Chapter 221: The Perfidious British

The victory at Ringanqiang was the first major victory of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army since it entered Burma, and it injected a breath of vitality into the situation in Burma in the midst of the crisis.

The victory flew to Chongqing, to London, and to Washington, causing a sensation among the three major allies of China, the United States, and Britain. The British Isles were even more welcoming, calling the British army's escape at Ringanqiang "the Dunkirk miracle of Asia".

Dai Anlan got the news far faster than the British Isles, handed the telegram to Zhang Ziwen, and asked, "This Sun Liren doesn't eat dry rice, right?"

Zhang Ziwen threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, picked it up and looked at it, it was a little unexpected, the British saw that they did not support the 113th Regiment in this battle, and said: "Sun Liren is a wise general, and it can also be seen that the British are not as good as my motley army."

Dai Anlan laughed and said: "If the British have the combat effectiveness of the junior brother's troops, with such equipment, the Japanese army in front of them will only be eaten without a bone."

Zhang Ziwen didn't speak again, if he had the equipment of the British army and 7,000 soldiers, he would not have any bones to eat.

Reserved British officials also called the Chinese Expeditionary Force's victory at Ringanqiang "a clear stream in the silence that preceded the storm." ”

In recognition of the exploits of the new 38th Division in rescuing the British army in Ren'anqiang, the British government later awarded Sun Liren the "Imperial Commander Medal", making him the first foreign general to receive this honor.

General Sun Liren was also awarded the Order of the Cloud Demon of the Fourth Class by China and the Medal of Merit by the United States. Qi Xueqi, deputy division commander, Sun Jiguang, commander of the 113th Regiment, and battalion commanders were also commended by the Chinese and British governments respectively.

The new 38th Division suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Ren'anqiang. Division Commander Sun Liren believed that although the task of relieving the siege had been completed, the enemy in front of him had not yet been completely defeated, and decided to mobilize the entire division to attack and smash the enemy's 33rd Division with the cooperation of the British army, so as to advance and stabilize the Western Front.

To ensure the security of the right flank of the main forces of the Central Expeditionary Army. He ordered all the troops to rush to the north bank of the Bin River to participate in the battle, except for two battalions of the 114th Regiment and one unit directly under the division, which remained in Mandalay and continued to strengthen the fortifications.

On the 20th, the 113th Regiment engaged in a battle with the enemy's follow-up troops about six miles south of Ringan's Longpotian District, and the two sides made no progress on each other.

On the evening of the 20th, the 112th Regiment and the Division reached the north bank of the Bin River, and at 24 o'clock, the division commander Sun Liren issued an attack order, preparing to attack the enemy's right flank in the early morning of the 21st and cut off its way back. The Japanese army was pressed to the east bank of the Irrawaddy River to encircle and annihilate it.

The British army that escaped from Ringanqiang had already been frightened, and they retreated north without stopping. Alexander, commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Burmese Army, turned his back on the Sino-British mutual defense arrangement in accordance with the established policy of abandoning Burma and surrendering India.

Instead of defending Burma with the Chinese Yuanneng Army, they did everything possible to conceal their true intentions and trick the Chinese army into acting as a rearguard for the British army. When our new 38th Division rushed to the aid of Ringanqiang, Alexandra ordered Slim on the 18th to immediately open a route across the Chin Tsau River to retreat to the two sides, and told him to keep the Chinese army strictly secret. "They must not be allowed to seize on the lever and accuse the British army of fleeing to India."

Sure enough, like Dunkirk, it was his consistent combat idea to abandon allies.

In the early morning of the 21st, Slim issued an order: "The Chinese 5th Army has changed its original plan and has turned north. to cover the security of the Eastern Army (6th Army). As a result, the battle on this front will be affected, and your division (the new 38th Division) should be immediately moved to the vicinity of Chokpadang. ”

The British side also lied about the military situation. Claiming that a large Japanese army had been found southwest of Chokpadang, Alexander used this as an excuse to persuade Stilwell and Luo Zhuoying to transfer the 200th Division and the new 22nd Division of the Central Expeditionary Force to the west of Chokpadang

The betrayal of the Allied forces and the change of intentions of the higher authorities made the deployment of the new 38th Division to destroy the enemy fall short.

Sun Wenren was ordered to retreat, abandon the captured area, withdraw the whole division from the attack, and carry out the new task of covering the retreat of the main forces of the British army and the Central Expeditionary Army. As a result, the athletes who were on the rise had to temporarily put away their ambitions and began to move in on the new task of covering the retreat of friendly troops.

The enemy, seeing that our troops were increasing one after another, looked like they were actively preparing for an attack, and suddenly retreated back. It's inexplicable. Don't dare to pursue. ”

On 25 April, the Japanese 33rd Division again occupied Ringanqiang. The bloody battles of the athletes of our new 38th Division were in vain.

And Zhang Ziwen, who got accurate news from the teaching team, could only scold his mother to the sky.

"These shitty Brits, treacherous, where to go, sold us to the Japanese with their backhands."

Seeing that Zhang Ziwen was angry, no one dared to stop him even if it was raining, Rao Xiangyun cleverly sent someone to send this news to Dai Anlan, just to be able to be more timely, once the 38th Division in the west withdrew from Ren'anqiang, it would be even more difficult to get it back.

Such a large oil field, the domestic oil field is not comparable, and without oil, domestic aircraft, tanks, and cars can only eat dust.

"Lao Wang sent someone to boil hot water and boil some ginger soup."

Where is Lao Wang still there, the guards at the back can only go and order the cooking class by themselves.

Zhang Ziwen, who vented in the heavy rain, let the rain wash away, very aggrieved, this sense of powerlessness is very aggrieved, if there is no British army in this battle, only China itself to fight how it cannot be like this, three strong armies, plus guerrilla detachments and various logistics units, 100,000 people, holding the front line of the railway, resisting the Japanese army is unlikely to have such a situation.

Now, the newly laid down Ren'anqiang is gone because of the lies of the British, and the British, who had just been saved, turned around and retreated to India.

However, the British said that the large number of Japanese troops did not know where to go, so Zhang Ziwen asked Dai Anlan, and Dai Anlan told Zhang Ziwen that the Sixth Army on the Eastern Front had found no trace of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army marched north, how could it let go of the Eastern Front, and how could it not copy the back road of the expeditionary force, Dai Anlan obviously knew why he didn't talk about it.

How can one division of the 96th Division defend the eastern front, and why do the 200 Divisions and the new 22nd Division hold on to the back of the scoop and the front line of Mandalay, no matter how bad it is, they have to return to the 96th Division.

As long as the troops of the two divisions arrived, they could not hold back the Japanese attack as soon as they built a firm position on the front line of Mandalay and Myitkyina, and the garrisons along the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

Why?

When Dai Anlan got the news from Zhang Ziwen, he was first surprised, and then he reported this intelligence to Du Luming.

Now that the British army has retreated, Du Luming is pressed to death, and Stilwell is even more single-handed, unable to listen to anything, only thinking about fighting his original strategy again in the middle lane.

It's just that how can it be compared to the beginning?