"Hahaha... Your Majesty Commander, the Burmese people have been of great help this time. Our army has taken the initiative in the battle!"

Major General Haruki Isayama, Chief of Staff of the Fifteenth Army, said emotionally:

"Encircling two Chinese divisions and two British divisions has focused all the attention of the world on Myanmar. The base camp is also very satisfied with our army's actions!"

Iida Shojiro's performance was relatively calm. He stared at the east and west battlefields on the map and said without any ups and downs in his tone:

"China's 200,000 expeditionary force will soon enter Myanmar. If we cannot eat the enemies in the encirclement before then, our army will soon lose the initiative on the battlefield and fall into great passivity!"

Isayama Haruki stopped laughing, came to the battle map and said:

"Your Excellency, Commander, the soldiers of the 55th Division are extremely tired. Because they are attacking over a long distance, the troops cannot carry heavy weapons.

There are two British divisions in the encirclement. These British are not only equipped with heavy weapons, but also tanks and armored vehicles. Even if the 55th Division tries its best, it is impossible to annihilate the British in two or three days.

We can only find ways to induce the British to surrender and create another victory on the Bataan Peninsula!"

Shojiro Iida waved his hand,

"Ignore the British troops on the Western Front for the time being. Our top priority is to capture the two divisions of the Fifth Army in the encirclement on the Eastern Front.

The Chinese are blocked by the river and will be unable to provide support to these two divisions for a while. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our army, and it will never happen again after such an opportunity is lost!"

"The 33rd Division and the 1st Guards Division are attacking the Chinese army's positions non-stop!" Isayama Haruki said:

"The Fifth Army is worthy of being Chongqing's elite force, with strong combat effectiveness. The two divisions of our army are advancing very slowly."

Shojiro Iida slapped his palm on the combat map,

"Send all the Burmese people up, and the Siamese servants will also join the battlefield immediately after they arrive!

The troops should not care about casualties, attack! Attack!"

"Hiyi!"

…

On December 17, the Japanese 33rd Division and the 1st Guards Division, led by Burmese locals, attacked the positions of the 22nd Division and the 200th Division from multiple directions.

At the beginning, due to the Chinese army's unfamiliarity with the terrain, the Japanese troops would accidentally penetrate into the rear area, causing quite a bit of chaos.

But as they became familiar with Japanese tactics, Du Guangting and Commander Dai also came up with corresponding methods to guard against Burmese traitors.

The Japanese army's penetration and penetration under the leadership of the Burmese achieved increasingly smaller results.

With no other choice, the Japanese had no choice but to launch a frontal attack.

Liao Yaoxiang's 22nd Division had just crossed the river, so the troops did not build any defensive fortifications. The 30,000-strong Japanese 1st Guards Division suddenly appeared on the flanks. The troops were caught off guard and were unable to organize effective resistance.

From the early morning of the 15th to the morning of the 17th, Liao Yaoxiang's 22nd Division was in retreat.

The soldiers of the Japanese 1st Guards Division are well-trained and have high fighting will. The 22nd Division is no match for them.

Liao Yaoxiang and his troops ran all the way to the northwest of Madea, and only stabilized their position with the support of the 200th Division.

According to preliminary statistics, two thousand soldiers were missing in the rout, and all heavy equipment was lost.

Du Guangting and Commander Dai looked at the soldiers of the 22nd Division lying on the ground like dead dogs, their expressions were very ugly.

The Japs' strength was more than twice that of the 22nd Division, but this did not give Liao Yaoxiang any time to organize resistance.

You know, the Japanese 1st Guards Division traveled hundreds of kilometers through steep mountains. The soldiers were more tired than the 22nd Division who slowly moved over from Lashio, and they also did not have heavy equipment.

The 22nd Division was chased by such a little devil for two days. It was really embarrassing and humiliating.

As soon as he saw Liao Yaoxiang, Du Guangting scolded him with his head covered and his face covered.

After the Battle of Songhu, Battle of Xuzhou and Battle of Wuhan, it was rare to see the Chinese troops being chased away like rabbits by the Japanese army.

"The Fifth Army and the Expeditionary Force have all been humiliated by you!"

Liao Yaoxiang tried his best to defend himself, but his words seemed weak.

Three hours after the 22nd Division joined the 200th Division, the forward troops of the Japanese 1st Guards Division appeared.

At noon on the 17th, more than 40,000 people from two Japanese divisions surrounded two divisions of the expeditionary force in Madea.

Different from how they treated the 1st Division of the British-Burmese Army and the 17th Division of the British-Indian Army, the Japanese surrounded the 22nd Division and the 200th Division!

After the complete encirclement was achieved, the Japanese troops began to launch a fierce attack on the two divisions.

"Boom boom boom..."

More than a hundred Japanese aircraft on the Burmese battlefield were all involved in the battle of Madeya, with continuous bombing and strafing.

"Pooh!"

Commander Dai spat out a mouthful of mud, looked at the Japanese planes that were leaving after the bombing, and asked:

"Commander, Commander Jiang has several aviation regiments, why haven't we seen them entering Myanmar to fight?"

Before Du Guangting could speak, Liao Yaoxiang, who had already recovered, said disdainfully:

"Jiangdong, haha... How could he send his precious planes to this foreign country to support us cannon fodder? He might leave the air force to fight for power!"

Du Guangting glared at Liao Yaoxiang, and then said with certainty:

“The Sixth Corps sent 200,000 troops to fight in Myanmar, which shows that Commander Jiang is determined to take over the entire Myanmar!

The Air Force should still be in the process of transitioning!

You all know that during the entire Songhua River battle, the consumption of weapons and ammunition by Air Force fighter planes was almost equal to the consumption of 1.2 million army troops!

This is quite terrifying and must be supported by sufficient material reserves to be able to do it.

From northeast to southwest, it’s a distance of two to three thousand kilometers!

Fighters can fly there in a short time, but without enough material reserves to support them, they will only be an iron frame when they arrive, which will not be of much use!"

Mr. Dai understood.

"That is to say, the next 3 to 5 days will be the most difficult stage for the expeditionary force to enter Myanmar. After this stage, our army will surpass the little Japanese in terms of military strength and firepower. It is possible to sweep the Liting hole and destroy the dead.

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Du Guangting nodded.

"Tell the brothers to bring out the spirit of the bloody battle with Kunlun and persevere. Reinforcements will arrive soon, and we will definitely win the final victory!"

"yes!"

Commander Dai glanced at the thoughtful Liao Yaoxiang, turned around and left the headquarters to inspect various positions on the front line.

Madea is a small place, not even a county seat, it can only be said to be a small town.

There are no stone buildings in the town, most of them are wooden, and some look like shantytowns of later generations.

During the successive bombings by the Japanese army, the town had been reduced to ruins, with not a single intact building to be found.

The brothers of the 200th Division built positions in the jungles and mountains outside the town!

They seemed to have returned to the days before they were equipped with German equipment. They lacked heavy firepower. When facing waves of Japanese attacks, only mortars could provide support.

In addition to mortars, the mg34 and mg42 machine guns equipped by the troops also greatly boosted the morale of the frontline brothers.

Everyone felt happy when they saw the surging Japanese attack troops falling down like chopped leeks in front of the mg42 machine gun.
Chapter completed!