Song Xilian moved his arms and punched the Japanese army with a quick punch.

On June 9, the 9th Division of the 9th Army on the left flank attacked Xiangda directly through Hujiazhai. On the 13th, he conquered Xiangda and approached the base camp of Junmang City step by step.

On the 10th, the 71st Army on the right flank had occupied the outer hills of Longling, and the troops had arrived near Longling City.

The Japanese army in Longling City is empty, the Longling garrison in mid-May to draw out two troops, one to reinforce Myitkyina, one to reinforce Pingga, Tengchong, Longling garrison captain Xiaobao Zhongtaro can control the strength of his own hands is only more than 700 people, and this is a temporary mixed team, in addition to the garrison of more than 300 people, the Japanese 33rd Army's 2nd Division and the 56th Division temporarily mixed 400 people, supplemented to Xiaobao's team, this miscellaneous card, of course, can not resist the attack of the two main divisions of Song Xilian's 71st Army.

The situation was very favorable to Song Xilian, and he saw that the 11th Army could catch turtles in the urn.

Song Xilian decisively issued a general attack order.

On June 9, the 71st Army launched a fierce attack on Longling from the east, north, and west.

Break through Guanglin Slope and Old East Slope. The expeditionary palace troops of Menglianpo were like tigers descending from the mountain, and their momentum was overwhelming, and they quickly advanced towards Longling City.

On June 10th, after the lightning and thunder, the torrential rain began to fall like crazy, and suddenly, the heavens and the earth seemed to be separated by a veil, misty, and the rain became heavier and heavier, as if someone had poured a large basin down. It rained heavily all day, and the night still kept catharsis. The gunfire of the Japanese resistance became weaker and weaker. In the heavy rain, the right flank attack force of the 71st Army, the 264th Regiment of the 88th Division broke into the Longling City from the southeast, and the main force of the 87th Division overcame Wenbipo, broke into the city from the northeast, and occupied the Fulong Temple in Longling City.

The two troops quickly converged on the old street of Longling New Street, and the encirclement continued to shrink.

Seeing that Longling couldn't be saved, Xiaobao Zhongtaro was so anxious that he even called for help from his boss.

At this time, his boss, Major General Sakaguchi, was like an ant on a hot pot, and he was already short of troops for the entire line of the expeditionary force, and it was difficult for him to deal with it, so where could he take care of his side. Sakaguchi only yelled rudely at Koho Shotaro: "Resist, you must resist me." Hold on to Longling with a very small number of troops and carry out a protracted war! He knew that the important place of Longling was involved in the safety of the Mangshi base camp, and if Longling was lost, the defense of the 56th Division in western Yunnan would be difficult to defend.

Sakaguchi's roar shook Koho Zhongtaro's ear, and he didn't dare to make any more demands to the division commander, so he had to be so hard that he could find a way to solve it himself, and now he could only drag it down. In order to preserve his strength, he immediately shortened the battle line, leaving a small number of troops to guard the core strongholds in the city, Guanyin Temple, Wenchang Palace, and Dakui Pavilion, and used the complex terrain and the expeditionary force to hide and seek the troops entering the city, and withdrew most of the garrison members to the compound corridor position outside Longling City, and lurked on the mast slope, Fengjia slope, and west slope in the southeast of the city to see the change of situation. He is very self-aware now, but he does not dare to touch a stone with an egg. But at the same time, he also believed that as long as there was a garrison, Longling would be able to hold out.

The loss of Longling will be related to the base camp of the Japanese army. At the same time, it was very important to the 56th Division, the 33rd Army, and the entire battlefield in northern Burma.

Darkness enveloped the town, and heavy rain continued to wash away the bloodshed of the battlefield.

Song Xilian's 87th and 88th Divisions broke through Menglianpo and Wenbipo and attacked the city of Longling in a fit of rage. In order to preserve his strength, Xiaobao Zhongtaro has avoided the edge and quietly hid in the corridor position.

The troops entering the city did not hit a hard nail, and the battle advanced smoothly.

Good news kept coming from the front, and the commander of the 87th Division couldn't wait to report to the headquarters: "We have hit the Yamen of Longling County!" ”

County Yamen, this means that Longling County is about to be breached!

Song Xilian, who was eagerly waiting for the battle report, had long been looking forward to this gratifying news, but after all, he was a veteran of the battlefield, and he didn't dare to believe that his troops could take Longling so quickly, so he calmly sent out instructions: "Verify the situation and accurately report the location." ”

There was no wall in Longling, and there was no detailed street map of the city in the hands of the commander of the troops entering the city. In the dark, they couldn't tell exactly which street or alley the troops were in. The troops advanced rapidly in regimental units, and the telephone between the division command post and the front-line troops had not yet been connected, and it was difficult to approve the information.

However, before the information was really verified, people hoped for victory, and the news of the capture of Longling spread quickly with people's hopes.

Under the urging of Commander Song, the commanders of the two divisions had no choice but to report on the smooth progress of the battle. After the troops entered the city, they did not encounter stubborn resistance from the Japanese army, and the soldiers who rushed to the front reported to their commanders that they had happily eaten the canned food and biscuits left by the Japanese soldiers.

All the Chinese soldiers and officers who entered the city of Longling believed that if there was no resistance from the Japanese army, the Japanese army must have fled.

Chen Mingren's troops entered the city from the east, west, and north, leaving the south side, with the obvious meaning of driving the enemy south all the way out of the country.

Since it hit the county yamen, it is to take the county **.

Everyone was immersed in the joy of conquering the Dragon Tomb.

Song Xilian couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and went over the headquarters of the commander of the expeditionary force and directly reported this exciting news to the Chongqing Military Commission.

This was a transgressive behavior, which later affected him so much that it was irreparable. People, when they are proud, they often lack calmness, which is exactly the afterword of blessing and misfortune.

At this time, the Japanese army's No. 1 operation against Chinese mainland was frantically advancing south along the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line, and the Japanese army drove straight in, had already swept Henan, and shelled Changsha.

China really needed victory, Chongqing ** was anxiously waiting for the victory of the expeditionary force, receiving this report, it was so exciting, Chongqing radio immediately broadcast this exciting news, and the congratulatory telegram of the Allies soon flew in.

After dawn, the 71st Army immediately sent a guard battalion into the city to carry out a vigilance, but unexpectedly, the troops on the alert mission were immediately attacked by the Japanese army. Gunshots rang out again over Longling. The Japanese army was still cowering in Longling City, and the battle was not as smooth as expected.

The Japanese radio also immediately shouted, not admitting that the dragon tomb had been lost. It made Chongqing ** very embarrassed. When the Allies heard the congratulatory telegram they had just sent out, they immediately sent a rebuke to Chongqing, and Chiang Kai-shek was greatly annoyed and repeatedly scolded Song Xilian for lying about the military situation.

Song Xilian had a hard time arguing, and his eagerness to make meritorious contributions made him suffer a big loss, and for this, he carried a lifetime of burden.