Seeing the pistol that the Japanese squadron leader threw at the bedside, a soldier who broke into the house directly threw the dagger in his hand as a flying knife. Eight?? 1. Chinese Network The flying knife was impartial to the throat of the Japanese squadron leader. The Japanese squadron leader's pair of goldfish eyes suddenly burst out, and he fell down with his hands on his throat. The sudden killing caused the two women on the bed to scream, and in the silence of the night, the screams of the women alarmed the Japanese troops in the headquarters.

When the Japanese soldiers in the headquarters rushed out of the room in disheveled clothes, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion, who had been prepared for a long time, were already holding submachine guns and waiting to see them. A battle was inevitable, and the sudden sound of gunfire threw the already silent city of Mithira into chaos. There was an infantry squad and several civilians living in the Japanese headquarters, and they all died at the guns of the reconnaissance battalion soldiers who stormed the headquarters.

After eliminating the Japanese troops in the headquarters, a platoon of reconnaissance battalion soldiers now reinforced the Japanese troops who had come up to surround the headquarters, and the soldiers had to rely on the wall of the headquarters to kill the Japanese troops who surrounded them. At the same time, fierce gunfire rang out at the headquarters of the Japanese baggage brigade in the city. This was another reconnaissance company that had engaged the Japanese troops in the baggage brigade after seizing the radio station of the baggage brigade.

As soon as the guns rang out in the city, a reconnaissance company hidden by the city gate rushed to the city wall, killed the guards and guards on the city wall, opened the city gate, and a regiment of officers and soldiers waiting outside the city gate took advantage of the situation to rush into the city. By the time the soldiers of this regiment rushed into the city, the city of Mytiera was already in the pocket of the 93rd Division.

The gunfire continued for more than an hour before stopping, and none of the 1,400 men of the Japanese infantry squadron and a baggage brigade in the city of Mithila were captured or killed. The city of Mythira was again owned by the Ninety-Third Division. When division commander Li Yuanhong telegraphed this news to army commander Wang Haitao, the telegram of the 90th Division's capture of Dongzhi City was also sent to Wang Haitao by Tang Yikuan, commander of the 90th Division.

As soon as Mytiera City and Taunggyi City fell into his hands, it was like closing the two gates of Mandalay City, encircling the rest of the Japanese 56th Division and the 18th Division under Mandalay. Wang Haitao decided to attack the Japanese troops in the encirclement. However, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army is still very strong, and it will definitely fight as a trapped beast. And the Japanese troops elsewhere will definitely come to the rescue of the surrounded Japanese troops.

Wang Haitao had already considered various possibilities, but now he quickly issued a combat order. The 93rd Division and the 90th Division each had one regiment stationed at Mitiera and Taunggyi respectively to block the Japanese reinforcements. The rest of the troops moved closer to the city of Amarabra, and together with the 210th Division, the 56th and 18th Divisions of the Japanese army were surrounded under the city of Amarabra. The Guard Brigade, the Armored Brigade, and the Heavy Artillery Brigade directly under the army assisted the rest of the troops to launch a general attack on the Japanese troops in the encirclement at 18 o'clock in the evening two days later.

The order was given, and the 93rd and 90th Divisions each left one regiment in the city to garrison, and the rest of the troops marched down to the city of Amarabra. It is impossible for the two divisions of the 90th Army to move within such a scope without alarming the Japanese army. The commander of the 5th and 6th Divisions of the Japanese Army, Bian Pifu, and the commander of the 18th Division, Shinichi Tanaka, were sitting in the temporary headquarters, and Shinichi Tanaka was holding the telegram that had just been sent in his hand.

After a while, he said to Tanaka Shinichi: "Tanaka-kun, judging from the intelligence, the two divisions of the Shina people are advancing here from our left rear and right rear directions respectively, and the purpose is to encircle our two divisions under this Amarabra city." ”

Shinichi Tanaka replied calmly: "The purpose of the Shina people is obvious, which is to surround us here and then destroy us. However, if you want to destroy our two divisions, you have to see if the people of China have the ability. A worried look flashed on Dubian Pifu's face, and he said: "Tanaka-kun, the people of China attacked us this time with the troops of the Ninety Army, can we defeat this elite army of the people of China after a long battle?"

Tanaka Shin said with a calm face: "Dubian-kun don't worry too much, if the Shina army retreats in the city and holds its position, I really don't have any good way to deal with them, now it's different, let's hold on, let the Shina army attack, we can just kill and injure a large number of Shina people." And, don't die, our reinforcements, the 16th Division, have already arrived in Rangoon, and it only takes a few days to get here. There is an idiom in the people of China called 'The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch comes behind', let's make a cicada and let the 16th Division make a yellow finch!"

Dubian Pifu was taken aback and asked, "Isn't it very dangerous for us to be Tanaka-kun?" Tanaka Shinichi smiled and shook his head and replied: "Dubian-kun, don't forget, we still have 20,000 soldiers here, no matter how powerful the people are, it is impossible for them to eat our 20,000 people in just a few days, right? My 18th Division is the elite of the empire. ”

When Dubian Pifu heard this, he also had a smile on his face, and said: "Tanaka-kun is worthy of being a warrior of the empire, and he dares to risk the danger to stay here, and as soon as the 16th Division to reinforce us arrives, it will be the end of the 90th Army." Although Shinichi Tanaka's face was also a little excited, years of tactical literacy still made him cautious.

Tanaka Shinichi said again: "Dubian-kun, the terrain here is extremely unfavorable for our army, and it is very unsuitable to hold on to the defensive position of the Chinese people. I remember that less than ten kilometers from here there was a small town called Misha, although it was a small town, but the terrain was higher and the surrounding area was very flat, which was suitable for a place to be fortified. We are going to take this little city and repair the fortifications immediately, and the people of China will not leave us much time. ”

After getting up, Dubian Pifu replied: "Tanaka-kun, I know this small city, let my division occupy it!" Tanaka Shinichi nodded and said: "Shout-xi! Then please Dubian-kun, my division will arrive soon." "Dubian Pifu left the headquarters, immediately gathered the 56th Division, and began to move quickly to this small city called Misha.

In less than ten kilometers, the 56th Division reached Misha City in only two hours. As soon as they arrived at Misa City, the Japanese army began to capture the Burmese in the city and go outside the city to repair the fortifications. The city of Misha was very small, and the population of the city was not large, and now except for the immobile and the old and the young, all the other people, both men and women, were escorted out of the city by the Japanese army. By the time the 18th Division had also withdrawn to Misha City, the fortifications outside the city were already under repair.

As a matter of course, Tanaka Shinichi set up his headquarters in the only two-story concrete building in the city, and let Dubian Pifu also build the division headquarters here. Tanaka Shinichi was very satisfied with Dubianpifu's actions, and after praising him, he also sent his division's engineer wing and infantry to repair the fortifications together.

The news of the Japanese army's retreat from the city of Amarabra was quickly sent to Wang Haitao's desk, and Wang Haitao immediately understood that the Japanese army was aware of his actions. In this case, a revision of the combat plan is a must. Although their three divisions are all very effective units, the Japanese army must be two divisions and more than 20,000 people, and if you want to eat so many Japanese troops in one go, the speed of action is very important, once the Japanese army is given too much time to prepare, then the difficulty will increase, and it is bound to increase casualties.

Thinking of this, Wang Haitao immediately telegraphed and ordered the entire 210th Division to attack, to bite the retreating Japanese troops tightly, and not to leave enough time for the Japanese army to prepare. Then he telegraphed and ordered the 93rd and 90th Divisions to speed up and rush to Misha City, where the Japanese troops were stationed, in the shortest possible time, to surround the Japanese army. Considering that the Japanese army would definitely reinforce the besieged two divisions, Wang Haitao withdrew the guard brigade and left it as a reserve for the whole army.

After arriving at Misha Castle, Tanaka Shinichi sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, commander of the 15th Army, in which he told Commander Iida that the 90th Army in Shina had a plan to encircle his 18th Division and 56th Division. He was ready to make a plan, entrench himself in Misha City and attract the main force of the 90th Army of China, and asked Commander Iida to mobilize his forces, and in turn surround this 90th Army in China, and in one fell swoop to destroy this 90th Army under Misha City, and eliminate this important enemy of the empire.

Commander Shojiro Iida received a telegram from Tanaka Shinichi, and he also thought that it was a good opportunity to really destroy the 90th Army, the ace of the Shina people, then it would be extremely beneficial to the war of the empire, and he would also be able to obtain supreme glory. So Iida Shojiro immediately telegraphed the 33rd Division, which was attacking Lashio, leaving part of the troops to contain the Shina army, and the main force immediately returned to the city of Misha.

In addition, he sent a telegram ordering the reinforcements that had just arrived in Rangoon to move closer to the city of Misa and strive to encircle and destroy the 90th Army of China under the city of Misa. With the order, the Chinese and Japanese troops all moved into action and moved closer to the small city of Misha. A storm is about to form here in Misha City.

At this time, at the center of the storm, here in Misha City, the Japanese army was rushing to repair the fortifications on the one hand, and blocking the pursuit of the 210th Division on the other. The 210th Division received Wang Haitao's order to attack with the whole army after the Japanese 18th Division had retreated for nearly an hour. Division Commander Tang Hongming immediately sent the 460th Brigade and the armored regiment directly under the division in the city.

The 460th Brigade was approaching Misha City when it encountered an attack by an infantry brigade of the Japanese army. This infantry brigade of the Japanese occupied the hill on both sides of the road, built simple fortifications on the hill, and dug trenches. While several light armored vehicles were advancing on the road, shells from 37-caliber guns were fired from the hills on both sides of the road.

Caught off guard, the two light armored vehicles were shot and caught fire at that time, and the light armored vehicles behind them hurriedly retreated. The armored regiment directly under the 210th Division suffered a loss as soon as it came up, which made the regiment commander Li Mingyou angry, and he immediately commanded five Cheetah heavy tanks in his hand to rush forward, with five heavy armored vehicles and a battalion of infantry behind the tanks to cover.