Shadow Spy

Chapter 417 The plan is progressing smoothly

When Luo Zhuoying found Li Junhao, he was having dinner with the chief officers of the three brigades in the restaurant of the military station.

While Li Junhao received the telegram, he invited him to sit down and have dinner together.

Xiaohu introduced to Chief of Staff Luo the three brigade commanders present, two British brigadiers, and a Gurkha colonel Kuka who had just been appointed brigade commander.

The Gurkhas are a mountainous ethnic group in Nepal. They are similar in appearance to some ethnic groups in southwest China. Luo Zhuoying was more affectionate when he saw Kuka than he was towards the two British generals.

Kuka was an extremely outstanding person selected by Li Junhao from more than 5000 people. In addition to sharing the characteristics and specialties of the Gurkhas, he was also very good at learning. He learned English and British weapons while working as a mercenary for the British army. use;

After transferring to Li Junhao's command, he quickly learned to use American-made weapons and learned to drive various cars and even armored vehicles;
When he discovered that there were many Chinese around Commander Pan Sen and the friendly troops were also Chinese troops, he was the first to learn Chinese!
After Li Junhao discovered Kuka's excellence, he had an in-depth talk with him in person. He was also surprised to find that he could read English newspapers and books, and had learned a lot of military theories... Of course he would use such a talent for his own use!
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After reading the telegram, Li Junhao smiled and said: "General Luo, the plan is going very well. I know General Du's abilities. Everything is going according to the plan, so there is no need for me to interfere!"

Hearing this, Luo Zhuoying was a little confused. He had never thought that General Pan Sen could delegate power so much. He immediately nodded and said, "I think General Du will be very happy when he knows this news."

"I very much hope so." Li Junhao said, "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I would not comment on some things in the Kuomintang army in the past, but I hope to do one thing: that is, in the India-Burma Theater and when I was the commander of the theater, I I hope that all commanders can use their military talents when they fulfill their responsibilities!"

Luo Zhuoying was stunned at first, and then said sincerely: "General Pan Sen, having a commander like you is a blessing to the India-Burma Theater and a blessing to the Chinese Expeditionary Force!"

"Ha! General Luo has given you the award!" Li Junhao said, "Let's eat first. How is the food here different from the food at the headquarters?"

"Thank you, General." Luo Zhuoying smiled.
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In the Tonggu frontline headquarters, Du Yuming sent a telegram to the theater headquarters and waited for a reply, but no telegram arrived!

At eight o'clock in the evening, the 200th Division's reconnaissance unit reported: The main force of the Japanese 56th Division arrived in Meng Town, and the second wave of reinforcements for the 55th Division was the 148th Regiment, rushing towards Tonggu!
Although Du Yuming didn't know about the conversation between Luo Zhuoying and Li Junhao, he knew what he was going to do - since Shangfeng didn't interfere, he needed to act according to the plan!

Then he ordered all ministries to start taking action according to the planned plan.
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At 32:24 in the morning, 1.6 B-15s taking off from Myitkyina dumped 5 pounds of bombs at Yangon Airport. More than 280 aircraft of the [-]th Flying Division, which cooperated with the Japanese No. [-] Army, almost Everything was blown to the ground. The airport's runway, oil depot, tower and other facilities were completely destroyed, and there was basically no possibility of repairing it in a short time.

At the same time, the three main regiments of Tonggu's 200th Division attacked again, pressing against the 55th Division's position from the front; the three main regiments of the New 22nd Division stationed in Pyai had already reached the preset positions in the west , ready to copy the Japanese reinforcements' retreat at any time.

The temporary 55th Division of the Sixth Army originally stationed in Leigu has already stationed in Pasang, 100 kilometers east of Meng Town, blocking the Japanese army's eastward escape route; the 49th Division stationed in Ganshelong sent two regiments to take over the defense of Leigu. ...At six o'clock, the armored troops of the 200th Division once again attacked the Japanese third line of defense. The 56th Regiment of the Japanese 146th Division also felt the blow of the violent storm. The 146th Regiment, which was originally lightly equipped for rescue, was completely unable to withstand it. The same goes for the newly arrived 148th Wing!
The remnants of the 55th Division had already withdrawn to the rear of the defense line. At this time, they immediately organized themselves and set up new defensive positions...

After receiving the report from the front line, the main force of the 56th Division in Mengzhen immediately set out to meet them.The division commander, Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe, already felt that something was wrong, but under the current circumstances, he could only send his troops northward in order to meet up with the 55th Division and form a united defense. Of course, he immediately reported this situation to No .15th Army Military Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida thought for a long time, but still felt that Masao Watanabe was a bit unfounded. He already knew that the 55th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was actively attacking the 200th Division, and it had a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, etc. left behind by the British army. Heavy equipment, but he did not believe that a mere division could defeat two Japanese divisions!

However, out of caution, he still ordered the 18th Division to prepare for an attack within 24 hours, and then he went to deal with a more serious incident-the 5th Flying Division was wiped out by US aircraft. At the airport, the loss was so great that he didn’t know how to explain it to the base camp!
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Although Li Junhao had made it clear that he would not interfere with the front-line command of this battle, Du Yuming still sent battle reports to the headquarters every hour, and Luo Zhuoying also arranged for someone to be sent to Li Junhao's residence every time.

However, Li Junhao himself would not get up so early. The previous battle reports were collected by the guards on duty.

At around 07:30 in the morning, he was eating breakfast and reading the latest battle report...

After an hour of fierce fighting, the main force of the 200th Division broke through the Japanese third line of defense. It was about to encircle the last defensive positions of the 55th Division and the 146th and 148th Regiments. The main force of the 56th Division arrived. And launched an artillery attack...

The offensive troops of the 200th Division quickly retreated, and the heavy artillery regiment responded with artillery fire. The two sides launched an artillery battle and once again took the advantage...

Currently, the main force of the new 22nd Division and the two regiments of the temporary 55th Division are moving to the west, south, and east of the Japanese position respectively. It is expected that they will launch a general offensive in cooperation with the 200th Division in three and a half hours!

Li Junhao expressed satisfaction with the current battlefield situation. Everything is currently going according to plan. If the Japanese 18th Division or the 18rd Division does not arrive on the battlefield within 33 hours, the 55th and 56th Divisions will The destruction will be a foregone conclusion.

In order to ensure the success rate, he also ordered the 10th Air Force to send reconnaissance aircraft to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops in Yangon, and put the bomber brigade on standby to prepare to assist the expeditionary force during the general offensive.

When he arrived at the theater headquarters and offered to send bombers to assist, Luo Zhuoying said that this was the first battle of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Myanmar, and he hoped to personally annihilate the Japanese troops of these two divisions!

(End of this chapter)