Li Lei told Li Da that he must pay attention to the Japanese army's follow-up troops.

In the Laoyikao area, there are also artillery and baggage corps of the 56th Division.

Although there are not many people, they are Japanese artillerymen after all, so we must avoid losses.

Before he could clean the battlefield, Li Lei received an order from the command center.

Let his plane fly to Ren'anqiang immediately for support.

At the same time, Li Lei's temporary regiment was ordered to move westward immediately and rushed to the Ren'anqiang area to block the reinforcements of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army.

Li Lei looked at the map and measured it with a ruler.

His brows frowned.

His temporary group had just passed the battle and was now exhausted and needed rest in urgent need of rest.

Tangji is several hundred kilometers away from Ren'anqiang, and he can't get there within two days.

Even if he arrived, his troops could not immediately enter the battle.

The First Regiment has fought several fierce battles in the past few days, and the troops have been extremely tired and their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

If you are blocking the 18th Division of the Japanese army, there may be problems.

Li Lei looked at the map and felt a little embarrassed.

Zhao Gang said: "Captain, according to the current situation, it is a bit difficult to completely wipe out the 55th Division of the Japanese Army!"

Zhao Gang also realized that the Japanese army asked the 18th Division to march Xiang Ren'anqiang quickly, which clearly meant to give up the 56th Division and save the 55th Division.

Now the 18th Division of the Japanese Army is close to Ren'anqiang, and the 18th Division has not fought a war here, the troops are complete and the soldiers are not consumed.

So it is currently the most combat-capable of all troops.

Not only did their temporary regiment be far from Ren'anqiong, the troops were already trapped and there was no spare energy to start fighting immediately.

Not to mention marching urgently.

This is simply unrealistic.

It's okay to send planes to bomb.

However, the premise is that the Japanese plane must be killed first.

According to the telegram, the Japanese army should have sent all the planes.

The number is about seventy.

Seventy, a lot of them!

Li Lei now has a hundred planes in his hand.

If an air battle is held, it is probably not a big problem to defeat the Japanese aircraft.

However, even if you win such a large-scale air battle, your plane will suffer significant losses.

Conservatively estimated, more than 30 aircraft would be lost.

Thirty rounds...

Li Lei couldn't afford it.

There is no place to replenish these planes after they are fired.

You can't just fight air battles like this.

This combat efficiency is not high.

The most important thing is that it cannot change the fact that the Japanese army in Ren'anqiang can retreat.

Now the Japanese army in Ren'anqiang has very stubborn defense and is completely defending the dead.

Although the three armies surrounded the 55th Division, it seemed that they could not do so if they wanted to conquer within two days.

The original plan was to annihilate or severely damage the Japanese army.

It seemed that it was right at that time. It was a bit difficult to eat the 55th Division in a short period of time.

If there is no reinforcement from the 18th Division, it would be perfectly OK to kill the 55th Division of the Japanese Army for ten days and half a month.

Just when Li Lei was in a dilemma, Zhao Gang hurried over: "Captain, domestic telegram, the new commander of the 15th Army, Okamura Yasuji!"

who!?

Li Lei was stunned when he heard this name, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

Zhao Gang handed over the telegram and repeated the words: "The new commander of the 15th Japanese Army, Okamura Yasuji!"

Li Lei took the telegram and read it.

It's really this bastard.

It's really a narrow road for enemies.

When I was in China, I had a fight.

Unexpectedly, I could meet him here.

"Is the message reliable?" Li Lei was a little surprised about this news.

"Reliable is the information of the comrades from the Shanghai underground party."

Minglou?

Li Lei was stunned for a moment.

Minglou is indeed very powerful, and you can find such secret information.

Since it was the news he sent, it was basically certain.

Li Lei asked Zhao Gang to send the news to the command center immediately.

Okamura Yanji is a difficult opponent.

Li Lei had already experienced this when he fought with him in the country.

This guy is very sinister.

The next battle is going to be hard to fight.

The command center who received the telegram from Li Lei was also surprised.

The man Okamura Yasuji was so familiar with him. Many of the commanders in the Expeditionary Force had fought with Okamura Yasuji.

They are relatively familiar with this bastard's way of using troops.

Just two words, sinister.

Li Lei reported his troops' situation and suggested that the command center give up the plan to annihilate the 55th Division of the Japanese Army.

Transfer to Mandalay immediately.

After resting in Mandalay, we were looking for opportunities to annihilate the Japanese army.

Now the Japanese army has only two divisions here. As long as you find a way to separate these two divisions, plus Li Lei's temporary regiment, you can eliminate these two divisions separately.

Finally, the command center agreed to Li Lei's suggestion, and the troops of the three armies immediately moved to Mandalay.

By the time the 18th Japanese Division arrived in Ren'anqiang, the troops of the Expeditionary Force had already been transferred.

Although the Japanese 55th Division did not annihilate, more than half of the casualties and their combat effectiveness had been greatly weakened.

It can be said that although this battle was not perfect, the goal of severely damaging the 55th Division of the Japanese Army was basically achieved.

Now the Japanese army is in Ren'anqiang, Li Lei's temporary regiment is in Tangji, and the other three armies are in Mandalay.

Whether it is the Japanese army or the expeditionary force, they are all in rest.

For a moment, the entire battlefield became quiet.

However, Okamura Yasuji was not quiet. The 15th and 49th Divisions of the Japanese army drawn were already landing in Maudan.

But Okamura Yasuji did not invest these two divisions here.

As a cunning commander, Okamura Yanji had realized that if these two divisions were put into the battlefield here, they would not achieve much effect.

Through the last battle between Iida Yoshiro and the Expeditionary Force, Okamura Yasuji discovered that the other party used the dispersibility of their troops to carry out various tactics of defeat.

This gave him a lot of inspiration.

Maybe, I can use this tactic.

Now his 15th Army has four divisions, namely the 15th Division, the 18th Division, the 49th Division, and the 55th Division.

The 56th Division also has an infantry brigade and an artillery and baggage corps.

The 55th Division suffered a great loss in this battle in Ren'anqiang.

By replenishing the remaining troops of the 56th Division, you can fill the losses of the 55th Division.

In this way, the 55th Division will become a complete division.

Four complete divisions can be completely annihilated if they separate the opponent's troops.
To be continued...