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Fierce fighting into the evening, the retreat of the Japanese Tanabe detachment became the last straw that crushed the Japanese garrison of Sai Gongfang, looking at the troops who fought and retreated at night, Saito Moriji almost wanted to cry without tears, although the troops he commanded in this battle were as many as 17,000 people, but these more than 17,000 people were from four divisions, two garrison brigades and nine units, every meeting would give him a headache.
At this time, Saito Moriji did not resent Otada Yukio for losing the most important position on the left flank pass, which caused the defense to collapse, and what he hated was the descendants of Tanabe, a small trader from Osaka, and the unauthorized retreat of the Tanabe detachment made the counterattack planned by Saito Moriji a failure.
Saito Moriji decides that when he returns to Tengchong, he must let that damn coward know how good he is.
Just when Saito Moriji was screaming that Tanabe would pay the price, Tanabe, who adhered to the principle of striking first and being strong, had already crossed the radio level and directly added fuel to the front army headquarters to report the so-called Tanabe report The Chinese Expeditionary Force was chasing and killing the rout of the Japanese army all over the mountains, Huo Yuzhang let out a long sigh of relief after putting down the binoculars, sat on the chair and thumped his legs that were already numb, and squeezed out a difficult smile on his face and said to Zhou Fucheng: "Send a report to the Chief of the Guard, and to the Supreme Military Council."
At 18 o'clock today, our unit has forcibly broken through the defensive position of the Japanese army on the first line of Zhaigongfang, and is now clearing out the stubborn enemy, and quickly launching in the direction of Tengchong with an elite army to attack and advance. ” Huo Yuzhang's second telegram was to ask Chongqing for the "Flying Tiger Flag" for the three armies participating in the war When the 20th Group Army was fighting fiercely in Zhaigongfang, the 70,000 people of the 11th Group Army occupied the front line of the Huitong Bridge after forcibly crossing the Nu River, and then gathered heavy troops to complete the battle encirclement of Longling, among which Song Yuhang was most worried about the big and small Songshan were all in the encirclement of the 11th Group Army.
Song Yuhang, who ascended to the pass of Zhaigongfang, saw Zhang Tiansheng with a gunpowder face, although Zhang Tiansheng had a pretended relaxed expression.
But Song Yuhang knew that it was not easy to win this battle.
The morale of the Mountain Infantry Brigade was still high after several days of arduous trekking, and today's fierce battle made everyone's face show a feeling of tiredness.
In this battle, our army killed more than 9,000 enemy Kou, and the enemy was wounded and captured, but our attack troops also suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties of nearly 20,000 people were a bit unacceptable in Song Yuhang's view, but in Huo Yuzhang's view, it was completely acceptable not to mention the danger of attacking the enemy, only nearly 10,000 enemies were annihilated.
Defeating thousands and quickly opening the road to Tengchong was enough to appease the Supreme Military Council of Chongqing, and I believe that it was worth paying another 10,000 people for this.
After seizing the pass of the Saigong house.
The First Mechanized Army of Song Yuhang finally had a place to use.
The mountainous and jungle-rich Yunnan-Burma region is indeed very unsuitable for large-scale mechanized troops.
But since ancient times, the soldiers have been surprising.
The more precipitous it is, the more unsuitable it is for the mechanized corps to operate in the area.
Often, a small number of mechanized troops can play a vital role.
However, Song Yuhangdi's view remains to be confirmed.
The Twentieth Army was forced to rush.
The 11th Army then prepared to launch an offensive against the Japanese troops on the front line of Longling.
The Chinese expedition can be described as a rainbow of momentum, and it is progressing rapidly.
However, the Allied command continued to urge the Chinese expedition to launch an effective offensive against the Japanese in Burma.
All this proves Song Yuhang's previous assumption.
Enpart, which was heavily encircled by the Japanese, seemed to be in a precarious position.
Really.
The attack was carried out by the 15th Division of the Japanese Army in Imphal. 33rd Division. 49th Division. and a chariot unit.
Air cover was provided by the 5th Flight Division.
It adopted the plan of Isomura Takeliangdi, deputy chief of staff of the Burmese Front, to advance steadily and steadily.
The Japanese 15th Division's Ground Advance Search Wing crossed the Chintun River on 24 September.
Lord Mountbatten, commander-in-chief of the British Southeast Asian Army, learned of the news that the Japanese army had crossed the Chindun River.
Immediately visit the headquarters of the 14th British Army.
After listening to the military briefing of the commander of the army group, Slimdi.
Mountbatten decided: to put the western part of the Chindun River along the border for defensive troops.
Retreat to the heights near Imphal for defense.
Keep the Japanese attacking troops as far away from the nearest supply base as possible.
Increased the difficulty of replenishing Japanese troops.
As a result, the Japanese army was not only forced to fight with its back to the wide Chimdun River.
It is also necessary to make it impossible to see each other from beginning to end.
The 4th and 33rd armies under the command of Lieutenant General Slim of the British 14th Army, which were the main forces of the Allied forces.
Mountbatten personally went down to each infantry battalion to inspect it.
The importance of Imphal was the fate of the British army in India.
Imphal's stockpiling of supplies and its strategic location left the British in a battle with aggressive little Japan.
The morale of the British army was low after the great defeat.
And the formation of Indian troops in the interior does not seem to be working hard.
This has a lot to do with the Japanese clever use of the propaganda of the Indian nationalist regents Bosdi.
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Moreover, the Japanese army also re-armed more than 20,000 Indian soldiers captured in Southeast Asia and Burma.
In the British war history, Indian soldiers are often described in sharp and caustic terms such as vulnerable, overwhelmed, lazy, and ineffective, but in fact the performance of the Indian soldiers in the British army against the Japanese did make the British officers who trained and commanded them ugly.
The officers and soldiers of the Indian Grand National Army were all from the Japanese prisoner camp, and these former Japanese prisoners, sheep-like guys, burst out with a terrifying combat power that shocked the Japanese when they faced their own people.
These Indian traitors, who were equated with Chinese traitors, defeated the main force of the Anglo-Indian 7th Infantry Brigade at Sanshak at night with a battalion of troops.
The officers and men of the Anglo-Indian Seventh Infantry Brigade, who thought they had been attacked by the Japanese army at night, ran all over the mountains.
The British, shocked and ashamed, began to look for the gap between themselves and the Japanese army, and why a group of stupid pig-like soldiers immediately became heroic and good at fighting when they arrived at the Japanese In the ensuing battle, although the British army struggled to support with the full support of the Allies, the strongholds on the outskirts of Imphal were still lost one after another.
On 28 September, the Japanese 33rd Division attacked the Bisimpur area, about 20 kilometers southwest of Imphal, blocking the southern access to Imphal.
At the same time, the Japanese 15th Division captured Mi Xuan between Imphal and Kohima, blocking the northern passage of Imphal, while the Japanese 49th Division served as the central counterforce.
The 24th Brigade, which was slowly approaching Imphal and intending to implement a strategic division of Imphal, followed the Front Command with the independent mixed 24th Brigade and waited for the British to expose their Achilles' heel.
The British were in contact with the Japanese around Imphal, and they had the posture of a major battle of 300 rounds, but whether it was Slim, the commander of the British 14th Army, or Mountbatten, the commander-in-chief of the British Southeast Asian Army.
They were all attracted by the fierce battle in Imphal, but Kohima, who was equally important to Imphal, did not pay enough attention and attention.
The 53rd and 54th Divisions of the Japanese captured Kohima and were lightly armed and ready to wait for the Imphal direction to start, and then turned to raid Kohima, a vital supply center.
This plan was the core of the plan of Isomura Takeliang, deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Burmese Front, because Isomura Takeliang clearly knew that it was too reluctant to maintain the logistics supply of the attacking army with the Burmese supply capacity, no matter how hard the logistics system tried, how many supply centers were added.
It can only guarantee the supply of the attacking army for half a month, and the risk of taking Imphal quickly is too great, so Isomura Takeliang planned this hand to attack the west, in order to confuse the British army, the core of Isomura Takery's plan was only known in advance by the commander Kawabe Shozo.
The Japanese army played a very beautiful trick at the tactical level, but it caused a sensation at the strategic level.
While the main force of the Japanese army was dripping with joy on the Prancing Horse in Imphal, the progress of the attack of the Chinese Expeditionary Force attracted the attention of the commander of the Burmese Front, Shozo Kawabe.
On September 28, the Zhou Fucheng Division of the 53rd Army and the Tianbu of the 54th Army had begun to arrange the encirclement of Tengchong County.
As a participant in this campaign.
Song Yuhang came to the headquarters of the 20th Group Army in Gaoliba, and after Huo Yuzhang saw that all the officers above the regiment level had arrived, he nodded to a capable colonel and staff officer, and said, "You can start" After the colonel first saluted everyone, he introduced himself: "Contemptible Chen Zhishen, the staff officer of the General Operations Office will introduce the specific information of Tengchong to the commanders. ” "Chen Zhishen" Zhao Zhenfan, who was sitting next to Zhou Fucheng, said in surprise: "I remember that he was Liao Yaoxiang's classmate, and he was one of the best in the number of soldiers in the 6th phase of the Central School back then, how did he become a staff officer?"
Zhou Fucheng saw Song Yuhang looking at the two curiously. glared at Zhao Zhenfan fiercely.
Zhao Zhenfan immediately fell silent, but their conversation made Song Yuhang have a strong interest in Zhishen.
I saw Chen Zhishen pick up a baton and walk to the sand table.
Lang said: "Tengchong County has been built since the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, and its city walls are built with Qingfang boulders.
After more than 500 years, it is still exceptionally strong.
The city wall is divided into four gates, each with a majestic tower, the attic guards the door, and the gate is covered with cast iron pulp.
In addition, Tengchong is regarded as a permanent defensive position under the management of the Japanese Black Wind Team, although it is not a step by step fortress, but the entire city wall is a fortification is a fact, after more than half a year of planned construction, regardless of the four mountain barriers on the periphery, that is, Tengchong County itself is a permanent fortification system with reasonable layout and solid structure. ” After listening to Chen Zhishen's introduction, the officers present began to talk one after another, and all the commanders who participated in the attack knew that the defense of Tengchong County was indeed relatively strong, but they did not expect it to be so strong, if they attacked with simple infantry, the casualties of the troops were probably unimaginable.
Zhao Zhenfan couldn't help but ask loudly: "Staff Officer Chen, although the geographical location of Tengchong is very important, it is not important enough for the Japanese army to gather heavy troops, since the Japanese army gathers heavy troops for defense, then Tengchong's fortifications may not be as strong as you say, I personally think you are alarmist, I doubt that the Japanese army can create a so-called fortress cluster in Tengchong, if there is such a strong fortification, I believe that a wing of the Japanese army can drag our army for dozens of days, if even Tengchong is fought for dozens of days, I'm afraid that Imphal's big British nose will be dead long ago. ” Zhao Zhenfan's words made the officers who had just been frightened by Chen Zhishen's introduction suddenly fall into a discussion, but the commander of the group army, Huo Yuzhang, did not have the slightest intention of interfering, this way Huo Yuzhang has learned the cunning and cruelty of the Japanese, the Japanese are not only cruel to the enemy, but also extremely cruel to their own people, those machine gunners who were locked in bunkers or trees, the corpses of snipers made Huo Yuzhang shudder after the inspection.
All the information in Tengchong was provided by the Expeditionary Force Headquarters and the allied forces, and the authenticity was naturally unquestionable, how to gnaw Tengchong's bone at the smallest cost, Huo Yuzhang kept thinking in his heart, and today he planned to listen to the opinions of the people below.
Chen Zhishen smiled slightly at Zhao Zhenfan, and then said: "Why did the Japanese army build such strong fortifications in Tengchong, that is, with a small number of troops, with many and strong fortifications, to hold the Yunnan-Burma border defense line, with the intention of blocking the offensive of our army, since Japan launched the Pacific War, the Japanese army forcibly occupied the vast land in Southeast Asia in one go, and its strength was no longer enough to allocate defense, especially in the domestic battlefield, our army contained nearly two million Japanese troops, and the Japanese army could use very few troops in the South Seas, Therefore, wherever the soldiers must fight, the Japanese army will build a solid defensive position, in a vain attempt to one as a hundred, with a hundred as a thousand, the Japanese army took the risk of gathering more than 300,000 heavy troops in Burma, intending to take the Indian town of Imphal, one to open the door to attack India, the other is to completely cut off the allied aid to China, the Japanese Burma Front Commander Kawabe Shozo and his people are strange and resourceful, according to this person is bound to gather part of the troops to be deployed in the Yunnan-Burma defense line, delay our army's offensive, to solve the victory of the Imphal jurisdiction of the division against the main force of our expeditionary force, Therefore, the Tengchong and Longling fronts are the main battlefields between our army and the Japanese army, and if our army can quickly break through the Japanese defense line, then the Japanese army will inevitably transfer part of the troops to Imphal, and we can also achieve the role of reinforcement and containment. ” Chen Zhishen paused and continued: "Although Tengchong County is small, it is full of fortresses all over the city, and even streets and alleys, or large houses and houses, all of which have built fortifications, even if my counterattack army captures the next few fortress groups, it will not be helpful for the overall defense, and according to intelligence, Tengchong and its surroundings are deployed with more than 15,000 people, mainly the Japanese Black Wind team, this battle will be very difficult in my opinion, and my attacking troops will suffer heavy casualties." ” In the midst of everyone's discussions, Huo Yuzhang stood up and said: "What Staff Officer Chen introduced today is what I want to tell you, Tengchong is connected to Longling here, if our army can't take Tengchong as soon as possible and cut off the Japanese army's access to reinforce Longling, then it will inevitably affect the attack of friendly forces on Longling." ” Huo Yuzhang propped his hands on the table and said, "I will find you today, I just want to hear your suggestions."
Chen Zhishen's previous intelligence summary gave the officers present a preliminary impression that none of the commanders of the units under the 20th Group Army were sure that they would take the initiative to attack such an enemy force. ” The atmosphere in the venue suddenly became weird: