Yunnan, Baoan County, Longling. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is located in the western part of Yunnan, between the Nu River and the Longchuan River, with continuous mountains, high mountains and deep valleys, and vertical and horizontal rivers.

At this time, because of the steep geographical environment and special location, it has been regarded as the first front line of border defense by the Yunnan Border Guards.

Under Zhang Xinghan's strict orders, the Yunnan garrison stationed in Baoshan has increased by more than 20,000 people compared with before.

The total strength is about 30,000 people.

The first important place in Longling County is Songshan, which guards the ~ pig ~ pig ~ island ~ small ~ said ~~~ traffic throat in western Yunnan into the east bank of the Nu River. Close to the Nujiang Huitong Bridge, "the front is close to the deep valley, the back is connected with the big slope", the left and right are mountains, the pine mountain is abrupt on the west bank of the Nujiang River, the shape is like a natural bridgehead, the Yunnan-Burma Highway is to rush and the Nujiang River is 40 miles north of the Heidu.

It is extremely important to the strategic position of both China and the United States, but the Yunnan army is backward in equipment, backward in tactical thinking, and lacks equipment and materials.

Obviously, it is impossible to compare the construction of Matsuyama at this time with the Matsuyama fortress built by the Japanese in history.

However, due to its own steep terrain, Matsuyama is still a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack after a little construction.

It was stuck in the only way for the US army to attack Baoshan.

If you want to cross the Nu River, you must first capture the Songshan Pass.

The person responsible for the commander-in-chief of the Baoshan and even Tengchong defense lines is Tang Huaiyuan, a famous general of the Yunnan Army, and Tang Huaiyuan is the commander of the Third Army at this moment.

The front-line commander in charge of the Longling and even Songshan defense lines was the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 34th Army.

Cun Xingqi is also a famous anti-Japanese general, in history, like General Tang Huaiyuan, the commander of the Third Army, he led his troops to fight the Japanese in a bloody battle against Zhongtiao Mountain, and finally died heroically.

At this time, General Cun Xingqi was in the prime of life, physically strong, and energetic.

He always has the ambition to serve the country, and since he led his troops to Longling, he has patrolled the frontline border defense every day.

Eat and live with the officers and men of the 34th Brigade. He was deeply loved by the officers and men.

At the foot of the hill south of Matsuyama, a main battalion of the 34th Brigade was responsible for building a defensive line here.

General Cun Xingqi took the guards on a routine tour.

At this time, the officers and men of the whole battalion were stepping up the construction of fortifications, and when General Cun Xingqi first arrived, only two soldiers who were reinforcing the position found him.

The two of them hurriedly put down the stones in their hands, straightened up and saluted: "Brigade!" ”

General Cun Xingqi waved his hand at them and said: "Don't worry about me, continue to work, you must build your position firmly, sweat more at this time, and when the Yankees fight, the casualties will be much less." ”

"Yes." The two soldiers obeyed the instructions. Hurriedly turned around and went back to work.

General Cun Xingqi led his guards along the roughly completed trenches, and everywhere they went, the officers and soldiers stood up and saluted, their eyes full of fervent respect.

"Brothers, you have worked hard, but it is worth it to defend our country and our fathers, elders, and fellow villagers.

The Yankees are the same as the Japanese. They deliberately provoked a war, but in fact they wanted to annex our territory.

As soldiers, we should shoulder the sacred mission of defending the territory against the enemy and consolidating the defense of our southwestern border. For the great Chinese nation, repel any enemy who dares to invade. General Cun Xingqi finally summoned the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion and began to lecture.

Listening to the brigade commander's lecture, these simple and brave soldiers strengthened their determination and stabilized their somewhat fluctuating military morale.

After all, they have never had contact with the Americans. I didn't even fight them.

It is human instinct to be somewhat afraid of the unknown......

However, General Cun Xingqi has a very high prestige in the eyes of the officers and men of the whole brigade, and his daily visits to make speeches will greatly boost and strengthen the morale and morale of the soldiers.

After inspecting the southern foothills, General Cun Xingqi led the guards to the headquarters of a regiment in the middle of Songshan.

When I walked into the regiment headquarters, I found that there was no one inside except for the two signal soldiers and service soldiers who stayed behind.

Cun Xingqi asked the soldiers who saluted him: "Where are your regiment commander and chief of staff?" ”

"Back to the brigade, the regimental commander and the chief of staff have gone with the guards to help build the fortifications." The soldier hurriedly replied.

"This Zhao Sandao, as the regiment commander, should stay at the command headquarters at all times, in case the Americans come over at this time, who will command the whole regiment?" After a pause, General Cun Xingqi immediately instructed the signal soldier: "Go, find him at once, and let him and his staff come to me at once." ”

"Yes." The soldier hurriedly took the order and trotted away.

After a while, a big man who was not tall, but had a strong physique and dark skin, walked in with a few lieutenants.

Seeing the strange inch, the big man's black face suddenly showed a smile, and he smiled and saluted: "Luzao, you are here, what are your instructions?" ”

"Zhao Sandao, from now on, you can't leave your post without permission, you have to give me the right thing to stick to your headquarters.

Songshan is the main traffic artery, the first important place on the west bank of the Nujiang River, and it is also the barrier to protect the mountain, which must not be lost.

Do you understand? ”

"Yes, please rest assured that the brigade commander will never leave without permission." Zhao Sandao first straightened up and reassured, and then smiled and leaned over to General Cun Xingqi's side.

said with a smile: "Brigade, I heard that the Yankees are all, tall and long-armed, but it's quite scary, you have a lot of knowledge, popularize it for your brothers?" ”

"Everything is, the United States is a country of immigrants, and there are Caucasians, blacks and yellows.

However, the Yankees' bodies all look very tall.

But, so what? In the tall and flesh and blood, a row of bullets hit them still pierced a hole. General Cun Xingqi said.

"That's, that's." Zhao Sandao said suddenly: "Brigade seat, I heard that the military seat has equipped you with six mountain cannons, do you see if you can transfer them to three or four lowly positions?" ”

"No, the mountain artillery has been deployed by me in Longling County, you kid, don't think how easy the defense of the county will be.

The Americans will attack Longling County first, and these six mountain guns are the most powerful firepower of our brigade at present.

Deploying in Longling will be able to give the U.S. troops the maximum damage, as long as you can rub the enemy's sharp energy, your Songshan defense line will be more stable.

If my county seat of Longling is lost, you must lead my troops to hold on until reinforcements arrive. ”

"Yes, please rest assured, the lowly and the thousands of brothers in the whole regiment, as long as there is still a breath, they will never let the Yankees cross the river." After Zhao Sandao finished assuring, he asked again: "Then brigade, when will our reinforcements arrive?" ”

"I don't know, no matter when the reinforcements arrive, you have to hold on to me, understand? General Cun Xingqi instructed.

"Hmmm! But Brigade, why don't you stay in Songshan to command, but stay in Longling? Zhao Sandao asked puzzled.

"I am the brigade commander, so I naturally take the lead and take the lead.

Moreover, this time our brigade was ordered to garrison Longling, and the deployment was not divided between front and rear, because without an order, none of us were allowed to withdraw to the east bank without authorization.

Therefore, the significance of being in Longling is as important as that in Songshan. "Inch of wonder is the way.

"That brigade, if Longling can't be defended, you must retreat to Songshan with your brothers, and we can also rely on the steep terrain of Songshan to continue to resist the Yankees' attack." Zhao Sandao said cautiously.

"You don't care about this, whether I can come back or not, you have to stick to me to the end." Inch Strange Road.

"Yes, the lowly and subordinate officers and soldiers will fight to the last soldier, with a shot and a bullet!" Zhao Sandao put away his smile and said with a serious expression.

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In Tengchong County, another brigade of the Third Army was also ordered to deploy defenses at important points around the county seat.

Laifeng Mountain outside the city and Gaoligong Mountain in the north of the city became their main fortified areas.

In addition, in order to ensure Tengchong County, the defenders also deployed along the Longchuan River to block the American army.

However, from the overall strategic point of view, Tengchong and Longling are both west of the Nu River and east of the Longchuan River.

The strategic location is very important, but once the above areas are lost, the most important should be the two western bank natural hazards of Gaoligong Mountain and Songshan Mountain.

As long as they are defended, they will grasp the initiative of the battle situation, they can attack and retreat, and Tengchong and Longling are at their fingertips.

The opposition is the same as the U.S. army, if it is not possible to capture Gaoligong Mountain and Songshan Mountain, and completely sweep away the Chinese defenders on the west bank.

Then even if they capture Tengchong and Longling, they may gain and lose.

Therefore, these two natural and dangerous mountains will be the top priority of the defense of the entire western Yunnan.

General Tang Huaiyuan, commander of the Third Army, obviously saw through this, so he deployed the main force of the whole army along the east bank of the Nu River, and could cross the river at any time to support the two bridgeheads on the west bank.

However, neither Tang Huaiyuan nor Cun Xingqi had a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the US military.

This battle is destined to be an unusually tragic and bloody battle.

On February 29, the 26th year of the Republic of China, the first airborne division of the US army and two divisions of the British army and tens of thousands of Burmese and Indian servants.

The soldiers entered China in two separate ways and attacked Tengchong and Longling.

The first alert unit of the 34th Brigade of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army engaged in the first battle between the two armies in the vicinity of Mangshi and the small units of the US army that opened the road.

Due to the special geographical environment of Mangshi, the national army did not fortify here, but placed the main defense line on the front line of Longling.

Only about a company or so of troops were left to act as a vigilance force.

In the afternoon of the same day, 40 or 50 elite heavily armed US paratroopers, led by Burmese who were familiar with the local terrain and environment, entered the vicinity of Muang City.

Seeing that the Americans did not have many troops, this guard wanted to set up an ambush and kill the Americans.

But when the Americans entered the ambush, hundreds of soldiers of the Dian army opened fire with old sleeves and part of Hanyang.

But I found that this group of Americans was very difficult to deal with, especially their firepower.

Almost like a machine gun in each person's hand, the ambush troops suppressed by dense fire could not raise their heads at all.

The officers and men of the Dian Army did not know that the group of US troops they were facing was the most elite detachment of the US Airborne Forces.

Its main armament consisted mostly of Thompson submachine guns and improved Garand semi-automatic rifles intended for use by paratrooper commandos. (To be continued......)