, Wei's words reminded Zhuang Jihua... Zhuang Jihua looked at the entire battlefield! Later Sun's suggestion was correct. He paid too much attention to Mandalay before. Geographically, Mandalay is the boundary ridge of Myanmar's terrain. To the south is the plain. To the north is gradually raised, with mountains and jungles densely covered, so controlling Mandalay is equivalent to controlling half of Myanmar, laying a good foundation for the future recovery of Yangon.

Putting the Japanese army near Lashio not only extended the Japanese logistics supply line, but also received a brief renovation after annihilation of Watanabe. Depending on the situation, it will decide whether to continue fighting or return to the country, and it will also avoid putting the New Eighth Army in a dangerous place.

"The terrain here is pretty good." After looking at it, Shi Guantao thought, "What if the Japanese army continues to detour?"

"I'm not afraid of this," said Yu Chengwan: "We will continue to retreat northward. Our bottom line is Mount Papani. We hurriedly report this plan to Commander Zhuang.

But Yu Chengwan was very unwilling to give up Mandalay like this, but he couldn't find a way for a long time to think about it. Zhuang Jihua's telegram came back soon and agreed to their combat plan. However, he reminded them that in order to defend the bottom line in the Papani Mountain, the 56th Division and the 22nd Division were surrounded under the city of Lash. Whether they could completely encircle and annihilate it depends to a large extent on their blocking battle.

Yu Chengwan began to prepare for retreat. The ** brigade led by Lu Ruishan rushed to Meimiao. Meimiao is basically an empty city now. The British army that was originally defending had already withdrawn. Local Burmese residents snatched all the supplies left by the British and fled into the deep mountains.

"Ma Labazi, move quickly! Before I even entered the city, I heard Lu Ruishan's loud voice ringing everywhere in the city. Lu Ruishan seemed to like his jeep very much. Whenever he went there, he would take the jeep to patrol everywhere. He could hardly see him in the command center. Deputy Brigade Commander Su Xiaojun and Chief of Staff Shi Yuanxing were always guarding the command center.

The predecessor of the ** Brigade was the Guard Brigade of the Fifth War Zone, which was well-equipped. After Lu Ruishan became the brigade commander, due to his relationship with Zhuang Jihua, the equipment was even more well-equipped. What good weapons did Zhuang Jihua think of the first thing he thought of was it. Although it was a brigade, it was equipped with 140 cars, equipped with companion howitzers. Three of the five regiments were all equipped with Type 39 semi-automatic rifles, and each regiment was equipped with two flamethrowers. This weapon was introduced from the United States and currently has no production capacity in China. Only the ** Brigade was equipped with the entire 103rd Army.

But recently, Lu Ruishan was extremely dissatisfied. He saw the Japanese everywhere from Kunming to western Yunnan and then to Mandalay, but he could not get them. Tong Gu would not say anything about him. At that time, he was still in Xiao Town, but Tang Ji didn't let him go in the battle, so he would have been very dissatisfied. If Zhuang Jihua hadn't been there, he would have been to the headquarters long ago.

Now that Yu Chengwan let the tiger out of the cage, Lu Ruishan felt excited all over. On the road, his jeep was always with the Avant-garde group. Meimiao is a small town with mountains on all sides. If he stays in the city, he will easily be surrounded. The Avant-garde group did not enter Meimiao but directly climbed the mountain southeast of Meimiao and brought more than a dozen guards into the city.

Not long after they arrived, the subsequent Second Regiment and Third Regiment also arrived. Lu Ruishan Lijian sent the Second Regiment to the mountain to the east and left the Third Regiment in the city. The soldiers immediately accelerated their movements. Before Lu Ruishan could shout again, fierce gunfire suddenly came from a distance, and then an explosion sounded.

“Go back to the command center.

. Hearing the gunshots, Lu Ruishan's blood began to boil. He jumped into the jeep and ran towards the command center.

"The Brigade Commander, Commander Lu, reported that he had already had a fire with the Japanese. He was probably the vanguard of the Japanese. He had a squadron's strength. As soon as he entered the command center, Chief of Staff Shi Yuanxing reported to him. He knew Lu Ruishan's anxious temper and would ask for the enemy situation when he entered the door.

"Where are the Fourth Regiment and the Fifth Regiment? Are the artillery battalions there?. Lu Ruishan strode to the front of the map, and the command center also arrived. The staff and soldiers were still busy making arrangements, and the two soldiers were pinning the map to the wall.

"Si Ran has arrived outside the city, and the Fifth Regiment is rushing to Qiulong Mountain. The artillery has arrived and is establishing artillery positions in the square in front of the palace."

Qiu Longshan is northeast of Meimiao, and there are not necessarily Japanese troops in this direction. According to the information of the Huaqiao Volunteer Team, there are two regiments of the Japanese army detouring towards Meimiao. Huaqiao Volunteer Team is an organization spontaneously formed by Huaqiao, Myanmar. They provided great help to the expeditionary force in terms of intelligence and logistics. This time, the Japanese army's detouring Meimiao operation was the information obtained by a member of the Overseas Chinese Volunteer Team who infiltrated into Shinichi Tanaka's command.

Lu Ruishan's habit was decided by him. It was carried out by Su Xiaojun and Shi Yuanxing, and this deployment was probably made by him on a jeep or on a horse. At first, Su Xiaojun and Shi Yuanxing were not used to it, but afterwards, he had to admit that his deployment made some sense, at least there was no mistake yet.

"In the intelligence, the Japanese have two regiments, Ma Labazi, seven thousand Japanese, no more or less, just as Lu Ruishan opened his mouth and said slander, his body like a black tower was still moving, and his body was on the verge of the body

He seemed to never want to dismantle these two shell guns.

The brigade's organization has long exceeded the brigade level organization. If it is replaced by others, it will be split or upgraded. But Lu Ruishan is not good. Everyone knows that he is Zhuang Jihua's guardian and a strong direct descendant of Zhuang Jihua. Zhuang Jihua has no disguise. He will send him any good equipment. He has never lacked military pay, so no one dares to attack him easily.

"Don't move the heavy artillery battalion first, so as not to scare these away." Lu Ruishan's words make sense. The heavy artillery battalion has eight wounded howitzers, and the Japanese army has long known that the squadron is in the organization. "The wounded howitzers are assigned to the division-level organization. As soon as the howitzer fires, the Japanese will definitely think that Mei Miao's expeditionary army is a division, so they are likely to escape.

Lu Ruishan seemed very crazy, and the Japanese army had always been arrogant. At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the 7,000 Japanese army dared to attack an army's squadron. Even if they were hit repeatedly, they would not dare to attack a division's squadron.

The sound of gunfire in the distance became more intense and the scope was further expanded. Lu Ruishan couldn't sit still in the command center. He stood up and was about to leave. Su Xiaojun frowned and called him in a stern tone: "Brig Commander Lu, are you going to go there again? You are the commander of the first brigade, not a machine gunner. You forgot how you promised Commander Zhuang."

After arriving in Mandalay, Zhuang Jihua once came to the ** brigade once. He heard that Lu Ruishan still ran forward when he heard the gunshots. He was so angry that he scolded him fiercely and warned him severely that if he wanted to do this again, he would transfer him back and continue to serve as his guard commander, and would never allow him to go to the front line again. Lu Ruishan was frightened. He knew that Zhuang Jihua could do it, and quickly promised not to do so. Zhuang Jihua didn't believe it at all. Instead, he gave the deputy brigade commander Su Xiaojun, asking Su Xiaojun to supervise it.

Lu Ruishan's steps stopped suddenly. He paused before turning around and went to catch the phone. Shi Yuanxing shook his head gently: "Brig Commander, don't be anxious, they will report it. Come on, with the Japanese's habits, they will definitely continue to detour north in the next step. Will our defense line expand northward?"

"No need, that's what the Japanese will do." Lu Ruishan strode back: the Japanese have two regiments, seven thousand people, and more than 10,000 of us have not fired a single shot until now. His morale is high. If he dares to divide his troops, I dare to eat him. Tell me, don't just be beaten passively, dare to fight back, and beat me hard! Mom Labazi!"

Lu Ruishan was very enthusiastic, and he had the same qualifications. In the Battle of Wuhan, the ** Brigade once fought with a whole Japanese division with the strength of a brigade. After seven days of fierce fighting, the two sides were ordered to retreat. That battle brought out the majesty of Lu Ruishan and the military spirit of the ** Brigade.

Su Xiaojun and Shi Yuanxing exchanged expressions with each other. They graduated from a regular military academy. Su Xiaojun is in the fourth phase of Huangpu and Shi Yuanxing is in the Baoding Military Academy. At the beginning of the Internet, they looked down on Lu Ruishan, but later they found that although Lu Ruishan had not been to a regular military academy, he had very rich combat experience and responded very quickly on the battlefield. Moreover, since he had not been to a military academy, there was no such restraint as a military academy. The tactics changed for no reason, which was difficult to understand.

"The Fifth Regiment speeds up. After arriving at Qiulong Mountain, I immediately sent a search team to search the Japanese army. Ma Labazi, he wants to detour me. I still want to put on his butt!" Lu Ruishan cursed and slanted the line on the map: "I'll hit me from here. The Fourth Regiment should not enter the city. Follow the Fifth Regiment, and detour! Damn, what are you crowding in the city to make dumplings?"

"What does the brigade commander mean to be the main guest?" Shi Yuanxing asked in thought. He was quickly calculating the attacking force in his mind. The total strength of the ** Brigade's five regiments, plus the division's direct battalion and the Guard Battalion's Artillery Battalion's Artillery Battalion's Corps, the total strength is more than 11,000, and five combat regiments. Each regiment has a combat force of 1,800. If two regiments attack, it will be 3,600, which is approximately equal to the strength of a Japanese regiment. There are still about two regiments in the city to defend, so it is enough to deal with some emergencies.

There is one thing Shi Yuanxing admits that Lu Ruishan is right. Mei Miao is a small town, equivalent to a larger town in China. Too much military force is a waste, and two regiments are enough.

"I think it's OK, let the fifth commander Han Xinfa unified command." Shi Yuantuo suggested.

Lu Ruishan shook his head and said, "No, Lao Su should take a trip."

Su Xiaojun nodded and agreed. Shi Yuanxing reacted. Lu Ruishan looked rough and was actually meticulous. The fourth regiment commander Fang Qiming and the fifth regiment commander Han Xinfa were not convinced and fought each other. They usually fought. The officers and soldiers below fought over and over again, which made Fu Xinfa command. Fang Qiming was definitely very dissatisfied. If he had to affect the counterattack, it would not be worth the loss.

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