On September 13, the 36th Division also quickly moved south after the end of the Tengzhong Battle, crossed the Longchuan River, and pointed its guns directly at the flanks of the Japanese army.

The battle situation in Longling took a turn for the better, and Song Xilian once again survived the danger.

There is also a new situation on the side of Honda Masato. He never expected that Song Xilian's troops would fight so tenaciously and delay his pace of reinforcing Songshan and Tengyue.

While his army was besieging Longling, two of his important strongholds were lost. On September 7, the 8th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force captured Songshan. On September 13, the 20th Army of the Expeditionary Force also regained Tengchong.

Honda Masa's efforts to rescue Lameng and Tengyue garrisons were in vain, and the significance of "breaking the first phase of the operation" no longer existed. Honda had no choice but to order a "break in one phase of the operation". He left the 2nd Division to continue to confront Song Xilian at Longling, and ordered the 56th Division to rush to Pingga to rescue the besieged Pingga garrison. His Lameng garrison and Tengyue garrison have all perished, and in order to preserve their combat strength, he still wants the Pingga garrison to live.

Honda Masashi was unwilling to fail in the "interrupted first-phase operation", and he was brewing the "second-phase operation".

On September 19, the cramped pre-war headquarters of the 11th Group was crowded with the generals of the 11th Army. In addition to the generals of the 71st Army and the 2nd Army, the commanders of the 200th and 36th Divisions also attended the meeting.

A military conference was being held here to focus on the Third Longling Offensive.

After smashing the Japanese army's "broken one-phase work point", the situation in Longling began to improve. After taking Songshan, the Yunnan-Burma road was opened, the logistics materials were guaranteed, reinforcements arrived, and the artillery was quickly pulled to the front line.

The rainy season is coming to an end, and the Allied air forces can also fly into the blue sky, as long as they are fully prepared, the third Longling Offensive will be a success. Song Xilian is full of confidence.

Since the crossing of the river, the battle in Longling has not been smooth, and Song Xilian has long felt the dissatisfaction of the Chongqing side, especially after the chairman of the committee, he has been a man with his tail between his legs, and only by making military exploits early can he wash away the shame of ineffective combat. After the second attack on Longling was successful, he immediately planned a third general attack. At the meeting, the generals were in high spirits. The good news of conquering Songshan and Tengchong encouraged them, and also swelled the ambition of the soldiers to win the battle.

A phone call interrupted the meeting.

This was a telephone call from the commander of the Baoshan Expeditionary Force Command, who had just received an order from Chongqing, and because time was too tight, he had to convey this order from Chairman Chiang in the same words:

Song Xilian, commander of the 11th Group Army, was transferred to the Class A general class of the Chongqing Army University for training, and Huang Jie, deputy commander-in-chief of the group army and commander of the 6th Army, was appointed as the acting commander-in-chief, and the command was handed over on 22 September. No delays.

Things came too suddenly, the phone call was very simple, there was not much explanation and explanation, in front of so many subordinates, Song Xilian had to restrain his emotions, clicked off the phone, and was no longer in the mood to continue the meeting.

At present, the enemy is a big taboo. I didn't expect history to play a big joke with him, only two months ago, in order to save the situation in the Huangcaoba battle, he had to replace the commander of the 87th Division, Zhang Shaoxun, who was also his old subordinate, and he didn't want Zhang to be so embarrassed, but in order to fight this battle, he had to change generals. And now, the most difficult and saddest days of Longling have been dealt with, but the chairman of the committee has replaced him as the commander of the group army before the battle.

Song Xilian couldn't figure it out, and his subordinates were also puzzled.

As the commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army, Song Xilian was instrumental in the defense of the Nu River and the counterattack on western Yunnan.

Especially in 1942, the national army was defeated in northern Burma, and the scene when the Japanese army took advantage of the situation to enter western Yunnan still seems to be in front of me.

In the middle of the night on May 4, 1942, the rapid ringing of the telephone woke up Song Xilian in his sleep, which made the Song commander unable to sleep for several days and nights.

The information on the front line is blocked, and although Song Xilian is very concerned about the war in Burma, he cannot get accurate news from the front line. From the heavy tone of the chairman, he knew that Lashio was lost, the country was opened, and the situation suddenly became so grim, which made Song Xilian break out in a cold sweat.

As soon as Song Xilian put down the chairman's phone, he immediately notified Division Commander Li of the 36th Division. The 36th Division was stationed in Xiangyun, which was the closest unit to Baoshan, and Song Xilian had to race against time to block the defeat on the Yunnan-Burma Highway and repel the invading Japanese army before the arrival of the Japanese army.

The news also shocked Master Li, and he immediately sounded the emergency assembly number.

Song Xilian rushed to the General Administration of Transport of Yunnan and Burma overnight, and pulled up the officials of the General Administration of Transport from the bed, and took out the majesty of governing the army to these untidy officials who even yawned: "Quickly organize the vehicles to transport troops overnight, and the military situation is like fire, regardless of military vehicles and civilian vehicles, all pull up to transport troops, and all those who are ignorant will be engaged in military law!" The drowsiness immediately woke up, and the officials did not dare to delay for a moment, and a miscellaneous convoy of hundreds of vehicles hit the road that night.

The 36th Division of the 71st Army rushed along the Yunnan-Burma Highway overnight, and the troops advanced towards the Yunnan-Burma border at the fastest speed.

After a night of rapid marching, the 36th Division rushed to Huitong Bridge on the morning of May 5, just in time for the vanguard of the Japanese army. and successfully blocked the Japanese army, which stabilized the situation on the Nu River.

In the past two years of defending the Nu River, his troops have not only held on to the east bank, but also sent two divisions to the west bank to fight guerrilla attacks and established an anti-Japanese government behind enemy lines in Tengchong.

The battle of Longling could not be won quickly, is it the responsibility of him Song Xilian alone, is he to blame alone? The Yunnan-Burma road could not be used, the logistics were poor, and the Japanese army surrounded Longling, and with an army with insufficient food and ammunition, it had fought the arrogant Japanese army for so long, and it had done its best.

Song Xilian felt very aggrieved, he waved his hand irritably, and the meeting was only dispersed.

Song Xilian had no choice but to return to Chongqing and report to General Lu's official class.

After more than two years of guarding western Yunnan, especially in the bloody battles in recent months, all the credit and hard work have been erased. He wanted to plead, but he didn't have time or chance, he had to hand over his rights within three days, and he had to leave Longling within this time. Look at these war-scorched lands! He had vowed to do something here, but now he gave this opportunity to others.

Before leaving Longling, in the name of the commander of the 11th Group Army, he sent a long telegram to He Yingqin, chief of staff of the Chongqing Military Commission, explaining the difficult situation and the results of subjective efforts in the three months since the Longling War....... However, it is an indisputable fact that the 11th Group Army under his command created very favorable conditions for the third counterattack on Longling after hard fighting in the early stage.

General Song said goodbye to the military merit medal.

Longling, a small town in western Yunnan without walls, how many heroes sacrificed their lives, shed blood, and shed tears.......