ps: This chapter hasn't been written yet, because of the time relationship, it can only be sent first, and the follow-up part is being rushed to catch up...... Please read it again later.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, fighter planes are fleeting, and the command system of the participating troops often determines the outcome of a battle.

It is very unfortunate that the chain of command of the expeditionary force is completely unrelated to efficiency.

On the night of 14 March, Chief Du put forward the "Concept of Offensive Operations with Cuba" and reached a consensus with General Stilwell and General Alexander, but it was not until late at night on 21 March that General Stilwell flew back to Burma from Chongqing, not to mention that the "offensive operation with Cuba" had already turned into a "defensive operation with Cuba," and even if the "offensive operation with Cuba" was approved by the chairman of the committee, it would not be possible to achieve the expected goal of Chief Du.

This is because, on 21 March, the Japanese Fifth Flying Group bombed the British Air Base in Magway with 102 fighters and 77 bombers in turn, destroying 28 fighters and damaging 29 fighters, and the British air force in Burma was completely incapacitated.

The Japanese invaders gained air supremacy, and then launched a major bombardment of Mandalay, Pingmanna, and Donggu on the Central Railway, and destroyed the communication line between Mandalay and Donggu.

At this point, it became extremely difficult for the expeditionary force to assemble on the Tonggu front, and the idea put forward by Commander Du in the "Tonggu Offensive Operational Concept" that "the main force of the Fifth Army should complete the assembly on the Tonggu front line within a week and launch a counteroffensive" was almost impossible to realize.

On 22 March, the main force of the 55th Division of the Japanese invaders advanced to the front line of Tonggu, and the troops were divided into multiple routes, breaking through to Tonggu City at the same time from the Pew River, Liangequdaoke, Qiaobei, Kaiwei Buwei, Tandebin, and Wudun, and the battle of Tonggu was already in a fever pitch.

Although the officers and men of the 200th Division desperately maintained the defensive line and killed more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers under Yokota Daisa, they also killed more than 300 officers and men under Colonel Huang Xingxian, Cao Cheng, Lieutenant Colonel Huang Jingsheng and below.

According to the "Operational Order No. 1" issued by General Stilwell, the new 22nd and 96th Divisions of the Fifth Army were still assembled in Mandalay and placed under the personal command of General Stilwell for maneuver...... The troops directly under the Fifth Army under the command of Commander Du were also deployed in various key passes along the line from Mandalay to Pingmanna.

At this point, the 200th Division stationed on the Tonggu front line had fallen into a situation of fighting alone.

The moon appeared, the night was hazy, the lights in the 200th Division and the Guqiao East Headquarters were dim, and the staff officers were in a hurry, with solemn expressions, and the battle reports were analyzed and summarized and submitted one by one in front of the case of Division Commander Dai.

After reading all the battle reports in silence, Division Commander Dai's expression became more and more solemn, and he gently raised his head and looked at Chief of Staff Dong, "Order all officers at all levels in the division to designate the first and second agents!" ”

"Yes!" Chief of Staff Dong felt a pang in his heart, hurriedly promised, and hurried away.

The practice of appointing agents in wartime has been common since the Battle of Songhu, and Chief of Staff Dong naturally understands the implications...... The chief officer died in battle, the adjutant deputies, the adjutant died in battle, and the junior officers acted...... The troops are not light, and the battle will not stop!

Seeing that Chief of Staff Dong had given the order, Division Commander Dai took out the letter paper and slowly spread it out, took off the pen cap, and sat down on the desk to write.

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Yu was ordered to stick to Tonggu this time, because the above plan was undecided, his rear contact was too far, and the enemy moved quickly, and now he was fighting alone, and he was determined to sacrifice all his life to repay the country's upbringing! Died in battle for the country, it was extremely glorious, and the old mother went out and failed to serve. Duan Gongxian passed away, and he was not buried in time. Your mother and son will be more miserable in the future......

On this night, Master Dai wrote a suicide note to show that he would not retreat from the battle.

General Stilwell was deeply moved when he learned of this, and immediately handed over the command of the newly formed 22nd and 96th Divisions to Commander Du, who immediately ordered the two divisions to urgently go to the Tonggu front, but the main communication line from Mandalay to Tonggu had been blown up by the Japanese invaders, and there was a distance of 320 kilometers in between, which could not be reached in a short time.

On 23 March, under the cover of artillery, charioteers, and aviation, the Japanese invaders concentrated their forces to storm the Ekechun position on the Tonggu front, and fought fiercely until late at night, and the position had changed hands several times, and the officers and men of the 200th Division suffered heavy casualties, but still desperately maintained the front...... The Japanese invaders' war reports appeared with such phrases as "the first encounter with a stubborn enemy since entering Burma," "the attack was frustrated," and "the command was thrown into confusion and bitter fighting."

The frontal defense line could not be attacked for a long time, and the Japanese changed their offensive strategy.

On 24 March, the Japanese invaders attacked the frontal defense line with the 112th Wing, and the 143rd Wing made a detour from the right flank position of the 200th Division to the Keyonggang Airport more than 10 miles northwest of Tongcheng, and easily captured the Keyong Airport, which was defended by a small number of British troops and a section of the Engineer Regiment directly under the Fifth Army.

At the same time, a squadron attached to the cavalry wing detoured to the left flank position of the 200th Division and attacked along the Siddang River valley to the northeast of Tonggu, but met with stubborn resistance and slow progress.

At this point, the 200th Division was surrounded on three sides and was forced to abandon its outer positions and retreat to the ancient city.

At dawn on the 25th, the Japanese invaders, artillery and air forces jointly besieged Tonggu from three sides, and although the officers and men of the 200th Division bravely resisted, the situation in Tonggu was already precarious.

On the same day, the chairman of the NPC National Committee sent a telegram to the General Staff Committee and the Expeditionary Force: "The enemy invading Burma seems to be attempting to attack Tonggu and Mandalay with the main force. At present, our army should use the 200th Division of the Fifth Army, the new 22nd Division, and the Army to engage the enemy in a battle between Tonggu and Pingmanna......"

In accordance with the instructions of the Chairman of the Committee, the Fifth Army issued an order to divert the offensive that night: "The purpose of the army is to break the enemy in front of it and recover Rangoon, that is, to carry out a counter-encirclement attack with the troops that arrive, and to press the enemy to the west bank of the Siddang River and the south bank of the Kabawen River to annihilate the ......."

However, as soon as the order was issued, the Japanese invaders bombed Pingmanna and the railway from Pingmanna to Tonggu again with more than 90 warplanes, resulting in a fire in the whole city of Pingmanna, the station was destroyed, and the reinforcements were blocked, and the newly formed 22nd Division had to move south on foot, and the forward troops finally arrived at the front line of Yongkegang on the 27th to build fortifications to block the enemy of the enemy's 112th Wing going north.

So far, the 66th Regiment has not received any new orders, and is still stationed in Zaze, and is ordered to guard the direction of despicability.

In the fortifications everywhere, all the soldiers are sharpening their knives and guns, and they are waiting for battle.

On 28 March, it was another sunny day, and after lunch, the camp of the medical platoon was busy, the female soldiers of the medical platoon were burning the fire and fetching water, and the soldiers of the supply company were carrying salt and dried medicinal herbs and newly collected herbs.

Burma is located in the tropics, with dense mountains and forests, and the climate is warm and humid, so that miasma is pervasive, mosquitoes and flies are rampant, and all kinds of poisonous insects are everywhere, even if the 66th Regiment is now in the southern plains of Burma, it also suffers greatly.

Long before entering Burma, the 66th Regiment prepared a large amount of salt and dried wormwood, and collected some medicinal herbs after entering Zaze, and at this time was preparing to boil medicinal ointment according to Li Siwei's ideas.

Locusts are afraid of salt, and mosquitoes and flies are afraid of wormwood...... However, Li Siwei did not know how effective it was to mix these things together, and it was not until this time that under the guidance of the Burmese natives, he collected a number of local medicinal materials that had the effect of expelling poisonous insects, and began to try the ointment.

Li Siwei quietly watched the brothers of the medical corps and the supply company busy, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Siwei," Ning Rou walked over softly, her voice gentle, "You don't have to watch here, I remember your words!" ”

"That's right," Wu Ruolan also walked over, with a confident look on her pretty face, "I also remember...... If you can't boil it, then take the juice directly! ”

"Okay!" Li Siwei looked at the two women with a smile, "I'll go to the outpost position first, and I don't know what the secret service company has gained today!" ”

With that, Li Siwei hurriedly left with Liu Tianfu.

The outpost position was naturally handed over to the special service company and the direct company, the direct company was in the southwest, and the special service company was in the southeast.

As a result, the subordinate company strengthened its vigilance in the despicable direction, and the special service company also continued to search and alert in the direction of Tonggu, but in the past few days, it has not encountered the infiltration troops of the Japanese invaders in the search.

The sun was already scorching in Myanmar at the end of March, and Li Siwei and Liu Tianfu arrived on horseback, and by the time they arrived at the outpost southeast of Zaze, they were already sweating and their clothes were soaked.

The outpost of the special service company was set up on a low ridge, above which was a dense forest, below which was a small river with crystal clear bottoms, and on the opposite bank was a flat wilderness, with an avenue leading directly to Tonggu.

"Regiment Commander," seeing Li Siwei coming, Sun Dali, who was inspecting the sentry, hurriedly greeted him, his big black face was already sweating like rain, but his eyes were already bright, "Lao Dao has just returned, saying that the reinforcements of the new 22nd Division have exchanged fire with the forward troops of the little devils, and it seems that Tonggu will not be lost!" ”

"Oh?" Li Siwei was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly jumped off his horse, "Is it the main force of the 22nd Division?" ”

"Uh......" Sun Dali paused for a moment, and laughed, "This...... I really don't know, and the old way didn't figure it out, only that I met the brothers of the 22nd Division who were scouting to the west. ”

"Oh," Li Siwei was slightly disappointed, handed over the reins to Liu Tianfu, and walked to the trenches, "What's the morale of the company?" ”

It is hard to be a soldier, and it is even more difficult to be a soldier during the war years, and it is difficult to fight a war, and there are endless sins to be suffered by guarding this wilderness, the heat is unbearable during the day, and it is difficult to sleep peacefully at night when mosquitoes and flies are raging.

"It's okay," Sun Dali hurriedly followed, "The brothers can still hold on, it's just ...... The mosquitoes in this forest are so powerful that I smoked wormwood all night last night, and I still can't sleep! ”

"It's okay," Sun Dali hurriedly followed, "The brothers can still hold on, it's just ...... The mosquitoes in this forest are really too powerful, and they smoked wormwood for several nights in a row, but they still can't go away, and the brothers didn't sleep last night! ”

During the Battle of Wuhan, the 66th Regiment entered the Dabie Mountains and smoked mosquitoes with wormwood all the time, and the effect was not bad, but when it came to Burma, the effect of this trick was not as good as before.

"Hold on for a few more days!" Li Siwei sighed softly, "The battle with Gu should be almost over!" ”

"Almost over?" Sun Dali was stunned for a moment, and his face changed, "Commander, what do you mean...... Can't keep it with the ancients? ”

Li Siwei nodded lightly, "We lost the opportunity long before the war, and now the main reinforcements are blocked on the Pingmanna line, relying only on the brothers of the 200th Division...... It's hard! ”

At the foot of the ridge is a crystal clear river, and on the opposite bank is a flat wilderness, and an avenue leads straight to the direction of Tonggu.

, Lao Dao didn't figure it out, only said that he met the brother of the 22nd Division who was scouting to the west. ”

"Oh," Li Siwei was slightly disappointed, handed over the reins to Liu Tianfu, and walked to the trenches, "What's the morale of the company?" ”

"It's okay," Sun Dali hurriedly followed, "The brothers can still hold on, it's just ...... The mosquitoes in this forest are so powerful that I smoked wormwood all night last night, and I still can't sleep! ”

The outpost of the special service company was set up on a low ridge, above which was a dense forest, below which was a small river with crystal clear bottoms, and on the opposite bank was a flat wilderness, with an avenue leading directly to Tonggu.

, Lao Dao didn't figure it out, only said that he met the brother of the 22nd Division who was scouting to the west. ”

"Oh," Li Siwei was slightly disappointed, handed over the reins to Liu Tianfu, and walked to the trenches, "What's the morale of the company?" ”

"It's okay," Sun Dali hurriedly followed, "The brothers can still hold on, it's just ...... The mosquitoes in this forest are so powerful that I smoked wormwood all night last night, and I still can't sleep! ”

The outpost of the special service company was set up on a low ridge, above which was a dense forest, below which was a small river with crystal clear bottoms, and on the opposite bank was a flat wilderness, with an avenue leading directly to Tonggu.

, Lao Dao didn't figure it out, only said that he met the brother of the 22nd Division who was scouting to the west. ”

"Oh," Li Siwei was slightly disappointed, handed over the reins to Liu Tianfu, and walked to the trenches, "What's the morale of the company?" ”

"It's okay," Sun Dali hurriedly followed, "The brothers can still hold on, it's just ...... The mosquitoes in this forest are so powerful that I smoked wormwood all night last night, and I still can't sleep! ”

The outpost of the special service company was set up on a low ridge, above which was a dense forest, below which was a small river with crystal clear bottoms, and on the opposite bank was a flat wilderness, with an avenue leading directly to Tonggu.

, Lao Dao didn't figure it out, only said that he met the brother of the 22nd Division who was scouting to the west. ”

"Oh," Li Siwei was slightly disappointed, handed over the reins to Liu Tianfu, and walked to the trenches, "What's the morale of the company?" ”

"It's okay," Sun Dali hurriedly followed, "The brothers can still hold on, it's just ...... The mosquitoes in this forest are so powerful that I smoked wormwood all night last night, and I still can't sleep! ”

The outpost of the special service company was set up on a low ridge, above which was a dense forest, below which was a small river with crystal clear bottoms, and on the opposite bank was a flat wilderness, with an avenue leading directly to Tonggu.

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