After 20 "Super Flying Fortress" bombers bombed this camp, the whole camp was already in shambles, and finally, two squadrons of Mustang fighters rushed down and fired hastily and strafed a few times, and more than 3,000 little devils were wiped out.

While the Chinese Air Force was bombing the Lashio airfield, a large number of other Mustang fighters were divided into several detachments, each of which was two or three Mustang fighter squadrons and dozens of planes, and launched a large-scale retaliatory bombing of the Japanese troops stationed around Lashio, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army.

The planes at Lashio airfield were completely lost, and air supremacy was firmly controlled by the Chinese Air Force, and the planes of the Chinese army could safely and even very high-profile launch a large-scale attack on the Japanese army in Lashio.

On the first day alone, the Japanese army in Lashio lost more than 30,000 people, and a large number of fortifications were destroyed; on the second day, the Chinese Air Force did not stop the bombing of the Japanese army in the slightest, and the Japanese army in Lashio lost more than 20,000 people, and after two days of retaliatory bombing, the losses of the Japanese troops stationed in Lashio reached 50,000 or 60,000.

In order to ensure that Lashio is not lost, the Supreme Command of the Japanese Army in Southeast Asia has issued an order to increase troops in Lashio again, and two Japanese field divisions are urgently rushing towards Lashio.

The Chinese side had been informed of the Japanese army's troop increase, but the Chinese side did not adjust the battle plan, because the Chinese side had already entered several large army groups in the designated positions.

In the past two days, the little devils have been busy dealing with the bombing, and the 1st Army and the 2nd Army have entered the north of Lashio, less than 30 kilometers from the central city of Lashio. Already started a firefight with the little devils.

The 13th Army moved to the northwest of Lashio, the 15th Army moved to the northeast of Lashio, and the 13th Army and the 15th Army were only 30 to 40 kilometers away from the central city of Lashio.

The Chinese army, with a total of four armies and more than 200,000 troops, was almost about to complete the encirclement of Lashio on three sides, while the 28th Army was to penetrate straight down from the east side of Lashio according to the plan and move directly south of Lashio to prevent the little devils of Lashio from breaking through to the south.

At this time, the purpose of the Chinese army was obvious. It is to eat the Japanese army in the entire Lashio area in one bite. Fight your first battle in the true sense of the word in Myanmar.

The intention of the Chinese army is also the intention of Zhang Yunfei, in this battle, these Japanese troops must be completely annihilated.

Command of the Japanese Army in Southeast Asia. The intentions of the Chinese military may have been perceived. Two Japanese field divisions in Lashio were urgently marching north. You may be able to reach Lashio in one day.

Now, the 28th Army is also marching to the designated position, and the task of the 28th Army is to block the Japanese reinforcements from moving north. At the same time, it prevented the Japanese army from breaking through to the south.

Just north of Lashio.

Wang Haiyang, commander of the 1st Group Army, and Chen Erwa, commander of the 2nd Group Army, were on a hill, holding binoculars and looking ahead.

Lashio is surrounded by many mountains, although the mountains are not high, but it is also a mountainous area, the Japanese army stationed in Lashio, relying on the mountain, built a lot of fortifications, especially on the hills on both sides of some roads, the Japanese army is the focus of defense.

The Japanese army knew that the Chinese troops had a large number of trucks, and the march was basically motorized, leaving the road, and these trucks were difficult to drive, so the Japanese army focused their defense on both sides of the road, and set up one defense line after another along several roads leading to Lashio.

Now, the 1st and 2nd armies, attacking due north, were advancing along several roads and were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Japanese.

The main road leading to Lashio is naturally the Yunnan-Burma Highway, in addition to the Yunnan-Burma Highway, there are also several dirt roads, these gravel paved dirt roads, the Chinese army's trucks can also drive, and many troops are also advancing along such dirt roads to Lashio.

Wang Haiyang and Chen Erwa stood side by side, both of them were Zhang Yunfei's old subordinates, this time the Chinese army sent troops to Southeast Asia, and Chang Yunfei sent two of them, which shows that Zhang Yunfei is determined to conquer the remnants of the entire Southeast Asia.

"Lao Chen! The advance of our troops went smoothly and today it was possible to advance at least 20 kilometers and link several lines of defense of the Japanese army. ”

Chen Erwa nodded, "Our air force bombed the Japanese army in the Lashio area miserably, and many of the Japanese defense lines suffered heavy losses, and there is no problem in advancing 20 kilometers today." ”

"Hmm!" Wang Haiyang nodded, and then continued: "The little devils may not have thought that we sent a few strange troops, abandoned the road, and went straight to the city of Lashio along the mountainous area. ”

"Haha"

The two looked at each other and immediately burst out laughing, at present, the troops are less than 30 kilometers away from the city of Lashio, the two changed their previous combat style, sent several troops, abandoned the road, and walked south along the mountain road, straight into the city of Lashio.

The main forces of the two major armies still advanced along the road and engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese army.

Just north of Lashio, nearly 10 kilometers from the Yunnan-Burma Highway, at this time, a force is moving south along the mountain path, this is a whole infantry regiment of soldiers, nearly 2,000 soldiers, all fully armed, is moving south, interspersed with the city of Lashio. The marching procession stretched for three or four kilometers.

There are seven or eight such teams, each of which is at least one regiment, and some even two regiments act together.

The main forces of the defending Japanese army were attracted by the soldiers attacking from the front, and the Japanese army did not realize that the Chinese troops were already massively moving south along the mountain paths.

The Japanese troops stationed in Lashio did not have planes, so there would be no aerial reconnaissance, and if the Japanese troops had reconnaissance planes circling in this area, the Japanese army would certainly have discovered such a large-scale military operation.

In addition, several Japanese commanders stationed in Lashio have become rigid in their thinking, and these commanders believe that the Chinese army is still fighting in the previous way, first bombing by planes, and then advancing along the road under the cover of artillery and tanks.

The Chinese troops, who had been marching along the mountain path, had been marching for almost two hours, and had already marched ten kilometers south.

However, after a smooth march of 10 kilometers to the south, much closer to the city of Lashio, the faint sound of guns and cannons had been left far behind by the soldiers, who knew that they had penetrated deep into the depth of the Japanese defense area.

A colonel commander who led the team was also a little forward in the middle of the team, and after a two-hour march, the colonel seemed to be full of energy, not tired, and obviously in very good health.

"Guards! The order was sent to rest in place for 20 minutes, and at the same time, a reconnaissance force was sent to reconnoiter and guard the front. ”

After receiving the order, the soldiers on the march began to rest in place, many soldiers were still carrying mortars, ammunition boxes, machine guns and other guys, and the two-hour march was full of mountain roads, and many soldiers also felt a little tired.

The soldiers put down the guys in their hands, many people sat down on the spot, some soldiers also took out their own water bottles and drank two sips of water, and some soldiers who were a little more addicted to cigarettes took out their cigarettes and lit them and smoked a few puffs.

At the head of the line, a captain company commander was leading more than a hundred soldiers to reconnoiter in front, which was the reconnaissance company directly under the infantry regiment.

"Comrades! In squads, spread out, the reconnaissance range is two kilometers,"

Soon, small groups of fighters dispersed, and some went to the front to reconnoitre, but also to the flanks.

The captain, the company commander, also personally led an infantry squad and went forward, about a kilometer ahead, when the road diverged, one to the south and the other to the right, apparently leading to a nearby valley.

"Let's go to the right."

The captain and company commander had just observed a little, there were many footprints in this area, and the branches and thatch on both sides had been cut down, and when he found this situation, he naturally wanted to take a look, and if he could find the Japanese army, it would be a big gain.

The company commander, with more than a dozen soldiers, quietly advanced along this road, walking about four or five hundred meters, and everyone saw that there were at least a dozen little devils standing guard in front of them, and the little devils standing guard also set up two crooked machine guns.

Farther away, there seemed to be more little devils, and a little farther away, it seemed to be a basin of a valley, and there seemed to be a lot of tents on the basin, but there were trees blocking it, and it was not very clear to see.

Could it be that this is a front-line headquarters for the little devils?

Thinking of this, the captain and company commander immediately signaled everyone to be quiet, and he took out his binoculars and quietly observed.

Because, just now, there were a lot of little devils coming in and out of the tent, and outside every tent, there were little devils standing guard, and it was undoubtedly the headquarters of the little devils, but I don't know what level of headquarters it is.

"A squad leader! You take two people to report to the regiment commander quickly, there is a situation here, it is the headquarters of a little devil. ”

"Lao Zhao, Xiao Li, you come with me." The squad leader quietly retreated with two soldiers, and then trotted all the way to report to his regiment commander, while the captain company commander personally took the rest of the soldiers to monitor from afar.

The little devil in the distance, unaware.

This is a relatively large valley, although the mountains on both sides are not high, but the basin at the bottom of the valley is not small, and it is not far from the front line, only less than ten kilometers, it is a very good location, very suitable for setting up the front line headquarters.

In addition, on the other side of the valley, there is a dirt road connecting the Yunnan-Burma Highway a few kilometers away, on that side, the little devils have deployed a lot of troops to guard, and this side is connected to a desolate mountainous area, the defense is very weak, just picked up by the soldiers A leak, easy to be found by the soldiers.

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