Age of Rebirth

Chapter 54 Northern Myanmar Archon

Terauchi Shouichi commanded the main force of the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army in China. After many days of forced marching, he could already smell the breath of Tengchong and Baoshan. However, the good luck of the Japanese came to an end here.

First, the Southern Flying Group of the Air Force of the Independent Division, under the command of the commander Le Yiqin, was dispatched in full force. More than 700 bombers and fighter jets were divided into five routes, and the Japanese army was rushing towards the Yunnan-Myanmar border passage. , the largest air strike ever.

For more than six hours of air strikes, the Japanese army endured several heavy air bombings. The biggest threat to the Japanese soldiers was the aviation weapon "Buddha Light" napalm, which burned the verdant forests in western Yunnan into flames and thick smoke. Rolling, the Japanese soldiers had no choice but to dodge, hide, and air defense, and helplessly looked at the bodies of their comrades, who were blown to pieces by the Chinese aviation bombs, and burned into black coke by the napalm of the flames.

The air raid ended, but the Japanese disaster did not end there. When they arrived at Yingjiang, Baoshan, and Tengchong, the Burmese border was very close, and the distance of more than ten kilometers seemed to be crossed in a few steps. However, the people who greeted them were directly under the independent division The Corps lined up ten brigades of troops. [

Shouyi in the temple commanded the troops to tentatively attack Baoshan, Tengchong, and Yingjiang. The artillery directly under the regiment used artillery fire like a volcanic eruption to blow up the Japanese army's offensive line into a sea of ​​flames. Shouyi no longer had the courage to organize a second attack.

The way to move forward, unable to retreat, looking around in a daze, Myitkyina in northern Myanmar, which is tens of kilometers away, is so close to the sky, and retreating to Savage Mountain is the only choice for Shouyi in the temple. In other words, it is Tang Qiuli who forced him to choose this route. The dangerous road that swallowed the lives of more than 4 soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

History repeated itself, but the protagonists were replaced by Japanese. At the beginning, only 10,000 soldiers of the [-] expeditionary army walked out of Savage Mountain. Today, [-]+ Japanese soldiers can walk out of Savage Mountain.

The Japanese army turned to Yeren Mountain. Tang Qiuli ordered all the units directly under the corps to attack across the board. Before the Japanese army was swallowed by Yeren Mountain, they would hit again so that the Japanese had no time to prepare more supplies. They entered Savage Mountain in the most hasty situation .

However, Tang Qiuli's combat orders to the brigades directly under the corps still make people puzzled and puzzled, "The brigades must take tanks as the guide, followed by infantry and artillery. The line is level, and the Japanese army can be driven away with firepower. That The brigades were not allowed to attack alone, and they were not allowed to intersperse or divide and encircle the Japanese army. After all the Japanese troops entered Savage Mountain, the battle must end, and the troops were not allowed to pursue them. Remember, the main point of this battle was to force the Japanese army to flee south, not to annihilate them on the spot. "

The brigade commanders directly under the Corps pondered for a long time after receiving the order, but they did not understand the division commander's intentions. Among them, Wang Chengye, the commander of the fourth brigade, was in the most favorable position. He had already ordered the troops to get ready and went around to In front of the Japanese army, these little devils were blocked between Gushui and Monkey Bridge, forming a trend of closing the door and beating dogs.

An order from the division commander made Wang Chengye full of enthusiasm and turned into annoyance in his heart. It was not a problem for the fourth brigade to block the Japanese army for more than two hours. An inexplicable order, really.

The chief of staff of the brigade came to ask whether the troops should leave immediately. Wang Chengye threw the telegram on the table and said, "What are you going to attack? The division commander has ordered our brigade to wait for the other brigades to arrive. I don't understand. What's the matter, sir? Ever since I arrived in the west of Yunnan, I have issued some inexplicable orders."

In fact, not only Wang Chengye felt this way, but also the brigade commanders directly under the corps, and even Chang Feng, the chief of staff, had this strange feeling. Order, pondered for a while, and said: "Brigade Commander, there is something wrong with this order, isn't this letting the little devil run?"

Wang Chengye slammed his fist on the table, and said: "Who said it wasn't that, I don't understand, the teacher is so good at giving such orders, no, I have to ask." After finishing speaking, he picked up the phone, "Chief of Staff Is this Wang Chengye, is this really the command of the teacher? The current position of our brigade is very favorable, and we are absolutely sure to block the little devil between Gushui and Monkey Bridge."

Before Chang Feng could answer, Tang Qiuli on the side answered the phone, "Is it Wang Chengye? Why, do you have doubts about the order? The only thing you need to do is to carry out the order unswervingly, tell you, don't You want to grab credit, otherwise, you can come to me as a staff officer!" With a "bang", before Wang Chengye could speak, Tang Qiuli put down the phone on the other end.

Wang Chengye shrank his neck, stared at the phone with the busy tone of "beep", stayed for a while, but smiled wryly at the chief of staff, and said, "Mr. Let’s eat, endure it, order the troops, stand by and wait for other troops to arrive.”

Shou and his wife in the temple passed Savage Mountain and entered northern Burma to Myitkyina. He was also at a loss. What he was worried about was the supplies of the troops. From the map, there were no supplies at all along the way in the hundreds of kilometers of populated areas. He was about to order the troops. To solve the supply problem nearby, the so-called nearby solution is not to burn, kill and loot the surrounding Chinese people, looting everything.

But Tang Qiuli didn't give him this chance. Three tank brigades, more than 1000 tanks, came over in unison, followed by artillery directly under the regiment and 10,000+ infantry. One artillery fire plus tank assault, the fight was too late. The Japanese troops attacked by the Chinese people ran away with their heads in their hands.

As soon as Shou in the temple saw this, he hurriedly ordered the troops to enter Savage Mountain and get rid of the pursuit of the independent division troops. Breaking into Savage Mountain with a radius of hundreds of kilometers, they embarked on the road of death that Tang Qiuli had chosen for them.

Looking from the hall, Tang Qiuli saw the mountains in the west of Yunnan, like giant dragons, straddling the China-Myanmar border. He even thought viciously that if he sent an army to ambush at the exit of Yeren Mountain on the Burma side , Shousuchi in the temple, who had endured many hardships and narrowly escaped death, saw the village where the cottages looked like and the smoke was rising, whether he was excited to return to the world.

When the ragged and haggard Japanese soldiers were overjoyed that they had taken their lives, thanked Amaterasu and the Emperor for their protection, and wept with joy, a group of soldiers suddenly rushed out, and in an instant, the Japanese soldiers who had escaped from death were taken from heaven. How pleasant it would be to go into hell and watch the Japanese soldiers go from full of hope to extreme despair.

However, it is not easy to enter Myanmar to fight. The British are more defensive against China than the Japanese. They will not allow the squadron to enter their territory. The thinking of the British is full of selfishness and pragmatism. I would rather let the Japanese army retreat into Burma than allow the Chinese to step into their territory.

Originally, the 10,000+ British troops in Burma and Southeast Asia were not on Tang Qiuli's mind. He ordered the troops to cross the Sino-Myanmar and Sino-Vietnamese borders to chase and defeat the retreating Japanese troops. Just treat it as a fart, the brand of the British Empire can scare the big shots in the government. [

It's not enough to scare Tang Qiuli, it's just that the time is not yet ripe. If the independent division troops forcefully enter Burma and Vietnam, the selfish, arrogant and stupid British are very likely to join hands with the Japanese army to deal with the independent division troops , Although I am not afraid, it is not worthwhile in terms of strategy and tactics to have an extra enemy out of thin air.

There was also a fundamental conflict with Tang Qiuli's strategic conception. When the Japanese fought in Southeast Asia and fought hard with the British and Americans, Tang Qiuli was stationed at the border. According to historical records, Japan, which launched the Southeast Asian War, People, it was the time when they swept the British and American forces, advanced all the way, and captured the city very smoothly.

The British were defeated and had to flee to India, and the Americans ran away with their heads in their hands. MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the US military stationed in the Philippines, fled to Australia in a small boat of the US Navy. This was the best time to send troops to Southeast Asia.

Let the Japanese fight with the British and the Americans first, and when the British and the Americans can't hold on and come to ask for help, the initiative is in their own hands. What we have to do now is to prepare the army for war, save enough capital, and wait for Britain and the United States to come to our door.

Two old-fashioned colonial powers, two fat sheep raised with the blood and sweat of the colonial people, Tang Qiuli will never be soft when he uses a knife. No one would understand his long-term strategic conception, even if he told others, no one would believe it.

The battle tanks on the front line roared, the guns rumbled, and the city of Tengchong was peaceful and peaceful. This thousand-year-old ancient city in western Yunnan was saved from the devastation of the Japanese army. The background and connotation of the story, between the toasts and cups, there was a lot of laughter.

Chen Feng, the director of communications, came in and handed him a document with a heavy face. The content of the document was Smith Lang, the consul appointed by the British Governor-General in Myanmar to the northern region of Myanmar.Lord George, a letter of protest sent by someone, "Her Majesty the Queen of the British Empire, the Governor of Burma, the Governor of Northern Burma, Mr. Smith. Lord George, on behalf of the Governor himself, crossed the Chinese Nationalist Army without authorization. The Sino-Vietnamese border violated the interests of the British Empire, and I lodged a solemn protest with the government of the Republic of China!"

The second half of the document is the specific content of the protest. The text is full of arrogance and prejudice, courtesy and threats. What makes Tang Qiuli most ridiculous is that the Consul of the British Empire in northern Burma, at the end of the protest , even blatantly threatened.

"If the army of the Republic of China government does not give an apology that satisfies the British side and makes reasonable compensation, the army of the British Empire has the right to attack the Chinese Nationalist Army with force, and all consequences arising therefrom shall be borne by the Chinese side." conceited!"

(To be continued)

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