While Luo Yuesong led the reconnaissance team to reconnoiter the action route and real-time location of the Japanese 56th Division, Leng Renren and Adjutant Li led two teams and sent a number of key messages to the expeditionary force headquarters.
However, the Japanese army's rapid attack on Ren'an Qiang to encircle the First Division of the British-Burmese Army did not receive much attention. General Slamey, the commander of the British-Burmese Army, did not object to the Chairman's plan to fight the Japanese army in Mandalay.
It was because the battle could attract a large number of Japanese troops, thereby covering the British-Burmese army's retreat to British India. The British-Burmese army was only thinking about the retreat, and did not take into account the entire strategic layout.
In everything, there are gains and losses. Precisely because the British-Burmese army retreated regardless of the overall situation, the British-Burmese army did not pay attention to the intelligence detected by Lengren. Therefore, in the next few days, the British-Burmese army will be the first
When the teacher is in the most difficult situation.
Despite this, the reconnaissance team led by Leng Renren and Adjutant Li continued to follow the Japanese 33rd Division and accurately reported the location, number and equipment of each Japanese army unit.
Tropical jungle, tropical jungle, thanks to the tropical jungle, Lengren's team had many opportunities to avoid the Japanese encirclement and suppression.
Along the Lowady River, Adjutant Li led a reconnaissance team to follow a Japanese light brigade, constantly sending telegrams to report the brigade's timely position.
Almost at the same time, Qingrenren reported the news of two heavy armored brigades of the Japanese army marching towards Ren'anqiang along the road from Piaimai to Ren'anqiang.
Coupled with the constant telegram exchanges between Leng Ren and Adjutant Li, Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, judged from the detection intelligence reported by the telegraph corps that there were two people on each side of the road from the Lowady River and Pyai to Ren'anqiang.
The Chichinese reconnaissance force may have exposed its strategic intention to surround the British-Burmese Army's 1st Division and an armored brigade in Ren'anqiang.
Shozo Sakurai was very angry. He slapped the table and issued an order. The telegram was sent to the two commanders on the front line. The two commanders respectively sent two squadrons to encircle and suppress the two China reconnaissance teams that kept sending telegrams.
The hard days for Leng Renren and Adjutant Li came. The two reconnaissance detachments were chased by two Japanese squadrons, but they could not imitate the British and Burmese troops and escape. They could only sneak in between the gaps of the Japanese army.
, it is difficult to survive in the cracks and continue to complete reconnaissance and reporting tasks.
Early that morning, the reconnaissance team led by Lengren rested all night in a Burmese village. As soon as they got up, a sentry came to report.
"Batalion Commander, a group of Japanese troops are coming from a distance."
"How far away, in which direction, and how many people are there?" Lengren asked as he arranged the equipment.
"At the foot of the mountain in the southwest, there are more than 20 people, all with light weapons, searching for the village along the path."
"Well, they are here for us. They sent a telegram last night. It seems that our actions have attracted the attention of the Japanese army. I estimate that there is more than one team. Go and call Leng Feng, Shou Fu and Duan Er to come over.
quick."
"yes."
After a while, three people came over.
Lengrenren led the three of them to an open space in the village. On three sides of the open space were the village's green brick buildings built against the mountain. Below the open space was a dense shrubbery with a slope of about 45 degrees.
Lengren pointed up and down and assigned tasks: "This is a good place for an ambush. Leng Feng takes a few people and ambush in the bushes. Pay attention to disguise. You can learn from the New Fourth Army and get some fresh branches and leaves on your body and head. I
If the machine guns guarding Fu here don't fire, don't get up."
"Yes." Leng Feng agreed, and with seven or eight brothers, he got into the bushes and began to lurk in disguise.
"Duan Er, you take two brothers with quick legs and feet, go to the entrance of the village, kill two Japs and then run away. Your mission is to lure the Japs to this open space."
"As ordered." Duan Er nodded to the two brothers and took the first step.
"Shoufu called all the other brothers over there, and they all laid ambush for me upstairs, on the hillside over there, and in the house over there. When Duan Er and the others came over, they hid behind the millstone and continued shooting at the Japanese.
When the Japanese come around, follow my orders and open fire together."
"Yes." The brothers each looked for a hidden location, and in the blink of an eye they made a cage for the Japanese team, waiting for Duan Er to bring them in.