In the afternoon, Xue Yue and the Fifth Army were the first to rush to Mandalay.All they were greeted was ruins and wandering refugees.Xue Yue immediately went to the headquarters of the First Army with Du Yuming and found Gao Dong and Hu Xinghan in the crowd."
Senior Sir, what's going on here" Xue Yue didn't have time to say hello, and hurriedly asked about the situation in Mandalay.Gao Dong didn't speak, Hu Xinghan spread his hand and said: "Chief Xue, isn't this obvious, the devil burned Mandalay when he left, leaving us with a ruin" "The hateful Japanese devils, burning, killing and looting in our country, are still the same in Myanmar, what a bunch of brutes" Du Yuming roared angrily.Gao Dong looked at Xue Yue and said lightly: "The ferocity of the Japanese is something we can never imagine.Chief Xue, only by cooperating as much as possible and eliminating all the devils can we restore true peace to our Asian people. ”Xue Yue nodded, and then asked: "Sir Gao, where is the devil now" Gao Dong said: "The commander of the Japanese Burma Front, Kawabe Shozo, with his almost a division of troops, is currently retreating in the direction of Imphal.They were fighting the British there. ”"Imphal" Xue Yue pondered for a moment: "I also heard that the Japanese seem to have gathered more than 100,000 troops to fight the British" Gao Dong nodded: "The Japanese prisoners we captured confessed that the British dispatched two Indian troops, as well as their own three divisions, to start a decisive battle with the Japanese If the British lose, India will be at the fingertips of the Japanese" "The little devils are really greedy, they rule the country with a small projectile, and they want to swallow India before they swallow our China, how big their ambitions are."
Xue Yue roared angrily."
The top priority is to contact the British army on the Imphal side" Gao Dong looked at Xue Yue and said: "Aren't the British troops our allies, and they also asked them to come over to save them this time."
Contact them now, we will attack the Japanese army on both sides, they should be very happy" Xue Yue nodded: "Then I will immediately contact the headquarters and ask them to contact the British, I remember, the Americans are also on the Indian side now, I can contact the American side directly" "Without further ado, then hurry up and do it, otherwise when the Japanese defeat the British, it will be even more tricky" Gao Dong said.The two quickly separated, with Xue Yue's troops stationed outside the city, while Gao Dong's troops were stationed inside the city.In fact, there is no distinction between inside and outside the city at this moment, Mandalay has been burned to the ground, and there is no difference at all.Xue Yue's army had mostly arrived at night, and Gao Dong ordered his troops to take advantage of this time to distribute tents and food to the local people, hoping to help these poor people through the difficulties.Early the next morning, Gao Dong had just gotten up when Xue Yue walked in from outside."
Commander Gao, good news, Commander Sun in India has sent us a message, conveying the meaning of the Americans," Xue Yue shouted as soon as he entered the door.Gao Dong hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Commander Sun, which Commander Sun" "Commander Su Liren, he is staying with the Americans in India with the New First Army" Xue Yue said with a smile."
Don't you also have the First Army under your command," Gao Dong said in surprise."
Different formations, mine is the old First Army, and his is the newly formed First Army, which was built with the help of the Americans, and it is estimated that it will be renamed when I return to China in the future," Xue Yue said."
You said there was news, what news was there?"
asked Gao Dong hurriedly."
Oh, that's right, I contacted Commander Sun directly, and Commander Sun contacted Stilwell again.There is no problem on the American side, they welcome us very much, and have already communicated with the British, let us kill directly from the rear of the Japanese, and kill them by surprise" Xue Yue said loudly: "Now the main force of the Japanese army in Imphal is a decisive battle, which side loses, it will lose the right to speak in this area" "As long as we can defeat this Japanese army, the little devil will not be able to stand in Burma" Xue Yue excitedly said Gaodong immediately asked: "Then when will we leave" "Now, Immediately, the Japanese were already fighting the British in Imphal, and Commander Sun and they were about to go into battle.If we don't go now, I'm afraid it'll be too late," Xue Yue laughed."
Okay, then I'll prepare and command the troops to set off immediately," Gao Dong said.Xue Yue said a few more words to Gao Dong, and then returned to his headquarters, preparing to transfer the army.And Gao Dong immediately summoned Hu Xinghan and others and told them about the upcoming transfer to Imphal."
Chief of Staff, if we go to Imphal in such a hurry, will we fall for the tricks of the little devils" Hu Xinghan asked hesitantly: "After all, we are not very familiar with this area" He Sheng also hesitated: "Yes, Chief of Staff, you have to think about it carefully."
Our strength is very limited, and it will be difficult to replenish if we lose, so it is better to send a reconnaissance force over to take a look" "We can't wait so much time, let's go first, I will send Zhang Huilong to lead the Sky Wolf Team to reconnoitre, you have to believe me, this battle is definitely a battle related to the fate of both of us" Gao Dong looked at everyone calmly.Hu Xinghan and the others nodded immediately, they didn't believe anyone and couldn't believe Gao Dong."
Okay, then go back and prepare, let's go right away," Gao Dong said to everyone.After everyone left, Tang Wei and Lin Fan came over and smiled mysteriously at Gao Dong."
I can't tell them that I know that Imphal is the history of the Japanese fiasco" Gao Dong shrugged: "Okay, let's also set off to target Imphal and solve the main force of the Japanese" At noon, the First Army took the lead in advancing towards Imphal, and Xue Yue's troops rushed to Imphal from the flank.At this moment, Kawabe Shozo and his troops were retreating in the direction of Imphal in disarray.Imphal is still a long way from Mandalay, but they have been hurrying for the past two days to finally get close to Imphal."
Sir, there is still a day to go to Imphal, I heard that the exchange of fire has just begun there, and our army is in the upper hand," a devil came to the riverside to report to Shozo, with a hint of joy on his face.Hearing that his troops were gaining the upper hand, Kawabe Shozo also breathed a sigh of relief.He didn't want to just leave the land of tigers and wolves and enter the battlefield that was about to be defeated in the blink of an eye."
Murataguchi Ryoya, you bastard, it's good that you held up the battle and waited for me to come, help you, defeat the British first, and then go back and clean up the damn Shina people" Kawabe Shozo thought of this, and yelled at the devil who reported it: "Immediately order the troops to speed up, inform Commander Mutaguchi Ryoya, that we are coming with reinforcements" The "Hai" devil officer immediately turned around and left.At this moment, in the Imphal area, the Japanese army is engaged in a life-and-death battle with the British army.The two sides have been fighting for a day in a row in order to compete for a hill.The Japanese rushed up three times and were driven down three times.However, in this fourth attack, the Japanese used poison gas bombs, and the British Indian troops could no longer hold it and were about to retreat."
Report to the chief, the commander of the river has sent a telegram" Mutaguchi Ryoya, who was directing the battle, turned his head, took the telegram, and immediately read it."
Come to support me" Mutaguchi Ryoya snorted coldly: "I was so scared by the people of China that I escaped from Mandalay, I have to come to support me, as if I couldn't beat the British." ”He threw the telegram in his hand and said: "Tell the troops behind to pay attention, our riverside commander is coming, don't mistake it for the enemy" After saying that, he no longer bothered about this matter, and focused all his attention on the British.After another round of strong attacks, the British army finally did not hold the hill, and the whole line was defeated and retreated.The devil in the gas mask screamed and rushed up the hill, and planted the plaster flag on the mountain."
General Stilwell, when will the Chinese army you are talking about arrive?"
in the British headquarters, a lieutenant general shouted anxiously: "The Japanese are like a bunch of crazy people, and they even use poison gas bombs."
Our troops are not equipped with gas masks, so they can't resist them at all" On the other end of the phone, Stilwell comforted: "Don't worry, I've already contacted them."
Chinese troops are rushing from Mandalay to Imphal at full speed.Rest assured, I will lead my troops to inflict heavy blows on the Japanese from the flanks and hold back their attack.Soon, we will be able to attack the Japanese devils on both sides" As soon as Stilwell finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly, and the British lieutenant general shouted for a long time, and there was no sound from there."
Damn the Yankees, are they all such acute bastards," the British lieutenant general slammed the phone down."
Sir, the Indian division at the front is no longer supportive and has begun to retreat," a soldier ran to report to him."
Then let an Indian division go up, do you have to ask me to go," the British lieutenant general roared.At this time, Gao Dong led the First Army at full speed towards the Imphal area, and they were only two days away from the troops of Shozo on the riverside.Gao Dong did not let the armored forces go first, but advanced with the large army.And on the way forward, he also let all the Kunming planes enter the Myitkyina and Mandalay areas, using the Japanese airfield.At the same time, the planes also brought a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies, and the national army also dispatched more than 50 planes to transport all kinds of materials to Mandalay Airport for the expeditionary force.But Gao Dong couldn't wait for those supplies to be delivered to the troops, and he had more important things to do, that is, to cut off the supply lines of the Japanese.Just as the troops were advancing rapidly, Zhang Huilong hurried back to the main army with his squad."
Captain, the Japanese transport and supply lines have been discovered, and we are only a day's journey away," Zhang Huilong reported."
Great, come over and tell me all the details," Gao Dong said excitedly.aa2705221: