On November 13, the 200th and 96th divisions of the Fifth Army besieged Bago and completely suppressed the remnants of the Japanese 33rd Division and the 72nd mixed brigade, although the Japanese army in the city still had more than 20,000 people, but the actual combat strength was only about 12,000, and the rest were logistics support personnel and wounded soldiers!

The only tank squadron of the 33rd Division had long been knocked out by the 200th Division, and the 33rd Mountain Artillery Wing was basically reimbursed, with less than 20 artillery pieces available in the city, and the number of ammunition was seriously insufficient, which could not stop the large-scale artillery attack of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the attack of armored forces......

The commander of the division, the third lieutenant general of Sakurai Province, desperately asked for help from Yangon, claiming that if there were no reinforcements within three hours, the 33rd Division and the 72nd Mixed Brigade would all be "broken" in Bago!

The commander of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya, is also on fire, and the only available troops in his hands are the 18th Division in Yangon and the 49th Division in Mawlamyine, but the latter is a newly formed garrison division, with a scale of 12,000 people, except for a small number of veterans in the township, most of them are new soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is not good at all.

In desperation, Mutaguchi Lian could only order the 18th Division to send an infantry wing and a chariot squadron to aid Bago, on the other hand, the urgent telegram ordered the 31st Division to support Thailand to return quickly, and at the same time asked the army of the Kingdom of Thailand to support the 53rd Division, as for the 54th Division in Laos, he is completely unable to care about it now!

In addition, Mu Taguchi also informed the base camp of the battle situation, asked for the transfer of troops to reinforce the Burmese Front, and at the same time requested that the naval fleet be sent to Yangon Harbor to defend the Japanese 18th Division with naval guns or withdraw it - unlike other divisions, if the 18th Division, an elite force, is destroyed in his own hands, I am afraid that the base camp will have to make itself apologize directly! ——

The new 38th Division, which was rapidly chasing along the Yangman Railway, and its forward 113th Regiment, bypassed the 200th Division that was besieging Bago, and went straight to Rangoon from the middle, and ran headlong into the 56th Wing of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army that was ordered to reinforce 35 kilometers outside the city.

The 56th Wing of the Japanese Army plus a tank squadron numbered more than 4,500 people; The 113th Regiment only has 2,800 people, but it is all armored, with three tank battalions and one armored battalion, but in the face of the Japanese army, it directly took the initiative to attack, and the 24 Xiaodouding tanks of the Japanese army were reimbursed at once!

Subsequently, the 113th Regiment began to press the 56th Wing, and artillery shells and machine gun shells rained down on the Japanese troops, and the Japanese infantry without armor protection was beaten to pieces......

The battlefield situation has changed greatly, and the other units of the new 38th Division have started the rapid march mode and rushed to the battlefield; Of course, the 18th Division in Yangon City could not sit idly by and watch the destruction of the 56th Wing, and immediately dispatched reinforcements......

Mu Taguchi Lian also looked up to the sky and sighed, remembering an old Chinese saying "It is better to count people than not to count"! That being said, he could only make one last effort - the 49th Division of Tiaomao Lumine came to Yangon to help in the battle! ——

Li Junhao, who was in Tonggu, received this sudden battle report, and immediately ordered the new 22nd Division to rush to the aid of the new 38th Division from the west road, and asked the 10th Air Force to send bombers for air support, and then ordered the 101st Group Army 105th Battle Group stationed in Mengzhen to immediately set off south to support the Yangon battlefield - the decisive battle began in advance!

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That night, the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division besieged the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, which was originally besieging the 200th and 96th Divisions of Bago with all their might, and each drew out two main tank regiments to rush to the battlefield!

At four o'clock in the morning of the 14th, the 101st Group Army and the 105th Battle Group of the 105th Group Army, which came from the starry night, rushed to the battlefield and became the last straw that broke the camel's back!

At nine o'clock in the morning, the last shots on the battlefield fell, and the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, which had committed a heavy blood debt against the Chinese people, was completely annihilated on the plain between Yangon and Bago, from the division commander to Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi, none of the more than 20,000 people were spared, and not a single prisoner!

In addition to the military hospital left in Yangon, the criminal unit of the 18th Division was completely wiped off the map by the Allied Indo-Burma theater! ——

On the 15th, the 200th and 96th Divisions, which had refocused their forces, stormed Bago; The new 38th and new 22nd divisions attacked Insein and threatened Rangoon; The 105th Battle Group bypassed Bago and deployed on the banks of the Sahaen River to the east, preparing to meet the 31st Division withdrawn from Thailand......

At present, there is only the 49th Division that has been urgently transferred in Yangon, while the 31st Division, which is rushing back from Thailand, has been pursued and bombed by the 10th Air Force of the US Army all the way, and it is moving at a turtle speed!

On the same day, three divisions of the Sixth Army captured Chiang Mai, completely annihilated the Japanese 53rd Division and the 3rd Air Army, and were ordered to clear and attack the hinterland of Thailand; Three divisions of the 66th Army are besieging the Japanese 54th Division in Luang Prabang, Laos, and the battle is progressing well! ——

On the 19th, the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division entered Rangoon and engaged in street fighting with the Japanese 49th Division; The 200th and 96th Divisions cleared Bago, completely annihilated the 33rd Division and the 72nd Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, and then rushed to Yangon; The 105th Battle Group completely annihilated the Japanese 31st Division on the banks of the Savin River; The 66th Army captured Luang Prabang and completely annihilated the 54th Division of the Japanese Army......

On the 20th, Li Junhao arrived at Yongsheng, inspected the street fighting in Yangon, and found that the troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were still somewhat unruly, so he ordered all divisions to withdraw the attacking troops back for rest, and ordered the 108th New England Battalion and the 109th Gurkha Brigade brought by him to enter the battle.

Some of the four division commanders of the expeditionary force who were not convinced did not dare to disobey his orders, but they sent a team of observers, and at a glance they found a huge gap!

The New England battalion, with only 1,000 men, was General Panson's guard unit, half Chinese, half American and British, extremely well-equipped, and even some weapons were not seen by the officers and soldiers of the expedition, but its true combat effectiveness has always been guessed by everyone, because it has not been seen! And this time, after receiving the report from the observer, all the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force were taken aback - this is too strong!

In Li Junhao's definition, the New England battalion is completely formed and trained according to the special forces model of later generations, and fighting urban street battles is the place where the combat effectiveness can be brought into full play.

In the eyes of the observers, the Suomi KP-31 submachine gun, M87C shotgun, M1L semi-automatic sniper rifle, Browning M1918 automatic rifle, M2 vehicle-mounted large-caliber heavy machine gun, Bazooka M1 individual rocket launcher, M14 thermite grenade, MK3A2 offensive grenade and other weapons in the hands of the officers and men of the New England battalion are used in a kaleidoscopic variety of combinations, which dazzles them!

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