After the 568th Regiment sent out a reconnaissance detachment and maintained vigilance all the way, it advanced quite smoothly, and from day to evening, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and it was clear that a heavy rain was coming. On the roads of Burma, it is better to have major roads such as the Yunnan-Burma Highway constantly maintained, but the roads between other small cities become muddy when it rains heavily, which greatly affects the marching degree.

The members of the detachment who had gone out to reconnoiter came back and reported to Li Chunshan that they were still eight kilometers away from Nanlan City. Li Chunshan looked at the sky and ordered all the troops to advance and rush to Nanlan City first. Before the troops reached Nanlan City, the raindrops of beans fell. Fortunately, not far from Nanlan City, the officers and soldiers of the 568th Regiment braved the rain to come to Nanlan City.

When they arrived at the bottom of the city, the battalion that walked in front saw that the city gate was closed, and there were soldiers on the city wall with loaded guns and ammunition aimed at the outside of the city. An officer commanded a searchlight to shoot at the 1st battalion, and then held up the microphone and shouted, "What are you from?" The commander of the 1st battalion jumped out of the truck and walked under the city wall and shouted: "Brothers in the city, listen, we are from the 93rd Division of the 90th Army, and we have come to reinforce the 200th Division of Danglao on the orders of the commander." “

As soon as the officers in the city heard that they were coming to the aid of the 200th Division, they immediately became much more polite and shouted to the commander of the first battalion: "It's the brothers of the 90th Army." I'm sorry brother, I'm going to report back to the upper peak, and I ask the brothers to wait a minute. With that, he turned and left the city wall. After a short effort, Nanlan's city gate creaked open, and a colonel walked out of the city with several guards. When the commander of the first battalion saw that the city gate was open and some people came out, he also jumped out of the car and walked in front of the people who came in the rain.

The commander of the first battalion saw that the person was a colonel, and after standing up and saluting, he said, "Hello sir." I am Ma Xiaoyu, commander of the first battalion of the 568th Regiment of the 277th Brigade of the 93rd Division of the 90th Army. On the order of Shangfeng, he rushed to Danglaocheng to reinforce the 200th Division. The colonel replied after returning a military salute: "I am Cao Mingsheng, the commander of the 200th Division's baggage regiment. Reinforcements have finally arrived! Why did you have a battalion?"

Ma Xiaoyu replied: "Report to the commander, our battalion is a pioneer battalion, followed by other troops of the 277th Brigade, this time our whole division reinforces Danglaocheng, and they are still behind." Cao Mingsheng became excited when he heard this, and said: "Great, your ninety-third division can come, and now the division seat can rest assured." Brethren, go into the city and rest. ”

As he was saying that the 5th, 6th, and 8th regiments had arrived, the regiment commander Li Chunshan also came over. After the cold noise between the two sides, the whole regiment of the 568th Regiment entered Nanlan City. As soon as he sat down at the headquarters in the city, Li Chunshan asked Cao Mingsheng about the situation in Danglao. Cao Mingsheng replied worriedly: "The situation is not good! Our 200 divisions have been fighting with Little Japan for more than two months since the defense of Taunggyi, but they have not received any supplies at all, and now the casualties have reached one-third. ”

Li Chunshan did not expect the 200th Division to fight so hard, and said to Cao Mingsheng: "Commander Cao, don't be nervous, isn't our 93rd Division already here! I immediately led the 586th Regiment to Danglaocheng, and asked Battalion Commander Cao to send a few soldiers to show us the way." Cao Mingsheng said with some emotion: "Head Li, this rain is so heavy, and the road is difficult to travel at night, it is better to rest in Nanlan City for one night, and then rush to Danglao tomorrow morning." ”

Li Chunshan replied: "Rescue is like fighting a fire, and besides, our military order is in our body, and we must go out immediately, and Commander Cao is ready to meet our brigade and other troops behind." "The 568th Regiment rested in Nanlan City for half an hour, and the soldiers ate some dry food, and then continued to advance towards Danglao City in the wind and rain. Nanlan City is only thirty kilometers away from Danglao City, but the road is too bad in the heavy rain. The truck got bogged down in the quagmire from time to time, and under the guidance of several soldiers of the baggage regiment, the 568th Regiment walked for six hours, and finally arrived at the foot of Danglao City at 2 o'clock in the morning.

On the front of Danglaocheng was the Japanese Taiwanese brigade, which had two reinforced wings, a mountain artillery brigade, an independent heavy artillery squadron, a cavalry brigade, a chariot squadron, and an engineer brigade and a baggage brigade, with a strength of 18,600 men. There are eight Type 95 tanks and five Type 97 medium tanks. The mountain artillery brigade was armed with twenty-four 75-caliber mountain guns, and the separate heavy artillery squadron was armed with twelve ninety-six 15o mm caliber field howitzers.

Such a Japanese army, armed to the teeth, could not hold on for long with only one division of the 200th Division, and the 200th Division had already fought a bloody battle with the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army in Taunggyi. When the 568th Regiment arrived at Danglao, the 200th Division could only rely on the half-collapsed city wall to support it, let alone counterattack, depending on the situation, it could only retreat in another day or two, otherwise the whole army would be wiped out here.

When General Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division, learned that reinforcements had come up, his bloodshot eyes flashed with excitement, and his face showed a smile for the first time in several days. Li Chunshan strode into General Dai Anlan's headquarters, saluted General Dai Anlan, and said loudly: "Report to the commander, the 568th Regiment of the 277th Brigade of the 93rd Division of the 90th Army was ordered to reinforce the labor, and the regiment commander Li Chunshan reported to Chief Dai!"

General Dai Anlan replied with a smile and a military salute: "Okay! I have heard of the name of the 90th Army a long time ago, and this time you have completely annihilated two divisions of the Japanese army with the strength of one army, which is really admirable! Now that I have the reinforcement of your 93rd Division, I can rest assured." Commander Li, when will the other troops be able to arrive at Danglao?" Li Chunshan replied: "Report to Division Commander Dai, the 277th Brigade of our division, as the vanguard force, will all arrive at Danglao City tomorrow, and the division seat and the rest of the troops will also arrive within this day or two. ”

General Dai Anlan nodded with satisfaction. At this time, Li Chunshan said to General Dai Anlan: "Division Commander Dai, my 568th Regiment is the vanguard regiment, and I will accept the command of Division Commander Dai from the moment I arrive in Danglaocheng, please ask Division Commander Dai to arrange the task!" General Dai Anlan was surprised and said: "Commander Li, you have come from afar, you have worked hard, rest for one night first, and then accept the task tomorrow!"

Li Chunshan replied: "Senior Commander Dai, we are just marching on our own, and compared with the brothers who fought day and night with Little Japan, how can we talk about hard work. Please ask Master Dai to give the task now. General Dai Anlan took a breath and said, "Okay, the military situation is urgent, so I won't be polite to Commander Li." The Japanese army is now attacking the south gate of Danglao City most fiercely, and one of my regiments was basically wiped out in one day. To tell you the truth, yesterday the last reserve in my hands had already been put up, and there were really no troops available. Now I want your regiment to guard the south gate, what does Commander Li think?"

Li Chunshan replied: "Yes, Division Commander Dai, I guarantee that as long as there is still one person in the 568th Regiment, Little Japan will not want to occupy the position at the South Gate." After speaking, Li Chunshan saluted and was about to leave. Dai Anlan hurriedly shouted: "Captain Li, wait a minute, I'll go with you." After speaking, he grabbed the pistol on the table and inserted it in the holster on his waist, and walked out of the headquarters with Li Chunshan.

The reason why General Dai Anlan wanted to be with Li Chunshan was to get to know the Ninety Army, which had heard of the daimyo for a long time. When General Dai Anlan and Li Chunshan came to the 568th Regiment together, the first thing they noticed was the 18 imitation German-style 75-caliber field guns behind the tractor. General Dai Anlan asked, "Commander Li, is this your division's artillery?"

Li Chunshan replied: "Report to Division Commander Dai, this is only the field artillery battalion of our regiment, with a total of 18 imitation German-made 75-caliber field guns and 12O-caliber heavy mortars. The division's heavy artillery regiment is behind, and it hasn't come up yet. General Dai Anlan asked in surprise: "You have so many artillery pieces in one regiment?" Do you have such an artillery battalion in each regiment?"

Li Chunshan replied proudly: "Of course, our regiment has nearly 100 artillery pieces and mortars of various calibers, which is much stronger than a small Japanese wing. Dai Anlan was even more surprised, but after thinking about it, the 90th Army could eat two divisions of the Japanese army with just one army, and it was impossible to do it without strong artillery support. Seeing that the officers and men of the 568th Regiment were well-equipped and had countless light and heavy machine guns, they could not help but feel greatly relieved.

Li Chunshan arranged the artillery position, and then led his men straight to the south of the city, and after changing guards with the defenders in the south of the city, he began to repair the fortifications in the rain. The defenders had some fortifications here, but they mainly used half of the wall as a breastwork to block the Japanese attack. After Li Chunshan and the others came, they built more anti-artillery holes and sandbag bunkers.

Because the firepower was much stronger than that of the 200th Division, Li Chunshan only placed one company of troops on the half-fallen city wall, and two companies on the unfallen city walls on both sides of the half-fallen city blockade, occupying a high point. Originally, the commander of the defenders had some thoughts about Li Chunshan only putting such a small number of troops here in half of the city wall, but when he saw that there were more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns and several mortars in a company, a quarter of the soldiers in their hands were submachine guns, and all of them were sighs.

The firepower of this company is stronger than that of its own battalion, and there are only four mortars in a regiment here, and there are 20 or 30 mortars in a battalion. Seeing this, the head of the regiment could only be admired. Not only the regiment commander, but even his subordinates also talked about it, and a battalion commander came over and whispered: "Tuanzao, we are also the Central Army, and we are the descendants of the chairman, how can we compare with this 90th Army, just like calling Huazi?"

This regiment commander is also a person with some background, and he has heard some things, and replied: "Don't compare with the 90th Army, I heard that they are the other in the **." All the weapons and equipment and military supplies of this army were all solved by their commander Wang Haitao, and he didn't even have to pay a piece of military salary. This military salary is still paid in full with the current ocean of white flowers, and a small soldier has six dollars of the current ocean every month. ”