On this day in March 1942, Li Ming, then commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army of the National Revolutionary Army and chief of staff of the expeditionary force, more than 200,000 troops were stationed nearby, and the front line reported that the 200th Division was heavily damaged by the Japanese-Burmese Combined Army and suffered heavy losses, the betrayal of the British army, and the betrayal of the Japanese-Burmese traitors led to the 200th Division, and the military defense was exposed. On March 7, 1942, the 200th Division marched day and night to Tonggu, the first line of battle. Tonggu is 250 kilometers south of Yangon and 320 kilometers north of Mandalay, which is an important city and strategic point of the Yangman Railway, and there is Keyonggang (Kaidao) Airport in the northwest, which is a place that the Japanese army "must quickly occupy". On the other hand, we believe that it echoes Prome on the Western Front and Moltke on the Eastern Front, and constitutes a barrier to prevent the Japanese army from attacking north. Especially after the fall of Yangon on March 8, the battle for Tonggu became even more important.

The Anglo-Burmese 1st Division, which was stationed in the Tonggu area, was extremely demoralized, did not understand the enemy's situation, and did not make preparations for battle, and was only prepared to retreat safely to preserve its strength. On 18 March, the Japanese advanced towards Tonggu, and the British withdrew to Prome at the same time. From the 19th, the 55th Wing of the 112th Division of the Japanese Army launched an attack on Tonggu, and the 143rd Wing entered the battle on the 20th. The Burmese Independence Volunteers, who were blinded by the Japanese army's ideology of liberating Burma and co-prosperity in Greater East Asia, also accompanied the Japanese army to attack Tonggu. On the 28th, more than 400 people from a search wing of the 56th Division of the Japanese Army who landed in Rangoon rushed to Tonggu for reinforcements. The two sides fought fiercely for 12 days, and the Japanese encountered fierce resistance not seen since the beginning of the Pacific War.

Due to the British army on the Western Front has not taken active action to cooperate, coupled with the delay of the British side, the follow-up troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force have not been able to transport to the Tonggu front line in time as planned, the reinforced Liao Yaoxiang new 22nd Division was blocked outside the city, and the Japanese 56th Division is also rushing to reinforce, the 200th Division fought hard for 12 days, with more than 2,000 casualties, lack of food and ammunition inside, no reinforcements outside, and in the face of the enemy who was 4 times larger than himself after reinforcements, trapped in a lonely city, and the situation was critical.

Du Yuming said: "Under such circumstances, our army will not be able to concentrate its main forces on a decisive battle with the enemy in order to relieve the siege of Tonggu, and for a long time, the enemy who landed in Yangon will inevitably participate in the battle of Tonggu and annihilate the 200th Division by the enemy." In this way, our expeditionary force will be crushed by the enemy individually, and there is a risk that the whole army will be annihilated. Therefore, I am determined to order the 200th Division to break through on the night of the 29th, so as to preserve the combat strength of our army and prepare for a decisive battle with the enemy at another time and place. So the 200th Division broke through safely under the command of Dai Anlan, and not even a single wounded soldier was lost.

On the 18th, due to the private escape of the British army, not a single shot was fired, resulting in heavy losses for the expeditionary force, Stilwell, chief of the general staff of the Chinese theater, thought that it was necessary to participate in the battle of Tonggu, with the escape of the British army, the right flank position was exposed to the Japanese, the 200th division was surrounded, and finally retreated in a bloody battle for 12 days。。。。。。

On the 21st, the Sixth Army encountered the retreating troops of the 200th Division when advancing southward, Dai Anlan saw that the Sixth Army was coming, you should still withdraw, the front is full of devils, and the battle is difficult to advance, Li Ming said that the retreat of Division Commander Dai is not the best choice, think about it, why don't you avenge your brothers after you have lost so many people, the soldiers are willing to stay when they hear about revenge, Li Ming said that the soldiers are hard, hurry up to eat and rest and arrange the position, I am afraid that the Japanese devils will not let you go, it just so happens that I am here to make fortifications, Fight the devil here, is Chief Li doing this? What if a large army of devils comes and surrounds us? It's okay, I'm afraid the devil won't come.

The soldiers quickly repaired the position, the heavy artillery was also done, Li Ming began to send a report to the special explosion-proof regiment in Nanjing at the command headquarters, the special explosion-proof brigade that received the order began to refuel, get equipment, more than a dozen transport planes took the explosion-proof regiment and took off, the commander found the devil tank unit in the south, a wave of devils' car regiment appeared in the west of the division commander Dai, and a large number of devils also appeared in the east, Li Ming drank tea in a hurry at the headquarters, how about the defense of the position, the defense has been done, and ordered the troops to enter the front-line position to prepare for battle, The logistics troops got the ammunition over, Li Ming personally went to the first position of the southern expeditionary force, and then instructed the army commanders and division commanders to come over for a small meeting, Li Ming then said that everyone should not panic, wait for the Japanese devils to get close to me and aim and fight, and set up a few machine guns for me in each position.

7000 meters 6500 meters, Li Ming held a telescope, the Sixth Army is not a mechanical unit, the equipment is worse than the Fifth Army of the National Army, there are no tanks, the artillery is still brought by Li Ming, they are all rifles, grenadiers, the devils over there are getting closer and closer to the position, Myanmar in March is not cold at all, 5000 meters, 4000 meters, you can't let the devils get too close, otherwise people will charge your position and it will be over.

The soldier's body was already wet, scared, nervous, the weather was hot, there were reasons, firing Li Ming ordered, the devil began to rush forward frantically, Li Ming arrived at the position with a rifle and began to shoot at the devil, Li Ming's marksmanship did not have to say that he was born in special forces, basically one shot and one bullet were not missing, the little devil came one by one, Li Ming put down the gun and went to other positions.

The pressure on the position in the west is the greatest, the soldiers are killed and wounded a lot, the tank is like no man's land, Li Ming asked the artillery to prepare, the artillery quickly aimed at the tank and opened fire, more than a dozen tanks were blown up by the artillery, and the devil's infantry also gave the Ma Kexin machine gun to the gun, the devil is dead in a wave, come in a wave, the little devil then the mortar, the grenadier opened fire, the first-line position was fiercely attacked by the devil's artillery fire, the soldiers began to retreat to the rear position, the battle was quite fierce.

After the loss of the third position, the soldiers suffered heavy losses, and at this moment the anti-riot regiment of the special brigade appeared, and the bazooka fired at the devil's tank, and an hour later the tanks, armored vehicles, and cars in the devil's western position destroyed more than 30 bazookas, and the devil's three wings were all wiped out, and the devil's 14th armored division was severely damaged, and a large number of tank chains were blown up, and they were injured and unable to fight again, and the devil's wing leader asked for repairs, or reinforcements.

The Sixth Army lost the price of 1,500 people, Li Ming ordered that it must be pursued, the special anti-riot regiment cooperated with the Sixth Army, and Dai Anlan's 200 division began to pursue the devil, more than 200,000 national troops launched a counterattack against the devil with the support of special forces, the Japanese army began to retreat while running, a large number of devil tanks in the west were dropped and retreated, Li Ming's command began to advance south, and the heavy artillery unit also began to move, capturing 20 devil tanks, more than 10,000 weapons of various kinds, 350 cars, grenadiers, and 1,500 mortars, 1 million rounds of ammunition, 100 92 heavy machine guns, 300 short guns, 2,000 Japanese rifles, more than 10,000, and bacteriological bullets.

Division Commander Dai Anlan saw that the victory had captured so much, everyone was very happy, and Li Ming said that the soldiers who died in the battle would receive a pension of 100 oceans per person, and they would be buried well, so as not to chill the hearts of the soldiers.

After this battle, the little devils killed more than 8,000 people, Li Ming ordered to continue to advance, the troops went out not far from a small group of Japanese troops and exchanged fire, and soon the devils repelled, Li Ming's troops crossed the mountain and entered a place called Kokang, and then the unsuspecting advance unit of the Sixth Army was attacked by the devil's artillery, and the soldiers fell more than 100 people, Li Ming let the soldiers hide, and then the special operations anti-riot regiment that came to support fired at the devils, and the heavy artillery also began to bombard the surrounding devils' positions, At this time, Li Ming considered that there was no air support to advance like this, and after three hours of fierce fighting, the devils were killed and the fort was destroyed.

Li Ming sent a report to the 12th Brigade of the newly formed bombers asking to participate in the war, the 12th Brigade was loaded with ammunition, and it was soon to take off, Li Ming discussed with Dai Anlan that troops must be stationed to occupy this place, if we do not occupy it, the Japanese army will block our road, and if we occupy this place, I am afraid that the chairman will not agree, and Li Ming said that I will not accept the military orders outside. Li Ming ordered the Sixth Army of the National Revolutionary Army to garrison six regiments, three infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, one communications battalion, one machine gun company, and an engineer company, with more than 10,000 logistics troops。。。。。