"Report," there are signal troops coming in from outside, "The latest enemy situation report from the US side, the first division of the enemy's 15th division has landed in Sittwe. ”

"How did you come so fast? It seems that they are going to get into India. Dai Anlan frowned, and the things he talked about before could only be put aside. The 15th Division is the elite of the Kwantung Army, I didn't expect it to come so soon, if the system is complete, there will be 200,000 enemies in Burma next, and it will become the largest strategic group of the Japanese army in Nanyang. The purpose of the attack on India is clear. According to the Japanese usual chicken thief calculation, they would not mobilize so many troops and horses in the first half of the attack, and they could not afford to spend that time, so the attack must be very close.

"Division Commander Dai, I heard that when Sun Liren first entered India, the British made it difficult for them, only allowed them to be stationed at the border, and gave them moldy grain stocks.

"It seems that the British have received information that India must have a war. When we go to India, we don't necessarily have a few days to live in peace. However, I saw the performance of the synthetic group, and I was very eager to get the help of the Americans immediately. Dai Anlan said yearningly, "The Soviet adviser said that tanks and artillery must be used intensively, but unfortunately they did not have weapons to support tank operations in the Soviet Union. Around the world, only Germany and the United States can do it. ”

The report said, "Another signal soldier rushed in" The vanguard of the composite regiment went around behind enemy lines, broke through the last line of defense, and had just connected with the new 38th Division. ”

"Great." Dai Anlan said excitedly, and the gloomy atmosphere in the entire command headquarters was swept away.

"Go and check, the name of the commander of that vanguard force, how does it feel like a dream? It seems that thirty-six Tiangang came out together to help? Three lines of defense have been broken in a row, do we really have such a strong attack? ”

"Yes." The correspondent left.

Dai Anlan rubbed his hands and walked around in front of the map, while the staff officers were busy marking the new progress on the map, and it seemed that several defensive lines of the enemy's entire division had been torn apart in less than a day, which was completely beyond his imagination; He received a report that the composite regiment had only 4,000 men, and with the new arrival of 2,000 reinforcements, it was far less than the 10,000 men of most divisions and regiments on the enemy's three defense lines. According to the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, every line of defense was a bloody battle. I had to wait until the infantry in the back came up a little bit of hard work to break through, but I didn't expect it to be opened before dawn.

"Master, now ......"

"According to Commander Chu Ting's suggestion, let the wounded go to the Homalin ferry first, and the rest of the troops pass in turn, so that the composite regiment can consolidate its position on the spot and ensure the smooth flow of the road. It's strange, it seems that the Japanese planes have not been dispatched since yesterday? ”

"Division, American intelligence, a group of Japanese bombers taking off from Thailand fell in the mountains, and the 5th Flying Division did not dare to go out at this time."

"It's really God's eyes, bless me China? Hey, why didn't you open your eyes a few years earlier? ”、

"However, there is also intelligence that the traitor assassination team belonging to the southern organs of the Japanese army is infiltrating a large number of our surroundings, and twelve officers above the company level have been assassinated these days, and our guard unit has captured more than 10 of them."

"All of them were hanged from nearby trees, so that future generations could take warning."

Tawati, central Burma, headquarters of the Japanese 15th Army.

Two hours ago, Iida Shojiro left the headquarters with a few staff officers, and was about to go to the headquarters in the Southern Military Temple to report on his work, and then he was about to return to China to relax.

Originally, the base camp's personnel actions would take care of the general's face, but the recent battle made Tojo furious, and the base camp had poured all his strength to Burma, but Iida was unable to completely annihilate the expeditionary force, and Tojo blamed the failure on Iida's command being too stable, and finally lost patience and sent him to the reserve.

Of course, on the other hand, it was Tojo's overall strategic considerations, and soon the Japanese army in Burma would reach 200,000 men, and it would be difficult to maintain it by sea supply, so it was necessary to collect food on the spot. In the base camp planning, Burma was also a producer of metal minerals and rice, and had to play a role in the wartime system. However, Iida was probably moved by the genuine feelings of the locals' welcome, and he submitted several documents to the defence, and felt that it was not appropriate to levy manpower too quickly to open mines and build roads, nor should it be appropriate to add new large-denomination military tickets to buy rice, so as not to give the locals the impression that the Japanese were inferior to the British.

These telegrams were the last straw that hit Tojo's endurance. He planned to send his most effective general, Hyotaro Kimura, to rule Burma, and at the same time, as the executor of the upcoming Indian strategy, because he was also the Minister of War, no one dared to say much about the personnel directly skipping General Terauchi Shouichi. Within the Japanese Army, Kimura was considered a commander who was strong in execution, brutal and ruthless, but lackluster in tactics.

Kimura has not yet arrived, and the military affairs of the 15th Army are temporarily represented by Mutaguchi, the commander of the 18th Division. Iida's departure has given many disgraced generals in the Burma war a scapegoat, and the base camp is obviously angry with Iida and will no longer hold them accountable for miscommand.

Mutaguchi sat in the position of commander of the 15th Army, looking at the combat map on the opposite wall, due to the poor communication of the 31st Division, some enemy information on this map was updated later than Dai Anlan's headquarters, which is also a rare situation since the Sino-Japanese war.

"It seems that the flight of the Chinese to India is inevitable."

He said as he smoked a cigarette, seemingly unconcerned.

"Well, your judgment is correct, of course, our army can also follow the situation to the Anglo-Burmese border to garrison, and then wait for the rainy season to end, and condescendingly rush into Imphal." Masao Watanabe, commander of the 56th Division, said that because he foresaw that Mutaguchi would become the second person in the Burmese 15th Army, there was already a distinction between priority and inferiority in the conversation.

"The British army has just transferred the main Indian forces to Damascus to deal with Turkey, which was originally a great time, but now there are nearly 100,000 Chinese to defend India for them." "According to German intelligence, the Americans have stockpiled about six infantry divisions in Calcutta, which can quickly replenish the Chinese army," Keiji Suzuki said. He mentioned this matter, obviously for his purpose, but not explicitly, because here he has the lowest military rank, and it is better to see the situation clearly before speaking.

"Yes, Sittwe is only 650 kilometers from Kolkata, and if the navy can send a fleet to assist us, we can repeat the landing in Yangon, directly seize equipment and supplies, and cut off the enemy on the border from behind." Mutaguchi was still expecting the enemy to be as stupid as ever, falling in one place every time.

"The Navy is not going to support us," said Chief of Staff Haruki Isayama, "and the Navy is going to attack Hawaii, is that a planned plan?" ”

"Now that our army is in charge, the navy can't do it on its own." Mu Taguchi said proudly, completely without the embarrassment when he was almost captured alive a few days ago. "General Iida is just too conservative, and now the empire has to race against time, and it is impossible to tie his hands and feet. Take advantage of everything that is good for us. By the way, Suzuki, how are your plans for a great Indian uprising? ”

"It's still ongoing, but I would like to approve a special operation to rescue General Kagesa, who is currently in a British prison outside the port of Calcutta, which has only 78 guards. One of them is someone from the spy bureau who can deliver news for us. ”

"Save him? Does it make sense? Also, why do you always get information from the German spy service, they are from the background of the navy, how can the navy be reliable? Therefore, the Ministry of War emphasized the need to strengthen its ties with the Imperial Security Bureau. ”

"With all due respect, the General Security Bureau has not yet started the espionage work in the British colonies, and this intelligence shows that General Kagezo is being held with a number of Congress dignitaries, and if these people can be rescued from our side, it will form a very favorable situation."

"I'll leave it to you, General Terauchi has taken in 30,000 Indians, all of whom have been thrown here by the 15th Army, and they have already eaten a lot of rice, so they have to come in handy. At least it's gone, and you don't have to consume food. ”

At the same time, Qin Xiaosu and Ma Qiang's task force faced the enemy's counterattack at the gap in the enemy's position, but the enemy never figured out the situation here, and the attack was not essential, and the communication between his tank and the new 38th Division on the opposite side was always smooth, and the first infantry company of the 38th Division quickly arrived to stabilize the situation, and then a reinforced battalion approached to completely control the passage.

Before setting off, the soldiers of the new 38th Division were told that as long as the tanks were their own people, they avoided accidental injuries in night battles. And the Japanese army never figured out which tanks were their own.

The first trucks crossed the potholed roads that had been dug up by the Japanese and had to be simply filled with mud and had no time to be tamped to wait for the cars to pass and flatten out.

The wounded lay in layers on top of each other in the truck, looking at the stars in the sky and the tracer bullets that kept flying, not knowing what their fate would be. All they heard was that if they went to India, they would have complete medical care, and then they would be able to return home on an American plane, and the war was over for them. The wounded soldiers gave their fate to Brother Gozer, who was fighting around; Some of them had already received suicide in Myitkyina*, but they didn't expect to have a way to survive again?

In one of the trucks, there was only one wounded man, but there were eight guards next to him. In fact, a day ago, he had regained his senses and was anxious to know the military situation, but Dai Anlan deliberately stuffed him into a truck and sent him to India, which was equivalent to depriving him of his command. The guards around him also did not have a radio and could not participate effectively in command.

Du Yuming's body was still paralyzed and swollen, and he couldn't move, but looking at the stars in the sky, he could tell that the convoy was moving westward, and of course his hearing had recovered well, and he could hear that the sound of gunfire all the way was his own firepower advantage. Now that the wood was already in place, he decided not to speak, so that the army could find a way out and not be held responsible.

The headquarters of the expeditionary force, which was still in the rear, had already begun to pack up their things, and they would retreat westward under alternate cover, Dai Anlan decided to hand over the front to Lin Linqi, and the middle section to Chu Tingchang and Liao Yaoxiang, and personally cut off the rear. At this moment, the sound of gunfire in my ears gradually became louder, indicating that the search wing of the 55th Division was approaching. Division Commander Dai knew that this old enemy was the same force that attacked Lashio and cut off the back of the expeditionary force, and now he could only avoid it first, but sooner or later he would have to clean them up.

Although he still escaped from Burma, he was in a good mood now because he suddenly had an excellent anticipation of the prospects of the war, and this favor came from the new style of dispatch that the synthetic group had explored, and also from the overwhelming superiority of American weapons. He felt that if there were 10 synthetic groups, it would be enough to fight back.

Walking out of the headquarters, the communications company received the last telegram. The correspondent did not read it out, but handed it to him, apparently a confidential telegram that had to be burned.

He found a place where no one opened it, and watched it by the moonlight, which was sent from Chongqing. There was only one line in the telegram: It has been verified that Lin Linqi is a collaborator who has hidden in our army, and all the bandits and spies related to Lin and the following will be immediately arrested, and they will be imprisoned in the army after arrest, so as not to let friendly troops know.

Master Dai suddenly felt dizzy, and he thought, is Shangfeng dizzy?