"What do you mean, sir? 1,000 people need to make a formation of 5,000 people, and the Japanese army is attacking Lashio, what is the use of sending this little people over? It's not enough for the Japanese to stuff their teeth. Zhao Zhi's telegram from Mandalay made Ye Kong quite puzzled, he didn't understand the meaning of this, so he had to help Yu Dazhi, who had just arrived from Zhangwu County a few days ago, but the latter just smiled and didn't speak.

"You have such a big mouth, that's 1,000 people, and you can't even say that it's not enough to stuff your teeth." Yu Dazhi has independently commanded and controlled Qinglongping for more than half a year, and he has arranged all fighter plane assistance operations in the entire Shanxi territory. At this time, Yu Dazhi's authority has been achieved, and there is always a coercive momentum in his words, and he jokes with Ye Kong only because Ye Kong is a person close to Zhao Zhi, otherwise Yu Dazhi always likes to speak with a straight face.

"You kid just likes to fiddle with your rifle, and you don't care about anything else, what Mr. means is already very clear, the Japanese army's attack on Lashio is definitely tentative, since it is a temptation, it will never be a large army action." Yu Dazhi took the cigarette thrown by Ye Kong and put it in his mouth, and continued with a smile, "I guess the Japanese army wants to play the trick of the golden cicada shelling this time, didn't Madame say that the Japanese Navy was beaten up by the Americans, they want to withdraw from Burma and return to South Asia, and attacking Lashio should be their little trick to attract our attention." ”

"Lashio is empty, and after the exchange of fire with the Japanese army, they will ask for help, and Mr. will definitely send troops to support Lashio, and the most convenient ones to transfer troops are Mandalay and Taunggyi, so that our attention will be on Lashio, so that the Japanese army can swagger away from Burma and return to their South Asian battlefield, even if Yamashita Fengwen's 25th Army retreats to Thailand, there are only a few thousand people around him, and it will not pose a threat to them." Ye Kong finally found the right answer under the guidance of Dazhi, and after getting Yu Dazhi's affirmation, Ye Kong almost jumped up happily.

"Since Mr. wants to play, let's just play bigger." After receiving the telegram, Yu Dazhi, who fully understood Zhao Zhi's intentions, sent troops to support Lashio with great fanfare, and 1,000 Jewish infantry walked back and forth at the train station several times, and people who did not know the inside story would only think that Mandalay would send no less than 7,000 reinforcements, but they would never have thought that only 1,000 Jewish infantry would board the train and leave Mandalay.

The Taunggyi defenders, who received Zhao's telegram, responded in the same way, and Japanese spies hiding in the two places immediately sent a telegram to Yamashita Bongbun's 25th Army, saying that Mandalay had mobilized more than 7,000 troops to support Lashio, while Taunggyi had no less than 3,000 reinforcements. A force of 10,000 people can completely keep Lashio, but Taunggyi, which is the closest to the Chan Bang Mountains, has almost emptied all the garrison troops, and this is what Yamashita Fengwen wants, the fewer thunder troops around Chanbang, the better, and the 25th Army can reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles when it retreats.

Yamashita Fengwen calculated very well, but Zhao Zhi didn't want him to be happy, while Mandalay and Taunggyi sent reinforcements one after another, the follow-up 5,000 airborne troops were rushing to the Jingdong front line by transport planes in batches, and their task was to intercept the retreating troops of the 25th Army except for the Guards Division. The CIA has intelligence officers in Thailand, and the news of the 25th Army's Guards Division's retreat to Thailand was transmitted back to the United States and to Zhao Zhi through the hands of the Rockman family, which made Zhao Zhi understand Yamashita Fengwen's intentions even more, and fought with the Guards Division, Zhao Zhi was not ready, but Zhao Zhi was quite sure of cleaning up the other troops of the 25th Army in advance.

The 18th Division has been bitten by the airborne troops commanded by Yan Wudao, the 42nd Wing and the 11th Wing have withdrawn, and there is still an airborne field between the 21st Wing and the 18th Division, and it is a foregone conclusion to take the 18th Division, and Zhao Zhi's current goal is the half-crippled Fifth Division. The Fifth Division suffered heavy slaughter on the Chinese battlefield, and countless anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians died under the guns and bayonets of the Fifth Division.

The Fifth Division was not called the Steel Army by the Japanese Army, and the Fifth Division not only participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, but also participated in the Battle of Taierzhuang and the capture of Taiyuan, and fought with more than 70 divisions on the Chinese battlefield. Both the Nationalist Government and the CCP hated the Fifth Division, especially the Nationalist Government, which had been repeatedly frustrated under the Fifth Division, and Chiang Kai-shek rarely asked for anything from Zhao Zhi, but this time it was the first time that Zhao Zhi was sent to break the five words, whether it was for general righteousness or personal reasons, Zhao Zhi was willing to leave the Fifth Division in Burma.

In order to confuse Yamashita Fengwen's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, Zhao Zhi strictly ordered to continue to encircle the 18th Division, while relaxing the pursuit and interception of the 42nd Wing and the 11th Wing, as for the 21st Wing on the side of the airborne field, Zhao Zhi did not have to worry about it at all, and the 21st Wing, which had not been able to attack for a long time, was already ready to retreat. Although the operation to encircle Thunder failed, and the Fifth Division and the Eighteenth Division suffered heavy casualties, he had a deep understanding of Thunder's combat effectiveness, and if he was given another chance to face Thunder, he would definitely be able to break Thunder's so-called undefeated record.

"Tell the troops, work harder, and we must wipe out all the 18th Division here." Yan Wudao, whose eyes were bloodshot, hadn't closed his eyes for two days, but he was still very excited. The Qinglongping commando sent by Yu Dazhi successfully attracted the attention of the 18th Division while fighting and retreating, and he took the opportunity to attack and take the second line of defense of the 18th Division on all fronts. Although the 5,000 airborne troops under his command suffered a lot of casualties, they also successfully drove the 18th Division into a mountain col, although this terrain was not conducive to group attacks, but it also contained the Japanese artillery fire.

"Head, set it on fire, this mountain is full of weeds and shrubs, a fire can burn these little devils to the ground, even if they can't burn to death, they can be smoked to death." Several attacks were blocked by the 18th Division, looking at the strong firepower of the Japanese army, the mercenaries under Yan Wudao came up with many methods, including the fire attack. There is a wind at night on the Chanbang Plateau, and now it is dinner time, and the sky can be darkened, if you want to use fire attacks to deal with the 18th Division huddled in the mountain pass, taking advantage of the night wind is undoubtedly the best time.

The fire attack is good, but there is not much dry firewood in the surrounding mountains, and it is obviously impossible for Yan Wudao to complete the fire attack with the hand-thrown incendiary bombs assembled by the mercenaries, so the fire attack is obviously impossible, and Yan Wudao plans to smoke the eighteenth division in the mountain pass. As soon as it was dark, the mercenaries under Yan Wudao dragged the cut branches out of the trench and sneaked into the col where the 18th Division was entrenched under the cover of night. Just after 1 o'clock in the morning, when the mountain wind was at its strongest, thick smoke rose from the col occupied by the 18th Division, and the guard sentries of the 18th Division at the downwind were soon covered with thick smoke.

"Pap" "Pap" The Japanese sentries who noticed the difference in smoke immediately opened fire to warn, but the night and smoke had obscured their vision, and even if they took out their flashlights, they still couldn't see the situation around them clearly. The sound of coughing sounded in the smoke from time to time, and the Japanese sentries without gas masks suffered greatly, and the expected enemy attack did not appear, but the smoke dispersed along the wind was increasing.

"Damn, you bastards can't be smoked." The wet wood on the fire was piled higher and higher, and the smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and the mercenaries who were standing upwind in gas masks muttered gloatingly. Behind more than a dozen smoke points stood 2,000 airborne troops ready to go, this is all the mobile forces that Yan Wudao can handle now, and the Qinglongping commando is also ready to attack, just wait for the scouts who sneaked in to send back the code, and the night attack on the 18th Division will start immediately.

Tonight is destined to be a bloody night full of blood, Yan Wudao, who is also dressed as a standard mercenary, closes his eyes and sits under a tree stump, whether he can completely annihilate the eighteenth division depends on tonight's actions, as long as he can capture the high points around the mountain col, the eighteenth division will really become a turtle in the urn. "Head, the signal is coming." The infiltrating scout used the walkie-talkie to send a code signal for the operation, and the mercenary who had been guarding the walkie-talkie rushed over to report to Yan Wudao.

"Let's start" Yan Wudao didn't have any extra nonsense, just got up and signaled the start of the action, "Ho ho ho ho" The airborne troops suddenly shouted according to Yan Wudao's deployment, and the loud shouting of 2,000 people at the same time can be described as huge, and it is impossible for the eighteenth division shrouded in smoke not to hear it. What Yan Wudao wants is that the 18th Division can hear the shouts, his night attack is not to put all his troops into the first round of attack, the first ** to occupy the high point of the mountain pass is only 300 mercenaries under his command, 2000 airborne troops are the reserve force after occupying the high point.

The 18th Division, which heard the shouts of the airborne troops, thought that the other side was attacking, and immediately several flares were hit in the air, and with the help of the cold light of the flares, Yan Wudao, who was wearing a camouflage net, could clearly see the Japanese soldiers wearing gas masks. The airborne troops shouted tirelessly, and Yan Wudao led his mercenaries to wear camouflage nets and began to sneak in quietly, Ren Japanese soldiers were the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang and could not imagine that the opponent was bluffing at the same time, and there were already troops quietly sneaking under his nose.

The Japanese troops on the high point of the mountain pass were in full formation, not thinking that the other party was just shouting in the distance, but they had no intention of attacking at all, and the Japanese troops behind the high point of bunker gradually relaxed. The bluff of the airborne troops came every 20 minutes, punctual like the chime of the clock, and after an hour, the Japanese troops behind the bunkers at the high point of the mountain pass were no longer serious, and these goods under the mountain were all idle, and they were simply playing with people.