When the commander of the 232nd Division, Xu Zhuoyue, heard that the two and a half divisions here were all wrapped up by them, he immediately asked them what to do.

"Your troops have just changed their clothes, and they have only undergone tactical exercises. When they came, Brother Bin sent me a telegram saying that your commander may not be familiar with the use of weapons, so let you be the reserve team. At the same time, you two division commanders will follow us and watch this battle.

Of course, our meaning is not that you can't fight. You are all from the old Red Army. You must be better than us. We are afraid that you are not familiar with weapons. Our tactics in the past are no longer suitable for the current weapons. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Brother Bin wants you to come here to observe this time. At the same time, as the general reserve team, Brother Bin is worried that the troops of the 18th Division will intersperse from the side to assist the 33rd Division and 55th Divisions in defense.

Once our reconnaissance unit discovers that the 18th Division's troops are in action, you must start the action. If they do not act, when fighting, I will order each division to draw a regiment of troops out and go out to fight together. Do you think it's okay?" Li Qinwei said very cautiously.

He didn't dare to be arrogant in front of these people. When these people started fighting, they were still a little brat fighting. In order to take care of their emotions, Li Qinwei said very carefully.

"What, as a reserve team, when we were in Shandong, we were the main force. Why did we become the reserve team when we got here? No, no, this one can't do it!" Xu Zhuoyue said with dissatisfaction when he heard Li Qinwei put the two of them in the reserve team.

"Yes, don't worry, we can take theirs too. If you let us be the first-tier attack force, we promise to take it down for you!" Liu Wenhai, the commander of the 234th Division, also shouted.

"This is really not possible. This is Brother Bin's order. You come here this time to observe. To be honest, all your five divisions need to be observed. Brother Bin can only allow you to serve as the main attacking force. Now it is not possible. Commander Xu and Commander Wang are your old subordinates. If you ask him, we really don't mean to look down on you.

The troops have changed their clothes, not according to the previous style of playing. You have only changed clothes for 3 months, and these 3 months have been trained in jungle combat. You have never trained large-scale combat. Now we are not at ease to let you serve as the main attacking force." Li Qinwei said very tactfully.

"Yes, the old company commander, it's really not possible. We don't want to compete for this credit. In Brother Bin's troops, there is no need to compete for credit. Each unit will have many battles to fight, the premise is that it can withstand it.

I believe you have no problem with the old company commander, but the grassroots commanders below may not work. The current weapons and equipment have very high requirements for grassroots commanders.

And I also heard that after a while, Brother Bin will pick out some grassroots officers with rich combat experience from the troops of our divisions to serve as deputys, and also pick out some people from your troops to our troops to serve as deputys. Communication and use will allow our grassroots commanders to quickly master the current tactics. Old company commander, we really don’t want to compete with you for credit!" Wang Changhe looked at Xu Zhuoyue and said.

"It's really different?" Xu Zhuoyue felt a little convinced when he heard Wang Changhe say this, but he still wanted to fight for it.

"You will know when we fight tonight. You can evaluate in your heart whether your grassroots commander can do it! Now we are not the time to build Hanyang. If you can reduce casualties, you must minimize them. If the casualties are too serious, Brother Bin will get angry. If you have good fruits to eat at that time.

Brother Bin has always emphasized the casualty ratio. If a battle exceeds Brother Bin's expectations, it will be quite troublesome if it is caused by the commander. Brother Bin will not let it go easily." Wang Changhe said to Xu Zhuoyue.

"Okay, let's watch. Then we will mobilize a regiment's troops to follow you, right?" Liu Wenhai heard this, thought for a while, and spoke.

"Okay, I thought I could get a big battle this time!" Xu Zhuoyue said with some excitement.

"There will be some. Follow Brother Bin, you are not afraid of fighting without a war, you are afraid that you are unwilling to fight!" Li Qinwei said with a smile.

"That's good!" Xu Zhuoyue nodded.

"Come on, brothers, this is a map sent by the special forces regiment. The enemy's location and many troops are marked now. Commander Wang, let's assign combat missions!" Li Qinwei said as he took the map from the staff officer behind, spread it on the ground, and several people looked around the map.

At this time, Xiang Feng walked away. He now had a map sent by the special forces regiment. He wanted to summon the commanders below him to see how to fight and how to quickly break through the Japanese defense line.

However, in Mandalay, Yoshijiro Iida has been restless. He felt that something would always happen, but he didn't know what was going on.

"Commander, what's wrong?" A staff officer saw Iida Yoshiro paced outside the command center in annoyance, and immediately went over and asked.

"I don't know, I always feel that something bad is going to happen, but now we are fighting on the front line very well. The commander mobilized two divisions to rush to our side. Logically speaking, it is impossible for major events to happen in the near future. The only thing that brings variables is Hu Bin. However, according to the reconnaissance of our reconnaissance planes, there is no sign of the enemy moving towards us.

From the direction of the British retreat, Hu Bin's troops did not move. If they move, the British troops should retreat to Myitkyina, rather than to retreat to the north. Huh!" Iida Yoshiro sighed with his hands behind his back.

He didn't know what was wrong now, because from the intelligence he analyzed, he was sure of the British retreating troops. Now the British troops were surrounded by him and could not escape at all, but why he was so confused and could not explain it.

"Report, headquarters telegram!" A staff officer came to Yoshijiro Iida with a telegram and reported.

"Yo Xi!" Iida Xiangjiro heard this, took the telegram and started reading it.

The telegram was sent by Okamura Yasuji. He reminded Iida Xiangjiro to pay attention to the movements of Hu Bin's army, and not to be confused by appearances, and to carefully consider the possible changes behind the appearances.

In addition, when asking for Iida Xiangjiro, you must be vigilant, especially in Mandalay, don’t let Hu Bin’s troops successfully attack. Once the attack is successful, not only will the 15th Army troops be in trouble, but also the 25th Army defending Gu Lihuang’s 25th Army, because if Hu Bin’s troops occupy Mandalay, it will be equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the 15th Army and the 25th Army of the Japanese.

"Damn it, how do I know what Hu Bin wants to do?" After seeing the telegram, Yoshiro Iida cursed. He was actually worried about Hu Bin's troops, but what's the use of worrying about it.

"Send a telegram to the commander, I will pay attention to Mandalay's defense, and I will order the troops on the front line to end the encirclement of Britain as soon as possible. If possible, I want to order my troops to force British troops to surrender, so that our troops will retreat from the front line may be safer." Yoshiro Iida said to the staff officer just now.

"Hi!" The staff officer went to send a message immediately, and Iida Xiangjiro followed in, went to the front of the command center's map, took the information and looked carefully. He wanted to find out the possible actions Hu Bin could take from this information.

Okamura Nishiji in Yangon soon received a telegram from Iida Yoshiro. After seeing his telegram, Okamura Nishiji also sat there and thought carefully.

"When did Hu Bin's troops arrive here?" Okamura Nishi suddenly asked.

The chief of staff next to him heard it and immediately replied: "It was 9 days ago that our reconnaissance plane discovered that Hu Bin's troops were building fortifications. And they were all built at night. We couldn't see Hu Bin's troops at all during the day. We didn't know where Hu Bin's troops were hiding, because there were primeval forests everywhere, and our reconnaissance planes could not find his troops."

"Yoxi. This is Hu Bin's style. When he fights, he always likes to hide it and does not want to be discovered by our reconnaissance planes. It seems that our front line may be attacked by Hu Bin's troops at any time, and it is possible at any time. Maybe Hu Bin's troops are not far from our front line, waiting for us to get dark!" Okamura Yanji heard him say this, and felt in his heart that Hu Bin's troops must have taken action.

He knew Hu Bin very well. He fought two battles with Hu Bin and lost twice. He still learned a lesson. He knew that Hu Bin liked to use the woods and the dark night to march.

"It's impossible. There are primeval forests everywhere here. They just arrived here and didn't even know the terrain. Why did they come here?" The chief of staff said in disbelief when he heard this.

"No, you don't know. In Hu Bin's opinion, this is not difficult at all. Just march along the main road." Okamura Yasuji heard it and immediately shook his head and said.

"If this happens, we must remind the troops in front to pay attention to Hu Bin's troops!" The chief of staff heard it and looked at him nervously and said.

"We don't know what Hu Bin's purpose is, whether it is the divisions of our 15th Army on the front line, or the Mandalay. If it is the troops in front, it is a good thing. At least Hu Bin's troops will not rush to Mandalay and will not cut off the retreat of our 15th Army and 25th Army.

If it is to go to Mandalay, it will be really troublesome. If Hu Bin really wants to fight, it means he is ready to fully defeat Mandalay and defend Mandalay." Okamura Yasuji said with great concern. He knew Hu Bin very well.
Chapter completed!