The 56th Division was a Division A of the Seventh Wing, and when they landed in Rangoon, the Japanese base camp reinforced them with an infantry regiment, and their personnel and equipment were at their peak.

The devil who fought with Feng Yi in the early stage was the search wing of the 56th Division, a wing of more than 3,000 people, which undertook the task of rapid advance; Relying on tanks and automobiles sponsored by the British, they relied on the support of aviation before Tangji, and the attack was always very smooth.

"It was reported that the Chinese army had arranged a tight defense in Tangji, and the attack of the first brigade was blocked, so it requested tactical guidance."

Officer Nakasa closed his eyes after slowly speaking, along the way, his method of rapid breakthrough was very simple, that is, after the plane bombed, he relied on the chariot to break through, and the infantry followed behind, often only two attacks were needed, and several positions of the defenders would be captured; And now, having lost four tanks, he did not even see the first line of defense of the Chinese soldiers; With not many troops at hand, he did not dare to gamble with the infantry and had to ask for support.

After the devils captured Hebang, they concentrated the follow-up forces of the division in Hebang; Their original intention was to divide their forces here, attack Tangji all the way, pursue the retreating Sixth Army all the way, and attack Mengbian, and Mengbian is the only place where Rerem can defend, the position here is lost, and the defenders say that they can't defend Relem.

"Report!"

The devil's radio station quickly received a reply, and behind them, there were already troops following up.

"One brigade of the 113th Wing and two squadrons of the Search Wing are expected to arrive in the ...... in one hour"

The devil Nakasa put down the telegram, he knew that Tang Ji's exploits had nothing to do with him, because the main force of the 113 Wing led by Matsui Hidezhi Osa, the captain of the 113 Wing, was here in only two hours.

And the devil is also very entangled now, if the Chinese army has a complete position in Tangji, they attack Meng side except for the east can be encircled without any meaning, these two places are too close to each other, they dare not continue to detour from Reliem Lashio, they are afraid that Tangji's defenders will attack and cut off Relim, their roundabout troops will be completely alone, no backup, no supplies, and they have to face the encirclement and suppression of the Chinese army at any time, this is the importance of Tangji.

"What about the Sixth Army next to Meng? Can they support Tang Ji? ”

Lashio, the staff is very busy now, the new 28th Division is a new corps, facing the attack of the devils alone, and did not lose positions in the first wave of attacks, which has exceeded their expectations.

Looking at the four words on the telegram, they suspected that Feng Jie's troops had suffered heavy casualties, these brothers were holding the position with their lives, and they were very afraid that the devils would lose their next attack on Tangji.

"Commander Gan called back, Meng Pan's troops were less than three regiments, and it was very difficult to face the attack of the devils, and he couldn't draw troops to support."

An officer quickly handed Lin Wei a telegram.

"It's hard for Tang Ji!"

"Send a report to Dai Anlan, don't say anything, just tell him about Tang Ji's battle situation."

Lin Wei sighed, now he had to think of something else.

"Order the 66th Army, the New 28th Division and the New 29th Division to speed up the construction of positions to guard against the surprise attack of devils."

"Send a telegram to Chief Luo and Chief Du, the rear is in danger, please make plans early."

……

Lin Wei dictated that now that Tang Ji is still there, he has no way to directly send a message to the chairman, so he can only let Luo Zhuoying and Du Yuming implement the decision.

At this time, Stilwell was still obsessed with the Battle of Mandalay, and in the middle of the road, starting from the 18th, the 96th Division had been fighting with the 18th Division of the Devil for several days, and was fighting and retreating according to the deployment; Faced with the temptation of the middle lane, Stilwell insisted on what he had seen, and did not realize the importance of Tang Ji at all; As for Luo Zhuoying, who is in harmony with the mud, he has no actual military power, but only adjusts the existence of the relationship between the Chinese military officer and Stilwell, and tries his best to comfort Du Yuming and support Stilwell's plan.

"Order the cavalry regiment and the division headquarters reconnaissance battalion to break away from the brigade and move closer to Tangji as quickly as possible."

"Order the troops, speed up."

Dai Anlan looked at the telegram in his hand, he was even more anxious, but they couldn't fly over the 200-kilometer journey, the key was that they had just been transferred to Chokpadang from here, so that they had traveled back and forth for 500 kilometers in the past two days, and although the 200th Division was elite, it was already exhausted.

The 200th Division of the Fifth Army returned to Tangji, the 96th Division fought fiercely with the 18th Division in the front, and the gap in the area of Chokpadang could only be topped by the new 22nd Division; The elite of the expeditionary force was used to the extreme in the Mandalay area, and there were no longer any reserves; Stilwell was to carry out the Battle of Mandalay and now had to wait for the British on the Western Front to join.

"Regiment commander, the staff is calling."

A communications corpsman rushed into the forward position to the south and handed the telegram to Feng Jie.

"Whew!"

Feng Ye let out a sigh of relief and looked at the map again; To the east of Tangji is Pagoda Mountain, which is the most important barrier, and the troops here cannot move; The high ground to the west and the north only has a defensive advantage, which is similar to the south side, and it is not a natural danger, and he is now afraid that the devils will besiege him from all sides, so that his reserves may not be enough, and the brothers of the 85th and 87th regiments will be exhausted.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Feng Yi picked up the phone from the command post and called directly to the regiment headquarters.

"Captain Chen? The first wave of the devil's attack has been repulsed, and I order you to immediately go to the western line of defense to prevent the devils from making a detour from the west. ”

This time, Feng Yi was not polite, and directly ordered Chen Haiquan in a commanding tone.

"Yes, Chief Feng."

Chen Haiquan's voice had a strange yin and yang in it, but he had to take the order.

"Seomyeon should be fine!"

Feng Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, Chen Haiquan went to the west, and the company directly under the 87th Regiment would follow, so that the troops in the west would be enough.

"Commander, the devil has run away."

Shi Zhou, the commander of the guard company, ran into the command post and reported to Feng Yi.

"Ran away? How to run? ”

Feng Yi was a little stunned, the devil was Ben Tangji, how could they run?

"All the devils on the gentle slope of the highway are gone, and they have stopped attacking."

Shi Zhou put it another way.

"It should be the devil's insufficient troops, waiting for the troops to follow behind; Let the forward troops defend against artillery, and the next wave of attacks from the devils will come soon. ”

Feng Yi shook his head, he was very sure that the next devil's attack should not be so easy to deal with.

"Woo woo woo ......"

"Click, click......"

On the road leading to Tangji, more than 1,500 devils were running behind the truck, and they had already seen the tent of the search team, and Tangji was right in front of them.

"Let all your troops withdraw, the fire support of the aviation will arrive immediately, and see how our 113th Wing attacks!"

Matsui Hidezhi jumped out of the truck and looked at the officer in front of him with a disgraceful face, he had long seen that the search wing was unhappy, and along the way, they picked up the plainclothes, but it was their turn to attack, and they still wanted to come.