By a small stream, the sound of people is boiling, and dense people are resting here, but up close, it is the Japanese army who has taken off their military uniforms and enjoyed the cool in the stream.

"Your Excellency the division commander, we are still more than 100 kilometers away from Lashio!" A Japanese soldier with a slightly tanned skin spoke, and these days, they have walked thousands of miles with their legs. I wanted to move forward by truck, after all, I had captured a lot of supplies in Yangon, but I was afraid that my whereabouts would be leaked and the enemy would find out, so I was ordered to walk all on foot.

On a hot day in Myanmar, sweating every day, many soldiers have been abandoned because they couldn't keep up with the team due to heat stroke.

April, the hottest month of the year in Myanmar, is now March 23, and it is getting closer to April, so they have less time to travel every day.

"Well, let the warriors replenish their hydration and salt!" A lieutenant general also stripped off his long-sleeved trousers, revealing his crotch cloth, cool in the stream, this person is the commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, Sakurai Province III.

"Hey! At the same time, the command ordered us to speed up again...... The people of China have been beaten badly in Tonggu, and it is very likely that they will retreat. The Japanese soldier Osa continued.

"Speed up again?" Sakurai raised his eyebrows, listened to the stammering words of the Japanese army Osa, and sighed, "It's really a big man who can only talk!" If we had used trucks at the beginning, we would have been in Lashio a long time ago, and why would we have to suffer like this. I'm afraid of being discovered and intercepted, and I want us to speed up, it's really easy! ”

"Huh." The Japanese army Dazuo also sighed, "However, this is also a military order, fortunately, there is no limit to say that you must arrive before the number." Otherwise, that's uncomfortable. ”

Sakurai nodded, "Rest for another 20 minutes and get ready to go." ”

"Hey!"

Obviously, this unit, the 33rd Division, which had been secretly ordered to come in, intended to attack Lashio and cut off the expeditionary force's return journey, and in the eyes of the Japanese, as long as Lashio was taken, then the battle in Burma would be over.

……

Dai Anlan and Gan Lichu led people all the way in a hurry, walking dozens of kilometers overnight, and they were a little farther away from Tonggu.

They also made an appointment with the 66th Army to assemble at Leigu, of course, if Leigu had already been taken by the Japanese, they would take a detour.

And not far from Dai Anlan and them, there were more than two dozen people from a distance.

It was Liu San and Zhu Ziming, and after a night, Zhu Ziming gathered a few more pilots, and among the more than 20 pilots, there were 123 squadrons, as for Chennault's air force and the remaining fighters of the independent division, they were refueled after the air battle was over, and they were withdrawn to Yunnan for repair.

"Brother Liu, what did my brother say?" Zhu Ziming wiped the sweat from his face and spoke.

"We will also withdraw, but, Brother Zhu, if our special combat team withdraws, we will take the trail, you precious pilot brothers, can you afford it?"

"They are all rural babies, cultivated by themselves, and they can't afford to eat." Zhu Ziming replied, and then carried the clothes on his chest, wanting to let the wind in, "What the hell is this weather, it's too hot!" If this continues, I'm afraid people won't be able to stand it first. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"No way, the weather is like this, we were better when we first came, and now, it's almost April, you know, April is the hottest time in Myanmar." Liu San also wiped his sweat, a little helpless, although the weather was hot, they still had to hurry.

"Eh, if there's a plane, I'll take you all back." Zhu Ziming joked.

But Liu San's eyes lit up, "It makes sense!" ”

"What do you mean?" Zhu Ziming asked rhetorically.

"We can go get a plane!" Liu San spoke, "It's just that there's no place to get it nearby." ”

Everyone sighed, and heard Liu Sandao again, "I already knew that I would get a car." ”

"Forget it, let's keep walking." Zhu Ziming waved his hand, got a car, and got a plane, all of which were a bit unrealistic, not to mention that there were more than 20 of them, even if there were a few more people, I am afraid it would not please them if they went for a walk under the noses of the Japanese. Moreover, Zhu Ziming estimated that what they did that night, the Japanese should have reacted. If you go any further, it will be too dangerous.

"yes, gotta hurry up! Otherwise, when the rainy season comes, it will be difficult for us to leave! Liu San sighed, they had been out for several months, and they didn't know how the others were.

After saying that, several people continued to move forward.

……

Marching is really not a simple matter, especially when the sun is scorching and the body is already soaked with sweat. Everyone was very tired, especially Liu San and them, the three of them were better, and the rations were quite enough, but these pilots and soldiers who fell from the sky had no rations. There were more than twenty people, and the ration was eaten in a few days.

In desperation, Liu San had to get some game or something.

Speaking of which, their special combat team is just a matter of hand-to-hand capture, but now that they are retreating, time is precious on the road, and they can't be delayed, so they can only shoot more prey at one time, and then clean up all of them, smoke them into jerky, and then continue to retreat.

……

March 28, Lashio.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander! It's Lashio ahead! ”

"Yo Si! Get ready warriors! Eat and drink to your heart's content, and attack in half an hour! Sakurai breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered them to walk for another four or five days before reaching Lashio, but it was precisely because of their caution that neither the British nor the expeditionary force found them. As for the local people of Myanmar, those who have seen them are either killed by them, or, they are fooled into believing that they are Chinese, after all, in terms of appearance, they are no different from Chinese fighters.

"Hey!"

……

"It's so hot." At the gate of Lashio, several Burmese British soldiers shook their heads at each other, lamented the weather, and then checked the supplies of the people entering the city, and let them go. Lashio is a city in northern Burma, and it is also a city where the materials of the expeditionary force are transported from China, and here are not only guarded by the British army, but also a small number of expeditionary force logistics personnel.

"Yes, it's almost April, and in more than a month, Lashio should enter the rainy season. It's a shame that we're in Lashio, not in Yangon! Otherwise, it's going to be the rainy season now! Another soldier spoke, with a look of joy in his eyes, the rainy season is not a joke. Once the rainy season arrives, the riverbed, which is usually dry, will swell and become flooded.

However, they have lived on this land for generations, and they also know the temper of this land.

"Well, it seems that the Chinese are going to bring another batch of supplies over today."

"Hey, don't think about it, we're the warriors of the British Empire!"

"the British Empire!"

Several people continued to talk, and suddenly, a cannonball fell among them, and then, a huge explosion was released, "Boom! ”

Chapter III.

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