"Yes, if the weapon of the future can be imitated, then the salvage must be advanced, and I will report to the chief." Onishi was in good spirits when he heard it.

"One more thing, I must see Commander Yamamoto immediately, Asano's plan, I must tell him, Asano's plan, may no longer be feasible."

"Not feasible?"

"I can't figure out the reason for this yet, but I always feel like it...... The day's crossing was too bizarre. There are signs that things are far more complicated than we think. ”

"You mean that historical perturbations are no longer accurate?"

"No, I'm inclined to be more serious, anyway I must see the commander immediately, from now on all the actions he has planned may go into a trap."

"Traps? Why? Onishi was very puzzled, of course he knew that Yamamoto was planning to use Asano's historical knowledge to lure the enemy deeper, but he couldn't say it because of secrecy, but in any case, Japan took the initiative to set it up.

"The plan you gave me is very brief, only a general statement that the Navy is looking for opportunities to lure the enemy in the South Pacific, but from what I know about Asano, he likes unexpected schemes, and he will definitely use Japan's password loopholes to set a trap, the so-called lure enemy. I'm not wrong, right? ”

Onishi looked at Makino, a complicated expression appeared on his face, and it was almost a confession. He thought that the commander had found the right person when he asked Makino to go out of the mountain.

"If you want to use the password to lure the American fleet, the last month is the time, isn't it, Asano will definitely say so?"

Onishi hummed paradoxically, further acquiescing.

"It's not rigorous, but it's ostensibly doable. Because of the fact of unilateral crossing, Japan has a huge information advantage, although history has begun to distort, but after all, what we know, the Americans do not know, this must be the idea of Chief Yamamoto? ”

Onishi smiled noncommittally again.

"But I want to tell him that the Americans we know don't necessarily don't."

"What do you say?" Onishi asked with a confused expression.

“…… We always thought we had the advantage of one-sided crossing, however, maybe the situation is not what it seems? I can't jump to conclusions at the moment, but ...... Please let me see Chief Yamamoto, and I'll do my best to explain it to him. Also, I hope to meet Major General Kagesa, who is an intelligence professional who will surely help us unravel the truth. ”

Coincidentally, both Asano and Makino thought of Kagesa.

"I'm afraid it's going to be difficult, and he's currently in Burma, planning the Army's A-Horn offensive. However, Chief Yamamoto is in Rabaul, and I was scheduled to go back there tomorrow, so you can go with me, first take an army bomber to Taiwan, change to a seaplane to the Philippines and then transfer there, about a few days. ”

Onishi still couldn't understand the vague part of Makino's words, but judging from his anxious expression, there was indeed something to worry about, and all he could do at the moment was to send Makino over as soon as possible.

On the Burmese frontier, Chu Aiyun continued to stare at the enemy situation on the bunker. Major Brooke drove quickly to the headquarters 20 kilometers away to report the incident to Alexander and Slim, hoping that it was still too late. There were all kinds of indications that the Japanese would attack after dark.

As he hurried into the headquarters, the film crew that had returned with him rushed to develop the film.

The time was good, a group of Allied officers were still there, and even the commander of the 38th Division on the Chinese side was standing in it, in a gloomy and misty atmosphere, everyone gathered around the huge map on the wall, discussing the possibility of the Japanese army carrying out an amphibious landing in Ruo. Alexander hoped to persuade Sun Liren to send two battalions to the east of Ringanqiang, so that he could move Ringanqiang's troops to the sea.

"The seaplanes I sent out in the afternoon still haven't found the Japanese transport fleet, and they may still be assembling near Yangon, so we may have some time to prepare." The general said, pointing to the map. "So the center of gravity of Burma's defense is no longer in the east, Joe, I hope you can convince our great allied forces to send some more people to concentrate near Yangmidin in the center."

"I can't completely agree with the judgement that there is no indication that the Japanese were able to concentrate so many ships. The Dutch reconnaissance aircraft that took off from Sumatra did not report this. Stilwell said.

"We blew up the road when we retreated, how can they transport supplies when they attack from land?"

"It has been proven that when the Japanese attacked, they relied less on logistics than we thought. However, I can convey your views to General Du, and I don't think he will agree with it, and he is planning to concentrate his forces along the railway, waiting for the next Japanese advance and launching a battle of Dongwei. Stilwell said, seemingly on Du Yuming's side.

Sun Liren stood aside quietly, as if he had no opinion to express.

There was a little confusion in the room, as a panting Major Brooke burst in, followed by a communications soldier with a radio on his back.

"Major, where have you been, don't you know there is an important meeting this afternoon? You won't also be contaminated with Camp Commander Chu's casual style, right? Stilwell said sternly, discovering that his most disciplined subordinates and sons-in-law were unprecedentedly late. He naturally attributed all this to Chu Tingchang.

"I have an important enemy report. We found the Japanese troops preparing to attack southeast of Ringanqiang, and they could attack in a few hours. ”

"What? Point it out on the map? ”

The crowd was nervous as Brooke pasted a blue arrow to his own front.

"When did this change hands?" Slim asked, surprised.

"It could be in the morning. We...... It happened to be close to there, to conduct a forward reconnaissance...... In fact, it was only a patrol, and the Japanese were too nervous to shoot at us, thus exposing them, and we eliminated them, and taking advantage of the commanding heights there, observed the movement of the entire Japanese army. ”

"How many are there?"

"At least 1,500 people. There should be more people and equipment in the forest behind. Our accompanying photographer captured the whole situation. ”

"Accompanying photographer?"

Stilwell thought to himself, sure enough, he was taken by the showy Chu Tingchang, no need to ask, the two of them took the photographer to the front to go to the waves, of course, the result was not bad, and they broke the Japanese transfer? But in the history of warfare, is there really such a coincidence?

"When will the video be played?"

"I think soon, they have off-the-shelf equipment. Now Battalion Commander Chu is still holding on to the high ground, and we can talk to him at any time through the radio. ”

It seems that this is the reason why the major came in with a signal soldier, but now no one cares about talking to Chu Tingchang, if the Japanese attack, the sound of artillery can be heard here.

"At the very least, we can first mobilize artillery to target the area where they launch an attack." The major said.

Alexander looked at Stilwell hesitantly, and Stilwell nodded. He immediately signaled his officers to move the artillery.

After anxiously waiting, a copy of the film arrives and loads it onto the projector. The lights were turned off in the conference room, and the film taken hours earlier began to be shown on a white cloth. Major Brooke acts as a narrator to introduce the number of the enemy who has been judged, and the rest of the people ask a question or two from time to time.

For most of the senior officers here who were fighting the Japanese army, it was the first time to see the well-thought-out movements of the Japanese before the war. In the past, they used limited intelligence and imagination to sketch an imaginary image of the Japanese Army, because there was false information released by the Japanese in the intelligence, so it was inevitable that they would miscalculate.

"This is an artillery brigade directly under the Japanese 33rd Division, which is currently reinforced with infantry and is called the Fujia Detachment," the major said, "By the way, the occupants of the hill are also members of the unit, who are wearing dirty uniforms and do not seem to have changed for a month." The only rations were rice and sugar. ”

"This is a baggage force. Composed of large carts, there is no end in sight. ”

Noticeable shaking of the lens can be seen, indicating that there is no tripod and that the photographer is a little nervous.

"Why did they put the baggage infantry in such a high position?" Slim asked.

"Because they feel that it is easy to break through the position, so that they can maintain the speed of the march." An unfamiliar voice interjected, it was Sun Liren. Everyone was still a stranger to him, so it was unclear whether he meant to be sarcastic or outspoken.

"Isn't it the 46th Brigade in person?" Alexander asked.

"It's the 46th Brigade, but there's a sense of panic in the troops. I replaced two company commanders, but it was difficult to improve morale in a short period of time. Slim said.

"They have only a few cars in their troops, which they use to pull artillery. These are probably divisional 105 guns, indicating that the division headquarters will most likely appear on the same marching route. The major continued to give the briefing.

"It's just at the level of World War I." Alexander said. He couldn't understand one thing, he had a large number of trucks and half-track tractors in his hands, why the Japanese always showed up at critical moments, while his troops could not get to their assigned positions on time.

"Underneath the camouflage net are their tanks, judged to be the 14th Wing, indicating that the main direction of attack is here. I saw more clearly at the scene, there was a medium tank on the front that appeared for the first time on the battlefield in Burma, with a long barrel. ”

On the radio carried by the signal soldiers, Chu Tingchang had a reply. Brooke slammed a few words over the microphone.

"Their tanks are idling to warm up, and Battalion Commander Chu thinks the attack will start in 15 minutes."

"Ladies and gentlemen, we should take immediate action to destroy them." Alexander will get up and say, "Let the artillery open fire immediately." ”

After saying these heroic words, he paused, "It is necessary to buy enough time for the sappers to blow up the oil field facilities." ”

The Japanese troops at the front began to set out for the designated departure area, and they were ready to take advantage of the British army's fear of night battle to easily occupy Ringanqiang during the march. Of course, this plan was completely feasible, and the psychological pressure exerted by the Japanese army was far more devastating than artillery shells.

Just as the Japanese were about to launch a sudden artillery bombardment, the enemy's artillery fire actually hit their heads first.

The commander of the Sakurai division had just given the order to attack by phone when he heard the screams of shells approaching, and then fell around the dense crowd. This time, the British fired their toughest 4.5-inch guns and, of course, a large number of 25-pounder guns.

In the first round, the temporary wing leader of the 214th Wing, Takashi Takashi Takashi, was killed, and the previous wing leader of this unit, Kentaro Seiura, died a week ago in the assassination of Ma Qiang and Xu Chong. One of the most unfortunate things about the 33rd Division was that it ran into Chu Aiyun and the group behind him every time.