The destruction of Shozo Kawabe and the Japanese command on the front line in Burma led directly to the chaos of the Japanese command system in Burma.

Because during the raid of the expeditionary force, almost the entire headquarters of the Burmese Front was terminated, the staff officers of the staff were almost killed, and the senior generals were also taken away or killed.

Except for a few people like Shojiro Iida who escaped the catastrophe on the front line, the entire command was in chaos.

What was even more frightening was that the Japanese did not get the news until the next morning, and the Tokyo side did not get the news from the Chinese newspapers until almost noon the next day.

After the General Staff Headquarters learned of this, they called the Japanese military high-level officials in charge of intelligence work one by one and scolded them before stopping.

However, scolding will not solve the problem, and the most important thing at the moment is to reorganize the command structure of the Burmese Front. After many communications with the front, the General Staff Headquarters appointed Shojiro Iida, who was on the front line in Burma at this time, as interim commander and ordered him to reorganize this command structure.

It was already the evening of the same day when Shojiro Iida received the order from the General Staff Headquarters.

After dinner, he immediately conveyed this order to all units, and by the time his order was issued, coupled with the completion of the coordination of various units, and the completion of the structure of one of his temporary command organs, it was already in the early morning of the next day.

At this time, 24 hours had passed since Kawabe Shozo's death.

During these 24 hours, the Japanese troops at the front line from division to wing level did not receive any form of order, nor did they receive any reply to any requests.

Because of this, the various divisions also lost coordination and communication with each other due to the betrayal of the Burmese army. At this time, the hundreds of thousands of field troops of the Japanese army in Burma were facing the betrayal of the Burmese army that was originally friendly and the command could not be coordinated, and at this time, the expeditionary force's large-scale counteroffensive was a complete fatal blow to them.

They could only resist in a hurry, and then they were defeated all the way.

In this precious 24 hours, Dai Anlan, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force on the Tonggu front, immediately took action, he mobilized all the expeditionary force units except Dagon, and launched the main attack at noon on the same day in three ways to outflank the Japanese army.

In the vast southern part of Burma, an unprecedented scene of war has emerged: In the sky, dozens of US-made bombers, fighters, and dive bombers of the Sino-US Joint Air Force formed several attack waves in formation, dived and dropped bombs on the Japanese positions, and explosions of fire continued to rise on the ground.

On the ground, hundreds of heavy artillery pieces and more than 100 tanks and armored vehicles rushed south with a sea of fire and wolf smoke, and hundreds of thousands of troops rode ten-wheeled trucks, motorcycles, or marched in long queues, under the cover of armored vehicles and tanks, to kill in the south.

Wearing steel helmets and jungle hats, the soldiers of the expeditionary force who held ** sang a song of triumph and killed towards the southern part of Myanmar occupied by the Japanese army.

The Tonggu Front Command has issued a death order: the troops will accelerate their advance, attack day and night, and must annihilate the Japanese enemy in Burma.

In order to ensure that the fire could suppress the opponent, Dai Anlan mobilized the rocket artillery regiment on the Dagon front line and the heavy artillery in Mandalay. He readjusted the configuration of heavy firearms in accordance with the situation of the various units.

He himself did not stay at the command post in the rear, but carried all the radio communications into the car, sat in the jeep himself, and used the radio to command, and coordinated the coordination of air artillery, tank armored vehicle groups and infantry detachments.

The expeditionary force's large corps swept through southern Burma like a withering force, and the Japanese resistance in the chaos had become ineffective, and their organized resistance had become futile except for several Banzai charges.

The powerful expedition was like a bamboo, and all kinds of good news on the Burmese front were transmitted to the rear like snowflakes.

Three days later, the expeditionary force and the main force of the Burma Independence Army joined forces, annihilated the 35th wing of the Japanese army, and captured the flag of the opposing wing.

Five days later, the expeditionary force liberated Tonggu and most of the areas south of it, routed the Japanese 55th Division, and surrounded one of them;

Seven days later, the Expeditionary Force's front-line troops opened a passage to Yangon, and Yangon was no longer an island.

Eight days later, major cities in Burma were liberated, and the expeditionary force pursued them with the intention of annihilating the Japanese army.

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At this time, the defeat of the Japanese army was assured, and the supreme commander of the Japanese Burmese Army, Iida Shojiro, who had temporarily taken office, was talking on the phone with the Tokyo base camp.

Shojiro Iida knew that Sugiyama was thinking, but at the moment he couldn't wait any longer, and waiting for one more minute would be a little more risky.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that now the troops be transferred in the direction of Thailand at once. Now that the morale of the army is weakened, the fighting mood of the troops is low, and we need to repair. Iida Shojiro's tone was a little hurried.

After thinking for a moment, Sugiyama Yuan frowned and replied, "Okay, I approved your request, let's evacuate to Thailand with your troops as soon as possible." ”

"Hayi! I'm going to deploy the evacuation tonight. Shojiro Iida said.

Sugiyama Moto, after thinking for a moment, asked, "How is Mutaguchi-kun doing over there?" ”

Speaking of this, Iida Shojiro felt a pang in his heart, and he said with a hint of regret: "The situation is not optimistic, I just talked to Mutaguchi-kun this morning. Although he is under siege, he still maintains a high fighting spirit, which is very admirable! ”

"This reckless fellow! His mistake led to the destruction of an elite division of the Imperial Army, and he had to take responsibility for it. Sugiyama was extremely annoyed at that end, and his words had already shown it unreservedly. I'll give the order to Mutaguchi-kun personally, do you have any questions on your side? ”

"No, Your Excellency, Commander." Shojiro Iida knew about Mutaguchi Ryoya's family background, so he didn't dare to say anything.

"Well, convey a few words to the warriors on the front line for me." Sugiyama Motomichi.

"Hayi!" Iida Shojiro here leaned on his heels and straightened his waist.

"'Temporary defeat means nothing, and in war, we must guard against arrogance and rashness. Warriors of the Empire, I believe that under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, we will be invincible and win the final victory! That's it, Shokun Iida, please take care! Sugiyama was a little verbose on the other end, but after a few hurried words, he hung up the intercom.

A moment later, a tired Shojiro Iida walked out of the dark and damp command post and came to the conference room. In the conference room, there was already a group of high-ranking generals, without exception, they had all lost their former majesty and brilliance, their faces were covered with sweat and oil, and their military uniforms were greasy.

It seemed that everyone was tired.

Seeing Iida Shojiro come out, everyone focused their eyes on him, although no one asked, but his eyes were full of various languages.

Iida Shojiro stood in the middle, and after glancing at everyone, he said with a solemn face: "The General Staff Headquarters ordered us to evacuate the whole army in the direction of Thailand. Save your combat strength and prepare for the next counteroffensive! ”

"Roar!" Many of the officers had smiles on their faces, and everyone muttered to each other.

"Chief Sugiyama has a word for me to bring to you to encourage you!"

The crowd stopped muttering, and their eyes were focused on him again.

"'Temporary defeat means nothing, and in war, we must guard against arrogance and rashness. Warriors of the Empire, I believe that we will be able to defeat under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor! Win the ultimate victory! Speaking of this, Shojiro Iida raised his hands again and made a traditional Japanese visit: "Long live the Emperor!" ”

Everyone also raised their arms and shouted with him, "Long live the Emperor!" ”

After an impassioned oath, Iida Shojiro stretched out his arm and pressed it, signaling everyone to be quiet.

He continued: "Since our army is going to withdraw and move to the Thai region, it is necessary that an army will remain to stop the enemy and buy precious time for the other warriors. This army will bear a great responsibility, and of course they will also face the most fierce blows of the Chinese army, and any of you who is willing to take on this task should take a step forward. ”

No doubt that as soon as he finished speaking, several officers of different heights took a step forward, and after several people looked at each other, they laughed out loud.

"Takeuchi-kun, it's better for me to lead the troops to stop the enemy." A stocky man with a small head patted his chest and said, he was the co-captain of the 56th Wing, Shizuo Slope.

"Po Tianjun, I think this battle is still going to be fought." Takeuchi said as well.

As soon as he finished speaking, several other officers also came over and humbled each other, to the effect that they would let the other go first, and they would lead their troops to defend the rear.

After arguing for a while, there was still no definite result, and everyone had to turn their attention to Iida Shojiro again.

Shojiro Iida walked over and patted everyone's shoulders with some excitement, "You are all worthy of being warriors of the empire!" His Majesty the Emperor will be glad to know this. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's chests rose even stronger.

"Don't argue anymore, I already have the answer in my mind about who to send to this task. Remember, we are all soldiers of the Empire, and we will not hesitate to open up territory for the Empire! ”

"Hayi!" The officers leaned on their heels and replied in unison.

Shojiro Iida is a man of action, not to mention that so many years of combat experience also tell him the importance of the truth that soldiers are noble and fast.

That evening, he immediately gave the order to the troops to retreat. That night, the 33rd Division, the 55th Division, and the 56th Division of the Burmese Front began to withdraw in the direction of Thailand.

In order to avoid being attacked by the expeditionary force as last time, the headquarters of the Burmese Front not only increased a large number of guards this time, but also transported Iida Shojiro and others directly to a nearby airport during the evacuation, and flew to Bangkok by plane when the retreat had just begun.

Iida Shojiro was not willing to flee in such a humiliation, and when he left, he looked at Myanmar through the window of the plane, this beautiful and rich place is still like this, not far away are busy officers and soldiers, they are packing up and preparing to evacuate, and the airport is also busy.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please sit down, we are ready to take off." An attendant officer walked in and helped Shojiro Iida buckle his seatbelt.

Shojiro Iida turned his head to look outside, and he silently said in his heart: "Myanmar, I will definitely come back again!" ”