If these eight hundred soldiers who were selected to participate in the night attack were more or less afraid of this mission before setting off, it was probably because Brigadier Cun Qi personally led the team and rushed here bravely.

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At this moment, they had completely regarded this mission as enjoyment, and were glad that they had come to the right place.

Because when they found that the enemy they feared was so vulnerable, falling under their own swords and guns, and the eyes that begged for despair before dying.

The suppressed fear in my heart dissipated, and the pleasure that replaced it was quite refreshing.

In the chaos, the British and American troops withdrew towards the west of the city because of the unknown enemy situation and the crowded and chaotic situation in the city, which was not conducive to the deployment of troops.

General Cun Qi led a company of 800 elite soldiers to pursue them to the original county government office compound. Seeing that the battle goal had been achieved, he took the initiative to retreat.

The battle lasted less than two hours from start to finish.

When the commander of the British army, who came from an earl noble family, and on the advice of a U.S. paratrooper lieutenant colonel officer, ordered the servant army to outflank the enemy from both sides.

General Cun Qi had already withdrawn from the city with eight hundred unscathed elite troops.

It disappeared easily into the vast night.

On the way back to Longling, many soldiers were overjoyed and their morale was extremely high.

Not only had they just fought a great victory, but when many soldiers were evacuating, they found that the streets and alleys along the way were full of various weapons and ammunition abandoned by the enemy when they fled.

If they weren't concerned about escaping in time, almost all the eight hundred soldiers would have an automatic firearm.

Even so, many soldiers carry many American semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and British manual rifles.

As for grenades and bullet packs, the total number is countless.

General Cun Qi returned with a full load, but the British and American coalition forces who had just easily captured a county in China during the day looked extremely frustrated.

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In Mandalay, MacArthur, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up by Colonel Mick's urgent voice.

Although MacArthur was very sleepy, he did not show too much anger. Instead, he put on his military uniform, walked out of the bedroom, and asked: "Colonel Mick, what happened?"

"General, it's not good. My frontline troops stationed in Mangshi were attacked by the Chinese [***] Corps at night. Even the county seat of Mangshi was almost taken away by the enemy.

The servant army suffered heavy casualties," Colonel Mick replied.

After MacArthur heard this, his already bad mood suddenly became extremely bad.

After a pause, he said: "Kill the officer in charge of the security immediately. Then tell General Ross that if he is not qualified to command this battle, please immediately hand over the command to Lieutenant Colonel Morgan."

"Yes!" Seeing MacArthur's gloomy face, Mick did not dare to be negligent. He quickly stood up and responded, turned around and took the order to leave.

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Nanjing, Office of the Chairman.

Zhang Xinghan was just about to go to bed when Guo Zhong, his personal attendant and bodyguard, walked in excitedly from outside.

He almost collided head-on with Zhang Xinghan.

"Zhongzi, what happened, are you so anxious?" Zhang Xinghan asked.

Guo Zhong took out a message and said: "Commissioner, General Long Yun just informed us that he has just received the latest battle report from the 3rd Army of the Southwest Frontier Force.

The commander of the 34th Brigade of the 3rd Army, surnamed Cunqi, personally led 800 elite troops to attack the enemy in Mangshi at night, causing great damage to the enemy and even almost recaptured the county seat of Mangshi."

"Really? Cun Qi?" Zhang Xinghan was obviously a little surprised when he heard this, but when he read Cun Qi's name, it suddenly rang out. Wasn't this person an anti-Japanese hero who died during the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain?

He was a famous anti-Japanese general of the Yunnan Army in history, and he loved [***] people.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xinghan immediately said to Guo Zhong: "Zhongzi, go and tell General Long Yun immediately that General Cun Qi's night attack is enough to frighten the enemy's courage, demoralize the enemy, and greatly boost the morale of our Southwest Frontier Army officers and soldiers.

On behalf of the Military Commission, I have made a special decision to promote General Cun Qi to the rank of Army Lieutenant General and Major General and Brigade Commander, and to award him a Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun.

In addition, the 800 brave soldiers who accompanied the general on this expedition will each be rewarded with a five-dollar reward! To encourage them!"

"Yes, I'll go right away." Guo Zhong responded, turned around and left quickly.

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That night, after General Cun Qi led his troops back, the eight hundred accompanying officers and soldiers quickly spread the word about the battle throughout the entire brigade.

The morale of thousands of soldiers was boosted, and their fear of the US military was greatly dissipated.

Early the next morning, the British and American forces, who had suffered heavy losses last night and had not dared to sleep all night, finally figured out the strength and marching route of the [***] squadron that attacked them yesterday.

When they learned that there were less than a thousand enemy troops last night, both the British commander Earl Ross and the American paratrooper commander Lieutenant Colonel Morgan blushed in rare shame.

Mogen, who was ashamed and angry, immediately suggested to Ross: "Sir, please forgive me, if our army cannot attack the Chinese defenders in Longling today and defeat them, then our morale will drop to

Bottom.

There is no need to fight this battle."

“Asshole Indians, they are just a bunch of idiots who can’t do anything.

They're just a bunch of stupid pigs!" Earl Ross couldn't help but began to complain about his Indian servants.

Morgan ignored this and continued: "General, please order the attack immediately."

Ross was also frightened to a certain extent by the bravery and prowess of Squadron [***] last night. Originally, he wanted to gild himself through this war and pave the way for his future return to the UK and climb to higher altitudes.

But I didn't expect that the Chinese people's fighting power would be so powerful.

Seeing his hesitation, Morgan stopped talking nonsense with him, turned around and left, and sent an emergency message to Commander-in-Chief MacArthur through the radio carried by his paratrooper brigade.

"You bastards, a bunch of rubbish!" MacArthur learned that last night nearly 30,000 British and American allied troops and servants were beaten by the Chinese [***] team of less than 1,000 people and were unable to fight back.

Moreover, it was the Yunnan local army with the most backward equipment among a group of [***] troops, and they finally couldn't restrain their anger.

"General, please calm down for the moment. Lieutenant Colonel Morgan is right. Count Ross is a waste and has no commanding ability.

He no longer has the ability to command this force, and he is no longer suitable to be a commander. General, you should choose a commander as soon as possible." Colonel Mick advised.

MacArthur thought for a while and said: "Call back to Lieutenant Colonel Morgan. From that day on, he will be promoted to colonel. Before the new commander arrives at the front line, he will be fully responsible for commanding the coalition operations. The commander of Earl Ross will be

Aborted from now on."

"But, General, Morgan is only a lieutenant colonel, commanding nearly three divisions, right?" Mick was a little worried.

MacArthur said angrily: "I was once a lieutenant colonel. I believe in Morgan. He is a very good commander."

Seeing MacArthur's unkind expression, Mick lowered his head and said nothing more.

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Mangshi County.

Morgan and his paratroopers successfully took over the command from Ross, a loser.

After taking command, Morgan, a young but ambitious guy, immediately sent out a paratrooper company, two British battalions and a Burmese servant infantry regiment to form the vanguard and set off.

He then left two thousand men to guard Mangshi, and he personally led the main force to follow up and march towards Longling.

Two hours later, the leading troops of the British and American coalition forces arrived on the west bank of the Longchuan River and confronted the Yunnan Army defenders across the river.

Morgan first called for air force support, and about a dozen U.S. bombers and fighter jets launched a round of fierce bombings against the Yunnan Army's riverside defense line on the east coast.

The Yunnan Army defenders, who lacked air defense experience and tactical means, suffered heavy casualties.

Longling County was also bombed by the US Air Force. Some houses were destroyed and fires broke out.

In the headquarters of the 34th Brigade, Adjutant Chen ran in from the outside with a gray face, and said to Cun Qi: "Brigade, the Yankees' planes are so abominable, they have caused a lot of damage to our defense line along the river.

Several houses in the city were also bombed by them just now."

Cun Qi's face turned pale and he immediately said: "Call the military immediately and ask for air force support from Kunming!"

"Kunming? We have an air force?" Adjutant Chen looked at Cun Qi in surprise.

"They were sent by the central government and have already arrived at Kunming Airport." Cun Qi said.

"Yes, that's great. Let the American devils also have a taste of bombs!" Adjutant Chen happily accepted the order.

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After receiving the request for help from the 34th Brigade, in about half an hour, more than 30 BF109 fighters and more than a dozen Stuka bombers stationed at Kunming Airport took off.

Flying towards the Longling front line.

However, the 34th Brigade lacked radio communication tools and lacked experience in cooperating with the Air Force.

After the Air Force flew into the nearby airspace, it could only conduct a rough bombing on the west bank of the Longchuan River.

Due to the rugged terrain of western Yunnan, with mountains and mountains everywhere, many pilots were unable to accurately dump bombs on top of the US military without ground radio contact guidance.

Therefore, the bombing effect was very unsatisfactory compared to the US military who had radio contact and contacted the army and air force for coordinated operations.

However, the noise caused by the bombing by our own air force still excited many Yunnan Army officers and soldiers who did not know the truth.

Amid their cheers, dozens of Chinese planes stopped bombing and began to return because they were about to run out of fuel.

What the Yunnan soldiers did not expect was that as soon as their own air force fleet returned, the U.S. military across the river began shelling.

When the huge explosions fell on our own position, many Yunnan Army officers and soldiers who had been cheering just now were blown away, causing heavy casualties.

The gap between the two sides in technical equipment, training and tactical equipment was clearly reflected at this moment.

While our own artillery fire was raging, the coalition engineers actually began to construct a pontoon bridge.
Chapter completed!