Mandalay, 200 Company of the 598th Regiment of the 6th Division.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, the attack of the Japanese army was thwarted again, and the artillery bombardment of the surname of the revenge began.

This time, however, the army's retaliatory artillery bombardment was really a bit crazy, and it has lasted for more than three hours now, and since two o'clock in the morning, the mountain artillery, field artillery, infantry artillery, and heavy howitzers of various calibers of the little devils have not stopped, and at least thousands of tons of shells have been dumped into the central urban area where the Chinese expeditionary force is entrenched.

Li Changgeng, the commander of the 6th company, padbed his chest with his fists, and lay dead under a broken wall and did not dare to raise his head.

This time the shelling of the little devil is really crazy, the shelling of the 150mm caliber heavy howitzer has not stopped, this thing is a big killer in the real sense, even if it is dozens of meters away from the center of the explosion, it can also shock the people and animals lying on the ground to death, so Li Changgeng does not dare to lie on the ground, otherwise he is likely to be shocked to death by the shock wave transmitted from the ground.

"Boom!" A 120-caliber grenade exploded, and the rising mud instantly splashed Li Changgeng's face.

Li Changgeng shook his head vigorously, shook off the mud splashed on his face, and immediately cursed angrily: "His grandmother is a bear, it's been more than three hours, and she still refuses to stop?" Little devils, but not? Or are their shells all blown by strong winds? Throw the damn money at us like you don't want money? What a fucking evil door. ”

"The little devil is probably in a hurry." The veteran lying next to Li Changgeng continued, "I have a fellow who is a liaison officer at the headquarters, and he secretly told me last night that the little devil's air force suffered a big loss near Yangon, and it is said that the Flying Tigers blew up and sank an aircraft carrier, a big guy of more than 40,000 tons, and hundreds of planes on it." ”

"But it has nothing to do with us." Li Changgeng said depressedly, "Why do you want to retaliate against us?" ”

The veteran said mysteriously: "I also heard that the airborne regiment of the Baoshan Division has seized the airport in Yangon, and the little devil is so desperate to throw shells, it is estimated that he will escape!" Because as soon as Yangon Airport was lost, the little devil's retreat was cut off by us, and if they didn't run, they would have to make dumplings for us. ”

"Knife, what you said is really fake?" Li Changgeng suddenly came to his senses.

"Of course it's true." The old soldier, nicknamed the knife, said, "My fellow is a major staff officer. ”

"His grandmother is a bear." Li Changgeng licked his lips and said excitedly, "This kind of nest is finally coming to an end, hehe, little devils, go back and wait for dawn, see how your grandfather Chang Geng cleans you up!" ”

Li Changgeng's voice fell, and the overwhelming explosion suddenly became sparse.

After less than five minutes, the artillery bombardment of the Yue army completely stopped, and the ruins of the city that had just returned the sound of artillery suddenly fell into a deathly silence, Li Changgeng quietly poked out half of his head, and looked forward from the gap between the broken walls, only to see that there was no movement in the ruins in front of him, and the ghost soldiers who were still hiding there just now had disappeared.

"Knives!" Li Changgeng immediately ordered, "Take two people to the front to see, what's the situation?" ”

The knife agreed, and immediately took the two soldiers out of the ruins, and the three of them took submachine guns, lined up in a zigzag, and began to search carefully along the corner, and soon, the three of them entered the three-story building that had just been occupied by the army, and after less than half a minute, the knife swaggered out of the building.

"Company commander, the little devils have run away!" The knife held the submachine gun high and roared excitedly.

"Ran away?" Li Changgeng slowly stood up from behind the broken wall, suddenly at a loss.

Li Changgeng's 6th Company has been fighting with the little devils in this small alley for almost half a month, and more than half of the more than 100 people in the company have died here, but all of a sudden, the little devils who still have an absolute advantage have all run away, which makes Li Changgeng feel a little unreal, and this battle was won? Really won?

"Haha, we won!" One of the veterans suddenly yelled excitedly.

Suddenly, the last surviving 20 veterans of the 6th Company crawled out of the rubble.

An old soldier held up his Garand rifle and laughed to the sky, but laughed and laughed, and the old soldier shed tears, and then threw his gun and hugged the half of the stone pillar beside him, and cried and howled: "Pillar, Brother Pillar, do you see it? The little devil ran away, we won, we really won, ......"

As soon as the veteran cried, the remaining 20 or so veterans also cried.

Company Commander Li Changgeng also took off the steel helmet from his head, and wept silently while gently rubbing it, and the hygienist "Erya", who had just been assigned to the 6th Company for a few days, cried even more with pear blossoms and rain, this little girl was actually heartless, she was a natural optimist, but when she saw that Li Changgeng was such a strong man in tears, she wanted to cry in her heart.

For a time, the entire position of the 6th Company fell into a gloomy fog.

Crying and crying, Er Ya suddenly found a fairly clean white cloth in the ruins, and took a few steps forward, wanting to drag the white cloth down from the ruins to wipe the tears of Company Commander Li Changgeng, but Er Ya found that the other end of the white cloth was actually pinched in the hands of a dead corpse of a devil, and this drag actually dragged the dead corpse of the devil awake.

"Ahh Erya suddenly screamed loudly in fright, then turned around and ran.

It's a pity that Erya ran for less than two steps, and a bloody knife tip suddenly pierced out from between her **, Erya's footsteps suddenly stopped, and the originally bright and bright big eyes dimmed in an instant, and at this time, the surviving officers and soldiers of the 6th Company were still laughing, crying, jumping, and shouting, venting the joy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

It wasn't until Erya fell straight to the ground that Company Commander Li Changgeng was the first to notice that something was wrong.

The two veterans quickly stepped forward and pierced dozens of bloody holes in the devil's back with bayonets, but this could not save Erya.

Soon, Erya was on the verge of dying, lying in Li Changgeng's arms, Erya just cried vigorously, crying while trembling her lips and shouting to her mother, in addition to the fear of death, there was also infinite attachment to relatives, life and this world, she really didn't want to go.

After dawn, Colonel Zheng Tingqi, the commander of the 598th Regiment, arrived when he heard the news.

Li Changgeng and the surviving officers and soldiers of the 6th Company knew that Erya was actually Colonel Zheng Tingqian's cousin, and she was also a local rich lady, if she wanted to stay away from the war, she could easily achieve her goal, but in the end she chose the same choice as most of her peers, shouting the slogan of resistance and salvation and stepping out of the country.

………… Downtown Mandalay, Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Luo Youlun walked into the war room excitedly and reported to Yue Weihan: "Headquarters, the news has been verified, except for the two wings guarding the airport, the rest of the main forces of the army have all withdrawn, and all the tanks and artillery have been blown up, and even the cars have been burned. ”

"Haha, good!" When Yue Weihan heard this, he immediately looked up to the sky and applauded loudly.

Yue Weihan has no reason to be unhappy, the army burned all the cars, which means that they have to go to the Shan Plateau, this is a real road of no return, historically, the main force of the Sixth Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the 200th Division were returned from the Shan Plateau, although the result is not as miserable as the main force of the Fifth Army that went to the Savage Mountain, but it is not much better.

Now that the army has embarked on the road of no return, it is time for the expeditionary force to move on to the next step.

Before that, though, the two military wings at Mandalay airport need to be dealt with first.

At that moment, Yue Weihan said to Dai Anlan: "Brother Seagull, the airport will be handed over to your Fifth Army, and these two army wings must be annihilated before dark!" After that, Yue Weihan said to Luo Youlun and Li Shuzheng, the head of the engineering regiment, respectively, "Immediately contact the 14th Air Force of the US Air Force to request air support, and the engineering regiment is ready to repair the airport at any time." ”

Dai Anlan, Luo Youlun and Li Shuzheng immediately snapped and left.

The airport in Mandalay must be taken and repaired as soon as possible, only in this way can the troops assembled in Mandalay be quickly airlifted to any city in Burma that has an airstrip, and Yue Weihan can meet with Stilwell and the headquarters of the 39th Army as soon as possible.

For example, the next US political axe's assistance to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, such as the large-scale expansion of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Soon, General Luo Youlun went back and said to Yue Weihan: "General, General Stilwell has asked to speak to you, and he is now in the sky above Mandalay. ”

Yue Weihan looked up at the sky, shook his head again, and said, "This old American man is really a quick surname. ”

At that moment, Yue Weihan strode into the communication room and took over the wireless communicator from the US military liaison officer.

"Yue, I have to congratulate you!" As soon as the signal was connected, Stilwell's hoarse voice of excitement reached Yue Weihan's ears through the earpiece, "Also, I have to admit that you are a genius military strategist!" I can't imagine that the Allies actually won the Battle of Mandalay in such an unfavorable situation, Yue, you have created a miracle! ”

"General Stilwell, you're so polite." Yue Weihan was modest in his mouth, but he was proud in his heart.

Needless to say, the Chinese Expeditionary Force fought really beautifully in this battle, Yue Weihan's command was even more impeccable, and the use of air power also reached the point of perfection, if the "100,000 Yue Army" retreating east to the Shan State Plateau was really swallowed up by the primeval jungle, then this will definitely become a classic battle example that will go down in history!

"Yue, I think we have to talk about it." Stilwell said excitedly.

"I think so too." Yue Weihan smiled bitterly, "However, it will take time. ”

"God, Mandalay Airport is rotten and has no repair value, so you better let the engineering regiment re-level a site on the outskirts of the city and repair the two improvised runways as soon as possible." Stilwell shouted over the communicator, "As for you, you don't have to wait in this hellish place anymore, join me at Lashio, as soon as possible." ”

(To be continued)