On March 1, the independent division arrived at Lashio, and for a time there was a heavy gathering of troops around the city of Lashio.

"Where is Master Chen? Where is Master Chen? An expeditionary staff officer shouted as he ran.

"What's the matter with you?" Watermelon grabbed the staff officer.

"There is an order from the command of the expeditionary force." Staff officer.

"I'll take you there." Watermelon Road.

After saying that, the watermelon took the staff officer to Chen Fei's place.

"Division commander, headquarters staff officer to convey orders." Watermelon said to Chen Fei.

Chen Fei nodded.

"Master Chen." The staff officer immediately saluted when he saw Chen Fei.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Chen Fei said.

"It's an order." The staff officer gave Chen Fei a piece of letterhead.

Chen Fei looked at it and said, "Understood, go back and report to Chief Du, and immediately carry out the order." ”

"Yes." The staff officer immediately said. As he spoke, he thought about Chen Fei and saluted again, turned around and went back.

"What order?" Zhu Guowen said.

"Occupying Pingmanna as the main force is assembled here as a cover, Du Yuming is really not polite, and he doesn't even give him a chance to rest." Chen Fei said.

"And when are we leaving?" Zhu Guowen said.

Chen Fei thought for a while and said, "Set off immediately, there are too many troops here, and our division can't rest, so we simply go to Pingmanna to rest." ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Zhu Guowen replied.

The continuous march made the independent division really tired, and the next afternoon, as soon as he arrived at Pingmanna, Chen Fei originally thought that Pingmanna was a big mountain, but he didn't expect it to be a city.

"Zheng Lao Fart, Zheng Lao Fart." Chen Fei shouted.

"Master!" Zheng Lao Fart ran over and said.

"It's a city, why don't you say it." Chen Fei said with a frown.

"Ah, you didn't ask, this is the third largest city in Myanmar, an important town on the trade route from the capital Yangon to Mandalay, but our horse gang is called Pin Mana." Zheng Lao said.

", it's too careless, Lao Zhu, go into the city." Chen Fei scolded.

In fact, it is said that it is a big city, that is, a dirt city, and it will be filled up when a division enters.

Chen Fei stood on the commanding height of a temple and looked around. He watched for a while, and immediately ordered the independent regiment to go forward three miles to occupy a hill.

"Do you want to give the brothers a break?" Tang Bing came over and said.

"No, we have to start building fortifications immediately, and we can't be careless when we go abroad." Chen Fei said.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Tang Bing replied, and after he finished speaking, he immediately arranged for the troops to move.

"Watermelon, watermelon, send scouts to scout within a radius of ten miles. Tell them to be careful, to be careful. Chen Fei said.

"Yes." Watermelon replied loudly.

"Report!" Chen Fang came over and said.

"The Expeditionary Force Headquarters called, asking if we had arrived at Pingmanna?" Chen Fang said.

"Call back, arrive at Pingmanna, the troops are building fortifications, and the construction will be completed on the 4th." Chen Fei said.

"Yes." Chen Fang replied.

"Going abroad is different." The old steamed bun came over worriedly.

"What's wrong?" Chen Fei said.

"The people here look at us differently and feel very indifferent, and I'm worried." Old steamed bun said.

"It shows that the British are very bad here, and the people here regard us as British." Chen Fei said.

"Also, what good can a country do to invade others on dog day. It's like the devil occupying our country, hey••••••" said the old mantou.

Chen Fei looked at him and smiled bitterly and said, "Don't think about it, we are also for our own interests, otherwise who will help the British, who is full of food and support, and runs so far." ”

The old steamed bun nodded, thinking to himself.

In the evening, Zhu Guowen found Chen Fei and complained: "Damn, somewhere, don't think about anything if the people don't cooperate." ”

Chen Fei was also anxious about this, he thought for a while and said: "I think so, leave one regiment and the troops directly under it in the city, and the other four regiments go outside the city to set up defenses, I am in the city, how about you go outside the city?" ”

"Okay, I'll just take the second regiment, the second brigade has Tang soldiers, you can rest assured, there is a lot of room for maneuver in the peripheral troops." Zhu Guowen said.

"That's it, pull the troops out overnight, and it's best not to let the locals find out where you are." Chen Fei said.

"I see." Zhu Guowen replied.

On the evening of the 4th, the independent division finally spread out in Pingmanna, and built a large number of trenches and bunkers, and although the brothers were tired and in a mess, they were finally able to sleep peacefully.

For several days, all kinds of news flew all over the sky, and Chen Fei was really confused. One moment it was said that the troops had been deployed and were preparing to attack, the other time it was said that the devils were attacking the capital Yangon, and the other time it was said that the troops were still preparing and the regiments were not well coordinated.

"The news is changing every day, it's really confusing, but fortunately, we are stationed here and are not affected." Zhu Guowen said.

"The news is chaotic, which can only show one problem, there is a contradiction within the expeditionary force, which is a prelude to defeat." Chen Fei said.

Chen Fei thought for a while and said, "Tell the regiment commanders, take a few more eyes, the situation here is very unfavorable to us." ”

"Well, it seems to be huge, but in fact it is chaotic, and it takes a few more eyes." Zhu Guowen said.

"Report, the devils have taken Rangoon." Chen Fang ran over and said.

"What! Exercise! This time it's troublesome, the devil's combat goal has been completed, so next, turn around and be able to deal with the expeditionary force with all your might. Chen Fei said in surprise.

"Is there any news from the headquarters?" Zhu Guowen said.

"The headquarters is organizing troops to meet the devils in three ways, and the specific arrangements have not been said." Chen Fang said.

"Looks like we're a reserve force, so that's fine." Zhu Guowen said.

After the Japanese occupied Rangoon, the Devil's Southern Army quickly formulated a new battle plan, further mastered the fighters, and fought boldly and decisively to force the enemy in Mandalay, especially the Chinese army, to fight a decisive battle and annihilate them in a short time.

The so-called Devil's Southern Army is the overseas Japanese army alongside the Kwantung Army and the Chinese Dispatch Army.

The expeditionary force also formulated a battle plan, divided into three routes to the south to meet the Japanese army, the British army was responsible for the western route, the eastern route was responsible for the Sixth Army of the expeditionary force, and the middle route was responsible for Du Yuming's Fifth Army, and sent 200 divisions to take over the defense of the British Front in Tonggu on the 9th.

Chen Fei looked at the order issued by the headquarters in his hand, and thought to himself that the pressure of the 200th division was not small, the devil had to solve the decisive battle with the expeditionary force in Yangon, and the British army in Tonggu withdrew first, what the hell is this.

On March 16, 1942, the Japanese army began to bomb Tonggu, and thus the expeditionary force began large-scale contact with the devils.

On March 18, the British ran backwards, and the last brigade withdrew to Rangoon, 80 kilometers away, and the British escaped from the devil's encirclement and immediately began to arrange a retreat to India, the 1st Division of the British and Burmese Army, the 17th Division of the British and Indian Army, the 63rd Brigade of the British and Australian Armies, and the 7th Brigade of the British Armored Brigade ran away.

The devils dropped bombs for two days, not knowing that the Chinese army had taken over the defense of the British army, and the advance troops of the 200th Division began to engage the Japanese army at the Pew River on the outskirts of Tonggu.

The reconnaissance unit of the 55th Division of the Devils arrived on motorcycles in front of the positions of the 200th Division on the Pew River. The troops of the 200 Division, who had entered the ambush section in advance, blew up the bridge with buried explosives.

The 200th Division was an armored division, and as soon as the devils were in chaos, armored cars came up, and with the support of both sides of the road, they successfully ambushed the devils, killed and wounded more than 100 devils, captured 19 motorcycles, more than 200 rifles, and 2 light machine guns, and won the first battle. In fact, the Pew River is also a small town, and as soon as the 200th Division succeeds during the day, it immediately retreats to the Okwin defense line, and the devils occupy Pew the next day.

On the 21st, the devil followed the retreating troops of the 200th Division to Okwen, and the 122nd Wing of the 55th Division of the Devil took the lead in launching an attack, and under the cover of artillery fire, attacked the position of the first company of the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division. The Okwen fortifications were built of wood and earth and stone, and were concealed and camouflaged, and equipped with sufficient supplies, and the company did not move under the onslaught of the devils, and the devils immediately sent cavalry from the left flank to attack, and the division commander Dai Anlan had been observing the movements of the devils from a distance, and when he saw the devil's cavalry dispatched, he immediately sent a company of reinforcements from the 598th regiment.

After three hours of fighting, the Japanese attack, which had suffered losses, became cautious, and before launching an infantry charge, they bombarded the positions of the 200th Division with heavy artillery fire, and mounted light machine guns on the trees and fired condescendingly, causing casualties among the first company of the 600th Regiment and the first company of the 598th Regiment to suddenly increase greatly.

Division Commander Dai Anlan could only use heavy machine guns and mortars to suppress the devil's attack. The battle lasted until one o'clock in the afternoon, and the devil's attack stopped, but the devil's artillery fire and air support were more intense, and the concentrated bombardment was on the left flank, and the devil was also fine, and the attack began again at four o'clock in the afternoon, I thought that the devil would focus on bombing the left flank, and it would definitely attack the left flank, but I didn't expect the devil to cooperate with the cavalry to suddenly attack on the right flank, and the defenders were caught off guard.

The battle lasted until dark, and when Division Commander Dai Anlan saw that the troops could not hold on, he ordered the troops to retreat while it was dark.

At this point, the 200th Division moved into the main defensive position of Tonggu, and at the same time, the 200th Division captured a document from the ambush on the Pew River, and it was analyzed that the enemy in front of it would not exceed two divisions at most.

The Battle of Tonggu officially began, and the devils continued for several days, infantry, artillery, air force, and armored fighting vehicles coordinated to attack, and the 200th Division fought back.

At the same time, Stilwell issued an order for the Battle of Tonggu, deciding to block the Japanese advance near Tonggu and ordering the 5th Army, the provisional 55th Division, the new 22nd Division and the 96th Division to move south.

On the afternoon of March 24, the Japanese army seized the Yongkegang airfield on the edge of Tonggu, and the 200th Division was abandoned to gather troops in Tonggu City.

At dawn on the 24th, the 55th Division of the Devils surrounded Tonggu from the south, west and north, Dai Anlan ordered the forest to be burned to block the enemy, and at the same time the city tightened the frontal battle line and strengthened the fortifications, at noon on the same day, the Devils broke through the ancient city and fought house by house, the Japanese army attacked from the south to concentrate the main force, stormed the 200th Division, and released poison gas bombs, and the officers and soldiers of the 200th Division suffered heavy casualties.

On the 26th, the devils poured out their nests, and the 55th Division, with 112, 143, 144, and 3 wings as the mainstay, besieged Tonggucheng with 3 troops accompanying the 200th Division, and in the evening, the position of the 600th Regiment was broken through

On the 27th, the newly formed 22nd Division reached the north of Tonggu and was blocked by the 56th Division of the Devil, and the two sides fought fiercely all night.

On the 28th, the devils released poison gas again, disguised themselves as Burmese, and attacked and sneak attacked, but they were resolutely blocked by the 200th Division. In the middle of the night, the devil attacked the division headquarters again, and was repelled by Zheng Tingji, the commander of the infantry of the 200th Division.

On the 29th, the devils launched an internal counterattack from Tonggu Station, and the first division of the 96th Division arrived in time, and through the cover of the nearby forest, they attacked and surrounded the devils of Tonggu in a roundabout way, and once chased the enemy to stop the attack on Tonggu, and the two armies fought repeatedly and fiercely, and the battle was extremely fierce. On the evening of the 29th, the main force of the 56th Division and the main force of the 18th Division arrived at the periphery of Tonggu, and Du Yuming said: "Under this situation, the expeditionary force can neither concentrate the main force to fight a decisive battle with the enemy in order to relieve the siege of Tonggu, but 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. "Therefore, the 200th Division was ordered to break through at night, withdraw from Tonggu and move to the northeast.

On the 30th, after the devil entered the city, he found that Tonggu was an empty city. Liao Yaoxiang was ordered by Du Yuming to lead the new 22nd Division to rescue the 200th Division, attack Nanyang Station, contain the devils, and cover the retreat of the 200th Division.

When the devils found that the 200th Division was moving northward, the 55th Division and the 18th Division each sent a wing to pounce northward, and the two regiments of the new 22nd Division stubbornly resisted the enemy and dealt a powerful blow to the enemy, so that the devils did not dare to act rashly in the next few days.

At this time, the devils entered and occupied Puluo Pass, completely exposing the flanks of the expeditionary force on the Tonggu front line and threatened them.

On April 2, the Military Council appointed Luo Zhuoying as the commander of the first route of the expeditionary force, under the command of Stilwell and the commander of the British Pacific Theater. On the 5th, the Japanese army dispatched 3 wings, with the support of aircraft, tanks, and artillery, to continue to attack northward, and the new 22nd Division gradually blocked the enemy under the leadership of division commander Liao Yaoxiang, and the devil suffered another setback.

On the 6th, Luo Zhuoying arrived in Lashio by plane with the chairman of the committee, deployed with Stilwell, and prepared for the battle of Pingmanna, and at the same time, the chairman decided to send additional 66 Army into Burma for reinforcements.

Liao Yaoxiang's troops led the troops to fight a guerrilla war under the repeated attacks of the devils, false and real, all the way to block the ambush, the great blow of the devils advanced rapidly, the battle lasted until the night of the 16th, and the troops of the expeditionary force entered Pingmanna safely.

At the headquarters of Chen Fei's independent division in Pingmanna, Chen Fei looked at the battle reports of the past few days, and his head was in a cold sweat, so many troops went to Tonggu, and they were almost killed by the devils, which made Chen Fei afraid and hate, afraid that the devils had gained a foothold in Burma and were in full swing, and what he hated was that the British were just a fucking pile of shit, no tactics, no courage, nothing, and some just had the ability to escape.

At this time, Zhu Guowen ran in and said: "The periphery is chaotic, all troops are grabbing territory, and the headquarters has not made unified arrangements." ”

"It's a good loss to Liao Yaoxiang of the new 22nd Division, otherwise so many troops would be scared when they think about it, and they wouldn't have said anything about withdrawing here." Chen Fei said.

"Yes, but aren't Chairman Luo and Chief Luo in Lashio, why don't Chief Luo make unified arrangements?" Zhu Guowen said.

"We're all busy with meetings, just wait for the headmaster to leave, we've been here for so many days, try to help the retreating brother troops. By the way, send a reconnaissance battalion to pick up the new 22nd Division. Chen Fei said.

"There's no order from there, which isn't good." Zhu Guowen said.

"! Waiting for the order from above, the daylily is cold. Chen Fei scolded.

"That's okay, I'll go, I'll take the reconnaissance battalion and the special agent battalion to go, the new 22nd Division is fighting hard, and we'll also go and make some efforts." Zhu Guowen said.

Chen Fei thought for a while and said, "Okay, take it, arrange it for us to be on our side, and let them rest for a while." ”

"Yes." Zhu Guowen replied and immediately went to make arrangements.

Chen Fei looked at Zhu Guowen's back and thought, this battle is not easy to fight. However, although the battle was difficult to fight, the officers and men of all units were still sincerely fighting the enemy desperately for the sake of the country, and no matter how great the difficulties were, as long as everyone was united, they could always overcome them.