Monk Wei continued: "Sir Long, how many men and horses do you have in one division, and how many Japanese soldiers have you killed? Is a division commander so great? When the commander of the theater commander's department meets my Lord Long, he must call him brother."
"You are so rude. Why are you interrupting when the superiors are talking?" Long Guoyu was very embarrassed by what Monk Wei said, and he couldn't help but become a little angry.
The Chief of Staff of the Yunnan Army saw that something was not right in the atmosphere and was worried about the situation, so he came out to smooth things over and said: "Our Commander Long values Captain Xu very much. Brother, I also admire Captain Xu very much. Come on, come on." , let me toast Captain Xu."
Long Guoyu didn't say anything outrageous next, but the atmosphere of the banquet was a bit dull and it ended not long after.
Xu Dalong and others returned to their residence.
Monk Wei, Wang Fenglin, Li Fei and others were all a little angry. They thought that with Long Guoyu's attitude, it would be difficult to fight alongside them, and they might be betrayed by them on the battlefield.
The British Major said: "Mr. Xu, I don't think that Commander Long is a qualified soldier. Didn't your superiors give you the right to command? You might as well send a telegram to your superiors and ask them to send another unit over. I'm not willing to follow People like this fight together.”
Wang Fenglin and Liu Fei also had the same opinion and asked Xu Dalong to ask his superiors for a replacement.
Xu Dalong knew that it would be good if the Yunnan Army could send this unit, and substitution was impossible. No matter what, the Yunnan Army was still a heroic army, and the resistance against Japan was not included. He did not want to care about Long Guoyu's attitude.
He said: "We still have to believe in the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the Yunnan Army troops, and there is no need to care about his attitude. As long as they can fight against Japan seriously."
The next morning, Xu Dalong and others discussed the next combat operations together.
Xu Dalong proposed to go to Qinglin City to rescue the troops of the 330th Division first. Long Guoyu did not want to take his troops directly to Yangon City to fight the main force of the Japanese army. He also hoped to fight some small battles first to train the troops. So I agreed with Xu Dalong's opinion.
After the troops arrived in Qinglin City, Xu Dalong first contacted Tie Xiaolin, the commander of the 330th Division. The two parties agreed that the troops led by Xu Dalong, Long Guoyu and others and the troops of the 330th Division would adopt pincer tactics against the Japanese army and launch an attack on the Japanese army at the same time.
Xu Dalong suggested that the coalition regiment he brought launch a frontal attack on the Japanese army, while Long Guoyu led the Sixth Division of the Yunnan Army to attack the Japanese army from the side.
Long Guoyu was still very determined to resist Japan. He was just a little unconvinced by Xu Dalong. When he saw that Xu Dalong actually led a regiment of a miscellaneous army and demanded a head-on attack on the Japanese army, he felt that Xu Dalong had underestimated the Yunnan Army.
He said proudly: "Your Eighth Route Army is good at sneaky tactics. Frontal attacks are upright operations. Let us be responsible."
Xu Dalong said: "It doesn't matter who carries out the main attack and who carries out the side attack. The coalition forces have many troops. If they are responsible for the frontal attack, it will help contain the Japanese troops."
When Long Guoyu heard what he said, he agreed.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the battle officially started. Long Guoyu did not include Hu, and commanded the troops of the Sixth Army of the Yunnan Army to launch an attack on the Japanese army.
What was besieging the 330th Division of the Yuanzheng Army was an infantry brigade of the Japanese army. Seeing the troops of the Yunnan Army approaching, the brigade commander sent an infantry regiment to fight the troops of the Sixth Division.
The Japanese infantry regiment originally had a strength of 3,800 men. After this period of fighting, it only had 3,100 men left.
Long Guoyu's division is one of the main divisions of the Yunnan Army, with a total strength of more than 12,000 people. He originally thought he could easily defeat the Japanese infantry regiment, but once they fought, he discovered that the Japanese army was far more powerful than he had imagined.
After the battle began, Long Guoyu commanded the 6th Division to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army, but was beaten back by the Japanese army three times in a row.
Not only that, the Japanese army actually launched a counterattack, and their offense was also very particular. As long as the terrain conditions allowed, they were good at frontal attacks and outflanking tactics.
They dispatched an infantry brigade to attack from the front, and an infantry brigade to attack from the left wing, sending the Sixth Division of the Yunnan Army to the rear.
The Yunnan Army's third charge had just been repulsed by the Japanese army, and their morale was a bit low. They did not watch out for the Japanese army, but suddenly launched a countercharge. They were caught off guard and were in chaos.
Just as Long Guoyu was organizing a counterattack, the Japanese army suddenly launched an attack from the flank. The troops of the Sixth Division were in chaos and could not organize an effective counterattack at all.
Seeing the chaos ahead, Long Guoyu sent a regiment as a reserve team up. Their main task was not to attack the Japanese army, but to serve as a supervising team to prevent the 6th Division's troops from defeating.
At this moment, the right wing was suddenly attacked by the Japanese army again.
Although the Japanese army on the right wing only had one reinforced infantry squadron, the Sixth Division was already in chaos at this time. They could not judge how many Japanese troops were coming. The officers and soldiers were very frightened and began to flee.
Seeing the critical situation, the chief of staff of the Sixth Division hurriedly asked the division guard battalion to protect the division commander and retreat quickly.
Seeing that the Sixth Division was about to collapse, the Japanese army intensified their attack. The Japanese officers and soldiers braved the heavy rain and launched a fierce attack on the Sixth Division howling.
The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division could not hold on any longer. The troops began to collapse and the officers and soldiers fled in all directions.
At this critical moment, Xu Dalong led the coalition troops of that regiment to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army from the flanks. Their offensive was very fierce and they were defeated directly. Facing the Japanese army, they then divided the Japanese army into two parts from the middle. part. Others organize a battalion of troops. Block the Japanese troops behind. The Japanese army led other troops and was cut off between the 6th Division and the coalition forces.
The Japanese troops suffered a sudden blow, and they were forced to give up their pursuit of the Sixth Form, shrink their troops, and launch a counterattack against Xu Dalong's troops.
Only then did the troops of the Sixth Division regain their footing. Long Guoyu wanted to lead his troops to encircle and annihilate the chasing Japanese army. However, the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division had just been stunned by the Japanese attack and could not recover for a while. , simply cannot organize an effective counterattack.
However, Xu Dalong and others surrounded the intercepted group of Japanese troops. They charged fiercely and soon devoured these Japanese troops.
Next, Xu Dalong and others turned their guns and attacked other parts of the Japanese infantry regiment. They quickly defeated the Japanese army and captured the Japanese position.
Only then did Long Guoyu understand the gap between himself and Xu Dalong. He was an upright, fully staffed and well-equipped infantry division with more than 12,000 men. Facing the attack of a incomplete Japanese infantry regiment, he was beaten to a pulp.
The coalition forces led by Xu Dalong can be said to be a ragtag group, but they defeated the Japanese army in an instant and almost wiped out the Japanese infantry regiment.
This gap made Long Guo Guoyu very frightened, and he no longer had an arrogant attitude.
Xu Dalong is leading the coalition forces of that regiment and the troops of the 330th Division. The main force of the Japanese army.
He saved face for Long Guoyu and sent someone to notify Long Guoyu to join the attack on the Japanese army.
After the battle just now, the officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Army were also very ashamed. They mustered up the courage to join the siege against the Japanese army.
After more than four hours of fierce fighting, the coalition forces led by Xu Dalong, the Sixth Division of the Yunnan Army led by Long Guoyu, and the 330th Division led by Xiao Tielin annihilated the surrounded Japanese army, killed the Japanese brigade commander, and gained Qinglin. A great victory in the city.
The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division of the Yunnan Army were all very excited after this great victory, and their morale was also high.
Long Guoyu was a little embarrassed when he saw Xu Dalong, and didn't know what to say for a while.
However, Xu Dalong pretended that nothing happened and still treated Long Guoyu with great respect and enthusiasm.
Seeing Xu Dalong's sincerity, Long Guoyu also let go of his heart and solemnly promised to obey Xu Dalong's command from now on.
News of the great victory spread back to China, and Guofu was very satisfied.
The commander was also very happy. He praised sincerely: "The coalition forces are still the same coalition forces, but with a different commander, the results are completely different."
The chief of staff said happily: "It's true that I didn't tell you. Xu Dalong can make us look good wherever he goes."
The happiest person was Zhang Wanhe. Hearing that Xu Dalong had made a lot of money again this time, he told the commander that when brother Dalong came back, he would treat him to a drink.
Hearing that Xu Dalong was fighting so happily in Myanmar, Li Yunlong was itchy. He sent a telegram to the commander and asked him to take his troops to Myanmar to fight with Xu Dalong.
Guo Daming, commander of the 338th Division, said with emotion: "It turns out that Brother Dalong was the commander-in-chief here and fought well, but the superiors had to replace him. Myanmar's good situation has turned into this, and we have lost so much in vain. Brother. If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?"
Gross and Wang Guoxiong heard that Xu Dalong was coming back to serve as commander-in-chief, and everyone was very happy and looked forward to his coming as soon as possible.
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Long Guoyu, Xiao Tielin and others were stationed in Qinglin City for three days to rest and reorganize the troops. 10 Gathering the expeditionary force and British troops scattered around, soon the coalition troops headed towards Yangon City.
The Japanese army was also very concerned about the changes in the situation in Myanmar. After understanding it, the Japanese army's intelligence department learned that it was Xu Dalong, a well-known domestic figure, who had come to Myanmar. No wonder the Japanese army's operations in Myanmar were so unsatisfactory.
The highest commanding authority of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia is the South Asia Front. They specifically asked Yoshinan Shinozuka, who was stationed in Shanxi, about Xu Dalong.
Along with Xu Dalong, Xiao Zhong felt a headache when he was in trouble.
He was relieved to hear that Xu Dalong left Shanxi and went to Southeast Asia to cause harm to people. He hoped that Xu Dalong would simply stay there and not come back to Shanxi to harm him again.
In order to attract the attention of the South Asian Front Army, Yoshio Shinozuka sent a telegram of several thousand words to the South Asian Front Army, describing the dangers of Xu Dalong in detail, hoping that the South Asian Front Army could directly send heavy troops to completely eliminate Xu Dalong.
Don't look at the fact that the South Asian Front Army is also stationed in Burma. Looking at the Japanese commanders and understanding their combat situation, I feel that Xu Dalong is really not right.
They sent a famous general of the Japanese army, the so-called "Malay Tiger" Yamashita Fengfumi, and asked him to lead the troops of the 338th Army to Burma to deal with Xu Dalong.
Yamashita Fengfumi was a famous general of the Japanese army. He was known as the Malayan Tiger because he led 30,000 Japanese troops to fight against the US and British coalition forces in Malaysia. Under such disparity, the results of the battle were jaw-dropping.
The coalition forces were beaten to a pulp by Yamashita Fengwen, and finally the entire army surrendered to Yamashita Fengwen. The number of Japanese prisoners reached 80,000.
Not only that, Yamashita Fengfumi also achieved brilliant results in the battles to capture Singapore and southern Vietnam. He can be said to be one of the leading generals in the Japanese army.
Today, Yamashita Fengfumi happens to be in Malaysia. Malaysia and Myanmar are neighboring countries on land and sea, and they can attack Myanmar from both sea and land at the same time. Malaysia and Thailand are also neighboring countries, and they can also enter Myanmar directly from Thailand. It can be said that the Japanese army has an absolute advantage geographically.
Yamashita Fengfumi's 18th Army has five divisions. The Itagaki Division, which once showed great power on the Shanxi battlefield, is the fifth division of the Japanese army, and is now also under the command of Yamashita Fengfumi.
After receiving the order from the front army, Yamashita Fengfumi mobilized the strength of two divisions. One division headed directly to the border between Malaysia and Myanmar, and the other division entered Thailand, preparing to attack from the south and west at the same time in Myanmar. Allied forces attack.
The Japanese troops remaining in Myanmar also include two divisions of the Japanese 16th Army and a mixed brigade. The number of Japanese troops who are about to fight the coalition forces has reached 100,000.
Not only that, Yamashita Fengfumi also requested the Japanese navy to assist the army in operations from the sea. The navy's fleet even included aircraft carriers, and for a while, dark clouds were threatening to overwhelm the city.
In Southeast Asia, the intelligence systems of the British and American troops were basically destroyed. Xu Dalong knew almost nothing about such a large-scale mobilization. He was leading the coalition troops to Yangon City to follow the 338th Division of the Expeditionary Force there. The troops converged.
Xu Dalong and others led the troops southward through the Panlong River. The Japanese army had mobilized troops to guard the Panlong River Bridge.
Xu Dalong and the others originally crossed the river through the ferry downstream. Only a few local people knew about this ferry, and the Japanese army certainly didn't know about it either.
Xu Dalong asked the Sixth Division of the Yunnan Army led by Long Guoyu to launch an attack on the Japanese troops holding the bridge. He personally led a regiment and a reinforced regiment of the 330th Division to cross the river from the downstream ferry and suddenly appeared behind the Japanese troops. The Japanese army was caught off guard and captured the Panlong River Bridge, and then the coalition troops continued to move south.
The commander has been paying attention to the combat operations of Xu Dalong and others in Myanmar. He carefully studied the map of Myanmar and believed that there was a lack of strategic depth and the terrain was very unfavorable to the coalition forces.
He was worried that Japanese troops would enter Burma from the sea or Thailand and cut off the connection between the coalition forces and Yunnan.
Now that most of Myanmar has fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, it is very difficult for the coalition forces to provide logistical support. If the Japanese army really cuts off their domestic connections, the only thing waiting for the coalition forces will be the end of the entire army.
