Since the surprise attack of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, the direction of the Wanjiang River is no longer safe, because of the absolute advantage of easy to defend and difficult to attack on the terrain, Jiang Haoran only arranged one regiment to garrison when he left, and originally expected to add another division after the arrival of the Qing First Army, but now Dai Anlan suddenly transferred the British division of Huo Malin, which made Jiang Haoran feel that there was something wrong with the Qing First Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The telegram for verification was sent, and Huang Jie quickly called back, and sure enough, the Qingyi Army marched slowly, two days passed, the follow-up troops had not yet completed the assembly work, and the forward troops had not even arrived at the India-Burmese border. It was expected that a third of the troops would march into Indodo within five days, and that all the troops would be in place within seven days, but it now appears that this date will be extended indefinitely.

Most of the training camps of the Qingyi Army are in the area of Imphal and Ramgar, and the area is still concentrated, and it does take some time to gather 150,000 troops in a hurry, but the order to assemble has been issued three days ago, and it can be completed no matter what, and the five-day period is almost all used on the road, from Imphal to Indo, it is more than 300 kilometers away, not to mention that there is more than enough time, but it is definitely enough to be positive.

Jiang Haoran knew that this must be Gu Lian and Tang Enbo playing tricks in it, and according to the inertial thinking of the party-state's "loyal ministers and good generals", they completely existed to wait for the expeditionary force to be almost consumed, and then form a situation of opposing the expeditionary force with absolute superiority in the expeditionary force, so as to form the power of the Qingyi Army in the expeditionary force.

Whether they have this kind of idea, Jiang Haoran now doesn't care about it, and immediately ordered Mei Xiangcao to draft a telegram and send it directly to Tang Enbo, the commander of the Green First Army, with a little threat in the message of consolation, which means that Tang Enbo can clearly understand the situation and not become a substitute for some ill-intentioned people, if because of the delay of the Blue First Army's fighter plane, resulting in heavy casualties in the expeditionary force, or even the serious consequences of losing Yingduo, he Jiang Haoran will not kill him, and the chairman of the committee will have to shoot him.

The wording of the message was not harsh, and Jiang Haoran also rarely played the card of family affection, calling Tang Enbo an old chief.

Jiang Haoran's host predecessor was the company commander of the 89th Division, and the 89th Division at that time belonged to the battle sequence of the 31st Group Army, and the commander-in-chief of the 31st Group Army at that time was Tang Enbo, so this "old commander" is also a fact, at this critical moment, Jiang Haoran is unwilling to intensify the contradictions, if he can pull Tang Enbo into his own camp, this is far easier than using violent means to digest this army, at least it will look much better.

The day passed quickly, the weather was still clear, and it seemed as if the rainy season had passed.

In order to prepare for the Japanese air attack, the sky was already full of smoke before dawn, and the smoke array still did not stop.

But at dawn, the troops on the southern front suddenly discovered that the Japanese had built a defensive position in front of them, but until the evening, the Japanese did not take any action, only hurried to build fortifications.

It was the troops marching along the railway, they were a day faster than the Japanese troops on the road, perhaps the aura of the expeditionary force was waiting for them to frighten them, so they did not choose to attack immediately, and at the same time, without the support of artillery fire, the fear of the expeditionary force's helicopters was probably also a major reason.

At night, Huang Jie called and informed him that the vanguard of a division of the Qingyi Army would march into Yingduo tomorrow, and the follow-up troops would follow up immediately, only one day later than the scheduled time.

Jiang Haoran knew that Tang Enbo still listened to his words after all, no matter what he thought, at least the current crisis was lifted, which was good news for Jiang Haoran, the goal had been achieved, and it was good news, as for whether Tang Enbo would be included in his lineup in the future, this alone could not explain the problem, after all, the gains and losses of Yingduo in front of him were related to the future and fate of the entire China, and even the future and fate of the entire Allied Army, and he Tang Enbo could not afford this responsibility.

The troops in western Yunnan also received news that the First Army and the 71st Army had changed from an offensive state to a defensive state, and the enemy had no movement to counterattack due to the shortage of supplies.

In Songshan, Su Peng and Liu Dakun's earthwork progress has been slow, and so far they have only advanced 100 meters, digging from the mountainside to the bottom of the mountaintop, at least a distance of more than 300 meters. To blow up a hill, the amount of explosives required is certainly not a small amount, which requires that the hole should not be too small, which also increases the difficulty of earthwork, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to dig to the bottom of the mountain within ten days.

Chu Zhongtian, Su Peng, and Liu Dakun jointly sent a telegram, requesting to give up the earthwork and continue to attack by force, even if it was to catch one or two thousand soldiers, they also hoped to use the fastest speed to take Songshan, Jiang Haoran was in danger, which made them a little impatient.

But this plan was vetoed by Jiang Haoran, and the troops continued to carry out the earthwork work, not that he was reluctant to carry out the earthwork of 20,000 soldiers, but in a few years, he had seen too many deaths, and the enemy's or his own people also deeply understood the meaning of "one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither", and his heart has long been like iron stone.

But he knew very well that the Songshan fortress was so strong that he was afraid that he would not be able to open the Songshan Pass after sacrificing tens of thousands of soldiers, which would be the nightmare of the Chinese army, so he would rather personally lead these divisions to fight the enemy to the death than dare to take this risk.

The time soon came to September 7, the seventh day of Chiang Haoran's campaign and the third day of his entry into Lashio.

The 1st Guards Division of the Japanese Army finally reached the front of Lashio, perhaps foreshadowing a fierce battle on this day, and the weather was sunny for two or three days in a row, but it rained heavily at dawn, and it did not stop until 8 o'clock in the morning.

Perhaps it was because of this torrential rain that the Japanese fighters and bombers that had been circling around Lashio for the past two days were nowhere to be seen today, but the Japanese army seemed to be a little impatient to wait for this moment.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the sound of intensive bombardment sounded in all three directions of the Lashio front, and the Japanese army began to bomb indiscriminately, especially in the south, after all, the troops on the periphery had no logistical troubles, and the bombing was completely assured and bold, and it was simply a matter of smashing the heads of the new 38th and 28th divisions of the expeditionary force without any money, and the bombardment took nearly half an hour before it ended.

The heavy rain immediately dissipated the smoke of the artillery attack, and the dense Japanese troops had already appeared on the river beach on the opposite bank, all kinds of suppressive firepower began to play freely, and the sappers were ready to build pontoon bridges.

There are many rivers in Burma, and the defense line of the new 38th Division is to rely on a small river to unfold, this small river is called Nandu River, from Tangji and Xibao all the way to the west, and finally flows into the Inovady River, which belongs to a small stream of the Inouwady River, which is not more than fifty or sixty meters wide, because the Mekong River in the north of Lashio intercepts a large amount of water flow, so the usual water flow is not large, only after the heavy rain, the water flow increases, forming a rushing and roaring situation.