Luo Zhuoying went to Burma, in fact, he did not have the right to decide, he was in the middle to ease the relationship between Du Yuming and Stilwell, he is now worried that the expeditionary force will retreat rashly, annoying the Americans, so without Stilwell's consent, he still has to insist on the implementation of the Mandalay battle plan.

And the devil is really the same as Du Yuming thinks now, the devil soldiers are divided into two routes, one way through Binglong to the north, quickly seize Laika, to the west to protect the approach, the other through the south Sang east to advance, on the 25th to advance to Mengnang, and quickly detour to Lashio.

After the loss of the first line of Tangji and Releem, the troops on the eastern front were empty, and the devils were moving wantonly, in the eyes of Watanabe Masao, even if the expeditionary force concentrated its forces to block one way, his other line of troops could be interspersed with Lashio.

Because it is not far from the 29th, it will take five days, they will have to walk 400 kilometers, and they will have to launch an attack, and their time is very tight; Fortunately, the devil has a lot of cars, and although the roads here are not good, they are still okay for cars.

"You can deal with the eastern front by yourself, but the new 38th Division on the western front cannot be moved, and we must take care of the overall situation; The Fifth Army on the central front could not move, and if it did, it would annoy Stilwell; I will go to Stilwell at once now, and until Stilwell agrees, the troops in these two places must not move, and I order you in the name of the commander of the expeditionary force. ”

Another quarrel, Luo Zhuoying knew that Du Yuming, the deputy commander, had the nominal command of the 100,000 expeditionary force, and if he moved the troops in the name of the deputy commander, the troops would definitely move.

"This can't be moved, that can't be moved? I can only move the two remnants of the 29th Division of Tang Jixin? Two remnants, how to keep Lashio? ”

Du Yuming was anxious, to hold the back road of the expeditionary force, first of all, the new city of Lashio where the materials gathered must be defended, and if you want to hold the new city of Lashio, you must hold the old city of Lashio behind, otherwise the new city of Lashio will face the siege of devils from all sides.

"Brother Guangting, I can't help it, the British and Americans can't afford to mess with it!"

Luo Zhuoying said that he had no choice, now he could only do this, he had to rush to Kyaukmaixi overnight, Stilwell went there in the afternoon, tomorrow, he negotiated with Alexander and Slim of the British army, and urged the British army to arrive at the predetermined position and start the Battle of Mandalay.

"Sooner or later, the expeditionary force will be killed by you!"

Du Yuming cursed, grabbing his hat, his discipline button was open, revealing his dark chest, he was already angry.

"In the name of the Expeditionary Force's Commander's Department, a telegram was sent to order the 85th and 87th regiments of Tang Jizhi to return to Lashio overnight; Let the cavalry regiment and the 200th division send a strong force back to defend Tangji, and another: transfer all the vehicles of the cavalry regiment and the 200th division to transport Feng Yi's headquarters to Lashio. ”

Du Yuming can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor now, hoping that Feng Yi, who surprised them in Tangji, can create a miracle, as long as he can hold Lashio for a day, he can send a new 22nd Division from Wacheng to help.

"Didi ......"

Du Yuming's order quickly turned into radio waves in the night sky through the radio, reaching the line of Tangji and Releem.

"Regiment Commander, the Chief's Department is in an emergency."

Tang Ji and Feng Yi walked around the town, admiring the night sky of Myanmar, there was no war, and the night sky was indeed different from his hometown.

"Go back to the regimental headquarters!"

By the light of the bonfire on the street, Feng Yi took a cursory look at the telegram and gave the order.

"Order each battalion to leave one company to prepare for the transfer of positions, and the rest of the troops to return to Tangji to standby; Let Wang Ning assist in the transfer of the field hospital, and Min Fei is responsible for loading the materials. ”

Feng Yi said while staring at the map, the devil appeared in Laika, that is, if they want to return to Lashio by road, there is only one way left, and that is to return to Lashio through another small road next to Meng, otherwise he will definitely run into the devil.

"Commander, it will take time for those squads to recover, do you want to wait for them?"

The combat staff officer looked at Feng Ye and reminded his commander that there were still fourteen squads scattered outside and had not returned.

"Inform them immediately, let them rush back to Tangji as soon as possible, and if they can't catch the convoy, let them go to Lashio to join us on their own."

Feng Yi waved his hand, Commander Du's order was urgent, and even the cars of the cavalry regiment and the 200th division were transferred, which meant that the situation was urgent.

Similarly, the 200th Division next to Meng also received an order, and they were very puzzled by Du Yuming's order, the devil occupied Laika, and now he can let the convoy slip out of the path, and take advantage of the night, he can arrive in Lashio as soon as tomorrow morning, but how to come back? According to the speed of the devil's attack, their convoy will not return, and without cars, their own mobility will be greatly reduced.

"Execute the commander's order, there is no car, we still have two legs, the 588th regiment will take over the Tangji position, and the convoy will set off immediately."

At the critical moment, Dai Anlan made a decision, and this iron-blooded general who was bent on resisting Japan chose to carry out the order.

"The devil's 90 mortar and artillery shells are left for the brothers of the 200th Division, that thing is too heavy, and it doesn't make much sense for us to carry it; The grenades are only brought with them, and the rest are all left, there are a lot of them in Lashio, and it is inconvenient for them to replenish here......"

Tang Ji, now the lights are bright, there are torches everywhere, Feng Yi is organizing the brothers to prepare for retreat, if it weren't for the grenades that Lashio didn't have grenades, he even wanted to leave the devil's grenades for the 200th division; Laika is lost, if the devil's sneak attack on Lashio's troops is not resolved, the 200th Division only has the possibility of fighting all the way back to Lashio, and then their ammunition may have problems, but unfortunately, the bullets they use 200 Division will not be used at all.

In the busy night, two hours later, the lights of the cars outside the city of Lashio were lit up, and Feng knew that the cars of the 200th Division had arrived.

"Commander Feng, our department was ordered to take over Tang Ji."

What came was a major officer, this was not the commander and deputy commander of the 588 regiment, their regiment commander Zheng Tingjian was the infantry commander, and in the battle with the ancient times, he was commanded by the deputy regiment commander Huang Jingsheng; The 588th Regiment suffered heavy losses in the First Battle of Tonggu, the deputy regiment commander Huang Jingsheng was killed in battle, the first battalion commander Jin Biao, and the third battalion commander Zu Dashou were martyred, and now the 588th regiment is a remnant regiment, and there is only one battalion in the whole regiment, and the second battalion commander is temporarily responsible.

"We left you all the explosives and some grenades, and the devil's two 90 mortars and shells are also yours, and you can't use the rest, be careful yourself!"

The road ahead was unpredictable, Feng Yi saluted and handed over the defense line, and more than 5,000 people plus the wounded soldiers from the field hospital boarded the car and left the place where the bloody battle was fought.

The cavalry regiment and the 200th division were mechanized troops, and they had a lot of trucks, even though Dai Anlan estimated their supplies and wounded, but there were still dozens of trucks left in the convoy, and Feng Ye did not deliberately occupy them, and left after thanking them.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The car engine roared, and the headlights went all the way north; Similarly, less than 50 kilometers away from them, the devils' convoy was also heading north, but their speed was not as fast as this convoy, because their convoy had to meet the speed of the Type 95 and Type 97 tanks, especially the Type 97 tank, the maximum speed was only 38 kilometers per hour, and on the bad roads in northern Burma, their actual speed was actually a little faster than a rapid march.