Chapter 50 No one can understand!

"What did you say? The Hashimoto Squadron lost contact?" It was not until the next day that the news from the Hashimoto Squadron reached Major Fujiwara's ears, which surprised him.

"Why are you reporting now?" Major Fujiwara looked at the signalman in front of him and asked in a cold tone.

"The Hashimoto Squadron has always had the habit of maintaining radio silence. It was not until twelve hours later that we confirmed that they had lost contact," the signalman explained reluctantly.

In fact, the Japanese troops attacking Burma were dispersed, and many squadrons deliberately maintained radio silence in order to gain military merit.

The radio will only be turned on after a certain strategic location is captured.

Plus the jungle area, radio signals are also affected.

So losing contact is common.

But it is very abnormal that there was no contact for twelve hours.

"Could there be something wrong with their radio?" Major Fujiwara still couldn't believe that a squadron would suddenly disappear.

"Just before this, Hashimoto-kun sent me a telegram saying that they discovered a detachment of the expeditionary force. Could it be that they deliberately did not turn on the radio in order to track them?"

The signalman was a little hesitant about Major Fujiwara's guess, but finally he gritted his teeth and insisted.

"Major, the situation you mentioned has a high probability of happening. We are more inclined to believe that something happened to Hashimoto's squadron."

Hearing this, Major Fujiwara frowned even deeper. It was not a good thing for a squadron to lose contact.

"Send someone to look for Squadron Hashimoto immediately." Before he could finish his words, another person rushed in and said in a panic.

"Major, something happened to Hashimoto's squadron."

"What?" Major Fujiwara could no longer sit still. He stood up suddenly and looked at the other party in disbelief.

"Baga, what's going on?"

"The sentry on guard discovered several natives. According to their confessions, Hashimoto's squadron was ambushed by the expeditionary force and all of them were killed." The lieutenant said quickly, looking at Major Fujiwara who was about to get furious.

Upon hearing this, Major Fujiwara slammed the table.

"Baga, an expeditionary force? Why would there be an expeditionary force here? This is absolutely impossible."

He is already a mid-level military officer and knows more information.

The expeditionary force's vanguard, the 200th Division, has set out from Lashio and is heading towards Tonggu.

It is expected to arrive in two to three days.

Now someone told him that the expeditionary force was already right under his nose, which was simply unbelievable.

"Major, this is true. In order to prevent the news from leaking out, the expeditionary force has killed all the natives in the village." The lieutenant explained hurriedly.

Major Fujiwara was now completely speechless.

"Is it true? All of Hashimoto's squadron was destroyed?"

"Yes." Although the lieutenant was a little bit unbelievable, he still nodded in response.

"Baga, assemble the troops. I want to avenge Hashimoto-kun and kill all the damn Chinese." Major Fujiwara roared with murderous intent on his face.

"Major, I think we should calm down now. Captain Hashimoto's previous inference may be true. In order to stop our Imperial Army in Tonggu, the expeditionary force specially dispatched a detachment to attack the rear of our Imperial Army." The lieutenant grabbed Major Fujiwara who was eager to take revenge.

"Now that the British Army is in full retreat, the Expeditionary Force wants to stop the attack of our Imperial Army with just a small force? This is a dream." Major Fujiwara stubbornly believed that this was absolutely a trick.

It was just to attract the attention of the Imperial Army and thus disperse the main force of the Japanese army.

You must know that the troops attacking Myanmar only have tens of thousands of people. Once the troops are dispersed, it will affect the subsequent attack.

Major Fujiwara's words were not without reason. After all, the decisive battle of Tonggu was imminent, and as long as they took this place, the Japanese army would sweep across the entire Burma.

They could even concentrate their main forces to attack southwestern Yunnan, thus completely completing the strategy of encircling the Chinese.

"First report the situation here to His Excellency the Colonel and wait for new orders." Major Fujiwara thought for a moment. If he was rash again and caused problems for an entire battalion, he would be the sinner of the Imperial Army. So he simply reported the intelligence here and waited for orders.

"Hi." The lieutenant responded quickly.

On the other side, the 200th Division was marching towards Tonggu day and night.

According to the combat mission, they will enter Tonggu, gradually take over the defense of the British army and cover the safe retreat of the British army.

"Commander, this British army is completely different from what we imagined. It simply collapsed at the first blow and has no will to fight at all."

The predecessor of the 200th Division was the direct tank battalion, which was also the first mechanized division with a very strong fighting will.

Therefore, it is simply incomprehensible to face the British army's collapsing behavior at the first touch.

In their eyes, the British Army is the world's number one power, how could it be so weak?

"I don't understand either." Division Commander Dai Anlan also didn't understand why the British army was so weak.

But he had to obey the orders from his superiors and go to rescue the British troops who were about to be besieged.

At the same time, he had a bad idea in his mind, that is, the British army might completely abandon Burma.

It's no wonder he had this idea, because the British army's performance did not seem like they wanted to hold their ground.

He could understand shrinking the defense line, but at least he had to fight back step by step.

The results of it?
They collapsed at the first blow and fled.

Even when the Japanese army was still several kilometers away, the British army was thinking of escaping.

For a moment, he was a little confused about the battle situation.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Notify all the troops to speed up their march and reach Tonggu within three days. Our allies, the British army, are urging us again." After thinking for a while and still not figuring it out, Dai Anlan had to ask the troops to speed up.

"Yes."

At the same time, Yu Xiaoqing's Sichuan Army also marched from Mandalay to Tangji area to replace the British troops there.

"Commander, the British army is indeed not as strong as imagined." Zhang Lixian asked in confusion as he looked at the British army retreating dejectedly.

"Yes, the British army is indeed too weak, but the equipment they provided is quite good, all of which are American equipment." He Shuguang, who had just changed his clothes, was still immersed in excitement, and he also echoed a few words about the British army's fighting will.

"It is indeed too weak and does not deserve the title of the first great power at all." Yu Xiaoqing was also a little puzzled, but he could not give a good reason.

"Where is Cun Yunsheng's Sichuan Army?"

Yu Xiaoqing's words stunned several people.

"I don't know. Since they entered Myanmar, their radio has been silent and they have not contacted us actively." Zhang Lixian shook his head and said.

"Maybe he is hiding somewhere waiting for American equipment." He Shuguang's words made Yu Xiaoqing shake his head.

"Impossible. He is such a proud person, there is no way he would be a coward."

“Maybe a victory has been won.”

"Is this possible? I haven't received any notification." He Shuguang hesitated. Normally, no matter how many Japanese soldiers were killed, they would be reported and rewarded.

Each unit would also receive reports from its superiors, but now, apart from the great victory from Yenangyaung, there were no other reports at all.

(End of this chapter)