Eight De Havilland Mosquito planes, which had just arrived in Burma, were flying towards their original target, and the so-called target was actually a forward forest demarcated by intelligence officers at the pre-takeoff briefing, probably in the direction of General Alexander's planned breakthrough. It's probably just a blind explosion.

Due to the presence of a large number of Japanese army fighters in Burma, the original Wellington bombers could no longer effectively carry out their missions, and only relied on P38 or Mosquito planes to make cameo reconnaissance and bombing missions, at least these two aircraft had the ability to escape from the eyes of the Japanese light fighters.

It is absolutely rare for a long plane to approach the bombing area, but it receives an order to modify the bombing target in the air. However, the communication clearly stipulates that it is necessary to hover in the designated airspace and wait for the ground smoke signal. They were most afraid of wandering in the target area, and if at night, the formations could easily collide together, and during the day they could easily be intercepted by Japanese fighters.

The pilot, who was able to find the approximate area very roughly using radio navigation, was determined to stay only a few minutes, and if he didn't see the smoke, he threw * and fled back. The only advantage of the Royal Air Force at the moment is the mobile radar station deployed near Lashio, and there is a high probability that Japanese aircraft taking off from Vietnam or Thailand will be seen in advance. Of course, this is not safe. There are too many mountains in Burma, and the radar does not see the approaching enemy aircraft at low altitudes.

The Japanese artillery positions were well concealed, and there was no sign from the air, and they did not look for a glade to arrange their positions. Even the nearby supply channels are very well hidden, each gun emplacement is covered by a concealed net full of branches, the only trace is that there will be smoke rising when firing, but it dissipates quickly, the Japanese army has no radar, but there are some long-distance warning points, which can issue some warnings of the possible approach of enemy aircraft to the important nodes with telephone lines.

Sure enough, the Japanese artillery positions received a notification that planes were approaching, and they did not use the anti-aircraft guns of the field artillery positions to counterattack. The jungle environment is very restrictive to anti-aircraft guns, and it is easy to expose the position of field guns. They chose to give the 75-mm field artillery units a temporary ceasefire. Wait for those Allied planes passing by to fly away.

The roar of the bombers, as they approached, sometimes became smaller, sometimes louder. There was no intention of leaving.

Nor did they fly at low altitudes like the usual passing enemy planes, but circled in the clouds, occasionally one of them coming down to take a look below the clouds. This made the Japanese commander's heart furious, and the orders from the front asking for shooting were sent from time to time, all of which were time-sensitive targets, and the squadron leader could only suppress them. Wait for those damn bombers to fly away.

The British bombers were told that a small group of Japanese troops had just crossed the railroad and were coming this way, and the long plane decided to make the last two more laps and go back. He descended below the clouds and saw purple smoke rising from the ground, from three places. It seems that the ground forces have actually provided the exact location.

These Mosquitoes were only early reconnaissance models, not competent bombers, but their dexterity allowed them to make cameo appearances in some large-angle bombing for accuracy, although the bomb angles were not comparable to those of dive bombers, which could easily hit the propellers.

They dive towards the target at an angle of about 40 °, pull up at a distance of about 150 meters from the ground, and at the same time drop bombs, without any bomb commander, the accuracy is so-so, and the 4 * dropped roughly form a coverage area of about 2 hectares, the effect is better than low-altitude horizontal bombing, the risk is that it may hit the ground.

The pilots still couldn't see the target, they just rushed down to the core area of those smoke indications. The shrill sound of dives approached, and the Japanese small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, which could not be suppressed, thought they had been exposed, and began to fire, thus exposing the position.

The anti-aircraft guns could barely see the bombers flashing through the gaps above the trees, and these useless shots could only allow the opponent to confirm that there was an important target here.

8 planes went down in a row, threw * into the core area, bombed an area of about 200,000 square meters, and then easily pulled up, and now they can finally withdraw.

Chu Aiyun's tank group crept past a kilometer to the north.

According to Zhou Youfu's report, the bombing effect was actually not satisfactory, and he barely hit any important targets, but his prayers had an effect, and the last two planes dropped bombs, blowing up one of the enemy's ammunition accumulation sites, and the chain explosion affected a row of 4 guns, and he identified those as 75 field guns, which were the most valuable enemy units on the battlefield. Now the enemy is in a mess, anxious to change positions, and there will be no threat for a while.

Having lifted this heavy threat, the British could not be expected to rush out on their own, and Chu Aiyun's tank group headed straight for General Alexander, who advanced according to the important points marked on the communication route map, which must have been the enemy's vital point.

The Japanese defenses were so far impeccable, and Alexander mobilized all his forces in succession, but all of them were defeated. Even without heavy fire support such as mountain artillery and field artillery, the Japanese still held back the British forces with only grenadiers and infantry artillery.

A DC3 transport plane that took off from Achab had quietly landed on a flat ground in the encirclement. The plane, which was not hidden in time, was seen by soldiers who were rushing to the front line, preparing for battle, which, of course, immediately aroused suspicion.

The general decided to calm everyone's suspicions, personally show up at the front, and cheer everyone up before the final blow of the fish to death. He gathered all the officers at the front and gave a speech. He deliberately emphasized that he would not slip away, saying that even in the face of defeat, he would be with everyone like Lieutenant General Parvasi. The speech was a general failure. Even if many people have relieved their doubts about the possibility of their superiors slipping away, the pessimism about the battle situation revealed by the general is also so obvious.

At noon, the British army gathered all the troops that could fight and prepared to fight again, but in fact, they were all the troops that took turns in the morning and retreated one after another. Sadly, they are still stubbornly forcing their breakthrough in the desired direction. I just hit the south wall and didn't look back, and I missed the good situation formed after Lin Xiuxuan destroyed the enemy's headquarters.

The Japanese troops who held out concentrated all their firepower here, swearing to block the way.

Alexander had to take a desperate gamble, with some unreliable Indian soldiers behind him, some 2,500 wounded soldiers in the field hospital, and tens of thousands of refugees who had escaped from Rangoon, among whom there were unknown Japanese spies.

He received a telegram from Slim that the 7th Brigade had exhausted the little weapons it had replenished the previous day, and that progress was really limited, but he promised to put the last reserves into battle at the same time as launching a counteroffensive in the encirclement. No matter how you look at it, it's all perfunctory.

Before the breakout, the British troops on both sides launched the final artillery bombardment, and then launched the final blow together, General Slim outside the encirclement was not highly motivated, and he began to pay more attention to the safety of his flanks, but the British troops in the encirclement broke out with the last blood, to some extent, the rumors of the Japanese abusing prisoners of war from various battlefields played a catalytic role.

After the rapid fire of the artillery fire, the Australian army in the lead launched a charge, just in time for the Japanese rear fire was knocked out by the air raid, a half-crippled Japanese squadron, with bayonets, fought out of the position, and the Australian army was killed. After a round of bayonet fighting, all the Japanese soldiers were killed. Seeing the breakthrough opened.

Seeing the breakthrough in front, Alexander, who was hiding under the mirror of the artillery team, felt that God had opened a window for himself, and he impatiently ordered the follow-up forces to immediately enter from here and tear the enemy's defense line apart. And the troops behind were asked to complete the marching formation, discard the equipment that could not be taken away, and hang the artillery that could be taken away on the truck, ready to reenact the scene of Dunkirk's escape from death at any time.

But the Australian soldiers, who rushed into the jungle with a shout, were quickly driven out.

Eleven Japanese tanks rushed out of the woods in a line. This is the last reserve for Harada United, and now he plays that card.

Along with the Japanese tanks, there were as many as hundreds of Japanese troops, overwhelming the British army at once. In this narrow battle, in the end, the arrogance of the Japanese army prevailed. In the furious shouts of Banzai, the Japanese troops on the defensive actually launched a round of counterattacks, and the offensive and defensive forces were exchanged in a blink of an eye.

Alexander watched in amazement as the enemy was attacking him, completely at a loss. His rearguard had just formed a forward column, some heavy weapons were hung up in the back of the trucks, and just waiting for an order, everyone rushed out. He did not deploy any anti-tank weapons at the front at all.

"These neuropaths are rushing over?"

He looked at Anderson next to him in alarm. I don't seem to believe what I'm seeing.

"Calm down, Commander."

"I don't see any chance unless God is determined to intervene himself......"

Before he could finish speaking, the enemy's cannon knocked down on the top of the concealment, and a log shook down and smashed on his head, temporarily rendering him unconscious.

Japanese tanks rushed through the open and opened fire on any target on the front line. Some tanks even rushed past the fleeing British infantry.

Chu Aiyun hurried and hurried, and finally rushed to the flank of the Japanese army. Unfortunately, a Japanese cavalry was gathering and blocking his way, and depending on the situation, they were ready to rush out after a little formation was formed. This is Harada's method of attacking and defending, once a counter-charge is launched, it is necessary to disrupt the enemy's shallow, close and deep deployment, so that the enemy cannot organize a counterattack for a period of time.

The cavalrymen saw tanks disguised as a mass of vegetation and waved to them. This is not the first time that the enemy has mistaken Chu Aiyun for his own person, and the appearance of this situation means that the long-distance attack has been successful, indicating that the enemy is completely defenseless.

He smiled and beckoned to the Japanese cavalry, then slipped into the turret and put on the top cover. He reminded the driver to slow down and let the tanks behind him catch up with the deployment, while observing the enemy situation through the periscope fixed on the control tower, and in the woodland next to it, three shirtless Japanese artillery crews were rapidly firing 92 rifles, which raised the rate of fire of this weapon to the limit.

The commander of the Japanese cavalry squadron drew his saber and clinged to his chest, rambling on what to say, probably the last encouragement before departure. The fan-shaped tanks fanned out from the rear and began to strafe from behind.