In Maulammian, the 25th Japanese Army Command.

"It's here." Ishihara Kaner pointed to the map and said in a deep voice, "Ancient!"

"Ancient City?" Gu Di Na Huaxiong frowned, "I've tried it before."

As early as a week ago, the third day after the Battle of Shidanghe broke out, because the 8th Division was unable to capture Shidang City, the 18th Division was in Paben and Dakun's front line, so Ishihara Kaner ordered the Guard Division to send an engineer corps to build a bridge.

When the pontoon bridge was opened, the 1st Brigade of the Guards was ordered to detour from Guse.

According to past practice, as long as the Japanese army makes a breakthrough from the flank, the national army will collapse.

The troops commanded by Zhong Yi are more tenacious than other Chinese troops, but after being threatened on the flanks, they can only choose to give up the Xidanghe defense line.

This is the law of war, and Zhong Yi has no way to change the law!

War is nothing more than offense and defense. Whether it is an offensive or a defender, stability is very important.

Once the stability of one side is broken by the other side, the best result is to withdraw troops, and the second bad result is the defeat of the entire army, just like the result of the National Army gaining in the Battle of Shanghai, and the worst result is the destruction of the entire army, just like the tragic ending of the National Army gaining in the Battle of Nanjing.

Unfortunately, the national army was obviously prepared for a long time.

Since the National Army set up a large number of posts along the west bank of the Xidang River and deployed heavy troops, several efforts of the 1st Guards Engineers' Regiment ended in failure.

As a last resort, Ishihara Kanir had no choice but to give up building a pontoon bridge.

As a result, I fought under Xidang City for ten days and have not made any breakthroughs until now.

In desperation, Ishihara Kanir could only turn his attention to the ancient castle north of Shindang Castle.

But Gu Di Na Huaxiong disagreed with this proposal and said: "Mr. Commander, I think I should still ask the Navy for support. We will directly land on the beach from the west coast of Madaban Bay!"

Speaking of this, Gu Dina Huaxiong pointed to the map and said, "Please look, once our army successfully grabs the beach from Madaban Bay, it only takes less than fifty miles north to attack Yangon City! Once Yangon is captured, the Chinese army on the Xidang River defense line will fall into a desperate situation of being attacked from both sides, and defeat is the inevitable result."

"No, it's not that easy." Ishihara Kanir waved his hand and said, "According to the information provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Chinese army was not unprepared on the beachhead position on the west bank of Madaban Bay, but built a large number of shore defense bunkers!"

Gu Dina Huaxiong said in a deep voice: "Although the Chinese army has built a large number of shore defense bunkers on the west bank of Madaban Bay, the deployment of not many troops is not large, with only one division less than 5,000 people!"

"No." Ishihara Kanir waved his hand and said, "This is only temporary. Once our army mobilized landing ships from the sea and showed signs of landing from the west bank of Madaban Bay, Zhong Yi would definitely increase troops to the beachhead on the west bank of Madaban Bay, and the troops could be increased to three to five divisions within a day!"

"That's nothing." Gu Di Na Huaxiong said in a deep voice, "As long as the navy is supported, the Chinese army will never be able to defend the beachhead position. This has been fully proven in the Battle of Shanghai."

"But this is Myanmar, not Shanghai." Ishihara said in a deep voice, "In Shanghai, the Chinese Navy is impossible to threaten the security of the Imperial Navy, but in Yangon, Myanmar, the Pacific Fleet of the British Royal Navy and the Indian Ocean Fleet are enough to pose a threat to the Imperial Navy."

Gu Di Na Huaxiong said: "We can apply directly to the Army Department or even His Majesty the Emperor to request that the Imperial Navy Joint Fleet be transferred to Myanmar and take this opportunity to completely eliminate the military presence of the British Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean."

"You are nonsense!" Ishihara said, "Although the Imperial Army has occupied Singapore, Singapore's port facilities have been devastatingly damaged, and it is impossible to repair and re-invest in a short period of time. If there is no Singapore's port as support, do you think the Imperial Navy can be the opponent of the British Royal Navy?"

Gu Di Huaxiong immediately stopped saying a word because he also felt it was impossible.

The total tonnage of the Royal Navy's Pacific Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet may be only half of the Japanese Navy's Joint Combined Fleet. After all, Britain's core interests are always in the European mainland!

However, the Royal Navy relies on India and Myanmar's home ports, and its logistics supply line is short and fast, and it can also receive firepower support from the land air force. However, the Japanese Navy's logistics supply line is very long and the replenishment time is very long! It is difficult to obtain firepower support from the land.

Once the two sides fight to the death, the situation of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet will be extremely unfavorable.

Therefore, unless the Admiralty is crazy, it will never send a condemnation fleet to travel thousands of miles to the Indian Ocean to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the British Royal Navy's Pacific and Indian Ocean fleets. It is impossible!

Ishihara Kanir said again: "So, we can only seek breakthroughs from antique colors."

"But the Chinese army set up a large number of posts on the west bank of the Xidang River." Gu Di Na Huaxiong shook his head and said, "and he also deployed heavy troops. The Imperial Army could not even build a floating bridge, so how could it cross the river?"

"That's because we didn't choose Antique as the main breakthrough from the beginning, so the troops invested were very limited." Ishihara said, "But now, we must place the main breakthrough in the Antique direction, so it is necessary to invest heavy troops in this direction. Instruct the 1st Guard Division immediately forward and cross the Tin River from Antique!"

"Hayi!" Seeing that Ishihara Kaner had made up his mind, Kadi Huaxiong stopped saying anything.

Because as the chief of staff, his main responsibility is to provide advice and help the commander make decisions. As for what decisions he will make in the end, it is the commander's business.

...

In Yangon, the head of the Myanmar War Zone.

"Ancient color!" Zhong Yi drew a circle on the map with a red pencil and said with a firm tone, "The next target of the Japanese army must be antique color!"

"Ancient color?" Wang Geng nodded softly, and continued, "There is a large bay in Ancient color. The water flow is slower. It is indeed the ideal place to build a floating bridge. The Japanese army also chose to build a bridge here before, but because we had been prepared for a long time, they did not let them succeed. However, is it possible that the Japanese army really come back?"

"The nature is different." Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "The last time it was a surprise attack, the Japanese army's intention was to try their luck. It would be nothing if the bridge was not successful, but if the bridge was successful, it would be an unexpected surprise."

"But this time, the Japanese army is serious and will definitely be in heavy troops!"
Chapter completed!