After the Japanese reinforcements and supplies arrived, this bitter battle would definitely be indispensable in the future, and Jiang Haoran ordered the entire line of troops to enter a state of high alert and be ready to meet the battle at any time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When night fell, a large number of transport planes began to appear in the sky over Lashio, and a white parachute landed leisurely under the guidance of torches, and after several days of airdropping, the ammunition and medicine consumed by the expeditionary force have been replenished.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiang Haoran got in touch with Ye Zhaofeng in the sky through a walkie-talkie, and ordered him to take advantage of the night to pursue the hiding place of the Japanese naval ships along the Inovady River.

Ye Zhaofeng responded that they had just made some attempts, but the Japanese navy was obviously prepared, the anti-aircraft fire was very strong, the dive bombing was difficult to achieve, and the ships were very scattered, especially in the case of insufficient light, it was almost impossible for high-altitude bombs to accurately throw aerial bombs on ships.

As soon as Ye Zhaofeng said this, Jiang Haoran could only give up, after all, these pilots could not have eagle-like eyes, nor could they use their own flying skills to measure them.

That night, Jiang Haoran ordered the troops to prepare wet firewood, the devil had been stopped for a few days, plus the reinforcements and supplies had been fully prepared, and the attack time would not be too far. The weather is getting better day by day, and it is basically unrealistic to expect bad heavy rain days, and the air force of the Japanese army has to use smoke arrays.

Sure enough, the next day, before the day was completely dawn, the Japanese launched a surprise attack, and the south, west, and north directions began shelling almost simultaneously.

But the little devil underestimated Jiang Haoran's cunning, yesterday night, the defense line of the expeditionary force had retreated for nearly ten miles, except for a small number of bewildered troops on the forward position, all the fortifications were full of Japanese corpses, and the weapons placed on the trenches were all captured on the battlefield.

The expeditionary force has more than 30,000 casualties, the defense line is too long to lose the compactness and cohesion of the team, coupled with the hot weather, the forward position is full of corpses that the Japanese army did not have time to take away, the smell of corruption is too strong, for a long time in this environment, soldiers are easy to get sick, seriously affecting combat effectiveness, so Jiang Haoran withdrew the troops overnight, who knew that the mistake actually made the little devil waste thousands of shells in vain.

The new fortifications began to be built three days ago, and the army acted in unison, with very high efficiency and sufficient time, and the current fortifications are far stronger than the fortifications of the first line of defense, which have been ploughed by artillery fire I don't know how many times.

The artillery attack began in the early morning, and the Japanese army also planned to have a vigorous attack today, but they did not expect to end up ravaging the corpses of their own dead soldiers, and after the expeditionary force retreated, countless mines were planted along the way, all of which were Japanese army's Type 93 anti-tank mines and Type 13 amphibious mines.

For a whole morning, the Japanese army used all the demining and burning the corpses of the dead soldiers, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, the troops were able to march to the front line of the expeditionary force, and then hurriedly inspected the terrain, built fortifications, and erected artillery positions.

On the third day, that is, on the 18th of September, the fourth day of Liang Xiaotian's seven-day appointment, the Japanese army finally launched an attack again, and this time there was no main attack or assist in the three directions, several divisions and regiments pressed up on the whole line, the artillery bombarded the infantry, the infantry rushed after the artillery bombardment, and continued to fight during the day and at night, and the planes also dropped some aerial bombs from high altitude from time to time through layers of smoke.

In this way, the Japanese army pressed the expeditionary force for three days and three nights without stopping, and the casualties of the expeditionary force rose sharply, and once again fell sharply by nearly half, from the initial 90,000 people to only more than 30,000, thanks to the Sino-Mi joint flight team taking advantage of the night time to carry out several large-scale air raids on the Japanese army, to a certain extent, suppressing the Japanese offensive, otherwise the situation would have been even worse.

By the fourth day, the defense line of the expeditionary force had to shrink again, retreating ten miles, at this time there were only ten miles left from Lashio City, which was also their last line of defense.

Of course, when that time comes, it means that Lashio's expeditionary force is basically finished.

Because of the hope, the Japanese army's attack became more desperate and frenzied, and Jiang Haoran was facing more and more threats, if he couldn't wait for reinforcements, I am afraid he would not be able to hold out for a few days.

The front of the Matsuyama position.

Jiang Haoran reached the most critical time, and it was also the last day of Liang Xiaotian's seven-day appointment.

Chu Zhongtian, Su Peng, Liu Dakun, and other staff officers and generals came to the forward position early, constantly looking at the time and looking up at the sky, anxiously waiting for the arrival of the bombers.

The critical battle situation of Lashio has long been transmitted to the troops in western Yunnan, and the officers and soldiers are so anxious that only smoke is in their throats, and the feelings of the officers and men of the 40th Group Army towards Jiang Haoran are indescribable.

Seven days of tormented waiting has arrived, they put all their hopes on Liang Xiaotian, seeing that the most critical moment is coming, the nervous mood can be imagined.

Although there has been almost no large-scale offensive on the Songshan battlefield in the past few days, except for the confusing harassment war, the 71st Army and the First Army on the left flank began to attack the Japanese troops at Tengchong and Longling three days ago, and the main purpose was of course only to contain the Japanese army and reduce the pressure on the support of the easy-mountain position.

On the high ground of the main peak of Matsuyama, Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe, commander of the 56th Division of the Japanese Army, and a group of staff generals also walked out of the fortifications and watched the front line of the Chinese army through binoculars.

Since Rolling Longpo was destroyed by the Chinese army's earthwork, today is the seventh day, the Chinese army has not launched a threatening attack, which is very abnormal, Watanabe Masao originally thought that the Chinese were ready to carry out earthwork, but several underground listening points did not hear any abnormal reaction, which made his heart go up and down, very uneasy, always felt that the national army must have some conspiracy, and this conspiracy must be a devastating threat to them, fear stems from the unknown.

If his opponent is changed to another army, he can still calm down, but Jiang Haoran's troops make him unable to be calm, the locust army has suffered too much, too miserable, too bloody in the hands of Jiang Haoran, from the emperor to the soldiers, who hears the words "Jiang Haoran" and does not tremble and cramp in his legs?