Hun Yisu said with a wry smile! Send two points, far away from Lashio, we only follow the small platoon here, mainly playing a warning role, but until now we have not received any news from these two platoons... There is another reason, it is in the jungle."

Xiao Yisu’s implication is that no matter how many troops are placed here, it is not safe, it is easy to be attacked, and it is difficult to rescue. Now the New 22nd Division and the Oral Army are interspersed here, and their actions are very difficult. Especially heavy weapons are difficult to pass through in the jungle.

But Stilwell still finds it difficult to understand: "We should send a force out of the city to attack the Japanese army, delay their speed, and buy time for the New Twenty-Second Division and the Oral Army."

Xiao Yisu did not understand Zhuang Jihua's decision very well. Shi Wei insisted, and he spread his hands helplessly. Zhuang Jihua sighed: "From yesterday to today, I estimate that Watanabe's reduction will be at least 30% of its troops, and his total strength will be calculated at 50,000. There are still 35,000 people. After deducting the blocking forces of Lapopa Mountain and Papani Mountain, there are at least 30,000 people in his hands. The troops in the city can send up at most 2,000 people. Secondly, Watanabe has no logistics. He wants to retreat into the jungle. Even if we don't chase him, he will have to reduce his troops by more than 30%. His only chance to turn defeat into victory is to seize Lashi, so as long as Lashi is in our hands, we will win 70% of this battle."

Stilwell despised him. He disagreed with Zhuang Jihua's spirit very much. He felt that this victory might fade because of Zhuang Jihua's timidity. But if Zhuang Jihua insisted on this, he could not do anything. He snorted coldly, and Stilwell turned around and left the military headquarters. He didn't want to stay here to see Zhuang Jihua's face anymore.

A staff officer stood at the door, let him walk by, and then quickly came in to report: "Chief Huang of the Gu Army, the 10th Division of the Honorary Army had defeated the Japanese army on Mount Papani and killed the Japanese corps leader Colonel Dasong; at present, he is leading the New Sixty-fourth and New Fifty-third Divisions to advance towards Quzhagu, and Commander Xia leads the Honorary Army to encircle and annihilate the Dasong Army, and then advance into Laxu."

"Order Xia Yanglin to leave some troops to encircle and suppress the remaining enemies, and the remaining troops immediately went to Lashi and participated in the battle to encircle and annihilate Watanabe." Zhuang Jihua was not happy for Xia Yanglin's rapid breakthrough and defeated the Dasong Regiment, but cursed with some angrily: "What is Xia Yanglin doing? Is it worth a little bit of the remaining enemies? Big Head is here, and there are at least 30,000 here. Tell him to arrive at Lashi within three hours."

The battle on Mount Papani was both the same as that of Mount Rapopa. The Dasong United arrived at Mount Papani only a few minutes earlier than the Honorary 10th Division. Both sides discovered each other almost at the same time. The battle broke out and then entered a fierce battle.

Wang Tuozi did not leave any backup at the beginning and devoted all his strength to the attack. The two sides fought fiercely around the hills on both sides of the highway. Chinese soldiers rushed to the hills twice and were counterattacked by the Japanese army twice. After Xia Yanglin led the follow-up troops to arrive, the battle immediately spread to both sides.

Xia Yanglin's style has long been infused with every company of the Honorary Tenth Division. When the troops fight, they will never stop fighting, crazy, crazy, and no matter how crazy, the shells are still exploding on the hill, and the troops will start to rush up. Before they retreat in front, the troops behind will surge up.

Dasong was completely attracted by Xia Yanglin's attack on the front. All his troops were put into the offensive to block Xia Yanglin. Du Zhenfan's brigade, who was detouring from Lulu Mountain Pass, successfully detoured to the side of Dasong Company. Then he launched three regiments and rushed into the back of Dasong United.

Du Zhenfan's assault caught Dasong off guard, and he was rushed to the command center by Du Brigade. Dasong was frightened and furious, and personally led his troops to counterattack. The two sides started a melee near the command center. Dasong was shot to pieces by machine guns, and the entire unit was annihilated. The Japanese army that lost command was quickly defeated under front and back attacks.

While the hills on both sides were still fighting fiercely, Chen Mingren led the New 64th Division to the battlefield. He observed the fierce battles on the hills on both sides, and then ordered the engineer battalion to clear the road. The engineer battalion braved the artillery fire and rushed onto the road sandwiched between the two mountains and quickly cleared the road.

The engineering battalion was still clearing the road, but Chen Mingren couldn't wait. He got into his jeep, waved his hand, and led the way into the valley. The gunfire on the hills on both sides was still fierce.

The Japanese army had no time to destroy the roads in the valley. They blasted some rocks from the mountain to block the roads. The engineers blasted the rocks a few times. Then they moved the small stones aside. The Japanese army on the mountain could only watch as the squadron cleared the roads, and the brigade quickly rushed through the valley and rushed north.

Chen Mingren's New Sixty-fourth Division passed shortly after. Huang Botao led the army headquarters and the new 53rd Division also arrived. Huang Botao ordered the troops to pass through the valley before getting off the car. He picked up the phone in the car and told Xia Yanglin to clear the remaining enemies in the shortest time, and then immediately advanced towards Laxu. When Huang Botao arrived, the gunshots at the top of the mountain had basically subsided. After the Japanese army found that the corps headquarters had been eliminated, the Japanese army on the mountain adopted different approaches. The Japanese Fujisawa Brigade on the left side chose to continue to hold on, while the Matsumoto Brigade on the right side chose to break through.

When the main force passed by, Xia Yanglin decided to free up and annihilate the remaining enemies. He asked Wang Tuozi to be responsible for surrounding the "Fujisawa brigade, and he led Du Zhenfan's brigade and Meng Zuhui's brigade to chase and kill the remaining enemies.

Seeing his soldiers chasing the fleeing Japanese troops all over the mountains, Xia Yanglin was filled with pride. It took less than an hour to conquer Lulu Mountain Pass. It took less than an hour to completely defeat the Dasong United. At the same time, he was proud of the troops he trained and proud of himself.

His pride did not last long, and Zhuang Jihua's telegram arrived. When he visited the telegram, Xia Yang and Lin Si thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Order Du Zhenfan to continue chasing the fleeing Japanese army, order Wang Xizi to end the battle within half an hour, order Lin Shujing to immediately send the troops to join me and go to Lashio. Damn Watanabe runs so fast.

Chen Mingren, the knife, had dropped his heavy weapons, divided the troops into three routes and entered the jungle, and advanced quickly towards the Quzha River Valley. Huang Botao led the military headquarters and the New Fifty-third Division to follow closely three kilometers behind.

It was dawn and the situation on the battlefield had completely changed. The gunshots around Lashio were gradually fading away. Stilwell stood at the east gate, and the Chinese soldiers around were cleaning the battlefield. The battle situation at the east gate was not fierce, but the traces of the battle were very eye-catching, with traces of explosions, blood, corpses, and bullet shells all over the ground.

Stilwell was walking on the top of the city. He stopped at a gap, with several sandbags piled up in the gap. He fell to death in disgust at the Japanese corpse below the gap. Then he looked up at the distance.

The distiller turned into defense to offense. On the way back to the construction, the fierce brigade received an order to attack the Japanese army from the flanks. The Japanese army, who were collecting the troops, ignored the flank defense and was broken through by the Hongkou brigade. The Japanese army was immediately in chaos, and Gao Yinra took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, so the Japanese army responsible for restraining the distillers was completely in chaos and could no longer organize effective defense.

The attack of the 3rd Division restrained the main force of the Japanese army that was retreating eastward. Masao Watanabe, who was worried about the constant defeat, was already a little numb. He drew a call, and the corps launched a counterattack against the Killed Division. The main force continued to retreat eastward.

The counterattack in the northeast of Lashio continued, but Shi Mawei judged from the gunfire that the Japanese army was retreating. He was very worried about whether the New 22nd Division and the Gu Army could arrive in time and block the Japanese army's way to flee east.

A call came from behind, but Stilwell turned around and it was Logan and Webber Charles. Webber's chest was still hung with a camera that he had brought from there. Stilwell nodded calmly to the three of them. After Logan arrived in Lashio, he met Webber and Charles outside the military command center, so the three of them walked together. Webber was still shooting an interview at Weston when the battle between Weston was the most intense.

"Has the Japanese retreated? Little Logan came over and stood stomping his mouth, but Webber picked up the camera and took pictures everywhere. Charles also stood beside the door, holding his hand on the city wall, and turning his eyes to the place where gunfire sounded in the distance.

"To be precise, it should be a retreat." Stilwell's tone was calm. His argument with Zhuang Jihua could only be retained within the Expeditionary Force, and journalists must not be exposed to the newspaper.

Logan was a little surprised. The Japanese army, who had a fierce attack last night, retreated in just a few hours. He sighed and said with a little bitterness: "This is a victory at the cost of Ren'anqiang, General Shibawei. What do you think?"

Stilwell said lightly: "I think General Zhuang Jihua must have different opinions on this issue.

"General, the Japanese army is retreating, why aren't they chasing?" Charles turned his head and asked, he had already noticed that Stilwell's expression was a little quiet. It was not the mood that a general who was about to win should have, and it was inappropriate for him to appear on the city wall now, but should command the battle at the command center.

"There are troops pursuing it." Stilwell also felt that his emotions were wrong. Li Hai mobilized his emotions and looked excited: "We have two armies pursuing the Japanese army, please rest assured. You will see the results soon.

"It's nothing difficult to understand. After Weber took a few photos, he came over and was very excited: "General Zhuang is such a magical person. He designed a trap for the Japanese. He knew that the Japanese left was going to attack Lashi, so he left the 58th Army in Lashi. Now that Lashi is in our hands, it is difficult for the Japanese to escape unscathed. The war situation in Myanmar is possible."

"I'm very puzzled. Since the Japanese are retreating, why are the soldiers in the city not chasing?" Logan seemed to have to find out the loopholes in the Chinese.
Chapter completed!