Now, in a room in the middle of the mountain in the west of Ruili City, Li Wei is reading a telegram: Lead the troops to the area of Savage Mountain to meet the expeditionary force. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info receive the defeated army and replenish the troops. The road is arduous, and we earnestly rely on the masses for hope. Road.

On the evening of May 5, Li Wei gathered all the horse gangs and discussed entering the area of Savage Mountain.

A few horse gang leaders listened and said, "Benefactor, boss, you can't enter the Savage Mountain." There are devils there, cannibalism. ”

The pot head is the name of the leader of the caravan, and the head of the pot is responsible for everything that the caravan transports, including the choice of roads, the selection of goods, the distribution of profits, and negotiations with all kinds of people. Li Wei's troops have a favor with them, and these people call them benefactors.

Li Wei said: "The big army wants to pass from there, I want to save them, Ma Guotou, what good way do you have?" ”

Ma Guotou said: "Benefactor, if you must go, we can take a small path and guide the army to go from the small road and bypass the Savage Mountain." ”

Li Weiwei said happily: "Is it the path you said before?" ”

Ma Guotou said: "Yes." I haven't been gone for two years. Nowadays, with highways, who still takes the paths? ”

Li Wei said: "Then settle down and take this path." You say, what supplies do we need to bring? ”

Ma Guotou said: "I want to bring dozens of firewood knives, salt, grain, tinder, flashlights, and medicinal herbs." ”

Li Wei said: "I have these things, and I have also got more than 100 horses, and the things and horses are in Ruili." How many people can you produce? Your people are treasures, guides. ”

Ma Guotou: "I'll send fifteen people." Don't lead the way much, my people know this road. How to move, you have to listen to me. ”

On the morning of May 6, Li Wei gathered all the caravans and got ready, and in the afternoon of the same day, Li Wei led the Wu Bai troops into Burma with the caravans. However, unlike later generations, this place has been occupied by Li Wei in the name of Kokang.

The troops and caravans traveled south from Ruili, entered Kokang from Nankan, and went west to Bamo. The Japanese had already occupied Ba Mo on May 3, so the troops were led by guides to pass through Ba Mo.

On the evening of May 8, Li Wei and the Mabang arrived at Myitkyina, just in time for Myitkyina to fall.

Under the guidance of the guide, Li Wei spent the night in a mountain village near Myitkyina, and at night, there was a person in the mountain village who was a spy of the Burmese Volunteers, who wanted to leave the village to look for the Japanese army, but was found by the soldiers standing guard and stabbed to death.

Li Wei found out, but he was afraid that the spies' family would continue to report, so he asked everyone to throw the body far away into the river.

That night, Li Wei used to connect with a local force of 1,000 men near Myitkyina. The 1,000-strong troops, nominally Kokang, lived in a small village nearby.

After meeting, Li Wei asked them to transport the food, medicine and other materials they had hoarded before in the direction of Savage Mountain, leaving them two guides to take some grain from him.

The next day, Li Wei led his troops and caravans to the southern foot of Savage Mountain.

Now that the Japanese army has occupied Myitkyina,

After a short walk past Myitkyina, there were not many Japanese troops. Under the leadership of the caravan, Li Wei's troops had surpassed the vanguard of the Japanese army. After a short walk, the troops entered a small road.

It's not a difficult trail, but it's very secretive. Unfamiliar, don't even know that there is a road here. If you don't know, you won't necessarily be on the right track, even if the road is right under your nose, and this is the jungle.

Li Wei had read in Xiaolu's telegram to him that the Burmese natives here hated the British, especially the Burmese on the flat land, and they hated the British in the same way.

Therefore, they chose to rely on the Japanese, wanting to rely on the Japanese to drive the British away. General Aung San organized the Burmese Volunteers and had already defected to the Japanese. That's why the Japanese don't get lost.

The Burmese had long known about the alliance between the Chinese and the British, so by the way, they began to hate the Chinese army.

The problem with the failure of the First Expeditionary Force was the British. The British are not only arrogant, but also suspicious, they are colonizers, and the mentality of the colonizers is, this is my colony. You're here to fight me for the colony? I don't believe that you sent 100,000 troops for the sake of the overall situation of resisting Japan, let alone for a little American aid.

Along the way, he also received another telegram, which also told him to beware of natives informing. Savage Mountain is not a no-man's land, and the natives there also hate the British.

Li Wei knew that there were several contradictions on the issue of the expeditionary force. Stilwell and Chongqing have a contradiction in the struggle for command, and India and Chongqing have a contradiction of lack of trust. Both contradictions are fatal.

The natives and the British colonists were at odds and wanted to drive out the British under the guise of the Japanese. Ethnic minorities such as the Burmese and Kokang also have contradictions and oppress them. These two contradictions brought great difficulties to the retreat of the expeditionary force.

The eastern front of the expeditionary force was dispersed, and the Sun Liren on the western front retreated to India. The Indian border guards do not trust them, or the mentality of the colonizers. When they retreated, Lao Chiang asked them to go east, not to India, and be controlled by the British. Stilwell wanted them to go west, into India. This chaotic command is the root cause of failure.

May 19, morning. Savage Mountain.

After ten days of walking, it was already a savage mountain.

Ma Guotou was a little reluctant to go forward, because the road ahead was very dangerous, and it would be dangerous to go any further.

In the past three months, Li Wei led the troops of the Northeast, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Northwest Soldiers to conduct special training in jungle warfare, but they still could not adapt well to the environment here.

Properly hidden, the mountains and jungles here, tens of thousands of people are hidden, and no one can find it.

However, if there is no guide, no matter how large the number of people is, they will be eaten by the harsh natural environment. Ants, leeches, heavy rain, streams, anything but that. Fortunately, Ma Guotou carries a large number of herbs, which can drive away insects and ants and treat some diseases. With the efforts of Ma Guotou, it is a miracle that no one in the army got sick.

Don't say anything else, just like drinking water, without a guide, you can die of thirst. You don't know that the water there is poisonous and the water there is clean. For example, the locals know a plant that can be drunk by digging a hole in the trunk of a tree. There is not much water, but it can save lives, and if you drink dirty water and get some strange disease, you will die.

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his head.

Ma Guotou said: "Benefactor, what's wrong with you?" ”

Li Wei said: "My leader strictly ordered me to rely on the masses, and the jungle is different from the mountains in the interior. I didn't think so, but later, he sent several telegrams in succession, emphasizing reliance on the masses. It's really dangerous. ”

Ma Guotou said: "I know that the leader is the commander." What do you mean by the masses? What is Dependence? ”

Li Wei said: "You are the masses, fellow villagers, and locals. I'm going to count on you. I can't do anything without your help. If we can't find water to drink or a road, ants and leeches can bite us to death. ”

Ma Guotou said: "Don't say that. Your doctor saved my son's life, and I can't repay him enough. What is Telegram? ”

Li Wei said: "The telegraph is our instrument, and it can talk to me thousands of miles away. ”

Ma Guotou said: "Really? I don't believe it. Wait a minute. ”

The crowd stopped and fell silent,

He listened and said, "There's someone ahead." A lot of people. ”

Li Wei said: "This is the army we want to deal with. Keep walking. ”

Ma Guotou led everyone to walk for a long time, the sound in front of them became louder, through the dense forest, you can see thousands of people walking through the mountains, walking towards the dense forest on the north side.

Ma Guotou said: "How to go north, it's just looking for death." The ants there are very powerful, and the leeches are also very large. It was difficult for ants to eat a cow until it was reduced to bones. Oh the devil. ”

Li Wei said: "I can see clearly, this is the army we have to meet. Hurry over and call them. ”

The crowd began to shout: "Is it an expeditionary force?" ”

After shouting a few times, the other side heard it. Hearing the familiar Chinese dialect, the other party said, "Which part are you from?" ”

Li Wei said: "We were originally from the Northeast Army, and now we are ordinary people. ”

Ma Guotou said: "Call them over, don't go any further, there is a dead end ahead, and there is a devil." ”

Li Wei said: "Brother opposite. We are here to answer you. We have guides, all Chinese. ”

Soon, a large army from the opposite side came.

Although the uniforms of these people are neat, they are all in tatters, there are no heavy weapons, it is good to have a gun and a luggage. Quite a few people were obviously sick, and when they saw the helpers, they sat on the ground and couldn't get up.

More and more troops came over, and Li Wei even saw a few female soldiers in the team.

At first, the unit was a little wary of them, but it soon became clear from the accent that these people could be trusted. Those who came first even suspected that they were also a broken army.

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1, Aung San, the father of the famous Aung San Suu Kyi now, is known as the father of the nation of Myanmar. Aung San was born in 1915 and began his career in politics at school. Led the 1300 movement in 1938 year. This movement began as a workers' movement and later developed into an anti-British movement. In 1939, Aung San broke away from the Dechen Party and founded the Communist Party of Burma, serving as general secretary. In 1940, he attended the National Convention in India, was wanted by the British colonial government, fled to China, sought help from the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested by Japanese agents in Xiamen, and threw himself into the arms of Japan. Later, Aung San reached an agreement with the Japanese base camp army's direct secret service agency, the Yugoslav Agency, to return to Burma and lead 29 people to Hainan Island, which was occupied by the Japanese army, to receive military training from the Japanese army. These thirty people are called the Thirty Heroes. In 42, Aung San returned to Burma with the Japanese army, and the Burmese Independence Army was reorganized into the National Defense Force. This time, Aung San's army assisted the Japanese army in the fight against the Chinese Expeditionary Force. With the help of the natives, the Japanese army was able to achieve victory. In 43, Aung San went to Tokyo to meet the emperor. On August 1, 43, the State of Myanmar was established. Aung San's Minister of National Defense, the first of the Burmese army's control of the government. During this period, Aung San used the Japanese name Mumita Moji. In 43, Aung San found that the Japanese army could not last, and wanted the British army to convey his intention to join the British army. In 45, Aung San reached an agreement with the British to help the Allies and fight the Japanese army. In 45 years, Burma was restored and reverted to colonial status. 1946 you, crowd out the Burmese Communist Party. In 1947, Aung San was assassinated on July 19 at the age of 32 after reaching an agreement with Britain for the independence of Burma within a year.