The battlefield losses will not be counted until later, and one of Zhou Youfu's troops was divided in the south, and it was bound to come back through a complicated route, and soon Zhou Youfu lost the news of this part of the men. The radio communication distance of the Stuart tank is only a few kilometers on flat ground, and even worse in the mountains.

The 14th Air Force in Kunming received an order to immediately take off the B25 bombing, carrying high-explosive* to carry out low-altitude bombing of cropland in northern Thailand, where the Japanese might be hidden. Ordinary * did not work well on these areas due to the lack of equipment *, but played a role in interfering with the actions of the enemy. Zhou Youfu's troops quickly returned by the same route, and found that the number of Japanese troops who had attacked the rear station was small and there were no heavy weapons, so he quickly repelled this group of enemies and then established a defensive line.

When the urgent telegram reached the headquarters of the 5th Army, Chief Chu was waiting for the tailor to be brought in from Calcutta to measure it. Recently, he has been slightly blessed, and his original military uniform no longer fits. In addition, Stilwell had good news that President Roosevelt had threatened the planned meeting of the Allied giants this year, demanding that Chongqing recognize the established facts, and that he should accompany Chiang to the meeting as the military representative of the Allied forces. President Roosevelt was interested in meeting him. Chu Tingchang is a thoughtful and precautionary person, so he has to make a few good clothes to prepare first.

Suddenly, Zhou Youfu's distress telegram arrived. He left the tailor and hurried to the map. Calculate the frontal width of the Japanese army and judge the size of the enemy.

Zhou Youfu said that there were one or two divisions, but he knew that the judgment of front-line generals was often inaccurate, and he usually exaggerated the enemy's situation. He expects a brigade strong. Because Zhou Youfu reported that his entire retreat did not encounter the enemy's field artillery attack, it can be seen that the enemy came incompletely.

It seems that the enemy's railway line is in full swing, and the enemy is gathering a few days faster than he expected. According to Zhou Youfu, the enemy troops also wore dark military uniforms, which were the summer clothing of the Japanese army in North China. Judging from the intelligence of the Allied forces, the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army appeared in Da Nang the day before yesterday, and it was also dressed in clothes that were not afraid of prickly heat, of course, according to the intelligence of the Allied forces, the 14th Division could not reach Thailand within a month. In terms of intelligence accuracy and efficiency, these units are far worse than 419. Sometimes Chu Tingchang felt that the British spies actually sent their guesses of the enemy situation to the rear to make trouble.

Chief Chu immediately contacted Xu Chong, who was receiving the Japanese mountain navigation station, and asked his men to quickly dispatch to reconnoiter the enemy's movements. At the same time, Zhou Youfu was ordered to shrink to the vicinity of the highway and be sure to hold the road. He moved 200 divisions near the border and advanced quickly.

Although the equipment of the 14th Air Force in Kunming was backward, its combat capability was much higher than that of the 10th Air Force in eastern India, and after Chennault received a direct request from Chief Chu Ting, he immediately dispatched B25 bombers with a long range to reconnoiter and attack the enemy's railway.

The pilot saw from the air that the enemy was using the railway to transport tanks. At the same time, belated intelligence from the British showed that the Japanese 14th Division and the 3rd Tank Brigade were rapidly massing from Da Nang to northern Thailand. It seems that the old dog in the temple still has a keen sense of smell. He should have seen the key to this game.

For Chu Tingchang, the value of these lagging news of the allies is already very low. He must immediately catch up with his main 200 divisions and meet this new opponent head-on. Asking Zhou Youfu, who had insufficient troops, to hold the road was actually difficult, but the strategic needs made him have no other choice.

Six hours after the engagement, Asahi Shimbun reporters who had followed the 14th Division all the way from Da Nang, as well as photographers from the Army reporting team, had already arrived at the battlefield, and they set up machines to photograph the burned Chinese tanks. They seldom photographed enemy tanks and armored vehicles parked on the highway and staggering around, especially these combat vehicles were all from the invincible Chu Ting Chang Army, which was really inspiring.

Since the coup d'état in China has caused unstable people's hearts, it is even more necessary to rush to publish the news of the victory at the front to stabilize people's hearts.

The soldiers were asked to pose in front of the tank, and then, after closing the clapperboard, they began to cheer for victory. In order to reflect the realism, precious gasoline and rubber tires were even used to set the burned tank on fire again, creating a battlefield effect of billowing smoke.

The documentary, shot in the usual demagogic manner of the Axis powers, is followed by a brief period of exciting music in which a huge white text appears – a 4,500-kilometre march from Manchuria to Thailand, and the enemy's conspiracy is decisively stopped.

Then there was the soldier's resolute and vigilant gaze into the distance. Voiceover adds: However, the enemy will still attack, and the soldiers of our empire will never forget the promise to the allies. The 14th Division is about to face the enemy general Chu Tingchang, who has the title of the fox of South Asia and the butcher of Burma.

Noda was right next to the film crew, and he didn't like this kind of propaganda, and although he didn't reveal much effective information on the surface, the observant enemy would always see something famous.

At the time of the 77 Incident, as the captain of the wing, he crossed the Yongding River at night and launched a decisive battle, and since then, he has been advocating sneak attacks. However, he had to cooperate with the task pressed by the Ministry of the Army.

Although he won a small victory, Noda's quick response ability when Chu Ting's long part was ambushed still impressed. Then the remnants of the army quickly retreated 40 miles, so that their troops did not rush to catch up, and the other army fled south and disappeared, which is probably also a trouble. He knew that the enemy was building a defensive line and was breathing, so he had to attack immediately and crush it. His troops are still not ready, but 2 Thai divisions are about to join the attack. In terms of troops, there is about a 2 to 1 advantage.

Luang Phibun's generals were impatient and ready to be disgraced. Of course, if there was no victory for the Japanese, they would not have dared to attack rashly, and now the 14th Division has emboldened them. The Thai army suddenly regained its morale from a state of retreat, and the officers swore a curse to annihilate the intruder.

The assessment of the Thai army by the Yugoslav authorities is that its combat effectiveness is close to that of the puppet Manchukuo army and that it is equipped with a lot of British and French weapons.

Noda was unable to establish a unified command with these Thai forces, which in principle were allies, not the obedient turtles of Manchukuo, but he had a strategy to make the most of them.

He met with the Thai division commanders and agreed on a general plan, requiring the Thai army to first launch a frontal attack on the Chinese troops who had retreated to the line of communication, and his troops would make a detour from the flank to cut off the line of communication and complete an encirclement. The plan was quickly negotiated, but the Thai army was slow to move, and it took two days to gather men and horses to start attacking. The Japanese troops, who moved quickly, were forced to wait in the mountains for two days.

Zhou Youfu took advantage of the time of the Thai army to form a defensive line, if it were not for Chu Tingchang's death order - the line of communication must be kept, otherwise with the enemy's maneuvering speed, it would be difficult to play any tricks in front of him. He knew that the enemy had made a detour to the flank, that he would attack at some point, cutting off his long snake formation, and that he lacked the intelligence to deploy in advance.

The Thai army slowly pressed up, using British 18-pounder field guns and French-made 75mm guns to attack Zhou Youfu's position, which were two old World War I equipment, the former was provided by Britain to the Thai army to defend the Vietnamese French, and the latter was also provided by France to the Thai army to defend the Burmese British.

Thailand was able to become the only independent country in South Asia, and was able to occupy small places from neighboring countries many times, thanks to this unique ability to balance the right and left, but after the outbreak of the Pacific War, it became more and more difficult to be the wall. The Japanese forced them to abandon their previous state-building policy and stand on their side. The Thai royal family chose a compromise - temporarily withdrew from politics, and Roosevelt forced the Thai royal family in exile in Switzerland to take a stand.

The firing of the Thai artillery was disorderly, the firepower was sparse, and the head was not accurate, except for the momentum, it did not have much effect.

After a while, the infantry began to charge, rushed several times, and was quickly repulsed. Lao Zhou didn't dare to attack rashly, he saw that this was a feint, and after the fog barriers, the Japanese must be planning to set up.

Zhou Youfu expected a detour, but the details were not clear, so he could only keep a reserve team on standby. He knew that Chu Tingchang's 200 divisions were far away and couldn't quench his thirst, but the commander of the army had to calculate a hexagram for himself. He sent several telegrams, either tactfully or directly mentioning this request, but Chief Chu did not reply, he could only keep urging, and a third of the telegrams sent by his headquarters were asking about these things.

Chu Ting Changye was anxious to give Zhou Youfu an answer, but he himself was still waiting for news from Xu Chong. After all, Xu Chong is a ground reconnaissance, and he is far less useful than drones. Of course, he knew very well how much Zhou Youfu and the officers and soldiers below him relied on psychological cues, so he sent a telegram, first using ambiguous words to stabilize the morale of the army, and told Lao Zhou in the telegram: As long as you brake quietly, Jiren has his own natural appearance.

Noda's troops had already moved north, moving to the mountains near the line of communication, just waiting for the Thai army to start, the Thai attack was not very powerful he expected, and he hoped that the Chinese army would make a counterattack and drive the tanks out of those bunkers. His lurking troops could attack from the rear and cause confusion among the enemy. At present, neither side can grasp the complete deployment of the opponent, but Zhou Youfu's defensive deployment around the line of communication can only evenly distribute the troops, and he does suffer a loss. It was not that Chu Ting Changshe did not destroy the materials that were piled up near the highway and could not be taken away, but that he was worried that the Japanese army would blow up some key sections and bridges if they seized the highway. Lan Xiang's troops have not yet recovered from the huge losses they suffered in Myitkyina, and the engineering capability of the 5th Army is now much worse than before, and this road is the key to the next plan.

Zhou Youfu was carefully pondering the telegram from Chief Chu Ting, and the communications corps informed him that some of the scattered advance battalions had appeared on the radio, and they were in the eastern ravine, not daring to move, and someone had brought the radio to the commanding heights to call. They reported seeing a convoy of thousands of elephants moving supplies to and from the edge of the forest, passing at least 80 per hour. They intended to pass through the intervals of the enemy's convoys at night and join up with the large forces.

"So what do you mean by telegraph room?" Lao Zhou suddenly opened his mind.