To constantly overcome unexpected events, one must have two characteristics: one is that the inner glimmer can still be emitted in this vast darkness to illuminate the intelligence of the truth; the other is the courage to follow this glimmer of light.

...Clausez

It is in the midst of the attention of the world that Dai Anlan and Takeuchi Kura, two representative commanders, finally collided with the same ancient city as the stage and sparked a blade-like spark.

Both of them knew the other party's existence from the captive's mouth, and they also thought about the opponent's personal habits and marching style from previous battle examples.

On the evening of March 24, in order to avoid the enemy's edge, Dai Anlan re-established the defense line and ordered the abandonment of Echunk and Tantabin's outer positions, and the main force of the 200th Division was withdrawn back to Tonggu, relying on the fortifications repaired by Tonggu City for several days, sniping layer by layer.

On this day, Takeuchi Kuang used the powerful heavy artillery of the 55th Division, as well as the air superiority advantage, and a group of subordinates who were drunk by the spirit of Bushido and were fearless on the battlefield, and finally seized the position outside the Tonggucheng. Let's take the lead!

At dawn on March 25, Takeuchi Kura, who successfully captured the position outside Tonggucheng, once again issued a general attack order to the entire army.

Most of the civil buildings in the ancient city were blown up during bombing and repeated artillery attacks, but the defenders of the 200th Division hid in the fortifications completed and were not seriously damaged.

Although he was forced to withdraw some positions due to the enemy's strong firepower during the day, Dai Anlan organized the assault department and regained the positions at night.

On this day, although the 55th Division commanded by Takeuchi Hiroshi was still aggressive, facing the defensive fortifications that had been built in the ancient city and the officers and soldiers of the 200th Division who were highly motivated, they did not make any practical progress. They were organized by Dai Anlan to counterattack at night and paid a considerable price.

Although the two commanders did not say that, they both understood that Dai Anlan was well prepared in the old city and won a game back!

On March 26, the commander of Takeuchi Hiroshi Division mobilized three corpses to siege Tonggucheng at the same time, and placed the main attack point in the northwest corner of Tonggucheng.

Faced with the enemy's absolute advantage and the fierce attacks of air support and artillery fire, the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division was broken through. Although several counterattacks were organized, they had to withdraw from the battlefield and fell into trouble with the ancient city Nanyang Railway Station.

At this point, Takeuchi Kuan completely cut off all the air, waterways, highways and railways from the outside world's contact channels.

Takeuchi Hiroshi learned from the previous day's lessons and attacked the point after the entire line was in a downward position, leading to the sublimation of the surface with a breakthrough point. After occupying Nanyang Railway Station, it blocked other Chinese troops.

The possibility of entering the Tonggucheng through the railway to support the two hundred divisions was completely isolated. As a famous general who was good at attacking, Takeuchi Hiroshi of course knew the tactical essence of "betrothed around".

On this day, Takeuchi Hiroshi finally teared a crack on the defense network arranged by Dai Anlan. Get another point.

On March 27, Takeuchi Hiroshi continued to mobilize heavy troops to attack Tonggucheng. Faced with the enemy's excessively powerful artillery support and air superiority, Dai Anlan decisively ordered the entire line to retreat.

The 55th Division rushed into Tonggucheng, but they soon discovered that they were surrounded by Chinese troops, and they had to fight against the Chinese troops at close range!

The armies of both sides fought together, and the Japanese army's air superiority and artillery were unavailable. Putting aside these factors, just from the perspective of light weapons, the equipment of the 200th Division is not worse than that of the Japanese 55th Division.

Moreover, it has a more advantageous advantage in the area. The 200th Division brought heavy blows to the enemy. However, in the close melee, facing the fierce counterattack of Japanese soldiers, the 599th Regiment, which was responsible for the defense, also paid a heavy price.

At the same time, the new 22nd Division of the Fifth Army of China finally advanced to the outside of Tonggucheng and was near the Junkergang Military Airport on the north side of Tonggucheng. It broke out in an encounter with the Fifty-Fifteenth Division.

The two sides confronted each other all night, but without knowing each other's details, both the 22nd Division and the 55th Division maintained a restrained attitude.

On this day, Dai Anlan judged the situation and was able to make a quick decision to give up his position, design an ambush circle to force the enemy to engage in a close-knit confrontation, causing the Japanese army to lose the advantages of air strength and artillery support, and to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Although they did not recover Nanyang Station, they caused heavy damage to the enemy and once again brought the victory and loss of the two famous generals to the horizontal line.

At this time, Dai Anlan finally showed a long-lost smile on his face again. The Tong Gucheng was still firmly in his hands. As long as the 22nd Division recovered Nanyang Railway Station, they could be connected.

The two divisions combined have nearly 20,000 people, and they can rely on Tong'an Gucheng to defend and fight back. No matter how big the appetite of Takeuchi Kuang is, after ten consecutive days of fierce battles between Tong'an Gucheng, he should also know clearly that under such circumstances, it is impossible to conquer Tong'an Gucheng, right?

In addition to the 38th Division of Sun Liren who is quickly moving closer to the ancient city, the strength of both sides will reach a balance. I believe that if the stalemate continues, the strength of both sides will continue to reverse slowly.

"If the main forces of the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army can really gather in the same ancient city, those British people who run faster than rabbits when they see the situation is not good, but who can become more fierce than wolf when they see it cheaper, probably will turn around and join our camp to launch a fierce attack on the 55th Division of Takeuchi Kanji, right?"

He leaned over again and carefully observed the huge combat sand table placed in the division command center. He quickly deduced in his heart that the possible movements of the enemy and us in the next few days would be the possible outbreak of the battle. Dai Anlan gently rubbed his nose. At this time, the young man appeared in front of his eyes again, and although he was young, he could be in danger of war and the shells poured towards them like raindrops. With a relaxed and freehand smile on his face, he held a wine glass in his hand and looked at each other at the mines. He smelled the hotness and the fragrance of wine drifted away.

"Taki Takeuchi, you are the Japanese Army's recognized general who is best at attacking. Now I really want to see if you are as flawless as your attack in terms of defense."

While muttering to himself, Dai Anlan narrowed his eyes gently. Major General Chief of Staff Zhou Zhizai and Major General Deputy Division Commander Gao Jiru looked at each other, and finally Chief of Staff Zhou Zhizai smiled and said, "If I were Takeuchi Kura, what I had to consider now is probably not an offense.

But how to retreat.”

Dai Anlan nodded subconsciously at first, but he quickly shook his head again.

And in the 55th Division headquarters opposite the ancient city, Takeuchi Hiroshi was pondering against the huge combat map hanging on the wall. His most powerful assistant, Madame Takahashi, also stood quietly behind him.

I don’t know how long I stood quietly like this, Takeuchi Hiroshi suddenly asked, “Takahashi, what do you think?”

Facing the 22nd Division of the Chinese New Fifth Army, they arrived outside Tonggucheng, and were already near the Junkergang military airport.

The 55th Division encountered a station, and the 38th Division also rushed forward together. The strength of both sides was slowly tilting. Even the Chief of Staff of the 200th Division, Zhou Zhizai, said, "If I were Takeuchi Kura, what I had to consider now is probably not attacking, but how to retreat."

But the corners of Takahashi's mouth slowly raised.

But he smiled with a hint of confidence and said in a deep voice: "The 200 Division is worthy of being the elite ace in the hands of the Chinese. With just one division, more than 9,000 people, without air support and lack of heavy weapons, he actually fought with us in a colorful way.

I think if we could wipe out this army in Tonggucheng, we would definitely be able to have confidence in the Chinese people and cause irreversible damage, so that our 55th Division would enter Yunnan, China through the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

Successfully forced the Chinese government to surrender to the empire and create good things!"

When the battle reached this level, both sides seemed to have grabbed the sleeves of the goddess of victory and showed a smile that was sure to win.

It is in this thorough analysis and measurement that in the battles inside and outside the ancient city, it has been scattered and destroyed by war for ten days.

The ancient city of Tong, which was broken and broken, finally ushered in March 28, 1942.

March 28th, sunny, monsoon!

The Chinese army, which has been in passive defense, finally took the initiative to attack on the battlefield for the first time.

Under the command of the division commander Liao Yaoxiang, the newly formed 22nd Division concentrated its main force. Under the cover of artillery, it launched the most fierce attack on the Nanyang Railway Station occupied by the 55th Division. It was on this day.

The artillery regiment of the newly compiled 22nd Division even launched an artillery battle with the enemy artillery and successfully destroyed the enemy artillery positions.

The Japanese aviation forces, which cooperated with the 55th Division, took off several times and tried to bomb the artillery positions of the 22nd Division.

However, in the face of the 22nd Division, which had been fully prepared and formed a dense air defense network with anti-aircraft machine guns, these Japanese Air Forces, which had always done whatever they wanted on the battlefield in Myanmar, finally got a tough slaughter. After several attempts, they were still forced to return.

It was with the support of artillery that the 22nd Division launched wave after wave of attacks on the enemies in Nanyang Railway Station. By the afternoon, the 22nd Division had already captured Nanyang Railway Station and some surrounding buildings.

However, there were still Japanese troops who stood firm in the reinforced concrete structure near the railway station and resisted stubbornly in a solid building that could not be destroyed by small-caliber infantry cannons.

But no matter what, Nanyang Railway Station has fallen into the hands of the New 22nd Division. Although the two troops have not yet met, the 200th Division was surrounded by the enemy and was isolated and helpless. It was finally opened.

"Report!"

At this time, Major General Chief of Staff Zhou Zhi was really smiling. He held a telegram and said to Dai Anlan: "Secretary, I just received information from General Stilwell. Our deputy commander of Samsung is really not in vain!"

Under Dai Anlan's gaze, Chief of Staff Zhou Zhizai quickly reported: "General Stilwell has been drifting between Bei, Mandalay and Mei Miao recently. While urging our army to speed up the operation, he personally rushed to the British military camp and asked them to launch a supportive attack in the Beimu area of ​​the Western Front to restrain the enemy's 33rd Division on the Western Front, so that it could not support the 55th Division, which was already tightly tied outside the Tonggu City, after ten days of bloody battles, the offensive suffered consecutive setbacks and was seriously injured!"

After reading this information, Zhou Zhi continued: "General Stilwell also specifically reminded us that he had seen with his own eyes that the British army armored troops had already set off their stationed Prome and headed towards Pangde!"

The British army finally turned around and took the initiative to join the war! It was said that it was because of face or that it was really impossible to stay out of the matter. Although it was just a supportive attack, the British army finally stopped their escape and finally plucked up the courage to face the Japanese army again!

After hearing this most important news, Dai Anlan was silent.

All of this, all of this information, one after another, all of which shows that the battle to defend the ancient city seems to be able to end perfectly.

The development of the battle situation is more like General Stilwell expected... The 200 divisions went deep alone and stood firm in Tonggucheng, attracting attacks on the enemy's 55th Division from the middle line, using defensive wars to continuously consume the enemy's strength and morale.

Finally, we mobilized superior forces and defeated the 55th Division outside Tonggucheng, thus opening up a channel to recover Yangon!

The 200th Division fought bloody battles with the ancient city for ten days. Facing the Japanese Army's "Demon Sword Masashimi", who took the army's attack and attacking nature to the limit, it was really a heavy casualty and injured. I don't know how many times the defense net was broken by the enemy.

Faced with such a fierce attack, the officers and soldiers of the 200th Division used their unrepentant military soul and life to stolen the cracks that the enemy had torn, and re-woven a flesh and blood wall that would never be captured as long as there was still someone else.

Only those closest to Dai Anlan in the division command center can clearly know what pressure Dai Anlan has been under these days. At this time, the dawn of victory is approaching.

No wonder the people in the division command center couldn't help but smile on their faces, even Chief of Staff Zhou Zhi and Chief of Staff Gao Jiren, who had always been calm.

"But, don't you think Takeuchi Kiyo's behavior is a bit strange?"

Dai Anlan pointed to the triangular paper flag inserted on the sand table and represented the distribution of troops between the two sides, and thought: "Since Takeuchi Hiroshi has sent an assault team. To capture an officer from us, we should have understood our army's strategic intentions ten days ago.

He knew that all this was a trap set by our army, and he knew that a large number of reinforcements were quickly gathering towards Tonggucheng. He attacked desperately a few days ago, hoping to conquer Tonggucheng before our reinforcements arrived. Such behavior was understandable. But.

Now that our reinforcements have arrived, he wants to break through Tonggucheng and destroy our 200th division. It is absolutely impossible.

In this case, Takeuchi Hiroshi should shrink his troops and decide the outcome with us on the front battlefield. Why did he still disperse his troops around the ancient city and continue to encircle us? You should know that the front line is too long. Even if his division has more people than our two divisions combined, we will still be concentrated on our superior forces and eat them in one bite on the local battlefield!"

Hearing Dai Anlan's words, Zhou Zhi and Gao Jiren couldn't help frowning. After a long time, Zhou Zhiren said: "Maybe it was because Takeuchi Kuang misjudged the situation and thought that the British would not send troops, so he was fearless.

In this case, even if our fifth, sixth and sixth armies and 100,000 troops are all gathered, as long as their 33rd division on the Western Front can arrive, in terms of strength, the two divisions have more than 40,000 people, which is enough to compete with our two armies!"

Dai Anlan nodded at first, but he quickly shook his head vigorously, "No, if it were just like this, Takeuchi Kiyoshi would not be qualified to be in the Japanese military headquarters with a wealth of talents, and was called "Demon Sword Masashima"! There must be something we all missed!"

Leaving the combat sand table that covered the ancient city and all the terrain of the periphery, Dai Anlan quickly walked to the wall with a huge military map of Myanmar. When he finally put down the local battlefield of Tong Anlan, he looked at the entire Myanmar battlefield with the eyes of a strategist, looking at the blue arrows representing the main attack direction of the three Japanese divisions on the map, looking at the whole territory of Myanmar, and transporting various aid supplies to China in the Yunnan-Burma Highway, looking at the countries around Myanmar, looking at the mountains, rivers, and jungles in Myanmar, and Dai Anlan's brain was also spinning rapidly.

He was already sure to win, and everything was progressing according to the plan, but for some reason, Dai Anlan, who had been through many battles, smelled the smell of danger in the air!

Suddenly, Dai Anlan's eyes froze at a certain position on the map.

Because looking at the word "Shangji", Dai Anlan thought of the information he had received a few days ago. Because that piece of information did not have the most direct conflict of interests with him, Dai Anlan did not pay much attention to it.

On March 24, an unknown number of enemies suddenly captured the strategic key land of the expeditionary army through the mountainous areas in eastern Myanmar in a surprise attack, and seized a large amount of military supplies hoarded there.

Shangji is the gateway to China, and it is also the main artery that affects the life and death of 100,000 passionate men of the Expeditionary Force. It must not be missed.

Du Yuming, the commander of the Fifth Army, immediately led his troops to advance towards Shangji. After two days of fierce fighting, he finally recovered Shangji when the Japanese army took the initiative to retreat. From the seized documents.

It can be found that this unit that attacked Shangji along the border between Myanmar and Thailand was the third registrar under the 56th Division of the Japanese Army.

If Lieutenant General Takeuchi is recognized as the best-for-efficient in attacking place generals in the Japanese Army, then the 56th Division of the Japanese Army is recognized as the most elite and capable of creating miracles of war!

All the officers and soldiers of this division are composed of industrial workers from the Honshu Shipyard in Japan.

Therefore, it is also called the "Hanzhou Corps". A considerable number of these workers who survived by the shipbuilding industry have received professional education, strong hierarchy, and their spirit of loyalty to the emperor is far higher than that of other troops.

And their bodies, who are used to tools and doing various tasks, are stronger and stronger than farmers and fishermen.

This army has also created a series of the most "glorious" glorious achievements in China, including the September 18th Incident and the Nanjing Massacre that shocked China and the foreign countries, which created 300,000 wronged souls of Chinese military and civilians! It was during the wars and massacres that the army grew up with blood and corpses all over the ground.

Until it becomes a force that once it is put into the battlefield, both officers and soldiers will fall into a frenzy of iron-blooded troops!
To be continued...