In addition to the 200th Division, the new 22nd Division and the 96th Division, the Fifth Army also has a large number of directly subordinate troops, including cavalry regiments, armored regiments, artillery regiments, combat defense artillery companies, anti-aircraft artillery battalions, anti-aircraft machine gun companies and other heavily equipped units; The Battle of Tonggu, because of the poor rail and road transportation problems in Burma, their heavy equipment did not catch up with that battle, and now these troops are concentrated north of Wa Cheng in preparation for the Battle of Mandalay.

"What? Devils sneak attack thin bags? ”

Du Yuming took the telegram sent by Luo Zhuoying, looked at the map and shouted.

"What do I say? What should I say? Even if they don't listen to me, the devil still ran away from Rerem! ”

Du Yuming slapped the table.

"Commander, let's send troops back quickly! The devils must have passed from the Laika line, and when they arrived at the thin bag, then they may not be far from Lashio on the other way; Lashio is gone, we want to fight, but there are no supplies, and the brothers' ammunition is one shot and one shot less!"

The chief of staff persuaded Du Yuming to let the army commander get out of his anger quickly, and now it is the last word to send troops back to help.

"From the morning to now, the new 22nd Division and the 96th Division have been in full exchange of fire with the devils; In the troops directly under the army, only the special service battalion and the baggage corps can be moved, and it will take too much time to go back to those heavy equipment. ”

Du Yuming frowned, he was now thinking that that force could be drawn from the front line to help Lashio.

"Order the armored corps, special service battalion, baggage corps, and artillery regiment to set off immediately to return to Lashio."

Du Yuming was on fire in his heart, and he bit his mouth and gave an order.

"Commander, did the artillery regiment finally move here? This time, will the Battle of Mandalay still be fought? ”

Du Yuming's order startled the chief of staff, these heavy equipment are gone, and the new 22nd and 96th divisions may end up with 200 divisions at that time.

"It's still a fart, and now the back roads have been copied, how can you beat it?"

Du Yuming slammed the table and cursed loudly.

"Commander, don't be rash! Do you want to inform Commander Luo first? ”

The chief of staff was a little worried.

"CC to him; His daughter's horse, the British must have all run away now, and we are still here to fantasize stupidly, labor and management don't serve the British, let Luo Zhuoying get it himself. ”

"Order: The new 22nd Division and the 96th Division, as soon as it gets dark, alternately cover and retreat; All units directly under the military headquarters were withdrawn to Lashio; Tonight, it is necessary to pass through Mei Miao. ”

"Telegraphed Dai Anlan, give up Tangji at night, and immediately return to Lashio to help."

Du Yuming stretched out his hand and signaled to the chief of staff that he didn't need to persuade him anymore, his mind had been decided.

"Commander, do you want to wait any longer? The recruits of the two regiments of the new 29th Division were able to hold Tangji for two days; The new 28th Division has been reequipped with American weapons, and it is still a fully equipped division, there is no reason why they can't hold the fine bag, at least they have no problem holding it for three days! ”

The chief of staff persuaded Du Yuming from another aspect, Luo Zhuoying was very uncomfortable in the middle, and he thought that there was no need to make the relationship so stiff at this time.

"Equipment is not equal to combat effectiveness, whether the recruit regiment can fight, the key is to look at the officers; Don't look at the people of the New 28th Division, they are used to bullying other troops, and they are not necessarily as strong as those recruits; Go to herald! I will report to Chongqing, and I will bear all the consequences. ”

Du Yuming closed his eyes and sighed, at this time, he had to sacrifice the last killing move and use the one in Chongqing to suppress people.

"Yes!"

The chief of staff left and went to deliver the order.

"Report!"

As soon as the chief of staff left, the head of the communications room rushed into the command headquarters with a telegram.

"What's wrong? What kind of system is panicking? ”

Looking at the anxious officer, Du Yuming frowned, there is no news worse than the news just now, he feels that he has stabilized.

"New 28th Division telegram: The small package is lost, they are continuing to defend on the 419 and 287 heights, please send reinforcements to support quickly!"

After the officer saluted, he reported the latest situation.

"What? It's only been two hours? Lost the bag in two hours? Does Liu Bolong eat? ”

Du Yuming, who had just asked the communications director not to panic, panicked himself, and looking at the map, he felt that something was wrong.

"In the name of the Expeditionary Force Commander's Department, the new 28th Division must hold two heights and cannot retreat a single step."

Du Yuming closed his eyes, the two heights of 419 and 287.5 cannot be lost, once they are lost here, it almost means that the road from Mandalay to Lashio is cut off, and it is difficult for the Fifth Army to rush to Lashio reinforcements in time along this road, not only that, once Lashio is lost, the way for the expeditionary force to return home will definitely be cut off by devils.

"Where are Zhang Zhen and Ma Weiji? Let them rush to reinforce Lashio! ”

Du Yuming opened his eyes, and he thought of another unit, the troops directly under the 66th Army and the new 29th Division, as well as the 86th Regiment, if these troops could reach Lashio quickly, they could at least allow Lashio to hold out for two more days.

"According to the report, they probably arrived in Lashio this evening."

The adjutant opened the military intelligence briefing, and the troops mentioned by Du Yuming were already on the Yunnan-Burma Highway yesterday, and they were all transported by car, and they would definitely arrive tonight at the latest.

"How's the road from Tangkit to Lashio?"

Du Yuming asked again, and he pinned his hopes on Dai Anlan, hoping that his 200th division could quickly arrive at Lashio.

"The situation is unknown, moreover, most of their cars were given to the 85th and 87th regiments, and there has been no news of the return of the cars to the formation yet."

The adjutant's answer made Du Yuming very disappointed, the situation is not optimistic, the devil will definitely attack Lashio tomorrow at the latest, now where are only Feng Yi's two regiments, they can fight again, facing the main force of the 56th Division, it is a miracle to be able to hold for a day.

"Tell Dai Anlan to collect all vehicles along the way and approach Lashio as soon as possible."

"Is there an order from the Staff Committee?"

Du Yuming asked the adjutant that the staff group was in Lashio, and for the defense of Lashio, maybe they had any arrangements.

"No news yet."

The adjutant shook his head, handed over the message for Du Yuming to sign, and left.

In northern Burma, after the other Japanese army captured Monang, they quickly tried to make a detour, and along the way, the defense set up by the provisional 55th Division, 93rd Division, and 94th Division in battalions and regiments could not stop the devils at all, and the rout troops all over the mountains and fields flocked to Lashio.

On the road to Lashio, there is a strange phenomenon, the retreating rout is walking through the jungle, and the interspersed devils are running wildly on the avenue, the devils are in front, the rout is behind, and the flow of people is constantly approaching Lashio.

"His daughter's horse, let the labor and management lose their hold? How to keep? His surname is Du, this is forcing the brothers to a dead end! ”

On the 419 heights, Liu Bolong looked at the telegram and scolded; A regiment that served as a post-break mission in the fine package only came back with one company, and the key is that the devil only took two hours; How long can the two heights here hold off the devil, and how long can his brothers hold on to the devil's tank?

"Commander, the devil is here!"

At this time, Yang Lichu, the commander of the 83rd Regiment, rushed into the temporary division headquarters, obviously in a panic.

"He's a female horse, and the devil is fast enough; Let the brethren hold back, and tell the brethren that when evening comes, we will withdraw. ”

Liu Bolong cursed, at night, he could be regarded as guarding for a day, and he couldn't be regarded as fleeing without a fight, and the guy who ate could be saved.