Agents of the Republic of China

The battle with ancient times officially started.In fact, the situation of the war developed in a direction that was not conducive to the Allies from the beginning.Long before the start of the Battle of Yangon, China, the United States, and Britain negotiated and determined the final combat plan.That is: with the Yangman-Manchurian Railway as the boundary, from the east of the railway to the border of Thailand, it is the defense area of ​​the Chinese Expeditionary Force; a total of about 4 British troops defend the west of the railway.The Chinese and British armies deployed defenses against the enemy in three routes, and finally planned to fight the Japanese army in the Pingmanna to Mandalay area to encircle and annihilate the enemy.

But due to the rapid loss of Yangon, it also disrupted the battle plan that had been made before.The headquarters of the Southern Army Commander ordered the 15th Army to go north to pursue the British Army, with the 55th Division as the main force, and at the same time ordered the 18th and 56th Divisions to follow up. After fighting a limited-scale encounter, it was discovered that the British army in front of them had been replaced by the Chinese Expeditionary Force. After the 55th Division arrived, the two divisions rushed to the same ancient city under the leadership of Yamashita Fengwen.At this time, the deployment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is far from being in place.

The 96th Division of the Expeditionary Army had just entered Myanmar, the Fifth Army was out of touch, and the forward troops were still more than 200 kilometers away from Tonggu.Even the nearest 22nd Division is still intercepted by Japanese reinforcements on the front line of Mandalay.

Therefore, the current Tonggu will face the attack of two elite Japanese divisions alone, and it will still be carried out without reinforcements and air cover.The outcome of victory or defeat can be imagined.

The only variable is Xiao Shanling's guerrilla brigade. They appeared near Tonggu in time at this time, and after ambushing the enemy, they entered Tonggu smoothly, making the disparity in the strength of the two sides finally close.

As soon as the Battle of Tonggu began, the Japanese army used air forces to bomb the positions of the Tonggu Outer Expeditionary Force north of the Pew River and along the Okchun line. The garrison here was the position of the 0th Regiment of the 598th Division and the first part of the Guerrilla Brigade.

There are several bridges on the Pew River connecting Hebei. When the Japanese bombed, they deliberately avoided the bombing of the bridges so that the ground troops involved in the attack could advance quickly. Dai Anlan took advantage of this idea of ​​the Japanese army and moved the original bridges to The positions built by the North became a large number of camouflaged positions, which attracted Japanese artillery fire, while the real defensive positions were near the bridge.Moreover, the defenders planted a considerable amount of explosives on the Pew River Bridge, waiting for the Japanese army to reach the bridge, and then detonated it immediately. All positions were disguised so cleverly that the Japanese army did not notice it.

Sure enough, after the bombing, the Japanese ground troops, led by the tanks, rushed towards the north bank of the Pew River. When the tanks and armored vehicles were crossing the river, deafening explosions erupted from several bridges at the same time. reduced to ashes.The small group of Japanese troops who crossed the river earlier were divided and surrounded by the expeditionary forces ambushing in the position, and were wiped out in a short period of time.

In the first battle, the expeditionary force easily won the early victory.

Not long after the war started, all members of the Italian business group received an invitation from Fufumi Yamashita to invite them to the former enemy headquarters to observe the battle situation.Originally, Fengwen Yamashita did not intend to include Lin Xiaotang and Yuan Jianfeng in the plan, but Haruhiko Kasuga included them in the list for the convenience of monitoring Lin Xiaotang, so Lin Xiaotang also took the opportunity to enter the command front of the Japanese army.

However, the development of the battle situation was obviously far beyond Yamashita's expectations. The vanguard was caught in an ambush by mistake and suffered heavy losses. Eight tanks and a dozen armored vehicles were burned, and hundreds of soldiers were killed. Yamashita's face gradually became a little ugly. .

Yamashita realized that the expeditionary force in front of him was different from the British army, and that their combat effectiveness should be reassessed. He was also surprised that the defense plan sent by the Japanese spies seemed to have wrongly marked the coordinates of the defense position on the north bank. This caused the Japanese army to suffer a big loss in an instant.Looking at the defense plan recorded in his hands, Yamashita Fengwen couldn't help feeling suspicious. Could it be that there was a deviation in the work of the spies?

Yamashita immediately ordered the engineering troops to quickly erect a pontoon bridge, and then crossed the Pew River with the ground troops. At the same time, he ordered the air force to continue to bombard the expeditionary force positions indiscriminately to prevent its troops from harassing the engineers.

Only the defensive position on the north bank of the Pew River firmly held back the Japanese army for two days. It was only after the engineers erected the pontoon bridge that the Japanese ground troops were able to pass through the Pew River. After more than a day of desperate fighting, the expeditionary force Withdrew from the position in an orderly manner and moved closer to the airport position outside the ancient city.

However, the battle at the airport was once again beyond Yamashita's expectations. The intelligence sent by the spies did not match the deployment of the defenders in the actual battle situation. The Japanese army almost doubled the casualties, but the airport position was British. The army was built a long time ago, and it was all poured with reinforced concrete. The Japanese bombing did little damage to the defenders, and the battle fell into a stalemate for a while.

In a rage, Yamashita tore up the intelligence records sent by the spies, and ordered to attack Tonggu's outlying positions at all costs.

The battles of the past few days have made the Italian business group look dull. What should have been a one-sided battle turned out to be evenly matched. This made these Americans have to put on a look of impatience while giggling eagerly. This put even more pressure on the always arrogant Yamashita Fengwen, but there was nothing he could do except to continuously increase the attack power.

With the start of the war, the Japanese military closed again and strictly controlled the entry and exit of personnel. But at this time, the Banda brothers had successfully mixed into the labor force jointly organized by the Japanese army and the Burmese government. Therefore, manpower was needed to transport a large amount of materials. The new Burmese government organized local people to help the Japanese. Of course, it only recruited local Burmese people. However, this was not a difficult task for the Banda brothers.

Also because of their existence, Lin Xiaotang and the expeditionary army have maintained uninterrupted contact.

But at this time, with the efforts of Xiao Shanling, the lurking Japanese spies gradually disappeared.

"Geng Xiaozheng!" Lin Xiaotang read the name, thought for a while, and then thought of the young officer of the Yangon Liaison Office of the Expeditionary Force, "This person is actually a Japanese spy. He is not very old, but he is buried quite deep."

Lin Xiaotang lit a cigarette, murderous aura permeated through the smoke, and turned to look at Banda, "Tell Station Master Gu, this person cannot be kept, and he must be eradicated!"

But Scarlett stopped him, "Lin, this person may still be useful. If your guess is correct, then he should have leaked the name Tang Lin. This shows that he has already gained the trust of Haruhiko Kasuga, and this time In the first offensive and defensive battle with the ancients, Yamashita Fengfu suffered a great loss from the information he passed on, and I feel that this pawn should not be wasted!"

Scarlett's words made Lin Xiaotang's heart skip a beat. He thought about it carefully. Although the context was chaotic, he still quickly figured it out, and his eyes lit up involuntarily.

Lin Xiaotang approached Scarlett with a smile, and grabbed her plump buttocks. Scarlett laughed so hard that she couldn't help but look straight at Banda, and secretly swallowed.

Lin Xiaotang pointed at Banda, "Old Ban, go back and tell the stationmaster Gu, communicate with Xiao Shanling, let him fully cooperate with us, and let the Japanese make a mess first...!"

……

As the sun set, there was a short period of calm on the battlefield, and the city of Tonggu was still in full swing. Although the Japanese army had not yet broken through the defense line at the airport, Tonggu had already undergone several rounds of bombing by planes. The whole Tonggu City is quiet and a bit scary.

Xiao Shanling led several guards to a courtyard, and the guards at the door hurriedly saluted. Xiao Shanling walked to the window of a room locked with iron locks, and looked in through the window, "Inside How is your mood?"

The guard replied: "Report sir, I have not spoken all the time, but he didn't waste the food he sent, he ate all of it!"

Xiao Shan nodded in satisfaction, then raised his voice, "Keep watch carefully, someone will come to interrogate him tonight!"

The people in the room were startled instantly, they stood up quickly and ran to the window, but they happened to meet Xiao Shanling's eyes and were stunned.

The people in the room shouted: "Deputy Chief of Staff Xiao, misunderstood, misunderstood, I am not a Japanese spy, my father is Chinese, but my mother is Japanese, I grew up in China, I...!"

Xiao Shanling was trembling with anger, and pointed with his fingers: "Geng Xiaozheng, I don't care if you are Chinese or Japanese, I will not wrong you for what you do, and you will not be wronged if you know what you know. Tell it all, and I can give you a happy time!"

……

In the house next to the courtyard, there were also several people who looked like officers being imprisoned. When they heard the conversation not far away, their faces changed. Look out from the side of the window that is not spacious.

One of the older officers looked at it for a while, then turned back and sat down on the ground in silence, the other three looked at each other, and quickly sat down beside him, "Mr. Oda, Uehara is a mixed race, If he wants to sell the organization, it will be an immeasurable loss!"

The elder raised his head indifferently, "Is there any organization at all now? The Chongqing raid has severely damaged the dispatched army's intelligence system, and we are the only ones left. Even if Uehara betrays, he can only betray a few of us." , what else will be lost."

"But today's battle situation is a bit wrong. The defense system that Uehara got is quite different from the actual one. The battle report we got before the arrest was that the imperial army suffered a lot. Until now, it has been five days. The defense line at the airport has not yet been broken through, and at this rate, I'm afraid Tonggu won't be defeated in half a month." One of the round-faced officers said in a fanatical tone.

The other also echoed, "There must be something wrong with Uehara, or he was originally a latent personnel who broke into our interior by the Chinese, so he sent out a false information to lure the imperial army into being fooled."

The older man's attitude also became serious, "Gentlemen, we have reached the end of the mountain, but we must not admit defeat until the end. Just now the Chinese people also said that they will replace the body at night, so let's just listen quietly here." Listen, if there is anything, we will kill one of them desperately, and we must pass the news to His Excellency Yamashita Fengwen!"