Agents of the Republic of China

The atmosphere in the Japanese barracks suddenly became tense. During the interval between the battles, the rotated troops had another task. All soldiers and officers transferred from the Kwantung Army were strictly scrutinized.Since arriving in Tonggu, Kasuga Haruhiko has lost contact with Takashimasuke. Takashimasuke is like a ghost that has never appeared in this world, and disappeared in an instant.Haruhiko Kasuga had no choice but to secretly strengthen the surveillance of Lin Xiaotang, because he knew that Lin Xiaotang was an important weight for Takashimasuke to win this operation.

In fact, Lin Xiaotang has not been in touch with Takashimasuke these days. Ever since he told Takashimasuke that Haruhiko Haruhiko might have secretly invested in Yazawa Shinichi and Yamashita Fengfumi, Takashimasuke has never shown up again, but Lin Xiaotang knew Well, this guy Takashimasuke must be hiding near the barracks, maybe hiding in the barracks, he is waiting, waiting for a chance to hit a hit.

Lin Xiaotang did not make any more arrangements. On the one hand, after the Japanese army strengthened surveillance, he could no longer maintain unimpeded communication with the expeditionary force; Where is it.

Time passed day by day, and on the 14th day of the Battle of Tonggu, the city defenses were finally breached by the Japanese army, and the tragic street fighting kicked off. The only good news is that Liao Yaoxiang's new 22nd Division has broken through the Japanese army's blocking line. Onslaught to the south, captured around Nanyang Station and the surrounding buildings, just a stone's throw away from the 0th Division, and the British Burmese First Division received the news that the 0th Division and the new 22nd Division, the Guerrilla Brigade, had gained a firm foothold in Tonggu. At the same time, under the strict order of the joint command of the expeditionary force and the Anglo-Burmese Army, they began to turn around and advance rapidly towards Tonggu. Once the Anglo-Burmese army arrived, under the cover of the British Air Force, the entire battle situation in Tonggu might be improved. reverse.

Under such circumstances, Yamashita Fengwen issued an order for the final general attack on Tonggu. The main forces of the 55th and 56th Divisions of the Japanese Army cooperated with the first part of the 18th Division, and at the same time attacked Tonggu from the south, east and west. The defenders launched an attack, and the air force bombed the area occupied by the defenders continuously for two hours, hitting tanks and armored troops to attack Tonggu East Gate. The originally small Tonggu City was instantly enveloped in unprecedented artillery fire.

Dai Anlan and Xiao Shanling also put the last reserve team into the street fighting. The whole city shouted and killed, and even the cooks, laborers and even temporarily recruited child soldiers were distributed with weapons to join the battle ranks.

In the ancient city, corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed like rivers, like a hell on earth. Even Dai Anlan and Xiao Shanling once rushed to the front line personally.

Yamashita Fengwen's two elite divisions lost more than half in the street battles, and he couldn't help lamenting, "Since our army swept across the Nanyang battlefield, the battle with ancient times was actually the most intense battle. It even shocked the soldiers of the Hundred Wars Empire!"

Because of the intensity of the battle, Yamashita Fufumi has notified the Italian business group that they are going to send them back to Yangon in advance. This also shows from the side that Yamashita Fufumi does not have absolute confidence in the outcome of the Tonggu War.

The street fighting went on to the third day, and the entire Tonggu battle had gone on for No. 17 days.The Japanese army has occupied nearly two-thirds of the entire urban area of ​​Tonggu. Although the new 22nd Division successfully joined forces with the 0th Division, facing the enemy attack of nearly three divisions, the supplies and casualties of the expeditionary force were too consumed. Growing up, Yamashita Fengfu finally saw the dawn of victory.

But at this time, an unexpected news came that the Liu Fangwu Division of the 38th Regiment of the New 113th Division of the Expeditionary Army defeated the 800rd Division of the Japanese Army with 33 troops. It also wiped out more than 1000 Japanese troops, and recaptured the largest oil depot of the Allied forces in Burma, the Ren'anqiang Oilfield (known in history as the Great Victory of Ren'anqiang).The 33rd Division of the Japanese Army collapsed and retreated.At present, the main force of the new 38th Division has quickly moved closer to Tonggu, trying to use Tonggu as the center, and cooperate with the new 22nd Division and the British and Burmese First Division to encircle and wipe out the main force of the Yamashita Fengwen Southern Army.

The sudden turn of the situation made Yamashita Fengwen dumbfounded. Tonggu, which he had already held in his hand, instantly turned into a hot potato. He didn't expect that the expeditionary force that rushed into Burma was such a hard nut to crack. The main force of the regiment was firmly dragged in Tonggu for half a month, plus the time wasted due to the civil strife in Yangon before, this gave the expeditionary army and the British army a respite and completed the impossible battlefield***.At this time, Fengwen Yamashita was in a dilemma.

Lin Xiaotang looked at the busy but chaotic Fengwen Headquarters in the distance, and couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

Haruhiko Haruhiko in front of the command department was smoking a cigarette, and looked at Lin Xiaotang who was staring at this place on the hillside without moving, an unspeakable complex emotion welled up in his heart.If the estimates are correct, soon, Yamashita Fengwen will issue an order to retreat. Tonggu has become a chicken rib. If he does not withdraw quickly, the offensive and defensive situation on the battlefield will soon be reversed. The previous advantages on the Burmese battlefield will no longer exist.

In a trance, chaos suddenly broke out in front of the camp. A group of soldiers with live ammunition broke through the guards and rushed directly into the camp where the headquarters was located. Surprisingly, the nearby 55th and 56th divisions were quiet. like a tomb.

Haruhiko Kasuga felt the danger coming in an instant. Although he hadn't figured out what happened, he immediately drew his pistol and commanded the guards to stop the attackers.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please follow me!" Kasuga Haruhiko shouted as soon as he entered the tent.

Yamashita looked at the map in front of him dejectedly, as if he hadn't heard Haruhiko Kasuga's shout, and the order to retreat had been accumulated in his chest for a long time, but he still didn't have the courage to issue it.

Haruhiko Kasuga came up and took Yamashita Fengfumi's arm and walked out. Yamashita Fengfumi realized something was wrong, and coldly shook off Haruhi's arm, "Kasuga-kun, we haven't been defeated yet, why are you so panicked?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, there may be a mutiny outside. I request you to retreat to a safe place first. The 18th Division is stationed nearby. That is a force we can control. We will talk about everything after calm down!"

Yamashita Fengwen was startled, and immediately returned to normal, "What nonsense, this is a battlefield, and the imperial army has never mutiny before the battle."

Before the words were finished, the curtain of the tent was raised high, and soldiers walked in surrounded by several senior officers.

"Takashimasuke!" Kasuga Haruhiko saw the familiar figure in the crowd at a glance, and his heart fell to the bottom of the valley.

An officer walked up to Fengfu Yamashita and Haruhiko Haruhiko expressionlessly, stopped not far away, and bowed slightly to them, "Your Majesty Yamashita, in view of your poor performance in the Burma campaign, I honor the Southern Army Commander Temple His Excellency Juichi and the Chief of General Staff His Excellency Noriji Shimizu jointly signed an order to revoke your position as the commander of the Burmese Army Corps and be replaced by His Excellency Heutaro Kimura. As for you, I will personally escort you back to the Southern Army headquarters."

Yamashita Fengwen's pupils shrank sharply, and he read the order handed over by the officer carefully, his body swayed, and he almost fell down.

Haruhiko Kasuga and several confidant officers rushed to support him, and Haruhiko Kasuga shouted to Takashimasuke in the crowd: "Takashima, is this your trick? You all want to eradicate Your Excellency Yamashita, right?"

Takashimasuke sneered, "Kasuga-kun, do you still think you are not qualified to say these things to me?"

Haruhiko Kasuga was at a loss for words.

Yamashita Fengwen reluctantly raised his head, "I joined the Emperor's School in the early years. I originally wanted to support His Majesty the Emperor and establish a samurai regime with long-lasting martial arts, but I didn't expect that today, I would be treated as a traitor of the Emperor's School. The Battle of Burma I am responsible for the defeat, but today's Emperor's Dao faction has long lost the ideals of the past, and played tricks on the battlefield regardless of the overall situation, causing my heroic imperial soldiers to sacrifice in vain. I hope Takashima-kun can respond to this Explain, otherwise, I will expose your conspiracy to the Ministry of War, the headquarters, and even His Majesty the Emperor!"

Takashima was taken aback when he heard this, "Your Excellency Yamashita, please don't spout blood. The occupation of Myanmar has deteriorated to such a point that the previous advantages of the imperial army were wasted by your wrong command, which shows that the detention in Yangon, and then In the face of an isolated city, with twice the force and air superiority, it is not your responsibility to overcome the past?"

Yamashita Fengwen's face flushed immediately, and he suddenly realized that he had no way to fight back against Takashimasuke's accusation.Yes, regardless of the small actions of the Huangdao faction and others, if I can advance northward from Yangon in time, if I can advance quickly, and annihilate the British army occupying Tonggu in one go, then where is the current embarrassing situation?

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When Lin Xiaotang saw the chaos at the gate of the camp, he caught a glimpse of Takashimasuke in the crowd.At this moment, he understood that it was time to retreat, and for the rest, it was up to the Japanese to attack dogs.

Lin Xiaotang immediately felt relieved, turned around and went down the hill, back to the camp.Scarlett, La Weiwu and the others had also packed up. They didn't talk too much, but they boarded the vehicle that Fengwen Yamashita had already prepared in a tacit understanding. The Banda brothers in the crowd watching the excitement at the door winked, and then got into the car without looking back, and sped away in the direction of Yangon.

Watching Lin Xiaotang, Banda and others withdraw from the Japanese camp one after another, Xiaopi in the dense forest let out a long breath, and said to his subordinates: "Contact the expeditionary army, the Japanese camp is in chaos, you can A counterattack is launched! Tell the lurking artillery that the location of the gas bomb warehouse remains the same, and according to the old coordinates, 10 minutes after the counterattack starts, each artillery will continue to fire until the shells are gone!"