Chapter 156: Restoring Tengchong
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The fierce gunfire sounded from time to time and rang all night. Huo Kuizhang, Song Yuhang and others were extremely surprised that the Japanese army could survive in that environment?
After a drizzle, the morning sun quietly flashed out dark clouds. Under the golden light, everything on the vibrant earth seemed extremely fresh, especially the refreshing fragrance emitted by the trees after the rain!
What was extremely inconsistent with this beautiful scenery was the town of Tengchong County, which had turned into a rubble. The originally towering ancient city walls could not withstand the high temperature of aluminum-magnesium incendiary bombs. After fierce fighting all night, the Japanese army stationed in Teng County had already lost command at dawn. The remaining Kangban Regiment of the 55th Division, the mixed command consisting of the 148th Infantry Regiment of the 56th Division and the 114th Regiment of the 18th Division sent a last broken fire to the Front Army and its respective divisions.
At 8 a.m., Song Yuhang accompanied Huo Kuizhang to inspect the ruins of Tengchong City. The high genius following him covered his nose with handkerchiefs, because there was a burnt smell floating in the ruins of the city. The burnt corpses that appeared on the roadside and in the ruins were shocking.
Song Yuhang stopped in front of the Japanese bunker that was resisting fiercely in Italy. He walked up to the top of the bunker that had been lifted and observed with great curiosity. He wanted to know how the Japanese troops inside survived?
Several soldiers who were smoking together saw a lieutenant general coming over and hurriedly got up to salute. Song Yuhang's reply made several people stunned?
Song Yuhang suddenly found that there was a soldier of his own military and local soldiers among the soldiers. He was about to ask, but suddenly he found that the soldier looked very familiar. When he looked closely, he turned out to be the "human cook" in his military kitchen. He thought that the breakfast was boiled water and biscuits...
Song Yuhang glared at the "human cook" fiercely, turned around and said to the soldiers beside him, "Did you take this bunker down?"
Among them, the famous sergeant looked around and found that he had the highest military rank. So he smiled and said, "It was our squad who exploded, but this dog was very handsome. It not only connected to the cellar and well of the house, but also connected to the tree holes on the other side of the street. We burned it twice and exploded it three times before we cleaned it."
At this time, Huo Kuizhang and a group of high-ranking officials also followed, and a major who seemed extremely capable also ran over, saluted everyone, scolded the veteran who had just said, "Smoke butt, don't talk nonsense in front of the superior!"
Huo Kuizhang seemed very satisfied with the major's performance. He called him and asked a few questions!
Song Yuhang pulled the veterans just now and jumped into the bunker together. The traces of fierce fighting in the bunker were very obvious. The bodies were dead in the tunnel. The scorched corpses were still emitting blue smoke. Various construction debris were piled up in the bunker. It showed that the bunker had not been completed yet. The inland gate and clever ventilation system of the tunnel were actually bamboo modifications. The method of burying was unpredictable. Moreover, he learned from the veteran that a Japanese reinforcement team was stationed in the bunker. He had more than 60 people. After walking a long circle, he climbed out from the opposite side of the street.
Song Yuhang took pictures of the ground and ground on his body and said to Huo Kuizhang: "Don't underestimate the Japanese people. Their ability to create and adapt. How many days has our army used flamethrowers in the first public housing in Zhai? They have actually developed fortifications that can minimize the damage to flamethrowers? And the most surprising thing is that all the materials in the Japanese army are made locally. I believe that if they were given 20 days to prepare, I am afraid that this concentrated use of special bombs would not have the effect."
Huo Kuizhang looked at the door behind the inner bunker with a small distance, and was surprised and said, "Let's burn it once. After a while, they can replenish personnel and weapons through the door. Will we burn them and replenish them?"
Song Yuhang nodded seriously. Huo Kuizhang gasped. He knew that once the castle of resurrection appeared on the rear wing of the attacking troops, it would bring a devastating blow to the attacking troops.
Fang Tian was shocked by the ventilation system that used ground green bamboo and earth to form ground gates and bamboos to extend underground. After watching, he exclaimed: "The Japanese are so amazing. They have simply put the local materials and fortifications to the limit."
Song Yuhang smiled slightly and said, "No matter how extreme it is, it cannot be compared with the permanent fortifications of reinforced concrete. Why do Japanese people need to use a lot of local materials?"
Several high-ranking leaders on the side said one after another: "Strong battles, saving, quickness, and waiting!"
Song Yuhang told Huo Kuizhang: "Japan is an island country with poor resources. Now they look very glorious. They send troops everywhere to use weapons. It can be said to be crazy, but as long as we pay attention, you will find that. In fact, the Japanese are on a downward trend. They have 300,000 troops in Myanmar. They defend the Tengchong, Longling and Songshan lines to ensure the safety of the Yunnan-Burma side and rear. They don't even have enough steel and cement? The so-called canned beef eaten by Japanese soldiers is actually made of mixed grains. Only pickles are real, and the Japanese are almost unable to consume it!"
Hahaha! Everyone, including Huo Kuizhang, burst into laughter because of Song Yuhang's remarks, miraculously captured Tengchong within the time limit of the Supreme Military Commission. The 20th Army and the First Mechanized Army, which were affiliated with, were very hardworking and making great contributions!
He Yingqin personally sent the telegram to Chiang Kai-shek's table. At this moment, outside Tengchong City, Song Yuhang, the commander of the First Mechanized Army, who was sitting in a jeep, was smiling and energetic. Xu Tuan and others could not understand the great joy that Song Yuhang showed after learning that Tengchong was recovered?
In their opinion, the two main forces, plus the two main divisions of the First Mechanized Army, were protected by the Allied Air Force and the heavy artillery brigade directly under the cover of the Allied Air Force and the army's direct heavy artillery brigade, and were only recovered after fierce fighting all night.
During the five-day fierce battle under Tengchong City, the 20th Army, including the First Mechanized Army, paid a huge casualties of more than 9,000 people, and eliminated several Japanese unsatisfied regiments. What kind of military achievements are this?
In fact, Xu Tuan didn't know that Song Yuhang had been holding his breath in his heart. Since he came to this era, although he had tried his best to fight against the Japanese invaders. From Tonggu to the Wild Man Mountain to the bloody battle of Kunming and then to the Changde attack on the Japanese Third Division, all of them fought bloody battles. Even he himself was injured and hung on the line for many times, but the troops were retreating, and they retreated again and again, which was a loss of troops and humiliation of the country.
Although today only recovered a small Tengchong, it has a different significance to Song Yuhang. The recovery of Tengchong symbolizes that the First Mechanized Army has kicked off the strategic reattack.
Just when Song Yuhang was ambitiously preparing to lead the First Mechanized Army to attack Songshan, Longling, the Chongqing side gave him a sudden brake.
The reason was that early in the morning of October 6, the Expeditionary Force headquarters sent a telegram from the Supreme Military Commission. The Song Xilian's troops of the 11th Army had already captured Longling in the early morning of this day, and the enemy in Songshan had become a turtle in the jar.
"The 11th Army captured and restored Longling? Two days ago, the enemy was still as stubborn as a rock, and it was defeated in a blink of an eye?" Song Yuhang was so surprised that he could not add to this.
Song Yuhang believed that Song Xilian would not dare to make such a big joke, Tengchong was restored and Longling was restored. So is there still a need for Songshan to attack?
Song Yuhang remembers that the purpose of attacking Songshan in history was to open up the Yunnan-Burma Highway and then connect to the India-Burma Highway. Now, facing more than 300,000 Japanese troops, it is a foolish dream to open up the Yunnan-Burma Highway and connect to the India-Burma Highway.
The Japanese now probably felt the huge threat from the Chinese Expeditionary Force from western Yunnan. According to common sense, the Japanese army should have drawn troops from Impal to ensure the safety of Myanmar in the rear.
In the evening, the 20th Army received an order for Commander-in-Chief Wei Lihuang to repair and strengthen defense on the spot, and finally notified the commanders of each army to go to the temporary location of the Huitang Expeditionary Force Command for a meeting.
Song Yuhang read the notice of the meeting of commanders of each army several times. To put it bluntly, it was just a little vanity in Song Yuhang's heart.
Looking at the approaching sixth and ninth war zones, there are many lieutenant generals and thirty-five and six-year-old chief of staff, but the lieutenant general, who is less than thirty, commands the only mechanized unit in China. Although Song Yuhang always reminds himself to be low-key and to be careful, he must be arrogant. In fact, Song Yuhang has not seen through a little bit, no matter how he acts, he is suspected of being domineering in the eyes of others. Who makes him too young? This is the specific withdrawal of a high-ranking and powerful person who is less jealous of others.
Since Longling and Tengchong were captured, the Chinese Expeditionary Force had basically completed its first phase of combat mission in order to support the British army. Therefore, Wei Lihuang naturally prepared to hold a phased summary meeting. To deploy the next phase of combat mission, we would like to inform the enemy situation and urge all departments to deal with the possible deployment and adjustments of the Japanese army.
Compared with the joyful atmosphere of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the Japanese Army's headquarters in Myanmar was so sad, with joy mixed with worry and a hint of joy mixed with worry.
It was joyfully that its main force had some achievements in Impal and Kohima, while it was worrying that the Chinese Expeditionary Force conquered Tengchong and threatened its rear security in Myanmar.
The Japanese army initially invested in the 15th Division and the 33rd Division in the direction of Impal. After the fierce battle, Japan and Britain increased their troops many times. Mountbatten, the highest commander of the British Southeast Asian Allied Forces, personally arrived in Impal to supervise the battle, and transferred the new 38th Division of the Chinese army stationed in India to Impal as a reserve force.
The two sides fought back and forth around the Impal Heights, and the blood flowed into a dark place. The British realized that they had no way out and could not retreat as calmly as they were in Myanmar. So the British and Indians fought bravely in the howling of their parents.
On October 7, when the battle situation was in a stalemate again, the Japanese army saw the opportunity to prepare and pressed the 49th Division and the chariot troops in the reserve. The Japanese went crazy, and the British were also crazy. The main force of the 15th Army under Lieutenant General Slim and the new 38th Division of the Chinese Army stationed in India were all put into the battle.
Chapter completed!