Chapter 459: Second Young Master of the Dragon Family
Xu Dalong asked Monk Wei to wait until the Japanese crossed the river, attack them, and then quickly evacuate on horseback.
The large group of Japanese troops finally arrived at the river. They were not familiar with the conditions of the river, but they saw that the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces were able to cross the river, so they also jumped into the water and walked to the other side of the river.
The Japanese soldiers were generally short in stature. They only saw the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces crossing the river smoothly, and thought they could cross the river easily. When they reached the middle of the river, they discovered that the river was actually so deep.
The river water reached their noses, and those who were shorter among the Japanese soldiers were directly submerged by the water. The Japanese soldiers panicked and ran back one after another.
Monk Wei and others had been staring at the Japanese for a long time. When they saw their miserable appearance, they set up machine guns and fired fiercely into the river. The Japanese died in pieces in the water, and the fresh snow dyed the river red.
The Japanese soldiers on the other side of the river hurriedly set up machine guns and artillery to fight back at Wei Monk and others.
Monk Wei and the others were not willing to fight, so they immediately mounted their horses and disappeared in a flash.
The Japs had just been attacked and did not dare to go down the river for a while.
After waiting for a long time and seeing that there was no movement on the other side, they began to organize the crossing of the river. The Japanese soldiers also had their own ideas. They asked the soldiers to take off their leggings, and first found a few tall people to cross the river, and then straightened their crossing legs.
Let the soldiers grab their leggings and cross the river.
After the Japanese army crossed the river, they discovered that the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces had entered the mountains. All they could see was a small group of people who stayed at the end of the group, and soon they all disappeared into the dense forest.
After the scene of crossing the river just now, the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces became more and more convinced of Xu Dalong. They would carry out any orders given to Xu Dalong without hesitation.
After this stage of running-in, the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces has been greatly improved, and they have become a very powerful force.
On this day, Xu Dalong and others continued to march. The special operations team member who was the vanguard at the front brought two soldiers from the Yuanzheng Army to see Xu Dalong.
The two Yuanzheng Army soldiers said they were from the 902nd Regiment of the 330th Division of the Expeditionary Force. Their regiment was broken up in this area and they decided to stay and look for other officers and soldiers.
For Xu Dalong, whether they are coalition troops, British troops, or even troops from the Burmese Servant Army, they are all anti-Japanese armed forces, and they can save everyone one by one.
Soon after, the scouts sent out found another Yuanzheng Army unit, led by a deputy battalion commander and more than 100 soldiers.
Under the leadership of these officers and soldiers, Xu Dalong and others successively rescued some soldiers of the Yuanyuan Army. Later, they fought a battle with the Japanese army and killed a Japanese infantry squadron. The commander, chief of staff and the 902 regiment were killed.
More than 300 of his officers and soldiers were also rescued.
Xu Dalong and others reorganized the troops and organized the coalition forces into a regiment. Xu Dalong served as the regiment leader, and Wang Fenglin, the leader of the 902 regiment, served as the deputy regiment commander. It had three battalions under its jurisdiction. The first and second battalions were Yuan Zheng.
The third battalion of the army is composed of British troops, with a total of 1,329 officers and soldiers.
Soon after, they rescued more than 400 troops from the Burmese servant army. The British commander who led the team and Tom turned out to be in the same army and were very familiar with each other.
Tom introduced him to Xu Dalong's situation and organized this Burmese servant army into the fourth battalion of the coalition forces.
On this day, Xu Dalong and others crossed Labula Mountain and were only one day away from the national border.
As the troops were very tired from long-term marching and fighting, Xu Dalong decided to rest here for a day, and then continued northward into Yunnan.
At this moment, Xu Dalong received a telegram from the commander, asking him to return to Yangon City and command the coalition forces there.
It turned out that after Xu Dalong left, the British commander sent to take over the command of the coalition forces in Myanmar. At this time, the coalition forces gathered around Yangon had exceeded 50,000 people, and they had also received weapons and equipment provided by the American army.
In addition, Xu Dalong and others have destroyed the Japanese airfield. The Japanese army has lost its air superiority. Instead, the coalition forces can receive support from the American air force taking off from Yunnan.
The main force of the Japanese army in this area was only one and a half divisions, with a total strength of less than 40,000. The British commander was very ambitious and believed that he could defeat the Japanese army and reoccupy the city of Yangon. So he deployed the Battle of Yangon.
This British commander had participated in World War I and could be said to have some combat experience. He had served as an instructor at one of the four world-renowned military academies and had strong confidence in defeating the Japanese army.
He still underestimated the powerful fighting power of the Japanese army. Even if the Japanese army could not deal with Xu Dalong, it was more than enough to defeat him. Before the Japanese army attacked Southeast Asia, the American army had already studied the British army thoroughly. They understood the British army's tactics and saw the British army.
The commander's deployment of troops has already figured out the British army's follow-up plan.
The Japanese army held on to Yangon City with half a division, placed one division on the left flank of Sunshine City, and deployed a reinforced infantry regiment to go around the right flank of the coalition forces.
After the Battle of Yangon began, the Japanese army held fast to Yangon City, and the troops on the flanks were not exposed.
The coalition forces launched a series of fierce attacks on Yangon City, and the Japanese army held on tenaciously. It took a whole week for the coalition forces to fail to capture it, and the troops were very exhausted.
At this moment, the Japanese troops on the left and right wings suddenly launched an attack on the coalition forces. The coalition forces only persisted for half a day before completely collapsing. All coalition forces suffered heavy losses, including the commander.
A British major general also became a prisoner of the Japanese army.
Guo Daming, commander of the 338th Division, and others fought tooth and nail to break through and finally escaped.
The coalition forces in Myanmar suffered such a heavy blow, and their superiors thought of Xu Dalong again, so they sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, hoping that Xu Dalong could return to Yangon City and save the coalition forces.
In order to take advantage, the British army drove away Xu Dalong, but they suffered a disastrous defeat. Seeing that they were about to lose control of Myanmar, they had to lower their stance.
The British and American troops put pressure on Guofu, asking them to contact Xu Dalong again and ask Xu Dalong to come back to take charge of the overall situation. Through the last incident, they already knew that Xu Dalong was greedy for money, so in order to get him to come back to help happily,
They directly promised to give Xu Dalong 300,000 pounds and 200,000 gold, and sent aerial bombs worth 500,000 gold and aviation equipment worth 200,000 gold to Xu Dalong's aviation fleet.
To be honest, Xu Dalong is really too lazy to get involved in the affairs of these guys. The coalition forces are too complicated. The feeling of leading these guys to fight is completely different from that of leading the Mawushan guerrillas to fight.
.It’s really laborious, and even feels like it’s beyond your capabilities.
For the sake of pounds, meters, and white flowers, Xu Dalong reluctantly returned to Yangon City again.
Xu Dalong showed the telegram sent by his superiors to Wang Fenglin and his four battalion commanders, solicited their opinions, and said that if they were willing to continue to Yunnan, he could ask his superiors for approval.
The officers are all smart people. If they can follow Xu Dalong to Yunnan, their life will definitely be fine. But if they go to Yunnan by themselves, they will be separated from the original army, and there will definitely be no good fruits in the investigation. Instead of this,
It's better to follow Xu Dalong and fight back.
They all expressed their determination to obey Xu Dalong's command and follow him back to Yangon City.
Xu Dalong got in touch with Guo Daming and inquired about the situation there in detail. Guo Daming was very happy to hear that Xu Dalong had resumed his role as the commander of the coalition forces and urged him to come over quickly.
Xu Dalong did not set off immediately. He believed that the strength of the coalition forces originally in Myanmar was already insufficient. After this disastrous defeat, the strength was even more stretched. It was too difficult to deal with the powerful Japanese army with such strength.
So he sent a telegram to Guofu, asking them to send some reinforcements into Burma.
In addition to the Yuanzheng Army, Guofu could not send more troops for reinforcements for a while. Later, they thought of the Yunnan Army, so they sent a telegram to the King of Yunnan, asking him to send troops into Myanmar and obey Xu Dalong's instructions.
Command and complete combat missions in Myanmar.
Even though the King of Yunnan has conflicts with Guofu, he is still very supportive of the anti-Japanese war. Myanmar borders Yunnan. If the Japanese army controls Myanmar, they can send troops to attack Yunnan at any time. For the King of Yunnan, he can stabilize the situation in Myanmar.
, which is also very beneficial to him.
So he agreed to the request of the Kokang government and sent a division of the Yunnan Army, plus an artillery battalion, into Myanmar via the Kokang area.
After Xu Dalong got in touch with the Yunnan King, he led the coalition troops of his regiment to Laojie to meet the Yunnan Army troops.
Long Guoyu, the division commander of the Yunnan Army, was the second son of the King of Yunnan. He had heard of Xu Dalong's name a long time ago. When the Yunnan Army was dispatched this time, he took the initiative to request to lead his troops to Myanmar because he wanted to fight with Xu Dalong and learn from him.
tactics.
Long Guoyu is 28 years old this year and looks very talented. He comes from a wealthy family and is young, so he naturally exudes the aura of a noble man.
He heard that Xu Dalong was very young and was a little unconvinced. Although he had heard about Xu Dalong's remarkable achievements, he thought that he should have no problem fighting against the Japanese army.
This young man never forgets to enjoy everything he has since he was a child. After arriving at the old street, he checked into a luxurious hotel.
When he heard that Xu Dalong was coming, even though his superiors had clearly ordered Xu Dalong to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he still put on airs and did not go to greet Xu Dalong. Instead, he waited for Xu Dalong to come to see him.
Xu Dalong came to Laojie just to lead the Yunnan Army division into Burma to fight the Japanese. He didn't care about Long Guoyu's attitude, so he came to visit him personally.
When Long Guoyu heard that Xu Dalong was coming, he decided to give him a scare first.
He did not go out to greet him, but sat in the suite, waiting for Xu Dalong to come to see him first.
Xu Dalong arrived at the hotel, and Long Guoyu's adjutant came out to greet him and took him into Long Guoyu's room.
After Xu Dalong entered the door, he saw a young major general sitting in the middle, and several colonels sitting next to him.
Seeing Xu Dalong come in, the colonels stood up politely, but Long Guoyu sat there without even raising his head.
Xu Dalong didn't care, he walked up with a smile and said, "Are you General Long?"
Long Guoyu stood up lazily.
Xu Dalong stood at attention and saluted, and said: "Xu Dalong, captain of the Mawushan Guerrilla Brigade."
Long Guoyu casually raised his arm and said: "Long Guoyu, commander of the Sixth Division of the National Revolutionary Army Yunnan Army."
Monk Wei, Wang Fenglin and the British Army Major who were following Xu Dalong all respected Xu Dalong. Seeing Long Guoyu's arrogant attitude, they all looked ugly.
Xu Dalong didn't pay attention and introduced Monk Wei, Wang Fenglin and others to Long Guoyu.
Long Guoyu looked down on these little people, and only when he saw British Major Tom, his face showed a hint of enthusiasm.
Xu Dalong was completely different from him. When the officers of the Yunnan Army introduced themselves, Xu Dalong greeted them very warmly and showed due respect to them. Therefore, he also won the favor of those officers.
Long Guoyu noticed this and felt a little unhappy. He felt as if he was being outdone by Xu Dalong in terms of temperament. His attitude was also better than before.
He said: "Captain Xu, in order to welcome your arrival, I have already prepared a banquet. Let's have a drink later."
To be honest, the military situation on the front line was so fierce that Xu Dalong had no intention of drinking here. However, he was familiar with the rules of the Guo Army and knew that these people pay attention to the scene.
He didn't refuse and said with a smile: "Thanks then."
The banquet started, but Long Guoyu still kept showing off and did not take the initiative to ask Xu Dalong for a drink. Xu Dalong took the initiative to toast him every time.
Xu Dalong still didn't care. He was neither humble nor arrogant, and always maintained his enthusiasm.
After drinking for three rounds, everyone started talking casually. Xu Dalong was knowledgeable, cheerful, talked and laughed, and impressed everyone with his conversation and behavior.
Long Guoyu originally thought that Xu Dalong was just a tomboy who had never read a book. He did not expect that Xu Dalong's knowledge and demeanor were so outstanding, and he had to look at him with admiration.
He felt very uncomfortable and deliberately looked for trouble.
He asked: "Your Eighth Route Army doesn't even have a military rank, so it can barely be considered a regular army. What level do you have as the captain of a guerrilla brigade?"
Xu Dalong said calmly: "He is considered to be at the regimental level in the Eighth Route Army."
Long Guoyu said: "I heard that you are quite good at fighting. How come you have only now reached the official league level? Is it because your boss doesn't value you, or is it because your previous legends are worth something?"
Hearing this, Xu Dalong felt a little unhappy, but he still had a smile on his face and didn't say anything else.
Monk Wei had long been displeased with Long Guoyu, and he said: "Sir Long, what's wrong with our Lord Long being a regiment-level official? He has destroyed many Japanese divisions, and the guerrillas have exceeded 100,000 troops.