Three days, three whole days.

After the Japanese 56th Division surrounded Tonggu, it was not until the third day that the 200th Division received a telegram of retreat.

Although it can be said that the fighter plane was delayed at this time, and the Japanese 56th Division had enough time to build fortifications and organize the encirclement during this period, Dai Anlan still breathed a sigh of relief, because if the retreat order was not issued again, the Tonggu Battle was likely to be the last battle of the 200th Division.

In the past few days, Dai Anlan and his subordinates have even written their suicide notes, but now it seems that there is still a glimmer of life.

Of course, there were also the leaders of the regiments attending the meeting, at this time they were either bloodshot in their eyes or cannon fodder on their faces, obviously these three days were not easy.

But this is not surprising, you must know that they are facing four times the strength of the devil, and there are also devils' aircraft and heavy artillery, it is strange that it can be better.

"Here's the thing!" In the sound of artillery, Dai Anlan pointed to the map on the wall with his baton and said: "The main force of the British army in the west has been evacuated three days ago, and the 56th Division of the Japanese army has followed the footsteps of the British army to retreat all the way to occupy the Yangman Railway. To the north, the Japanese deployed a wing of troops on the Yangman road north of the Keyonggang airfield. To the east, the main force of the 56th Division, with two wings of troops distributed on the front line of the Sedang River, was defended along the river. ”

Speaking of this, Dai Anlan looked around at the various officers under his seat. Obviously, he wanted to see what opinions his subordinates had and which direction the 200th Division should choose to break through.

"The lowly position thinks that a breakthrough from the west is the least feasible!" Staff Officer Liang got up and said: "The British army in the west has retreated too quickly, and a large number of fortifications have completely fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, coupled with the reinforcement of the Japanese army in the past few days, it is almost impossible to gnaw it down in a short time." What's more, there is still the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army in the west that continues to pursue the British army, and they can turn around and block us at any time, so although the Japanese army in the west does not have many troops, it is extremely difficult to break through. ”

All the officers couldn't help nodding, and at this time, the Japanese 33rd Division had been pursuing the British army for two days...... The reason why the British retreated for three days and the Japanese pursued them only for two days was because when the Japanese pursued to the humble side, they found a large amount of wine and whiskey in the warehouses, which were used by the British officers and soldiers when they served in Burma, and from this it can also be seen how rotten the British army was, and it is not surprising that they brought not ammunition but all kinds of liquor for enjoyment from distant Britain, so it is not surprising that they showed such a vulnerable fighting force in Burma.

After the Japanese army captured this batch of good wine, how could they endure it, so they let go of their courage to drink, and the entire 33rd Division was drunk for a day and a night...... The reason why the Japanese army dared to let go of their courage was also because the British army was really vulnerable, and the Japanese army at this time had long since become the target of the British army. Just like the Japanese army said, their march is pursuit, which means that they don't have to fight at all, just march, and where they march, they chase it, and the British army's escape speed can't even catch up with the Japanese army.

Therefore, after pursuing the British army for two days and two nights, the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army marched to a distance of dozens of kilometers behind Tonggu, if the expeditionary force broke through from the west...... Even if it was prominent, it was a headlong rush into a larger encirclement composed of the 33rd, 55th, and 56th divisions of the Japanese army, and it would be even more difficult to break through at that time.

"It's not appropriate to break through to the north!" Li Tongxiang said: "Although the Japanese army in the north has only one wing, this wing is deployed along the Yangman Highway, if our army breaks through from here, it will have to pull out along the highway one hill after another, but the Japanese army can exchange space for time to adopt alternate movement defense, at that time our army is only afraid that it will be dragged to death by devils!" ”

Li Tongxiang's "alternating movement defense" refers to a very common defensive method on the battlefield, which simply means dividing an army into several parts, and building multiple lines of defense in front and back for alternate defense.

For example, the 113th Wing of the Japanese army in the north can be divided into three infantry brigades, and these three brigades have arranged three lines of defense in accordance with the sequence of the first, second, and third brigades in advance...... In this way, unless our army can cripple the Japanese army, it will not be able to break through such a movement defense. And while our army is blocked, the Japanese troops from other directions will outflank them, and then our army will have only a dead end.

"Then it's only east!" Dai Anlan said.

"But the east side ......" Li Tongxiang said hesitantly: "There is the main force of the 56th Division of the Japanese Army, and there are more than 10,000 troops, and it is still deployed along the Sedang River, and our army breaks through from the east...... I'm afraid that I will have to pay very heavy casualties! ”

Needless to say, first of all, the main force of the 56th Division represents two infantry wings, plus an artillery wing and an engineer wing, and if the baggage soldiers keep up in time, then there is also a baggage wing. Casually counting, the number of troops is much more than 200 divisions.

Under normal circumstances, the 200th Division would not be afraid, but at this time, the 200th Division had been fighting fiercely with the Japanese 55th Division for several days, and it could almost be said that it was running out of ammunition and food.

"I think it's best to break through from the east!" Staff Officer Liang thought about it and stood up and said: "First of all, the area around the Sedang River is the main force of the Japanese army, but because of this, the Japanese army is afraid and cannot imagine that we will choose this side to attack. Secondly, the Sedang River is long and tortuous, and although the Japanese army has a large number of troops on this side, it is relatively scattered, so we can concentrate our superior forces and take advantage of its weak points to break through quickly. Again, after breaking through the eastern line of defense, a few miles further east is the Moltke Highway, and once the encirclement is broken, our troops can withdraw along the Moltke Highway to Pingmanna. ”

"Hmm!" Dai Anlan nodded.

Staff Liang's plan was feasible, but the key point was to concentrate superior forces and make a quick breakthrough in a short period of time, otherwise once surrounded by the Japanese army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this time, Dai Anlan couldn't help but think of the engineer regiment that had changed into British equipment and had a large amount of ammunition, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised...... The platoon commander named Zhang Chi seemed to have everything in advance, and the preparations made according to his advice were now in good use.