If the 800 soldiers who were selected to participate in the night attack were more or less afraid of this mission before they set off, most of them rushed to participate because Brigade Commander Cun Xingqi personally led the team. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And at this moment, they have completely regarded this mission as enjoyment, and they are glad that they have come to the right place.

For when they found that the enemy they feared was so vulnerable, that they fell under their own swords and spears and the eyes that pleaded for despair before they died.

The pent-up fear in my heart dissipated, and the pleasure in its place was quite exhilarating.

Due to the unknown situation of the enemy and the crowded and chaotic situation in the city, the British and American troops in the chaos were not conducive to the deployment of troops, and they withdrew to the west of the city.

General Cun Xingqi led a company of 800 elite soldiers to chase and kill to the original county government office compound, and when he saw that the battle goal had been achieved, he took the initiative to start shrinking and retreating.

The battle lasted less than two hours from start to finish.

When the commander of a noble earl family in the British army, at the suggestion of a lieutenant colonel officer of the American paratrooper, ordered the servant army to outflank him from both flanks.

General Cun Xingqi had already withdrawn from the city with 800 unscathed elite troops.

Easily disappeared into the night.

On the way back to Longling, many soldiers were overjoyed, and their morale was extremely high.

Not only was it a great victory just now, but when many soldiers were evacuating, they found that the streets and alleys along the way were full of all kinds of weapons and ammunition discarded by the enemy when they fled.

If it weren't for the need to get out in time, almost every 800 soldiers would have an automatic firearm.

As a result, many of the soldiers had American semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, and manual rifles of the British army.

As for grenades and bullet packs, the total number is countless.

General Cun Xingqi returned with a full load, but the British and American forces, who had just easily taken a county town in China during the day, looked extremely depressed.

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In Mandalay, MacArthur, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up by Colonel Mick's hurried voice.

MacArthur, though sleepy, did not appear to be overly angry. Instead, he put on his military uniform, walked out of the bedroom, and asked, "Colonel Mick, what happened?" ”

"General, it's not good, my front-line troops stationed in Mangshi were attacked by the Chinese army at night, and even the county seat of Mangshi was almost taken by the other side.

The servant army suffered heavy casualties. Colonel Mick replied.

After MacArthur heard this, his already not very good mood instantly deteriorated to the extreme.

After a pause, he said, "Kill the officer in charge of the guard immediately." Then tell General Ross if he is not qualified to command this campaign. Then ask him to immediately hand over command to Lieutenant Colonel Morgen. ”

"Yes!" Seeing that MacArthur's face was gloomy, Mick did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly stepped forward and turned to lead the order to leave.

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Nanjing, Office of the Chairman.

Zhang Xinghan also just wanted to go to sleep, but Guo Zhong, who was a personal attendant and guard, walked in from the outside in a hurry.

almost collided head-on with Zhang Xinghan.

"Tadako, what's going on, so anxious?" Zhang Xinghan asked.

Guo Zhong took out a telegram and said, "Commission, General Long Yun informed us just now. He had just received the latest battle report from the 3rd Army of the Southwestern Frontier Army.

The commander of the 34th Brigade of the 3rd Army led 800 elite soldiers to attack the enemy in Mangshi at night, causing great casualties to the enemy and even almost recapturing the county seat of Mangshi. ”

"Really? Odd? Zhang Xinghan was obviously a little surprised when he heard this. But the name of the strange name suddenly sounded, isn't this person an anti-Japanese hero who died during the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain?

He is a famous anti-Japanese general and patriotic soldier of the Yunnan Army in history.

Come to mind. Zhang Xinghan immediately said to Guo Zhong: "Zhongzi, you go and tell General Long Yun right away that General Cun Xingqi has attacked at night." It is enough to deter the enemy's courage, dampen the enemy's spirit, and greatly boost the morale of the officers and men of our southwest frontier army.

On behalf of the Military Commission, I hereby decide to promote General Cun Xingqi to the rank of lieutenant general and brigade commander of the army, and to confer a medal of the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun.

In addition, the 800 brave soldiers who went out with the general this time were all rewarded with five pieces of the ocean! Encouragement! ”

"Yes, I'll go." Guo Zhong answered, turned around and left quickly.

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That night, after General Cun Xingqi led his troops back, 800 officers and soldiers accompanying him quickly spread the battle throughout the brigade.

The morale of thousands of soldiers was boosted, and the fear of the American military was greatly dissipated.

Early the next morning, the British and American forces, who had suffered a heavy loss last night and had not dared to sleep all night, finally figured out the strength of the Chinese army that attacked them yesterday and the route of the march.

When it was learned that there were less than a thousand enemy troops last night, both the British commander Earl Rose and the American paratroop commander Lieutenant Colonel Morgan blushed extremely rarely.

Embarrassed, Morgan immediately suggested to Rose: "Sir, with all due respect, if our army cannot attack the Chinese defenders of Longling today and crush them, then our morale will fall to the bottom.

There will be no need to fight this battle. ”

"Bastard Indians, they're just a bunch of rice buckets who can't do anything.

It's a bunch of stupid pigs! Count Ross couldn't hold back his face and began to complain about his Indian servants.

Morgan ignored this and continued, "General, please give the order to attack immediately. ”

Ross was also frightened by the brave and good fighting of the Chinese army last night, and originally he wanted to gild himself through this war, so as to pave the way for returning to Britain to climb higher in the future.

But I didn't expect the Chinese to be so strong in combat.

Seeing that he was hesitant, Morgan stopped talking nonsense with him, but turned away and sent an urgent message to the commander-in-chief, MacArthur, through the radio carried by his paratrooper brigade.

"Bastard, a bunch of shit!" MacArthur learned that nearly 30,000 Anglo-American troops and servant troops had been beaten by less than 1,000 Chinese troops last night.

And when he was still a group of Yunnan local troops with the most backward equipment in the Chinese army, he finally couldn't hold back his anger.

"General, please calm down for a moment, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan is right, Count Rose is a waste at all, without any command talents.

He is no longer capable of commanding this force, he is no longer suitable to be a commander, and the general should choose a commander as soon as possible. Colonel Mick advised.

MacArthur thought for a moment and said: "Call back to Lieutenant Colonel Morgan, with immediate effect, he will be promoted to colonel, and before the new commander arrives at the front, he will be fully responsible for commanding the operations of this coalition army, and the command of Earl Ross will be suspended from now on." ”

"But, General, Morgen is still only a lieutenant colonel officer, commanding nearly three divisions, isn't he?" Mick was a little worried.

MacArthur said angrily: "I was also a lieutenant colonel, and I believe in Morgan, he is a very good commander. ”

Seeing that MacArthur's face was not good, Mick lowered his head and said nothing more.

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The county seat of Mangshi.

Morgan and his paratrooper men took over the command from Ross the waste.

After taking command, Morgend, a young but ambitious fellow, immediately sent a company of paratroopers to set out in the vanguard with two British battalions and a Burmese servant infantry regiment.

Then he left 2,000 people to stay in Mangshi, and he personally led the main force to follow up and march towards Longling.

Two hours later, the vanguard of the Anglo-American coalition arrived on the west bank of the Longchuan River and confronted the defenders of the Yunnan army across the river.

Morgan first called in air support, and about a dozen American bombers and fighters launched a round of fierce bombardment against the Dian army's defense line along the river on the east bank.

The defenders of the Yunnan army, lacking air defense experience and tactical means, suffered heavy casualties.

The county town of Longling was also bombed by the US Air Force, and some houses were blown down and caught fire.

In the headquarters of the 34th Brigade, Adjutant Chen ran in from outside with a black and gray face, and said strangely: "Brigade seat, the Yankees' plane is so hateful, it has caused great damage to our defense line along the river, and several houses in the city were also bombed by them just now. ”

Inch Xingqi's face turned pale, and he immediately said: "Call the military seat immediately and ask for the air force to be sent in the direction of Kunming to support!" ”

"Kunming? We have an Air Force? Adjutant Chen looked at him in surprise.

"It was sent by the central government, and it has been stationed at Kunming Airport." Inch Strange Road.

"Yes, that's great, let the American devils taste the bomb too!" Adjutant Chen gladly accepted the order.

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After receiving the 34th Brigade's request for help, about half an hour or so, more than 30 BF109 fighters and more than 10 Stuka bombers stationed at Kunming Airport took off one after another.

Flying towards the front line of Longling.

However, the 34th Brigade lacked radio communication tools and experience in coordinating operations with the Air Force.

After the air force flew into the nearby airspace, it could only bomb the area along the west bank of the Longchuan River.

Because the terrain in western Yunnan is steep and full of high mountains and mountains, many pilots are unable to accurately drop bombs on the heads of US troops without ground radio contact and guidance.

Therefore, the bombing effect is very unsatisfactory compared with that of the US military, which has radio contact and has been in contact with the army and air force for coordinated operations.

However, the movement created by the bombing of his own air force still made many soldiers of the Dian army who did not know the truth very excited.

To their cheers, dozens of Chinese planes stopped bombing and began to return because they were running out of fuel.

What the soldiers of the Yunnan Army did not expect was that as soon as their air force fleet returned, the US troops on the other side of the river began to bombard.

When the huge explosion fell on their own position, many soldiers of the Dian Army who were still cheering just now were blown out one after another, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

The gap between the two sides in terms of technical equipment, training, and tactical equipment is vividly reflected at this moment.

While their own artillery fire was raging, the sappers of the coalition forces actually began to assume the pontoon bridge.

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