Chapter 129: Rising Coffin, Getting Rich

"Besides, Jiang Anguo's Independent Battalion has become an Independent Regiment; this youngster is still a Colonel, and this time he exterminated so many Little Devils, give him a Major General—no, that's too fast, just make him a Colonel," the Chairman said.

Jiang Anguo's Major General will still have to wait a bit.

"Yes, Principal," Dai Li said.

"Yunong, quickly transmit the situation of Bamo and Myitkyina to Guangting."

The Chairman, seeing Dai Li silent, asked curiously: "What's wrong with Yunong?"

"Chairman, this telegram was sent in clear text, meaning not only we received it, but the Little Devils also received it," Dai Li said anxiously.

"This kid has such nerve." Sending such an openly bold telegram about exterminating Little Devils, how could the Little Devils have received it?

"Immediately order Guangting to accelerate northward to retake Myitkyina; the Expeditionary Force will rely on the Myitkyina‑Bamo‑Lashu line to defend against the Japanese Army entering Yunnan."

"Yes, Principal," Dai Li said.

Dai Li didn't leave; his mouth wanted to speak but he didn't know how to start.

"What's wrong, Yunong?" This was the best telegram the Chairman had received, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Principal, there's another matter concerning Jiang Anguo," Dai Li said.

"Go ahead," the Chairman said.

"Principal, here's the situation: the 93rd Division is in Jingdong, but after the Staff Corps of Lashu retreated, they didn't inform the 93rd Division to retreat. However, the 93rd Division received a telegram from Lashu ordering the demolition of the bridge from Leilem to Jingdong, and also directing Lv Guoquan's 93rd Division to prevent the Thai Army and the Japanese Army from attacking Jingdong from Thailand." Dai Li naturally knew who sent the telegram, but he didn't want to say more.

The Chairman also went to the edge of the map, looked at Lashu and Jingdong, and asked: "Where is the th Division now?"

"Principal, the th Division just captured Xibu, its commander is injured and unconscious, it's less than 100 km from Lashu, but the bridge and railway were destroyed by the Japanese Army, so the th Division currently cannot cross the river."

The Chairman paced back and forth, thinking: "Lin Wei is almost at Kunming, yet Lv Guoquan still doesn't know; the Chief of Staff can be ignored, Lv Guoquan's side doesn't need to move, it's temporarily safe. Watching the Thai side, Lashu cannot be abandoned; at the very least we must ensure supplies are first transferred to Kunming."

The Chairman doesn't know how many soldiers remain in Lashu; Dai Li's intelligence only knows three to four thousand, which he thinks is reasonable.

"Assign all Lashu soldiers to Jiang Anguo's Independent Battalion," the Chairman said.

Dai Li said reluctantly: "Chairman, Lashu may have hardly any soldiers; many are scattered remnants from other units. The 29th Division is still in Kunming, and the 28th Division has only entered a part of Myanmar."

"What?" The Chairman only now realized that Lashu was already an empty city—utterly absurd!

The current problem is that Dai Anlan's th Division cannot reach Lashu; otherwise Lashu could still defend.

"Immediately order Song Lianxi to rush to the Yunnan border to prevent the Japanese Army from moving north," the Chairman said.

Du Lvming also received the telegram sent by the Independent Battalion, and the telegram from Chongqing arrived quickly as well.

Now Du Lvming has no way out; orders change from morning to evening. Even if only a small Japanese unit is behind, Du Lvming cannot turn back toward Bamo; he can only press on stubbornly toward Myitkyina.

And he ordered the vanguard to seize Myitkyina at first opportunity, because Jiang Anguo had already informed Du Lvming of the number of Japanese troops occupying Myitkyina. Thus Du Lvming has no reason not to fight; the Japanese have only a company's worth of troops, and Du Lvming still has at least twenty thousand troops.

Du Lvming finally understood; he was scared out of his wits—just a few thousand Little Devils had frightened him.

On the contrary, Stilwell didn't go to India with the British; instead he followed the Expeditionary Force's main body northward, and he didn't complain.

The Expeditionary Force's heavy firepower, those 105mm howitzers, were still retained, because the howitzers were the first to withdraw and thus weren't abandoned on the road.

As long as they don't go through Wild Man Mountain, those howitzers can provide excellent defensive fire.

Originally, a 70–80 km road could reach Bamo; now, even traveling double that distance isn't enough.

Many Expeditionary Force soldiers didn't complain, because they knew their homeland was behind them; they wanted to go home.

Soon Jiang Anguo received a telegram announcing his promotion to Regiment Commander: "Great, now I'm finally a Regiment Commander."

Jiang Anguo was still very happy; his rank finally rose, and he was now on par with Hu Xianqun; otherwise it would have been hard to mobilize nearby troops.

The most speechless thing for Jiang Anguo was that the message also reminded him not to redeploy troops arbitrarily, and to hand over Lashu's routed soldiers to his Independent Battalion.

Jiang Anguo naturally understood that the Chairman must have known the situation of the 93rd Division, but if he hadn't warned the 93rd Division in advance to cut the bridge, the 93rd Division would probably already be chased away by a few hundred Little Devils.

"System, can the personnel count be increased now?" Jiang Anguo asked.

"Yes, Host," the system replied; Jiang Anguo hadn't heard the system's voice in a long time.

The number of people increased by 2,000 from before, so Jiang Anguo can now command troops.

This is truly good news.

Thus, he no longer needs to go to Lashu to transfer troops to defend Bamo; he can directly Exchange forces to defend Bamo.

"Congratulations, Host, on becoming Regiment Commander and capturing Bamo; the system rewards are as follows: 200,000 Canned Beef, 600,000 canned vegetables, 50,000 packs of sugar, 10,000 Medical Packs, 3,000 Mauser K98k Rifles, 5,000,000 rounds of ammunition, 50,000 Hand Grenades, 4,000 Landmines, 8,000 60mm shells, 8,000 80mm shells, 8,000 75mm shells, and 8,000 105mm shells."

Jiang Anguo was ecstatic; with this, the supplies were abundant, allowing him to save many points.

The key is that his previous supplies were not used up, because he never encountered large‑scale battles, only small skirmishes.

If only the system could give more artillery, the shells would be sufficient, but there aren't that many infantry guns and howitzers, so it seems points exchange is still needed.

Honestly, artillery is still cheap; in fact, shell prices far exceed artillery prices.

Jiang Anguo still made a profit.

He immediately set about replenishing personnel, because this battle still incurred losses: the Guard Company lost 23 men in action, and several other units also suffered, totaling 38 soldiers killed.

Jiang Anguo went to look at the fallen soldiers and said farewell to each of them.

"Arrange the remains of the warriors properly; after the Myanmar War ends, bring them back to the country."

All the warriors' bodies were claimed by officers of each unit, registered, and then all were cremated.

There's no choice; Myanmar's weather is hot and humid, and untreated bodies rot easily, causing other diseases.

As for the Japanese soldiers, they were piled together, doused with gasoline, and set ablaze.

Crush the bones and raise the ash.