"Ignore the British, order, Liao Yaoxiang's new 22nd Division to quickly move closer to the 200th Division!"
Du Yuming finally made his final decision!
Thanks to the "help" of the British, the Chinese Expeditionary Force simply did not complete the planned assembly before the war!
The Japanese army has completed the landing in Yangon, and the plan to counterattack Myanmar is completely impossible to implement.
On the Western Front, the British troops fled without a fight.
The entire right wing of the 200th Division was completely exposed to the Japanese army.
Tonggu has fallen into encirclement.
After receiving the order, Liao Yaoxiang quickly moved closer to Tonggu, preparing to meet the 200th Division.
When Du Yuming issued the order to Liao Yaoxiang, he also specifically mentioned a place name:
Nanyang Railway Station.
"The 599th Regiment of the 200th Division followed Meng Shaoyuan's suggestion and must capture Nanyang Railway Station!"
"Meng Shaoyuan? That secret agent of the military commander?"
As Meng Shaoyuan's reputation grew day by day, and with the chairman's favor, most senior military generals had heard of this name.
"Yes, it's that Meng Shaoyuan. I heard that he helped Dai Haiou do a lot of things in Tonggu."
"What does he, a little secret agent, know?" Liao Yaoxiang sneered.
However, the advance of the New 22nd Division completely verified Meng Shaoyuan's judgment.
On the 28th, the New 22nd Division encountered the Japanese army at Nanyang Railway Station near Tonggu. The Japanese army relied on the support of solid fortifications and artillery to block the New 22nd Division's fierce attack.
At the same time, the Japanese army that attacked Tonggu mobilized field heavy artillery, and with the cooperation of the air force, launched unprecedented shelling and bombing on Tonggu. The small Tonggu was almost razed to the ground.
At that time, the leading troops of the Japanese 56th Division arrived at the Donggu front line, and the 200th Division was in danger.
Under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, the Japanese army entered Tonggu City. At the same time, another Japanese army occupied the position east of the Xitang River. At this point, the 200 Division was surrounded on all sides.
At night, the Japanese army sent a small force to raid the 200th Division headquarters. Dai Anlan personally led a guard company to fight fiercely with the Japanese army all night long.
It was not until dawn the next day that Meng Shaoyuan arrived with reinforcements from the advance battalion and repelled the enemy.
"Commander, we can't fight any longer." Meng Shaoyuan's face was covered with dust and blood: "Tonggu is surrounded on all sides. If we continue to struggle with the Japanese army in Tonggu, our 200 division will have no way out! Make up your mind!"
"Meng Shaoyuan, go back and stick to your post and start fighting in the streets!" Dai Anlan said with a cold face: "How the division headquarters makes decisions is a matter for the division headquarters!"
"yes!"
Meng Shaoyuan responded loudly.
Looking at Meng Shaoyuan's leaving figure, Dai Anlan pondered for a while:
"Send a message to Chief Du... Commander Du, Deputy Commander Tai Jian:
The enemy came into contact with us and fought fiercely from the 19th to the 28th, which lasted more than ten days.
I was on the verge of running out of ammunition and food. The officers and soldiers had nothing to eat for two days, but they still stood firm to the east of the Tonggu Railway...
Since the beginning of the war, the enemy's strength has been unprecedentedly fierce. Especially since the 24th, enemy planes have been bombing continuously to cover their tanks, and the artillery has used a large number of poison gas bombs to attack our positions day and night...reinforcements have not arrived... , although I want to live and die with the same ancient city, it is difficult to contain the fierce flames of the Japanese pirates... What is the benefit? "
At the same time that the telegram was sent, street fighting had already broken out in Tonggu.
Dai Anlan personally directed the troops to build strong fortresses at various traffic arteries in the city. Light and heavy weapons formed a crossfire network to repel several Japanese attacks.
He and his staff and support staff also took up arms and participated in the battle.
The defense line, which was only in charge of Meng Shaoyuan and the advance battalion, seemed much easier.
Meng Shaoyuan had already planted a large amount of explosives in Tonggu.
A small group of Japanese troops appeared and crept forward to search and advance.
Li Zhifeng lit half a cigarette.
"Give me a puff." Meng Shaoyuan ran out of cigarettes and looked at the cigarette in Li Zhifeng's hand with a greedy look on his face.
"Just one bite."
Li Zhifeng reluctantly handed the cigarette to the officer.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he received the cigarette, Meng Shaoyuan took a greedy gulp. After a while, the butt of the cigarette was almost gone.
"Why are you like this? Why are you like this?"
Li Zhifeng was so anxious that he completely forgot about this officer. It was very likely that he would be appointed as the toilet supervisor again.
"The Japanese are coming up." Cao Ruicheng bent over.
"Prepare."
"Sir, here it is."
Cao Ruicheng handed a paper bag to Meng Shaoyuan.
As soon as Meng Shaoyuan opened it, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Inside, there are a dozen cigarette butts wrapped inside.
There are two branches, almost half of which is left.
Meng Shaoyuan was delighted: "Cao Ruicheng, where did you get this treasure?"
"I helped you pick it up everywhere."
"Good work, good work, Li Zhifeng, look, you should learn from others." Meng Shaoyuan stuffed the paper bag into his pocket: "Blow them to death!"
Seeing Cao Ruicheng flattering him so much, Li Zhifeng was furious.
Two hands tightly grasped the remote-controlled explosive device.
The Japanese army has become more and more clear, and even their ugly faces can be seen clearly.
"Detonate!"
Li Zhifeng pressed the explosive device hard!
"Boom, boom, boom!"
There were several continuous explosions, and the surrounding area quickly fell into smoke.
The corpses of two Japanese soldiers were blown high into the sky and fell into pieces when they landed.
"beat!"
With an order, Meng Shaoyuan and his guards opened fire with all their might.
The remaining Japanese troops were swept away like a whirlwind.
Seeing that this small group of Japanese troops had been successfully annihilated, Meng Shaoyuan did not hesitate at all:
"Evacuate, point three, go to point three and beat the hell out of them!"
In terms of military command, Meng Shaoyuan's level was even lower than Ding Wenrui.
But fighting in such street fighting was like a duck to water for him.
The arrangements were made early in the morning so that he knew exactly where he was and when he should do what!
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"Give power to Liao Yaoxiang and strictly order the new 22nd Division to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army at any cost. It must complete the rendezvous with the 200th Division no later than the 30th!"
Du Yuming issued this death order in an almost hoarse voice!
When Tonggu was surrounded from all sides, Chief of Staff Stilwell actually asked the main force of the 5th Army, with the support of the 200th Division, to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese troops near Tonggu.
This was opposed by most Chinese generals, including Army Commander Du Yuming.
Du Yuming decided to disobey Stilwell's order and let the 200th Division break out from Tonggu on the night of the 29th.
This decision will be one of the wisest decisions Du Yuming made in his military career!
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Driven by Du Yuming's death order, Liao Yaoxiang, who was also a strong general, went to the front line in person to command the New 22nd Division to launch a fierce attack.
Two regiments of the New 22nd Division, equipped with three tank companies, launched a tidal attack toward Nanyang Railway Station with a roar.
Under such repeated attacks, the Japanese army finally retreated.
The New 22nd Division took down the surroundings and some buildings of Nanyang Station in one fell swoop, and destroyed the Japanese artillery positions.
The bloody road is opened!
The new 22nd Division finally arrived near the 200th event!
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Tonggu, 200th Division Headquarters.
"Sir Du has agreed to the retreat of our troops and ordered all the troops to break out on the 29th!"
