Taking the Lead
"Everyone, do you see this small city in front of us? As long as we cross this city, we will reach the India-Myanmar border!”
Dai Anlan pointed at a small county town in front of them and said to everyone.
After the meeting at the temporary military command center in Hukang River Valley ended, everyone split up to prepare and quickly left that devilish area!
Dai Anlan let Liao Yaoxiang's new 22nd Division take the lead as the vanguard, while Yu Shao's new 96th Division was arranged to be at the back of the team!
Because Dai Anlan was really worried about handing his ass over to the 6th and 66th armies!
Who knew what these two armies would do when they were in danger!
After all, one could tell the style of an army from its commander!
As for the 3,000 wounded soldiers, they were placed in the middle of the team for everyone to protect!
Along the way, in order to speed up their advance and break out of the encirclement to the west faster, Dai Anlan suggested that everyone take the main road!
Although there were sporadic Japanese troops along the way, they were all dealt with in a single encounter!
The reason for this situation was not unrelated to the Japanese army's judgment of the expeditionary force!
According to the judgment of the commander of the 15th army, Iida Shojiro, the expeditionary army was likely to return to China from North Myanmar, through the Savage Mountain, or from the east!
The reason why they didn't consider breaking out from the west was that the Japanese army didn't think that the relationship between the Chinese army and the British army was close enough to cooperate!
Therefore, it was very likely that the British army would refuse to send the expeditionary force in to ensure the stability of India!
Similarly, the highest commander of China would not allow his most elite troops to break out of the encirclement to the west. They might become the army of another country!
In this way, Chang Kaishen would very likely become the biggest sucker in history!
Thus, Iida Shojiro ordered the 56th division, which was the most elite division, to occupy Tangji and Lashu, cutting off the path of the expeditionary army to return home!
At the same time, he ordered the 33rd division in the middle, the 15th division in the west, and the 35th division in Mandalay to advance north of Menggong!
They intended to annihilate all the expeditionary forces in the Hukang River Valley north of Menggong, Myanmar!
It was at the entrance of the Savage Mountain!
It had to be said that this lieutenant general commander, Iida Shojiro, had a very accurate judgment of the situation!
In his previous life, Du Yuming had gone this way, which was why the expeditionary army did not lose much on the battlefield!
It was the biggest failure in the Savage Mountain, the loss of personnel, weapons, equipment, ammunition, medicine, and so on!
"This city is called Anding City. It was built in the 16th century to guard against the invasion of the Moore Dynasty from India!”
"It was named Anding because although this small city is small, as long as we occupy this small city, the Indian army can forget about entering Myanmar from the north!”
"It can be said that one man can hold off ten thousand men. The geographical location is of great strategic significance!”
"Which general is willing to take the lead and take the credit!”
Dai Anlan was introducing the origins of Anding City when he suddenly changed the topic. He wanted to invite a general to take the lead and check out the opponent's background!
"I, let me do it!" The new 28th Division's commander, Liu Bolong, saw no reaction from the crowd and said with a bad temper.
"Since everyone has scruples, let me scout the way for everyone. After all, this matter needs someone to do it!”
After Dai Anlan heard this, he looked at Liu Bolong. He suddenly felt that although this teacher was a little hot-tempered and straightforward, he was much better than the others!
At the very least, he dared to fight and take responsibility!
"Alright, Commander Liu, you go up and scout the way first!”
Bang! Dozens of cannon sounds opened the curtain of this battle!
When the cannon exploded, the smoke rose and the smell of gunpowder filled the air.
Both sides couldn't see each other clearly, so Liu Bolong wanted to use the cover of the smoke to rush up the city wall!
"Brothers, charge with me, charge!”
"Charge!"
Da da!
The group of people at the front held their Thomas submachine guns and fired wildly. Like a fire snake, it pounced forward!
Those behind them held rifles and began to shoot at the enemies on the city wall from a distance!
Gunshots continued to ring out on the battlefield. Dai Anlan was not idle either!
With the help of binoculars, Dai Anlan had been observing the changes on the city wall.
After the battle lasted for about twenty minutes, Liu Bolong, who was covered in dust, had to retreat with a group of brothers who had been beaten up!
If they didn't retreat now, the new 28th Division might be destroyed before they could even touch the city walls!
He complained loudly," F * ck, the defensive works built by these little Japanese are really powerful. I charged down without any regard for my life, but I still couldn't touch the city wall!”
Even though he couldn't take it down, in Dai Anlan's eyes, this effect was enough!
Judging from the firepower and the attire of the two officers on the city wall!
Dai Anlan had a rough estimate of the military strength in Anding City!
Based on the two officers who were dressed in the same uniform and were both lieutenant generals, it could be deduced that there were 3,000 guards in Anding City!
At the same time, there were no other reinforcements, and there were no civilians in the city!
This was a simple military town, just like a beacon tower!
At the same time, there were three bunkers three meters outside the city!
These three bunkers formed a triangular shape and formed a defensive circle against the front of An Ding City!
It could be said that Liu Bolong had lost more than half of his troops before he could reach the city wall!
It was because of the bunker inside!
The firepower of these three bunkers was extremely powerful. They were all equipped with water-cooled Browning heavy machine guns, unlike the Type 97 or Type 99 machine guns produced by the Japanese!
Because the handle of the gun was slanted to the right, this type of light machine gun was jokingly called a crooked handle by the Chinese soldiers!
The Browning heavy machine gun was like a god-grandson compared to the Japanese.
After all, the Browning Heavy Machine Gun had the reputation of being a head reaper!
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