After receiving the telegram from Watanabe, the thunder sounded like a sunny day... The crowd said, "The hunter saw that the prey had fallen into the trap, but suddenly he found that it was not the prey that fell into the trap but himself, and the hunter's prey exchanged roles.

Two divisions of more than 40,000 imperial warriors took a strange risk, traveled through the jungle, and detoured thousands of miles away, but they finally walked into a trap. Iida felt a cold in her vest when she remembered it. If she was defeated in this battle, the Chinese general would inevitably become an indelible haze in the hearts of the imperial generals.

How to rescue Watanabe? Iida thought hard and had no choice but to order Shinichi Tanaka to strengthen the offensive, attract the Chinese army from Lashio, share some of the pressure for Watanabe, and at the same time, he urgently asked the Southern Army to search for the command headquarters.

After occupying Singapore, the main task of the Southern Army was to clear the US troops that were still insisting in Bataan and occupy the East Indies, namely Indonesia. The purpose of the Myanmar Battle was to cut off the Yunnan-Burma highway, establish a defensive barrier for the Japanese army in Southeast Asia, and wait for an opportunity to attack India if there was a chance.

Teraunuchi Soichi took advantage of the sects of the Jinpu Road Battle and no longer came to the front line to command. He moved the headquarters to Singapore and commanded the southern battle. Among all the battlefields, the Myanmar battlefield was not the focus of the Japanese army, but it attracted his attention the most because there was only one reason. The Chinese General Zhuang Jihua, the opponent who once defeated him, appeared in Myanmar again.

After receiving the news that Watanabe was frustrated under Lashio City, Soichi Teruchi and Iida were almost exactly the same as the shock, but the two reacted differently. Soichi Teruchi soon returned to normal after being shocked.

"Your Excellency, the troops led by Shinichi Tanaka are still attacking Mandalay. When they occupy Mandalay, they may not have time to arrive at Lashio. After a brief silence, Chief of Staff Nagata was first to react. The deployment of troops from both sides in the battle situation in Myanmar immediately appeared in his mind.

The main force of the squadron was in Lashio, which was no doubt about this, but in the crucial Mandalay, the Chinese General released an army. One of the divisions of this army once blocked the two divisions of Tanaka Shinichi for ten days in Tonggu. Now one of the whole army is in Mandalay, and there is no confidence in the attack of the spiral field.

As Shouyi's white eyebrows trembled, he put his hands in his pants pockets, his feet stood open, his eyes staring at Lashio on the map, as if he wanted to see through this thin drawing. Behind the various symbols, the soldiers of the two armies were fighting for themselves.

The dilemma is another dilemma. The dilemma he faced in Texas appeared in Myanmar again. If he wanted to clear the siege, he had to quickly open up the connection with Watanabe. In order to detour for thousands of miles, Watanabe did not bring almost all the heavy weapons and did not carry much ammunition. All the hopes of fighting were to conquer Lashi and get supplements from the mountains of Lashi. But now, if he failed to seize Lashi, Watanabe would soon fall into a situation where he was exhausted from ammunition and food. Not to mention seven days, he probably had to calculate the use of ammunition now.

"Ritui ordered the Air Force to drop ammunition at Watanabe." Soichi Teraunuchi quickly made the first decision. Then he pondered for a moment. He gritted his teeth and said suddenly: "Order the Fifth Flight Division to prepare and the Kumi Brigade to carry out airborne operations."

Luotian Oscar's face changed suddenly. Paratroopers were a new branch in Japan. Because the German army achieved great results in using paratroopers in the attack on Belgium, Japan also decided to form paratroopers. However, Japanese paratroopers had been in trouble since the day they were formed. Several accidents of heavy casualties occurred during training, and the military was forced to stop it. It was not until four years before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.

During the southward battle, Zai Ben threw paratroopers several times, but his performance was extremely bad or light. It was more accurate to describe it as a nightmare. Paratroopers were either airdropped over the enemy's positions or attacked by the enemy on the ground. The worst time was that during the battle on Sumatra Island more than a month ago, paratroopers were airdropped onto a three-meter-deep lake. As a result, it was self-evident that airborne combat had become the combat method that Japanese generals were least willing to adopt.

"Your Excellency," Luo Minggong was almost stopped by surprise.

"There is no other way." Shi Nai Shou waved his waves and said firmly: "There is no other way, you can only attack with paratroopers and raid the Chinese army from the flanks.

He walked to the map: "The Chinese army is attacking Watanabe, and Lashi must be empty. If this is the time, we will airdrop the paratroopers here and take advantage of the opportunity to attack Lashi. Only in this way can we turn the situation around the battle."

"But, can they do it? Given the previous achievements of the paratroopers, Nakuda attack had no confidence at all, but Teruchi no longer had any other way. He emphasized and said, "Order Xiaoyan Eira to strengthen air support to Watanabe

Ludao sighed helplessly. He knew that this was the biggest solution he could come up with. Watanabe's detour was a risk in itself and there was a great hope of success. However, if the failure was a disaster, it would be a disaster. If the troops could escape into the jungle safely, it would be a blessing.

"In the name of the Southern Army Command, I will give Tanaka a new order. I must occupy Mandalay within three days and open the passage to Lashio." Before Ludao came to his senses, Soichi Tezuka added another fierce order.

In fact, there is no need for Tsouchi Suichi to train Kotoyo...8.0...Yu Shuba has a different experience!" Yue Yun, Iida Yoshiro, was preparing to fly to Mandalay himself. Tanaka Shin-jita was divided into various parts to strengthen the attack. His deployment was very simple, but it was very threatening.

The 55th Division threw away the British troops who retreated west and turned to Mandalay, but did not attack Mandalay directly, but divided it into several routes and resolutely detoured to the side and back of the squadron. When encountering obstacles, the other troops did not approach the boat and attack together, but resolutely detoured further north or west. The blocked troops would entangle the squadron in front of them. The 35th Division adopted the same tactics on the eastern front.

The Japanese tactical changes immediately put huge pressure on Yu Chengwan. The New Forty-sixth Division, which was responsible for the defense of the Western Front, was continuously expanded to the northwest, but it still could not stop the Japanese flanks from detouring. The defense line along the Irrawaddy River was quickly broken through. The New Forty-sixth Division was forced to retreat in great strides, retreated across the east bank of the Madeya River, and established a defense line on the east bank of the Madeya River.

On the Eastern Front, the New 28th Division was already weak, and the 35th Division had a fierce offensive. It defeated the New 28th Division's defense in just one day. Liu Bolong led his troops to retreat to Mandalay. The 35th Division sent a gang to pursue it, but the main force turned to Mei Miao and rushed straight to the important strongholds on the Manla railway line.

Yu Chengwan was extremely angry and ordered Lu Ruishan to lead his troops to Meimiao overnight, then drove to the new 28th Division headquarters. When he entered the door, he cursed Liu Bolong and pointed his gun at Liu Bolong's head, ordered him to organize a counterattack immediately, drive the Japanese army out, and pull back the Japanese army's detour Meimiao troops.

In front of the furious Yu Chengwan, Liu Bolong did not dare to defend anything, and immediately organized a counterattack, gathered the division's direct regiment and the guard battalion to launch a counterattack against the pursuing Japanese army.

"Remember, Liu Bolong, if you retreat without authorization, don't blame me for not accepting the affection of Huangpu classmate!" Yu Chengwan didn't stay in the headquarters of the New 28th Division for a long time. After watching Liu Bolong organize a counterattack, he got on the bus and returned to the city.

Yu Chengwan, who was sitting in the car, was very nervous. The sudden change in the Japanese attack method made his weak force exposed his weakness. The New Forty-fourth Division also kept retreating in the face of the fierce attacks of the 18th Division and the 33rd Division. If the terrain near Mandalay was not favorable, the Japanese army would have attacked the city of Mandalay long ago.

"Commander Zhuang called". Shi Guanyi handed him a telegram in front of him. Yu Chengwan took it, which read: "Mandalay defense is a movement defense. Your mission is to delay Shinichi Tanaka and win time for the main force to annihilate the 56th and 22nd Divisions. You must be based on yourself and not change with the changes of the Japanese army, otherwise your situation will become more dangerous. The gains and losses of Mandalay are not important. What is important is that the Japanese army cannot reinforce Laxu.

"What does Commander mean? Is Mandalay's gains and losses not important?" Shi Guanzhi was very confused. Zhuang Jihua's telegram had been there for a while, but he never understood what it meant. The telegram in the morning asked them to block Mandalay for seven days. In the afternoon, he said that Mandalay's unimportant was not important, and he was a little confused.

Yu Chengwan already understood that Zhuang Jihua was telling him that he could give up Mandalay when necessary, on the premise that he had to ensure that Japanese troops could not reinforce Lashio.

He put down the telegram and walked to the map as if he was looking at the map carefully. In fact, the map had been memorable by him. Shi Guanyi walked to him and his eyes were patrolling the map.

"You, after we give up Mandalay, how about we retreat here to block it?" Yu Chengwan's finger pointed at an area north of Meimiao.

Shi Guanyi didn't think about it carefully. He was shocked by the abandonment of Mandalay. He had to give up Mandalay in just one day. In his opinion, the situation was far from that bad.

"The commander is telling us that we can give up Mandalay if necessary." Yu Chengwanyang's telegram: "But we must block the Japanese army south of Lashio, and move defense, that is, we do not have to defend here. Looking for orders is considering our troops, I guess his plan has changed.

Yu Chengwan's guess is good. Zhuang Jihua's plan has indeed changed, but it is not the Battle of Lashio, but the plan after the Battle of Lashio.

Zhuang Jihua has a big appetite. In his vision, after the Battle of Lashio, he would go the other way and use the New Eighth Army to attract Shinichi Tanaka in Mandalay. The Sixty-Sixth Army and the Honorary Division on the Western Front to conduct a counter-circumcision together, with the goal directly aiming at peace between the Tonggu Manna. At this time, the main force of the expeditionary army on the front took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, which would completely reverse the situation in Myanmar and even affect the entire Southeast Asian war.

But He Wei, who arrived in Lashio, reminded him that with one army and 50,000 troops, against more than 70,000 Japanese troops in four divisions, it would be difficult to persist even if the territory is good. Even if it persists, the price will be very high. The New Eighth Army may have lost its combat effectiveness. If this is the case, it is better to get what you can get first to avoid the loss of the New Eighth Army Tower and let the main force of the Japanese army come over, the better the north side. In the future, counterattack, and directly attack Mandalay. Call for monthly tickets to support!!!!!!
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