Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

The 236th Division belongs to the Type C Division, with a total of three infantry regiments stationed in Mengdu and Ren'anqiang. One regiment is in Mengdu and two regiments are in Ren'anqiang.

Because Ren'an Qiang is close to the western line of defense, when the troops are tense, they can rush to the front at any time, so Ren'an Qiang has more troops in this middle position than Mengdu.

Ren'an Qiang is hundreds of kilometers away from Mengdu. A type C division like the 236th Division has incomparable maneuverability with the permanent divisions, and semi-mechanized logistics cannot be achieved. The whole process depends on two legs. At least it will be tomorrow when they arrive at Mengdu from Ren'anqiang. Whether the defenders of Mengdu can last until tomorrow, I am afraid only God knows.

But in any case, Fengwen Yamashita has to make this move. Once Mengdu is lost, the entire rear of the western front will be exposed to the guns of the Chinese army. If their sea transportation capabilities are good, there will be a large number of troops Entering from Mengdu, then there is no need to fight the next battle. The troops on the western front can't stand the attack from both sides of the expeditionary force. It is only a matter of time before the whole line collapses.

Therefore, Mengdu must not be lost. Even if Mengdu falls, the regiment sent for reinforcements must be taken back from the Chinese army.

The strength of the Chinese navy is still clear to Fufumi Yamashita. Compared with the expeditionary force, they are still far behind. Even if the sudden attack succeeds for a while, it should not be a big problem to gather the forces of two wings to drive them into the sea.

An hour later, reinforcements reported that they had driven more than 20 kilometers toward Maungdaw.

From gathering to dispatching troops, this kind of speed is commendable. Although most of them are C-type divisions composed of retired veterans, Yamashita Fengwen is still a little relieved. At this speed, maybe Mengdu can still be saved.

Thinking about it this way, Fengfumi Yamashita has calmed down a lot, but he is still terrified by Jiang Haoran's tactics. This surprise attack hits his weakness. The meaning of sticking to it is lost, because the fall of Mengdu means that Ren'an and Qiang will not be protected.

Thinking of Ren'an Qiang, Shanshita Fengwen suddenly became excited. He jumped up from his seat and walked to the battle sand table. Looking at the place name "Ren'an Qiang" on the sand table, his whole body trembled immediately. , suddenly let out a beast-like roar, which frightened the staff and generals in the room, dumbfounded, not knowing what happened.

"Hurry up, order the defenders of Ren'an Qiang to turn west to defend, hurry up!" Yamashita Fengwen howled, and a staff officer immediately picked up the phone to convey the order.

An order was issued, and Yamashita Fengwen ordered the Sixteenth Division to dispatch a regiment to Ren'anqiang immediately.

Jiang Haoran dispatched even the newly formed navy in this battle, but so far the most elite airborne division has not been found.

Looking at the terrain to the west of Ren'an Qiang, it is a dense jungle. If the airborne division follows the tactics of the surprise attack on Meng Gong, first airdrop a small team to clear the obstacles, designate the airdrop location, use the cover of the jungle, and airdrop thousands of troops in the early morning. When people come, it is difficult for the locust army to find them.

With a few more hours of long-distance raids, they can suddenly appear on the western front of Ren'anqiang without anyone noticing.

It's a pity that Fengwen Yamashita understood too late. If he hadn't transferred that wing an hour ago, maybe the battle would still have to be fought, but it's too late now.

Less than 3 minutes after Fengwen issued the order at the foot of the mountain, Ren'an Qiang's phone call arrived, and an army suddenly came out from the jungle to the west. The round shoulders are fierce and evil,

Moreover, they had a large number of troops, and as soon as they appeared, they outflanked the two wings and rushed straight into the land of no one. The locust army could not resist at all, and there were countless casualties in an instant.

"Airborne division!"

Yamashita Fengwen let out a scream, and immediately his face was pale and his legs trembled like chaff. If the guards on both sides hadn't been quick to support him, he might have fallen to the ground.

Yamashita Fufumi never doubted the combat capability of the airborne division. It is almost impossible to block their attack with a regiment, and it is a regiment of the C division. The other regiment is already more than 20 kilometers away. It may be too late to go back, and the loss of Ren'an Qiang may be inevitable.

The despairing Yamashita Fengwen could only issue an order to destroy the Ren'anqiang oil field, even if everything was destroyed, Jiang Haoran would not be able to obtain the oil field.

After the order was issued, Yamashita began to wait anxiously. Half an hour later, he did not wait for the news of the destruction of the oil field, but only received a telegram from the defenders.

The last illusion was shattered, and Yamashita Fengwen's face was ashen. It took a long time to accept this fact, and ordered the staff to report the battle situation to the Southern Army Headquarters and ask for tactical guidance.

In view of the successive fall of Renangqiang and Mengdu, Mandalay has lost the meaning of holding on to it. If the resistance is stubborn, once the airborne division crosses the Inovaddy River and cuts off the retreat route and logistics supply channel of the [-]th Army, the entire [-]th Army will be defeated. In such a precarious and helpless situation, the commander of the Southern Army, General Hisashi Terauchi had no choice but to order the [-]th Army to withdraw from Mandalay and garrison in the Pingmanna area.

At 16 o'clock in the afternoon, the No.235 Division and the [-]th Division of the Island Army on the western front retreated from the western front to Mandalay via the Awa Bridge under the cover of aviation. On the shore, the explosives placed earlier were detonated in the early hours of the morning, successfully blowing up the Ava Bridge, and completely getting rid of the entanglement of the Second Army of the Western Front Expeditionary Army.

The second division on the northern front was stuck too tightly by the special warfare division and could not withdraw from the battlefield at all. Yamashita Fufumi could only order Imamura to stop the special warfare division at all costs to buy time for other troops to retreat.

The 237th Division, which was originally transferred to Jiaomei Town for reinforcements, was recalled by Yamashita Fengwen halfway because Ren'an Qiang fell, and the [-]nd Division was completely reduced to a lone army.

The [-]st Guards Division on the Eastern Front left a brigade behind to hold back the New [-]rd Division of the Expeditionary Army, and fled south overnight without returning to Mandalay.

The next morning, the island army began to massacre the city in Mandalay. No matter if they were Burmese or Chinese, old people or children, as long as they were not from the island country, they would not let them go. People were stabbed with bayonets, hacked with command knives, and shot with machine guns. For a while, the entire city of Mandalay was covered with corpses and blood flowed in rivers. According to post-war statistics, nearly [-] civilians were massacred, including more than [-] overseas Chinese.

After massacring the city, the beast soldiers swept away all the materials in the city, burned what could not be taken away, and began to withdraw to Pingmanna in the evening.