In Lashio New Town, Feng Ye kept receiving reports that except for the north, the devil's attacking troops were discovered, but fortunately, the devil only made a tentative attack and shrank back.

"Why? What are they waiting for? ”

Feng Yi stared at the map, and the sound of gunfire rang in his ears from time to time, and the direction from which the gunfire came was the old city of Lashio.

"Min Fei."

Feng Ye shouted.

"Here!"

Min Fei looked away from the map.

"The first battalion will immediately enter the northern position, and the engineer company will be assigned to you, and I will be given a large number of mines, and I will go now."

Feng Yi stood up, he understood what the devils were doing, they wanted to attack from the north after capturing the old city of Lashio.

"Yes!"

After Min Fei saluted, put on the American steel helmet he had collected from the warehouse, grabbed Thomson, and prepared to go out.

"Wait, tell the engineer company commander that no mines can be buried on the avenue, and that a safe passage should be left on the south side; I don't think the old city can hold it. ”

Feng Yi sighed, the 66th Army came too slowly, and under the hasty deployment, there was no way to resist the three-dimensional attack of the devils.

"The commander of the division, there are strong fortifications on the east, south and west sides of Lashio, a large number of mines were found in front of the position, a trench of 200 meters, and the chariots could not accompany the attack except to provide artillery support; The sappers had already done a tentative demining, but there was no cover, the casualties were heavy, and the demining had been stopped. ”

Masao Watanabe received a report that the two wing commanders at the front had no choice at all, there were trenches everywhere, and they didn't know if there were Chinese defenders in the trenches, they were very difficult.

"Tell them that the second bombardment of the air force will focus on the south and clear the way for them to attack; Get ready for the attack. ”

Watanabe Masao is not panicking now, the attack on the old city is going very well, and it will be taken soon, and the new city of Lashio will soon be surrounded by him, and when the time comes, he will be able to attack the material gathering place of the new city of Lashio.

"Army commander, the southern position was broken through, and Zhang Zhiguang, the chief of the operations section, was killed."

"Report, the new 28th Division in the east has suffered heavy casualties and requests for support."

"Report, the two positions of the commander of the horse division in the west have been broken through, and the devils are approaching the urban area......"

In the old city of Lashio, just two hours after the battle, Zhang Zhen received a series of bad news.

"He's a female horse, how can this battle be fought? Two hours, two hours to collapse across the board; Command the troops, prepare to withdraw. ”

Zhang Zhen saw sweat on his forehead, and did not hesitate to give the order to retreat.

"Commander, but the Expeditionary Force Commander's Department ordered us to defend Lashio, and the military order is like a mountain, and those who violate the order will be engaged in military law!"

The chief of staff said worriedly.

"Am I a person who is afraid of war? Now that the army is defeated, the Fifth Army and the Allied headquarters are now retreating, and his Sixth Army Gan Li has already run to Jingdong at the beginning, waiting to return home; Defending Lashio? What should I take? The 66th Army, the only well-equipped and combat-effective main force, the new 38th Division, was transferred away by him Du Yuming as soon as it entered Burma, to lick the butts of the British, and now let me defend it? The new 28th Division was defeated like a mountain from the beginning of the thin bag, the two regiments of the new 29th Division were in Lashio New Town, and my own nephew Zhang Zhiguang had already died on the battlefield, should we all die on the battlefield? If you die, will you be able to keep Lashio? What am I going to do to defend Lashio? ”

"But the military commander, if the military committee investigates it afterwards, I'm afraid?"

The chief of staff remembered someone Han in Shandong, and now Lashio is related to the life and death of someone's descendant Fifth Army, once they withdraw, resulting in the annihilation of the Fifth Army, I am afraid that that person will really go on a killing spree.

"Then let the Sixth Army Gan Lichu receive the military law first, and then say, it is he who has been defeated again and again on the Eastern Front, and we are dragged down; Chief of Staff, I have accumulated some yin virtue for my brethren! Now that we are withdrawing to western Yunnan, we can still protect the troops, but it is too late, but it will be too late. ”

"The head of his female horse that escaped from under the Japanese saber, I don't believe that the top can cut him off casually? Tens of thousands of heads, they can't get their hands on it. ”

Zhang Zhen shouted, and the frightened officers of the military department did not dare to squeak.

"Commander Renyi, what about the order of retreat?"

The chief of staff then asked, in the old city of Lashio, the military headquarters of the 66th Army, the new 28th Division, and the new 29th Division, there must be troops left behind to break the rear, otherwise the casualties will be even heavier under the pursuit of the devils.

"Damn, let the new 28th Division leave a regiment behind."

"The record ordered that the military headquarters of the 66th Army must rush to Gukai within two days to make repairs; Before 1 May, the new 28th Division must enter the defensive positions in northern Burma from the shelter to stand by to block the northward advance of the Japanese army. ”

……

Under Zhang Zhen's orders, soon, both Liu Bolong and Ma Weiji received orders to retreat. House

"Woo woo woo ......"

The vehicle was roaring, and half an hour later, Zhang Zhen and the military personnel boarded the car and retreated towards Gukai.

"His daughter's horse, let us stay and block the gun, and tell the brothers on the front line that in half an hour, the fire has burned here, and we will withdraw."

Liu Bolong shouted, leading the division personnel to keep up with Zhang Zhen's pace; Similarly, Ma Weiji of the New 29th Division, He Shuping, commander of the 86th Regiment, and Huang Yuanzhong, director of the Political Training Division, also boarded the car and hurriedly retreated.

"We're going to see the chief, we're going to see the chief......"

And at this time, in Lashio New Town, a large group of drivers gathered in front of the original headquarters of the staff group, shouting.

"What's wrong?"

Feng Yi asked the guard with a frown.

"It's the drivers, clamoring to see you."

A guard reported.

"Oh? I thought it was the routs? ”

"By the way, how's the rout?"

Feng asked.

"Battalion Commander Zhang is being reorganized, and the number of people has exceeded five hundred."

The commander of the guard company reported the situation.

"In other words, there are only Wang Ying and his gendarmerie now?"

Feng Yi frowned and asked.

"Battalion Commander Zhang left a platoon, and there are two machine guns at the stuck point, so it shouldn't be a big deal."

The commander of the guard company was not worried at all, the rout was not afraid of the gendarmes, even if there were no machine guns, they did not dare to flee in the face of the guns,

"I'll take a look, and I'll report something right away."

Feng Ye walked out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I, Feng Yi, am currently the head of the defense of Lashio New Town, what are you looking for me? Is it bad to eat? Or are they bullying you? ”

Feng Yi looked at the chaotic crowd and shouted, these convoys are here to transport the troops of the 66th Army and the New 29th Division, and now they have rested for the night last night, and they have been ordered to load up the supplies and return to Wan Town immediately.

"Sir Feng, can Lashio hold on?"

A man in a tunic stood up and asked loudly.

"I don't know, I can only say that I will do my best and obey the destiny of heaven; As long as there are people in the 85th and 87th regiments who are still alive, Lashio will definitely still be there. ”

Feng Yi frowned, he didn't know that the people of Lashio New City had already begun to retreat.

"Sir, it is a pity that so many supplies were brought back from Rangoon by the brothers at the risk of their lives; Sir, as long as Lashio is around, we will be back. ”

Listening to Feng Yi's unconfident words, the man in the tunic shouted and raised his fist.

"Yes, as long as Lashio is around, we will all be back."

……

The driver shouted at the same time, expressing his determination.

"Brothers, actually, it's not safe here, don't come back after this trip, take care along the way!"

Feng Yi shook his head, not agreeing to them coming back.

"Sir, it is your soldier's duty to fight the Japanese, but it is our task to deliver supplies; Brethren, let's go, and try to come back sooner. ”

The middle-aged man seemed to get the answer and shouted and left with the driver.