Northern Myanmar.

On the bumpy dirt road, a convoy composed of more than 60 Type 95 light tanks and more than 100 trucks is rolling in the direction of Meng Gong, and more than 40 of the trucks are also dragging mountain artillery, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns of various calibers, and this torrent of steel is the search wing and mountain artillery wing of the 33rd Division of the Chinese Army.

Surrounded by dozens of officers, two officers climbed the small dirt slope on the side of the road.

These two officers were none other than the Wing Commander of the 33rd Mountain Artillery Wing, Fukuke Masao, and the Wing Commander of the 33rd Search Wing, Toshiaki Toshiaki.

Fu Jia Zhengnan looked at the torrent of steel rolling under his feet, and said to Tokugawa Toshiaki with concern: "Tokugawa-kun, this time the division headquarters called, the tone of His Excellency the division commander is unprecedentedly harsh, it seems that the chariot troops of the Zhina Army have put a lot of pressure on the division headquarters, if you and I can't get to Meng Gong before noon, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain." ”

"Ugh." Toshiaki sighed and said worriedly, "But the road conditions in northern Burma are like this, and the efficiency of the engineer wing is so low, how easy is it to rush to Menggong before noon?" Fu Jiajun, according to the current speed of the troops, it would be good to arrive before dark. ”

When the words fell, Fu Jia Masao and Toshiaki Tokugawa were relatively speechless.

At this moment, a faint roar of the engine suddenly came from the sky, and the sharp-eyed devil soldier immediately pointed to the void and exclaimed loudly: "Fighters, Allied fighters!" ”

When Fukuya Masaio and Tokugawa Toshiaki looked up anxiously, the two Allied fighters had already emerged from the thin clouds.

"Yaga Yaru!" Fu Jia Zhengnan cursed viciously, and then roared angrily, "Order the troops, emergency evacuation, the anti-aircraft artillery squadron immediately stops advancing, prepare for air defense, hurry, hurry up and drop ......"

However, before Fu Jiazhengnan's order was issued, 4 heavy bombs had already fallen from the sky.

The pupils of Fu Jia Masao and Toshiaki Tokugawa suddenly contracted sharply, looking at the bombs that fell rapidly from a high altitude, the hearts of the two sank to the bottom of the Nine Hidden Valley in an instant, judging from the huge bomb body, these 4 bombs are more than 1,000 pounds, and the bombs of this level can be sunk even by a battleship of tens of thousands of tons!

"Boom ......" a bomb landed directly next to the small dirt slope, and immediately there was an earth-shattering huge explosion.

Suddenly, a huge mushroom cloud rose violently with the explosion point as the center, close to the ground, and the huge air wave generated by the explosion quickly spread to the surroundings, rolling up the dust in an instant, and where the air wave passed, people and animals were torn to pieces in an instant, and trucks and tanks were also twisted into twisted flowers in an instant!

The small dirt slope next to the highway disappeared directly, leaving only a huge crater with a diameter of more than 80 meters and a depth of more than 10 meters at the explosion site.

Before the devil soldiers could recover from the huge explosion, two more Allied fighters emerged from the clouds!

Immediately, another 4-attack huge aerial bomb fell from the sky, listening to the piercing scream of the bomb rubbing against the air, the devil soldiers ignored death, and felt great fear at this moment.................. Meng Gong front.

The steel torrent of the tank regiment of the Fifth Army had broken through the two lines of defense temporarily constructed by the 33rd Division, and after the 215th Infantry Wing, the 213th and 214th Infantry Wings were also routed one after another, and after the main force of the 200th Division broke through the gap cut by the tank regiment into the depth of the army, the 33rd Division of the Army finally collapsed completely.

The battle was one-sided without suspense, and the army finally paid a heavy price for their arrogance!

In the midst of the chaos, Sakurai took refuge in a small Burmese village under the escort of more than a dozen devil soldiers.

At this time, the 33rd Division of the Chinese Army had completely lost its structure, the division headquarters of Sakurai Province 3 had also been dispersed, the medical staff of the field hospital and the health team did not know where to go, the communications team, the special combat team, and the baggage team had been killed and wounded, and they were scattered, and only Murata Jiaosheng still followed Sakurai Province with more than a dozen staff officers.

"Your Excellency, Commander, drink some water." Murata came to Sakurai with half a bowl of water.

Sakurai took the bowl of water mechanically, and then looked up at Murata and the dozen or so staff officers who were on guard around him, and an indescribable sadness suddenly surged in his heart.

Half a year ago, Sakurai was promoted to lieutenant general by major general and transferred to the 33rd Division as the division commander, and then the 33rd Division was incorporated into the Southern Army. Now, however, the 33rd Division is finished...... Sakurai was in a sad mood, and Murata was not much better.

There are also more than a dozen operational staff officers in the General Staff, who are also panicking at this time.

Although these devil soldiers fanatically believe in the spirit of bushido, but after all, they are also flesh and blood, after being ravaged by the steel torrent of the expeditionary force, the arrogance of the first entry into Burma has long been gone, replaced by helplessness, despair, decadence and sadness, a second lieutenant staff officer even nervously sang the folk songs of his hometown, and the unique resentment and misery of the Chinese song floated around in the plantain forest, which made Sakurai Shozo's heart even more sad...... After the second lieutenant staff officer finished singing, Sakurai couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The ensign staff officer's gentle singing reminded Sakurai of his hometown of Nagoya, where when spring comes, the mountains are full of blooming cherry blossoms, and when the cherry blossoms wither, the petals that fall one after another are like poignant spring snow, so that people's hearts are always filled with endless sadness...... Sighing again, Sakurai Sanzo pulled out the Wang Ba box without hesitation, and wanted to kill himself by drinking bullets at his temples, Murata Jiaosheng was quick to move, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Sakurai Shizo's right hand, and persuaded with a sad expression: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the situation is not so bad that it cannot be worse, and my division still has a chance to turn defeat into victory!" ”

"A chance to turn defeat into victory?" Sakurai's eyes rolled slightly.

"Hello!" Murata Kyosheng bowed his head abruptly and said, "Your Excellency Division Commander, as long as Tokugawa-kun's search wing and Fujia-kun's mountain artillery wing can arrive in time, our division can quickly switch from defense to attack, and at that time, the troops scattered by the Shina army will regroup, and then defeat the Shina army in front of them in one go, until Meng Gong is recaptured!" ”

"Recapture Meng Gong?" Sakurai's state of mind seems to have been resurrected.

However, less than five seconds later, Sakurai's newly raised hopes were dashed.

A second lieutenant officer with two ghost soldiers hurriedly rushed into the small courtyard where Sakurai Province III was temporarily staying, one of the ghost soldiers still had a radio station on his back, however, the arrival of the radio did not bring any good news to Sakurai Province III, but instead brought him a nightmarish bad news, something happened to the Mountain Artillery Wing and the Search Wing!

"Your Excellency the Division Commander!" The second lieutenant officer tragically reported, "The Mountain Artillery Wing and the Search Wing were bombed by Allied warplanes on the march, the Search Wing suffered unprecedented heavy losses, all the artillery of the Mountain Artillery Wing was destroyed, and the personnel of the two Wings were also greatly damaged, and they have completely lost their combat effectiveness......

"What!?" Murata lost his voice and said, "How can this be?" ”

The vitality that had just floated in Sakurai Province's three eyes dissipated again in an instant, the mountain artillery wing and the search wing were severely damaged, and the last hope of the 33rd Division was also dashed.

Murata sighed and gave an order to the second lieutenant officer: "Send a report to all the troops who can be contacted, ordering them not to retreat, fight separately, and resist to the death!" ”

………… Meng Gong, 200th Division.

Stilwell suddenly walked in from outside the war room, and immediately whispered a few words into Yue Weihan's ear, Yue Weihan's face suddenly showed undisguised joy, and the eyes of Luo Zhuoying, Dai Anlan and other senior generals immediately gathered on Stilwell and Yue Weihan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have exciting good news." Meeting everyone's eager eyes, Stilwell said in a slightly excited voice, "The 5th Squadron just formed by the Flying Tigers has bombed the search wing and mountain artillery wing of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, and the tanks, armored vehicles, and various artillery and other heavy equipment of the Japanese Army have been almost destroyed!" ”

There was silence in the war room at first, and then there was a huge cheer, and many young combat staff officers took off their military hats excitedly and threw them into the air, even if they were [***] senior generals like Dai Anlan and Luo Zhuoying, their faces also showed undisguised excitement, because this is indeed exciting good news!

The search wing and mountain artillery wing of the 33rd Division of the Army were severely damaged, which means that the 33rd Division has completely lost the strength to confront the expeditionary force, and the structure of the 33rd Division of the Army has been completely disrupted.

Amid the cheers one after another, Stilwell and Yue Weihan strode over to the battle map hanging from the mourning.

On the combat map, the blue arrow representing the 33rd Division of the Yue Army has been erased by the operational staff officer at the first time, and it has been replaced by blue circles one by one nearby, which means that there are still many small units of the Yue Army still resisting stubbornly, while the red arrow representing the tank regiment of the Fifth Army has started from Meng Gong and extended directly to the south for nearly 50 kilometers!

Stilwell took a big puff on his pipe, then turned around and asked Yue Weihan, "Yue, are you going to attack the 18th Division of the Yue Army next?" ”

Yue Weihan smiled silently, just picked up the red pencil and drew a huge arc along the direction of the tank regiment's advance, and the combat staff officer standing next to him suddenly let out an inhalation sound, because the radius of the arc drawn by Yue Weihan was obviously more than 100 kilometers, almost completely enveloping the 18th Division of the Yue Army on the right flank!

"Order the tank regiment and the 600 regiment, do not stop, advance at full speed along this line!" Yue Weihan threw away his pencil and immediately turned back to Dai Anlan and said, "The automobile regiment carries the 598th Regiment and the 599th Regiment to follow up, don't consider the problem of logistics and supply, the task of the 200th Division is to attack, attack, and attack again!" ”

Dai Anlan snorted in response, but in his heart he acquiesced to Yue Weihan's order.

"Master Yu." Yue Weihan said to Yu Shao, the commander of the 96th Division who had just arrived, "Meng Gong's defense will be taken over by your division, in addition to protecting the smooth flow of roads and railways, your division must also make every effort to clear the remnants of the 33rd Division, especially not to let these remnants regroup, it should be noted that the devils are likely to get help from the Burmese natives!" ”

"Please rest assured." Yu Shao is much more capable of being a person than Dai Anlan, and immediately stood up and saluted, "Our 98th Division will never let go of any devil soldiers, let alone let the remnants of the devils regroup, if the Burmese natives don't know each other and dare to help the abuse, the officers and soldiers of our 98th Division will never be merciful!" ”

"Master Liao!" Yue Weihan's eyes finally fell on Liao Yaoxiang, the commander of the new 22nd Division, "Your division's task is the most severe, whether you can win a complete victory in the Battle of Menggong this time depends on whether your division can withstand the attack of the 18th Division of the Yue Army, but you should feel fortunate that the 18th Division of the Yue Army is not equipped with a chariot unit!" ”

Liao Yaoxiang said coldly: "Even if the little devil has a chariot unit, our new 22nd Division can still withstand it!" ”

"Okay, courage is commendable, I hope your troops can be as tough as you!" Yue Weihan praised on his lips, but he smiled in his heart, Liao Yaoxiang would say such arrogant words, which shows that he lacks understanding of the powerful assault ability of tank clusters, and it is no wonder that in the Northeast Battlefield, more than a dozen of his American mechanics will be captured by Mr. Lin.

However, although Liao Yaoxiang is arrogant, the new 22nd Division is a well-known force!

Long before participating in the Battle of Hengyang, the new 22nd Division was already a motorized division, and its equipment was excellent, second only to the 200th Mechanized Division, which also belonged to the Fifth Army.

In the Battle of Hengyang, the Rong 1st Division and the 200th Division were responsible for the frontal attack, but the new 22nd Division was responsible for the pocket, so it endured the craziest attack before the destruction of the Nakamura Brigade, and the commander of the new 22nd Division at that time, Qiu Qingquan, disregarded his personal safety and went to the front line to supervise the battle, and finally succeeded in blocking the Nakamura Brigade and won the time for the Rong 1st Division and the 200th Division to encircle.

It was in this battle that the new 22nd Division made a great reputation, and Qiu Qingquan also won the resounding reputation of Qiu Maniac!

Although the new 22nd Division has a new word in its number, its combat effectiveness is absolutely first-class, and it can fight tough battles and vicious battles, especially good at defensive battles, if the 200th Division is the spear of the Fifth Army, then the new 22nd Division is the strong shield of the Fifth Army, and the new 22nd Division will block the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, which is very suitable!

(To be continued)