Xu Dalong asked Monk Wei to wait until the Japanese crossed the river, attack them, and then quickly evacuate on horseback.
The large group of Japanese troops finally arrived at the river. They were not familiar with the situation of the river, but they saw that the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces were able to cross the river, so they also jumped into the water and walked to the other side of the river.
The Japanese soldiers were generally short in stature. They only saw the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces crossing the river smoothly, and thought they could cross the river easily. When we reached the middle of the river, we realized that the water was so deep.
The river water reached their noses, and those who were shorter among the Japanese soldiers were directly submerged by the water. The Japanese panicked and ran back one after another.
Monk Wei and others had been staring at the Japanese for a long time. Seeing their embarrassed appearance, they set up machine guns and fired into the river. The Japanese soldiers died in the water, and the fresh snow dyed the river red.
The Japanese soldiers on the other side of the river hurriedly set up machine guns and artillery to fight back at Wei Monk and others.
Monk Wei and the others were not reluctant to fight, so they immediately mounted their horses and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
The Japs had just been attacked and did not dare to go into the river for a while.
After waiting for a while and seeing that there was no movement on the other side, we started to organize the crossing. The Japanese soldiers also had an idea. They asked the soldiers to take off their leggings, find a few tall people to cross the river first, and then straightened the crossing legs, and asked the soldiers to hold on to the leggings and cross the river.
After the Japanese army crossed the river, they discovered that the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces had entered the mountains. All they could see was a small group of people who stayed at the end of the team, and soon they all disappeared into the dense forest.
After the scene of crossing the river just now, the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces became more and more convinced of Xu Dalong. They would carry out any orders given to Xu Dalong without hesitation.
After this stage of running-in, the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces has been greatly improved, and they have become a very powerful force.
On this day, Xu Dalong and others continued to march. The special forces team member who served as the vanguard brought two soldiers from the Yuanzheng Army to see Xu Dalong.
The two Yuanzheng Army soldiers said they were from the 902nd Regiment of the 330th Division of the Expeditionary Force. Their regiment was broken up in this area and they decided to stay and look for other officers and soldiers.
For Xu Dalong, whether it is the coalition forces or the British troops, even the troops of the Burmese servant army, they are all anti-Japanese armed forces, and they can save every one.
Soon after, the scouts sent out found another Yuanzheng Army unit, led by a deputy battalion commander and more than 100 soldiers.
Under the leadership of these officers and soldiers, Xu Dalong and others successively rescued some soldiers of the Yuanyuan Army. Later, they fought a battle with the Japanese army and killed an infantry squadron of the Japanese army. They also killed the commander, chief of staff and the 902 regiment. More than 300 of his officers and soldiers were also rescued.
Xu Dalong and others reorganized the troops and organized the coalition forces into a regiment. Xu Dalong served as the regiment leader, and Wang Fenglin, the commander of the 902 regiment, served as the deputy regiment commander. It had three battalions under its jurisdiction. The first and second battalions were Yuan Zheng. The third battalion of the army is composed of British troops, with 1,329 officers and soldiers in the regiment.
Soon after, they rescued more than 400 troops from the Burmese servant army. The British commander who led the team and Tom turned out to be in the same army and were very familiar with each other.
Tom introduced him to Xu Dalong's situation and organized this Burmese servant army into the fourth battalion of the coalition forces.
On this day, Xu Dalong and others crossed Labula Mountain and were only one day away from the national border.
As the troops were very tired from long-term marching and fighting, Xu Dalong decided to rest here for a day, and then continued northward into Yunnan.
At this moment, Xu Dalong received a telegram from the commander, asking him to return to Yangon City and command the coalition forces there.
It turned out that after Xu Dalong left, the British commander sent to take over the command of the coalition forces in Myanmar. At this time, the coalition forces gathered around Yangon had exceeded 50,000 people, and they had also received weapons and equipment provided by the American army. Supplement, and Xu Dalong and the others have destroyed the Japanese airport. The Japanese army has lost its air superiority. Instead, the coalition forces can receive support from the American air force taking off from Yunnan.
The main force of the Japanese army in this area was only one and a half divisions, with a total strength of less than 40,000. The British commander was very ambitious and believed that he could defeat the Japanese army and reoccupy Yangon City. So he deployed the Battle of Rangoon.
This British commander had participated in World War I and could be said to have some combat experience. He once served as an instructor at one of the world's four major military academies and had strong confidence in defeating the Japanese army.
He still underestimated the powerful combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. Even though the Japanese army couldn't deal with Xu Dalong, it was more than enough to beat him. Before the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia, they had thoroughly studied the British and American armies. They understood the British army's tactics and had already figured out the British army's follow-up plan after seeing the deployment of troops by the British commander.
The Japanese army held on to Yangon City with half a division, placed one division on the left flank of Sunshine City, and deployed a reinforced infantry regiment to go around the right flank of the coalition forces.
After the Battle of Yangon began, the Japanese army held fast to Yangon City, and the troops on the flanks were not exposed.
The coalition troops launched successive fierce attacks on Yangon City, but the Japanese troops held on tenaciously. It took the coalition forces a whole week to capture it, and the troops were very exhausted.
At this moment, the Japanese troops on the left and right wings suddenly launched an attack on the coalition forces. The coalition forces only persisted for half a day before completely collapsing. All coalition forces suffered heavy losses. Even the commander who served as commander A British major general also became a prisoner of the Japanese army.
Guo Daming, commander of the 338th Division, and others fought tooth and nail to break through, and finally escaped by chance.
The coalition forces in Myanmar suffered such a heavy blow, and their superiors thought of Xu Dalong again, so they sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, hoping that Xu Dalong could return to Yangon City and save the coalition forces.
In order to take advantage, the British army drove away Xu Dalong, but they suffered a disastrous defeat. Seeing that they were about to lose control of Myanmar, they had to lower their stance.
The British and American troops put pressure on Guofu and asked them to contact Xu Dalong again and ask Xu Dalong to come back and take charge of the overall situation. Through the last incident, they already knew that Xu Dalong was greedy for money. In order to get him to come back to help happily, they directly promised to give Xu Dalong 300,000 pounds and 200,000 meters in gold, and sent Xu Dalong's aviation team worth 500,000 pounds. Aerial bombs worth 10,000 meters of gold and aviation equipment worth 200,000 meters of gold.
To be honest, Xu Dalong really didn't bother to get involved in these guys' affairs. The coalition forces are too complicated. The feeling of leading these guys to fight is completely different from leading the Mawushan guerrillas to fight. It’s really laborious, and even feels like it’s beyond your capabilities.
For the sake of pounds, rice dollars, and white flowers, Xu Dalong reluctantly returned to Yangon City again.
Xu Dalong showed the telegram sent by his superiors to Wang Fenglin and his four battalion commanders, solicited their opinions, and said that if they were willing to continue to Yunnan, he could ask his superiors for approval.
The officers are all smart people. If they can follow Xu Dalong to Yunnan, their life will definitely be fine. But if they go to Yunnan by themselves, they will be separated from the original army, and there will definitely be no good fruit to eat in the end. Instead of doing this, it is better to follow Xu Dalong and kill him back.
They all expressed their determination to obey Xu Dalong's command and follow him back to Yangon City.
Xu Dalong got in touch with Guo Daming and asked about the situation there in detail. Guo Daming was very happy to hear that Xu Dalong had resumed his role as the commander of the coalition forces, and urged him to come over quickly.
Xu Dalong did not set off immediately. He believed that the strength of the coalition forces originally in Myanmar was already insufficient. After this disastrous defeat, the strength was even more stretched. It was too difficult to deal with the powerful Japanese army with such strength.
So he sent a telegram to Guofu, asking them to send some reinforcements into Burma.
In addition to the Yuanzheng Army, Guofu could not send more troops for reinforcements for a while. Later, they thought of the Yunnan Army, so they sent a telegram to the King of Yunnan, asking him to send troops into Myanmar and obey Xu Dalong's instructions. command and complete the combat mission in Myanmar.
Although the King of Yunnan had conflicts with Guofu, he still supported the anti-Japanese war. Myanmar and Yunnan bordered each other. If the Japanese army controlled Myanmar, they could send troops to attack Yunnan at any time. For the King of Yunnan, being able to stabilize the situation in Myanmar is also very beneficial to him.
So he agreed to the request of the Kokang government and sent a division of the Yunnan Army, plus an artillery battalion, into Myanmar via the Kokang area.
After Xu Dalong got in touch with the Yunnan King, he led the coalition troops of his regiment to Lao Street to meet the Yunnan Army troops.
The division commander of the Yunnan Army, Long Guoyu, was the second son of the King of Yunnan. He had heard of Xu Dalong’s name a long time ago. When the Yunnan Army was dispatched this time, he took the initiative to lead his troops to Myanmar because he wanted to fight with Xu Dalong and learn from him. tactics.
Long Guoyu is 28 years old this year and looks very talented. He comes from a wealthy family, and at a young age, he naturally exudes the aura of a noble man.
He heard that Xu Dalong was very young, and he couldn't help but be a little unconvinced. Although he had heard about Xu Dalong's remarkable achievements, he thought that he should have no problem fighting against the Japanese army.
This young man never forgets to enjoy everything he has since he was a child. After arriving at the old street, he checked into a luxurious hotel.
Hearing that Xu Dalong was coming, even though his superiors had clearly ordered Xu Dalong to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he still put on airs and did not go to greet Xu Dalong. Instead, he waited for Xu Dalong to come to see him.
Xu Dalong came to Laojie just to lead the Yunnan Army division into Burma to fight the Japanese. He didn't care about Long Guoyu's attitude, so he came to visit him personally.
When Long Guoyu heard that Xu Dalong was coming, he decided to give him a scare first.
He did not go out to greet him, but sat in the suite, waiting for Xu Dalong to come to see him first.
Xu Dalong arrived at the hotel, and Long Guoyu's adjutant came out to greet him and took him into Long Guoyu's room.
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After Xu Dalong entered the door, he saw a young major general sitting in the middle, and several colonels sitting next to him.
Seeing Xu Dalong come in, the colonels stood up politely, but Long Guoyu sat there without even lifting his head.
Xu Dalong didn't care, he walked up with a smile and said, "Are you General Long?"
Long Guoyu stood up lazily.
Xu Dalong stood at attention and saluted, and said: "Xu Dalong, captain of the Mawushan Guerrilla Brigade."
Long Guoyu casually raised his arm and said, "Long Guoyu, commander of the Sixth Division of the National Revolutionary Army Yunnan Army."
Monk Wei, Wang Fenglin and the British Major who followed Xu Dalong all respected Xu Dalong, and they all looked ugly when they saw Long Guoyu's arrogant attitude.
Xu Dalong didn't pay attention and introduced Monk Wei, Wang Fenglin and others to Long Guoyu.
Long Guoyu looked down on these little people. Only when he saw Tom, the British major, did his face show a hint of enthusiasm.
Xu Dalong was completely different from him. When the officers of the Yunnan Army reported their homes, Xu Dalong greeted them very enthusiastically and showed due respect to them. Therefore, he also won the favor of those officers.
Long Guoyu noticed this and felt a little unhappy. He felt as if he was being outdone by Xu Dalong in terms of magnanimity. His attitude was also better than before.
He said: "Captain Xu, in order to welcome your arrival, I have already prepared a banquet. Let's have a drink later."
To be honest, Xu Dalong has no intention of drinking here because of the fierce military situation on the front line. However, he is familiar with the rules in the Guo Army and knows that these people pay attention to the scene.
He didn't refuse and said with a smile: "Thanks then."
When the banquet started, Long Guoyu still kept showing off and did not take the initiative to ask Xu Dalong for a drink. Xu Dalong took the initiative to toast him every time.
Xu Dalong still didn't care. He was neither humble nor arrogant, and always maintained his enthusiasm.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone started talking casually. Xu Dalong is knowledgeable, cheerful, chatting and laughing, and his conversation and behavior impress everyone.
Long Guoyu originally thought that Xu Dalong was just a tomboy who had never read a book. He did not expect that Xu Dalong's knowledge and demeanor were so outstanding, and he had to look at him with admiration.
He felt very uncomfortable and deliberately looked for trouble.
He asked: "Your Eighth Route Army doesn't even have a military rank, so it can barely be considered a regular army. What level do you have as the captain of a guerrilla brigade?"
Xu Dalong said calmly: "He is considered to be at the regimental level in the Eighth Route Army."
Long Guoyu said: "I heard that you are quite good at fighting. How come you have only reached the official league level now? Is it because your boss doesn't value you, or is it because your previous legends are worth something?"
Hearing this, Xu Dalong felt a little unhappy, but he still had a smile on his face and didn't say anything else.
Monk Wei had long looked at Long Guoyu with displeasure, and said: "Sir Long, what's wrong with our Master Long being a regiment-level official? He has destroyed many Japanese divisions, and the guerrillas have exceeded 100,000 troops. .”
