Chapter 1051 Siege and Interception

In front of Tang Qiuli, there were more than a dozen telegrams from Ma Chaoyang, the commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, all of which made him extremely angry.

Since receiving the task of clearing the border area and the two divisions of the Japanese army, Ma Chaoyang's corps set out from Nanning, Guangxi, and advanced from east to west along the border line.

In the Yuping area on the Sino-Vietnamese border, the 108th Division of the Japanese Army has built a large supply base, guarded by a wing of the Japanese army, accompanied by a field artillery brigade, two cavalry brigades, and two tank squadrons.

Ma Chaoyang attached great importance to entering the first battle in Yunnan, and with the strength of two brigades, two artillery regiments and one rocket artillery battalion, launched an attack on the Japanese army in Yuping, and the result of the battle was not much suspense, and under the attack of overwhelming troops and firepower, the Japanese army in Yuping soon could not hold on.

In a panic and retreated to the Sino-Vietnamese border area, Ma Chaoyang would not let go of these little devils, and immediately ordered the troops to pursue later, in the Sino-Vietnamese border Henan Nahe, seeing that the Japanese army ran into Vietnam, the pursuing troops did not dare to call the shots, and immediately asked the corps commander Ma Chaoyang, Ma Chaoyang didn't think about it, just one word "chase"!

Fat to the mouth, can you still make it fly? But what happened next made Ma Chaoyang so angry that he almost vomited blood, there was a brigade of British troops, on the front line of the Nanna River, blocking the way of the troops, not only that, the British army treated the squadron, you treated the Japanese army nervously, in addition to the infantry, but also pulled up artillery and tanks.

Without receiving the order of the division commander, Ma Chaoyang did not dare to order the troops to forcibly enter Vietnam, and sent people to negotiate with the British army without success, so they were at a stalemate on the border line.

The worst thing is that the Japanese army took the opportunity to touch it back, but it caused certain casualties to the pursuing troops, and similar situations, in the border areas, there were many incidents, and Ma Chaoyang sent a telegram to the division commander Tang Qiuli, saying, "The British and the Japanese, wear a pair of pants, and join forces to deal with us." ”

Even in some areas where the border is blurred, the British army still intends to cover the withdrawal of the Japanese army to the outside of the country, and the Ma Chaoyang Corps has advanced thousands of miles and fought a lot of battles, but the results of the battle have made him ashamed, and the British have set up obstacles everywhere, obviously favoring the Japanese, and the Japanese army has used the overseas as a base, crossing the border from time to time, and sneaking up on the troops of the Southeast Mobile Corps. 9vk

The British army deliberately released water, but the Japanese took advantage of it and became more and more rampant, sneaking up the troops, looting the villages, and when they were hit, they retreated into the country.

The situation was reported to Tang Qiuli here, Ma Chaoyang is just a meaning, the British and the little devil wear a pair of pants, then the two of them fight together, simply fight across the border, Tang Qiuli called back, "Don't be impulsive, focus on holding on to the current strategic location, in the near future, I will send the special operations detachment to the border area, in addition, the direct corps has also gone south." ”

Tang Qiuli put up with this breath for the time being, he knew that the British Yankee's behavior of luring the wolf into the house would soon reap the consequences, and when the British begged for their heads, they would take it back with interest.

After the war between China and Japan, the British were really disgraceful, currying favor with the Japanese, watching the fire from across the strait, and even openly and secretly, eye-to-eyeing with the Japanese, the real idea of the British was that they wanted to burn the flames of war in China all the time, so as to sacrifice China's interests and protect their own interests in Southeast Asia, which is also the consistent practice of the British.

Because he had to endure it temporarily, Tang Qiuli's mood was not too good, and his eyes were fixed on Shouichi Terauchi and more than 200,000 Japanese troops who were retreating to Burma.

On 25 September, Tang Qiuli issued an operational order, and Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps marched west from Songshao Pass, along the line of Rende, Fumin, and Chuxiong, and set up a posture of intercepting the Japanese army.

Li Honggang's 29th Corps, coming out of Wuding in northwestern Yunnan, made a move of closely chasing the Japanese army, and looked at the last part of the order, as well as the order given to Tang Qiusheng, so that Terauchi Shouichi sensed that there were troops in pursuit, but he had to keep a two-day distance from the Japanese troops retreating south.

Such an order was not only not understood by the division commanders, but also by Tang Qiusheng and Li Honggang. Although Terauchi Shouichi won the opportunity and was four or five days ahead in time, with the transportation capacity of the Sulu Mobile Corps, Tang Qiusheng was sure that he would catch his tail before the Japanese army retreated into Burma.

With this question, Tang Qiusheng and Li Honggang sent a telegram to Tang Qiuli almost at the same time, and Tang Qiuli simply replied with a few words, "Execute according to the order," More than 300,000 troops pressed towards northern Yunnan, making Terauchi Shouichi feel unprecedented pressure.

However, he was not very worried, in Songshao Pass, played a beautiful hand, although it was a last resort, but also for the south to send the main force of the army, won plenty of time, according to his plan, before entering Burma, the independent division troops, it is impossible to catch up with him.

And the best route into Burma is Ruili or Yingjiang in western Yunnan, he is most afraid of Tang Qiuli's troops, preemptively blocking these two passages, so, Terauchi Shouichi regardless of the fatigue of the troops, almost day and night march, to September 28, the Japanese army has entered the Yongping area, the border line is far away, Terauchi Shouichi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The troops of the Independent Division, who were still at least four or five days away from him, recalled the time when he fought in South China, it was almost like a nightmare, especially when he went south from Loushan Pass, during his time at Songshao Pass, it was the most dangerous day for him, and the loss of the Seventh Army, even more so than the loss of the Fifteenth Army of Fengwen under the mountain, made him sad.

At the time of entering the southern branch, the southern dispatch army had more than 400,000 troops, which could be described as strong and strong, but after a few months of fighting, the strength of the troops was lost in half.

He is about to become history, after completing this mission to Burma, it may be the day when he leaves the army, a general who has lost more than half of his troops will not have any good results, that the devil Tang Qiuli is his nemesis, and if you calculate it carefully, just in the southern dispatch army of China, there are more than a dozen senior officers above the rank of major general, and they died at his hands.

Terauchi Shouichi admitted that Tang Qiuli was absolutely terrible, and in the face of this devil, he had a feeling of powerlessness and emaciation, and bringing more than 200,000 imperial soldiers out of danger was the only thing worthy of his comfort, but this kind of self-consolation was based on having to give up the Seventh Army, and the comfort was discounted.

In Yongping, Terauchi Shouichi held a military meeting to deploy the next plan of action, it was very simple, go, and go quickly, keep a safe distance from the pursuing independent division troops, according to the report of the base camp, the Imperial Southeast Asia Dispatch Army, will be in the near future, large-scale operations in Southeast Asia.

The task of the southern dispatch army in China is to capture Myitkyina, and then, continue southward, and join forces with the imperial army troops that landed from Yangon in central Burma, and complete the strategic plan to divide Burma and occupy the Indochina Peninsula.

But he was not reconciled, leaving more than 200,000 loyal and brave imperial soldiers on the land of China, and did not complete the strategic tasks assigned by the base camp, he was a loser, perhaps, bringing the remaining troops to Burma safely was the only way for him to save some face.

Terauchi Shouichi thought so, and did the same, the commanders of all the units were about to be driven crazy by him, from northeast Yunnan to northwest Yunnan, long-term high-intensity marching, the physical consumption of Japanese soldiers was extremely high, non-combat attrition was increasing day by day, and the corpses of fallen Japanese soldiers could be seen everywhere in the reckless jungles and rugged mountain roads.

Now, finally seeing the dawn of hope, in about five days, you can get rid of the nightmare in South China, get rid of the daunting devil Tang Qiuli, and the fierce troops under him, Terauchi Shouichi's mood seems to be better, and even occasionally joke with his senior staff.

The result of this made the staff officers and staff around him more worried and nervous, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, suddenly changed his character, was it in the China that suffered repeated defeats, which caused him to have a mental problem, before, the Commander-in-Chief was not like this, no matter what his subordinates thought, Terauchi Shouichi was in good spirits anyway.

However, his good mood did not last long, Tang Qiuli would not let him go, the corps directly under the independent division had quickly rushed to the direction of Ruili and Yingjiang, and the two passages that Terauchi Shou saw were about to be unable to keep, after receiving this news, Terauchi Shouyi was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person was wooden.

According to the current marching speed of the Japanese army, when he arrived at Ruili and Yingjiang, he happened to collide head-on with the directly subordinate corps, and he had only two choices, either to change direction, or to fight a decisive battle with the directly subordinate corps on the line from Ruili to Yingjiang, to defeat the troops of the independent division and control the passage into Burma.

It can be said that the current combat effectiveness of the Japanese army and the body of the soldiers, this is almost a fantasy dream, and besides, such a battle can not be ended in a short time, don't forget, the back and the right flank, and Tang Qiuli's two corps are approaching, if it is the Japanese army in the period of total victory, two days, can be snatched back.

However, he can't now, but Terauchi Shouichi wanted to fight, he ordered the already exhausted Japanese troops to increase the speed of the march again, and just when he had a fluke mentality, Tang Qiuli once again made a ruthless move, completely shattering his dream.