Of course the British were not convinced, and immediately contacted the Allied Commander-in-Chief, General Louis Mountbatten, the supreme commander of the Southeast Asian theater, hoping that the other party would come forward to check and balance Liao Mingyu and help the British regain their interests in Myanmar.

A telegram from Imphal, India, was soon photographed on Liao Mingyu's desk. The content was all about accusations and blame for the 88th Army. It also asked it to immediately cooperate with the British army in post-war recovery work and assist them in controlling Mander.

Le area.

It's a pity that although Mountbatten, who was born in the British royal family, is nominally the supreme commander, he has the right to speak in the entire theater... His orders may only be effective within the British army. The troops stationed in India and the Americans all listen to Stilwell.

Not to mention the "arrogant" Liao Mingyu, who would just take his words as shit.

These British guys take themselves too seriously. Do they really think that the whole world has to serve their British Empire? They don't even think about who was beaten into a dog in Southeast Asia and asked others to wipe their ass.

Liao Mingyu just glanced at the telegram and lit a cigar with a match. He didn't take it seriously at all and didn't even reply in half.

Then he asked the first and second regiments to go to Setan, Muge County and other places in the west of Mandalay, and ordered Yao Ma to be the commander, prohibiting anyone from entering this area, including allied troops.

Such blatant acts of hostility made General Mountbatten feel very insulted. After all, he is a British royal noble and a dignified general commander of the Southeast Asian theater, but he was ignored by an unknown "little character". Is there any royal law?

?Is there any heavenly principle?

He first went to Stilwell to explain the situation, and then contacted senior Chinese officials. He began to accuse Liao Mingyu of being irresponsible and undermining the joint anti-Japanese military alliance, and demanded strict sanctions from Stilwell and the Chinese Kuomintang.

He thought he could get support from both parties, but unexpectedly he hit a wall this time.

The relationship between Stilwell and General Mountbatten is also very delicate. One is a headstrong high-ranking U.S. military official, and the other is an arrogant veteran imperial aristocrat. The two are not very easy to deal with, especially in terms of combat ideas.

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The latter implemented the British army's always conservative strategic thinking and advocated conducting defensive operations along the Bay of Bengal to ensure their only remaining interests in India.

But from the beginning, Stilwell wanted to open up the communication line between Yunnan and Burma and regain northern Burma. For this reason, the two quarreled many times. Unexpectedly, Mountbatten was beaten by Stilwell and the impressive record of the expeditionary force.

Face, in the end, the noble man saw that the opponent was really powerful, and began to follow the trend and actively support the southward counterattack.

Support is support, but when it comes to actual interests, who will spoil him? Stilwell has been tricked by the British too many times, and he has long been unhappy with those self-righteous guys. He immediately said that he would do his own work.

If you have the ability, you lead troops to fight the Japanese. Why should you take over the areas they conquered? How shameless are you?

The reason why Stilwell helped Liao Mingyu was, on the one hand, to rely on him to continue fighting in Burma, and on the other hand, he really couldn't stand the attitude of some people who couldn't eat it all.

As for the Chinese Kuomintang, it was more confusing. They first apologized and said that they would seriously deal with Liao Mingyu's actions, and then turned their attention to the Southeast Asia Theater Command, asking the other party to go to Stilwell to discuss and make a decision.

, after all, the 88th Army is under the jurisdiction of the Southeast Asian Theater, and China is helpless. It is obviously an effective method of kicking the ball and playing Tai Chi.

After going through this set of procedures, Admiral Mountbatten, who was already furious, was so angry that he almost gave the order to rob them.

Fortunately, the officers under his command tried their best to stop and dissuade him, and coupled with the warning from Stilwell, the situation was prevented from escalating further.

The British are still somewhat self-aware. They know very well that if they really want to fight against the 88th Army, they will definitely be the loser, and they may lose their face by then.

However, Liao Mingyu didn't take them seriously at all. At the moment, his attention was on the Fifty Division and the escaped Yamashita Fengwen.

As soon as the Japanese army broke out from Mandalay, Chen Jize's Armored Brigade and Gao Xijiang's 50th Division received the encirclement order, and their superiors asked them to set up positions in the southeast and southern areas of Mandalay as quickly as possible.

Ambush circle, waiting for the rabbit to hit you.

At this time, the Japanese army had no other way to retreat. The only option left was to go south along the Irrawaddy River, or to go to the primitive jungle of Zen State to join the Fourth Division.

Yamashita Fengwen was caught in a dilemma. On the whole, going south along the river was the fastest and safest route. However, Meiktila in the south had already been occupied by the Chinese. It is estimated that the other side had already set up a dragnet waiting for them to pass.

In addition, most of the Irrawaddy River Basin is composed of plains and hills with very few bunkers, making it very vulnerable to bombing by enemy fighter planes.

After much deliberation, he finally decided to go east, through the dense forest between Mandalay and Chan State. This way he could not only avoid threats from the air, but also join up with the Fourth Division, which was also retreating south, to ensure that the troops continued to have

combat effectiveness.

Although the idea was good, the reality did not develop as he expected. The road to the east was obviously longer and difficult. In order to quickly break out and evacuate, a lot of equipment and supplies had been thrown away, and each soldier only carried them for three days.

We don't have much food, and we don't have much ammunition. If something happens, we'll be in trouble.

The number of Japanese troops who escaped from Mandalay was about 13,000, and they lost more than 2,000 during the breakout. Including the missing and injured, after entering the dense forest, after entering the dense forest, Yamashita Fengwen had less than 5,000 people left.

, the others have either dispersed and broken out of the encirclement, or have become separated and are missing.

The rainforest in this season is humid and hot, and poisonous insects are everywhere. Even a healthy person will feel extremely uncomfortable walking for a long time, not to mention those soldiers who were injured by bullets. The lack of medical treatment is the second reason. The most terrifying thing is the inflammation and suppuration of the wound.

Various symptoms, severe cases including high fever and even death from shock.

The disgraced Japanese army did not dare to stay for a moment. From time to time, US military reconnaissance planes would appear in the sky to patrol. As soon as they were discovered, the bombers would drop napalm bombs overhead. The terrifying power of burning a large area was frightening.

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In order not to affect the marching speed, the Japanese officers were cruel and ordered the wounded soldiers to be abandoned. Anyway, carrying them would be a burden and could easily reveal the whereabouts of the troops. It would be better to be cruel and leave some weapons and grenades so that they can kill themselves, which is also a sign of gratitude to the Emperor.

of allegiance.

But no one knows what difficulties and obstacles are waiting for them in the vast forest...

Somewhere in the jungle, a group of soldiers wearing grass rings were lying in the bushes, their sharp eyes staring straight ahead, as if waiting for something.

Looking around, there are ambushing soldiers all around. They are crouching and hiding their bodies in the grass and shrubs as much as possible. Their guns are camouflaged with withered grass branches. If you don't look carefully, it is difficult to find out how many soldiers are hidden here.

Hundreds of people.

The jungle seemed extremely quiet, and no sound could be heard except for the chirping of flying insects and birds. But at this moment... all the soldiers held their breath, because in front of them, a group of Japanese soldiers were slowly advancing.

In order to observe better, a major officer moved his body slightly, staring at the Japanese soldiers who didn't know what they were doing, and began to think about how to deal with them next.

"Battal Commander, do you want to fight or not?"

The adjutant next to him climbed over cautiously and asked quietly in a low voice.

The battalion commander chewed grass roots and observed carefully, and found that there were only a dozen people on the other side. They must have been the vanguard to explore the way forward. There was no need to expose the ambush point to deal with them. There must be big fish behind them.

"Let them go first, don't shoot without my order."

"yes…"

The adjutant nodded and crawled back along the original path. After hiding his body, he cleared his throat slightly and called a few times into the woods imitating the sound of the blackbird.

"Goojiu...jiujiu..."

"Cuckoo...cuckoo..."

After a while, several cuckoo calls came from the other direction, which was the contact signal they had agreed upon.

Those Japanese soldiers didn't even notice. After driving in the woods for several days, they were so hungry that their eyes were starry. All they wanted now was to get out of this green hell as soon as possible. They couldn't care about much else.

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The Japanese squad quickly walked out of the ambush circle of soldiers, and the place became quiet again...

Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, a Japanese troop slowly walked down the valley. Judging from the number of people, there were at least two squadrons of four to five hundred people.

The battalion commander suddenly became energetic, spit out the grass roots in his mouth, immediately grabbed the rifle with both hands, and whispered: "Second son, let the brothers better prepare..."

"knew…"

The soldiers suppressed the excitement in their hearts, tried not to make loud noises, gently pulled the gun bolt, unscrewed the grenade cap, and quietly waited for the other party to slowly walk into the center of the ambush circle.

Most of the little devils were in ragged clothes and looked haggard, which was completely different from their original image. Many of them had wounds on their bodies, and a lot of them were wrapped in bandages. They didn't even realize that there were hundreds of guns around them aimed at them.

"beat!"

Bang bang bang bang bang...!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Suddenly, gunshots rang out, and countless fire snakes swept in from all directions. The little devils below fell in pieces, and the team was instantly in chaos.

"Enemy attack! Please support me!"

Heart-rending screams could be heard endlessly, and dense barrages came overwhelmingly. Countless little Japanese who had no defense were hit by bullets.

The Japanese soldiers who reacted hurriedly found bunkers to hide. The officers struggled to shout for counterattack, but only gunfire was seen in the vast forest, and even the shadow of the enemy was nowhere to be seen.

The adjutant took a cold breath and pressed the detonator, and the explosives that had been buried at the ambush point were detonated instantly. The explosion was like a rolling dragon, and the broken limbs and arms were blown away along with the clods of earth.

Before the little devil could take a breath, a new round of offensive began with raindrops of hand grenades. The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and left no place to hide.

The desperate Japanese soldiers were like crazy. They picked up their rifles and rushed towards the hillside with all their strength, hoping to rush into the enemy's camp with their bayonets. Unfortunately, what awaited them was only cold bullets and merciless slaughter.

"Kill them all, leaving no one behind!"

The battalion commander's shouts echoed in the forest, and the soldiers kept trying their best to empty out the bullets in their guns. Little Japan also wanted to fight with the bayonet, but did not give them a chance and directly ended their lives with bullets.

The same scene is still happening in this jungle. The 50th Division laid an ambush for two days in advance, with nearly 15,000 people distributed on the Japanese evacuation route, in order to capture Yamashita Fengfumi alive and keep these bastards here forever.
Chapter completed!