The 200th Division was stirring up chickens and dogs in the surrounding villages, and in the middle of the night, they drove everyone outside to concentrate, but in fact, there was no translation, it was just pure intimidation, and they demolished the door panels of every house before leaving. Ostensibly to warn the locals not to cooperate with the Japanese anymore, in fact it was a deliberate attempt to expose themselves. However, Chu Tingchang strictly ordered that one is not to kill, and the other is not to rob. The meaning is on the line.

Most of these soldiers of the expeditionary force were student soldiers, and they did not have a ruffian style, and the local people were surrounded by walls, and there was really nothing to rob. In the early hours of the morning, several people came back to sleep, and the place was hot as soon as the sun came out, and it was not moving during the day.

Chief Chu continued to hide in the mosquito net and calculate the enemy's situation, hoping that the enemy would arrive soon. He estimated that at this moment, the enemy spies were looking for track tracks everywhere] wheel marks, and if this was not in the right place, he was too disappointed in the enemy.

Intelligence continued to fly to Mutaguchi's headquarters, from which he decoded some subtle enemy situations. The Chinese army seems to have suffered heavy losses and is unable to attack, as if it is also waiting for backups. He guessed that the 200 division headquarters, the most likely thing that did not move was that the fuel was exhausted, waiting to be replenished. If so, it means that they have no ability to maneuver for the time being.

Obviously, the battle window has appeared, and this bite is just right to hit the enemy's seven inches. Jiang Cao's estimate of the enemy's troops, originally about 4,000 people, lost at least 1,000 in the first battle yesterday, and it is said that the door panels were used to collect the corpses when they went to the peasants' houses, so it can be seen that there is not much combat power left. He felt that this estimate of Jiangcao Dazuo should be more reliable, Jiangcao's main wing suffered 1,000 casualties and 1,000 casualties, and the enemy only lost more than 1,000, which was obviously there.

After daybreak, the first planes of the aviation division flew to India, did not detect enemy movements, and they seemed to be hiding again. Lately, both sides have rarely moved in the wilderness. As soon as the sun comes out, the surface temperature rises to 40 degrees Celsius, and it can reach 50 degrees Celsius by noon.

Mutaguchi marched all the way, perfected the plan of destroying the enemy in his mind, and prepared to use his two relatively complete wings to flank and besiege the enemy from east to west, and use the broken 55th Wing as a reserve to block the enemy's other forces from approaching. A few thousand men of the Indian 3rd Division remained to deal with the British troops that could come at any time in the direction of Ranchi. He did not ask for immediate annihilation of the enemy, but only insisted that after a few days reinforcements arrived, the problem would be solved.

He informed the command of the 15 th Army about this bold plan, which was immediately approved. Commander Kimura replied to the telegram and said: The attack is just right and delicious, and it may be possible to decide the outcome of a war.

If this battle is won, Ranchi can be easily taken, where a large amount of Allied supplies is stored, and the problem of sea shortages will be solved. Of course, this is only the most insignificant of all the benefits.

Kimura thought further, expecting that the next step would be for Mutaguchi to turn around and defeat Sunliren and Slim on the east bank of the Ganges, and the East Indies problem would be largely resolved by August. And there was no longer a main British force in the whole of India, and Bose's army could quickly control the interior of India.

All decision-makers in the Japanese Army are equally inclined to take risks, because they are the same people in their bones, and it is easy to see the benefits and ignore the dangers. Sure enough, Kimura's practice of first cutting and then agreeing to the attack and then sending the draft plan to the base camp was approved by the Ministry of War.

Tojo, who is also Minister of War, sees strategic benefits, and he expects that by the end of this year, China's surrender without foreign aid will almost become settlement. In addition, the capture of India meant that Japanese troops could reach the Afghan border.

If the Germans had successfully moved along the lower Volga (the Army Ministry, which generally prioritized the best-case scenario), it should also be possible to reach the Caspian Sea. In this way, the historic rendezvous of Axis forces was also possible, and at the same time, it was possible to cut off the most important Soviet supply line, the Iranian route in the Persian Gulf. This is almost immeasurable, and it pries the whole turning point of the war.

He also has a basis for making this judgment. There are currently three ways to maintain the Soviet Union's access to Lend-Lease materials. The first was the Atlantic route, which was so stressed by German submarines and fleets that it was almost cut off.

The second, the route into the Soviet Union through Iran in the Persian Gulf, is currently the most important route on which the Soviet giants can breathe.

The third was the North Pacific route, which Japan turned a blind eye to because of the existence of the Japan-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, so much so that many American merchant ships passed through the Soya Strait under Japan's nose under the Soviet flag.

It is not that Japan does not want to cut off this transportation line, but because of the existence of the Persian Gulf route, cutting off this route does not constitute a lore against the Soviet Union. But once Japan and Germany meet, then the base camp can be drawn from the bottom of the kettle and completely trapped the Soviet Union together with Germany. If the Soviet Union had succumbed, the war would have been largely won. This is Tojo's calculation, he and his subordinates, as well as Makino who has crossed over, are all with great optimism, waiting for all good things to fall to Japan.

Chu Tingchang was also concerned about the situation on the Soviet side, the Hoth cluster was still struggling, and Hitler refused the German army's request to retreat, but only sent Manstein to lead several SS divisions to rescue.

Hitler hoped that with this campaign launched in early spring, the front of Army Group South, which had been too prominent, would level the front of Army Group South with Army Group Center and drive the Soviet troops towards the Ural Mountains. But the growing number of cutting-edge Soviet troops and T-34 tanks made the situation worse and worse. Like the Japanese, Hitler had a superstitious belief in spiritual power, which he believed was the only way to victory.

Zhao Xiaoli came in again to report the latest enemy situation, and found that Shizuo was looking at the map of the Soviet Union, thinking that Shizuo's magical power was really great.

"Master, do you still look at the map of the Soviet Union?"

"Yes, they have a big battle of 600,000 people there, and we have less than 100,000 people on both sides here, if we win at the same time as that side, do you say, will the international community underestimate our victory?"

"Master, so you already expected us to win?"

"That's nature."

"I see, the international community will not underestimate our war, but we must get ahead of the Soviet Union and cut off the head of this guy at Mutaguchi."

"That makes sense."

"Master, have you thought of a way to break the enemy?"

"Think about it, but before that, we have to lose for a while, so that they think they are biting us."

"Fraud?"

"You take someone to take the door panels that were dismantled at night to the place marked on my map and erect a pontoon bridge. Make the enemy think we're going to run back. ”

"Those fake bridges with rotten wood can't cross our cars."

"This is a suspicious soldier. Misleading the enemy into thinking that we have no fuel. ”

"Yes."

Zhao Xiaoli retreated and began to build pontoon bridges on several small rivers in the north according to Chu's deployment, using old templates and empty gasoline drums, which of course could not escape the eyes of the Japanese, and soon the plane from the sky also flew to confirm. Mutaguchi judged that the Chinese army might smell danger and was about to abandon the vehicle and retreat.

Seeing that the opportunity might be missed, he was determined to squeeze some more mental strength out of his men, so he ordered his troops, who had been running for nine hours, to continue the rapid march at noon on the most vicious day of the day.

The 419 drone looked at more than 8,000 Japanese soldiers on both roads, carrying full equipment on their backs, and swooped down on the Chu Ting long who was hiding in the woods to rest in the landmark temperature of nearly 50 degrees in West Bengal.

On this march, countless soldiers fell from heat stroke along the way. It seems that Mutaguchi is also fighting, and he is convinced of his judgment. The drone kept an eye on his command, ready to blow him up at the most opportune moment.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the 48th Wing passed through yesterday's combat zone, the railway station was still in flames, before the grass fled, the lit oil depot was still burning, and hundreds of wild dogs and vultures gathered near the station, eating the 600 corpses of Japanese soldiers who had not converged.

Seeing all this, Mutaguchi couldn't help but be furious, and he asked everyone to continue to work hard and use 200 percent of their energy to win this battle. At the same time, hundreds of angry locals poured in, asking to be guides for the Japanese troops.

The search wing had lost half of its men by running here, and without replenishing the drinking water, it was thrown into pursuit. Led by locals, they soon encountered a parked Chinese convoy on the side of the road. The Chinese army used trucks as a cover to block the attack, and the Japanese army formed an outflanking formation, and the Chinese troops abandoned the trucks and fled into the mountains.

Soldiers counted a large amount of ammunition and supplies, but all 10 trucks were out of fuel, and locals said the convoy had been parked since last night. The troops rushed into the village to search for gasoline, which of course could not be found in these villages without electricity.

Mu Tiankou became more and more convinced that the trick given to him by Chu Tingchang was real, he didn't believe that someone would deliberately drop so many materials to deceive himself, he couldn't do this kind of thing himself, and no normal person could do it.

It seems that Chu Tingchang is not far from him. As the sun sets, Mutaguchi looks out at a small undulating mountain field in the distance. He must have been hiding somewhere behind the rolling hills, perhaps wondering how to get out.

"Those who are superstitious about mechanization will definitely be punished by heaven."

He said triumphantly. It's time to raise your eyebrows, he has long seen the major flaws of the mechanized march, he can't move without gasoline, and then you threw the car, or didn't you throw it?

"Division commander, it seems that today's day's rapid pursuit has exceeded the enemy's expectations, and the search wing reports that the enemy encountered does not seem to have expected us to appear." Said Chief of Staff Mitsuhashi.

"Some people think that I am too strict in leading troops, but don't you know that my strictness is precisely to win the war."

"It seems that Chu's mechanization is not working."

"Hehe, running fast, hateful, can starve, is the three treasures of the infantry. The combat effectiveness maintained by the machine is ultimately only an illusion. ”

"Yes, the commander of the division, according to the statistics of the General Staff of the Southern Army, the enemy's locks rely on *, and in the event of a fierce battle, one base ammunition can be exhausted in an hour, and the replenishment is cut off, and it is categorically unsustainable. Our rifle, on the other hand, consumes very little ammunition, hits accurately and far, and can also be killed with bayonets, which is a weapon that is really suitable for infantry. ”

"Tell the troops to continue the offensive at night and compress the area under their control while the enemy is not clear about the situation."

"Yes."

Mutaguchi seemed to have a chance to win, and his human legs finally surrounded the wheels of the car, so this battle was not just as simple as Sakurai's revenge, but also a contest between the two war logics. He had long had the idea of becoming president of the Army University after retiring from active service, and he was determined to maintain the tradition on which the Japanese army relied for victory from generation to generation.