804. Retreat (1)
The headquarters of the expeditionary force was also bombed, and no one thought that the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army would fight to this point! As for the 66th Army, it was still ambushed by devils at night and suffered heavy losses!
In other words, in last night's battle, the main force of the expeditionary force was basically scrapped, and no one could have expected the result to be like this.
"Forward this telegram to the commissioner." Du Yuming opened his mouth, feeling sad in his heart.
"Yes!"
"Chief of Staff Stilwell, now that the main forces of the three armies of our expeditionary force have been lost, should we let the British army defend against the Japanese army? Thinking about it this way, it seems that the British army has not contributed all along! Someone stood up and spoke with a gloomy face. They were fighting this war against the British, and the British themselves hid behind and watched! Not only did he not contribute, but he also dragged his feet!
Stilwell's face was ugly, indeed, the British army was not angry, and the biggest reason for the defeat in this battle did not seem to be a problem of the combat strength of the expeditionary force, as a representative of Britain and the United States, he really did not have this face!
"That's right, although we have formed an alliance, the allies shouldn't be like this!" The huge losses of the expeditionary force made everyone in the headquarters a little crazy.
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, should we let the British army give us an explanation!"
"If there is such an ally, we will not fight this battle!"
To be honest, if it weren't for the Burmese as a response, this battle would not have been fought like this, speaking of which, it is still the pot of the British, and the most important thing is that the British really did not contribute! It's still a hindrance!
Looking at the excited crowd, Stilwell felt for the first time that Britain was really a pit!
Seeing that Stilwell didn't speak, everyone's anger rose again and again!
"That's it!" Du Yuming said lightly, "The top priority is to think about how to return the remnants safely!" With the current situation of the expeditionary force, it is impossible to hold it! ”
"Yes, it is imperative that the departments must retreat and repair first!"
When Zhou Weiguo came in, he found that the headquarters was already arguing, sighed, sat down in his place, and watched them arguing.
"Weiguo, what do you think will happen next?"
"I can only retreat." Zhou Weiguo sighed, "Pingmanna should not be able to retreat, the 66th Army also suffered heavy losses, and the devil may have taken Pingmana now." ”
"Pinmana and the British warriors!" Stilwell still couldn't help but speak, did this group of Chinese think that only they could fight the Japanese?
"Report!" At this moment, a herald soldier ran to the door of the command room.
"Say."
"At 6 o'clock this morning, the Japanese army made a surprise attack on Pingmanna, and Pingmanna was sparsely guarded and had been lost."
"Grass!"
"He's n's!"
"I can't believe it!"
"Rubbish!"
"It's all about eating S!"
Everyone is really dissatisfied, Pingmanna is lost, this time, where will the rest of the expeditionary soldiers retreat?
Zhou Weiguo sighed, the Japanese army really did not let go of any opportunity. The British army in Burma seemed to the Japanese as if it were non-existent, and in fact, it was. When the British army encountered the Japanese, it collapsed at the first touch, and it did not play its due role at all, and even played a counterproductive role.
The first expedition was already doomed to failure.
Now the question is how to get the remaining fighters back safely.
Now that Pingmana has been lost, and the geographical location of Pingmanna has been leveled, it is easy to intercept the expeditionary force returning home.
"We must buy time and walk from the northeast corner of Tonggu! Immediately follow the Shan Mountains and leave the encirclement of the devils first! Zhou Weiguo opened his mouth and looked at everyone, "It must be fast!" Before the devil reacts! ”
"Okay."
……
The battle damage telegram of the 55th Division, the command of the Japanese Southern Army, also reached the commander's desk.
"Yalu! Did you actually fall into the way of the people of China again? What a bunch of idiots! "The high-level of the 55th Division was served in a pot, and the division commander is still in the hospital for rescue, and in the battle last night, more than half of the casualties of the 55th Division were also very bad.
The 56th Division was slightly better, and the losses were not as great as those of the 55th Division.
As for the 18th Division, there were almost no losses, because it was an ambush at night, which caught the 66th Army by surprise, and the 66th Army had no choice but to retreat while fighting. After the 66th Army retreated, the 18th Division took Ping Mana lightly, and by this point, almost half of Burma was under the control of their Japanese army.
"Hey, though, under the suspicion, this is a trick of the independent division special combat team."
"You mean, Zhou Weiguo took a special combat team to Burma?"
"Hey! According to the descriptions of the warriors of the 55th Division, yesterday, some of the warriors died in civil strife! This kind of trick is too similar to Zhou Weiguo's style! ”
"Yalu! I didn't expect that on the battlefield in Burma, I could still meet the troops of the independent division! ”
"However, the independent division does not have a large force here, otherwise, it will be difficult for the imperial army to deal with it."
"Don't worry, he won't dare to bring in a large army! Once he dares to transfer a large number of troops over, the Kwantung Army and the North China armies will immediately give him an independent division to look good! The situation on the battlefield in China is still very delicate now! ”
"Hey, that's what Your Excellency Commander said."
"The 33rd Division, where is it now?"
"There are still 200 kilometers left from Lashio!"
"Yo Si! This time, I'm going to cut off the passage for the people to return to China! I'm going to let all the people of China die in Burma! ”
"Your Excellency, Commander, has a brilliant plan! Originally, in Burma, the military strength of the British was almost negligible, and their combat effectiveness was low, and many of them were Burmese, so they admired our Imperial Japanese Army! The war in Myanmar is really going well! ”
"Hmm. However, the rest of the world cannot be ignored either. ”
"Hey!"
"Let me bring this good news back to the base camp so that His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers will be happy as well."
"Hey!"
……
Tonggu, the remnants of the Fifth and Sixth Armies, morale was low.
The northern part of Tonggu Town has been occupied by the Japanese, but the southern part is still in the hands of Dai Anlan. The 55th Division, which they originally faced, also suffered heavy casualties, and the high-level leaders in their division were wiped out, and there was an incredible mutiny.
Dai Anlan and them can't ignore the corpses of the soldiers.
After the battle, he personally led people and began to collect the corpses of the fighters. He can't bring them back to China completely, so at least their ashes must be brought back.
"Commander Gan, you take people with my 200th division to defend for the time being, and we will leave immediately after we have disposed of the corpses of the soldiers." Dai Anlan spoke, at this time, he also knew that Tonggu could not hold it, and he already knew the news of the loss of Pingmanna, and there was no need for Tonggu to defend it, not only was there no need to defend it, but whether he could retreat safely was actually a problem.
Gan Lichu nodded, "Okay, I understand." Gan Lichu didn't refuse, and he couldn't refuse this kind of reason at all.