send troops over.

Think beautifully!

Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with Du Yuming, and felt that the party was a party, and Du Yuming fully understood his intentions, which not only took advantage of the reason, but also preserved his strength.

It's just that what makes Chairman Jiang feel very unhappy is the Black God Army, the Black God Army actually intervened in their logistics, but although he was not happy, he was still helpless, if he ordered not to help the Black God Army, the consequences can be imagined.

The Black God Army is pressing forward step by step, trying to dismantle his foundation in every possible way.

The pleasure he felt from Stilwell came and went, and Chiang Kai-shek frowned.

-- In Lashio, in the headquarters of the expeditionary force, Du Yuming had been standing silently in front of the map for two hours. Suddenly, Du Yuming's eyes lit up, and he stared at a place called "Ren'an Qiang".

After staring at "Ren'anqiang" for seven or eight minutes, Du Yuming called all the operational staff officers over and began to assign tasks.

The headquarters suddenly became busy, and the staff officers nervously conducted tactical deductions, and an hour later, the results came out, and Du Yuming's ideas were more than seventy percent likely to happen.

-- After receiving Du Yuming's telegram, Sun Liren thought for a long time, and finally, he couldn't help but nod his head, and for the first time he admired Du Yuming.

Du Yuming's plan is not only forward-looking, but also has superb strategic vision.

-- Chiang Kai-shek opened his eyes, looked at He Yingqin, who was sitting opposite, and asked, "Jingzhi, is your plan to look at the light pavilion feasible?" ”

He Yingqin said: "The key to Guangting's plan is whether the British can be besieged by Yue himself. If what Guangting predicted comes true, then we will be able to do it in the future. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded.

-- In order to cover the retreat, and also to cover the production of a little more oil by the Ringanqiang Burmese Oil Company, Slim had to thin a donkey to pull hard and saw a 40-kilometer-wide defensive line in the arid mountainous area.

However, in just three days, the defense line was about to collapse.

The soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the army continued to attack, and also infiltrated the rear of the weak line of defense to attack.

On 14 April, Slim ordered the troops to retreat in the direction of Ringanqiang.

With the oil fields blown up, the oil wells and storage tanks of the Ringanqiang Myanmar Oil Company burning, and Slim's hastily built defensive line was not only meaningless, but also put itself in danger.

On the evening of 16 April, the army outflanked and blocked the road, cutting off the British retreat.

-- Receiving a distress call from the British, Du Yuming smiled.

In the past few days, Du Yuming has been very nervous.

This time, it is not only about his personal honor, but also about whether his future plans can be successfully realized.

If it does, it will be the most important stroke on his personal resume, and more importantly, he can not only disobey Chiang Kai-shek's orders, but also realize the intentions of the Black God Army.

Du Yuming was in good spirits and issued a series of combat orders.

-- The British were surrounded in Ringanqiang, and Sun Liren knew it immediately, and when Du Yuming's order arrived, the 117th Division had already moved into the mountains within 50 miles of Ringanqiang.

After reading Du Yuming's order, Sun Liren was very regretful.

On land and in the air, the army has occupied an absolute advantage, and since the beginning of the war, the army, no matter what the land, sea, and air, has been like a bamboo, conquering everything, invincible, and basically has not encountered any decent resistance, especially the army that has invaded Burma.

He said that he was raised on a plate, and he has always been arrogant, and now the 33rd Division that surrounds the British army is even more so, it is an absolute arrogant general.

More than 20,000 troops surrounded more than 7,000 British troops, and the British army's will to resist has always been not resolute, and they have to surrender if they see a bad situation, so the 33rd Division, from the division commander Sakurai to the ordinary soldiers, thought that the battle was over.

Sun Liren had no doubt that his 117th Division could completely annihilate the 33rd Division in Ren'anqiang.

However, no, if the 33rd Division is completely annihilated, then they will have to face strong pressure from the United States and Britain, at least they will be asked to hold Mandalay and northern Burma.

If they want to defend it, Sun Liren believes that they can hold it, but it will have to pay a huge price, but why should they hold Mandalay and northern Myanmar?

Therefore, this battle can only be aimed at rescuing the trapped British army.

After waiting for another day, Sun Liren moved the division headquarters to Chokepadang and sent the heralds out.

---Slim's eyes were originally blue, but now they have turned black, and he is too eager for the Chinese to come.

Hearing that the Chinese had finally arrived, Slim immediately decided to personally rush to Chokpadang to meet the Chinese commander.

Slim had met Sun Liren at that Allied military meeting, but he had no impression. Now that he sees Sun Liren, Slim has a very good impression of Sun Liren.

Sun Liren was extremely straightforward, and he said to Slim: "General Slim, our army will block the land south of the Pingqiang River with one part, and eliminate the enemy north of the Pingqiang River with the other to cover your retreat. ”

The British army was besieged by the Yue army in the area northeast of the Ren'anqiang oil field and south of the Pingqiang River, and the Yue army not only established a blockade line in the front, but also crossed the Pingqiang River, and also established a blockade line on the north bank of the Pingqiang River.

The Chinese are so righteous that Slim can't say anything, and he is grateful.

-- Without any suspense, the heroic Chinese became the angels of salvation, and rescued 7,000 British troops and hundreds of American and British journalists and missionaries out of hell safely.

Not only that, the Chinese also rescued more than 500 British prisoners of war from the hands of the Yue himself, and recaptured more than 100 British weights and cars captured by the Yue army, all of which were returned to the British side.

Sun Liren became a big hero in the eyes of the British.

In this battle, more than 2,500 enemies were killed, and 437 of our troops were killed.

(To be continued)