The headquarters of the 15th Army of the little devils in the British territory of Burma.

In the face of the fall of Monywa, Sagaing and Mandalay, as well as the annihilation of the 15th and 22nd Divisions, Iida Shoji was obviously mentally ill-prepared.

When the news of Mandalay's fall came again, a mouthful of old blood erupted on the spot.

In the eyes of Iida Shoji, the 15th Division and the 22nd Division were really too wasteful, facing the cluster of the Second Theater Expeditionary Force of more than 30,000 people, relying on the positional defense to take advantage of the geographical advantage, they were destroyed by the opponent one after another, and the battle time was only a few hours!

In contrast, the 18th Division resisted nearly 40,000 people in the Northern Front Expeditionary Force, and still kept the position on the Northern Front for several days of bloody battles!

The Monywa-Mandalay Line, which was originally thought to be the most solid, collapsed in an instant, and suddenly put the 15th Army in the most dangerous situation, and was cut off into two separate parts of the north and south.

This made Iida Shoji a little unacceptable.

After spitting out a mouthful of old blood, Iida Shoji felt a little lighter in his heart.

Start thinking about your plans for the future.

Now the 15th Army is divided, with the 18th Division on the northern front and the 56th Division on the southern front.

But these two elite divisions from the Kurume region are very capable of fighting. For the little devils, the 18th Division and the 56th Division are both outstanding achievements.

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The 18th Division can use the "chrysanthemum" with special significance in Xiaori as the division code, and the 56th Division is even known as the "Dragon" division, which is all earned by their subordinates who have committed blood debts.

The 18th Division has already fought with the First Army of the Expeditionary Force on the Northern Front, but basically it has not allowed the other side to take much advantage, Iida Shoji is not too worried, the two sides are now at most five or five, and the situation can be completely controlled.

However, the second theater expeditionary force cluster in the south has a strange name and a really confusing strength, and it is said that the 15th and 22nd divisions are second-line field troops like the garrison division, and their combat effectiveness will not be crushed with one blow, and they will lose so badly.

Since the 15th and 22nd divisions were destroyed very quickly, much of the battle process was not transmitted to Shoji Iida's ears, so he did not know the specific situation at all.

It's just that they know that the other side's artillery fire is very strong, there are a large number of 155 mm howitzers and 105 mm howitzers, but in the face of the allies, they have not encountered such artillery fire, and this is where Iida Shoji is puzzled.

It can only be attributed to the stupidity of those two division commanders.

"Isayama-kun, with the 56th Division, can we keep Ren'anqiang and Dagon?" Iida Shoji thought for a long time, but still didn't dare to make a decision, he turned to the chief of staff, Haruki Isayama, and asked.

"Iida-kun, frankly, I think there may be some problems, the 15th and 22nd Divisions were defeated too quickly, this new expeditionary group is said to be from Jindi, and they once defeated the 22nd and 41st Divisions." Haruki Isayama had obviously done some homework, and of course the 15th Army didn't have this information, but he could ask the base camp.

Although the detailed intelligence base camp doesn't know either, there must be some information on the base camp for such a big news as the cluster of the Second Theater Expeditionary Force, so all kinds of information are gathered, and Isayama Haruki doesn't know anything about this unit like Iida Shoji.

"The one that defeated the First Army?" Iida Shoji's heart suddenly contracted, but he knew that Yoshio Shinozuka of the First Army was not a vegetarian, and if he could defeat Yoshio Shinozuka, then the danger of this army would rise to a new height.

"I'm afraid so." Haruki Isayama smiled bitterly, "Otherwise, our 15th and 22nd divisions would not have lost so badly." ”

"Your Excellency General, I think that Your Excellency the Chief of Staff has exaggerated the strength of the other party." A staff officer next to him, Hirotsu Yahara, suddenly interjected.

"They can fight in Jindi because the local terrain is very familiar and they have a base in the local area. But in our case, they don't have any of these advantages, so I don't think I need to worry too much. The lowly suggested sending a brigade to attack them and try their luck. ”

"The tunnel-type defenses established by our 56th Division in Ringanqiang and Dagon are criss-crossed and extremely strong, and they will definitely be buried here." Hiroshi Hachihara said with a heart.

Yahara Hirotsu is a great contributor to the attack on the British territory of Burma, talented and arrogant, sometimes even Iida Shoji is not in his eyes, which makes Iida Shoji angry and a thorny character.

But his vision is sometimes really unique, when he attacked the expeditionary force, it was Hachihara Hirotong who sent a division to attack the logistics base of the expeditionary force, which defeated the expeditionary force.

"I don't think so, given our current situation, it's best to send an all-Chinese independence army to test it. If we send a brigade alone, it will be equivalent to sending it to death in vain. Haruki Isayama hurriedly stopped.

"Your Excellency, Isayama, is not talented in his position, and is willing to lead a large team to a sneak attack, and if you see the opportunity, you will definitely be able to find out the enemy's reality." Hirotsu Yahara retorted.

"In addition, if you are not at ease, then it is inevitable to ask for reinforcements from the front."

Speaking of asking for reinforcements, Shoji Iida and Haruki Isayama's faces changed. There is no doubt that only an incompetent commander will leave the problem to his superiors to solve.

Iida Shoji thought for a while and decided not to ask his superiors for reinforcements for the time being. He had to wait for the further developments of this expeditionary force cluster to come out before deciding what he planned to do next.

Even the 18th Division may be in a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides.

Iida Shoji felt that with the ability of the 18th Division and the complex terrain of the Burmese and British territories, at least he would be able to run away at that time.

"Hachihara-kun, I will hand over the first brigade of the 113th Wing of the 56th Division to you, and form a special detachment with the first division of the Quanwei Independent Army, and go north to find out the details of the expeditionary force cluster." Iida Shoji pondered for a long time, and finally decided to synthesize the opinions of the two staff officers.

"Hey!" Yahara Hirotsu was somewhat pleased to stand on the right path.

His heart eager to make a contribution immediately surged.

Strategizing in the rear, no matter how great the credit, basically the person who gives advice is not as good as the front-line annihilation of the enemy, because the credit for strategizing is generally the leader.

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Almost at the same time, Gao Jianwu was also convening his three major attack groups for a meeting.

"Gao, I think it's time to go north to attack the 18th Division, and the 18th Division with the expeditionary force on the northern front to flank the 18th Division from the north to the south, and annihilate them in one fell swoop." Colonel Smith said with some excitement.

According to the attack group of the expeditionary force of the second theater of operations, the combat capabilities that are now being demonstrated. Colonel Smith believed that the 18th Division could be annihilated in the northern part of the British territory in Burma in one fell swoop, thus opening a channel of communication with the interior.

This is what the Allies have been dreaming of for the last two years.

"John, I don't think it's time yet, because there is still the 56th Division to the south of us, and once he and the 18th Division flank us in both directions, we will be in a very difficult position."

Gao Jianwu shook his head and said.

"We must first solve the worries of the 56th Division before we have the strength to go north. We only have a few over 30,000 men, and if we hold Sagaing and Mandalay, we can't even attack south, otherwise our logistical supply lines will be cut off.

If we don't have the manpower to hold on to this place, and the enemy on the southern or northern front comes to attack and cut it off, it is very likely that we will repeat the same mistakes as last year's expeditionary force. ”

Gao Jianwu's analysis is reasonable, and Smith has no other way to refute it. The central flowering is cool, but it also means that you are surrounded by enemies on all sides.

In fact, this is also the case, after Gao Jianwu took down Mandela, he has reached a limit in the use of troops, and then he can only start the next step after regaining his position, otherwise his logistics support line will indeed be greatly damaged.

It's really cool to have artillery to bombard the little devils as much as you want, but it also means more reliance on logistics. A campaign can easily cost hundreds or thousands of tons of artillery shells, which is impossible without a solid logistical supply line.

What's more, Gao Jianwu still has his own things to do in Mandalay, and he must stay here for a while.

As for the situation on the northern front, in Gao Jianwu's memory, they can win this war themselves, but it may take a little longer.

"Maybe we can fill the defense here with Anglo-Indian troops from the Allies." Colonel Smith still said with some reluctance.

"John, can you yourself trust the Anglo-Indian troops in the Allied forces to act as your back?" Gao Jianwu asked rhetorically.

"I can't!" Colonel Smith, though a little unwilling, still admitted matter-of-factly.

The Anglo-Indian troops were not pulling their hips for a day or two, and there were a lot of cases of surrender after a few little devils couldn't win, so much so that Colonel Smith didn't have to think much about it to admit it.

"yes, I can't either, there's no way I'm going to put my back on a teammate who doesn't trust us, John, we've been moving fast.

Now it's time to completely expand our advantage into a victory in Mandalay, Sagaing, and we have to build a good relationship with these local indigenous people, and we are here to help them, so we can do what we can here. ”

"For example, building bridges and roads, improving local people's livelihoods, and even bringing in foreign businessmen to expand the productivity here. John, we're not just about getting rid of the little devils, we're going to help the local people improve their lives. ”

Gao Jianwu said righteously.

"Ding, more than 6,000 people from the 56th Division's Hachihara Special Detachment set off from Pyinmana and are expected to arrive in Mandalay in 3 days." Gao Jianwu's intelligence system suddenly came with a new piece of news.

Gao Jianwu was stunned, who is so iron-headed? Knowing that he has already killed two divisions, isn't it sick that such a few people still have to come up and be beaten?

But this news came at the right time for Gao Jianwu!