Chapter 95: Radio Order, 93rd Division

Jiang Anguo got the latest news from Lin Yi.

As for the Lashu Staff Department, none of the documents were taken; during the evacuation they wished they had two extra legs, and even before the Little Devil saw them, they were already ready to flee.

Just looking at the combat power of the Senary Army makes it clear; Jiang Anguo shook his head and thought, what the heck are they fighting with!

What puzzled Jiang Anguo most was that the Staff Department's radio was untouched, the Code Book was still there, and Jiang Anguo handed all these to Lin Yi.

Once the Japanese Army captured Lashu, this stuff in enemy hands would mean all Expeditionary Force secrets would be known to the Japanese Army.

At the very least, when retreating, you should delete all these written items—no, destroy them entirely: smash the radio and burn all the documents with text.

Now Jiang Anguo has obtained the Code Book and can even contact Chongqing directly.

As for the other documents, there's basically nothing useful; Jiang Anguo only got some scattered troop movement info, but no detailed troop deployment map.

The latest news Lin Yi obtained is that the Japanese Army attacked the 49th Division at Meng Ban, and Jiang Anguo marked our units one by one on the map.

Only then can it be displayed more intuitively.

And the approximate location of the Japanese 56th Division was also shown; with Taunggyi fallen, the Eighth Company's entire regiment has already sent a Radio Order to Jiang Anguo, which he has received; Du Lvming withdrew from Taunggyi, so the Japanese will naturally occupy it.

"Good fellows, good fellows, and this kind of troop deployment." Even though Jiang Anguo doesn't understand formations, he knows that facing the Japanese Army's two divisions that were known in advance, plus two more divisions as reinforcements.

In the early stage, the Japanese 33rd Division and 55th Division, plus other forces, gave the Japanese Army a strength exceeding forty thousand men.

The Expeditionary Force had one hundred thousand soldiers, some still at home; only now does Jiang Anguo realize that the force entering Myanmar indeed numbered one hundred thousand, because one division was still in Kunming before departing, namely the new 29th Division.

The Senary Army formed a Single Line Long Snake Formation along the Lei Gu, Meng Ban, and Jingdong front.

The three divisions are temporary 55th Division under Chen Mianwu, the 49th Division under Peng Bisheng, and the 93rd Division under Lv Guoquan.

The strongest Fifth Army set a Single Line Long Snake Formation in central Myanmar; given the terrain, the British hold the western road, and as long as they prevent the Japanese from breaking through the defensive line, that's sufficient.

In the middle road they clash decisively with the Japanese; war is no child's play—the Japanese control sea, land, and air advantages, Myanmar only has terrain advantage, no other advantages, and even the Burmese populace refuses to cooperate with the Expeditionary Force.

If the Japanese had only two divisions, the Expeditionary Force could trade blows, but now the Japanese have received support from two divisions from Dong Lai Ban Dao.

"Deployed two Single Line Long Snake Formations." Jiang Anguo could only laugh and cry.

The Single Line Long Snake Formation is correct, but you must also consider unit combat strength; the strongest is the Fifth Army, capable of holding the Japanese advance head‑on.

But once the Fifth Army's position is breached, the th Division is on the rear; you expose your Senary Army, i. e., the flank, to the enemy; Temporary Fifty Division has already been repelled, and still thinking about the Mandalay Battle, Luo Zhuoying's command is truly problematic.

Du Lvming has already considered retreating to Myitkyina, the Lashu area, to conduct defensive operations, while Luo Zhuoying at this time still insists with Stilwell on the Mandalay Battle.

The 49th Division has now withdrawn toward Jingdong, preparing to link up with Lv Guoquan's 93rd Division; the 93rd Division not only defends against Thai forces, but also has two brigades ready to move west to support the th Army headquarters; Lv Guoquan is unaware that his own commander Gan Lichu has already retreated home.

Watanabe Masao dispatched blocking forces and has already blown up the bridges toward Jingdong and Meng Ban, preventing the 93rd Division's support.

The intelligence gap is starkly evident here.

Before Jiang Anguo received Lin Yi's fragmented information, he also did not understand the Expeditionary Force's movements.

April 24, 17:00.

"Lin Yi, immediately issue a Radio Order to the 93rd Division, Lv Guoquan, to have the main force hold position, guard Jingdong, prevent Thai troops from moving west, dispatch a small detachment westward to Gao Yi Dai, try to gather the 49th Division's stragglers; if encountering Japanese forces, destroy the Sa Er Wen Jiang bridge." Jiang Anguo gave the order.

Da Gao is on the west side of Sa Er Wen Jiang, which also has another name: Nujiang.

Jiang Anguo positioned the 93rd Division here to reduce its losses; if you launch a strong attack, the Japanese need only a battalion to block you.

Better to hold position and gather the stragglers.

Lin Yi turned back, looking at the commander in disbelief, "Commander, are you sure you want to send it like this?"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Anguo asked curiously.

"Um, commander, we are only a battalion, issuing orders to the 93rd Division." Lin Yi's hands were trembling a bit.

If this order is given and something goes wrong, it's a capital offense.

"Don't panic; we're using the Staff Department's radio to send the message, and you still need to issue the command as a Staff Corps order." Jiang Anguo smiled and said.

"Moreover, if the 93rd Division moves west, it repeats the th Division's mistake, exhausted, holding position, guarding Jingdong."

Jiang Anguo concluded, "Don't worry, if anything happens, I take responsibility, but I won't take your life."

Lin Yi could only obey the commander's orders, beep—beep—beep, the sound of fingers tapping the radio.

Far in Jingdong, Lv Guoquan's communications office also received the Staff Department's order.

"Division commander, the latest Staff Department order is a bit odd." After receiving the message, the communications chief immediately reported to Lv Guoquan.

Lv Guoquan has already prepared to lead two brigades to personally go to Meng Ban for support.

"What order?" Lv Guoquan took the telegram.

Upon close inspection, the telegram's instruction was to have himself hold position.

It should be noted that Lv Guoquan has sent the Staff Corps more than ten telegrams with no reply; now being told to hold position is indeed odd.

"Confirm again with the Staff Department."

After another confirmation, it still orders Lv Guoquan to hold position.

After triple checking, it is confirmed the order came from the Staff Corps.

Lv Guoquan finally decided to obey the Staff Department, immediately halted troop movements, and dispatched a brigade to reinforce the 49th Division.

At this moment Lv Guoquan only received a rescue mission and did not know that Peng Bisheng's 49th Division had already been smashed by the Japanese.

The Thai forces of two divisions facing Jingdong eye the situation hungrily, ready to move west into Myanmar at any time, so Lv Guoquan is reluctant to redeploy troops.

In fact Lv Guoquan does not dare to rashly move west to rescue the 49th Division; after weighing it repeatedly, if his own troops do not assist, military law will act, and his head will not be safe.

Now Lv Guoquan must strengthen defenses.

Fortunately, the Thai forces opposite seem to have become chaotic themselves, and it's unclear what happened.

(It's Monday, still no rest!)