The fact that the Staff Committee retreated without permission was related to their duties; They assisted Stilwell in commanding the Chinese forces and advised Stilwell on his decisions, although Stilwell did not listen to their advice; However, they also had another role, that is, to report the situation of the battle to Chongqing and convey Chongqing's orders to the troops participating in the battle.

"Commander, the staff did not call back."

North of Wacheng, the chief of staff of the Fifth Army reported to Du Yuming, and they also informed the staff group when they retreated, but did not receive a reply.

"Send a report to Feng Ye and ask what is the situation in Lashio now?"

Du Yuming frowned, now his eyes were dark, and he didn't know what the situation was at all.

"What? The staff ran away? ”

Looking at Feng Yi's callback, Du Yuming's eyes widened and he was completely stunned; The staff team ran away, which means that the Chinese troops in Burma have no brains, and everything depends entirely on the commanders of their respective units; Of course, he can now have real command.

"Send a report to Chongqing and report the current situation in detail."

"The telegram ordered Feng Yi, Zhang Zhen, Ma Weiji, and Liu Bolong, and Lashio to defend it, hoping that they would focus on the overall situation and fight to the death, otherwise they would be engaged in military law."

"Order the Sun Liren Division of the New 38th Division to immediately follow in the footsteps of the Fifth Army and move closer to Lashio."

……

Du Yuming's face was low, this was already the best way he could think of.

And Sun Liren, on the north bank of the Irrawaddy River, was watching the retreat of the British and Indian troops at this time, holding Du Yuming's telegram, and he was undecided.

"There's no way Lashio can hold it."

Sun Liren looked at the map, although there were many troops around the reinforcements, but none of those troops could reach Lashio in one day, as for the 66th Army, the new 28th Army had just been defeated, and I am afraid it would not be able to stop it at all.

"Keep the radio silent, and the whole army is ready to retreat."

Sun Liren did not say to retreat there, he decided to observe for a day, and if the new city and the old city of Lashio were still there on the 27th, he would immediately reinforce Lashio; If he lost a place, he would not hesitate to cross the Irrawaddy River and follow the Anglo-Indian army to India.

In Sun Liren's imagination, Lashio is lost, even if the Fifth Army can launch a counterattack soon, but the 56th Division will hold Lashio, and the 18th Division and the 55th Division following the Fifth Army will make the corpses of the Fifth Army all over the field; More importantly, the Anglo-Indian army withdrew, and he would face the 33rd Division alone, and the road back to Lashio was not easy.

"Speed up, don't be afraid of mechanical wear, we have a lot of fuel."

"The engineer company, except for the north, must be fully mined before dawn, and the guard company is responsible for moving the mines for you."

Outside Lashio City, looking at the starlight in the sky, Feng Yi knew that tomorrow would be another good weather, and the devil's attack would be very fierce.

"Regiment Commander, Battalion Commander Zhang's phone!"

Feng Ye was inspecting the fortifications on the position, and the guards shouted for Feng Ye to answer the phone.

"What? More than a hundred routs, they are part of it. ”

Picking up the phone, Feng Yi frowned and asked, he didn't expect that a rout would come out so soon? How did they get through Lashio?

"Of the 49th Division, the leader is a battalion commander; There were several wounded soldiers. ”

Zhang Chuan replied.

"Give them two choices, either go back to Lashio to undergo reorganization, or rectify the Fa on the spot."

Feng Yi didn't think that since there was a rout, he couldn't let it go.

"Yes!"

Zhang Chuan put down the phone, the card point he set up north of Lashio was very crucial, it was stuck on the Qingshui River, and a small wooden bridge stuck the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

"Send a report to Chief Du, explain the situation of the rout, and plead for ways to deal with it."

Feng Yi thought about it for a while, but still chose the report. Night Night Chinese

But what made Feng Yi puzzled was that Du Yuming did not call back, perhaps because the telegram on the march had not been received at all, which was the most direct consequence of the absence of the staff committee, and when the troops were transferred, it was very easy for important military information to be transmitted poorly.

"Can we send a report directly to Chongqing?"

Feng Ye picked up the phone and called directly to the former staff corps station, where although the radio station was not found, the antenna and accessories for remote transmission were still there.

"We don't have Chongqing's call sign."

The signal soldier's answer made Feng Yi very helpless, Chongqing's call sign is not available to every unit, in fact, he has Du Yuming's call sign, or because of the consequences of Du Yuming contacting him.

"Wang Ying, now I need you to help me, no matter where the rout comes from, it must be intercepted, if an officer dares to rush through the pass, he will be killed first, and I will bear all the consequences."

Feng Yi called Wang Ying, and at this time, he needed the support of the gendarmerie.

"The military police of the Judge Advocate General's Office originally had the duty to supervise the war, and there will not be a single living rout passing through this stuck point."

Wang Ying's voice was firm, the only thing she was afraid of now was Huang Yuanzhong, her immediate boss, the headquarters of the new 29th Division stationed in the old city of Lashio, which proved that Ma Weiji had also arrived; If the 66th Army retreats as a whole at that time, how can she stop it?

All the people in Lashio do not want the dawn, whether it is the old city or the new city, all the soldiers are reinforcing their positions; But as the sky was white, the sky was still bright.

"Order the troops to rest on the spot, and after two hours, launch an attack."

In the two-kilometer forest of the old city of Lashio, a large number of devil infantry were resting and running for most of the night, recovering their strength, while on the other side, the 113th Wing was on standby south of Lashio.

To the south of Lashio New Town, the search wing is handing over positions and preparing to approach Lashio New Town.

"Buzz ......"

On the morning of the 27th, a huge devil flying formation roared over Lashio.

"Tweet ......"

The flight formation split into two and bombed the old and new towns of Lashio at the same time.

"Boom, boom......"

The bomb exploded outside the new city of Lashio, and the planes of the devils did not bomb the new city of Lashio, there were a lot of supplies here, a lot of fuel, ammunition and so on; These things were also needed by the 56th Division, which was running long distances, so they just wanted to blow up the defenders' positions outside the city into ruins, and then use infantry and tanks to attack them, occupy Lashio, and capture these precious supplies.

"Here we go."

Feng Ye stayed in the underground bunker, with several layers of sandbags and wood on his head, as long as the devil's aerial bombs did not fall on his head two in a row, he would not be blown up here.

"Commander, the thunder is buried, this is a reserved safe passage."

The engineer company commander handed over a few drawings to Feng Yi.

"Boom......"

"Boom, boom......"

In the earth-shattering explosion, dust was falling from the bunkers outside the new city, and the brothers hiding inside were doused all over their heads.

"Boom!"

The trenches were reinforced with wood, and under the aerial bombs, the wood flew randomly with the shock wave, and the trenches were directly hit by the aerial bombs, which could not be carried at all, and in the middle of the neat trenches, huge craters continued to appear.

"Puff puff ......"

Sharp shrapnel slammed into the dirt and wood, and the battlefield was filled with mud and sand, and there was mud and sand flying in every inch of the air.

"Da Da Da ......"

The devil's on-board machine gun was roaring, pouring ammunition wantonly, and the position was constantly being peared out of traces.