The Japanese army continued to march, and from time to time they encountered attacks by small groups of coalition forces on the road. They either attacked the vanguard of the Japanese army, or attacked the Japanese troops on guard. Sometimes they also used mortars to shell the Japanese baggage troops from a distance. This made the Japanese army miserable.
Within a day, small groups of coalition forces launched dozens of attacks on the Japanese army, and the Japanese army was exhausted. They gradually adapted and began to underestimate the enemy again. They believed that the enemy did not have large troops in this area and only used small groups to slow down the speed of Japanese reinforcements.
Guo Daming led his troops to continuously attack the Japanese army, forcing the Japanese army to constantly ask for reinforcements.
The Japanese reinforcements have become accustomed to attacks by small groups of coalition forces. They placed more security troops around them, which can effectively prevent small groups of coalition forces from interfering with the marching group. They speed up their march to rescue the surrounded Japanese troops as soon as possible. .
Seeing that the fire was almost over, Xu Dalong led the main force of the coalition forces to set up an ambush.
The Japanese army finally entered the ambush circle of the coalition forces. This time, Xu Dalong and others chose a more favorable terrain. They occupied the hillsides on both sides of the road, and opened fire fiercely at the Japanese army from a high position.
The mountains are steep in many places, and the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces did not need to use any force. They could just throw the grenades from the sky and fall into the crowd of Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese army was surrounded in the valley and was attacked from both sides by the coalition forces. Because they were attacked from both sides, it was difficult for them to find bunkers. It could be said that they were completely exposed to the firepower of the coalition forces.
It didn't take long for most of the Japanese troops to be annihilated. The remaining Japanese troops were stubbornly resisting on a small high ground on the hillside. Xu Dalong commanded the troops to conduct artillery bombardment.
The area of the hill occupied by the Japanese army was too small. Every shell falling on it would kill a group of Japanese officers and soldiers. The Japanese troops had nowhere to hide, and soon after, almost all of them died under fierce artillery fire.
Half an hour later, the battle was over.
In this ambush battle, the casualties of the coalition forces reached 800. The most important casualties came from the initial attack on the Japanese army by a small group of troops.
Despite this, more than 6,000 Japanese troops were annihilated at the cost of 800 people. This battle loss ratio is still something to be proud of.
Guo Daming and others received a telegram from Xu Dalong and others. They learned that they had killed the main force of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army. The officers and soldiers of the 338th Division could not sit still.
People compete for trees and bark, Buddha competes for a stick of incense, and people compete for breath. Guo Daming and others surrounded an infantry regiment of the Japanese army with more than 10,000 people. After such a long period of fighting, the Japanese army has suffered many losses. If they cannot be eaten, all the officers and soldiers of the 338th Division will have no place to put their faces.
Determined to eat the surrounded Japanese army, Guo Daming made combat arrangements, and then launched a general attack on the Japanese army under the cover of artillery fire.
After so many days of attrition, the Japanese army was already stretched thin. Facing the attack of tens of thousands of Yuanzheng Army soldiers, they could not withstand the attack, and the defensive position was quickly breached. After more than an hour of street fighting, the officers and soldiers of the 338th Division completely annihilated the surrounded Japanese troops.
When troops of the Japanese 22nd Division were ambushed, they also sent telegrams to their superiors asking for help.
The Japanese reinforcements coming out from the direction of Tam Meng, after hearing that the troops of the 22nd Division had been annihilated, were afraid of being ambushed, so they withdrew.
Seeing that the obstacles to rescuing the British troops were cleared, Xu Dalong and Guo Daming led the main force of the coalition forces to Mi Zhi Na to rescue the British troops there.
The surrounded British commanders were very worried that Xu Dalong and the others would not be able to arrive with reinforcements within a week. They did not expect that in just three days, Xu Dalong and the others had defeated two Japanese infantry brigades and were already on their way to rescue them.
The British commanders couldn't help but be very happy and immediately informed their troops of the good news.
When the surrounded British officers and soldiers heard the good news, their morale increased and their confidence to persevere was enhanced.
That evening, the Japanese army suddenly launched a large-scale artillery bombardment on the British position.
The British commander was a little surprised because the Japanese army had been attacking during the day these days. He didn't understand why the Japanese army was so crazy. Are they going to attack at night?
The shelling continued for a while, but the Japanese infantry did not launch an attack.
The commander of the British army felt puzzled and reported the situation to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong received the telegram and quickly understood.
He immediately sent a telegram back to the British commander, saying that the Japanese army wanted to escape. It was obvious that the Japanese army had learned that two infantry brigades had been annihilated, and knew that the coalition troops would definitely come to rescue the British army.
In order to avoid being attacked from both sides and facing the same fate as the two previous infantry brigades, the Japanese troops will definitely leave the battlefield in order to protect themselves. They launched artillery attacks on the British army just to create the illusion that the Japanese army was trying to protect themselves and prevent the British army from launching an attack.
The British commander believed that what Xu Dalong said was reasonable, so he organized a reinforced battalion to be ready to attack at any time. The Japanese bombardment stopped, and the British scouts discovered that the Japanese army had retreated.
The British commander immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and a reinforced battalion of British officers and soldiers chased out.
The Japanese army retreated hastily, unwilling to fight, and fled. The British officers and soldiers killed more than 200 Japanese soldiers and finally got a breath of bad blood.
Soon after, the coalition troops of Xu Dalong, Guo Daming and others joined the British troops.
After rescuing the British troops, the coalition troops stationed themselves in Mi Zhi.
Both the Yuanzheng Army and the British Army sent messengers to contact the scattered troops scattered in this area and asked them to gather in the direction of Mizui. The main force took the time to rest and recuperate.
The coalition troops rested in Mixina for ten days. Scattered troops from the Yuanzheng Army, the British Army and the Burmese Servant Army arrived one after another. The coalition troops assembled in Mixina reached more than 40,000 people.
Xu Dalong seized the time to reorganize his troops and reorganized the British troops gathered here into two regiments, the Burmese Servant Army into one division, and all the Yuanzheng Army troops were incorporated into the 338th Division.
After Xu Dalong's proposal, Wang Guoxiong was promoted to deputy battalion commander of the 338th Division Guard Battalion.
After completing the reorganization, Xu Dalong requested to leave Myanmar and return to the Mawu Mountain base.
Before Xu Dalong's arrival, the coalition forces were no match for the Japanese army. They were beaten to pieces and almost completely destroyed.
Now it is not easy to have such a brilliant commander as Xu Dalong, and his prestige is very high. The generals of both the British Army and the Yuanzheng Army are willing to obey his command, and the coalition forces can also be twisted into a rope. Demonstrate strong combat effectiveness.
In this case, if Xu Dalong left, they would immediately become a mess, and what was waiting for them would still be defeated or eliminated by the Japanese army.
When Xu Dalong proposed to say goodbye and leave at the coalition meeting, the generals of the British Army and Yuanzheng Army looked at each other, and they all asked Xu Dalong to stay.
Xu Dalong said that he was willing to fight side by side with everyone here, but his mission had been completed. His decision to stay or go was not up to him and he had to wait for instructions from his superiors.
The generals of the British Army and the Yuanzheng Army all expressed that they would seek instructions from their superiors and hoped that Xu Dalong could stay and continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
After the meeting, Xu Dalong was ready to go back to rest.
Monk Wei said: "Master Long, do you really want to leave here now? I saw that if you leave, these people will not be convinced by each other and will collapse soon."
Xu Dalong smiled and said, "Who said I'm leaving now?"
Monk Wei asked: "Since you don't want to leave now, why did you propose this matter at the meeting?"
Xu Dalong said: "Our brothers have traveled thousands of miles to come here to help the Guo army and the British army fight. Are we still working in vain?"
Monk Wei immediately laughed when he heard this and said: "You are right. We have rescued so many Guo and British soldiers, but these guys are so stingy that no one said they wanted to give money. They If we don’t get some benefits, we might as well just go back and forget it. With this time, we can rob a lot of money back from the little devils.”
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Monk, you are getting worse and worse now."
Monk Wei smiled and said: "I didn't learn it from you. Even our Commissioner Zhao Zheng has learned to be so greedy for money from you now."
Xu Dalong sent a telegram to the commander while chatting with Monk Wei.
Taiyue Military Region Headquarters.
When the commander saw the telegram sent by Xu Dalong, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Xu Dalong is a boy who really refuses to suffer any losses and never misses any opportunity to extort money."
The chief of staff smiled and said: "I think Xu Dalong did the right thing. We can't take advantage of Guofu and the British in vain."
Soon after, the commander received instructions from his superiors, asking him to inform Xu Dalong to temporarily stay in Myanmar and serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
The commander followed the contact information given to him by his superiors and sent a telegram back to Guofu, saying that the enemy situation in Shanxi was now serious and that Xu Dalong was urgently needed to return to Shanxi to take charge of the work in the Mawushan base area. Therefore, Xu Dalong was asked to hand over the coalition troops to Guofu or the British army and return to the Mawushan base as soon as possible.
The Guofu side was very puzzled. In the past, in order to establish a united front, the underground party basically responded to the Guofu side's requests in terms of combat. This time was so unpleasant that they couldn't understand it for a moment.
In order to find out the truth of the matter, Guofu asked the generals who had dealt with Xu Dalong in the Ninth War Zone about Dalong's situation.
After thinking for a while, the Chief of Staff of the Ninth War Zone quickly understood and said to the people sent by the Equalization Committee: "That guy Xu Dalong is a militant. The enemy situation in Myanmar is so serious now. He should not be able to do it." He missed the opportunity to attack the Japanese army. The reason why he asked to leave should be because he didn't get any benefits. That guy is good at everything but greedy for money. If you want to keep him fighting in Myanmar, it will definitely be no problem to give him some money."
The people sent from above understood now and went back to report to Shangfeng. Shangfeng sent a telegram to the commander, saying that he was willing to pay Xu Dalong 500,000 yuan, and also reminded the British army to also give Xu Dalong some benefits. As a result, the British army was also willing to pay 300,000 pounds.
The commander reluctantly sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, and Xu Dalong reluctantly agreed to serve as the temporary commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
Zhang Wanhe and Zhao Gang like to hear this kind of news the most. They are now starting to wonder, how much will each of them get when Xu Dalong comes back?
The enemy situation in Mixina was very serious. The Japanese army deployed two divisions to attack Mixina from the directions of Mengcheng and Yangon respectively.
Not only that, the Japanese army had just repaired Yangon's airport, continuously dispatched reconnaissance aircraft for reconnaissance, and also carried out air strikes on the coalition forces many times, causing considerable casualties to the coalition forces.
Destroying the Japanese air force became a top priority.
The attack on the Japanese airport was of course completed by Monk Wei. He led the special operations team and a company of the 338th Division's guard battalion led by Wang Guoxiong to Yangon to perform this combat mission.
Monk Wei and others carried a large number of horses on this mission. These horses were local and relatively short. Monk Wei and others looked uneasy and worried that these horses could not bear their own weight.
There is no way to choose a local horse. When Yuanzheng's army set out, they also brought some horses from the north. After arriving here, they were not used to it at all. Soon after, all the horses died suddenly.
At that time, the Mongolian cavalry was the best in the world and dominated the Eurasian continent, but it was ineffective in Southeast Asia.
The Mongolian army attacked Vietnam three times, but ultimately failed due to acclimatization. Those northern horses ate the local forage with high moisture, and all of them became upset and could not stand up, let alone fight.
Wang Guoxiong saw the doubts of the special operations team members and said: "Captain, don't underestimate the local Burmese horses. They have extremely strong endurance and have no problem with their load-bearing ability. If you don't believe me, just try riding on them."
Monk Wei is very big, and he feels like he is fooling around while riding on the horse. However, the horses are really strong and have great endurance. After Monk Wei and others tested their physical fitness, although they did not feel as majestic as the tall horses in the north, it did not affect their maneuverability at all.
Monk Wei and others set out. They brought a lot of empty horses with them this time, and they immediately carried a large number of mortars and mortar shells, as well as time bombs and high explosives for blasting.
Xu Dalong was worried that the special forces members would suffer heavy losses and asked them to use mortars as much as possible to deal with the Japanese airfield. Even if they could not completely destroy the enemy's airfield, they could still cause some losses to them and affect the Japanese air force in a short period of time. of use.
Xu Dalong hoped to use this time to capture Yangon City and directly capture the Japanese airport.
In order to avoid encountering Japanese troops on the way, Monk Wei and others specially traveled on the mountain roads. After more than two days of arduous trek, we finally arrived near the airport outside Yangon.
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