"Otherwise, let's retreat to Mengzhen, anyway, the main force of our division is still on the way behind, now let them turn around and go back, our train will return, and everything will return to its original state?" Another officer said.

"No!" Hearing his words, several voices rang out at the same time.

Hawkes also shook his head and said: "It's impossible to go back, Commander Alwyn ordered us to retreat north before, just because he didn't want us to be on the front line facing the Japanese army." ”

A British colonel said at this time: "General, otherwise, we will retreat ten kilometers, meet the main force, and then camp and wait for orders from above. ”

Everyone, this is a good solution! So they all agreed, and Hawkes also felt that this was the best way at present, so he sent someone to get off the train and negotiate with the Chinese expeditionary force that controlled the platform.

Ten minutes later, news came back that the 200th Division agreed to this plan and allowed three British trains to withdraw from Tonggu.

On the platform, the three trains slowly withdrew from Tonggu Station and returned southbound, and Liu Shaohua, the commander of the 599th Regiment of the 200th Division, couldn't help but say: "Division, just let them go?" ”

Dai Anlan smiled: "This is gone, it is returned!" With us here, they can't go! ”

Yu Shao, the commander of the 96th Division on the side, spoke: "Yan Gong (Dai Anlan's character), they retreated to the outside of the city, and they must have joined their follow-up main forces, we must be careful of their sudden attack." ”

"Brother Shu Yu (Yu Shao's) don't worry, I understand." Dai Anlan said, "Liu Shaohua, Liu Shaofeng, led the 599th Regiment and the 600th Regiment to escort the 36th Indian Division out of Tonggu, and set up positions outside the city to strictly prevent 'Japanese sneak attack'!" ”

"Understood, Master!" The two regiment commanders agreed, and immediately ran to direct the troops to start the vehicle and keep up with the retreating train.

Subsequently, Dai Anlan informed the front-line command of the situation at the station, and Li Junhao replied: The 200th Division has done a good job, and it will not give an inch!

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On the other hand, at 18 o'clock in the afternoon, the two regiments of the New 22nd Division and the 96th Division of the Fifth Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force all arrived in Beimu and immediately took over the defense of the whole city.

Originally, the 17th Division of the British and Indian Army, which withdrew from Dragone, set off after lunch, and the distance was much closer than that of the new 22nd Division, but because they had to carry too many things, the march was extremely slow, and many British and Indian troops did not understand the retreat order of the headquarters that they received before lunch, so the action reaction was procrastinating.

Therefore, when the Chinese Expeditionary Force has taken over the Humble Fall, the forward reconnaissance battalion of the 17th Division of the British and Indian Army is still more than 10 kilometers away from the Humble Fall! What's even more ridiculous is that the division headquarters of the 17th Division and the main force of the 46th and 48th Indian Brigades and the 2nd Burmese Brigade have not yet left Degongne!

Of course, there is also the reason why the commander of the 17th Division, Major General Yuen, under the prompting of Li Junhao, concentrated the firepower of the whole division to encircle and annihilate the 214th Wing of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, creating the biggest victory of the British Army on the battlefield of India and Burma, and then he did not fall behind in the attack and defense with the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, and he also wanted to continue to lead the 17th Division that had mustered up morale to achieve better results! But he suddenly received an order from the headquarters to retreat north, which made him very incomprehensible, and in terms of action, it was extreme neglect.

Because of this, at 19 o'clock, Major General Yuen received a telegram from the reconnaissance battalion saying that the troops of two divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were being deployed in a humble manner and, according to the orders of the Allied Indo-Burma Theater Command, refused the passage of the British troops!

You En looked at the Allied orders sent back by the reconnaissance battalion, and was both surprised and happy, surprised that the resoluteness of the Allied orders did not give face to the Anglo-Burmese army command at all; Happily, Mr. American Observer, who once "fought side by side" with him, is now the deputy commander of the Indo-Burma Theater and the commander-in-chief of the front! This shows that he is also related to the upper echelons of the Allied Forces, although the two have not had much contact, but after all, there is a comradeship, isn't it?

Major General Youen, who was already dissatisfied with Lieutenant General Erwin's order to withdraw north, immediately ordered: The main force of the 17th Division should suspend its withdrawal, the forward reconnaissance battalion should not clash with the Chinese Expeditionary Force, withdraw 15 kilometers, join the 17th Indian Brigade, the vanguard of the 16th Division, camp on the spot, and wait for further orders.

Then, Yu En sent a telegram to the Anglo-Burmese Command, saying that the communication point of the 17th Anglo-Indian Division's northward withdrawal was occupied by the Chinese Expeditionary Force and could not be passed, and that the advance had been stopped in order to avoid conflict. The 17th Division is now at a loss!

Ervin, who received the telegram from the 17th Division, had a dark face, this Yuen, who had won a big battle before, was "arrogant", and even questioned him, the new commander of the British and Burmese forces!

If he had followed his temper, he would have taken down this guy directly, but thinking of the previous victory of Dragon, the entire British army, Britain, and even Europe were vigorously propagandizing, and Yuen had been shaped into the banner of the British army to resist the Japanese army, and received strong attention from all sides, knowing that he couldn't move him at all!

There was no way, Alwin endured his anger and forwarded the telegram of the 17th Division to Delhi, so that Sir Wavell would have a headache! ——

After sending a telegram to the Anglo-Burmese Army Headquarters, Major General Yu En turned around and sent a telegram to the Indo-Burma Theater Frontline Command, talking about his comrades-in-arms with the commander-in-chief of the front, General Pan Sen......

Li Junhao, who received the telegram from Youen, thought it was very funny, did the commander of the Anglo-Indian 17th Division want to "be in Cao Ying's heart in Han"? So he smiled and asked Xiaoyu to call him back, saying that he remembered his comradeship with General Yuen, and hoped to fight side by side with him again, fight the Japanese invaders together, and achieve better results......

You Eun, who received the call back, was very happy, and Commander-in-Chief Pan Sen was interesting enough to remember the friendship with his comrades.

As a young general, he was competitive, and he was very dissatisfied with the previous Anglo-Burmese army's strategy of avoiding war, but fortunately, General Hutton was appointed commander and let him win the battle with the help of Pan Sen, but he didn't expect to return to his original state in a blink of an eye, and he had to retreat again! At this time, the Indo-Burma Theater Command actually issued an order not to retreat, and the commander-in-chief of the front turned out to be a good comrade-in-arms, General Pan Sen, which surprised him.

Because of Major General Youen's active contact, Li Junhao had a new idea: Is it possible to fight for these actual generals of the British army?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was an operation in this matter, first, the United States was now actually the leader of the Allied forces; Second, I still have a special identity, so I don't have to use it in vain! As for how to use it, you need to think about it.

(End of chapter)