In the dark night, the small heights of the Japanese army that had been discovered were pulled out one after another, and the new 22nd Division kept advancing towards the rolling defensive line; In front of them, a small ditch soon appeared, which was the upper reaches of the Qingshui River.

For the infantry, such a small ditch does not use pontoon bridges at all, they can carry heavy machine guns and carry mortars to move on; But for tanks and mountain artillery, that's not the case.

"Gao Yushu, you take ten mountain artillery pieces and continue to advance, and build an artillery position by the Qingshui River......"

"Let the engineer battalion drive the bridge ...... immediately"

"Telegraph to the commander that the new 22nd Division has advanced to the first line of the Qingshui River......"

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The sound of gunfire in the air, faintly, the new 22nd Division was advancing; As Feng led the team closer and closer to the camp, the sound of artillery became more and more obvious.

"Save your stamina, slow down."

Feng Ye shouted to order the team to slow down, Rhoda had already returned to the middle of the group, they were still two hours away from the front at most, there was no need to rush so much.

Liao Yaoxiang's camp is in a forest, the shrubs have been cleared, between the large and small trees is a machine-gun bunker, and the trenches are in the forest, twisted into waves according to the terrain.

"Head Feng, Chief Du asked you to see him immediately."

When Feng Ye led the team into the camp, the officer on duty on the position directly asked Feng Ye to go to the temporary headquarters.

"Report, the head of the 85th Regiment, Feng Yi, was ordered to report."

The temporary headquarters was in a tent, easy to find, and Feng Ye shouted loudly outside the tent.

"Captain Feng has arrived, come in! It's up to you. ”

The curtain was lifted, and out came the chief of staff of the Fifth Army, who bent down and walked into the tent after Feng Ye saluted.

"Okay, everybody's here; It's all casual, Chief of Staff, tell you about the current situation......"

Du Yuming saw Feng Yi coming in, but just nodded, Feng Yi was like everyone else, standing on both sides, staring at a battle map hanging on the tent in the middle.

"Yesterday, news came from Chongqing, because the 66th Army retreated without authorization, Longling was lost, and part of the devils slipped across the Huitong Bridge and tried to seize the Huitong Bridge, and the bridge guards had blown up the Huitong Bridge when the situation was critical, which is why we are currently in this position."

The first words of the chief of staff made Feng Yi open his mouth, he didn't expect this change to be the destruction of the Huitong Bridge, which means that it is impossible for all the heavy equipment to return to China.

"The current plan of the military department is to go straight through this mountain, enter Gengma in southern Yunnan, and return to China from here, firstly, the distance will be greatly shortened, and on the other hand, we will not have to cross the Nu River; Moreover, the Gengma and Yongde lines are also an important part of the Nujiang defense line, and we can also hold on here......"

The chief of staff continued, but Feng Ye didn't want to hear it at all, he was still in Burma, and he couldn't see anything after returning home; To cross the mountains of dozens of kilometers on the Yunnan-Burma border, there is no telling how many people will be left.

The Fifth Army is now short of ammunition for the time being, on the one hand, it is hard to resist the front and rear pursuit of the Burmese Japanese army, and on the other hand, it wants to fight a world in Burma, and I am afraid that it will all die in Burma in the end; It was the best choice to break through from Nankan and return to China, but that was when the Huitong Bridge was still there.

"Do you have any questions?"

At this time, the chief of staff finished speaking, looked at all the officers in the tent and asked.

"Sir, when we return from the Rolling Lane and Gengma lines, we have to cross dozens of kilometers of jungle, do we have enough guides?"

Feng Yi spoke, there was Wanhua in front of the jungle, and no one knew what was inside? If the compass works, it's fine, but if even the compass fails, I'm afraid they'll get lost in it.

"Not for the time being, it shouldn't be difficult to wait for the rolling, spend a high price, and invite a few locals."

The chief of staff said assumedly.

"Sir, since entering the battlefield in Burma, in the eyes of the local Burmese, we are no different from the British and Americans, they are taking the initiative to help the Japanese, not to mention whether they can find the locals, even if they do, do you think they may help us lead the way because of money? We are now in their eyes, the aggressors......"

"Shut up, we are an important part of the anti-*** front, and the little devils are the aggressors!"

Before Feng Ye finished speaking, Du Yuming became angry, pointed at Feng Ye's nose, and scolded loudly.

"Sir, I'm talking about the hearts of the Burmese people; Well, to put it another way, if we want to cross dozens of kilometers of jungle, we must prepare in advance, otherwise, I am afraid that many brothers will not be able to go back. ”

Feng Yi sighed slightly, he knew that he was already angry when he came here this time, and Du Yuming had a hot temper, and the current situation was no longer suitable for him to continue.

"We are not short of food for the time being, there is a shortage of medicine, but we have nothing we can do; Order the engineer battalion to prepare more ropes, and also, all of you think about what tools you need in the jungle, report them, prepare them, and try to collect some ...... nearby."

The chief of staff smiled bitterly and stood up to end the topic, this meeting was not to discuss the problem of the jungle, but to discuss the problem of how to get to the rolling, in front of them, the Salween River is a big problem, there is no bridge on it, where to erect a pontoon bridge, and to face the ground attack and air harassment of the devils.

In the new battle plan, Feng Ye was responsible for covering the security of the logistics baggage troops, field hospitals and camps, and to put it bluntly, he was once again cut off.

"The new 22nd Division, the 96th Division and the troops directly under the military headquarters are attacking in turn, I don't know how many devils there are in front, Gao Yushu's mountain artillery has all been assigned to the command of the military headquarters, and they will accompany the infantry attack to advance; The same goes for Mon Lok Zeng's anti-aircraft artillery, we don't have any artillery except for mortars. ”

Feng returned to the midst of the brothers, surrounded by all the officers above the company commander.

"Zhang Chuan, the loss of your battalion is not large, the brothers brought back from the top of 58 Mountain are also under your command, and the engineer company of the regiment headquarters is also under your responsibility, responsible for the transfer of camps and materials."

"Min Fei, your first battalion is in charge of the left wing, Wang Ning, you are in charge of the right wing; The guard company and the assault team were cut off with me. ”

"Remember, everyone, from now on, we went into the mountains and hills, full of bushes and woods, with more grenades, all the companies were scattered in squads and platoons, and in the event of a small group of enemies were annihilated immediately, pay attention to the Burmese ......"

Not to mention Meng Lezeng, the battle defense artillery of the 85th regiment, even his own company commander Guangtang was allocated to the attack force to strengthen the attack firepower, Feng Yi also knew that now is the last time for these heavy weapons to shine, and when they enter the jungle, let alone the battle defense artillery, I am afraid that even the heavy machine guns will be abandoned at that time.

"Regiment commander, the chief of staff is here, waiting for you over there."

Feng Yi was still explaining the precautions, and the guards ran over to report that General Luo Youlun, the chief of staff of the Fifth Army, was in the distance.