The Sixth Army of the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force, which was mainly attacking Longling, was attacked by the Japanese Songshan Garrison, on the premise that it had occupied most of the Longling city.

Longling, who was about to be taken down, was returned in less than half a day.

In the end, he could only hide in a corner of Longling City and barely resisted the Japanese troops whose morale had soared.

In order to recover the disadvantages of Longling, support the Sixth Army, which was trapped in passive defense.

The commander of the Expeditionary Force issued a series of orders, mobilizing a division's troops from Mangshi and urgently headed to Longling to support the Sixth Army's operations.

At the same time, in order to end the Battle of Songshan as soon as possible, the Eighth Army sent additional troops to Zenda.

Send other troops so quickly, and sending the Eighth Army with a big background on it. Wei Lihuang's reinforcements also have profound meanings.

It is well known that he had a bad relationship with Song Xilian, and Zhong Bin was indeed Song Xinian's best friend.

If he said that there was no utilitarianism, he probably wouldn't believe it himself.

Wei Lihuang was preparing to disgust someone's grades. It happened that He Shaozhou was another ambitious second-generation army, and he thought this was a rare opportunity.

So he decided to make a big deal and sent two of his ace divisions to the team.

According to normal circumstances...

Zhong Bin has two more ace regiments under his command, and the 84th regiment of his new 28th Division has also been transferred back. He should be very happy.

But in reality, it's exactly the opposite.

On the one hand, Zhong Bin has been in the officialdom for so many years and is very clear about the arrival of the Rongyi Division, which belongs to the "He family", and what does it mean?

Once he cannot take down Songshan as soon as possible, he will have the last end he wants to see.

On the other hand, Zhong Bin personally formulated the Songshan Battle Operation Plan. The core of the 87th Division and 88th Division under his 71st Army were the 87th Division.

He was still waiting for the two divisions to complete their respective tasks and could rush to Songshan to participate in the Songshan Battle.

But what about now?

The battle situation in Longling took a sharp turn. The 88th Division, which cooperated with the Sixth Army to participate in the Longling Battle, is now being suppressed and beaten by the Japanese army and is already unable to take care of itself.

It is simply impossible to ask the 88th Division to support the Songshan battle.

The remaining 87th Division cooperated with the Second Army to fight. Although Mangshi had successfully recovered, it was transferred to Longling by the commander of the Expeditionary Army.

Even if the 87th Division is under the 71st Army, it must give priority to obeying the orders of the superiors from the commander.

The two divisions under his jurisdiction, which were originally highly anticipated, were no longer able to rush to the Battle of Songshan, which means that Zhong Bin's plan had aborted early.

With Zhong Bin's current abilities and troops, it is impossible to take down Songshan.

This is the biggest blow to Zhong Bin!

In addition, someone from Chongqing secretly sent him a letter saying that someone had already conducted activities in Chongqing and wanted to seize command of the Songshan Battle.

However, Zhong Bin could not think of a new Songshan offensive plan when the original plan had failed.

On the second day of the accident in Longling, Zhong Bin received a call from his old friend and boss Song Xilian, and finally couldn't stand the pressure and completely collapsed.

The ambitions that had just arrived at Zenda completely collapsed at this moment.

The whole person no longer has the energy of the past.

As the commander-in-chief of the Songshan Battle, Zhong Bin no longer has the desire to attack positively, which will directly affect the rhythm of all the troops below.

The Songshan battlefield, which was originally very fast, suddenly became very slow.

Each regiment was doing its own tasks, but in fact there was no progress at all, and the progress of the entire Songshan Battle stagnated.

It's like scrambling to fish at work.

I go to and get off work on time every day, but in fact I don’t do anything.

From No. 17, where Longling was re-controlled by the Japanese army, to No. 22, where two regiments in Yishi arrived at No. 22, the overall situation in Songshan was completely unchanged.

The 82nd Regiment still guarded the occupied Yincheng Mountain;

The 83rd Regiment still fought a tug-of-war with the Japanese army at Gulongpo;

The 117th Regiment, which was doing miscellaneous work and making trouble everywhere, was still entangled with the Japanese army on a small scale outside Songshan.

On June 22, the casualties of the Expeditionary Force attacked Songshan were counted, with a total of more than 1,600 casualties in each department.

Most of the casualties came from the New 28th Division, to be precise, the 82nd Regiment.

As the key to the entire western Yunnan battle, Songshan was unable to make breakthrough progress in the offensive for a long time, and the bad effects it produced were revealed.

At midnight on June 23, heavy rainstorms broke out in most parts of western Yunnan.

The rainy season has officially arrived!

The heavy rain fell all night and continued until dawn, and there was no trend of decreasing rain.

Under the erosion of this heavy rain, mountain torrents broke out in many places in western Yunnan, and mudslides were almost everywhere.

The most deadly thing is that Nujiang, which is the gathering place of water flow, has doubled overnight, the river water has turned turbid and waxy, and the water flow speed has increased several times.

The river water rolling down with huge waves kept making various roars.

Like an angry dragon!

At this kind of water flow rate that exceeds 10 meters in one second, no matter what is put into the river, it will be swallowed by huge waves in an instant.

The Nujiang River, which could have been swam across, became a fierce transportation that was chosen to choose people and was cut off.

On the west bank of the Nujiang River, the 82nd, the 83rd and 117th regiments are only one river away from the river defense position on the east bank of the Nujiang River, but it seems to be separated from the heavens and man.

Those who have already crossed the river have no way to come back, and the people here have no way to cross the river.

The scene on the Nujiang River is just the tip of the iceberg.

The 53rd Army, the 54th Army and the 8th Army, which fought against the Japanese army at the end of Tengchong and Gaoligong Mountain, also cut off logistics support due to the surge in the Nujiang water level.

The daily food and drink problems that tens of thousands of people have become a mountain that is pressing on their heads.

The two armies attacking Longling and Mangshi also suffered mountain torrents and mudslides everywhere, causing the three routes to be washed away by mules and carriages. The water level of the Nujiang River soared and could not pass through any ships, and they fell into a dangerous situation.

Looking at the huge battlefield in western Yunnan, the only thing that can guarantee logistics is aircraft airdrops.

pity.

Not to mention that on such heavy rainy days, the aircraft must be extra cautious every time they perform airdrop missions, otherwise the plane will be destroyed and the people will be killed.

Even if the Air Force operates 24 hours a day, it cannot guarantee the daily expenses of these hundreds of thousands of people.

The ancients said: Before the troops move, food and grass move first.

The most important thing in marching is logistics support. If you don’t even have a bite of food, how can you be able to fight against the Japanese army?

After all, it is only a minority to rely on will, and even the strongest troops will have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.

After three days of heavy rain, the impact of the logistics was cut off, and finally a small outbreak came, and it was a universal outbreak.

Since it had been relied on crossing the river to transport, the materials of the various units of the Expeditionary Force were very tight.

On the second day after the heavy rain broke out and the logistics was cut off, most of the troops of the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force began to fall into a shortage of food, and the soldiers' daily food was not as good as before.

When the time came on the third day, most of the troops had completely lost food and could only rely on wild vegetables and weeds to satisfy their hunger.

The Japanese army's resistance was still so tenacious, but the soldiers of the Expeditionary Force were so hungry that they had no strength. The morale of the entire Yunnan Expeditionary Force began to move.

Whether it was Longling, Tengchong, Gao Ligong, or Songshan and Muramasa, the attacks began to decline.
Chapter completed!