Tang Qiusheng's use of troops, calm and strange, the Bao Dewen mining area is only more than 20 kilometers away from Wubin, he dared to set up an ambush with the strength of four brigades, and in a counter-assault posture, the use of armored troops, frontal assault on the Japanese troops on the march, very unexpected, not only the supreme commander of the Japanese army, Ito Yanzaburo, did not expect, even other members of the campaign command, did not expect. //

Two tank brigades of several hundred Soviet-style tanks, followed by six brigades of infantry, a surprise blow, the 13th Division, the vanguard of the Japanese army, was the first to be unable to parry, just like a red-hot iron chisel penetrating cheese, collapsed in an instant, 20,000 Japanese troops, drowned in the frenzy of independent division troops, the 13th Division was finished.

Unable to withstand the impact of this frenzy, they began to retreat on all fronts, and then, shaking the stability of the Japanese troops behind, and then throwing the Japanese attacking troops involved in the attack on the Baldwin mine area into chaos, and the Japanese artillery, before they could even unload the artillery, was hit by the rampaging tanks, and the people were knocked over.

Ito was marching with the troops behind, and suddenly there was confusion in the front, and as soon as he figured out the situation, the defeated soldiers, like the ebbing tide of the sea, rushed over the troops behind at that time, and then the entire Japanese army was in chaos.

It was only after retreating to the Baldwin mine area that Ito gathered his troops, stabilized his position, opened his stance, and prepared to fight with the independent division troops who dared to assault the imperial army.

Ito's face turned blue with anger, the sudden blow of the independent division troops caused a lot of losses to the troops, the 13th Division of the vanguard force, lost more than half of the soldiers, which was equivalent to being disabled, and the 3rd Artillery Brigade lost more than two-thirds of the artillery, and in the chaos, collided with each other, wounded and killed thousands of non-combat attrition soldiers, Tang Qiusheng's punch made Ito dizzy.

This is a beautiful counterattack in the defense, and it also verifies the combat effectiveness of the independent division headquarters and the team in the rapid transition between attack and defense, this may be the first time that Tang Qiusheng has led the troops in a few years to use troops so boldly.

So far, the blocking battle in Ubin has changed its nature, and it is no longer a single thing to ensure the smooth end of the Degang Campaign, and it is inferred from the speed of the Japanese attack that even if the Degang Battle is over, Ito will continue to march north into Myitkyina after hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, biting the troops of the Independent Division, and since he can't get rid of the Japanese army neatly, then fight with the Japanese army on the Ubin line

Therefore, on the night that Tang Qiusheng commanded the troops to evacuate the Baodwin mining area, Tang Qiuli sent him a telegram, "Brother Qiusheng, in view of the current situation of the enemy and us, it is imperative to block the Japanese army under Ito's headquarters at Wubin, and I plan to use all the forces of the independent division in the Indochina Peninsula to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army on the Wubin line, and it will take time for all units to rush to the battlefield, so whether we can stop the Japanese army from advancing north in Wubin is particularly important."

Tang Qiuli changed the original plan of the decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese army in the Gangao Mountains, and he was also forced to do so, I don't know why, since the face of Ito, Tang Qiuli felt that everything was not smooth, and at the beginning of July this year, the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula was flooded with torrential rains one after another, and a major flood broke out that had not been encountered in ten years, and all roads and bridges were washed away by the flood.

The troops of the Feng Jiwu Corps and the Ma Chaoyang Corps, which were originally scheduled to rush to the battlefield in northern Burma in about two weeks, were blocked on the east bank of the Salween River, looking at the surging river, looking at the ocean and sighing, among them, the distance of the Ma Chaoyang Corps was the farthest, they set off from Hanoi and walked north of Chiang Mai in Thailand, but they were blocked by the flood.

With such a large water potential, the engineering troops had no way to build a bridge, and several boat and bridge regiments gathered all the equipment together, not only did they not succeed, but they were washed away by the extremely fast flow of the river, and Feng Jiwu was so angry that he scolded in the tent, "This ghost weather, it's really a hell of a life," After scolding, he looked helplessly at the rain that was pulling the sky and the earth, and he was at a loss.

The engineer brigade commander, dripping with water droplets all over his body, stood in front of him dejectedly, Feng Jiwu looked at the clay man-like major general, there was nothing to say, even if he shot the engineer brigade commander, the troops and equipment would not be able to cross the river, and in order to strengthen the Salween River, the engineer brigade had already lost hundreds of people, and he had no right to risk the lives of the soldiers.

After contacting Ma Chaoyang, he learned that the situation of Ma Chaoyang's corps was similar to his own, although there was no turbulent Salween River blocking the way, but after days of heavy rain, small rivers and streams several meters wide became more than ten meters or dozens of meters wide choppy rivers and rivers, and the original bridges could not even be seen by ghosts, and every time they took a step forward, it took more than ten times the time.

According to the speed of Ma Chaoyang's corps, rushing to the battlefield in northern Burma, it was impossible to do it in less than 40 days, Feng Jiwu sighed, according to the organizational structure of the independent division, Feng Jiwu also held the position of deputy division commander, and Ma Chaoyang's corps was under his control, so he sent a telegram to the division commander Tang Qiuli to explain the difficulties encountered. In addition, we built a division to transfer equipment to cross the river to ensure that our corps and Ma Chaoyang's corps can rush to the battlefield in northern Burma as quickly as possible, so as not to affect the overall campaign deployment of the division commander. ”

After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli knew very well that the difficulties encountered by Feng Jiwu were stricter than what he said in the telegram, with Feng Jiwu's character, he would never complain lightly, he must have tried all the methods, but there was no effect, so he would ask the teacher for help, and it was strange that in northern Myanmar, there was no rain for many days, and the big sun was like a furnace, hanging in the sky, and the temperature was so hot that people were irritable.

In view of the actual situation encountered by Feng Jiwu's corps and Ma Chaoyang's corps, after Tang Qiuli sent a telegram to Tang Qiusheng, he immediately issued an order to Major General Zhang Quan, commander of the Joint Service Command of the Independent Division in Kunming, "Commander Zhang, within a week, it is necessary to raise a ferry for 100,000 troops and all equipment to cross the Salween River. ”

After receiving Tang Qiuli's order, Zhang Quan's head swelled three times, if he wanted to use cars, people, guns and ammunition, Zhang Quan would not even frown, and opened up the supply, but when it came to ships, Zhang Quan's hands did not have one, besides, the independent division has always been fighting in the north, and that thing is not used at all.

The two discussed for almost a night, and sent more than half of the officers of the Joint Logistics Department out to the mainland to collect ships, Shanghai, Wuhan and other places, and they were the key procurement areas.

Because of Tang Qiuli's unreasonable order, the independent division set up an engineer unit for operations in the subtropical region, which provided great convenience for future operations.

Then, Tang Qiuli issued an order to Li Honggang's 29th Corps, which was tasked with guarding the coastal areas of Fujian, to urgently transfer it to northern Burma, "The 29th Corps, after receiving the order, will hand over the defense of Fujian and Guizhou to the Guangdong Provincial Garrison Command, and your unit will immediately enter Burma, and the assembly place will be Myitkyina in northern Burma. ”

Li Honggang's 29 th Corps was, in fact, a strategic reserve left by Tang Qiuli in the south and Southeast Asia, and now, due to special circumstances, he had to use the reserve in advance, so that the main combat corps of the independent division in the southern part of the country were all transferred abroad.

Compared with the vast southern region, the strength of the troops in the country is quite empty, and it is still unknown whether it will arouse the impatience of the powerful factions in various parts of the country and whether Chairman Chiang can take the opportunity to play a black hand behind the scenes.

All the deployment adjustments were completed in the middle of the night, and the pressure in Tang Qiuli's heart was slightly reduced, and the 29th Corps rushed to the battlefield in northern Burma and confronted the Japanese army at Wubin, and there would not be too much difference in the number of troops confronted by the Japanese army at Wubin, and it was still very certain that the battle would be a stalemate with heavy equipment.

At about one o'clock in the morning, it was the darkest hour of the night, Chu Tian finally arrived at Degang with four detachments, plus the original eighteenth detachment, the special operations detachment concentrated more than 2,000 troops in Degang.

Tang Qiuli's task to Chu Tian was to bring out as much as possible a half battalion of troops and more than 1,000 soldiers who had been surrounded by the Japanese army for three days without alarming the Japanese troops in the canyon.

At two o'clock in the morning, in the canyon northwest of Degang, there was still a sparse and dense burst of gunfire from time to time, and the encircled troops tried to break through many times, but they all returned in vain.

At about 3:30 a.m., the gunfire in the canyon suddenly became intense, and it was concentrated in the position of the valley mouth, Tang Qiuli waited anxiously for more than 40 minutes, the sound of guns seemed to be solidified, and after more than ten minutes, the communication staff officer turned his head and reported: "Division commander, Chu detachment commander calls, the special operations detachment participating troops and the besieged troops have already protruded from the valley mouth and are blocking the Japanese troops chasing after them.

Tang Qiuli suddenly had a feeling of prostration, tormenting and entangling his Degang for three days and three nights, and finally completely solved it, he turned back to Chen Feng, the director of communications, and said: "Order Le Yiqin, send at least two bomber regiments, and bomb the canyon at six o'clock in the morning today," Chen Feng's heart trembled for no reason, and the words of the division commander carried a cold murderous aura.