Iida Shojiro was completely unhappy at this time

"Report, I just issued an l to several other places, because on Malai, Chinese troops have broken through the defense line, and the entire Malai defense line has lost its meaning of defense. I ordered them to build anti-tank fortifications, and are now rushing to repair it," said a consultant who came to Yoshijiro Iida and said.

"Yoxi" Yoshiro Iida nodded, then became silent again.

"Reported, Commander Masaichi Inada sent a telegram. Now they are asking for support, and his troops are suffering heavy casualties." A staff officer ran over with the telegram and said.

"What should I support him? The troops on the Malai defense line are half of our entire Mandalay. Now that they are fighting like this, will I dare to send more troops to reinforce him? Tell him that when it is dark, retreat on the entire line and retreat to different defense lines," said Yoshijiro Iida.

"Hi" the staff officer left immediately.

"Report, commander-in-chief telegram, Yangon once again mobilized 4 divisions to our side, so we must stick to it for 2 months." Then another staff officer came.

"I get it," Yoshijiro Iida said.

The staff officer finished reporting and left.

"Commander, we should arrange the defense lines between Meiliu and Madeya. I think Hu Bin will probably not let the front-line troops retreat. After all, they have tank troops. If our troops leave the defense line, the casualties will probably be greater. And whether they can retreat is really unknown," said the chief of staff next to him, looking at Yoshijiro Iida.

"I know, but they must withdraw, otherwise our troops will not be enough. I thought the Malai defense line could defend Hu Bin's troops for a month, but I didn't expect that it would take a day without defending it.

The most important thing is that our air force is gone. Hu Bin will use the period when we have no air force support to attack our defensive positions. Now it is consumed. We use the lives of infantry to buy more time. The new airport is already being built. I think, in just one week, we can counterattack.

Therefore, those troops of Malai must retreat before they can be eliminated. Otherwise, when the counterattack is time, our troops may not be enough. "Iida Shojiro is very clear about the current situation. He knows that without the support of the Air Force, relying on their army alone may not be a rival to China's troops.

Not to mention anything else, I just reported that their Japanese tanks are not the opponent of Chinese tanks at all. Japanese troops have no way to face Chinese tanks. Therefore, with the help of tanks, Chinese troops attack faster.

"But, Commander, do you think Malai's troops can withdraw, we don't know the casualties there yet. From now until dark, there are still six or seven hours. Chinese troops will definitely seize the time to attack our defense line. The casualties at that time are not something we can expect," the chief of staff said, looking at Sora Iida and said.

"Then retreat now," Yoshijiro Iida looked up at him and asked.

"I, I don't mean that. I mean, we have to find a way to suppress the attack speed of Hu Bin's troops and set up the defense line behind. Now Hu Bin's troops have attacked Malai. If they directly attack Madeya or Meiliao in the next step, then our Mandalay will be directly exposed to Hu Bin's troops.

In this case, Mandalay will be in danger. I think our air force will not be able to support us in the short term." The Chief of Staff looked at him and said, not suggesting that Malay's troops retreat now, but hope to arrange the defense line behind.

"I know it needs to be arranged. Now our other defense lines are also strengthening the layout of anti-tank defense lines, but I know how long Hu Bin can give us," said Iida Xiangjiro sighing.

On Malai's side, the battle continued. Now the Chinese troops have taken the initiative in the battlefield. After the 231st and 233rd Divisions came, the infantry of the Armored Division and the infantry of the 99th Division were replaced and they started to eat.

"Come on, the instant noodles are ready. There is bacon and pickles here. Come here to cook." The soldiers of the cooking squad carried a large pot of noodles to the place where the soldiers rested.

When the soldiers heard this, they all stood up. After the soldiers in the kitchen put the noodles in the bowl, the soldiers went directly to serve them, and then picked up pickles and bacon by themselves.

Then he went to the trench and ate it directly. Some soldiers sat directly on the Japanese corpses because there was really no place to stay. It was quite unsafe to stay on the ground, and it was safer in the trench.

The veterans were already very familiar with this scene and started eating directly, while the recruits looked at the noodles, then looked at the corpses under their feet, and the fishy smell of blood inside their noses, which could not be eaten at all.

"Find a cleaner place to eat. When you see that the air raid shelter is not there, you may have to eat better when you go inside." When a squad leader saw that the recruits in his squad couldn't eat at all, he took the chopsticks and pointed to the air raid shelter not far away and said to the recruit.

"Squad leader, I really can't eat it. I just vomited, and the sour water was spitting out." The soldier begged to look at his squad leader.

"If you don't want to die, just eat it for me. If you think we are willing to eat in such a place, why do you fight in the afternoon? You think we are here to play, we are here to fight, and you have no physical strength. You can fight a big fight. Besides, if you don't eat enough, you want to become a starving ghost after you die. Go there and eat. Go quickly. If you dare to fall down, I will beat you to death." The squad leader's face turned cold and he said to the recruits.

"Yes" the recruits were unhappy and walked into the air-raid shelter with their faces. There was nothing inside, and the Japanese corpses were outside. Slowly, many recruits walked into the air-raid shelter and squatted inside to have a meal.

They dare not not eat. If they don’t eat, they will not have the energy to fight. If they don’t have the energy to fight, they will likely be beaten to death by the Japanese. The soldiers gritted their teeth and swallowed the noodles, and the meat did not move at all, so they dared not eat them. When they brought the noodles out, they handed the bowl to the squad leader to see.

"Eat the meat, this is a good thing. Do you think there is too much meat in our country? This is something that the people are reluctant to eat, so they sell it to our troops. After eating it, the squad leader saw that the meat was still in the bowl, and immediately scolded the soldier.

"I, I, went in and ate," the squad leader widened his eyes and shouted at the warrior.

"What's going on?" At this time, the instructor came over.

The "instructor" squad leader stood up straight.

"Why don't you eat meat, you can't eat it?" The instructor asked with a smile when he saw that the bacon in the soldier's bowl had not moved.

"Yes, I can't eat anymore." The soldier lowered his head and nodded.

"If you can't eat, you have to eat it. If you don't eat it, there is no meat. You have to know that if you don't eat it, many veterans will rush to eat it. Why do they still want you to eat it? Because they know that there is oil and water in their stomachs, they can hold on to hunger. Don't look at what we can eat now, and don't know when we eat it at night. You can only eat it at night.

"So too, by the way, how are you, squad leader Wang?" The squad leader called Lao Zhou asked the deputy squad leader.

"Hu, Made, I didn't get through. I left before I was sent to the hospital behind." After saying that, the deputy squad leader turned around and left. After hearing this, Lao Zhou sighed in his heart, then squatted down and sat there smoking.

The recruits and soldiers also squatted down.

"Listen more to the veterans and do what they say, so that they can save their lives," Lao Zhou said to the new recruit.

"I know, thank you squad leader," said the recruit soldier.

"What are you grateful for? I was taught by the old squad leader back then. Now the company commander of the 3rd Company" Lao Zhou said with a smile.

"Squad leader, when will we fight? We have been fighting for a whole morning this morning," the recruit asked, looking at Lao Zhou.

"We are about to go up. We will change the troops of the other two divisions. They will also have to have dinner. I don't know when the battle will take place." Old Zhou shook his head and said. To be continued.

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Chapter completed!