Chapter 52: Take Control of Ruvuma
With the absolute superiority of the African People's Army, the People's Army captured the city of Tunduru in one fell swoop. Tens of thousands of British troops were wiped out by Li Junhao, and even the British Major General Bertrand became a prisoner of Li Junhao. A large number of supplies fell into the hands of Li Junhao, these are nothing, the serious problem is that the main force of the British army in the Rovuma area of this battle was completely annihilated by Li Junhao in Tondulu at one time. As a result, the province of Rovuma was unable to withstand any subsequent military action by Lee Jun-ho.
On March 15, 1937, Li Junhao issued an operational order to liberate the entire territory of Ruwuma, consisting of the first division and the third division to form an eastward advance force, with the city of Tundulu as the boundary responsible for attacking all the cities east of Tungdulu. The 2nd Division, 4th Division, and 5th Divisions formed the westward advance force, which was responsible for attacking the county town west of Tondulu. The Sixth Division formed the Northward Advance Army, which was responsible for attacking the county town north of Tondulu. Soon the commander-in-chief of the eastward advance force was Nibron. The commander-in-chief of the westward expansion force was Geriola. The northward advance was led by Camille, commander of the 6th Division.
After receiving Li Junhao's order, the Third Route Army set off non-stop, and soon the eastward advancing troops advanced to the first city, Kairuida County. The British garrison in Kairuida County was under pressure from nearly 30,000 troops advancing eastward. After a little resistance, he chose to surrender. The eastward advance was then made all the way to Nakapania, Mkobela, Gira, and North Kandulu.
The westward advance troops set off at the same time under the leadership of Jeriola. Then the soldiers came to Matan Kenya. At this time, the British in the county town fled after hearing the news. Only an empty county town was left for Jeriola. Then the soldiers came to Mjomoro, and the Mjomoro defenders at this time only had a battalion of more than 500 men in the British army, and only one battalion of the servant army. The British troops stationed here did not expect the African People's Army to come here so quickly. However, the entire defender was less than 1,000 men, and when they saw the arrival of the People's Army, they surrendered after only a slight resistance. As a result, the materials in the city were directly cheaper than Li Junhao.
In the ensuing battle, the British army almost lost any fighting spirit, either seeing the African People's Army troops abandon the city and flee to Morogoro Province, or directly surrendered with the African People's Army and entered Lee Junhao's prisoner of war camp. After a series of battles, Lee Jun Ho made a lot of money. Let Li Junhao add two infantry divisions and one artillery division. There is also money for the construction of the air force and navy. After this battle, Lee Jun Ho was not liberated by Lee Jun Ho except for some remote mountainous areas and Songgaia, the capital of Lu Wu Ma, and the rest of the place was liberated by Lee Jun Ho.
Soon telegrams and telephone calls for help were sent to Governor James of Songaia, and Governor James sat down in his chair in astonishment when he received these telegrams for help.
At this time, someone suggested to James: "Governor, now that we can't hold the fire, we will immediately give it to Governor K, the ******** who is in Dati Ram." Peters sent a telegram asking for help. ”
James, who had already done so, picked up the phone helplessly and said, "Pick up Governor K for me." Peters. Soon the phone was answered, and James said: "Report to Your Excellency the Governor, that there is a black anti-British force in my Rovuma area. It has now expanded to a situation beyond our control. At this time, I am afraid that all the cities except Songgaia have fallen. ”
K。 Peters was surprised to hear James' report and said, "Are you saying that the black forces in your territory have basically taken control of Rovuma Province?" ”
James listened to Governor K. Peters said in surprise after his words: "Why do you already know about this group of militants, Governor?" ”
K。 After hearing this, Peters said bitterly: "I heard about it about half a month ago, and I thought that this force would not become a climate, and you would finally extinguish it." But now I know I was wrong. ”
Finally, James cautiously asked if our army would withdraw from Songaia City and make another plan. But by K. Peters sternly refused. Of course, he also cheered up James, the governor of Ruwuma, and said: "Although the rebels have sharp weapons, they do not have the cooperation of the air force, but the walls of Songgaia City are nearly 10 meters high. Moreover, although the rebels had heavy artillery and tanks, they did not have the air force to cooperate. Trying to defeat Songgaiana is undoubtedly a fist and a stone, so it is impossible for Songgaiana to capture it. In addition, I have ordered that the armies are rapidly massing, and as long as your troops hold out for three to five days, victory will be ours. ”
In view of the severity of the "banditry situation" in the province of Rovuma in ********, which has been completely controlled by the bandit army, K. Governor Peters sent a telegram to the whole ********, asking all provinces adjacent to Rovuma to send elite troops to keep an eye on the spread of banditry to the provinces. Subsequently, a large number of elite troops were drawn from several other provinces to encircle and suppress this so-called African People's Army.
Suddenly, the surrounding area of Rovuma province was in a stormy situation. However, Lee knew that some of the British troops in ******** were already confronting him in the vicinity of Mahajanga Province. But it's probably hard to break through your own blocking position.
Of course, in order to alleviate his military pressure on the front, and also to reduce his resistance in the liberation of Rovuma Province, Lee Junhao ordered the intelligence department to arrange 100 intelligence officers to lead the large number of captured British Lee Enfeld rifles to Mwanza, a province in the northwest of ********, in order to relieve his military pressure on the front, and to reduce his resistance when he liberated Rovuma Province.
In this way, under the planning of Lee Jun-ho, a great black uprising that had not yet appeared in ******** history broke out. At about 10 p.m. on March 20, 1937, several hundred people under the leadership of Intelligence officers Drews and Shilim launched an uprising in Casama, and the rebel army took control of Casama without much difficulty. A large number of British servants were then joined in. The insurgents shouted, "Get out of Africa, the British." After several fierce battles, the rebels took control of the cities of Casama, Gaita, Ikina and Kamena. The ranks of the uprising snowballed to tens of thousands. Then the leader of the rebel army took the banner of the Northern Army of the African People's Army, and Li Kaihua, who learned the news a day later, was quite painful. But you can't help but admit that this must be your own game, Li Kaihua had no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow blood and admit it with a hard face. Lee Jun-ho then indignantly thought that he would have to arrange the plan in detail in the future. Because of this, Li Junhao didn't give Shen Yan a good look in the next few days.
The uprising disrupted the British colonial government's plans to encircle and suppress the People's Army of Mahajanga. A wave of unevenness has risen again and again. British ******** colonial governor K. Peters hastened to order the northern army to urgently encircle and suppress this nascent rebel army and strangle them in the cradle.
Of course, the African People's Army led by Lee Jun-ho spread quickly in the ********, and blacks in some areas began to follow the example of Casama City to launch uprisings, and for a time there were a lot more commanders of the African People's Army in the ******** region. Lee Jun-ho only smiled wordlessly and bitterly. But the presence of these people also exhausted the British.