After the U.S. Navy achieved a decisive victory in the Battle of Midway, Japan lost more than half of its main battleships. However, until 1943, the U.S. military had not fully gained control of the Pacific. The Japanese military had shifted its focus to the Pacific battlefield. Earlier in China,
A large number of elite troops within the territory were also transferred to the Pacific Theater.
At this time, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were conducting island hopping operations, fighting the Japanese army one island at a time. In order to completely defeat the Japanese army, China, the United States, and Britain reached an agreement and decided to preset the future main battlefield of the Far East operation in China.
mainland.
The troops and horses were not moved, but food and grass were sent first. Both the United States and the United Kingdom began to deliver strategic materials to the Chinese battlefield. The United States, in particular, not only sent its aviation fleet to help China seize air supremacy in the Yunnan and Burma battlefields, but also transported a large number of Chinese soldiers and American strategic materials to the Chinese station in India.
At the same time, the preset battlefield in mainland China requires more strategic materials, which requires opening up land transportation channels. At this time, most of the Yunnan-Burma Highway is still under the control of the Japanese army. In order to forcefully cross the Nu River and counterattack Yunnan-Burma
, Stilwell proposed the construction of the Sino-Indian Liduo Highway, which was agreed by high-level officials in the United States and strongly supported by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of China.
With the efforts of more than 15,000 U.S. soldiers using a large number of bulldozers and other modern construction equipment, and with the cooperation of more than 20,000 Chinese civilians carrying hammers, the Liduo Highway has finally made significant progress, and has almost opened up the China-India Highway.
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As the United States airlifted a large number of landing craft and artillery and armored vehicles to Yunnan, the 20th Group Army and the 11th Group Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were actively preparing to forcefully cross the Nu River.
That morning, Commander-in-Chief Wei Lihuang stood in front of the map at the headquarters of the 20th Group Army. After examining it for a long time, he pointed to several place names on the map along the Nu River and said: "Lushui, Bingchacha, Bingzhongluo, Zhizi
Luo, and Laomudun, these places have been explored by our army's reconnaissance troops and are very suitable places for crossing the river. There is still no clear information about what happened to the famous Luo Yuesong's reconnaissance team on the west bank of the Nujiang River.
, the intelligence of the fortress is not clear yet, and the deployment of Japanese troops on the other side of the river is still unclear. Send me a telegram to them, and start reconnaissance immediately. Be sure to give me detailed information within a month, otherwise, let us
How could such a large-scale cross-river battle plan be designated?"
"Yes." The deputy chief of staff agreed and immediately went to the confidential room in person to prepare to send a telegram to the military command station in Longling.
After receiving the telegram, Longling Station immediately made an emergency call to Lieutenant Colonel Yang Ying's radio station. However, the special operations team's radio station was usually not turned on. The Longling Station kept calling intermittently for two days, but there was no reply.
Longling has been occupied by the Japanese army for nearly a year, and the radio station at Longling Station has long attracted the attention of the Japanese Army Special High School. Therefore, Longling Station does not dare to call continuously for a long time, and even after calling here,
You also have to change locations to make calls.
It wasn't until the third day, during a routine inspection of the special operations team's radio, that Lei Hang turned on the radio.
"Didi, didi, didi, didi, didi." After sending and receiving telegrams for a while, Lei Hang quickly translated the telegram and hurriedly ran to deliver it to Lieutenant Colonel Yang Ying.
"Return the call immediately. Lieutenant Colonel Luo has personally led a team to enter the fortress for reconnaissance. The reconnaissance team is responding. It is expected that the Nujiang reconnaissance plan will be implemented in ten days." Yang Ying ordered.
"Lieutenant Colonel Yang, do you want to talk to Captain Hu?" Lei Hang asked.
"Captain Luo is not at home, so of course we have to discuss it with Captain Hu. Let's go together."
After meeting Biaozi, Biaozi immediately agreed to Yang Ying's plan and ordered Lei Hang to call back quickly.
After Lei Hang left, Yang Ying and Biaozi discussed forming a team to go to Songshan Fortress to meet Luo Yuesong. Just at this time, Douzi came back and reported to the two officers what he and Brother Chao had detected.
After careful discussion, it was decided that Biaozi would lead the team with ten brothers. Captain Zhu, with the assistance of seven or eight guerrillas, went to Brother Chao's location to prepare for Luo Yuesong. Yang Yingze stayed behind with Nurse Lan.
Soldiers who have fully recovered from their injuries.