The night on the grassland came earlier than in Yunnan, thousands of miles away, and when night fell, Fu Zuoyi, Lu Yinglin, Zhang Haoqing, Chen Bingqian, and Huang Hanguang, who couldn't help much, all sat in the headquarters of the Yamalai and waited, in addition to a military map on the table of the vulgar farmhouse, there were also five grass-green military telephones, which was something that the 35th Army had never had before, but now, the headquarters 100 kilometers away could directly contact every company on the front line. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Whenever he thought that he could connect to every company on the front line while sitting at the headquarters, Fu Zuoyi felt unaccustomed, he used to delegate power to the division commander to command the battle, but now that he has a telephone, he is very worried that he will grab the phone and blindly command when he is not on the battlefield. He was so worried about the 35th Army, but he was glad that he had telephone contact with the 7th Cavalry Division, the 4th New Cavalry Division, and the Suiyuan Guerrilla Army at Men Bingyue.

The Navy sent artillery, machine guns, rocket launchers, radio stations, and telephones, but what shook the hearts of senior officers the most was the Navy's aerial reconnaissance. The old and new cities of Wuyuan City, the three bridges on the Wujia River, the puppet Mongolian army on the east side of the Fengji Canal, and even the Japanese military camp in Baotou were all photographed by naval reconnaissance planes from an altitude of several thousand meters. After the photographs were cleaned, the navy's staff officers read them overnight, and the next day they issued a reconnaissance report, which clearly identified the enemy's troop strength, firepower allocation, fortifications, and other key points. For the 35th Army, looking at the photos to fight, this is something that has never happened before.

Reconnaissance capabilities have been strengthened, internal coordination has been strengthened, and firepower has been strengthened. After the comprehensive reinforcement, Fu Zuoyi, Lu Yinglin and others were no longer satisfied with recapturing Wuyuan City, and the entire battle plan changed from blocking the enemy from attacking the city to besieging the city and sending reinforcements. There is the Wujia River in the north of Wuyuan City, the Yellow River in the south, the Wuliang Suhai in the east, and the Fengji Canal in the west. Once the city is attacked, the Japanese army in Baotou will definitely quickly reinforce Wuyuan, and they will come up from the Baowu Highway, and they will have to pass through three wooden bridges over the Wujia River in the north, otherwise armored vehicles, artillery trucks, and tanks will not be able to cross at all.

Since the American-made howitzers have a range of more than 8,000 meters and plenty of shells, why can't they let the Japanese reinforcements cross the river, and then the naval attack planes blow up the wooden bridge and encircle it on the south bank of the Uga River? At the suggestion of the Navy Staff, this was just a matter of artillery, and the end of the shelling was the infantry charge and clean up the battlefield. As for the Japanese planes, the 20 12.7 large-caliber machine guns that were transported could completely protect the artillery positions -- the Japanese planes stationed in Mongolia belonged to the army, not the navy, and they were all horizontal bombers, and it was a dream for 20 or 30 planes to throw hundreds of 60-kilogram bombs to destroy the preset artillery positions, while if the Japanese fighters wanted to use two 7.7mm machine guns to strafe at low speed, they would have waited to be tortured by the 12.7mm machine guns.

Captain Huang Hanguang was a little twisted when he said that the Japanese army planes could not suppress the artillery positions protected by 12.7mm machine guns -- his commander declared that there must be 2,000 fighters to protect the army, especially the army's artillery positions, from being suppressed by the Japanese planes. The artillery position is protected by 12.7mm machine guns and can not be suppressed, the real worry is the Japanese Navy's 99 ship explosion, this kind of dive bomber can suppress the ground artillery, but it is only suppressed, the ground artillery is scattered, they can suppress a regiment, but they can't suppress a division.

The clock is getting closer to the scheduled time. The phone on the table suddenly rang, Lu Yinglin didn't hesitate, he picked up the phone and said, "I'm Lu Yinglin." …… Good, good. When the time comes, your troops will attack on time, remember! To leave the Japanese command, don't go in, don't go in! ”

After explaining, Lu Yinglin hung up the phone, and he looked at Fu Zuoyi: "It's An Chunshan, he's ready." ”

"Dong Qiwu, what about them?" Fu Zuoyi asked. An Chunshan mainly attacked Wuyuan City, Dong Qiwu's 101st Division and Yuan Qingrong's 32nd Division were the main reinforcements, and they had to set up artillery positions and sniper positions on the south bank of the Wujia River to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops crossing the river.

"It should be in place." Lu Yinglin said, his hand touching the telephone. At this time, the phone rang again, and he quickly picked it up, but his expression changed. "I'm Lu Yinglin, yes. Be. I know. Commander Fu, Commander Fu is here......"

"Commander, it's Men Bingyue." Lu Yinglin handed the microphone to Fu Zuoyi.

"I'm Fu Zuoyi." Taking the microphone, Fu Zuoyi's eyes widened, he didn't know what Men Bingyue was looking for him.

"O my commander! Your guerrillas are all using new German heavy machine guns, why don't you want to think about me, brother? My soldiers are still using broken macs filled with water bottles, and there are no 20 heavy machine guns in the whole division, which, this is too cold, isn't it......" On the phone, Men Bingyue was obviously deeply stimulated, his task was to eliminate the Japanese puppet army stronghold east of Fengji Canal with the Suiyuan guerrillas, and the big war was imminent, relying on his own being the Central Army, he actually complained to the commander of the theater about the unfair treatment of the German machine guns.

"You didn't come to a meeting, and now you're complaining. What, you are indispensable for the machine gun to win this battle, and if you can't win it, everyone will die. You look at it! Fu Zuoyi hung up Men Bingyue's phone with anger, and then he asked Lu Yinglin, "Damn Men Bingyue, has he been there?" ”

"Arrived at the place." Lu Yinglin was answering, the phone rang again, this time it was Dong Qiwu, he agreed in a deep voice, saw Fu Zuoyi waving his hand, and said: "Wait a minute, the commander has something to tell you." ”

"I'm Fu Zuoyi." Fu Zuoyi took the phone and shouted, and when Dong Qiwu responded to him, he said, "Baodu is on your side." Be bold and careful, be foolproof, and play the spirit of a Suiyuan man! ”

The previous ambushes of the Japanese army were all unsuccessful, and this time there can be no more problems. After Fu Zuoyi hung up the phone, the clock just pointed to seven o'clock, this was the scheduled attack time, although he was a hundred kilometers away, he still seemed to be able to see the artillery fire of Wuyuan City.

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At the same time, Yunnan Lei Yun.

"Based on all aspects of intelligence, the Navy believes that Singapore will be the first line of defense to stop the Japanese army from moving south, and if Singapore is lost, the Japanese army will gather the main force from Siam to enter and storm Burma. The first city to be occupied was definitely Mawlamyine, an important city in eastern Myanmar, followed by Yangon. The occupation of Yangon will be divided into two routes, one along the railway to the north, straight into Dong Gu, after the occupation of Dong Ku, the army will be divided again, one road will still attack Mandalay along the railway, the other road will go from Dong Gu to Taunggyi, attack Lashio, and then north into Ba Mo and Myitkyina. Earlier, the road was along the back of the Irrawaddy River, seizing the Ringanqiang oil field and cutting off the retreat of the British army. ”

Speaking of this, Liang Xuzhao paused, he pointed to the map of Myanmar on the wall and said: "We want to defend the same ancient and despicable. If the same ancient is lost, the Japanese army will rush into Lashio and threaten our rear road; The western road is despicable, and one hundred and seventy kilometers behind it is Magway, and in the rear is the Ringanqiang oil field. It is also connected to Tonggu, which is 170 kilometers apart. If either of the two places is lost, the defense line has to retreat, and once Tonggu retreats, he will let go of the side road and let the Japanese army go straight to Lashio......"

Liang Xuzhao's introduction was only an overview, and it was Li Kongrong who came up after he stepped down. It was related to the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, and he had to personally explain the importance of the Burma campaign, which was also his last effort for the party-state.

"Staff Officer Liang only introduced outline things, and there are some things that he doesn't have enough secrets, doesn't understand deeply, and doesn't get to the point." Looking at the party-state cadres present, Li Kongrong came up and said so. "In my opinion, the ten Lan Feng victories are not as important as half of the Burma campaign. Lan Feng is just a battle, and Burma is about the whole strategy. As far as I know, Chongqing cannot produce more than 75mm barreled artillery, and the output of artillery shells in the mountains and fields is also pitiful, less than 100,000 rounds a year. Machine guns, rifles, and all kinds of bullets, although they can be produced, the output is only a drop in the bucket, and it is not enough to fight at all. Only the grenades will be able to do it, but I heard that the potassium chlorate explosives will soon be gone, and when the potassium chlorate is used up, what is there below? I'm afraid it's just black. Gunpowder. ”

Li Kongrong bluntly said that the state government secrets, Bai Chongxi, Lin Wei, and Chen Cheng wanted to refute it, and they didn't refute it, but only Kong Xiangxi, Long Yun, and Tang Zong, who didn't know about it, looked at each other. to the point of gunpowder.

"This is the importance of the Burma campaign, it is equal to explosives, it is equal to guns, it is equal to shells, it is equal to gasoline, it is equal to aircraft, it is equal to victory!" Li Kongrong used six equals in one breath. "If you can't hold Burma, just wait for the Japanese army to fight for their lives before the defeat, and watch them attack Chongqing; If we hold Burma, the army will be able to counterattack, and if we can counterattack to the beach in the later stages of the war, I guarantee that a shipload of munitions and a shipload of canned beef will arrive at the docks. ”

Glancing at the thoughtful Bai Chongxi, Li Kongrong said loudly: "This is not a joke!" Guangzhou is the most suitable, not Guangxi Qinzhou, Beihai, Zhanjiang, these wharves can be. As long as you can fight it, then everything will be fine, but the arms for the counterattack will have to be obtained from the Burma passage. ”

Speaking of this, Li Kongrong made a gesture, and the map on the wall was changed again, which was a detailed map of Magway on the east side of the Irrawaddy River from Kyaukphyu Port to the Irrawaddy River. "Yangon can't be defended. It was too close to Siam, and after the Japanese army entered Vietnam, Siam would definitely compromise under his blade, and 600,000 Siamese troops would be allowed to enter the Japanese army. It would be very convenient to attack Burma from Siam, and it would have been difficult for us to enter Burma because of the British blockade. By the time we entered Burma, Yangon had definitely been lost, so the port of Kyaukphyu on the eastern side of the Indian Ocean was the real port to rely on, leading to Magway more than 300 kilometers away. If we want to defend this passage, we must guard the meanness -- the same line ...... the ancients."

"Commander Li," Bai Chongxi interrupted, "I wonder if we bought the arms and canned beef ourselves, or if they were aided?" ”

"Aided." Li Kongrong looked at Kong Xiangxi, "President Kong's representative to the United States has already received a hint from President Roosevelt that the United States will provide us with assistance in the first half of next year. ”

The routines were all discussed, and with his belief in Li Kongrong, Kong Xiangxi stood up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Chen Guangfu has signed a contract with the Americans a few days ago to obtain a loan of 20 million US dollars, and President Roosevelt has privately hinted that he is now forced to run for president and cannot give us more aid, but once the election is successful, he will immediately find a way to jump out of the national parliamentary obstacle and try to help us and Britain, which will not be later than the middle of next year." ”

Although there were only a few people, Kong Xiangxi's flickering still had an obvious effect, and the applause of the six people present was extremely violent, and the anti-Japanese war finally saw hope.......

"The Navy has made a great contribution to this work." Kong Xiangxi waited for the applause to pause for a while, and stressed that this was the credit of the navy. In addition, the Navy will give the government the first tranche of a loan of 10 million US dollars next month, and this foreign exchange will be used to purchase weapons in addition to meeting the equalization fund. Combat power of the army. ”

'Papa......pa' applause rose again, and the six people present were all smiling and grateful to Li Kongrong, completely forgetting their anxiety before coming.

"All right, guys. Let's finish the battle in Burma. Although Li Kongrong was a little excited, his face was still grim. When people come to help, we are bound to hold the Kyaukphyu-Magway line, and if we can't hold on, we can only pile up rusty and moldy in US ports, or transfer them to Britain. Not only the Japanese, but also the British, were the main obstacles to our access. Burma is his colony, and there are hundreds of thousands of overseas Chinese, and if we form a Burmese government, it will be enough for him to have a headache.

So the problem of the British to be solved, this is one; Second, Myanmar is not as good as the rest of the country, it is a tropical jungle, and the forest is dark, and mosquitoes, leeches, and poisonous snakes are all great enemies of the war march. If you want to fight in Burma, you must have targeted jungle warfare training, otherwise the troops will be more likely to get lost in the jungle and starve to death without food.

As for the first point, I can't speak on the part of diplomatic mediation, but if the British forbade us to enter Burma and deliberately delayed until the Japanese occupied Rangoon before allowing us to enter the country, I think in this case Chairman Long should stand up and sing a black face, so that the Dian army can forcibly enter the country regardless of the obstruction, and as soon as the Dian army enters the country, other troops can take advantage of the situation to enter the country. ”

"Commander Li, what should I do if there is an exchange of fire between the two armies?" Lin Wei interjected and asked. He did not perceive the real purpose of the Dian army's entry into Burma, and only thought that it was an expedient measure.

"The Dian army did not enter Burma through the main passage, but from the jungle." Li Kongrong replied. "If the Japanese were to launch an offensive, the British army, which thought they could hold Singapore, would be massed in southern Burma, where the number of troops in the north was extremely limited. In the face of these British troops, the Dian army could claim to be an ally and receive an order to go south to rescue. ”

"What if the search is not true?" Lin Wei didn't expect that there would be such a way.

"In wartime, communication is certainly not smooth, and even if the military and the central command are unblocked, their telephone lines can be cut. Let's say they still have a radio, and by the time the command calls back, we'll have the situation under control. It's not disarming, it's just passing. Li Kongrong said. After the investigation, the government can push Chairman Long's side, but Chairman Long should not be punished, if he arrives half a day late, Tonggu will be lost. ”