Chapter 845: Baoshan - India

At the end of June 1942, Wang Liang and Liu Quande drove from Kunming to Baoshan to attend a review meeting of the Burma campaign convened by Song Xilian. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"All stand up!"

Song Xilian, then commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army and commander of the defense of Kunming, entered the venue.

Wang Liang still admires Song Xilian, the two once had a relationship in Shanghai, although they did not communicate much, but the impression left on him by this person is very good.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai on August 13, Song Xilian led his troops to Shanghai day and night with the ambition of "defending the motherland to the death". On the 17th, they stormed the area around Tianbao Road. At midnight on the 20th, he attacked the Huishan Wharf in one fell swoop, forcing the enemy to retreat from defeat, and the battle caused a sensation throughout the country.

After his military exploits, he was neither arrogant nor rash, and still commanded the 36th Division. In the Hongkou and Yangshupu areas, they engaged the enemy in short combat, and then moved to the Jiangwan area to fight.

On January 25, 1938, Song Xilian was appointed as the commander of the honorary division and took over the 71st Army that year. He led the army to fight fiercely in Lanfeng and besieged the 14th Division of the 2nd Tufeiyuan Ken.

In August, it confronted the Japanese army in the Dabie Mountains.

In the Battle of Fujin Mountain and Shawoyu, General Song led three divisions to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army, killing 4,506 enemies and wounding 17,380 enemies.

Bloody War of Resistance and Outstanding Achievements.

Later, he was transferred to Yunnan, and the Japanese army entered western Yunnan from Burma, and General Song led the 36th Division to meet the Japanese army on the side of the Huitong Bridge on the Nu River, and annihilated the enemy crossing the river. 、

How could Wang Liang, a hero who could resist Japan to such a peak without a golden finger, not admire it?

"Let's all sit down." Song Xilian waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

The huge conference room accommodated nearly 300 middle and senior officers, including group army commanders, army commanders, division commanders, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders.

In fact, before this meeting, the officers were still unclear about the theme of the meeting, they only thought that it was a simple post-war summary, but they never expected that a series of events would happen.

"The expeditionary force entered Burma for the first time, dispatching 103,000 men and suffering 56,480 casualties. The British army invested 40,000 troops, and only 13,000 were withdrawn to India. The Japanese suffered 4,500 casualties. Japan not only blocked the international transportation line for China, but also opened the door to the westward attack on India. The original war materials were instead transported through the Hump route and the China-India highway. Can any of you tell me? Did we win or lose this battle? Song Xilian didn't say anything polite, and there was a burst of blood at the beginning.

The venue was silent.

Many senior officers began to break out in a cold sweat, and they suddenly realized that this meeting was a matter of accountability, and that the failure of the expedition, as front-line commanders, naturally had an unshirkable responsibility.

"Okay, no one said I'll do it. Lashio was lost, and the rear route of the 5th and 6th armies entering the Burma expedition was cut off, and then the whole army collapsed. I can't control the responsibility of the British, but why is our army crumbling at the touch of a button? Are the salaries and funds used to raise pigs on weekdays? Are the weapons in your hands burning sticks? ”

The tone of the whole meeting was that Song Xilian was scolding, yes, there were n many problems in the first expedition, and the price paid for these problems was more than half of the casualties of the 100,000 expeditionary force, and what about the Japanese army?

Less than 5,000, what an ironic number.

One to ten!

The outcome of the battle was even more gratifying: Japan not only blocked the international transportation line for China, but also opened the door to attack India in the west.

There is a feeling that stealing chickens does not make rice.

"Okay, I'm not going to talk nonsense, now I will read out the punishment decision for officers who are slacking off and afraid of war. The commander of the 66th Army, the commander of the 28th Division, and the commander of the 29th Division, led by the 5th and 6th armies of the Burma expedition to collapse without a fight, and the rear route of the 5th and 6th armies of the Burma expedition was cut off by the Japanese army, and the whole line collapsed, and they bear unshirkable responsibility. The corps commander and division commander were removed from their posts and handed over to the military court for investigation and handling in accordance with the law. The number and establishment of the 66th Army and the 29th Division were abolished ......"

From army commanders to regimental commanders, they were all punished, and those who were dismissed from their posts and those who were sent to military courts were sent to court-martials.

The commander of the 29th Division, which was controlled by Wang Liang, was miserable, and he was removed from his post and investigated, but if he was sent to a military court, he would definitely not end well.

Unless, of course, your relationship is hard.

Wang Liang clearly remembered that the commander of the 66th Army was brought to a military court, but with the help of his friends, he later became the deputy commander of the theater.......

Wang Liang personally believes that it is very necessary to hold this meeting on the division of responsibilities, and it is time for these lax officers to sweat.

The comfortable days did not last long, and Wang Liang returned to the battlefield.

Wang Liang, Liu Quande, Zheng Sanpao, and the belated Liu Rui, Harrier, Wei Dayong, Ou Xiang, Cao Jiawei, Shui Sheng, Gesang, and Liu Huaqiang set off.

Backbones like Zhao Gang and Zhang Dabiao naturally can't be brought out, and the situation in the Northeast is also very grim, so Wang Liang only picked out a few brothers who were more comfortable with them.

This time I went to India to live with my head, and I accidentally hung up, and even Wang Liang was not sure if he could return to China alive this time.

The second expedition can be described as a shame for the expeditionary force, the first time at a cost of 10 to 1 only fought to the death of less than 5,000 Japanese troops, what about the second time?

49,000 Japanese troops died on this land, and the Chinese Army in India and the Chinese Expeditionary Force recovered more than 50 large and small towns in northern Myanmar and 83,000 square kilometers of lost land in western Yunnan in the counteroffensive in northern Myanmar and western Yunnan.

The record is brilliant, and the price paid Wang Liang is also clear.

I can't care so much anymore, isn't it just to live for?

"Hey guys, get in place, get ready for a skydive." The pilot reminded.

"Okay." Wang Liangchong made an OK gesture to the pilot, indicating that there was no problem.

They were parachuted into India in a helicopter of the US military, using the opportunity of the Hump airlift plane to return home.

Every day, hundreds of soldiers arrive in India in this way to replenish the supply of Chinese troops in India.

Located at the northeastern tip of Assam, the most northeastern state of India, adjacent to the Savage Hill region, Ledo is a small town and a very remote railway terminus.

Wang Liang chose this place for their airborne landing, and Redora is also the station of the new 38th Division.

After landing, Wang Liang smoothly connected with the people of the 38th Division who came to meet them and placed them in the Lambgar barracks.

The environment here is very good, the former Lambgar military camp was built by the British authorities to house Italian prisoners captured from the African battlefield, covering an area of 30 square kilometers, and the various facilities are quite complete.

Anyway, Wang Liang just thinks that the British are some big wonders, obviously they are prisoners, but they are treated better than their own soldiers, is it just to show a gentlemanly demeanor?