The chief of staff said: "Xu Dalong is like this, he will never disappoint anyone."
The commander knew that Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others were concerned about Xu Dalong, so he sent a telegram to Li Yunlong and others.
Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others also cared about Xu Dalong, but they never worried about Xu Dalong, because in their minds, Xu Dalong was omnipotent, and the little devil was no match for him.
I heard that Xu Dalong went to Southeast Asia and actually made such a big name, and everyone was happy for him.
Chu Yun'er was also very concerned about Xu Dalong's situation. She came to see Zhao Gang every three days. When she heard that Xu Dalong was safe and sound, she was deeply happy for him.
Lin Xueying also cared about Xu Dalong. Although she knew Xu Dalong's abilities, she couldn't help but feel worried about him when she couldn't see him in person.
The father understood his daughter's concerns and asked about Xu Dalong's situation for her.
Lin Xueying felt at ease after hearing that Xu Dalong was safe and sound.
The happiest person is Zhang Wanhe.
Xu Dalong and others sold the equipment of an infantry division and a large amount of Japanese weapons and equipment, and cooperated with the Yue Nan guerrillas to seize some assets from the Japanese army. The money has been sent back to the base area.
Zhang Wanhe has already received more than 2 million yuan from the middle. He has the same idea as Zhao Gang and others, and he does not want Xu Dalong to stay in the base area honestly.
Zhang Wanhe heard that Xu Dalong went to Myanmar again, and hoped that he would send good news, but he was not sure how much benefit he could get this time.
In front of the coalition forces, Monk Wei led the special forces as the vanguard. That morning, Monk Wei heard gunshots coming from the front, and immediately sent someone to notify Xu Dalong, and then he took the special forces to the front to conduct reconnaissance.
Soon after, Monk Wei brought back a soldier from the Burmese Servant Army. The Burmese Servant Army was the Burmese army recruited when the British ruled Burma. It was under the jurisdiction of the British army, and the main officers above the regiment were all British.
This soldier is a messenger of the Second Regiment of the Burmese Servant Army. This regiment originally cooperated with the British army in fighting, but was later dispersed during the battle with the Japanese army. Now it leads the remnants of the second regiment, more than 600 people, to escape to this area.
It was discovered by the Japanese army and is currently in the midst of a fierce battle.
Xu Dalong led the main officers of the regiment to the front to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. They saw that around a village in front, there were seven or eight hundred Japanese troops fighting with the village's defenders.
Xu Dalong saw that the number of Japanese troops was small, so he planned to annihilate them all.
According to Xu Dalong's deployment, Li Changchun's First Battalion and Wei Monk's special forces set up an ambush in the hilly area north of the village.
After Li Changchun and Wei Monk led the troops to leave, Xu Dalong estimated the time and believed that Li Shaochun and others had arrived at the designated position. He personally led the second battalion from the left side of the village, and Gross led the third battalion to launch an attack on the Japanese army from the right side of the village.
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The Japanese army was fighting with the Burmese slave army in the south, and the coalition forces suddenly came out from both sides and caught them by surprise.
Seeing how powerful the enemy's troops were, the Japanese army retreated hastily towards the north.
Xu Dalong and Gross led their troops in hot pursuit, putting great pressure on the Japanese army.
The Japanese troops were in a panic. They were eager to escape and just rushed on, without noticing the danger hidden in front of them.
After the Japanese army entered the ambush circle arranged by Li Changchun, Wei Monk and others, the coalition officers and soldiers suddenly opened fire, knocking the Japanese soldiers off their feet.
Monk Wei led a special force and a platoon of coalition soldiers to establish a machine gun position in the north, blocking the Japanese retreat.
Xu Dalong and Gross led the main force over, and together with the troops of the first battalion led by Li Changchun, they launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army. After 40 minutes of fierce fighting, the Japanese army was completely annihilated.
The rescued Burmese servant army troops were soon incorporated into the coalition forces and formed the fourth battalion of the coalition forces.
Soon after, the coalition forces continued to move north to rescue the 923rd Regiment of the Yuanzheng Army.
The coalition troops went all the way north, fighting several battles in the middle, annihilating many Japanese and puppet troops, and rescuing many scattered officers and soldiers of the Yuanzheng Army, the British Army, and the Burmese Servant Army.
The number of coalition troops continued to grow. When they arrived near the temporary station of the 923rd Regiment of the Expeditionary Force, Xu Dalong's coalition troops had reached 5,300 people. They continued to win battles. The officers and soldiers were well-equipped and had high morale. This temporary formation
The combat effectiveness of their troops has even exceeded that of their original organized troops.
Xu Dalong contacted Wang Zhaoxiang, the leader of the 923 regiment, via the radio and discussed the battle plan with him.
Wang Zhaoxiang had received an order from his superiors, requiring him to temporarily accept Xu Dalong's command. He made preparations for the attack in accordance with the battle plan deployed by Xu Dalong.
The 923 regiment was besieged by a Japanese infantry regiment. Facing such a large number of Japanese troops, if Xu Dalong was leading Ma Wushan's guerrillas, he would annihilate them without hesitation.
However, he was commanding a temporarily formed coalition force after all. He could not confront the Japanese army head-on. He had to find a way to disperse the main force of the Japanese army so that they could be defeated one by one.
Xu Dalong first moved the main force of the coalition forces to the vicinity of the main force of the Japanese army and quietly ambush him. Then he sent a telegram to Wang Zhaoxiang, the leader of the 923rd Regiment, asking him to act as planned.
After receiving the order, Wang Zhaoxiang immediately led all the remaining officers and soldiers of the 923rd Regiment to break out of the encirclement to the west.
The Japanese commander learned that Yuanzheng Army's troops were breaking out to the west and immediately mobilized troops to intercept them.
The Japanese troops around the wing headquarters left one after another. At this time, only the wing headquarters, its directly affiliated teams and two infantry squadrons were left in the east.
Seeing that the main force of the Japanese army had been transferred, Xu Dalong immediately led the main force of the coalition forces to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army.
The Japanese army was caught off guard, and the commander of the regiment was killed on the spot. The regiment headquarters and directly affiliated units, including the artillery units under the regiment, were completely annihilated by Xu Dalong and others.
Immediately afterwards, the coalition forces concentrated their forces to attack the Japanese army on the left, and soon they were completely defeated.
When the Japanese troops on the right saw that the wing headquarters and other Japanese troops had been defeated, they did not dare to fight and evacuated in a hurry.
Wang Zhaoxiang led the remaining officers and soldiers of the 923rd Regiment finally out of the mountains and forests and met Xu Dalong. Wang Zhaoxiang said excitedly: "Sir Xu, thank you so much. I originally thought I was going to die in a foreign country this time, but I didn't expect that Chief Xu was a magic soldier."
General Tian saved me and my brothers. I, Wang Zhaoxiang, will never forget this kindness."
Wang Zhaoxiang and his officers stated that they would resolutely obey Xu Dalong's command and incorporated the troops of the 923rd Regiment into the coalition forces.
After rescuing the 923rd Regiment, Xu Dalong got in touch with the commander of the 338th Division of the Yuanzheng Army.
Currently, the 338th Division is also fighting fiercely with the Japanese army. He hopes that Xu Dalong can lead the coalition troops to come over for reinforcements as soon as possible.
Xu Dalong did not directly lead the coalition forces to go for reinforcements. He knew that the actions of such a large coalition force had already attracted the attention of the Japanese army. At this moment, I am afraid that a large number of Japanese troops were rushing towards the coalition forces.
Before completing the mission of rescuing the 338th Division of the Expeditionary Force, he first had to consider the survival of the coalition forces themselves.
In order to get rid of the surveillance of the Japanese army, Xu Dalong immediately led the troops to move. He believed that the Japanese army must have guessed that the coalition troops would join the troops of the 338th Division and would pursue and intercept them on the road. Therefore, he did not lead the coalition troops to march directly to the north.
, but first went west into the deep mountains and old forests. He planned to make a big circle, and then continue north.
The Japanese army attached great importance to the sudden appearance of this coalition force. They not only sent many scouts on the ground, but also sent reconnaissance aircraft in the air to search.
Xu Dalong and others were very careful. When marching during the day, they were always in dense forests. When they needed to cross open areas, they would choose to move at night.
In this way, Xu Dalong and others walked more than 140 kilometers in one breath, escaped the tracking of the Japanese army, and disappeared from the sight of the Japanese army.
In order to avoid electronic reconnaissance by the Japanese army, Xu Dalong and others did not turn on the radio for several days and kept the radio silent. When they arrived near the 338th Division, they turned on the radio and made contact with the 338th Division.
Guo Daming, the commander of the 338th Division, has been unable to contact Xu Dalong at all in the past few days. He is very worried that the coalition forces have been annihilated by the Japanese army.
Now his troops are facing heavy pressure from the Japanese attack. If he can't contact the coalition troops today, he plans to lead his troops to retreat to Savage Mountain and return home.
Just when he was about to issue a retreat order, the communications staff officer ran over with a telegram.
He said excitedly: "Master, I have contacted Commander Xu and the others. The coalition troops have arrived near our division, 12 kilometers away from us."
After reading Xu Dalong's telegram, Guo Daming said: "This Xu Dalong really lived up to his reputation. He came to Myanmar with only a small force of a few dozen people, and now it has grown to a force of 6,000 people, and he also annihilated so many Japanese troops along the way.
It’s not an exaggeration to call him the God of War.”
The chief of staff also said: "This Xu Dalong once helped the 9th War Zone and the 5th War Zone fight many great victories. Under his men, he defeated several Japanese divisions. I really want to see what this kind of person is like.
"Three heads and six arms."
The officers of the 338th Division heard that Xu Dalong was coming, and they all wanted to have a look at him.
The news spread to the soldiers of the 338th Division, which greatly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers.
The passage to the 338th Division had been blocked by the Japanese army. Xu Dalong was temporarily unable to meet with Guo Daming, so they communicated through the radio and discussed the battle plan.
Although Guo Daming was a very proud general of the Guo army, he knew that his tactical level was definitely not as good as that of Xu Dalong. Xu Dalong fought against the Japanese army and could easily annihilate a Japanese division.
The 338th Division faced an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, but was beaten to the point of being cowardly and passive. Therefore, he did not care about the issue of face and expressed his obedience to Xu Dalong's command.
Xu Dalong knew that the generals of the Guo army could fight tough battles, but their tactics were relatively rigid and they were incapable of complex tactics.
The combat mission he assigned to the 338th Division was to concentrate the main force to attack the Japanese army. When the Japanese army tried its best to block them, Xu Dalong took the opportunity to lead the coalition troops to launch a surprise attack from the flank.
Early that morning, Guo Daming commanded the troops of the 338th Division, and under the cover of fierce artillery fire, launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army.
The Japanese army has always been in an offensive posture, and the troops of the 338th Division are passively defensive. Their attack caught the Japanese army by surprise, and the Japanese army hurriedly mobilized troops to conduct a frontal blockade.
Just as the Japanese army concentrated all its main forces to resist the 338th Division head-on, the main force of the coalition forces led by Xu Dalong divided into two groups and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army from the left and right wings.
The Japanese army was caught off guard, and the rearguard troops were quickly defeated by Xu Dalong and others. Then their baggage troops and artillery troops were quickly annihilated by the coalition forces.
The Japanese brigade commander did not expect that such a large enemy force would suddenly appear from behind. He was caught off guard. Unable to resist, he led his troops in a hasty retreat.
Xu Dalong knew that the coalition troops in his hands could not defeat a Japanese infantry brigade. After pursuing for a certain distance, he stopped when he was ready and led his troops back to meet with Guo Daming.
Guo Daming and others were originally very passive under the attack of the Japanese army, but these days they are very angry.
Xu Dalong and others had just arrived and fought a great victory. In this battle, at least four to five thousand Japanese troops were annihilated, which made them feel bad.
After Guo Daming saw Xu Dalong, he first exchanged military salutes with Xu Dalong, then stretched out his hands to hold Xu Dalong's hand, and said excitedly: "Captain Xu, I have heard about the name for a long time, and it is like thunder in my ears. I can't believe that the famous anti-Japanese hero is so young.
Man, I have lived so long in vain, I am really ashamed!"
Next, Xu Dalong also greeted the other officers of the 338th Division one by one.
Guo Daming and others hosted a banquet in honor of Xu Dalong. After a short rest, everyone held a combat meeting at the headquarters of the 338th Division to discuss the next combat action.
Gross has now also made contact with the British troops through the radio. He also participated in this meeting. At the meeting, he proposed to rescue the besieged British troops first.
Xu Dalong understood his feelings and said that it was necessary to rescue the British troops. However, given the current situation, it was not the right time and it was not suitable to rescue them directly. All aspects must be considered.
Xu Dalong already has a combat plan, but the coalition forces are complex in composition. Whether it is the British army, the Guo army or the Burmese servant army, they all have their own tactical characteristics, and the quality of the troops is also different. Xu Dalong cannot formulate more complex tactics.
Otherwise, there will be a lack of cooperation between the various forces, and problems in any link on the battlefield may lead to the failure of the entire campaign.
When Xu Dalong formulated the battle plan, he tried to simplify the steps of the battle as much as possible.