freenovelworld Chapter 569 New Conspiracy
Chapter 569 New Conspiracy
569 New Conspiracy
Subsequently, the commander of the Japanese pursuit force was beheaded by the Jiaolong Squad.
Soon, the attacking Japanese troops lost coordination and were unable to cooperate with each other.
The Jiaolong Squad took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on the Japanese from behind.
When the battle lasted until the second half of the night, one of the Japanese squadrons was attacked from the front and back by the Jiaolong Squad and dozens of paratroopers, and most of them were wiped out.
The rest of the devils all fled.
Before dawn, the paratrooper company commanded by Shanying had begun to counterattack the Japanese.
On the contrary, the Japanese soldiers who were originally attacking lost their command and were repeatedly surrendered, which made them paranoid and suspicious of everything.
By daybreak, the Japs had lost hundreds of men.
Looking at the decreasing number of troops around them, the remaining Japanese soldiers also lost their minds.
They felt that the jungle around them was like an eater, constantly devouring them.
"Turn in, turn in!"
Two hours later, the Japanese, unable to bear it any longer, chose to escape.
The Jiaolong Squadron and the Paratrooper Company chased for two or three kilometers before returning.
"General Stilwell, the enemy has retreated.
We are safe.”
When Mountain Eagle saw Stilwell, he saluted and reported to him.
"God bless you guys, you're awesome."
Stilwell shook hands with Shanying and kept praising him. At the same time, he was very curious about Ye Qingshan's paratrooper unit.
Stilwell was shocked by the efficiency of the paratroopers' airborne landing yesterday afternoon and the low number of accidental casualties.
Stilwell was very curious about how Ye Qingshan built such a paratrooper unit.
Although Ye Qingshan's paratrooper company does not have many people.
But they are definitely elite.
Faced with a Japanese pursuit force that was more than twice their own number, they defeated the Japanese pursuers in just one night.
Even Stilwell envied this unit.
Of course, Stilwell didn't know that the paratrooper company was able to win the battle last night thanks to the cooperation of the Dragon Squadron.
That’s how we achieved victory so quickly.
After the Japanese pursuers were repelled, the paratrooper company escorted Stilwell and continued to retreat deep into the jungle.
Before Ye Qingshan leads the main force of the expeditionary force south, they must all remain hidden in this jungle.
Fortunately, the Japanese pursuers were repelled and lost their trace.
It would be basically impossible for the Japanese to find the paratroopers again.
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On the 14th, after the expeditionary force ended the fighting in the northern battlefield, it immediately received orders from Ye Qingshan.
Head south in two groups.
The Fifth Army and the 66th Army took the western route and took back Yenangyaung first.
Then they moved south from Yenangyaung, following the same attack route taken by the British army.
The Sixth Army and the 86th Army took the central line, the Toungoo Road, to meet up with Zhang Fa's troops.
"Tell the soldiers to grit their teeth and hold on a little longer."
Ye Qingshan also knew that the expeditionary force actually needed to rest at this time.
But the situation does not allow it.
The move south must be carried out.
However, in Ye Qingshan's mind, this expeditionary force's march southward was more of a show.
Ye Qingshan had no intention of engaging in a decisive battle with the Japanese 25th Army.
The reason is simple. After this period of hard fighting, the expeditionary force is extremely tired and needs rest.
Therefore, although the expeditionary force seemed to be heading south, it was actually moving very cautiously.
Soon, the news that the entire expeditionary force was heading south was sent to Yamashita Tomoyuki's headquarters.
At this time, Yamashita Tomoyuki had just finished his rage.
Because he knew he was being fooled.
Their pursuit troops did not catch Stilwell at all.
But now, the old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki could no longer care about Stilwell.
Dealing with the expeditionary force moving south is much more important than capturing Stilwell.
"Order the 21st Regiment to abandon Yenangyaung and withdraw.
Let Ono-kun withdraw all the troops to the vicinity of Rangoon."
Yamashita Tomoyuki gave the order with a serious expression.
It was also the first time that Yamashita Tomoyuki showed such a cautious attitude when dealing with Ye Qingshan's expeditionary force.
This even surprised the Japanese Chief of Staff Suzuki Sou who was standing next to him.
“The Fifteenth Army is gone.
At the beginning, if that idiot Iida hadn't looked down on the Chinese army and Ye Qingshan.
How could we be surrounded in Mandalay?
I am not that fool like Iida, and our 25th Army cannot follow the same fate as the 15th Army.
Treating Ye Qingshan and his expeditionary force is not the same as dealing with the British.
You can never be too cautious.”
Yamashita Tomoyuki's words were full of fear of Ye Qingshan and the expeditionary force.
"Hi.
Commander, should we send the hundreds of thousands of British soldiers and more than 10,000 American soldiers we have captured to the Siamese prisoner-of-war camps now?
It’s too dangerous to stay in Myanmar.”
The Japanese Chief of Staff Suzuki So suggested.
“Yeah, just as I thought.
When I contacted Ono-kun, I also told him about this matter.
Let him send troops to immediately send all these hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war to Siam."
"Hi!"
After the Japanese Chief of Staff Suzuki Mune left, Yamashita Tomoyuki looked at the map and smiled sinisterly:
"Ye Qingshan, you little brat, I don't believe you can avoid being tricked this time."
Yamashita Tomoyuki ordered the main force of the Japanese 25th Army to retreat to the Rangoon area, not only out of caution.
There is another point that he did not tell the Japanese Chief of Staff Suzuki So.
That is, this is also a new trap set by Yamashita Fengwen for Ye Qingshan.
If Ye Qingshan gets the upper hand, he can let the expeditionary force launch a fierce attack on the main force of the Japanese 25th Army defending the Yangon area.
Then, they can try to play a defensive counterattack.
Yamashita Tomoyuki just didn't believe that the soldiers of the expeditionary force were all made of iron.
After fighting on the northern battlefield for so long, how could the expeditionary soldiers not be tired?
Yamashita Tomoyuki knew very well that it was unwise to let his 25th Army fight a field battle with an expeditionary force that was twice its size at this time.
The only chance to turn the tables is to lure the expeditionary force into attacking their positions.
Play defensive counterattack.
In the early stage, Yamashita Tomoyuki could have let the Japanese 25th Army rely on the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese naval aircraft carrier fleet to provide air fire support.
Deplete the expeditionary force's manpower.
After the expeditionary force has been attacking for a long time and suffered heavy casualties, they can launch a counterattack.
Perhaps there will still be a chance to take back everything they lost at once.
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On the 15th, the two armies of the expeditionary force successfully moved south and arrived at the southern battlefield.
Ye Qingshan also rushed to Toungoo in person.
He set up his headquarters here.
"Commander, here's the latest news from the front line."
Ye Qingshan took over the telegram from Chief of Staff Luo Zhuoying, which was sent by the front-line military department.
In the telegram, Zhang Fa reported the current location of their troops.
In the area of Bago, sixty or seventy kilometers north of Yangon, we were confronting two Japanese regiments.
Zhang Fa obeyed Ye Qingshan's orders and did not easily start a war with the Japanese.
They only launched a few tentative attacks, but after discovering that the Japanese defense was tight, they gave up further attacks.
Zhang Fa also told Ye Qingshan that the Japanese were also very cautious.
They even only defended their positions and never took the initiative to attack.