Facts have proved that violent means are the most useful at certain times, the engineer company and the special service platoon of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment strongly attacked the platform, used the human wall to crush the troublesome Burmese, cleared the platform, and restored the station to a peaceful place, the whole process took less than 20 minutes, and the 2nd Supplementary Regiment was able to set off on the edge of the platform, and the 2nd Supplementary Regiment also boarded the transport train on time and embarked on the road to Tonggu.

Mandalay is only more than 320 kilometers away from Tonggu, and it took about five hours for the train to move at full speed to transport the entire group of people and horses of the Second Supplementary Regiment to the Tonggu area.

Tonggu, located in the south of Myanmar, also known as Donggua, or Dongyu, with a population of about 110,000, is 260 kilometers away from Yangon, is the southern traffic pass, the place where soldiers must fight, the large railway that crosses the north and south of Myanmar, directly passes through the center of the ancient city, the east, the south is adjacent to the river, the north is adjacent to Nanyang Station and Keronggang Airport, the strategic location is very important.

In the operational plan of the expeditionary force that Zhang Wei participated in, the first line of defense of the expeditionary force will be deployed here, which will be the first line of defense and the center of the general battle.

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In the middle of the same ancient city, at the station, the long whistle of the train sounded, a train slowly entered the station, slowed down, and slowly stopped, dozens of train wagons hung with camouflage nets, with the friction of the train axles and rails, the military train carrying nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Second Supplementary Regiment stopped, the doors of the stuffy tank cars were opened, and the soldiers of the Second Supplementary Regiment jumped off the platform one after another.

After the soldiers got off the train, the ammunition and equipment had to be unloaded, the artillery carried the 82 mortars and the Liao-made Type 37 anti-aircraft guns, and the baggage soldiers carried spare ammunition and food supplies calculated in wagons...... The huge Tonggu station is full of Chinese soldiers wearing steel helmets,

The Anglo-Burmese soldiers on the platform stared blankly at the Chinese troops unloading the trucks, indifferent, and only a few British officers who had received the notification went to negotiate.

The Chinese army, a few days after the Japanese attack on Burma, finally penetrated deep into southern Burma.

Half an hour later, after the British personnel finished negotiating with Zhang Wei, the second supplementary regiment, which was fully manned, drove out of the platform, and marched to the defensive zone designated by the British army in the central block of Tonggu City.

Zhang Wei did not go to the garrison with the troops, but handed over all the matters in the regiment to Qiu Wei, the commander of the first battalion, to take care of them, and he took Zheng Yiqun, the regimental attaché, and Hu Kainuo, the liaison officer, to meet with the British military in Tonggu.

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At the station, the British officers communicated with Zhang Wei, and after discussion, the two sides decided to meet in the city.

Zhang Wei sat on the car prepared by the British at the station, an elegant car, with Zhang Wei, Zheng Yiqun, Hu Kainuo, and several heralds of Zhang Wei in the back of the truck, all the way through the ancient city, Zhang Wei leaned against the car window, enjoying the outdoor scenery, outside the window, rows of buildings skimmed, there are unique Burmese buildings, there are modern reinforced concrete buildings, there is no lack of high-rise buildings in the city.

It can be said that Tonggu is quite developed, Myanmar's economic center of gravity is in the south by the sea, so the more developed the south, Tonggu is the town through which the railway line passes, the economy, commerce and trade are extremely developed, the city has a large area, the economy is prosperous, the population is large, and it is more developed than the Lashio where the second regiment was stationed before.

Cars are driving on the road, but the street is bleak, there is no breath of life, many of the shops along the street are closed, there are not many pedestrians on the road, only a small number of Burmese and small traders lazily stroll on the side of the street, stop and go, sell goods, occasionally you can see thieves and hooligans smashing windows and doors, stealing and looting.

The temperature in Myanmar is now very high, and it is even a little hot at noon, but Zhang Wei and the officers sitting in the car look at the street scene of Myanmar, but there is no trace of heat on their bodies.

"Tonggu is a prosperous city, is this martial law? It's like a haunting. Zheng Yiqun said.

In the co-pilot, there was a British major, who was stationed at the station with the ancient British army to meet the national army, and Hu Kainuo, the liaison officer of the second supplementary regiment who knew English, also asked the British major curiously, why was the ancient society so depressed?

The British major chattered and answered Hu Kainuo's question.

"The regiment commander, the regiment, the British said that after the Japanese army invaded Burma, the British authorities in Tonggu began to evacuate, in addition to the army, other government personnel and the British went to India, and even with a lot of Burmese people followed, all the shops, factories and workshops in the city were closed, and it was indeed under martial law."

Zheng Yiqun: "The Japanese haven't fought yet, so they have to withdraw, which is too unimpressive." ”

Zhang Wei smiled lightly, what calculations did the British have in their stomachs, he knew very well that the current situation in Burma was unclear, the British had little strength at hand, their morale was not high, and the Japanese attack was rapid, so that the British must be running to their favorite India, where the ruling roots are deeper, and it is a good place for the British, but this also reflects the combat attitude of the British from the side, from the bottom of my heart, the British authorities in Burma have never thought of holding on to the bloody battle in Burma, as a traverser, Zhang Wei has seen more than his own officers.

Zhang Wei: "Be cautious, meet with friendly forces in a while, and everything will be clear." ”

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After driving all the way, Zhang Wei and the others finally arrived at their destination, and they entered the temporary headquarters of the Anglo-Burmese Army in the center of the city, and began a meeting with the British army in Cuba.

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In the conference room, all the officers of the ancient British army arrived, and the British soldiers were still much more pragmatic than the old men of the colonial government, and the atmosphere in the conference room was very serious, and there were soldiers with loaded guns inside and outside, many of whom were serious British soldiers, and there was an atmosphere of war.

There is a fine map hanging in the conference room, covering the suburbs of Tonggu, the urban area, down to every street entrance, there are detailed drawings on the map, and Colonel Henry, the supreme commander of the British army in ancient times, greeted Zhang Wei personally, and a British captain officer introduced Zhang Wei to the current defense situation of Tonggu and the geographical environment around the city, and the layout of the city.

Under the introduction of the British officers and the translation of Hu Kainuo, the liaison officer of the Second Supplementary Regiment, the specific situation of the defense and arrangement of Tonggu and its vicinity was spread out in front of Zhang Wei little by little.

Tonggu, south of Yangon, north of Mandalay, choke railway and waterway pass, Tonggu around, east and south respectively have a big river, in the east is called Xitang River, in the south is the Biaoguan River, the two rivers converge in the southeast of Tonggu into a first-class.

In the south of Tonggu, north of Biaoguan River, there is a small village named Ekechun, the terrain is higher, it can be the barrier of Tonggu, in the north, there is an airport, called Keronggang Airport, there are dense woods around the airport, it is an important air traffic hub, it is also a strategic place, Tonggu not only has a station in the city, outside the city, there is also a small station near the airport, named Nanyang Station.

The terrain outside the city is different, the gentle zone and the highlands are intertwined with each other, and there are many buildings in the ancient city, the urban area is huge, because of the long-term colonial rule and the economic prosperity brought by the traffic pass, and the buildings in the ancient city, most of them are modern reinforced concrete structures.

Especially in the center of the city, the seat of the British government, banks, shopping malls, and several factories and warehouses are extremely strong, only some Burmese houses and temples where ordinary people live are old-style Burmese houses, and there are a few small factories in the city, which are also modern factories.

After the 55th Division of the Japanese Army crossed the Thai-Burmese border and attacked Burma, the people in the ancient city were panicked, half of the residents ran away, and the factories and shops were all closed, and the current population of the city was less than half of what it was before the war.

Tonggu is a big city, an important town, and it is even more passable, however, the British army's defense in Tonggu can only be described as better than nothing.

At this time, the main force of the Anglo-Burmese army was concentrated in southern Burma, and the British troops stranded in Tonggu only had more than one battalion of the Anglo-Burmese army, and the subordinate troops were an infantry battalion of the Anglo-Burmese 1st Division, and the soldiers of the garrison in each city, and there were no other troops.

A battalion, placed in Tonggu, can be said to be useless, but Zhang Wei's mentality is very normal, in his heart, the battle of Tonggu should have been the main battlefield of the national army, and he never expected the British army to provide much help.

After the introduction of the British officer, Zhang Wei began his question.

"May I ask Colonel Henry, I would like to know about the current situation of military facilities in the ancient city, the strength of railways and road transportation, the stock of war materials and ammunition, as long as they are materials and facilities that can be used for war, I hope Colonel Henry will know everything."

The battle of Tonggu is a large-scale defense war, fighting this kind of battle, will consume a lot of ammunition and materials, the previous battle of Tonggu, the 200th Division and the Fifth Army reinforced by the sappers and artillery, in the city for more than 12 days, in Zhang Wei's plan, he wanted to make the battle of Tonggu really a general battle, not like the previous life.

If you want to fight a big battle, then you will only hold on for a longer time, and in a defensive war, the importance of materials and ammunition goes without saying, without bullets and supplies, no matter how brave a soldier is, it will not be useful.

The British side quickly gave an answer, perhaps because they knew that their strength was not good, and the attitude of the British personnel today was exceptionally good.

Hu Kainuo, the liaison officer, translated: "There is an ammunition depot in the city, which stores two tons of weapons and ammunition, which are the things of the British army, and in the factory warehouse near the Tonggu station, there are more than 40 tons of materials stored, all of which are aid materials for our country, which are temporarily stored in Tonggu City because of transportation problems, which contain industrial and chemical materials, gasoline, and a lot of weapons and ammunition. There is another batch of steel in the factory warehouse in the city, which was originally used to build bridges in ancient times, but now it has also been stopped because of the war, and in terms of transportation strength, there are 30 wagons, and two car companies of the British army, more than 100 trucks. ”

"Commander, that's all Colonel Henry can provide."

Two tons of weapons and ammunition belonging to the British army? More than 40 tons of aid materials containing weapons and equipment?

Zhang Wei, who was sitting quietly, set off a lot of waves in his heart.

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