Wang Haitao guessed one thing, but he didn't guess the second, the Japanese army's retreat certainly had the meaning of losing the significance of the attack and preparing to rearrange the attack plan. But the most important point is that the commander of the 15th Army, Lieutenant General Iida Shojiro, learned that his two divisions had been annihilated, and the two divisions could not help but vomit blood and collapsed after the long jade was broken. Commander Iida fell ill, and the headquarters was in disarray, and when there was no one in charge, the attack naturally stopped.

The situation on the battlefield in Burma was reported to General Terauchi Shouichi, the commander of the Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, and even General Terauchi Shouichi was surprised, and all the two divisions and division commanders, including the commanders of the divisions, were shattered, which had never been born when General Terauchi Shouichi was in charge of the army. General Terauchi seems to have seen the anger of the ministers of the 6th Army and the adults in the base camp.

Unfortunately, such a big matter always has to be reported to the base camp, and when Terauchi Shouichi reported, the commander of the 15th Army, Lieutenant General Iida Shojiro, could only become a scapegoat. Before the relevant orders from the base camp arrived, General Terauchi Shouichi could only let the Burmese troops stand by. For this reason, Terauchi Shouichi's actions to attack other places have been curtailed a lot.

A day later, the 93rd Division arrived at Mytiera, and after consulting Wang Haitao, the 93rd Division was stationed in Mytiera, while the 2nd Guard Regiment returned to Mandalay with the seriously wounded. For two days in a row, the 90th Army was digesting the results of this battle, and not to mention anything else, the captured weapons, equipment, and military supplies alone were not a small amount.

The 55th Division of the Japanese Army, after learning that the two divisions attacking Mandalay were all shattered, could not attack the defense line of the Zhongyuan army, and now hurriedly withdrew to Ringanqiang. At this point, Takeuchi Kuan was also worried, for fear that the ** squadron would also attack Ren'anqiang.

Although the 2 divisions of the Japanese army were completely annihilated in this battle, the losses of the 90 th Army were not small, and the number of casualties of the three divisions was about 3,500, but the number of casualties was less than half. Moreover, the consumption of weapons and ammunition is very alarming, two-fifths of the anti-aircraft weapons have been lost, and the anti-aircraft guns of the whole army now add up to only about fifty units.

At present, the 90th Army is fighting outside the country, the road conditions of the Yunnan-Burma Highway are too poor, the transportation capacity is really limited, and the transport convoys are often attacked by Japanese planes and local armed forces. In the six months since entering Myanmar, there have been many attacks on convoys. According to the reconnaissance unit, the attacks were linked to a local armed Myanmar Independence Army (MIA) led by General Aung San.

The general Aung San occupied several Burmese cities and was very friendly to the invading Japanese army, helping the Japanese army to raid the transportation and supply lines of the Chinese expeditionary force and loot the transportation materials on many occasions. They are very familiar with the terrain along the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and they are very good at fighting in mountains and jungles. After several looting of transport materials, Wang Haitao ordered the reconnaissance brigade to strike at the Burmese Independence Army and ensure the smooth flow of the Yunnan-Burma road.

Wang Haitao knew that although he had completely annihilated the Japanese Second Division, the Japanese army would definitely not give up, and they would definitely send more troops to Burma, and now Burma already has the 16th Division, the 33rd Division, the **** Rotational Brigade, and the 55th Division that has basically lost its combat effectiveness. There is also a 4th separate heavy artillery brigade and an independent tank brigade, which also numbered more than 80,000 people.

If the Japanese army does not increase its troops, then it still has the ability to fight with the Japanese army, and if the Japanese army transfers a few more divisions and regiments, it will not be able to fight anymore, and it will be able to return to the country while fighting. However, what Wang Haitao has to do now is to first send the disabled officers and soldiers back to China, and then collect weapons, ammunition, and military supplies to make more difficult preparations for the next battle.

At this time, the British army had all withdrawn to the Imphal area in India, and before crossing the mountains, the British army discarded a large amount of weapons and equipment, not to mention all the heavy equipment, even rifles and light machine guns. These weapons and equipment happened to be left for the 66th Army, and as for the armored vehicles and tanks of the British Army, no one in the 66th Army could drive them, or Wang Haitao's reconnaissance brigade sent people to drive them back.

The British army had an armored brigade in Burma, of which there were thirty light armored vehicles and twenty heavy armored vehicles. These armored vehicles are also wheeled, and compared with German-made wheeled armored vehicles, in addition to being a little thinner and lighter, they are comparable in firepower and flexibility. And the six British heavy tanks had not only 37 mm guns, but also an anti-aircraft machine gun, which was not found on German armored vehicles.

The thirty-five tanks were all early A1O cruisers. The tank weighed 143 tons, had 3o mm frontal armor, and was armed with a 4o mm smoothbore gun and two Vickers heavy machine guns. This tank can be regarded as a medium tank, compared with the German LT-38 tank, except for the larger size, everything else is about the same.

With these armored vehicles and tanks, Wang Haitao did not hand over all the armored brigades, but divided them into two and built an armored regiment for the 90th and 93rd divisions, ensuring that these two divisions also had the ability to attack fortified positions. This can make Tang Yikuan and Li Yuanhong very happy, they have long coveted the armored regiment of the 210th Division, and now they also have an armored regiment, although it is not as strong as the armored regiment of the 210th Division, but it is better than nothing.

After half a month of rest, the 90th Army basically recovered its vitality, and when Wang Haitao was thinking about whether to attack the 55th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Ringanqiang, the Japanese army made an adjustment to the Burma battlefield. Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, the former commander of the 15th Army, was dismissed from his post and returned to Tokyo to stand trial. The 15th Army was abolished. All Burmese troops were placed under the jurisdiction of the 25th Army, and the commander of the 25th Army, Lieutenant General Yamashita Fumi, would immediately lead the Guards Division to Yangon to take unified command of the Burmese operation.

At this time, Wang Haitao did not know that his opponent had been replaced by Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengfumi, who had made a name for himself in Malaysia and was known as the "Malay Tiger", and the Guards Division was Japan's Imperial Forest Army, and this time it was three infantry wings that came to Southeast Asia to participate in the war, as well as a field artillery wing, an engineer wing, a baggage wing, a cavalry wing, and an independent chariot brigade. However, because of the difficulty of transporting war horses, its cavalry wing used all bicycles.

When Lieutenant General Yamashita and the Guards Division arrived in Rangoon, the Japanese army in Burma had 120,000 troops, with the Guards Division and the 16th Division being the main force. Lieutenant General Yamashita had studied the form of Burma before arriving in Yangon, and he was not satisfied with occupying Burma and cutting off the Yunnan-Burma road, but was ambitious to wipe out Wang Haitao and his 90th Army in Burma.

As soon as Yamashita arrived in Yangon, after meeting with the commander of the 16th Division, Morioka Hayabusa, he issued an order, and the **** brigade went to Taunggyi, joined up with the 33rd Division, attacked Lashio, and must cut off the Yunnan-Burma road and cut off the retreat of the Chinese army. The 16th Division and the Guards Division attacked the cities of Mytiera and Mandalay. The 4th Separate Heavy Artillery Brigade moved with the 16th Division, while the Independent Tank Brigade moved with the **** Brigade.

The movements of the Japanese army were soon reported to Wang Haitao by the reconnaissance brigade, and the actions of the Japanese army were not hidden, this was a conspiracy based on strength, and Wang Haitao wanted to defend the Yunnan-Burma highway and had to fight the new battle. In fact, at this time, all the coastal ports of Burma had fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, and the Burma Highway was no longer important, and whether to defend it or not was a decision made in Chongqing.

Because the task of rescuing the retreating British army had been completed, although General Stilwell still wanted to fight the Japanese army in Burma, the old Chiang had already had the idea of withdrawing troops from Burma out of the idea of preserving his strength. Anyway, the 90th Army won more with less on the battlefield in Burma, completely annihilated two divisions of the Japanese army, caused a sensation in Europe and the United States, and won a lot of glory for itself.

When Wang Haitao was still studying the plan for warfare at the headquarters of the expeditionary force, Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Meiling, director of the confidential office, walked in and handed Wang Haitao a secret telegram from Chongqing. Wang Haitao opened the secret telegram and saw that it was the Chongqing Military Commission, asking Wang Haitao to make preparations for a comprehensive retreat from Burma and to begin withdrawing troops to Yunnan within 10 days.

This secret telegram disrupted all of Wang Haitao's war plans, and Wang Haitao immediately called General Du Yuming, commander of the Fifth Army, Su Zuxin, chief of staff of the 90th Army, and Tang Renxin, deputy commander of the 90th Army. After the people arrived, Wang Haitao took out the secret telegram of the Military Committee and circulated it to everyone. After reading the secret telegram, several people hugged each other, and their eyes were on Wang Haitao.

Wang Haitao said: "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, since there is an order from the top, we still respect and implement it." In this way, Commander Du, you must first take the newly formed 22nd inferior to withdraw to Lashio, and you must hold the Lashio and Yunnan-Burma roads together with the 66th Army, and I will withdraw after the 93rd Division withdraws. Du Yuming agreed with Wang Haitao's opinion and immediately gave an order to Liao Yaoxiang, the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division of Minjian, to retreat.

Wang Haitao also immediately sent a telegram to the 93rd Division, asking Li Yuanhong to abandon Mitiera City and quickly retreat to Mandalay City while the Japanese army had not yet attacked. The 93rd Division had already built fortifications inside and outside the city of Mitiera in the past 10 days, and Li Yuanhong was confident that with these fortifications, he would be able to hold back the Japanese army for more than 10 days. Now I suddenly received an order to abandon Mytiera City and retreat quickly, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

Although it was a pity for Jue to abandon Mitiera City, Li Yuanhong still resolutely carried out the orders given by Wang Haitao. The 93rd Division had all the difficult preparations in one day, and withdrew to Mandalay City overnight. When Li Yuanhong arrived in Mandalay City, Mandalay City was also busy, and all the troops were preparing to retreat. At this time, Li Yuanhong understood why Wang Haitao ordered his 93rd Division to withdraw to Mandalay City.