My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 343
"You mean that the 53rd Division is less than 80 kilometers away from Lashio?"

"Well, this telegram was seized by Zhang Liu at the devil's headquarters. Fortunately, the Japanese didn't have time to destroy it. Even the code book is still there. I have asked someone to translate it. The content is very clear. You can see for yourself."

After talking, Meng got annoyed and handed over the telegram.

Long Wenwen took it and looked carefully, the content on the paper made him frown involuntarily.

At present, the 53rd Division has crossed Lailong Mountain and is marching towards Lashio at a high speed. Their vanguard has reached Mengya, which is only more than 70 kilometers away from Lashio.

Moreover, the 53rd Division also stated in the telegram that the garrison brigade must stick to Lashio. It only takes one day for them to bypass Meng Yang and outflank the enemy from the side.

"The place names on the Burmese side are getting more and more confusing, but these little devils actually want to go around and don't ask for the name of our first regiment."

If you want to raise your chin and show a confident smile, what is there to be afraid of?They have been singing all the way since Nantianmen, and they have never been afraid of anyone in the jungle battle group.

It's just that Long Wenwen was a little absent-minded. He originally thought that he was here for several days, but he didn't expect that the little devils were also rushing to death without stopping, leaving them with only one day to garrison.

"Let the troops count the weapons and ammunition. The logistics team probably won't be able to make it through these few days. Ah Yi and the others are still stuck in the middle of the road. We have to plan and live carefully."

Long Wenwen blinked and revealed the biggest problem they had encountered so far.

In order to penetrate the enemy's rear as quickly as possible, the entire army did not carry too many weapons and equipment, and each person only took the normal amount of ammunition.

Especially Mi Long, a prodigal son, his battalion consumes the most ammunition in the whole regiment every time, which is really worrying.

Originally thought that the 200th Division and the Engineer Corps could keep up with the pace, at least keep the marching difference within one day, so that they could support the supply as a sharp knife as soon as possible, so that they would not be so passive in the face of the Japanese counterattack.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. They still underestimated the difficulty of the mechanical troops marching in the jungle, and they also didn't expect the speed of the Japanese to be so fast.

In addition, the road from Wanding to Lashio is not peaceful, and there are still many Japanese stronghold defense lines in the middle. When the large army is in progress, it is necessary to beware of sneak attacks by little devils. walking through the forest.

Although the firepower of the American equipment is fierce, it requires too much logistics. After two battles, the ammunition is almost exhausted. Each soldier has an average of less than 30 bullets in his hand.

"The consumption is really high, and the third battalion has started borrowing bullets everywhere."

Meng Fan shook his head, feeling a little helpless, frowned and sighed: "Oh... we almost broke our legs, but I didn't expect the Japanese to slow down much, so what should we do next? Or retreat into the woods to attack and harass us? "

"The living are still suffocated to death by urine? There are still a lot of food and Japanese weapons in the warehouse of the train station. It is really impossible to take them out and make do with them!"

Long Wenwen thought for a while and quickly ordered that he didn't intend to just withdraw the Lashio that was finally captured.

In this situation, going into the mountains and fighting guerrillas is also the next strategy. I don’t have much time and lack of supplies, and I have to go to the jungle to live a hard life, so that the Lashio I just won has become useless. Isn’t that true? Behavior of a fool?

As long as the Japanese defend Lashio like a tortoise shell, Long Wenwen and the others will definitely not be able to stand it for a long time. Besides, there is still a division behind them.

The two hills of Lashio are actually quite suitable for defense, but the little devil didn't use them. Long Wenwen, who has an extremely keen sense of the battlefield, has already discovered the mystery.

"I heard that Zhang Liu captured the commander of the garrison?" Long Wenwen suddenly remembered this incident.

"Well, I was beaten half to death by him, and now I'm locked up at the barracks, what? Do you have an idea?" Meng Fanle replied.

"Hey, that's interesting. I'll go to interrogate him later, maybe it will help us in our next defense."

Meng Fan was shocked: "Have you decided to stick to Lashio?"

"Correct!"

"You have to think about it, if the support from the back can't arrive in time, we will be alone. It's no different from the 56th Division in Tengchong. At that time, the little devils will block back... Then it will be like closing the door and beating dogs... No, have you caught a turtle in your urn?" Meng Fan was very worried and asked hastily.

The situation is so severe, and the fate of these 2000 people can be controlled by a few simple words, so there is no room for him to take chances at this moment.

"How do you talk? Why do you close the door and beat the dog to catch the turtle, and your mouth started to scoop again? Tsk... If it is said that we beat the dog, when will it be the turn of those Oriental dogs to bark, huh?"

Long Wenwen glared at Meng Fan angrily, and the tone of his words showed his firm attitude.

"But we do..."

Meng was annoyed and wanted to argue, but before he finished speaking Long Wenwen's yin and yang voice suddenly sounded: "Commander Deng, I want to ask whether the surname Long has the final say in this group...or the surname Meng? ?”

"Ah?" Bula, who was still watching the excitement with Yao Magou shoulder to shoulder, was stunned, and subconsciously said: "Well, of course you have the final say."

"Did you hear Deputy Head Meng?"

Hearing this, Meng got annoyed and knew what the grandson was going to say later, so angrily, he simply didn't say too much about sex.

Seeing that he didn't sing the opposite tune again, Long Wenwen put away his smile, and his face gradually became serious: "Listen to me, if it's not spicy, you take a battalion to the southern mountain to deploy defenses, and dig deeper, especially the artillery pits, devils The infantry artillery is not easy to fool."

"Meng Laoer, take someone to the north mountain col, try to stay as close as possible to Bula and them, leave me a company of troops, I will be of great use. And what about Milong, that crumpled boy? Tell him to wait at the station. I!"

After the order was issued, all ministries began to act.In just one day, it was not easy to build a good position before the arrival of the Japanese army.

"Your uncle! Who the hell is the second child..."

"Go away, don't bother me!"

Long Wenwen dismissed Meng Fanle impatiently, but no one paid attention to his slightly pale palms from being squeezed.

To say that he was not fully confident in this battle, in the final analysis, he was still gambling that the follow-up troops could reach Lashio before they collapsed, and that the Japanese vanguard did not have heavy artillery accompanying them.

The troops marched for nearly 200 kilometers, and Lashio was finally defeated. It is really unwilling to give up like this.

The battlefield is changing rapidly and opportunities are fleeting. If the main force of the 53rd Division rushes back to Lashio and other places, all their actions will be in vain.

Long Wenwen was not sure that he could use one regiment to challenge the opponent's division. Even if he added 200 divisions and an engineering regiment whose combat effectiveness could not be guaranteed, there might even be a risk of being cut off by the opponent.

Therefore, Lashio must be defended. As long as the follow-up troops come over, it can be built into a strong fortress. By then, the Japanese will never want to surpass it.

Long Wenwen has the courage to go against the current, and he also has the luck of leaking a boat to carry wine. Now he is more confident under Liao Mingyu's "love" and "indulgence", and he is no longer as unlucky as the original time and space, so this time he must win so refreshing!

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At the end of October, northern Myanmar was doomed to spend every day under artillery fire. The Myanmar-India border, which had been silent for more than a year, finally revived.

This kicked off the counter-offensive of the troops stationed in India. The main offensive task was the New 1st Army of the Chinese Garrison in India, under the command of the New 38th Division under the command of Sun Liren and the New 22nd Division under the command of Liao Yaoxiang. The total strength reached nearly 5000.

It is also attached to one part of the 36th Division of the British Army and one part of the 77th Brigade, as well as one part of the 10th Air Force of the US Army.

In the early morning of the 24th, the 38th Regiment of the New 112th Division, as the vanguard, began to attack and advance. After occupying the Xinpingyang Airport, it entered the Hukang River Valley and set up positions on the front lines of Lajiasu, Yubang and Lingan.

The Japanese Burmese Northern Front Army immediately adjusted its deployment after discovering that the Chinese army had entered Burma. Shojiro Iida ordered most of the 33rd Division to defend Myitkyina, and with the main force of the 31st Division to reinforce the front line, they fought against the Indian Army in the Hukang Valley area.

The Hukang Valley means "the place where the devil lives" in Burmese. It consists of the Darrow Basin and the Xinpingyang Basin. This low-lying area is adjacent to the Savage Mountains and is the only way for India to enter Myanmar.

In this area, there are four big rivers, Dalong, Tanai, Dawan, and Daluo, and countless streams criss-crossing through them, galloping and roaring at a very fast speed.

This area has a tropical rainforest climate, with primeval forests covering the sky and sun, the ground is muddy and hot, filled with miasma, breeding poisonous insects, and sparsely populated. There are only two seasons of rain and drought in a year.

During the rainy season, mountain torrents break out, and the plains and lowlands become the whole country. In the dry season, the river is relatively shallow, and some sections of the river can even be waded.There are mountains on both sides of the valley, the mountains are steep, the cliffs are precipitous, and it is difficult to climb.

Liao Mingyu, who is hundreds of kilometers away, is also always paying attention to the direction of the battle in this direction. According to history, except for being a little passive in the Hukang River Valley, the Indian troops are basically advancing all the way. The devils were beaten to the ground, and the 18th Division, which was fighting with General Sun, was beaten to pieces and almost wiped out.

But this time, the 18th Division was transferred to western Yunnan by accident and finally fell into the hands of Liao Mingyu. However, the 31st and 33rd Divisions, which were supposed to defend north-central Burma and Siam, took the lead and directly fought against the Indian Army. The army pinched together.

With the two divisions and the troops directly under the 15th Army, the defensive strength of the entire northern Myanmar reached [-].

So this was also one of the reasons why Stilwell requested Liao Mingyu to send troops through Smith. After all, apart from the troops stationed in India, only the honorary third division entered Burma.

If the third division launches an attack on Myitkyina, it will be able to form a north-south pincer offensive with the Indian army, which will be of decisive help to the next battle.

However, Liao Mingyu was not in a hurry about this. Although the Japanese army had nearly twice the advantage in terms of military strength, in terms of combat effectiveness, these two divisions were far behind the 18th division.

Besides, the batch of materials that Smith promised has not yet arrived, so now is not the time to rush to make a move.

History is always surprisingly similar. The troops stationed in India misjudged the real strength of the Japanese army, thinking that the Japanese army in the Hukang Valley area was still like a small force in Xinpingyang, which caused the 112th regiment to penetrate too deep into the enemy.

Immediately, the Japanese army concentrated the two main forces of the 31st Division in Yubang, the middle road, and took advantage of their unpreparedness to encircle them here.

There was no heavy artillery support, and the mortar company of the regiment did not follow suit. The 112th regiment, which was deeply surrounded by the enemy, was in a very bad situation, so it could only keep calling for help from the high-level in an attempt to get support.

Seeing his army besieged, how can Sun Liren sit still?He immediately mobilized troops to prepare to send troops, and at the same time put forward a request to the Allied forces to ensure the transportation of his own military supplies.

Disappointingly, Portner, Stilwell's chief of staff, disagreed with the rescue operation. He believed that the difficulty of supply would have limited effect, and the two sides were at loggerheads over the matter.

During this period, the 31th Regiment under the 138st Division launched five or six attacks, but all of them were repelled without exception. The Japanese, who had the superiority in military strength and firepower, never succeeded in conquering the position of the 112th Regiment.

The Japanese had to intensify their attacks. Although the troops stationed in India did not send support troops immediately, the American planes would circle Yubang tomorrow. As long as the little devils attacked them, they would immediately dive and attack to cover the defending soldiers.

In this case, the Japanese army can only slow down the offensive during the day and wait until night to carry out night raids.
But obviously the 112th Regiment had already made full preparations, and the head of the regiment, Xiao Hongguang, even set up an ambush where the Japanese army must pass through, and vividly gave the opponent a free education class.

This night, the 112th Regiment gained countless gains, and the devils did not get any combat effect except for dropping a lot of corpses.

(End of this chapter)