"I also feel that we must accept it as soon as we see it," Hu Xianqun of the armored regiment said, "According to past experience, the resilience of the Japanese army must not be underestimated. Ladies and gentlemen, Xuzhou lost after the victory of Taierzhuang, and Binyang suffered a fiasco after Kunlun Pass...... It was a partial victory, followed by a rout on the whole front. It must be known that the Japanese army is indomitable and not so easy to admit defeat psychologically. Especially in the morning, the shelling consumed the ammunition accumulated over the years, and from tomorrow onwards, there will be no 115 and 107 mm shells. ”

"Yes, just now the artillery regiment reported that a 150 cannon exploded, which is a very bad omen, I remember, in Guangxi back then, it was also a 150 ......"

"That's enough."

Dai Anlan hurriedly interrupted his subordinates' absurd arguments, although in his experience, the Japanese army's counterattack after being annoyed and angry must have been quite crazy, but he did not want superstitious views to support him. Of course, having said that, these 150 cannons have always been the gods in the hearts of soldiers, and it is often seen that soldiers burn incense to worship the cannons before the war, and it is indeed destructive to morale if they explode their chests.

Stilwell also had nothing to say, and he could never understand some of the inexplicable taboos of the Chinese army. His military common sense told him that he should pursue while he was victorious, but recent events reminded him that the Japanese might be outside common sense.

"Okay, General Day, I agree with your suggestion to stabilize the line first, and at the same time tell Alexander your advice to the British in my capacity, so that he is ready to abandon Rangoon."

"In that case, let Major Jiang Weiguo come back first. He went too deep and couldn't come back before nightfall, so he might have to suffer. ”

On the surface of the Mawlamyine sea, 419 still maintains periscope depth, sticking out the mast to receive drone signals. The sonar department detected that a submarine was approaching, judging from the sound of the main engine, it was a special model that was different from the diesel engine of the Japanese I-type or Lu-type submarines, and it should not be an Allied submarine. Soon after, the listening room overheard a signal from the submarine, confirming that it was an ocean-going U-boat that appeared to be on a special mission to Burma. The message said that it was hoped that the handover of "special cargo" would be completed as soon as possible, and then they would have another mission to Singapore.

Cheng Dayang thought to himself, what kind of special cargo is it? Whatever it is, though, it's not worth spending one* to sink them. The Kyushu Maru has been scheduled for shipment, and the oil extraction equipment found in the warehouse is being loaded, which is the old equipment of Ringanqiang, which was originally intended to be shipped to Java, but after the surrender of the Netherlands, it has been stacked in the warehouse of Shell and has been picked up by the Japanese. The ship will return tonight, and may go back to Dalian to unload its cargo, and from today, 419 will leave Burma, track the ship, and wait for the opportunity to recapture the nuclear warhead.

The submarine U180, alone sailing to Mawlamyine, carried a special guest, Chandra Bowes, the famous leader of the Indian independence movement, who, unlike Gandhi, advocated the overthrow of British rule by means of an armed uprising, which of course was inevitably brutally suppressed by the British. However, he had been sheltered by the Germans and had shown his unrivalled charisma, and just last month, after he gave a speech at an Indian prisoner of war camp in Tunis, some 2,000 Indian POWs had defected to the Axis powers, and the Germans planned to form an SS Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the basis of this. In Asano's plan, Bose occupies a heavy position, so the base camp tries to get him from the Germans; Considering that his return to South Asia would be more constrained by the British than in Europe (the Japanese embassy had submitted to Berlin a vision of an Indian landing in Chittagong), and that Bose himself had expressed a strong desire to return home, Hitler agreed to the request and sent him around the Cape of Good Hope in a U-boat.

The welcome scene at the port of Mawlamyine was a little deserted, and Commander Iida and the members of the command headquarters, who had planned to join in the fun, rushed back to the headquarters because of the sudden defeat of the 18th Division. So the only people who greeted him were Major General Yoshiaki Kagesa of the 2nd Mixed Brigade and Suzuki Osa of the Southern Agency.

The German sailors on the deck went back and forth, busy hethering and setting up the gangplank, and Bose appeared on the cramped enclosure, waving to the sparse welcoming crowd and looking for someone in the crowd. He didn't care about the big guys, but the kind of general Aung San, who never met, but corresponded all year round, encouraging each other in the bleakest times of his life. A few years ago, Aung San went to China to seek independence support, and Bose went to the Soviet Union, but they were treated coldly, and finally they threw themselves into the Axis together.

He stepped off the gangplank and shook hands with the pale, sickly Rear Admiral Kagesa.

"On behalf of the Japanese Army, I would like to welcome Your Excellency to come here."

"It's a pleasure to see you, General, for the most just cause of mankind, no matter how far the road is; However, where is General Aung San, the god of war that the Asian people worship incomparably? He wrote to me and told me that he would come and pick me up in any case. ”

"It was so unfortunate that the despicable British sent a special unit called the Goldman Assassination Regiment to assassinate the general near Rangoon."

"It seems that the colonists have added a new blood debt. I wish that the blind who advocated non-violence would open their eyes to the brutality of the colonizers. ”

"I think you already know that our army has captured 40,000 Indian soldiers in Singapore and is preparing to arm them with British weapons, and we want you to lead them and carry on General Aung's unfulfilled legacy of liberating Asia."

Kagesa Zhenzhao wanted to end this stupid conversation quickly, not because he underestimated the role of Bose, but because Iida had given him the task of collecting food locally with military tickets a week earlier, and he felt that talking to Bose about how brutal the colonists were here felt like a slap in the face.

The battle at the front is still ongoing. Chiang Weiguo received a reply that the blocking battle had been vetoed, and asked him to fight and retreat, and to return to the starting position before sunset on this day.

He began to look for Chu Tingchang on the radio constantly, but he couldn't find it, he knew that the distance of the two radio stations, that is, within the visual distance, sometimes could slightly bypass some terrain obstacles, but it was very unreliable. He was really worried about Chief Chu Ting, and he didn't know if he had received the order from his living headquarters to retreat.

Of course, he was not very worried about his safety, on the one hand, he was backed by his strong armor and sharp artillery, and on the other hand, he decided that he was a master of art and bold, and he could play a little personal heroism in the Japanese army that counterattacked like a headless fly, so he took six T26 platoon commanders with radio stations to break down. Let the rest of the battle-wounded, or with the vehicles of the members of the battle-damaged vehicle, go first.

To a certain extent, Chu Aiyun's repeated secret nudges gave the newly promoted tank major the illusion that he could dominate the battle; In short, he believes that he will always be favored by God because of his tactical opponents, decisive actions, sharp eyes, extraordinary family background, or handsome people, and make the balance of victory and defeat tilt in his favor.

Chu Aiyun had been listening to Jiang Weiguo's deployment, knowing that his current position was a little behind, and he noticed that a tank detachment of 8 Type 95 tanks had been trying to outflank Chiang's troops from the flank, and had tried several times, but because of the clumsy command without success, he estimated that the Japanese commander's map reading ability had some problems. The Japanese army did not have drones, but their cavalry had been persistently tracking the Chinese tanks, and from time to time firing signal flares to indicate the target, Jiang Weiguo of course also noticed those signal flares, always rising nearby, but he could not judge when the enemy's pursuers arrived and what way they would take, and the intelligence report never mentioned that the Japanese army in Burma had tanks.

Chu Aiyun felt that if he continued to report the enemy's location bluntly, it would inevitably arouse Xiao Jiang's suspicions. In these years, it is unthinkable to grasp the real-time dynamics of the enemy on the chaotic battlefield.

He judged the positions of all parties and immediately had a compromise solution, so he asked Zhou Youfu to transfer the position, and he was ready to risk passing through the front of the Japanese army 95, so that the Japanese tanks would be exposed in the chaotic situation in advance.

"Lao Zhou, listen, the intersection in front of you must rush over at maximum speed."

"Company commander, it was safe over there when I came here in the morning, and I didn't see any bunkers or bunkers."

"Don't worry about it, just rush over."

He said as he turned the muzzle of the gun to the three o'clock position. He knew what he would see after rushing through the airtight hedge at the edge of the crossing. Those Japanese tanks were probably idling, so Zhou Youfu couldn't hear the sound of the engine, which also meant that they wouldn't react quickly.

At this time, the Japanese tank platoon commander was standing on the turret, using a telescope to look at the area where the cavalry had fired a signal flare just now. Two hours ago, the cavalry who came to inform them that they were only 1.5 kilometers away from the enemy's tanks, and he also saw the whereabouts of the messy track prints in the fields, so he made a plan to outflank them, but he never intercepted them, and just now the signal flare was raised in the east, indicating that he was still behind the enemy.

Several Burmese women stopped by the tank and began to talk and gestify, and then began to cry, and one of them cried until he was sad and began to slam his head against the armor plate, much to the distraction of the Japanese commander who was analyzing the positions of the two sides.

"What's the matter with these old women?"

"Sir, they seem to say that the Chinese tanks destroyed their houses and killed their cattle, and they want us to make decisions for them."

"Bastard, don't go and ask where the enemy is, and don't let them quarrel, I can't think about it." The commander is a little blind, and when judging the position in his heart, he can't tolerate the slightest interference, otherwise there is a high probability of error.

As he spoke, an armored car marked with the blue sky and white sun emblem passed in front of him. Less than 80 meters close. Chu Aiyun on 221 was about to make a shuttle, in fact, he didn't expect the Japanese commander to stand on the cart and form a perfect opportunity, but the local woman in front of the chariot made him hesitate for a moment, thus missing the opportunity.

Zhou Youfu also saw huge and oppressive Japanese tanks parked in a row from the window that opened on the side (both China and Japan regarded each other's taller tanks as behemoths)

"Company commander, Japanese tank, you have foresight."

Before he could finish speaking, the Japanese began to shoot. A shell pierced through the jungle and hit a field far behind.

Jiang Weiguo, who was 1 kilometer away, was also observing the enemy's situation when he was suddenly attracted by the sound of artillery. The shelling was in the direction where it was expected to be safer and no defenses were deployed.

"Sir, that's the sound of the Japanese 37 guns. Maybe a tank? ”