If the formation of the expeditionary force is a game of chess, then there seem to be more players who are qualified to make moves in this game, including Lao Jiang, Shaoshuai Zhang, Ouyang Yun, Long Yun, and perhaps the British, French and Japanese. People, if there are too many people making moves, the chess game will definitely be chaotic, and the result will naturally be cloudy and foggy for a while, making it difficult to see clearly. This is what Ouyang Yun wants,
From the issuance of an order to the serious formation of the expeditionary force and its departure to the front line, this process lasted nearly 50 days. In terms of the composition of the troops, the Northeast Army was not mixed at all. The named troops all gathered in Guizhou, and then Then they marched into Yunnan. After resting for a week in Kunming, the Northeast Army established a general headquarters in Pu'er City. Except for the 2nd Cavalry Corps stationed in Pu'er, the other three army armies passed the Yunnan-Burma Highway under the leadership of their respective commanders. Heading towards Yangon, the capital of Myanmar,
This time the Northeast Army really pulled out its old roots. In contrast, the Xuebing Army was much more conservative. It was finally determined that the Western Expedition would consist of six divisions and two independent brigades. Among them, Guo Da's old The First Xue Division and Chu Tiange's First Guerrilla Division and the Second Guerrilla Division were organized into the First Army of the Western Expedition, with Army Commander Chu Tiange and Deputy Army Commander Guo Da, while Huang Haifu's First Mountain Division and the 1st Army from Hainan The Second Mountain Division and the Third Mountain Division were organized into the Second Army of the Western Expedition. Ouyang Yun was appointed commander and Huang Haifu was appointed deputy commander. Two independent brigades were formed, namely the Unity Brigade and the Langya Langtou Regiment. The Jungle Special Artillery Brigade, and then the Western Expedition Special Artillery Brigade, which was formed by drawing key members from the First Special Artillery Brigade, the Second Special Artillery Brigade and the Special Warfare Section, with Huang Hua as the brigade commander.
It took nearly a month for the Northeastern Army's Western Expedition to complete its assembly, but it only took a week for the Xuebing Army. While the various units of the Northeast Army were rushing to the assembly point in Guizhou, the Xuebing Army had already begun training. , and at the same time, the 13th Xue Division of the Fifth Xue Army led an engineering regiment on military trucks and rushed towards Chongzuo City with lightning speed.
Currently stationed in Chongzuo is the newly established 206th Division of the Central Army. Division Commander Song Yi,
Xue Thirteenth Division went directly from Zhanjiang to Qinzhou City. They stayed in Qinzhou for half an hour. After greeting the local Gui army, they rushed to Chongzuo non-stop. When they arrived at Liuqiao Town in Chongzuo, it took only seven days. When I was young, the main barracks of the 206th Division was in Liuqiao Town. There were brigades and regiments of troops stationed in this barracks. When the pathfinding scouts from the 13th Division discovered this barracks, there were nearly 4,000 soldiers inside. The officers and soldiers were divided into three groups and were sitting on the playground watching the instructor explain American firearms. There was also a group of officers and soldiers who were conducting design training at the shooting range three thousand meters away.
"Division commander, we found a barracks ahead. What should we do next?" Yu Deli, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, immediately reported the news to the division commander Yang Chuntai and asked for instructions on the next step.
"Be polite first, then fight." Yang Chuntai's answer was simple,
"yes."
Liuqiao Military Camp is located in the mountains and fields two kilometers north of Chongqin Highway. A dirt road connects to Chongqin Highway through the east gate of the military camp. One hundred and fifty meters away from the east gate, the 206th Division has set up a In Luka, Yang Chuntai and a dozen of his subordinates appeared in front of the national army soldiers stationed in Luka on two-wheeled and three-wheeled motorcycles, startling them. Inside the fortifications built with sandbags on both sides of Luka, The two machine gunners immediately prepared for battle. At the same time, the squad leader, a sergeant, walked out of the simple post box and asked: "Who are you and what are you doing? Don't you know this is an important military area?"
When he was still seven or eight meters away from the road card, Yu Deli waved his hand and ordered the car to stop. Then, he Shi Shiran stepped down from the sidecar of the three-wheeled motorcycle, took two steps forward and said, "Brother, we are from the Thirteenth Military Academy." Division, we have been ordered by Shangfeng to come to take over Chongzuo Defense. Here is the order document and my ID." As he said that, he stepped forward and handed an order document and his ID to the squad leader.
"Xue Bing Army." When they heard this term, the National Army soldiers were a little confused. After all, they had heard too many legends about this term from newspapers and from their comrades. No matter how the Chongqing government defined Xue Bing Army, There is one thing they cannot hide, that is, today's Xuebing Army has long become a strange thing on the anti-Japanese battlefield. Several soldiers of the national army couldn't help but start to look at Yu Deli and the others, and look at their faces. Looking at the oil paint on their bodies, looking at the camouflage uniforms and military boots on their bodies, and then looking at the Wei Qing assault rifles held in their arms or slung on their backs, I couldn't help but straighten up.
206 As an art division under construction, the cultural quality of the officers and soldiers is relatively high. The squad leader read the order document and the text on Yu Deli's certificate without any hindrance. He smacked his mouth twice and said to Yu Deli: "Batalion Commander Yu Deli. , I can't make the decision on this matter, please wait a moment, I will report it to my superiors immediately."
Yu Deli seemed very tolerant. He turned his left wrist to look at his watch and said, "Okay, we'll wait here."
The squad leader saluted him, went back to his post, rang the phone, and began to report to the superiors level by level.
Song Yi, the commander of the 206th Division, was not in the military camp at this time. The person in charge of the military camp affairs was the division chief of staff Du Dehai. Du Dehai was in the office looking through the instructions about American-made ordnance sent from Chongqing. The phone suddenly rang. He picked up the phone and called I heard the loudspeaker blast: "Chief of Staff, something bad has happened. The Xuebing Army is coming to kill you."
"What." Du Dehai was shocked, stood up and shouted: "What is going on, please tell me clearly."
The caller was Vanke, the brigade commander of the 206th Division's New 116th Brigade. After receiving the report from his subordinates, he realized that the matter was not trivial. He temporarily assembled his own security company and rushed to Luka's place. He said breathlessly on the phone. : "Suddenly dozens of soldiers came outside the east gate of the military camp. They submitted a document saying that they were ordered by the Central Military Commission to accept the defense of Chongzuo. Chief of Staff, I have asked clearly that they are from the Fifth Military Academy. The Thirteenth Academic Division under the jurisdiction of the army has a commander named Yang Chuntai."
Du Dehai frowned and thought to himself that I had not received an order from the Central Military Commission. Could it be that the telegram was sent directly to the division commander? After thinking about it, he said: "Don't act rashly. I want to confirm with the division commander."
"Chief of Staff, how do you reply to them?"
"Just say that we haven't received the order to go up to the peak yet."
"yes."
Du Dehai quickly contacted Song Yi. He made several calls in succession, but was told that the teacher's seat was not here. He was about to call the Ningming County barracks, but found that the phone suddenly could not be reached.
When Du Dehai was contacting Song Yi, at the roadside outside the east gate of Liuqiao Military Camp, as the roar of engines from the east became louder and louder, Vanke, who was accompanying Smiley Face and Yu Deli in a friendly manner, looked eastward. , his face suddenly changed, the first thing that caught his eyes was an armored vehicle, then two, and then three. In less than three minutes, more than a dozen armored vehicles drove into his sight, "This, This, what is your army trying to do?" Vanke finally couldn't hold back the smile on his face, and his face darkened as he asked Yu Deli,
Yu Deli still maintained a warm smile on his face, but the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up with a hint of arrogance. He said nonchalantly: "This is the forward force of our Thirteenth Division, which we learn from the Thirty-seventh Brigade. Brigadier Wan, come here, let me introduce you."
Vanke gritted his teeth, secretly cursing Du Dehai for not coming out as a director, and said, "Battle Commander Yu, I just said that our army has not received the order to go up to the peak. This is too deceiving. If Your army will be fully responsible for any misunderstandings or unpleasant things that happen as a result."
(Old poisoner: I have a cold, so I can only try to stay calm)