Fifth Unit

Chapter 182 Famous General
In order to continuously overcome accidents, two characteristics must be possessed: one is the intelligence that can still emit the inner twilight to illuminate the truth in this vast darkness; the other is the courage to dare to follow this twilight.

...Clausetz

It was under the attention of the world that Dai Anlan and Takeuchi Hiroshi, the two representative commanders, finally collided like blades on the stage of Tonggucheng.Both of them knew of the other's existence from the captive's mouth, and both deduced the opponent's personal habits and marching style from previous battles.
On the night of March 24, in order to avoid the enemy's edge, Dai Anlan re-arranged the defense line, ordered to abandon the outer positions of Echunke and Tantabin, and withdrew the main force of the [-]th Division to Tonggu. layer sniping.

On this day, Hiroshi Takeuchi took advantage of the powerful heavy artillery of the 55th Division, as well as the advantage of air supremacy, coupled with a group of subordinates who were intoxicated by Bushido spirit and fearless on the battlefield, finally seized the outer positions of Tonggucheng.Be the first to win!
At dawn on March 25, Hiroshi Takeuchi, who successfully captured the outlying positions of the same ancient city, once again issued a general attack order to the entire army.Most of the civilian buildings in the same ancient city were destroyed by bombing and repeated shelling, but the defenders of the [-]th Division hid in the completed fortifications, and the damage was not serious.Although they were forced to withdraw from some positions during the day due to the strong firepower of the enemy, Dai Anlan organized an assault department at night and regained the positions.

On this day, although the Fifth Division commanded by Hiroshi Takeuchi was still aggressive, but faced with the fortifications that had already been built in the same ancient city, as well as the officers and soldiers of the [-]th Division with high morale, they did not make any real progress. Dai Anlan organized a counterattack at night, and paid a considerable price.Although the two commanders didn't say anything, they both understood that Dai Anlan was well prepared in Tonggu City to win the round!

On March 26, the head of Hiroshi Takeuchi mobilized three regiments to besiege Tonggucheng at the same time, and placed the main attack point in the northwest corner of Tonggucheng.Facing the enemy's absolute superiority, and the coordinated onslaught of air support and artillery fire, the position of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division was broken through. Although several counter-charges were organized, they had to withdraw from the battlefield and fell with the ancient city of Nanyang Railway Station.So far, Hiroshi Takeuchi has completely cut off all the air, water, highway, and railway channels of the [-]th Division to communicate with the outside world.

Hiroshi Takeuchi learned the lesson from the previous day, and after pressing down the border across the board, he focused on attacking one point. The breakthrough of one point brought about sublimation of the surface. The teacher is completely isolated.As a famous general who is good at attacking, Hiroshi Takeuchi certainly knows the tactical essence of "besieged on all sides".On this day, Hiroshi Takeuchi finally tore a breach in Dai Anlan's defensive net and scored another point.

On March 27th, Hiroshi Takeuchi continued to mobilize heavy troops to attack the ancient city of Tong. Facing the enemy's too strong artillery support and air superiority, Dai Anlan decisively ordered the entire line to retreat, and the five divisions rushed into the ancient city of Tong. They are surrounded by the Chinese army, they must fight the Chinese army at close range!
The armies of the two sides fought together, and the Japanese army's air superiority, artillery, and mouse-throwing weapons were all unusable.Putting these factors aside, in terms of light weapons only, the equipment of the 55th Division is not inferior to that of the Japanese [-]th Division, and it also has a geographical advantage. The [-]th Division dealt a heavy blow to the enemy.However, in the melee at close range, facing the ferocious counterattack of the Japanese soldiers, the [-]th Regiment in charge of defense also paid a heavy price.

At the same time, the new 22nd Division of the Chinese Fifth Army finally advanced to the outskirts of the same ancient city, and near the Rongkegang military airport on the north side of the same ancient city, an encounter broke out with the 55th Division. Under such circumstances, whether it is the 22nd Division or the 55th Division, they have maintained a restrained attitude.

On this day, Dai Anlan judged the situation and was able to give up the position decisively and voluntarily, and designed an ambush to force the enemy to engage in a hand-to-hand confrontation, causing the Japanese army to lose the advantages of air power and artillery support. While using their strengths to avoid weaknesses, although they did not regain Nanyang Station, they gave the enemy The heavy blow once again brought the outcome of the duel between the two famous generals to the level.

At this time, Dai Anlan finally showed a long-lost smile on his face again.Tonggucheng is still firmly in his hands. As long as the 22nd Division regains Nanyang Railway Station, they can be united.There are nearly 2 people in the two divisions, plus they can rely on Tonggucheng to defend and counterattack. No matter how big Takeuchi Hiroshi's appetite is, how powerful he is, after ten days of continuous fierce fighting with Gucheng, he should also know clearly, Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to conquer Tonggu City, right?

Coupled with Sun Liren's No.30 Eighth Division, which is rapidly approaching Tonggucheng, the strength of both sides will reach a balance. I believe that if the stalemate continues, the strength of both sides will continue to slowly reverse.

"If the main forces of the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army can really gather in Tonggucheng, those British who can run faster than rabbits when they see the situation is not good, but can become more ferocious than wolves when they see it is cheap , will probably turn around and join our camp to launch a fierce attack on Hiroshi Takeuchi's 55th Division, right?"

Leaning down again, carefully observing the huge combat sand table placed in the division headquarters, and quickly deducing in his heart the possible movements and possible battles between the enemy and us in the next few days, Dai Anlan rubbed gently Nose, at this moment, there appeared in front of his eyes that although he was young, he could put on a relaxed and freehand smile while the soldiers were in dire straits and the shells were pouring down on them like raindrops. Lei Zhen, who was holding the wine glass and looking at him, smelled the top-quality Moutai that was scalded and exuded the fragrance of wine.

"Hiroshi Takeuchi, you are recognized as the most attacking general in the Japanese army. Now I really want to see if your defense is as impeccable as your attack."

While muttering to himself, Dai Anlan slightly narrowed his eyes. Major General Chief of Staff Zhou Zhizai and Major General Deputy Commander Gao Jiren, who had been following Dai Anlan all the time, looked at each other. Then he smiled and said, "If I were Hiroshi Takeuchi, what I have to consider now is probably not attacking, but how to retreat."

Dai Anlan nodded subconsciously at first, but he quickly shook his head again.

And in the headquarters of the 55th Division opposite the ancient city, Hiroshi Takeuchi was contemplating the huge combat map hanging on the wall, and his most powerful assistant, Major Takahashi Shino, also stood quietly behind him .I don't know how long he stood quietly like this, Hiroshi Takeuchi suddenly asked: "Takahashi-kun, what do you think?"

In the face of the No.20 Second Division of the New Fifth Army of China rushing to the outskirts of Tonggu City, it is already near the Rongkegang Military Airport, and the 55th Division broke out at the encounter station, and the 38th Division also came starry night. The strength of the two sides is slowly tilting. In this situation, even Zhou Zhizai, the chief of staff of the [-]th Division, said, "If I were Hiroshi Takeuchi, what I have to consider now is probably not attacking, but how to retreat."

However, the corners of Shao Zuo Takahashi Xiao's mouth slowly raised, but it was a smile with a certain chance of winning. He said in a deep voice: "The two hundred divisions are indeed the elite trump card in the hands of the Chinese. , and the lack of heavy weapons, they actually fought with us. I think if we can wipe out this army in Tonggucheng, it will definitely cause irreparable damage to the confidence of the Chinese people, and pass for our 9000th division. The Yunnan-Burma Highway entered Yunnan, China, and successfully forced the Chinese government to surrender to the empire, creating a good example!"

The battle has reached this level, and both sides seem to have grabbed the sleeves of the goddess of victory, and both smiled with confidence in the victory.It was in this thorough analysis and measurement, in the sporadic confrontation inside and outside the ancient city, within ten days, the ancient city that had been ravaged by war and was full of broken walls and dilapidated walls finally finally Welcome to 28, March [-]th.

March 28, sunny, monsoon!
The Chinese army, which has been on passive defense, finally took the initiative to attack on the battlefield for the first time.

Under the command of division commander Liao Yaoxiang, the newly formed 22nd Division concentrated the main force of the division, and under the cover of artillery, launched the most fierce onslaught against the Nanyang Railway Station occupied by the 55th Division.It was on this day that the artillery regiment of the newly formed 22nd Division even launched an artillery battle with the enemy artillery and successfully destroyed the enemy artillery positions.

The Japanese Air Force, which cooperated with the 55th Division, took off several times to try to bomb the artillery positions of the 22nd Division.But in the face of the 22nd Division, which had been fully prepared and formed a dense air defense network with anti-aircraft machine guns, the Japanese Air Force, which had always done whatever it wanted over the Burmese battlefield, finally gnawed at the hard bone. After several attempts, they were still forced to return.

With the support of artillery, the 22nd Division launched wave after wave of attacks on the enemies in Nanyang Railway Station. By the afternoon, the 22nd Division had captured Nanyang Railway Station and some surrounding buildings.However, there are still Japanese troops who are stubbornly resisting in the reinforced concrete structure near the railway station, which cannot be destroyed by small-caliber infantry artillery.

But no matter what, Nanyang Railway Station has fallen into the hands of the new 22nd Division. Although the two troops have not yet joined forces, the desperate situation of the [-]th Division surrounded by the enemy and helpless has finally been opened.

"report!"

Major General Zhou Zhizai, the chief of staff, was really smiling at this time. He held up a telegram and said to Dai Anlan: "Master, just received the information from General Stilwell. Our three-star general, deputy commander, It’s really not for nothing!”

Under Dai Anlan's gaze, Chief of Staff Zhou Zhizai quickly reported: "General Stilwell has been running back and forth between Piaobei, Mandalay, and Meimiao recently, urging our army to move faster, and at the same time personally rushing to the British Army. Army barracks, requesting them to launch a support offensive in the Pyay area on the western front, pinning down the enemy's No. Frustrated, the 30th Division has been severely injured!"

After reading this information, Zhou Zhizai continued: "General Stilwell also specifically reminded us that he has seen the armored troops of the British army with his own eyes, and has already left Prome where they are stationed, and marched towards Pound!"

The British army has finally turned around and actively participated in the war!Whether it was because of face, or because it was really impossible to stay out of the matter, although it was just a support attack, the British army finally stopped their fleeing all the way, and finally mustered up the courage to face the Japanese army again!
Hearing this most important news, Dai Anlan remained silent.

All of these, one after another of the information, all show that the battle against the ancient city seems to have really drawn a perfect ending in the end.The development of the battle situation was more like General Stilwell's prediction... 55 divisions went deep alone, held fast in Tonggucheng, attracted the enemy's 55th division to attack from the center line, and used defensive warfare to continuously consume the enemy's strength and morale, and finally mobilized The superior force defeated the [-]th Division outside the ancient city, thus opening up the passage to recover Yangon!

The [-]th Division fought bloody battles with the ancient city for ten days. Facing the Japanese army known as the "Demon Saber Muramasa", Hiroshi Takeuchi, who used the general's offensive and offensive instincts to the limit, suffered heavy casualties. I don't know how many times the defense network was destroyed Breakthrough, the officers and soldiers of the [-]th Division, facing such a fierce attack, they use their unrepentant military spirit and life to forcibly form a gap in the enemy's tear, and re-weave a new thread. The captured city wall of flesh and blood!
Only the people who are closest to Dai Anlan in the division headquarters can clearly know how much pressure Dai Anlan has been under these days.By this time, the dawn of victory was already in sight, and it was no wonder that the people in the division headquarters, even the always calm chief of staff Zhou Zhizai and the division commander Gao Jiren, couldn't help smiling.

"But, don't you think that Hiroshi Takeuchi's current behavior is a bit strange?"

Dai Anlan pointed to the triangular paper flag inserted on the sand table to represent the distribution of troops between the two sides, and said in thought: "Since Hiroshi Takeuchi dispatched a commando to capture an officer from us, he should have understood our army's strategy ten days ago." Intention. He clearly knew that all of this was a trap set up by our army. He clearly knew that a large number of reinforcements were rapidly gathering at the ancient city of Tong. It is understandable, but now that our reinforcements have arrived, it is absolutely impossible for him to break through Tonggucheng and destroy our [-]th Division. In this case, Hiroshi Takeuchi should shrink his troops and fight us on the frontal battlefield That's right, why did he still disperse his troops around Tonggucheng and continue to encircle us? You know, the battle line is too long, even if his divisions are larger than our two divisions combined, they will still be surrounded by us. Concentrate superior forces and eat them in one bite on the local battlefield!"

Hearing Dai Anlan's words, Zhou Zhizai and Gao Jiren couldn't help frowning, and after a while, Zhou Zhizai said: "Maybe it's because Takeuchi Hiroshi miscalculated the situation and thought that the British would not send troops. That's why we have nothing to worry about. In this case, even if our fifth and sixth armies, with 30 troops, are fully assembled, as long as their No.4 third division on the western front can arrive, in terms of strength, two There are more than [-] people in the division, which is enough to compete with our two armies!"

Dai Anlan nodded first, but he quickly shook his head vigorously, "No, if it's just like this, Hiroshi Takeuchi is not qualified to be called 'Demon Saber Muramasa' in the Japanese military headquarters full of talents! There must be something we have missed thing!"

Leaving the battle sandbox covering all terrains in Tonggucheng and its surrounding areas, Dai Anlan walked quickly to the wall where a huge military map of Burma was hung. Looking at the entire battlefield in Myanmar, looking at the blue arrows on the map representing the main attack directions of the three Japanese divisions, looking at the Burma Road that used to travel through the whole of Myanmar and continuously transporting various aid materials to China, looking at Looking at the countries around Myanmar, looking at the mountains, rivers, and jungles in Myanmar and on the international route, Dai Anlan's brain was also spinning rapidly.

It was obvious that the victory was in his hands, and everything was going according to plan, but for some reason, Dai Anlan, who had experienced many battles, smelled danger in the air!
Suddenly, Dai Anlan's eyes froze on a certain position on the map.Because looking at the word "Shangji", Dai Anlan thought of a piece of information he had received a few days ago, because that piece of information did not have the most direct conflict of interest with him, Dai Anlan did not invest in it Too much emphasis.

It was on March 24 that an unknown number of enemies passed through the mountainous area in eastern Myanmar, and suddenly captured the strategically important Sangjit on the side of the expeditionary force in a surprise attack, and seized a large amount of military supplies hoarded there.Shangji is the gateway to China, and it is also the main artery that is related to the life and death of 56 passionate men in the expeditionary army, and there is no room for loss.Du Yuming, the commander of the Fifth Army, immediately led the troops to advance towards Shangji. After two days of fierce fighting, the Japanese army retreated on their own initiative and finally recovered Shangji.From the seized documents, it can be ascertained that this force that attacked Sangji along the border between Myanmar and Thailand was the third regiment under the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army.

If Lieutenant General Hiroshi Takeuchi is recognized by the Japanese Army as the best offensive general, then the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army is recognized as the most elite and most capable of creating war miracles!

All the officers and soldiers of this division are composed of industrial workers from Japan's Honshu Shipyard, so they are also known as the "Honshu Corps". A considerable number of these workers who rely on the shipbuilding industry to survive have received professional education and have a strong sense of hierarchy. The emperor's spirit of loyalty is far higher than that of other troops.And their bodies, which are used to holding tools and doing all kinds of work, are stronger and stronger than farmers and fishermen.
This army has even created a series of the most "brilliant" glorious achievements in China, including the September 30th Incident, and the Nanjing Massacre that shocked the world and created [-] Chinese soldiers and civilians!It was during the wars and massacres that this army grew up with blood and corpses all over the ground, until it became an iron-blooded army that no matter whether it was an officer or a soldier, would fall into a frenzy once it was put into the battlefield!

It is because of their bravery and skill in fighting, because of their fearlessness, because of their absolute enthusiasm for the emperor, and because of his brilliant record, they have even won the title of "Dragon Division" that is absolutely worthy of pride!
Masao Watanabe, the commander of the 56th Division, graduated from the Tokyo Army University and is a master who is good at fighting in mountains and jungles.And his combat style... If Hiroshi Takeuchi, the commander of the 55th Division, is the demon sword Muramasa who is best at frontal attacks, then this Lieutenant General Watanabe Masao likes raids the most, and he uses the theory of "soldiers are tricky" Play the battlefield dragon to the limit!
"According to the information sent by the British Allied Forces, the 56th Division did not join the Burmese battlefield. How could their third regiment appear in Shangji? However, this kind of detachment from the supply line, without any logistical support, went deep alone, Hitting with one hit, leaving with one hit, and being able to fight hard and fiercely when necessary, is indeed in line with the style of the Sixth Division and Masao Watanabe..."

Thinking of this, Dai Anlan's heart suddenly pulled up a flash of extremely bright lightning, a chill that almost froze the bone marrow spread throughout his body in an instant, and almost at the same time, a man with a smile on his face The combat staff officer who picked up the phone with a smile, only heard a few words, the smile on his face had completely froze.

After being stupefied for half a minute, the combat staff officer woke up like a dream. At this time, he had forgotten the most basic etiquette. He just stared at Dai Anlan, straightened his neck, and shouted: "Mr. , just received information from the 22nd Division that the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army was found in Nanpao Valley, [-] kilometers north of Lawu!"

Dai Anlan only felt a hot and spicy feeling on his scalp. It was indeed the Sixth Division. This unit, which is good at using surprise soldiers, went deep into the border of Thailand alone without any logistical supplies, and shot [-] yuan. A [-]-kilometer long-distance raid is such a classic tactic!
As the supreme commander of the [-]th Division, Dai Anlan was the quickest to wake up. He shouted sharply, "How many troops does the enemy have?"

If the information sent by Commander Du Yuming is correct, and if the enemy is really only the third regiment under the 56th Division, even though they are rare soldiers who can support Hiroshi Takeuchi, they are only a regiment after all, and their strength is limited. In the face of the Chinese army that continues to gather in Tonggucheng, it will still not change the final battle situation!

While everyone was watching, the combat staff officer, who was still listening to the report while holding the phone in his hand, had a trembling sound in his voice: "It's the main force of the 56th Division, and their entire division is here! No! , The staff of the 22nd Division said that according to their judgment, these enemies are not only the main force of the 56th Division, they are also equipped with heavy artillery regiments, automobile regiments, and tank regiments directly under the Group Army! In terms of actual combat effectiveness, they may have surpassed the Two ordinary divisions!"

Every word said by this combat staff officer was like the most powerful thunder, bombarding everyone's ears, until the scalps of everyone present were blown.

The day before yesterday, they were one division against the enemy and one division; yesterday, they were two divisions against one division of the enemy; today, they thought they were sure of victory, but who would have thought that the situation would be reversed in an instant, and they would become two divisions. Against the enemy's two divisions plus the heavy artillery regiment directly under the group army, the automobile regiment and the tank regiment!This has not yet been calculated. In order to cooperate with the 56th Division, how many air units will the Japanese No.15 Army deploy for this "Dragon Division" for air support!
No wonder the reinforcements have arrived, Hiroshi Takeuchi still maintains the siege of the same ancient city, no wonder he can have nothing to fear!

"bell……"

Another phone rang, and Chief of Staff Zhou Zhi flew a few steps away, grabbed the phone with his hands, and after listening to a few words, he quickly reported to Dai Anlan: "Division seat, the enemy's 56th Division search company has passed Xitanghe, it looks like they are going to join hands with the 55th Division to completely encircle our army!"

"bell……"

Before everyone digested this series of absolute accidents, they were sent to the status quo of the [-]th floor of hell in an instant. The third phone rang again. This time it was the deputy teacher Gao Jiren who answered the phone. He listened quietly. Listening to what the other party said, and his face slowly raised an extremely weird expression.

"Oh, I see."

Interrupting the call in the shortest possible way, Gao Jiren said to Dai Anlan: "Master, that three-star General Stilwell has made a new move. He ordered the 96th Division to rush to the vicinity of Ye Daxi quickly. Together with our 22th Division and [-]nd Division, we will wipe out the enemy forces attacking Tonggu."

attack? !
Hearing this word, the faces of everyone in the division headquarters became weird. After a long silence, Chief of Staff Zhou Zhi gently helped his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said with a wry smile, "I finally understand today. What is American humor."

"Humor?" Gao Jiren, the deputy division commander, snorted softly, "I don't think this is humor, nor is it ignorance of the current situation. If you are not your own soldier, of course you don't need to feel bad. As long as there is still a one-thousandth chance of victory, his old man will I will not give up, but I will continue to work hard to promote the grand strategy of annihilating the enemy in Tonggu and then recovering Yangon.”

On March 28, when the cards of the enemy and us were revealed one by one, the balance of victory once again tilted heavily towards the Japanese army.

This day's fighting lasted until the afternoon, when the Sixth Division appeared, the battlefield suddenly fell into a rare calm.Both sides are constantly rearranging their battle defenses, and moving troops can be seen everywhere.

No matter for Dai Anlan, Takeuchi Hiroshi, or Liao Yaoxiang and Watanabe Masao, this night is destined to be sleepless.

In the midst of the busyness and the depression before the mountain rain, the time finally moved slowly to March 29th.

Hiroshi Takeuchi once again commanded the troops to launch a fierce attack on Tonggucheng. At the same time, Masao Watanabe also commanded the 56th Division to launch a fierce attack on the Sitang River Bridge, forming a front and rear encirclement trend of gathering and annihilating 22 divisions.The [-]nd Division of the Chinese army continued to attack Nanyang Railway Station. Although it finally occupied Nanyang Railway Station, due to the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, the progress was slow, and it was still unable to join the [-]th Division.

Seeing that the 96th Division was in heavy siege, once the Tonggucheng was broken, the entire army would be wiped out. Du Yuming, the commander of the Fifth Army, hurriedly dispatched the [-]th Division to rush to Tonggucheng by railway, but when the military train arrived at Binwenna Station, it was bombed by the Japanese Air Force. , a military train derailed.

It was under such circumstances that General Stilwell personally took a plane and rushed to the front line outside Tonggucheng to urge the 22nd Division to launch a full-line attack on the 55th and 56th Divisions of the Japanese Army.

"Only by attacking the enemy with all our strength, can we rescue the [-] divisions who are trapped in a tight siege, and win the final victory in the battle with Gu!"

Listening to General Stilwell's words, Liao Yaoxiang, the commander of the 22nd Division, shook his head again and again in the face of the three-star general personally supervising the battle... What a joke, asking him to take the initiative to attack an ordinary division with a force of more than 1 in a division. A reinforced division with more than 5 well-trained and well-equipped enemies who have air supremacy to launch an attack?
What's the difference between that and trying to hit a rock with an egg? !

Being able to capture Nanyang Railway Station and defend the last life passage for the 22th Division is already the limit of what the [-]nd Division can do when there are strong enemies around!

And the [-] divisions led by Dai Anlan had been fighting fiercely for ten days and ten nights in Tonggu City against an enemy four times their size and possessing absolute air supremacy, and had already been squeezed out of their last ounce of strength.The entire army lacked food, ammunition, and medicine. The only thing that was not lacking was the uncontrollable groans of the wounded at night, and the corpses left by both the enemy and us during the bombing and fierce battle. When it fell into a short period of calm, the sky above the battlefield was filled with crows and vultures whose eyes were already glowing green, and would swoop down at any time to peck at the corpses that had begun to rot because of the hot weather.

Under such circumstances, Stilwell still asked the 22th Division to stick to Tonggucheng, and the [-]nd Division attacked across the board!
Liao Yaoxiang looked at General Stilwell, who was furious because he resisted the order, and said: "I'm sorry, General, I can't let the 22nd Division face such a powerful enemy, and even take the initiative to attack them head-on. I am responsible for the lives of my subordinates! Moreover, I must guard the Nanyang Railway Station, only in this way can the [-]th Division stand out from the encirclement."

"Then you are not responsible for my order?"

Stilwell, the deputy commander of his own country who did not dispatch a single soldier, could only mobilize the troops to implement the grand strategy according to his own intentions through constant running and mediation. He finally erupted when he heard the words "two hundred divisions can break out of the encirclement". He waved his arms and roared loudly: "You must carry out my orders, do you hear me? I will punish you with military law!"

Listening to these few words, Liao Yaoxiang's eyes suddenly became indifferent.Although everyone has the same enemy, and although Stilwell does have extraordinary strengths and has more fighting spirit than young people, Stilwell is, after all, the three-star general of the Americans, not the Chinese.

Stilwell didn't know it at all. When he was still working hard to promote the "Battle with the Ancients" and was still trying to command the Chinese army to launch a main attack in the style of pebbles hitting stones, he ran for a long time before finally persuading and seeing the British army going to the battlefield with his own eyes. The army, in fact, just made a show in front of him.

In fact, the British army on the western front did not take any active offensive methods to support the Chinese army in the battle.Their troops stationed in Prome have been standing still, watching the [-]th Division and the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army fighting fiercely for more than ten days in such a small place as the ancient city.

It was on March 29 that the British army encountered the Japanese 33rd Division assault force at Pangde, 500 kilometers south of Pya, and the British army was defeated again. Only more than 100 people were killed and 22 were captured. With so many people, let the Japanese assault troops seize 30 tanks, more than 20 armored vehicles, more than 160 big talkers, and more than [-] cars!
He was beaten so badly, but on this day, the British Army Command in Burma even sent a report to the Chinese army, "Our army is now taking a partial offensive to cooperate with the Allied forces!"

At this time, because of the difference in combat power between China and Japan in the Burmese battlefield, because the United States has promised to support the Burma battlefield, but in the end the Tenth Air Group transferred to North Africa was not in place, because Stilwell, who really wanted to win Three-star general, because the British "ally" was selfishly pursuing his own wishful thinking, the two sides invested nearly [-] troops, and the battle to defend the ancient city, which had been fiercely fought for more than ten days, had inevitably come to an end.

On the evening of March 22th, under the cover of the 31nd Division, the [-]th Division, which received an order from Commander Du Yuming to break out of the siege, made a bloody road from the north side of Nanyang Station. Fighting in the dark until the early morning of the [-]st, the [-] divisions finally withdrew from Tonggu City step by step. This battlefield that cost them too much blood and life jumped out of the encirclement formed by the two divisions of the Japanese army.

Under the protection of the special agent platoon led by Lei Zhen and the guard battalion directly under the division, Dai Anlan crossed the Xitang River. Dai Anlan suddenly turned around. There was a burst of flames, not to mention how many people were screaming and struggling in the darkness. Tong Gucheng was silent for a long time before he said softly: "We have lost so many people and shed so much blood. As a result, the British The people ran away, and the Americans used us as cannon fodder, and did not treat us as human beings at all, so what is the point of this battle?"

"What is a temporary failure? As long as our fighting spirit to resist foreign humiliation is unceasing, as long as our military duty is not lost, sooner or later, we will use our own hands to snatch back what was lost here!" Dai Anlan's body shook slightly, and Lei Zhen stretched out his finger to Tonggu City, which was constantly boiling under artillery fire, and said proudly: "What's more, we didn't lose! We are here with only 9000 people, and we are holding back more than 2 enemies. The onslaught of more than ten days cost them at least 5000 people! Although we did not achieve a strategic victory, we have already let those self-righteous people whose eyes are higher than the top, on the world stage, regain I got to know the Chinese people, and I got to know our Chinese soldiers again! I believe that from the day the Tonggu Defense War began, the name Dai Anlan was destined to become famous all over the world!"

Dai Anlan shook her head again and again, but seeing Lei Zhen's eyes shining brightly in the darkness, and seeing him talking proudly, a kind of indescribable warmth, or comfort, slowly rose from the bottom of Dai Anlan's heart .

At this moment of national peril, as a professional soldier, he is not afraid of death, but Dai Anlan is really afraid of the blood of himself and his subordinates, which is meaningless.

Lei Zhen was right!
In the defense of Tonggu, the Japanese army fought bloody battles for 56 days. In the end, they not only dispatched the [-]th Division, but also sent the [-]th Division to the Tonggu battlefield.In the end, the three Chinese divisions were actually fighting three divisions, but in this case, the Japanese army only got an empty city that was bombed and almost turned into ruins.

Before withdrawing from the same ancient city, Dai Anlan was still able to stay calm in the face of danger, and ordered Zheng Tingji, the infantry commander of the 55th Division, to carry out a feint attack on the [-]th Division. The last small force, including the special agent platoon led by Lei Zhen, also crossed the Xitang River safely, and the whole division retreated smoothly.In the history of world wars, this is a battle of disarming positions that can be recorded in the annals of classic battles.

Dai Anlan commanded the [-]th division. In the absence of heavy weapons, almost no anti-aircraft firepower, and no air supremacy, he fought fiercely with the Japanese [-]th Division, which was four times his own, and was also equipped with special forces and air force for twelve days. Annihilated more than [-] enemy troops.Faced with such a record, the US officially declared that the defense of Donggua was "the longest defensive operation of all the defenses of Burma, and it has won great honor for the division and its commander"!
The Japanese military also had to admit that the Battle of Tonggu was one of the most difficult battles they had ever experienced. They never thought that they would encounter such a high-spirited, resolute and unyielding army on the Burmese battlefield. army.Even Hideki Tojo, the general of the Japanese army and the number one promoter of the war, publicly declared at the Japanese meeting that the battle with ancient times was an unprecedented battle since the end of the Lushun War!

(End of this chapter)