On the simple road leading to the small town of Mengong, the 200th Division of the Fifth Army, the tank regiment, the artillery regiment, and the automobile regiment were moving forward in a mighty manner. Yue Weihan's jeep was among them. As the Fifth Army moved forward,
The torrent of steel rolled forward, and in the compartment of the jeep, both Yue Weihan and Luo Zhuoying had fallen asleep.
"Creak!" Amidst the harsh sound of brakes, the jeep had stopped on the side of the road.
Yue Weihan and Luo Zhuoying woke up suddenly. When they looked closely, they saw Yue Weihan's adjutant Chu Zhongtian standing upright outside the car window. Chu Zhongtian immediately stood at attention and saluted: "General seat, the new 38th Division has occupied the secret area."
China, the 113th Japanese Infantry Regiment stationed in Myitkyina was completely wiped out, and the facilities at Myitkyina Airport were intact!"
"Okay." Yue Weihan said happily, "Sun Liren did a great job, and the New 38th Division did a great job!"
"Oh, this new 38th Division really knows how to fight." Luo Zhuoying said, "And this Sun Liren is worthy of being a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He is really good at fighting."
When saying this, Luo Zhuoying specially looked at Yue Weihan twice.
Luo Zhuoying's thoughts are very sinister. He wants to see how Yue Weihan can help him get down?
Before the New 38th Division went out for the expedition, Yue Weihan made a promise in public. As long as the New 38th Division successfully captured the Myitkyina Airport, Yue Weihan would kneel down and apologize to all the officers and soldiers of the New 38th Division in front of the 80,000 officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force!
Yue Weihan showed no reaction to Luo Zhuoying's subtle reminder, as if he had forgotten about it.
"Well, Sun Liren is indeed worthy of his reputation!" Yue Weihan smiled slightly, and then ordered Chu Zhongtian, "Zhongtian, immediately report the victory to the Military Commission and the Allied Forces Headquarters, and then to Sun Liren and all the officers and soldiers of the New 38th Division for credit."
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Yangon, headquarters of the Japanese Fifteenth Army Corps.
Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, the commander of the Corps, got up early in the morning and practiced sword skills. As soon as he took the towel from the adjutant and wiped his face, the Chief of Staff of the Corps, Major General Haruki Isayama, walked into the backyard with a dark face. He immediately put his feet back and stood at attention:
"Your Excellency, Commander, the 113th Infantry Regiment stationed in Myitkyina has been collectively shattered, and Myitkyina has also been lost!"
"What!?" Iida Shojiro suddenly turned around and said in disbelief, "The Matsui Regiment was collectively shattered?"
"Hai!" Haruki Isayama suddenly lowered his head and said solemnly, "More than 2,200 people in the Matsui Regiment are collectively shattered!"
"Haga!" Iida Shojiro said angrily, "Where is the 14th Tank Regiment? Where is Ikeda's Tank Regiment?"
Isayama Haruki shook his head and said with a ferocious expression: "Matsui Hideharu fell into the Chinese Army's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. He thought that the Chinese Army was going to attack Meng Gong Town, so he transferred the tank regiment to Meng Gong to block the main force of China. I didn't want to
The new 38th Division of the China Army suddenly appeared in Myitkyina, and the Matsui Regiment was caught off guard, and then..."
"The new 38th Division?" Shojiro Iida said solemnly, "Defeat the Chinese troops of the 214th Regiment in Ren'anqiang?"
"Hai." Isayama Haruki lowered his head suddenly and replied in a solemn tone, "It is the 113th Infantry Regiment of the New 38th Division, which defeated more than 1,000 people of the 214th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Division in Nianqiang, and
Rescued more than 7,000 British troops who were besieged by the imperial army, and more than 500 American missionaries and journalists who were captured by the imperial army."
"What? One regiment defeated more than 1,000 people of the 214th Infantry Regiment!?" Shojiro Iida said in shock, "From the perspective of combat effectiveness, this should be the elite unit of the China Army, but the elite unit of the China Army seems to be just that
Among them, apart from the Xue Yue Corps and the 39th Group Army, there seems to be only the Fifth Army. Where did this army come from?"
Isayama Haruki could only shake his head when he heard this. The Chinese army has always had various designations, emerging one after another. It is not uncommon for one unit to have multiple designations, or for multiple troops to share designations. This is unimaginable for the Imperial Japanese Army.
, although the agents of the Empire of Japan are powerful, they still cannot figure out the designation system of the Chinese army.
Immediately, Iida Shojiro hurriedly scrubbed, put on his military uniform and came to the war room of the headquarters.
Isayama Haruki took two steps forward and opened the curtain on the wall, revealing a huge military terrain map.
Iida Shojiro walked to the map in two steps and asked in a deep voice: "Isayama-kun, where have the main forces of the 18th Division and the 33rd Division that went north along the Manmei Railway reached?"
"Here." Isayama Haruki stepped forward and pointed at the map and said, "Mengyang Town is about 90 kilometers away from Meng Gong."
"Order!" Shojiro Iida gritted his teeth and said ferociously, "The 18th and 33rd Divisions must speed up their march immediately and must recapture Myitkyina within two days!"
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Imphal, British Army garrison.
After several days of rapid march, Stilwell and his party finally emerged from the tropical jungle on the India-Myanmar border.
At the British army station, Stilwell once again met Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the British-Burmese army who had "retreated" to Imphal in advance.
Admiral Alexander came from a well-known family, with a straight posture and graceful demeanor. It seems that no matter what the occasion, he will never lose his aristocratic temperament. As for his achievements, he is most proud of or the only thing he can achieve is command.
A world-famous defeat, or retreat, was the Dunkirk retreat!
Thanks to Alexander's efforts, 400,000 British and French troops safely retreated to the British island, preserving strength for the continued resistance of the British and French governments in exile.
"Oh, my friend, you look terrible."
"General Stilwell, I'm really worried that the jungles of Burma will swallow you up."
"I think your president should really fly in 20 infantry divisions to protect you."
After a few brief exchanges of greetings, Lieutenant General Slim, commander of the 1st Corps of the British-Burmese Army, Major General Wells, commander of the 1st Division of the British-Burmese Army, and Sir Smith, the Governor-General of Burma, began to ridicule Stilwell about the US government.
The British were very dissatisfied that they only sent a few generals and hundreds of advisers to the Burma battlefield but not a single infantry division.
In fact, the British people of this era generally had a complicated mentality towards Americans.
This has to start with the historical origins of the United States and Britain. From a racial perspective, the Commonwealth is the father of the Anglo-Saxon family, and the United States is just the concubine of this old guy. One day, the concubine's wings will become hard.
Wanting to start his own business, I naturally refused, so the father and son had a fight. In the end, the son won, and I had no choice but to agree to his son starting his own business.
After more than a hundred years, I finally got old. My once strong body began to decline day by day. However, the Bastard grew up vigorously and had the potential to replace me as the patriarch of the Anglo-Saxon family. Naturally, I
He would not give up the throne of the clan leader easily, but before the father and son could fight, the German family from the neighboring village came to fight first.
In order to deal with the common enemy, the father and son had no choice but to bury the hatchet and get back together. Although I had already acquiesced in the fact that the bastard would inherit the throne of the Ancru-Saxon family patriarch, I still felt uncomfortable after all, and this... this is it.
The British of the era viewed the general mentality of Americans.
In addition, a few days ago, Stilwell put pressure on the Allied Command through the US government, forcing the British and Indian troops to mobilize tens of thousands of engineers and hundreds of thousands of Indian civilians to set up a rush to repair a simple road near the Tingjiang Airport in eastern India.
This posture aroused great dissatisfaction among Alexander and other British generals, who believed that the Americans would follow the Chinese and make trouble.
Alexander immediately proposed to cancel the futile operation to repair the road, but Stilwell sternly refused.
"General Stilwell!" Alexander frowned and said in an unkind tone, "Don't you think that the Chinese Expeditionary Force can really hold on to northern Myanmar and hold on until the day when the India-Burma Highway is opened to traffic?"
Stilwell said: "If the Chinese Expeditionary Force can seize the Myitkyina Airport, I think it is not impossible."
"Seize the Myitkyina Airport?" Major General Wells shrugged and said, "Oh, God, just a group of ragtag people who were frightened by the Japanese devils? Can they also seize the Myitkyina where the Japanese army is heavily stationed?
If the Chinese army really had such combat effectiveness, it would not have lost most of the country in just one year."
Although Major General Wells's 1st Division was saved by the New 38th Division, and he was very grateful to the New 38th Division, this did not mean that he recognized the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army.
"General Stilwell, I dare to bet you that the Chinese army will withdraw to India within half a month, and will throw away all its weapons, even helmets!" Lieutenant General Slim said more, the British-Burmese Army
During the retreat, it could be described as a crushing defeat. The soldiers of the British Empire even lost their boots, let alone their guns and ammunition. How could the Chinese be any better?
When Stilwell was about to retort sternly, a graceful British female officer suddenly walked in with her hips swaying. She immediately raised her chest and head and reported to Alexander: "Sir, there is an urgent call from the Allied Command, the New 38th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
Myitkyina has been recaptured, and more than 2,000 people of the 113th Japanese Infantry Regiment stationed in Myitkyina have been wiped out!"
"What?"
"God, this is impossible!"
"No, no, no, there must be some mistake!"
"Miss Linda, did you copy the wrong message? Yes, you must have copied the wrong message!"
Alexander, Slim, Wells, Smith and others were stunned at first, and then exploded.
Whether emotionally or rationally, Alexander and others did not dare or were unwilling to believe the authenticity of this telegram. The powerful Royal Army of the British Empire lost to the Japanese army on the battlefield in Burma. China, which had been weak for centuries,
How could the army defeat the Japanese army that defeated the British army?
"Miss Linda, are the facilities at Myitkyina Airport in good condition?" Stilwell was more concerned about Myitkyina Airport.
"Oh, yes." The pretty British female officer gave Stilwell an apologetic smile and replied, "The airport facilities in Myitkyina are intact. The Allied Command has ordered Chennault's Flying Tigers to be dispatched through the Chinese government.
A squadron was stationed at Myitkyina Airport urgently."