The British Governor in Myanmar was right. At 2:00 pm, the Japanese appeared in front of the British position. At 2:30 pm, they launched an attack on the British position.

The British army was best at fighting trenches. They stood firm in the trenches and fought back fiercely towards the Japanese army. The British troops were far away from the British land and they could not get British supplements, but behind them were the arsenal in the North District of the Golden Triangle to provide them with weapons and equipment. They had a large number of artillery and ammunition. The soldiers held submachine guns and various models of machine guns, and compared with the Japanese army, they had a great advantage in firepower.

The Japanese attack was soon shattered by them. According to the combat plan formulated by Wang Guimin, the British troops did not take the initiative to attack. They just stood in the trenches, waiting for the Japanese army's next attack.

At 10 a.m. the next day, the main force of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army in the north also arrived in Yangon and they also attacked Yangon City. The anti-Japanese army they faced was the construction workers' self-defense force commanded by Takawa. Although they had only two thousand people, they were well-equipped and had much stronger firepower than the British army.

Although the Japanese army was very tenacious, they were quickly repelled in the attack against the powerful firepower of the Construction Workers' Self-Defense Force.

Soon after, the Japanese army reorganized the attack and paid a heavy price, they still could not break through the anti-Japanese positions.

For several consecutive days, the Japanese army continued to launch attacks and were constantly repelled by the anti-Japanese army.

The 22nd Japanese Division was unable to break through the defenders' positions for the time being. They suspended the large-scale attack and used small troops to harass them, waiting for the 23rd Japanese Division to arrive at Yangon City and then launched a large-scale attack again. At the same time, various anti-Japanese troops were also making reinforcements towards Yangon City. The first one to arrive was an anti-Japanese armed force from Cambodia. Although their troops were only one more battalion and less than 600 people, their arrival still inspired the morale of the Yangon City defenders.

This time, the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack on Yangon City and received air support from the 8th Japanese Air Force stationed in Saigon and Hanoi, Vietnam. Their participation in the battle was unable to stop Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu and the 8th Air Force had a tacit understanding in secret that they would not bomb the North District of the Golden Triangle, but other combat operations were not allowed to make demands on them.

The Japanese air force did not pose much threat to the defenders of Yangon City, because the British Governor in Myanmar sent a telegram to the aviation committee of the government, asking them to send air forces to support it in the name of the British government.

The government is still very concerned about the attitude of the British government, so it mobilized a large number of air forces to be stationed at several airports in Yunnan.

With Gao Jiu's consent, some Japanese aircraft were deployed in the old street of the capital of Kokang. The air forces of China and Japan had fierce air battles almost every day in Yangon City.

The strength of both sides is basically the same, which greatly restricts the Japanese army's support for ground troops.

Not only that, near Yangon City, the Anti-Japanese Army had a large number of 88mm anti-aircraft guns. The firepower of these anti-aircraft guns also posed a great threat to the Japanese Air Force.

The Japanese air force was almost unable to bomb the Anti-Japanese Army in Yangon City, which greatly reduced the casualties of the Anti-Japanese Army.

The battle in Yangon City was going on fiercely, and both sides carried out offensive and defensive operations with the support of fierce artillery fire, and were in a stalemate. The Anti-Japanese Army stood firm and bought time for Gao Jiu to implement the roundabout plan.

Gao Jiu played a big game this time. He had already discussed with the King of Yunnan and asked him to send troops to participate in the defense of Yangon City. The reason why the Japanese army attacked Yangon was that they wanted to defeat the anti-Japanese army in Myanmar and then attack Yunnan from Myanmar. The King of Yunnan naturally understood the importance of defending Yangon.

The King of Yunnan agreed with Gao Jiu's opinion and sent more than 40,000 members of the 153rd Army of the Yunnan Army to the direction of Yangon City to participate in the battle to defend Yangon City.

Since the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia, they basically defeated the troops of British, American and other countries in this area and occupied most of Southeast Asia. However, due to the variable Gao Jiu, the Japanese army was unable to occupy Myanmar, thus completing the strategic attempt to attack Yunnan through Myanmar. Therefore, according to the order of the Japanese base camp, the 16th Army of the Japanese army concentrated the forces of the 22nd Division and the 23rd Division, and launched a large-scale attack on Myanmar again.

Gao Jiu had a great appetite this time, and he was determined to eat the 22nd Division of the Japanese army. He led the 38th Division of the Guo Army to march secretly, planning to intersperse at the junction of the 22nd Division and the 23rd Division, cut off the connection between the two divisions, and with the Anti-Japanese Army in Yangon City, the 22nd Division of the Japanese army, and strive to wipe out the Japanese division.

Liao Tong was leading the 38th Division to march quickly. Along the way, the officers and soldiers of the long army were very strong and the marching speed was very fast.

Gao Jiu was very satisfied with the quality of the Yuanzheng Army. Gao Jiu and others were marching, and suddenly Jia Liu received a telegram.

The jeep he was riding was behind Gao Jiu's car. He kept honking the whistle to remind Gao Jiu in front of him to pay attention. This was the code they agreed upon, which means that Jia Liu received an important telegram and wanted to submit it to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu stopped the car, and the car Jia Liu was riding in also stopped. He jumped out of the jeep, ran to Gao Jiu, and handed the telegram in his hand to Gao Jiu.

After reading the telegram, Gao Jiu frowned. Liao Tong and Liu Zhanying, who were riding in the same jeep with him, couldn't help but feel a little nervous when they saw him like this. Liao Tong asked, "Master Jiu, what happened?"

Gao Jiu handed the telegram to Liao Tong, and then ordered Jia Liu to bring a military map and lay it on the front cover of the jeep. After Liao Tong read the telegram, he handed it to Liu Zhanying. After everyone looked at it, they all felt that the situation was serious.

The route of detour and interspersion chosen by Gao Jiu and others was accurately selected in advance. They tried to avoid relatively dense areas to achieve the effect of secret marching. Unexpectedly, the scouts of the special forces found that a Japanese army suddenly appeared 20km ahead. Although the Japanese army had a small force, only one brigade. After the 38th Division was replenished, it now had a sufficient force of 12,000. It was very easy for them to eliminate this Japanese army. However, if the 38th Division exchanged fire with this Japanese army, the attempt of the expeditionary army would be exposed. It would be impossible to complete the detour and interspersion task, and the original battle plan to encircle and annihilate the 22nd Division of the Japanese army would not be implemented.

Seeing Gao Jiu looking at the map there, Liao Tong and Liu Zhanying surrounded him. They felt a headache after watching for a long time. The interlude route they chose was carefully studied. The terrain and mountains in this area were undulating and complex. The expeditionary army marched away from densely populated areas to avoid being discovered by the Japanese army. Therefore, this is the only way to feasible. Now that the Japanese army is in front, it is obvious that this road is not feasible.

Seeing Gao Jiu standing there thinking, Liao Tong and Liu Zhanying were also trying to find a way out. But after thinking for a long time, they couldn't find a feasible path.

Liu Zhanying couldn't help but say, "Justice Jiu, we can't intersect the junction of the Japanese army. It's better to change the plan. We also go to Yangon City and launch an attack on the Japanese army head-on. Although we cannot completely wipe out the 22nd Division of the Japanese army, repelling the Japanese army's attack is also a major victory."

Although Liao Tong is confident in Gao Jiu, the 38th Division, when interspersed at the junction between the two major Japanese forces, will definitely be attacked by the two major Japanese divisions, and the 38th Division will be under tremendous pressure.

If the anti-Japanese army in Yangon City cannot break through the defense line of the 22nd Division of the Japanese army in time, the 38th Division will be in danger of being eaten by the two major Japanese divisions.

Liao Tong led the troops to follow Gao Jiu to carry out this interlude mission, which was entirely due to trust in Gao Jiu. Now that such a change has occurred, he also thought that Liu Zhanying's suggestions are more stable. So he also said: "Jiu Master, I think Chief of Staff Liu's opinion can be considered. What do you think?"

Gao Jiu shook his head and said, "In this battle to defend Yangon City, we mobilized the Yuanzheng Army, the British Army, the Yunnan Army and the anti-Japanese troops of various countries. The government also dispatched a large number of air forces.

It is not easy to mobilize such a large-scale army. If the Japanese army cannot be hurt this time, the Japanese army will definitely make a comeback. If the Japanese army launches an attack again in the future and wants to mobilize so many troops to participate in the war, it may not be possible. Therefore, we must seize this opportunity.

It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt one finger. It is better to defeat the Japanese army than to destroy the Japanese army. It is better to destroy the Japanese army than to destroy the Japanese army. This time, as long as the 22nd Division of the Japanese army can completely wipe out the Japanese army, the Japanese army will definitely withdraw from Myanmar, and the situation of the anti-Japanese struggle around Myanmar will greatly improve."

Liao Tong and Liu Zhanying are also senior generals. They think Gao Jiu’s statement makes sense. But the reality is here. According to the current situation, it is impossible for the 38th Division to be interspersed at the junction of the two major Japanese divisions on time.

Liao Tong said: "Jiu Ye, the Japanese army is guarding the front. It is difficult for our troops as big as a force to circumvent the enemy without disturbing the enemy. What should you do?"

Gao Jiu had already had a solution. He made up his mind and drew a line on the map with his fingers, saying, "Go here, Wild Man Mountain."

When Liu Zhanying heard Gao Jiu say this, he was shocked. He personally participated in the rescue of Yuanzheng Army and knew the danger there.

Although Liao Tong had not walked past the Wild Man Mountain, he felt a headache when he heard the generals of the military who had walked out of the Wild Man Mountain talk about the situation of the Wild Man Mountain.

Liao Tong said: "Jiu Ye, the road to Wild Man Mountain is difficult to walk. Even if you travel through it, it is probably too late to go in time. Also, all the heavy equipment cannot be carried. Even if we can cross the Wild Man Mountain on time and penetrate the junction of the Japanese army, we only have light weapons in our hands, but we are facing two major Japanese main divisions, which may not be able to resist."

Gao Jiu's finger moved on the map and said, "Look at it, we don't have to go deep into the Wild Man Mountain, but we just follow the northern foot of Wild Man Mountain and bypass the Japanese army in this area. The Wild Man Mountain passed by no more than 120 miles, so it doesn't take much time.

As for heavy equipment, there is no need to worry about this. As long as the troops can get out of the Wild Man Mountain, we can use airdrops to solve this problem."

Liu Zhanying and Liao Tong both believed Gao Jiu. Seeing that his attitude was so firm, they agreed with Gao Jiu's opinion. Soon, the troops left a battalion to take charge of the heavy equipment and other supplies left by the large army. The troops left the road and headed towards the vast mountains in the distance.

Mawan City.

Guo Hengming received a call from Gao Jiu. He immediately drove to the arsenal, took out a large amount of inventory from the arsenal, and transported it to the airport outside the city, ready to airdrop for the 38th Division at any time.

Gao Jiu and others came to the foot of the Wild Man Mountain after four hours of march. They found a relatively flat place here and set up an airdrop site. Soon after, a large number of transport planes flew over and dropped a large amount of supplies, weapons and ammunition.

This batch of supplies was mainly convenient for carrying food, medicine and other necessary daily necessities for the Far-Zheng troops to cross the Wild Man Mountain. After the officers and soldiers of the Expeditionary Force were replenished, they drove into the Wild Man Mountain.

In order to speed up the marching, Liu Zhanying walked in front of the army and commanded the engineering battalion to overcome obstacles in front of the army to open the way for the army.

The most difficult thing in the Wild Man Mountain is to identify the direction. It is easy to get lost in the vast mountains and forests. The reason why Gao Jiu was able to take the far-fledged army out of the Wild Man Mountain was mainly because he relied on the plane to help him navigate.

This time he adopted the same method. During the day, the troops opened the boxes every two hours in the Savage Mountains and released balloons into the air.

According to Gao Jiu's arrangement, Guo Hengming arranged the plane to patrol the routes scheduled by the Yuanzheng Army. When they saw the balloons that took off, they knew where the Yuanzheng Army troops were located, and then they used a walkie-talkie to guide the Yuanzheng Army's direction of advance.

At night, the troops below fired signal flares into the air. When the planes in the sky saw the signal flares launched from the ground, they would also fire signal flares on the plane to indicate the direction for the troops below. In this way, the far-far army basically did not take detours and successfully crossed the Wild Man Mountain.

Ning Wen and Ning Wu led the special forces to open the way ahead. They confirmed that the troops had bypassed the Japanese defense area and guided the large army out of the Wild Man Mountain and embarked on the originally scheduled interspers route.

In the evening of that day, the Yuanzheng Army camped on a grassland, which was 30km away from the planned interspersion. In the marching tent, Gao Jiu sent a series of telegrams, then opened a canned beef, and waited for news from all over the place while eating. Soon after, news from all parties came.

Under Yangon City, the Taohuashan guerrillas and British troops, after tenacious resistance, withstood the Japanese attack.

The Thai army, Lao army and some Indian army have arrived at Yangon City. The British and Burmese vassals stationed in other places have also arrived. At this time, the anti-Japanese troops gathered under Yangon City have reached more than 70,000, and it is very certain that they have defended Yangon City.
Chapter completed!