North of Lashio, the former enemy headquarters of the 34th Regiment of the U.S. Army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Morgan was directing troops to attack the field defensive positions of the Chinese defenders in Lashio north of the city.

The regiment brought by Morgan was an elite unit of the US Army, plus an elite unit of his paratroopers, so the offensive was fierce.

Dai Anlan personally went to the front outside the city to supervise the battle, and the two sides fought in full swing in the field north of the city.

The war was not going well, and the casualties of the troops continued to rise, gradually beginning to wear away Morgan's previous ambition to retake Lashio.

 ―pig-pig-island-novel{zhu}{zhu}{dao}; At this time, Morgen was anxiously pacing back and forth in the command headquarters, and several adjutant staff officers next to him did not dare to say much, and stood silently on the side.

Listening to the continuous sound of dense gunfire outside, and the shouts of soldiers on both sides, Morgan felt more and more distraught, and suddenly stopped his steps, and instead ordered an adjutant: "Second lieutenant, give me a cigarette." ”

The American second lieutenant hurriedly took out a pack of Hadman cigarettes from his body and respectfully stepped forward to help Morgan light them.

Morgan took a heavy puff of his cigarette, his swarthy face sunken in, and he exhaled a large puff of smoke, and his irritability was slightly relieved by the nicotine stimulation, and he continued to pace and walk.

Suddenly, a communications soldier came out of the communications room next door, saluted him, and said, "Sir, General MacArthur is calling. ”

As soon as Morgan heard that it was MacArthur calling, he immediately stopped and stretched out his hand and said, "Quick, bring it to me." ”

The communications soldier hurriedly strode forward and handed him the message with both hands respectfully.

After opening the telegram and reading it, Morgan, who was having difficulty riding a tiger, groaned slightly, and then instructed the second lieutenant adjutant before: "Order the troops immediately, stop the attack, and retreat ten miles to stand by." ”

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Listening to the sound of gunfire and shouts outside the city gradually disappearing, Du Yuming, who was in the headquarters of the national army in the city, stood up brightly and instructed the adjutant: "Call the front line in the north of the city and ask what happened." ”

An adjutant hurriedly complied with the order. After a while, he put down the phone, turned to Du Yuming and reported: "Sir, the U.S. army has stopped attacking, and General Dai Anlan is rushing back." ”

"Oh." Du Yuming relieved himself and nodded.

Ten minutes later, Dai Anlan returned to the command headquarters in a military jeep.

"Brother Anlan, how is the situation?" Du Yuming hurriedly greeted and asked.

"Brother Guangting, although the combat power of this US army is not bad, our Chinese army is not vegetarian, and it has been fighting fiercely for a long time. Leaving two or three hundred corpses behind, the attack was forced to stop.

Now that I have taken the initiative to retreat, I did not order the troops to pursue it as a precaution. Dai Anlan said.

Du Yuming nodded when he heard this: "Although this is the case, we must also instruct the defending troops outside the city to be vigilant and not to slack off, so as not to give the enemy an opportunity." ”

Dai Anlan nodded and asked, "Brother Guangting." How is the counterattack of our army progressing on all fronts? Is there any news coming? ”

"For the time being, the battle is still in the stalemate stage, and there are nearly 100,000 U.S. troops on the front line of Longling and Tengchong, and in the short term, we want to defeat them. That's as easy as that. Du Yuming said: "The key to this battle is whether Myitkyina and Lashio can hold it.

As long as the two places are occupied by us, the logistics of the US army will be interrupted, and the main division of the US army on the front line will not last long. Once the US army is defeated, the main army in our rear will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the victory will definitely belong to us. ”

Dai Anlan nodded approvingly. Zhengse said: "As long as we still have one man, we will never lose Lashio and Myitkyina, this battle is a crucial battle against the Western powers, our soldiers only have to fight to the last soldier, in order to serve the country's determination, we will be able to achieve the final victory." Raise the prestige of our country! ”

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Kunming.

"The reconnaissance plane, the secret agents of the Military Command Bureau and the Secret Service have all received reliable news that most of the main forces of the US forces in Longling and Tengchong have withdrawn.

Now standing in front of our army is a small number of US blocking forces, and it seems that the US army intends to concentrate all its efforts on counterattacking Myitkyina and Lashio. Jiang Baili reported to Zhang Xinghan.

Zhang Xinghan smoked a cigarette and stared at the map and said, "MacArthur wants to recapture Myitkyina and Lashio, how can we let him get his wish?" Send a telegram to Zhang Lingfu, within twenty-four hours, no matter what the cost, I must break through the US army's blockade and launch an attack on Longling and Tengchong!

If this mission cannot be completed, all officers at and above the division level of all units on the front line will be punished by military law! ”

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On the Longling front, after receiving Zhang Xinghan's death order.

Hundreds of soldiers of the national army began to launch large-scale charges against the US army again and again without fear of death.

Countless people fell on the way to the charge, but the heroic soldiers behind stepped on the corpses of their comrades and rushed forward one after another.

After more than 10 hours of bloody fighting and nearly 10,000 casualties, the front-line troops finally broke through the US defense line in the early morning of the next day.

The remaining U.S. troops retreated to Longling County, and the soldiers of the national army immediately took advantage of the situation to advance, and the troops approached the city and surrounded Longling City.

At the same time, Tang Huaiyuan sent a telegram to the 34th Brigade of the Dian Army, which had been replenished, to bypass the county town of Longling and pursue the American troops advancing in the direction of Lashio.

On the Tengchong battlefield, countless officers and men of the Central Army and the US army also launched an extremely tragic offensive and defensive battle.

After paying the heavy price of more than half of the three divisions killed and wounded, they finally routed the American troops in front of them, successfully broke through their steel defense line, and with the cooperation of the air force, they immediately began to storm Tengchong County.

It also sent two elite troops to bypass Tengchong County and begin to pursue the main force of the U.S. army, in order to relieve the pressure on the friendly forces of Myitkyina and Lashio.

After the American troops in Longling and Tengchong were divided and surrounded, they began to rely on the city defense to fight in an attempt to contain the main force of the Chinese army.

When Zhang Xinghan learned that the front-line troops could not attack for a long time, he was furious and ordered Zhang Xinghua to dispatch the air force to start a carpet-like protracted bombardment of the second city.

A day later, Cun Xingqi and other troops finally caught up with the US rearguard troops, and the two sides engaged in fierce battles on the Sino-Burmese border.

Most of the main forces of the U.S. army were still advancing in the direction of Lashio and Myitkyina, after a day and a night of rapid marching.

More than 20,000 American troops on the eastern route were the first to rush to the north of Lashio and join up with Morgan's advance force.

Immediately, the U.S. troops, who had concentrated their absolute superiority, made a comeback and launched another onslaught on Lashio.

At the same time, Dai Kinn ordered the rear guard units of the US Army on the eastern and western routes to form a defensive line to block the pursuit of the Chinese army by relying on the high mountains and mountains along the border.

Inside the city of Kunming.

Jiang Baili said to Zhang Xinghan: "Commission, now Longling and Tengchong have still not been captured, and the US army is stubbornly defending the city.

The pursuing force was also blocked by the US military on the Sino-Burmese border.

Most of the main forces of the US army on the eastern route have already arrived in Lashio, and they have gathered several times the number of troops in Lashio, and now the pressure Du Yuming and Dai Anlan are facing can be imagined. ”

The China-Myanmar border is full of lofty mountains and primeval forests, and road traffic is extremely inconvenient, although it has curbed the combat power of the mechanized troops of both sides.

However, such terrain is favorable to the defenders, and many dangerous points require only a small number of troops to contain the pursuit of enemy forces several times their size.

Therefore, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the main force of my ground forces to arrive at Lashio and Myitkyina in time for reinforcements. ”

Zhang Xinghan paced back and forth with a heavy face: "It seems that the key to this battle lies in our air force, immediately send a telegram to Xinghua and Lingfu, and order them to continue to send reinforcements to Lashio and Myitkyina, and the army aviation troops will carry out airlift 24 hours a day."

As long as we can airlift two or three more infantry divisions to Lashio and Myitkyina, then it is delusional for the US army to open up the way to retreat! ”

Suddenly, Guo Zhong hurriedly walked in, and saluted Zhang Xinghan with a snap: "Seat, Shen Xingye has sent an important piece of information from Nanjing, and our agents lurking in Lashio have reported that there have been frequent anomalies of US military planes in the sky over Mandalay recently.

He speculated that it was likely that the U.S. military was mobilizing air forces. ”

Jiang Baili was shocked when he heard this: "Seat, it is impossible for the US military not to see the importance of the air force in this battle in northern Burma. ”

Zhang Xinghan looked at the map and took two puffs of his cigarette and said: "If the Americans want to play air raids with us, it depends on whether we give him this opportunity."

Zhongzi, immediately telegraphed Zhang Xinghua, asking him to concentrate all air force units for me, suspend assistance to ground troops, and go all out to attack the airfields in Mandalay, Ren'anqiang, and other places, and never allow a US military plane to be able to take off and participate in the war in these areas in the next half a month!

At the same time, the airlift plan for the army aviation unit will continue as usual and will not be interrupted. ”

"Yes." Guo Zhong answered and hurriedly led the order to leave.

Jiang Baili said to Zhang Xinghan: "Bench, there is a suggestion that the military helicopters of the Army Aviation are equipped with weapons, and if they launch an air attack on the US Army on the ground from a low altitude."

The U.S. military has no combat experience in this area, and it is bound to suffer heavy losses, so it should be okay to annihilate 100,000 U.S. troops, right? ”

"Well, that's a good suggestion, but I don't want to use the Army Aviation Force to attack the U.S. forces until the critical moment.

Because this would expose the existence of helicopters, which led to the acceleration of the development of helicopters by the Western powers.

Perhaps, they are already in development, but they are not finished yet. Zhang Xinghan said thoughtfully.

Jiang Baili nodded, and didn't say more.

After receiving Zhang Xinghan's order, Zhang Xinghua immediately assembled dozens of bombers and fighters and launched the first air raid on Mandalay.

However, the US anti-aircraft fire and early warning work in the Mandalay area did a good job.

The airstrikes were ineffective, and the airport in Mandalay was the site of the highest concentration of U.S. anti-aircraft fire.

After losing a few fighters, Zhang Xinghua saw that he could not break through the US air defense fire network, so he had no choice but to order to return. (To be continued......)