In this time and space, General Dai Anlan's fame is far less than that of Wang Haitao, and his military rank and position are even worse than Wang Haitao. After seeing Wang Haitao, General Dai Anlan immediately stood up and saluted, and said: "Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division of the Fifth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, has seen Commander Wang!" Wang Haitao admired a national hero like General Dai Anlan very much before he crossed over, and now he is also very excited to see him.

Wang Haitao returned a military salute, took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said: "Since Commander Dai entered Burma, he personally led the troops to fight the Japanese army in a series of bloody battles, which is really hard!" General Dai Anlan saw that Wang Haitao took the initiative to stretch out his hand, hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake it, and said: "Fighting to kill the enemy and our soldiers' duty, Anlan dare not say that it is hard. It's just that the strength of my 200 divisions is limited, and it is a pity that we cannot attack the Japanese army like the troops under Commander Wang!"

The 93rd Division withstood the attack of the Japanese Taiwan Brigade with only one brigade, and when the whole division arrived, it was effortless to inflict heavy damage on this Taiwan brigade.

This is the first time the two have met, and they both have the idea of admiring each other, and the atmosphere of this meeting is naturally very good. Wang Haitao led his troops until he arrived at Lashio before stopping. At Lashio, Wang Haitao ordered the Fifth Army and the Sixty-sixth Army to retreat to the Yunnan region of the country first, while the 90th Army assembled at Lashio. In addition to the wounded and sick who had returned home in advance, the 90th Army would concentrate in the Lashio area to block the Japanese troops who dared to pursue.

At present, among the Japanese troops in the Burma battlefield, the Taiwan brigade has lost its troops and basically lost its combat effectiveness, and the 33rd Division has also lost more than half of its men and horses under the blow of the 210th Division, and the main loss is still the infantry wing used for battle, so it can be said that it is also unable to attack again. The only ones that were capable of attacking were the 16th Division and the Guards Division, which were chasing behind the 271st Brigade, of which the 16th Division suffered the least losses and was also the most attacking.

Within two days of Wang Haitao's arrival in Lashio, the 93rd Division and the 210th Division withdrew to Lashio City one after another. Wang Haitao first asked the logistics department to arrange for the wounded and sick to retreat to the country, and then asked the 210th Division to pick up the 271st Brigade, which was responsible for blocking and covering the mission. After Wang Haitao withdrew from Mandalay City, the 271st Brigade relied on the strong fortifications of Mandalay City to block the pursuing Japanese army for two days, and before the Japanese army encircled Mandalay City, it withdrew from Mandalay City and jumped out of the Japanese encirclement.

Under the city of Mandalay, although the 271st Brigade also attacked the attacking Japanese army, but because of the limited heavy weapons, the Japanese army's losses were not large, and after the current defenders had withdrawn from Mandalay City, the 16th Division took the lead and chased down the Yunnan-Burma Highway. The 271st Brigade was only about 10 hours ahead of the Japanese army, but the 271st Brigade still had a high degree of mechanization, and the distance between the 271st Brigade and the 16th Division of the Japanese Army gradually widened.

Yamashita also hoped that the Taiwan Brigade and the 33rd Division would be able to cut off the Yunnan-Burma Highway, but both the Taiwan Brigade and the 33rd Division suffered heavy losses, and it was impossible to complete the task of cutting off the Yunnan-Burma Highway. Yamashita was bent on besieging the Chinese expeditionary force on the battlefield in Burma and destroying it, but it was doomed to ruin.

After receiving information that the Chinese Expeditionary Force had assembled at Lashio and was preparing to retreat to Chinese territory, Commander Yamashita was in a dilemma. If you have the heart to catch up and fight with the Chinese army again, your own troops are less than 50,000 people, and the Taiwan Brigade and the 33rd Division are also unable to fight again, if you just let the Chinese army withdraw to China, not only will you be unwilling, but you will also not be able to explain to General Terauchi Shouichi.

At this time, Commander Yamashita Fengwen had long lost the vigor he had when he first arrived in Burma, and in the face of the extremely strong fighting strength of the 90th Army, Commander Yamashita Fengwen finally tasted the bitterness in the hearts of those commanders who had fought against this 90th Army before. When he first arrived in Burma, he had nearly 150,000 troops in his hands, and it was only a long time before the troops that could fight were 40,000 or 50,000 people, and even important strategic troops such as the Fourth Heavy Artillery Brigade were shattered here in Burma.

After thinking about it for a long time, Commander Yamashita finally made a decision, and he gave the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Morioka Hayabusa, an order to pursue the Shina army and destroy one of them. In order to cooperate with the actions of the 16th Division, Commander Yamashita Fumimi once again mobilized hundreds of planes to help in the battle. After detecting the main force of the 271st Brigade in retreat, the Japanese planes began to attack and harass the 271st Brigade.

At a time, the Japanese sent more than a dozen planes, including fighters and bombers, and these dozen planes flew over the 271st Brigade on the march, diving and strafing and dropping a string of bombs. The 271st Brigade was already deficient in air defense weapons, and it was even more difficult to confront Japanese planes on the march. After suffering losses, the 271st Brigade could only take refuge when the Japanese planes were light, which reduced the losses but also seriously affected the degree of marching.

After receiving the order of Commander Yamashita Fumi, Lieutenant General Morioka Hayabusa, commander of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, left the wounded and logistics personnel in Mandalay City, and with the cavalry brigade as the vanguard, he gathered two infantry wings and closely pursued the 271st Brigade. The Japanese movement was also very fast, and when the 271st Brigade was slowed down by the Japanese planes, the 16th Division was already shortening the distance between it and the 271st Brigade.

When the 271st Brigade withdrew to the vicinity of the small city of Xibu, the reconnaissance detachment reported to Tang Renxin that there was a Japanese cavalry brigade 10 kilometers behind it. Tang Renxin immediately ordered the 547th Regiment to repair its defensive positions here in Xibu City to block the Japanese army, and at the same time returned the field artillery battalion of the 547th Regiment to the 547th Regiment. The regiment commander Du Haifeng received the order and immediately led the 547th Regiment to rush to repair the fortifications here in Xibu City.

According to the intelligence of the reconnaissance detachment, the Japanese cavalry brigade would arrive at Xibu City in an hour, so the time left for the 547th Regiment was less than an hour. At this time, we can see the defensive strength of the 547th Regiment. The 1st Battalion of the 547th Regiment immediately dug a trench on a high ground outside the city of Sib and built sandbag fortifications. The other two battalions built relatively complete fortifications at the city of Xib.

Du Haifeng's order to Tang Yigang, the commander of the first battalion, was to hold on to the nameless heights for two hours. This was to buy time for the rest of the troops to rush to repair the fortifications in the city of Xib. Du Haifeng knew that it would be dark in six hours, and as long as he held on until night, the 547th Regiment would be able to get rid of the Japanese pursuers and be able to join the main force of the brigade.

Tang Yigang's defensive experience is also very rich, he made full use of the advantages of this terrain, put the first company on the main position on the top of the high ground, the second company ambushed in a forest on the side of the high ground, and the third company behind the high ground on the one hand to protect the battalion fire company of more than a dozen mortars, while using it as a reserve.

In this way, when the Japanese army attacks the nameless heights, it will be flanked by frontal and flank fire, and in the case of defenselessness, the attacking Japanese army will definitely suffer a big loss. As soon as the first battalion had dug the trenches and the companies had entered their positions, the Japanese cavalry brigade arrived. The captain of the cavalry brigade also showed up on the high ground not far ahead, and there was a defensive position of the Shina people.

The captain of the cavalry brigade was not a reckless man, and when he saw that the army of Arishi had set up a blocking position, he ordered to stop the advance, sat on a large white horse, and held a telescope to observe the blocking position here. When he saw a large number of light and heavy machine guns on the position, he realized that charging with cavalry in the face of such fire was tantamount to suicide, so the captain sent someone to report back, and at the same time ordered everyone to dismount and prepare for the attack.

The cavalry brigade of the Japanese army also had a special cavalry field gun, although it was lighter and less powerful, but its 75 mm caliber was still more powerful than some small guns. The reinforced artillery squad of this cavalry brigade had four 75 mm cavalry field guns and eight 12o mm medium mortars, and the artillery squad quickly set up artillery positions.

In order to protect the horses, the captain sent a squad to gather the horses and withdraw to the rear to protect them, and then ordered a squadron of soldiers to prepare for the attack. The reason why this captain dared to attack with a single squadron was because when he observed the defensive position, the number of defenders on the current position was not very large, that is, more than 100 people, and there were more than 300 people in one squadron, and there should be no problem in attacking the position of only more than 100 defenders.

Before the Japanese attack, they usually had to fire a burst of artillery, but within a few minutes, Tang Yigang realized that the number of Japanese artillery was not much. The first battalion was also equipped with eight 82-caliber mortars and 16 6O-caliber mortars, and Tang Yigang knew that the two sides would fight an artillery battle, and he would not suffer a loss, and because of the short time on the high ground, the fortifications were not repaired very well, and once the Japanese army carried out artillery bombardment, there would definitely be casualties.

Therefore, Tang Yigang decisively ordered the artillery to return fire. At this time, the Japanese army's reinforced artillery squad was tragic, and before a few shells were fired, more than a dozen mortar shells flew from the back of the high ground. In the exclamation of the leader of the artillery squad, the shells landed accurately on the artillery positions. The Japanese artillery hurriedly adjusted the muzzle and fired back, but at the time when the muzzle was adjusted, the mortar shells continued to fall on the position, and when the Japanese adjusted the muzzle, only two field guns and three mortars could still be used.

There was no suspense in the ensuing artillery battle, and the mortars of the 547th Regiment quickly wiped out the Japanese artillery squad, and they only lost one 82-caliber mortar and three 6O-caliber mortars. Losing artillery support, the Japanese captain still did not give up and let his squadron soldiers attack the blocking position of the Chinese people.