“Good！” The taste of the exquisite dishes made Slim very addicted and applauded while eating.

Dai Anlan felt that he couldn't swallow it, thinking of the food of the 200th Division, he had some resentment towards this American observer in his heart - although it was an allied army, it was not a person all the way after all!

Li Junhao saw the meaning of General Dai's expression, and did not explain, these ingredients were all obtained from the warehouses and freight yards of the British army, and he would not feel distressed no matter how much he ate, but this arrangement was deliberate, the purpose was to make the two generals associate in their hearts.

After all, ingredients such as grouper and angler shrimp must be fresh to be delicious, and in this wartime Myanmar and China, this can only be done by air!

But the Yongkegang military airfield north of the ancient city was now under the control of the British, and Slim was absolutely certain that no Allied planes had arrived in the last two days, so the source of the fresh seafood was a mystery.

This point was also something that Slim gradually thought of after eating, and General Dai Anlan thought of it a little later, and in the minds of the two generals, it felt that this General Pan Sen was even more mysterious!

The guards of the two generals did not feel the thoughts of the chief officers at all, and everyone ate the rare delicacy, lamenting the boldness of the American observer and envying the attachés around the observer, but the others really did not think much about it. After all, in this era, it is customary for officers and men to be treated differently.

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After a delicious meal, the three generals returned to the command tent and sat down at the marching table, where Xiaoyu brought them new tea.

After being silent for a while, Dai Anlan suddenly said, "I received an encrypted telegram from my boss. At this time, he reacted a little, the content of the telegram was a little strange, the use of British stockpiles and "partial" armor forces was something that he would not even dare to think of before! And finally, it was specifically stated that "the help of American observers can be sought if necessary", what does this mean? The meaning is thought-provoking.

Hearing Dianlan's words, Slim fell silent and spoke, "I also received a telegram from my boss. ”

"Oh? That's the worst for me, and my boss didn't send me a telegram at all. After speaking, looking at the solemn expressions of the two, Li Junhao smiled and said: "There is an American general in the Indo-Burma theater who sent me a telegram, saying that he wants me to do me a favor and complete the material handover between your two armies, I don't know what's going on?" ”

As soon as he said this, the faces of Dianlan and Slim immediately brightened, and in this case, everything was right, the British army was to be ordered to retreat, and all kinds of military supplies left behind by the ancient city and the British army, including armored forces, would be handed over to the Chinese expeditionary force under the supervision of American observers, and each side would take what it needed.

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On March 25, the armored units of the 1st Division of the Anglo-Burmese Army suddenly came forward, and with the cooperation of artillery units, they raided the Japanese positions south of Tongchengcheng, and suddenly stunned the front-line troops of the 55th Division.

Immediately, the Japanese army found that after the British armored forces retreated, the Chinese expeditionary force rose up again, took over the two lines of defense, and the firepower density was extremely strong, so that the Japanese 55th Division, which was underarmed, was aggrieved and could only rebuild the front and wait for the reinforcements to arrive before counterattacking.

What the Japanese did not know was that after the British armored forces retreated, behind the forward positions, they directly handed over the tanks and armored vehicles to the officers and men of the 200th Division, which had already been prepared, and then retreated to the British camp on foot, packed up and prepared to evacuate.

On the other hand, in Tonggucheng, the 1st Division of the Anglo-Burmese Army is handing over the warehouses under its control to the 200th Division one by one...... From Dai Anlan downwards, all the middle and senior officers of the 200th Division were very busy, although they were very tired, but the officers and men were in continuous excitement, and such a huge amount of equipment and materials was simply not what they could have imagined before.

At the same time, Du Yuming, deputy commander of the First Route Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and commander of the Fifth Army, urgently ordered Liao Yaoxiang's new 22nd Division and Yu Shao's 96th Division to go south from Mandalay and Meimu to Tonggu to join the 200th Division, the 55th Division of the Anti-Japanese Army and the 56th Division that was about to be reinforced, of course, also to replace the advanced equipment left by the British army.

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When the British army in Tonggu handed over military supplies to the 200th Division, Li Junhao sent 30 of his attachés, organized into three groups, to monitor the scene, and strictly ordered them to only observe, not to interfere in the handover - he also thought that if there were people in the British and Burmese army who acted in disobedience, he would not mind correcting it himself!

The final result was good, I don't know if it was Slim's super control, or the British officers and soldiers were in a hurry to retreat to safety, the whole handover process went very smoothly without any accidents.

In Li Junhao's somewhat malicious conjecture, I think it's the latter!

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On the morning of March 27, the 64th Regiment of the 22nd New Division, which was the fastest forward, arrived in Tonggu, and received an order to change its equipment without stopping, receiving 88 Soviet-made T-26b light tanks, 8 BT series tanks, 16 BA-3 heavy armored vehicles of various types, a small number of BA10 armored vehicles, Italian CV33 tanks, French AMR33/35 light tanks, British "Vickers" M1936 light combat vehicles, Sophia 3000B tanks, Germany's 221 armored vehicles and 222 armored vehicles have been transformed into the latest tank regiments.

The agitated 64th Regiment didn't even want to rest and go directly to the front, but it was stopped, and now the 200th Division on the battlefield is gaining the upper hand and does not need to increase its strength.

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On March 28, when the 143rd Wing of the 55th Division of the Japanese Army tentatively launched a wave of counteroffensive, it did not expect to face the expeditionary force troops that had been initially reequipped.

The 598th Regiment of the 200th Division has been fully organized into an armored regiment, with two armored battalions each equipped with 12 American-made M3 light tanks and 24 British-made Daim "Dingo" armored vehicles, and one tank battalion equipped with 12 M4 medium tanks and 20 Dingo armored vehicles.

The two sides engaged, and the Japanese 143rd Wing was almost disabled in a single shot, and less than half of the 3,800-strong troops were able to run back to the starting position alive.

In this regard, Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, commander of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army, was greatly shocked and hurriedly ordered the 55th Division to hold its existing position and not to launch an active attack without authorization, and at the same time requested heavy fire support from the country.

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On March 29, the whole army of the newly formed 22nd Division arrived in Tonggu, fully took over the position of the 1st Division of the Anglo-Burmese Army, and at the same time began to fully replace the British equipment. To this end, the 200th Division, which has already completed its rearmament, has also sent a special team of instructors to provide guidance.

(End of chapter)