The rebirth of the Republic of China

In the 25th year of the Republic of China, the 36th Division, the 87th Division, and the 88th Division were reorganized at the same time. It was the earliest German-style mechanized unit and was known as the German model division of the National Revolutionary Army.Now, six years have passed, and the land of Huaxia is constantly raging with gunpowder and smoke. This army, which has experienced the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, has followed Lu Yihua all the way through, and has become the only fully organized German division. force.

The commander of the 36th Division was originally Chen Rongguang. In 27 years, the 36th Division followed Lu Yihua into eastern Henan to fight, and then moved to Wuhan to attack the Second Japanese Army in Fujin Mountain. The number dropped to 36 during the war.

Chen Rongguang became famous through this battle. Later, when Lu Yihua went home for vacation, Chen Rongguang led the 36th Division to the southeast of Shanxi. As soon as he came into contact with the Japanese army, he defeated Changzhi and successfully covered the national army to adjust its deployment.

Then, the 36th Division rested in southern Shaanxi and western Henan, and then went south into Sichuan.

A year later, Lu Yihua was reinstated, and Chen Rongguang immediately took over as the deputy commander of the No.60 Sixth Army, while the post of commander of the 36th Division was taken over by Li Zhipeng, who was born in the Fifth Phase of Whampoa.

Lu Yihua didn't know much about Li Zhipeng, but only knew from the battle report that he was very capable of fighting.

"The 36th Division was originally the backup of the expeditionary force. Now that the Japanese army has entered the west of Yunnan, Kunming is under threat. Since your troops are in Xiangyun, you must not allow the Japanese army to cross the Nujiang River!"

Lu Yihua's order was given without any leeway. Li Zhipeng naturally understood the importance of the Nujiang River. After the phone call with Lu Yihua ended, he immediately ordered the troops to prepare for transportation after receiving the appointment, and at the same time he personally led a few people to leave first.

Looking at the sun in the sky, Li Zhipeng wiped the sweat off his head, and asked the people beside him, "Why, how long will it take to catch up with the [-]th regiment?"

The one next to him put down the water he was drinking, and returned: "I think we will catch up in half a day. The [-]th regiment has gone a day earlier than us. This is the closest road to Baoshan in the south. We have to catch up overnight again." , half a day is estimated to be able to keep up."

After groping in his pocket, Li Zhipeng took out a map folded into small squares, stretched out his hand to draw on it for a long time, and then said: "Let the brothers hurry up and try to catch up with the [-]th Regiment within half a day." .”

This day was May [-]th, after noon, when Lu Yihua was preparing to eat with steamed buns, Liang Xiaofeng walked over quickly.At this time, he had already missed three meals, and it was because he was so hungry that he took a bite and swallowed it all over his head, so Lu Yihua asked, "What's wrong?"

Liang Xiaofeng stood at attention: "Report to the commander, the chairman will power on."

Lu Yihua was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately said, "Say."

"Order the No.11 Group Army to move westward one after another, and Kunming's defense will be temporarily replaced by the Fourth Army under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Army Guan Linzheng stationed in southern Yunnan!"

"Let Huang Wei come?" Lu Yihua frowned and thought about it, then nodded and said, "I know, you can arrange the plane later, and I will go to Xiangyun tomorrow afternoon, and at the same time, Tao Jinchu, the deputy chief of staff, will accompany you, and Liao Guoqing, the commander of the guard battalion, will arrange the journey. Everything." After thinking about it, Lu Yihua was really worried, now that Lashio has lost its gates to the country, if any link is wrong, the consequences will be disastrous.

Lu Yihua was a little anxious, but it seemed that this meal really shouldn't be eaten. Five minutes had passed since Liang Xiaofeng went out, and Liu Sheng and Xiang Junci also came in with serious faces. Lu Yihua put down the bowls and chopsticks and waited for them to speak.

Xiang Junci looked at Liu Sheng, and took the lead to say: "Jing An, this morning, the Japanese army occupied Songshan, a highland on the south bank of Huitong Bridge."

"Songshan..." Lu Yihua repeated and asked, "Who is the person on the road—"

Liu Sheng was about to answer, but he saw Lu Yihua pick up his chopsticks a few times irritably, and then stood up and walked around the room a few times.Lu Yihua obviously thought about the fate of those people. The road leading to Kunming was very congested. If extreme measures were not used, the speed of the Japanese army's advance would never have been so fast.

Liu Sheng looked at the report he held in his hand. It was very detailed. In order to get close to the Huitong Bridge, the Japanese army directly used planes to clear the way, and used convoys to forcibly clear the blocked road.

Just before that, the Burma Road was still full of cars and people, and it was almost impossible to walk a step.

Liu Sheng could completely imagine that the Japanese army didn't need to aim when they bombed. There were so many people here that there was nowhere to hide.

Just when Liu Sheng was thinking about this, Lu Yihua suddenly stopped and asked, "How is the battle at Huitong Bridge?"

Liu Sheng's mind cleared up instantly. This was obviously not the time to worry about the problems just now. He said: "The Japanese mechanized troops arrived at the Huitong Bridge on the Nujiang River at ten o'clock this morning. Explosives under the bridge, Japanese tanks, armor and large groups of vehicles were blocked on the west bank."

This is good news. As long as the Japanese army doesn't come over, the [-]th Regiment should be able to resist for a while. Lu Yihua asked again, "Is there any news about Lin Wei?"

Liu Sheng and Xiang Junci looked at each other and shook their heads: "No, Chief of Staff Lin is still in Baoshan, but no one knows the exact location."

Lu Yihua was noncommittal about this statement: "At the beginning, Lin Wei's staff team ran fast. Before the news came back, they arrived in Baoshan. Fortunately, Huitong Bridge was in time this time, otherwise Lin Wei..."

Lu Yihua smiled and didn't continue, but Liu Sheng and Xiang Junci understood what he meant. The Huitong Bridge is very important. Once a large number of Japanese troops cross the Nujiang River, Lin Wei's life will be lost.

After eating two bites in a hurry, he grabbed his coat and went out, and at the same time ordered: "Zheng Zheng, go to the General Administration of Yunnan-Myanmar Highway Transport, and let Director Yu speed up extremely. He said that the chairman ordered that the military situation is urgent. Regardless of military vehicles and civilian vehicles, all vehicles are now If you don't follow the military law when recruiting and transporting troops!"

Lu Yihua issued this order in a hurry. He has always used soldiers with an attitude of not disturbing the people, but this sentence is completely contrary to his previous behavior. Liu Sheng reminded: "Do you also use civilian vehicles?"

Lu Yihua paused, and then said: "Use! If you encounter a car, all of them will go to transport troops, and you can give them compensation, but if you resist, you don't need to report to me, just follow the military law." At this point, Lu Yihua's voice froze After a pause, he added, "But if anyone bullies others and takes advantage of the chaos to seek personal gain, I don't care who he is, and he will be severely punished!"

As if the time was not enough, after arriving at Xiangyun by plane, Lu Yihua asked someone to prepare the vehicle and headed towards Baoshan non-stop.At this moment, fierce fighting was taking place ahead, and Liao Guoqing's nerves were tense.

But the road was relatively safe. When Lu Yihua arrived in Baoshan, it was just after two o'clock in the morning. Looking out from the car window, it was pitch black, and there were a few bright stars shining in the night sky.

It took nearly an hour to find out the village where the staff group was located. Lu Yihua led Liu Sheng and Tao Jinchu to drive there. He didn't like Lin Wei, and naturally he didn't like to see Xiao Yisu who was in charge of the staff group's combat plan. The entire army was almost wiped out under his plan, but he was able to come out with a smile after running so far, Lu Yihua really felt that he had a thick skin.

After talking with Lin Wei for a while, and relaying Chairman Jiang's order to him, Lu Yihua stood up.

Seeing this, Xiao Yisu was surprised and said: "Commander Lu came all night and hasn't rested yet. Are you preparing to leave?"

Lin Wei also looked at him, and said with a smile: "Jing An, why don't you take a rest here, you risked to convey the chairman's order, I should thank you no matter what, don't just leave like this." Lu Yihua was anxious, no I was impatient with them, but Lin Wei couldn't offend him, so he could only say: "Mr. Lu is really too busy to be idle. This time, I have something to leave first. I'd better get together later when I have free time."

Lin Wei also understood the current situation, so she took the opportunity to say goodbye: "I think Jing'an is still worried about the things ahead, so I won't keep you."

The defeat in the Burmese war, the loss of Tangji, the fall of Lashio, and the sudden turn of events on the western front, Lin Wei watched all this happen, but was powerless to recover. His personal experience was different from watching the battle reports. At that time, Lin Wei only felt that his heart was hanging in midair , up and down.

At that time, the situation was already out of control. In desperation, Lin Wei obeyed Xiao Yisu's suggestion and ordered all agencies stationed in Lashio to quickly retreat to the country. Together with the regiment, they took the lead to leave Lashio under the cover of the troops directly under the 66th Army.

At this time, the entire Eastern Front was facing a shortage of troops. Lin Wei was in a state of anxiety, and the horns kept ringing along the way. However, before he reached his destination, the news of Lashio's fall reached his ears.

At that time, Lin Wei only felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and when he came back to his senses, he could only order the 66th Army to resist the Japanese invaders.

The 66 Burmese troops retreated separately. The [-]th Army was weak and unable to organize effective resistance. Commander Zhang Zhen followed Lin Wei and fought and retreated. The Japanese mechanized troops advanced very fast. When Wanding fell, a large amount of supplies were robbed Afterwards, Lin Wei almost collapsed there.

Since he arrived in Baoshan, Lin Wei would always think of the things along the way.These things are hard to forget. He wanted to contact the Chongqing government to explain the situation, but he never had the chance. Under the pursuit of the Japanese army, the radio station had already been damaged. Lin Wei even thought that he could not escape several times.After sending Lu Yihua away, Lin Wei looked up at the clear night sky, then turned and walked into the yard.

At this time, the 36th Division had arrived one after another. At the same time that the Huitong Bridge was blown up, the 36th Regiment of the [-]th Division had already reached the high ground on the north bank of the Huitong Bridge, and had an encounter with the vanguard of the Japanese army. The [-]th Regiment fought bravely , and controlled the highest peaks on both sides of the road in the evening of the same day.

At this time, the Japanese mechanized troops that were forced to stop were stopping on the bank of the Nu River.

"Your Excellency, Commander! The Chinese army has occupied the high ground first, and our army has been blocked!"

At this time, the troops on the edge of the Nu River were officially the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army. Masao Watanabe stood beside a car. After listening to the report, he said, "How many of us have crossed the Nu River?"

"There are 460 seven people." The man returned.

Masao Watanabe frowned, apparently dissatisfied, he looked at the soldiers who were preparing the rubber dinghies, then looked at the east bank of the Nu River for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Row the boat, keep rowing! Cross the Nu River!"