Chapter 452 Zhang Wanhe has started to settle accounts again
The Japanese army continued to march, and from time to time they encountered attacks by small groups of coalition forces on the road. They either attacked the vanguard of the Japanese army, or attacked the Japanese troops on guard. Sometimes they also used mortars to shell the Japanese baggage troops from a distance.
This made the Japanese army miserable.
Within a day, small groups of coalition forces launched dozens of attacks on the Japanese army. The Japanese army was exhausted. They gradually adapted and began to underestimate the enemy again. They believed that the enemy did not have large forces in this area and only used their own weapons.
Small groups of troops arrived to delay Japanese reinforcements.
Guo Daming led his troops to continuously attack the Japanese army, forcing the Japanese army to continuously ask for reinforcements.
The Japanese reinforcements have become accustomed to attacks by small groups of coalition forces. They placed more security troops around them, which can effectively prevent small groups of coalition forces from interfering with the marching group. They speed up their march to rescue the surrounded Japanese troops as soon as possible.
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Seeing that the fire was almost over, Xu Dalong led the main force of the coalition forces to set up an ambush.
The Japanese army finally entered the ambush circle of the coalition forces. This time, Xu Dalong and others chose a more favorable terrain. They occupied the hillsides on both sides of the road, and opened fire fiercely at the Japanese army from a high position.
The mountains are steep in many places, and the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces did not need to use any force. They could just throw the grenades from the sky and fall into the crowd of Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese army was surrounded in the valley and was attacked from both sides by the coalition forces. Because they were attacked from both sides, it was difficult for them to find bunkers. It could be said that they were completely exposed to the firepower of the coalition forces.
It didn't take long for most of the Japanese troops to be annihilated. The remaining Japanese troops were stubbornly resisting on a small high ground on the hillside. Xu Dalong commanded the troops to conduct artillery bombardment.
The area of the hill occupied by the Japanese army was too small. Every artillery shell that fell on it would kill a group of Japanese soldiers. The Japanese army had nowhere to hide, and soon after, almost all of them died under the fierce artillery fire.
Half an hour later, the battle was completely over.
In this ambush battle, the casualties of the coalition forces reached 800. The most important casualties came from the initial attack on the Japanese army by a small group of troops.
Despite this, more than 6,000 Japanese troops were annihilated at the cost of 800 people. This battle loss ratio is still something to be proud of.
Guo Daming and others received a telegram from Xu Dalong and others, and learned that they had killed the main force of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army. The officers and soldiers of the 338th Division could not sit still.
People compete for trees and bark, Buddha competes for a stick of incense, and people compete for breath. Guo Daming and others surrounded an infantry regiment of the Japanese army with more than 10,000 people. After such a long period of attack, the Japanese army has lost a lot. If not
If you can eat them, all the officers and soldiers of the 338th Division will have no place to put their faces.
Determined to eat the surrounded Japanese army, Guo Daming made combat arrangements, and then launched a general attack on the Japanese army under the cover of artillery fire.
After so many days of attrition, the Japanese army was already stretched thin. Facing the attack of tens of thousands of Yuanzheng Army soldiers, they simply could not withstand the attack. The defensive position was quickly breached. After more than an hour of street fighting,
The officers and soldiers of the 338th Division completely annihilated the surrounded Japanese army.
When troops of the Japanese 22nd Division were ambushed, they also sent telegrams to their superiors asking for help.
The Japanese reinforcements coming out from the direction of Tam Meng, after hearing that the troops of the 22nd Division had been annihilated, were afraid of being ambushed, so they withdrew.
Seeing that the obstacles to rescuing the British troops were cleared, Xu Dalong and Guo Daming led the main force of the coalition forces to Mizina to rescue the British troops there.
The surrounded British commanders were very worried that Xu Dalong and the others would not be able to arrive within a week for reinforcements. They did not expect that in just three days, Xu Dalong and the others had defeated two Japanese infantry brigades and were already coming to the rescue.
on their way.
The British commanders couldn't help but be very happy and immediately informed their troops of the good news.
When the surrounded British officers and soldiers heard the good news, their morale increased and their confidence to persevere was enhanced.
That evening, the Japanese army suddenly launched a large-scale artillery bombardment on the British position.
The British commander was a little surprised because the Japanese army had been attacking during the day these days. He didn't understand why the Japanese army was so crazy. Are they going to attack at night?
The shelling continued for a long time, but the Japanese infantry did not launch an attack.
The commander of the British army felt puzzled and reported the situation to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong received the telegram and quickly understood.
He immediately sent a telegram back to the British commander, saying that the Japanese army wanted to escape. Obviously, the Japanese army had learned that two infantry brigades had been annihilated, and knew that the coalition troops would definitely come to rescue the British army.
In order to avoid being attacked from both sides and suffering the same fate as the two previous infantry brigades, the Japanese troops would definitely leave the battlefield in order to protect themselves. They launched artillery attacks on the British troops just to create the illusion that it was the Japanese troops who wanted to protect themselves.
Prevent British troops from launching an attack.
The British commander believed that what Xu Dalong said was reasonable, so he organized a reinforced battalion to be ready to attack at any time. The Japanese bombardment stopped, and the British scouts discovered that the Japanese army had retreated.
The British commander immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and a reinforced battalion of British officers and soldiers chased out.
The Japanese army retreated hastily, unwilling to fight, and fled. The British officers and soldiers killed more than 200 Japanese soldiers, and finally got a sigh of relief.
Soon after, the coalition troops of Xu Dalong, Guo Daming and others joined the British troops.
After rescuing the British troops, the coalition troops stationed themselves in Mizuina.
Both the Yuanzheng Army and the British Army sent messengers to contact the scattered troops scattered in this area and asked them to assemble in the direction of Mizui. The main force took the time to rest.
The coalition troops rested in Mi Zhi Na for ten days. The scattered Yuanzheng Army, British troops and Burmese Servant Army troops came over one after another. The coalition troops assembled in Mi Zhi Na amounted to more than 40,000 people.
Xu Dalong seized the time to reorganize the troops and reorganized the British troops gathered here into two regiments, the Burmese Servant Army into one division, and all the Yuanzheng Army troops were organized into the 338th Division.
After Xu Dalong's proposal, Wang Guoxiong was promoted to deputy battalion commander of the 338th Division Guard Battalion.
After completing the reorganization, Xu Dalong requested to leave Myanmar and return to the Mawu Mountain base area.
Before the arrival of Xu Dalong, the coalition forces were no match for the Japanese army. They were beaten to pieces and almost completely destroyed.
Now it is not easy to have such a brilliant commander as Xu Dalong, and his prestige is very high. The generals of both the British Army and the Yuanzheng Army are willing to obey his command, and the coalition forces can also be twisted into a rope.
Demonstrate strong combat effectiveness.
In this case, if Xu Dalong left, they would immediately become a mess, and what awaited them would still be defeated or eliminated by the Japanese army.
When Xu Dalong proposed to say goodbye and leave at the coalition meeting, the generals of the British Army and the Yuanzheng Army looked at each other, and they all asked Xu Dalong to persuade him to stay.
Xu Dalong said that he was willing to fight side by side with everyone here, but his mission had been completed, and his decision to stay or go was not up to him, and he had to wait for instructions from his superiors.
The generals of the British Army and the Yuanzheng Army all expressed that they would seek instructions from their superiors and hoped that Xu Dalong could stay and continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
After the meeting, Xu Dalong was ready to go back to rest.
Monk Wei said: "Master Long, do you really want to leave here now? I see, if you leave, these people will not be convinced by each other, and they will collapse soon."
Xu Dalong smiled and said, "Who said I'm leaving now?"
Monk Wei asked: "Since you don't want to leave now, why did you propose this matter at the meeting?"
Xu Dalong said: "Our brothers have traveled thousands of miles to come here to help the Guo army and the British army fight. Are we still working in vain?"
Monk Wei immediately laughed when he heard this and said: "You are right. We have rescued so many Guo and British soldiers, but these guys are so stingy that no one said they wanted to give money. They
If we don't come up with some benefits, we might as well just go back and forget it. With this time, we can rob a lot of money back from the little devils."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Monk, you are getting worse and worse now."
Monk Wei smiled and said: "I didn't learn it from you. Even our Zhao Zhengwei has learned to be so greedy for money from you now."
While chatting with Monk Wei, Xu Dalong sent a telegram to the commander.
Taiyue Military Region Headquarters.
When the commander saw the telegram sent by Xu Dalong, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Xu Dalong is a boy who really refuses to suffer any losses and never misses any opportunity to rip off money."
The chief of staff smiled and said: "I think Xu Dalong did the right thing. We can't take advantage of Guofu and the British in vain."
Soon after, the commander received instructions from his superiors, asking him to inform Xu Dalong to temporarily stay in Myanmar and serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
The commander followed the contact information given to him by his superiors and sent a telegram back to Guofu, saying that the enemy situation in Shanxi was now serious and that Xu Dalong was urgently needed to return to Shanxi to take charge of the work in the Mawushan base area. Therefore, Xu Dalong was asked to hand over the coalition troops to Guofu.
Or the British troops should return to the Mawu Mountain base as soon as possible.
The Guofu side was very puzzled. In the past, in order to establish a united front, the underground party basically responded to the Guofu side's requests in terms of combat. This time it was so unpleasant that they couldn't understand it for a while.
In order to find out the truth of the matter, Guofu asked the generals who had dealt with Xu Dalong in the Ninth War Zone about Dalong's situation.
After thinking for a while, the Chief of Staff of the Ninth War Zone quickly understood and said to the people sent by the Equalization Committee: "That guy Xu Dalong is a militant. The enemy situation in Myanmar is so serious now. He should not be able to do it."
He missed the opportunity to attack the Japanese army. The reason why he asked to leave must be because he didn't get any benefits. That guy is good at everything, but he is greedy for money. If you want to keep him to fight in Burma, it will definitely be no problem to give him some money."
The people sent from above understood now and went back to report to the commander. The commander sent a telegram to the commander, saying that he was willing to pay Xu Dalong 500,000 yuan, and also reminded the British army to also give Xu Dalong some benefits. As a result
The British army is also willing to pay 300,000 pounds.
The commander reluctantly sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, and Xu Dalong reluctantly agreed to serve as the temporary commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
Zhang Wanhe and Zhao Gang like to hear this kind of news the most. They are now starting to wonder, how much will each of them get when Xu Dalong comes back?
The enemy situation in Mixina was very serious. The Japanese army deployed two divisions to attack Mixina from the directions of Mengcheng and Yangon respectively.
Not only that, the Japanese army had just repaired Yangon's airport, continuously dispatched reconnaissance aircraft for reconnaissance, and also carried out air strikes on the coalition forces many times, causing considerable casualties to the coalition forces.
Destroying the Japanese air force became a top priority.
The attack on the Japanese airport was of course completed by Wei Monk. He led the special operations team and a company of the 338th Division's guard battalion led by Wang Guoxiong to Yangon to carry out this combat mission.
Monk Wei and others carried out a mission this time and brought a large number of horses with them. These horses were local and relatively short. Monk Wei and others looked uneasy and worried that these horses would not be able to bear their own weight.
There was no choice in choosing local horses. When the Yuanzheng Army set out, they also brought some horses from the north. After arriving here, they simply couldn't adapt to it. Soon after, all the horses died violently.
At that time, the Mongolian cavalry was the best in the world and dominated the Eurasian continent, but it was ineffective in Southeast Asia.
The Mongolian army attacked Vietnam three times, but they all failed because they were not acclimatized to the soil. Those northern horses ate the local moisture-rich forage, and all of them had stomachaches and could not stand up, let alone fight.
Wang Guoxiong saw the doubts of the special forces team members and said: "Captain, don't underestimate the local Burmese horses. They have extremely strong endurance, and their ability to carry weight is no problem. If you don't believe it, just ride on it and try it."
Monk Wei is very big, and riding on a horse makes you feel like you are fooling around. However, the horses are really strong and have great endurance. After Monk Wei and others tested their physical fitness, they did not feel as majestic as the tall horses in the north.
, but it does not affect their maneuverability at all.
Monk Wei and others set out. They brought a lot of empty horses with them this time, and they immediately carried a large number of mortars and mortar shells, as well as time bombs and high explosives for blasting.
Xu Dalong was worried that the special forces members would suffer heavy losses and asked them to use mortars as much as possible to deal with the Japanese airfield. Even if they could not completely destroy the enemy's airfield, they could still cause some losses to them and affect the Japanese air force in a short period of time.
of use.
Xu Dalong hoped to use this time to capture Yangon City and directly capture the Japanese airport.
In order to avoid encountering Japanese troops on the way, Monk Wei and others specially traveled on mountain trails. After more than two days of arduous trek, they finally arrived near the airport outside Yangon.