"Damn, how did the Shina people run ahead of us?" Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki scolded. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 It can be said that the sudden appearance of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army on the east bank of the Mu River completely cut off their retreat.

Although the Mu River is only a tributary of the Irrawaddy River, it has a large volume of water. Coupled with Myanmar's backward economic development, there are no bridges on these rivers at all, and they can only be crossed by boats. The Anti-Japanese Salvation Army deployed artillery positions and machine-gun positions on the other side of the river, and it would be very difficult for the Japanese to cross the river.

If the Japanese army could suppress the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in terms of firepower, perhaps they would still be able to cross the river safely. But it is a pity that the Japanese army was not the opponent of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in terms of firepower. In addition, in order to escape for their lives, Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki and others gave up those heavy weapons and only carried some heavy machine guns and grenadiers. It would be completely impossible to rely on these weapons to suppress the well-equipped Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

Sato Kotoku, Saburo Takehara and Masaro Baba were also pale. They paid a great price and managed to retreat to the Mu River. I was about to escape. But I didn't expect that such a thing would happen now.

"Your Excellency, what should I do? The people must have run ahead of us while we were being held back by their small forces and planes. Now that they have built a defensive position across the river, it will be difficult for us to cross the river. Lieutenant General Kotoku Sato said.

Now they can be said to have interception in front and pursuers in the rear. In such a situation, they are undoubtedly in a desperate situation.

"Your Excellency, Commander, why don't we continue south, down the south of the Mu River, and then find an opportunity to cross the river." Lieutenant General Saburo Takehara suggested.

Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki shook his head: "It's impossible. The people of China will keep a close watch on us and will not give us a chance to cross the river again. If you continue south, when the Mu and Irrawaddy rivers meet, the volume of water will be greater and the river will be wider. The Chinese only need to deploy a small number of troops to be able to prevent us from crossing the river. Besides, the pursuers of the Shina people are already in front of them. ”

"So what are we going to do?" Lieutenant General Masaro Baba asked.

Indeed, now they have no choice. The pursuers are getting closer and closer, which will make them fall into the encirclement of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Once surrounded, the consequences can be imagined.

"Your Excellency, the 54th Division and the 105th Brigade have arrived. However, the 2nd Infantry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division of the Chinese are not far from them. Katakura reports.

The arrival of the 54th Division and the 105th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade further increased their strength. But at the same time, the arrival of two infantry divisions of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army will make their situation even more difficult. The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was also able to directly cut off their retreat and surround them with its strong forces.

"Immediately build a defensive line and find a way to resist the attack of the Shina people." Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki ordered.

Now he had no other way but to defend desperately.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Katakura immediately went to arrange it. The Japanese army began to build fortifications in preparation to block the attack of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. As for whether it can be stopped, perhaps only by the blessing of Amaterasu.

"Send a telegram to the Southern Army Command asking for support." Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki said helplessly.

Although, doing so will make Admiral Terauchi Shouichi's perception of him further decline. But beyond that, he really couldn't think of anything else. Reinforcements from three divisions and two independent mixed brigades sent by the command of the Southern Army were already on the way. But if you want to get to the battlefield, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. If reinforcements can pick up the pace, and Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki can hold out for a while longer, there may be a turnaround.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." The communications officer hurriedly went to send a telegram.

Soon, the remaining units of the Japanese army were united. However, the remaining troops of the 31st Division, the 49th Division and the 53rd Division were all remnants of the defeated army, and most of them were second-line troops such as baggage troops, engineers and signal troops. The heavy task of defending against the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army fell to the 54th Division of the Japanese Army and the 105th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade.

These Japanese troops occupied an area 10 kilometers long and 8 kilometers wide and tried to defend to the death.

After the arrival of the 2nd Infantry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, they did not attack immediately, but also began to build a defensive line to surround the Japanese army.

On the afternoon of September 14, the 4th Infantry Division of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army also arrived. Four infantry divisions, from four directions, surrounded the remaining units of the Japanese Burmese Front.

"Commander, the day * himself has been surrounded by us. The 1st Infantry Division was on the east bank of the Mu River, and the other three infantry divisions were on the west bank of the Mu River. This time, it is difficult to fly even if you have wings! Yu Chengyin smiled.

Qin Shou nodded: "Although there are quite a few remaining Japanese troops. But they have become turtles in the urn, and it is almost impossible to escape. Next, it's time for us to eat them in one bite. ”

"Commander, are you going to attack now?" Chen Dehai asked.

In this battle, the 1st, 2nd and 4th Infantry Divisions all annihilated a large number of Japanese troops, and only the 3rd Infantry Division did not achieve much success. They simply eliminated the 54th Division of the Japanese Army and the artillery of the 105th Brigade and Regiment that were mixed with each other. Compared with the other three divisions, they can't get this result at all. Therefore, Chen Dehai naturally couldn't wait to launch an attack and get greater results.

"Don't be busy with the offense. We had been chasing them for days, and the brothers were very tired. Let's take a rest and recharge our batteries, and tomorrow we will launch an attack. In addition, heavy artillery brigades and armored brigades are also on the way. Wait until they arrive before attacking, and our casualties will be much smaller. Qin Shou shook his head.

In order to catch up with the Japanese army, the units of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army are also desperately catching up. The soldiers did not even have a good rest, and if they rashly launched an attack at this time, the losses of the troops would definitely be not small.

What's more, heavy artillery brigades and armored brigades are even more powerful weapons for defeating the enemy. By the time they arrived, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army would be able to wipe out the Japanese at a much lower cost.

Another point is that when the Japanese army fled for their lives, they lost a lot of weapons, equipment and baggage. Qin Shou suspected that these surrounded Japanese troops might not even have enough food. Starve them for a few days, and when they can't even stand up when they are hungry, it will undoubtedly be easier to destroy them if they attack again. (To be continued.) )