Chapter 1321: The Only Passage!
In Myitkyina, at this time, nearly 2,000 Chinese officers and soldiers had suffered casualties, and Myitkyina became another flesh mill on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.
Enraged, Stilwell removed the incompetent Paderno and handed over command to Brigadier General Wessels, who had trained the Chinese Army in India.
But Brigadier General Wessels didn't have any good way, it was still the old way of the Americans, the bombing, the endless tug-of-war of the artillery river, the Japanese army's will to resist was terrifying, every pillbox, every house, and even every number of trees became the stronghold of the Japanese army's stubborn resistance, and the endless tug-of-war made people see no hope of victory.
In Barendu, Major Tyck was very embarrassed, and before entering the town, he suspected that he would fall at any moment, and if he hadn't been thinking about saving the 77th Brigade, he would probably have found a place to hide.
"General Sun, I finally see you."
Major Tyck was very embarrassed when he entered the regimental headquarters, he ran all day, exhausted all his strength, and after saluting, it was difficult to even stand, and he slumped on a stool.
"What's wrong?"
Sun Liren asked, he only received the order last night, and the British couldn't hold it in a day?
"Damn the Japanese have gone crazy, the 77th Brigade has suffered heavy casualties, if there are no reinforcements, it can only support for 24 hours, please send reinforcements quickly."
Major Tyck had lost his English-style grace, and pleaded shamelessly.
"Don't you know that now is the best time to attack Meng Gong? At this time, let Meng Gong go and don't fight? Let the main forces of the Japanese army withdraw in to consolidate the city defenses? Has the rainy season begun? ”
Feng Yi was not polite, pointing to the map and shouting.
“OK! OK!”
Major Tyck, of course, understood the current situation on the battlefield, and it took several adventures and detours of the New First Army and the commandos to form such a good situation, and all the British and American soldiers knew that it was the Chinese soldiers who fought with their lives.
"But we really can't hold on, please!"
Major Tyke's eyes were filled with guilt.
"Ask Stilwell, when will our ammunition supply arrive?"
Sun Liren raised his head and asked Li Hong to immediately send a message to ask.
"The ammunition supply will definitely arrive in three days."
Soon, Li Hong got a call back from Stilwell.
"Three days, it should be in time."
Sun Liren nodded.
"Li Hong, your task is to rescue the British army, you don't have to fight after the rescue, you must not be greedy for merit; If your ammunition situation allows, you immediately attack Meng Gong in the north, and your goal is to capture the important strongholds of Maheng and Watie on the periphery of Meng Gong, cut off the communication line of the Japanese army in Meng Gong, cut off the reinforcement channel of the Japanese army, and make the Japanese army in Meng Gong a lone army......"
Sun Liren pointed to the map and explained to Li Hong.
"Okay, I'll get the brothers ready at once, and I'll leave at dawn tomorrow!"
Li Hong nodded, Sun Liren said that it was impossible for him to object.
"I'll let the brethren take over the position at once!"
Feng Ye also knew that his work was also coming.
"General, can't you get reinforcements immediately? Take advantage of the night movement to Kaisha, the damned Japanese soldiers will definitely start a night battle, and if you arrive a minute early, you will save hundreds of British soldiers. ”
Major Tyck was reluctant, he hoped that the 114th Regiment would leave immediately, so that by tomorrow morning at the latest, it would reach the front line of Kaisha, and the 77th Brigade would be saved.
"You also know that the Japanese army will fight at night, where are we? It's just a river away from Meng Gong, this kind of weather is roundabout, do you dare to guarantee that we won't be attacked on the road? ”
Sun Liren was not polite at all, going to rescue the British in this situation would have made him unhappy, and this British officer was still picky.
"General, I can show you the way, this line should be very safe and will not be attacked, I promise."
Major Tyck stood by his opinion.
"Go find Captain Li yourself! If he is willing to set off overnight. ”
Sun Liren frowned, he was really surprised by the cheekiness of this British officer.
In the end, Major Tyke's mouth prevailed over Li Hong's patience, and in order to avoid the collapse of the British army and affect the entire battle situation, the 114th Regiment had to set off overnight to save the British.
They marched lightly in the rain, sometimes on the road and sometimes into the wilderness, under the guidance of Tyck, but Major Tyck overestimated his physical strength and had to advance with the help of his brethren.
In fact, the strength of the Japanese army around Meng Gong was changing at any time, and the Japanese troops who withdrew from Xitong kept returning to the area around Meng Gong with squadrons as units, and became devils called Hanako who suffered heavy casualties in the jungle, most of them died of starvation and disease.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
When the 114th Regiment crossed a small town on the side of Meng Gong, it was discovered by the Japanese army, and Major Tyke miscalculated the form, and he crossed the defense line alone was not the same as a regiment.
"Concealment, defensiveness on the spot."
Li Hong shouted and ordered the troops to stop advancing.
"The situation ahead is unknown, we have been exposed, we can't move on, we have to wait for dawn."
Li Hong no longer agreed to continue advancing, leaving the troops in the field, braving the rain to survive, and he even had the idea of returning to Balendu immediately.
Facts have proved that the road to reinforce the British army in a roundabout way is not so easy, especially when the 114th Regiment is still lightly armed and rushing, they lack the ability to attack fortifications, and in the face of the fixed defense line of the devils, they have to pay a lot of casualties to be captured, and in this case, Li Hong is deliberately avoiding large-scale casualties.
On the 20th, the 114th Regiment finally arrived at the flank of the Japanese army in Kaisha at dawn, and at this time, the Japanese were storming the British army, and the 77th Brigade, which had less than one battalion of strength, was about to be eaten.
At this time, the 114th Regiment suddenly attacked its back, and the Japanese army was in chaos, and more than 300 people, including the 61st Brigade Captain Kawabe Nakasa, were killed.
Attacked in the back, the Japanese were shocked, and immediately abandoned the British army, and retreated to the flank of Shaxiang, preparing for a decisive battle with the 114th Regiment.
"Tell you brigade commander, I won't meet him anymore, I hope he has a smooth journey, don't let us save him again."
Li Hong refused to see the British officer at this time, and the arrogant British should be very embarrassed at this time, so he still thought about how to continue to carry out the orders of the division commander.
After the Japanese troops withdrew to Sha Maung, they even felt very lucky to build fortifications, because at this time the 114th Regiment was actually sending the British troops out of here.
One disappeared, and the British retreated to the north to join their troops, but the 114th Regiment did not love to fight, and after a tentative attack on Sha Maung, it found that the Devil's defense line had been formed, and instead of storming, it turned to continue to attack Meng Gong in the north.
The 2nd Battalion of the 114th Regiment advanced along the east flank of Menggong, captured the important strongholds of Maheng and Watie on the periphery of Menggong before dusk, and cut off the main communication line of the Japanese army in Menggong.
Meng Gong's Tanaka Shinichi was already panicking, because the expeditionary force had already surrounded them on both sides, and the most important thing was that Meng Gongcheng was very empty.
There are more than 2,000 Japanese troops in Menggong City, most of which are not combat units, but such as mountain artillery wings, engineering wings, baggage wings and other units, as well as various remnants of defeated soldiers who retreated here.
Li Hong, the commander of the 114th Regiment, thought that the opportunity should not be lost, and he must attack Meng Gong immediately, but Sun Liren did not move, because now the expeditionary force around Meng Gong is also a paper tiger, and they are short of ammunition, so the 113th Regiment has no way to participate in the battle.
Tanaka Shinichi was already ill and rushed to the hospital, he actually ordered the 53rd Artillery Wing that had been from Meng Gong to aid Myitkyina to return to Meng Gong, but this unit did not even enter the city, and on the 21st, it was ambushed and routed by the 114th Regiment on the outskirts of the city, and the wing commander Takami Liangtaro was killed.
On the 22nd, Stilwell's promise was still reliable, the ammunition and the new 22nd Division and the 112th Regiment arrived near Balendou together, and the ammunition was replenished, the 114th Regiment and the 113th Regiment and the commando team launched an attack on Meng Gong in the heavy rain, and the officers and soldiers marched forward bravely in the muddy water that did not reach the thighs, and the Japanese troops near Meng Gong were all defeated by the expeditionary force, regardless of whether they came from the 18th Division, the 53rd Division, the 2nd Division, etc., these were all defeated generals of the expeditionary force, and they had no will to fight.
With ammunition, whether it was mountain artillery or bazookas, the earth-shattering explosions and gunfire completely covered the sound of rain, and most of the Japanese cover positions around Meng Gong were blown up, and the new 22nd Division and the new 38th Division swept away Meng Gong's peripheral positions in just one day, and Meng Gong completely became an isolated city.
Beginning on the 23rd, the new 38th and new 22nd divisions began to besiege Meng Gongcheng.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The new 22nd Division brought nearly 100 artillery pieces, including Japanese artillery captured in Kameng and Xitong.
"Boom, boom......"
Across the river, all kinds of shells fell in Menggongcheng, and the expeditionary force finally became extravagant, and under the operation of the artillery staff, there was a carpet bombardment of Menggongcheng.
The expeditionary force stepped on the ruins of the city fortifications into Menggong City, and street fighting began.
"Battalions, street fighting began, and this weather was very favorable for the defenders; But remember, don't get together, it's strictly forbidden for more than two brothers to stay in one place, go! ”
The assault team entered the city from the west, and more than 1,800 brothers did not hold back, divided into tactical squads, and searched the ruins inch by inch in the heavy rain, preferring to be careful rather than strafed by the machine-gun fire hidden by the devils.
"Boom, boom!"
"Da Da Da ......"
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
On the first day of entering the city, the assault team occupied the area near the west of the city, stopped at night and did not continue to advance.
"Your Excellency, you can't hold it, today day, half of the city has been lost, the Chinese are too strong, our warriors have no chance."
In the underground bunker, the chief of staff Oyue Daisa, who had escaped from the Kameng, was crying and sad, and he felt that defeat was a foregone conclusion.
"Let's go!"
Shinichi Tanaka had enough experience in escaping, and of course he would not be trapped in the city, so taking advantage of the night, Shinichi Tanaka changed into the uniform of the expeditionary force and escaped from the city in embarrassment through the tunnel.
"Ahhhhhhh......h
On the 24th, the Japanese army in the city had become crazy, and when they knew that there was no hope, these devils bravely launched a counterattack, using various tunnels and sewers in the city to try to sneak attack the expeditionary force entering the city from behind.
"Sudden ......"
"Bang, bang......"
Unfortunately, under the premise that the expeditionary force had already prepared, they even became a luxury to attack, and as soon as they emerged, they were discovered by the nearby expeditionary brothers, and then became corpses in the ruins under the fierce gunfire.
By the 25th, after two days of fierce street fighting, the Japanese army, which had few fighting troops, could not resist, and 80% of the city was occupied by the New 1st Army. Seeing that Meng Gong could not hold on, the remnants of the Japanese army could only abandon their heavy weapons, and groups of Japanese troops attacked eastward, and after occupying a section of the city wall, they collectively jumped into the Nanen River to swim and escape.
"Machine guns, strafing, damn devils!"
Sun Liren, who got the news, was very annoyed, this area was in charge of the 114th regiment, but because they attacked too fast, they actually ignored the back.
"Da Da Da ......"
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The guard battalion of the new 38th Division rushed directly to the river, set up machine gun fire, and the moat was dyed red, and most of the Japanese troops who fled in the river were killed.
Meng Gong fell too quickly, Tanaka Shinichi fled too quickly, and the Japanese artillery unit did not come at all to blow up the materials in the city, resulting in the first capture of a lot of loot by the New First Army that had not been captured before.
For example, a small number of prisoners, it is indeed very few, more than 2,000 Japanese troops, and there are only 21 prisoners who kicked the enemy, and these prisoners were left behind under Sun Liren's strict order, otherwise these devils will become one of the enemies killed by the new army.
out of the captives, there are 5 light chariots and 47 cars that must be precious to the devils; Of course, as the railway center of northern Myanmar, Meng Gong also has a lot of trains, and the train tracks were destroyed, and these trains were piled up at the railway station to reach 95; As for the various guns and the warehouses preserved in the city, no one cared about them now, and they were counted by the quartermaster and turned into data in telegrams.
The telegram of the occupation of Meng Gong became the only recent good news on the Burmese battlefield, and Stilwell was very happy and immediately called Sun Liren: "Master Sun, your division has captured Meng Gong with brilliant achievements and reached the peak, and I hereby send a message to congratulate you."
At the same time, the Chinese government and the British also sent congratulatory telegrams! At this time, thousands of Japanese troops west of Meng Gong and east of Xitong learned that Meng Gong had fallen, discarded all their heavy weapons, and retreated along the Kameng to Meng Gong highway in a hurry.
"Commander Feng, according to the information left by the devil, Nandi Town may be the only fast passage for the Japanese army to retreat, I hope you can lead the assault team to quickly intersperse and occupy here, the Japanese troops around Meng Gong should stay here, they can't go to Myitkyina anymore to cause chaos for us!"
Sun Liren understands very well the truth of beating the water dogs, the Japanese army is very tenacious, if you give him a little respite, he will become a dragon and a tiger, and in the next battle, the Chinese soldiers will pay a lot of price to annihilate.
"I'll take someone right away!"
Feng Ye did not hesitate, and led the assault team out of the city from the east of Menggong City in the rain, and went straight to Nandi Town.
"Fast, fast......"
Under the cover of heavy rain, the sound of footsteps and the sound of marching could not penetrate at all, from the beginning of leaving Meng Gong, the assault team was deploying its troops, occupying the stronghold of the road all the way with a small number of troops, and when the assault team arrived near the south embankment, there were less than a thousand people left in Feng Yi's hands.
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