On the road from Bamo to Myitkyina, a Japanese unit was on the march. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info This Japanese army unit is the 112th Wing under the 55th Division of the Japanese Army, and the wing commander is Tanabashi Masaku Daisaku. The Yamamoto Kono Brigade stationed in Myitkyina was a subordinate unit of this wing.

When Myitkyina was attacked by the supplementary regiment and the entire 2nd Brigade was shattered, Captain Hirono Yamamoto sent a telegram asking for help to the wing headquarters. After receiving the telegram, Tanabashi Shinsaku Daisaku consulted the division commander, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi, and after receiving the order to march to Myitkyina immediately, he immediately led the main force of the 112th Wing and set off from Bamo.

It's just that Bamo is hundreds of kilometers away from Myitkyina. In addition, the traffic in Myanmar is relatively poor, when the British colonized here, they only thought about how to plunder wealth from Myanmar, and did not think about building Myanmar at all, and the roads here are almost mainly dirt roads. Therefore, it will take four to five days to get from Ba Mo to Myitkyina.

Wing Captain Tanabashi Masaku Osaku sits in the car. The road was bumpy, and the car shook so badly that Tanabashi was tired but couldn't sleep.

"Where did the people come from? How dare they attack Myitkyina. It's so daring! The 2nd Brigade was actually shattered. Obviously, the strength of that branch is very good. Has the deployment of the China Expeditionary Force been defeated? How could there be such a powerful Shina army in Myitkyina? "Tanabashi is really a little confusing.

However, for the sake of prudence, he took all the troops of the 112th Wing, except for the 2nd Brigade, with him. Including two infantry brigades, an artillery squadron armed with 6 Type 92 infantry guns, and an anti-tank squadron armed with 6 37-mm anti-tank guns.

It's just that in the previous battles with the expeditionary force, the losses of the 112th Wing were not small. The two brigades below are both dissatisfied. Excluding the 2nd Brigade, there are only more than 2,000 people left in the entire wing.

But even so, Tanabashi Shinsaku Daisaku is also full of confidence in this military operation. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is definitely not comparable to that of the expeditionary force, especially a group of routs. His 2,000 troops can defeat at least 20,000 expeditionary forces. And the expeditionary force that captured Myitkyina, was there 20,000 men? That's obviously not going to happen.

"How far are we from Myitkyina?"

"Report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, we are now only two days away from Myitkyina." A staff officer reported.

"Well, order the troops, speed up. Arrive at Myitkyina, rest for half a day, and then launch an attack and take Myitkyina in one go! ”

"Hi, Your Excellency, Wing Commander!" The staff officer immediately gave the order.

The march of the 112th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army was a little faster.

Similarly, north of Myitkyina, a Japanese army was marching south along the road. This unit was the reinforced 46th Wing of the Japanese Army, which had gone all the way south from the Grape Plains, ready to find a supplementary regiment for revenge.

After setting out from the Grape Plains, they traveled all the way south, first to Sunbrabeg. On the road north of Sunbrabeng, the battlefield of the ambush of the Japanese Yuichi Nishikawa and Taro Koizumi squadrons of the Japanese army was seen.

On the battlefield, there are fragmented corpses eaten by wild beasts everywhere, which makes Tochigi even more gritted his teeth with hatred. The other Japanese soldiers were also furious, shouting that they would make the Chinese army pay for their blood debts.

After Sun Bulbung found no trace of the supplementary regiment, Tochigi Kodaizo led his troops and continued south. However, shortly after leaving Sunbrabeng, he received a telegram that Myitkyina had been captured by a Chinese* army. This news is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and it directly made Tochigi Gong Dazuo stupid.

"Yaga! The people of China were so bold that they dared to capture Myitkyina. Tochigi was furious. You know, Myitkyina is much more important than Sunbra.

And the commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya, also gave an order to recapture Myitkyina and destroy the Chinese* army at all costs.

Of course, both Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya and Tochigi Kodaisa made a mistake. That is, they believe too much in their own strength. The 46th Infantry Wing, reinforced by two infantry brigades, now had more than 4,500 men. This is already a very large army, even if it is an army that resists the Chinese * army, it is fully capable, and it is simply a matter of being able to capture it when it is used to encircle and suppress the rout of an expeditionary force.

And it was precisely because of this excessive self-confidence of the Japanese army and excessive contempt for the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army that they were defeated again and again on the battlefield in Burma.

When Tanabashi asked how far away from Myitkyina, Tochigi asked the same question.

"Myitkyina has a large number of weapons and equipment stockpiled by the imperial army, as well as more than 30,000 prisoners of war. If the people of China get those weapons and reorganize those prisoners of war, it will be a big problem. Tochigi's brows furrowed tightly.

Therefore, he wanted to rush to Myitkyina as soon as possible and defeat the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army before they were ready.

"Your Excellency, we are four days away from Myitkyina. The main thing is that the traffic in northern Myanmar is so bad that the speed of our march has been greatly affected. The captain of the 46th Brigade of the 1st Infantry Wing, Shingo Takahashi, replied.

"Four days? What about the 112th Wing? How far are they from Myitkyina? ”

"The 112th Wing is a little closer to Myitkyina, and it is estimated that there are still two days to go."

"Send a telegram to the captain of the Tanabashi Shinsaku Wing, tell them to slow down, and when we arrive, the north and south will flank Myitkyina."

"Hi, Your Excellency, Wing Commander. But, Your Excellency, is this necessary? Whether it's us, or the 112th Wing, I'm afraid we have the strength to defeat the people of Myitkyina, right? ”

Takahashi Shingo Shaosa, thinks that Tochigi Koosa is a little too fussy.

Tochigi Kodaisa shook his head: "We can't underestimate the Shina people. Since the Nachina army was able to move from Liuzhi to Myitkyina and occupied there, it undoubtedly had some ability. After obtaining a large number of weapons and equipment and prisoners of war from the imperial army, their strength must have swelled a lot. Attack rashly, if you fall into the trap of the Shina people again. The consequences can be severe. ”

Although Takahashi Shingo Shaozo was a little unimpressed, he still ordered someone to send a telegram.

However, after receiving the telegram, the commander of the 112th Wing of the Japanese Army, Masaku Tanabashi, did not take this as the same thing, but thought that Tochigi Gong did this to steal the credit.