Du Yuming couldn't help but admire: "Strong! There are no weak soldiers under the so-called strong generals. With that, he got up excitedly and paced around the room. Dai Anlan hurriedly got up and stood upright, and changed his position with Du Yuming's movement - this is also the etiquette that the middle and lower ranks of the Kuomintang army must pay attention to in front of their superiors. Du Yuming paced for a while, returned to his original position and sat down, and waved his hand and said: "Sit, sit, Yangong, with you as a tiger general, there are so many brave soldiers below, I am completely relieved." Do you have any difficulties just say. ”

Dai Anlan pondered for a while: "The difficulties of his subordinates are already known, and it is useless to say it. "He's referring to things like the British throwing their hands and leaving." In addition, there is the 'mechanization' of our mechanized troops - the tanks have not kept up; The artillery regiment did not follow either. It's all a firepower flaw. ”

After hearing this, Du Yuming turned around and hurriedly paced in the room with his hands behind his back, speechless for a long time. Finally, he pulled Dai Anlan to sit in front of him, and said in a heavy tone: "It's really hard to say! Originally, it was clearly stipulated that I would accept the command of Hu Dun, but on the 3rd of this month, I flew to Lashio and instructed the staff committee to guide the actions of the troops entering Burma. On the fourth, the commission summoned me to the face: I will henceforth be under the command of General Stilwell; On the 8th, reporting at the Lashio headquarters, the British side notified: Alexander has been appointed to replace Hu Dun as commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Burmese army, and Hu Dun has been reappointed as chief of staff - the British have changed generals, and I am frequently changing my boss! What's next, only God knows!" He sighed.

Dai Anlan suddenly realized. He knew that Du Yuming was a high-minded and arrogant person, and he could know from Du Ping's conversation that in addition to Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin. Any other big generals don't take it seriously. Now that he is abroad, how can he not be annoyed by tightening the spell on his head! However, this was Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement - and it was precisely because it was Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement, otherwise he would have scolded his mother a long time ago! What if this happened to you? Dai Anlan almost didn't think twice before he decided: resign - it's not okay if you don't do it! He asked tentatively:

"How does Junza deal with such a complicated matter?"

Du Yuming sneered and snorted, he had already made up his mind in his heart: "You have a thousand changes, I have certain rules!" But what he said to Dai Anlan was different: "What can I do? I am a soldier - I make it my duty to obey orders; I am a student of Whampoa, and I swear allegiance to Principal Jiang!" He stood tall and spoke impassionedly, albeit insincerely.

Dai Anlan couldn't help but wonder: "Since you advocate the 'order of the monarch', why do you want to scold this and that?" Of course, as a subordinate, he can't question the other party like this. "Junzuo is a model for my generation of Huangpu students, and my subordinates should take Junzuo as an example."

This is exactly what Du Yuming wants to achieve against his will. "Yes, yes, we are all people who lead troops, and if we ourselves do not obey our superiors and do not obey orders, how can we convince our subordinates? This is one that must be kept in mind by those who lead the troops!" Du Yuming couldn't help but be overjoyed. "As for the armored forces and artillery regiments, I am actively urging the movement to come up. What is hateful is that the British are always pushing back, the Burmese are actually sabotage, and the railway transport is in chaos, so it is impossible to make the British and Burmese speed up. I told Stilwell about this, and provoked him to quarrel with the British. Na Hutun was taken seriously, but he could not help the Burmese slack, and the British railway staff were panicked and inefficient. Now I'm changed to Alexander, and I don't buy Stilwell's account at all! I can't rely on it, so I'd better rely on myself. I have ordered the new 22nd Division of Liao Yaoxiang to walk along the road; The armored forces also drove along the road, but the artillery was a little more difficult, but they also had to be rushed by all means, and if you hold out in Tonggu for a few days, the situation may change. ”

Dai Anlan saw from Du Yuming's uncertain eyes that these words were uncertain. However, the matter has come to this point, and it can only be resigned to fate.

"Junzuo, does the command have more reliable detailed information about the enemy situation?"

"There is information - it is provided by overseas Chinese, and it is not detailed." Du Yuming took out the notebook from his pocket as he spoke, and read it slowly: "The 32nd Division of the 15th Army Itada Yojiro is near Prome; The 55th Division was in the area south of Tonggu; The 18th Division is near Jingmai, Thailand. ”

Dai Anlan saw Du Yuming close the notebook and put it in his pocket, his heart seemed to sink with the notebook. "Oh my God! Oh, my God! Is this the enemy situation that the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force has in its possession?" He was secretly complaining, but Du Yuming said:

"According to the enemy situation we have, it is estimated that there will not be too many enemies in front of us. Therefore, you don't have to expect any armor and artillery, just the firepower of your 200th division is enough to deal with it. ”

"Absolutely down! Absolutely down!" Dai Anlan almost screamed. However, he still has to thank Gui Yuming, because the other party did not deceive him and told the truth after all. "Yes, the subordinates don't even expect the new 22nd Division to come to reinforcements, based on their own fighting!" He tried to keep his voice as steady as possible.

Du Yuming glanced at the other party: "The 200th Division is the elite of the national army!"

Dai Anlan understood what the other party was referring to, so he replied: "Yes, subordinates should be cautious in their use of troops!"

Du Yuming smiled happily: "Okay - be cautious in using troops!" Hello do it yourself, the battle has started, and I will come again. ”

The jeep Du Yuming was riding in was gone, and even the dust had settled, but Dai Anlan was still standing there, staring blankly at the road. Because his heart fluctuated at this time, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

He was a native of Wuwei County, Anhui Province, and was admitted to the high school of Anhui Public School in Nanjing, where the famous educator Tao Xingzhi was the principal in 1922. At the beginning of 1924, due to the influence of the revolution, he went to Guangzhou to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy, but was not admitted because of his thin body. He resolutely refused to be offered by others and was determined to join the National Revolutionary Army as a soldier to exercise his body. Sure enough, "where there is a will, there is a way", his physical fitness in the army was quickly improved, and at the end of the year, he went to apply for the examination, was admitted, and was assigned to the third phase of the infantry student team for training, and thus began his career as a horseman.

Two Eastern Crusades, the Northern Expedition, warlord melee, and five "encirclement and suppression". It's really rolled out from the rain of bullets. By the time of the "918" incident, he was already the colonel and commander of the 145th Regiment of the 25th Division of the 17th Army of the Kuomintang. In the Battle of Gubeikou, in order to reinforce the Northeast Army, he led his troops to fight fiercely with the Japanese for three days and nights, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, and he himself was honorably wounded. For this, he was awarded the Order of Yunlu by the National Government.

After the Lugou Bridge Incident, he was promoted to major general and brigade commander of the 73rd Brigade of the 13th Army, and successively participated in the Caohe and Zhanghe operations in Baoding. In March and April 1938, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Taierzhuang; In May, he fought bloodily for four days and nights in Zhongai Mountain, repelling dozens of attacks by the Japanese invaders, and even the Japanese invaders had to admit that the commander of the Chinese army commanded with a certain degree.

In August of the same year, he was ordered to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, and between Ruichang and Yangxin, he attracted the Japanese invaders to the mountainous areas where the enemy navy could not support the army's attack with artillery fire, so that the Japanese invaders had to pay a great price for every step forward. Therefore, he was commended by the commander-in-chief of the 31st Group Army, Tang Enbo.

It was not until January 1939 that he was promoted to the commander of the 200th Division of the Fifth Army of the Mechanized Army. From creeps to generals, every time there is a battle, from fearless hesitation, "Forward!" Forward! Onward!" On the battlefield, he only had such a simple idea. I never knew what it meant to be terrible, even when he was seriously injured twice in the Anti-Japanese War, he didn't frown at his own life and death, and still insisted on commanding the troops to destroy the enemy.

Today, at the moment of the great enemy, is he afraid? No! Since he decided to devote himself to the Whampoa Military Academy, he has put life and death on the line. What is the value of an individual's life and death? However, he must now think at any time: he is the commander of a division, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers under him, and the life and death of these tens of thousands of soldiers are in his hands, and he can't take tens of thousands of soldiers who trust him to make senseless sacrifices!

Now, his 200th Division was alone in the depths, the flanks were empty, and there was no hope for backup, so it was expected that it would be surrounded by Japanese invaders. Therefore, insisting on fighting a decisive battle against the enemy in Tonggu is something that a conscientious general cannot bear to do. But what are the consequences of not doing what is told? Yes, the division commander can be improper, the military rank can be dispensed with, and it doesn't even matter if he is punished by military law. However, can a different division commander bring the 200th Division out of Tonggu and avoid the doom that tens of thousands of soldiers will suffer? Apparently not. Then, it is better to command here yourself, and live and die with the soldiers to be more at ease.

He thought about it again and again, and his only hope was to immediately send a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek explaining the situation in Burma, the attitude of the British, and the situation of the 200th Division. Then he asked Chiang Kai-shek to consider a different place - a place where the main forces of the expeditionary force could be concentrated, make full preparations, and then fight a decisive battle with the devils!

However, he is only a small division commander, is he qualified to make recommendations to the Supreme Commander? What are the undesirable consequences of going beyond the Commander's Department, the General Staff, the British, and the Americans to appeal directly to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief? Even if these are not considered, how should they be worded to present themselves to Chiang Kai-shek?

Just as he was thinking hard, a major staff officer of the staff office rushed to him and reported to him: "Division, the outpost unit reports: a large number of Anglo-Burmese troops have retreated, and the outpost troops have engaged the Japanese invaders. ”

Dai Anlan thought to himself in annoyance: "Alas, it's irretrievable!"