The rebirth of the Republic of China

In this way, the flames of war broke out on the front line of the Nu River. On May 11th, the Military Command of the Chongqing Military Commission ordered Lu Yihua to order the No. [-] Group Army to counterattack Tengchong and Longling, regain the lost land west of the Nu River, and send some troops to the company in the southwestern area of ​​Tengchong. In Shanshan, Yingjiang, Lianghe and other places, another reinforced company was sent to the Myitkyina and Bhamojian areas to welcome Du Yuming's Fifth Army back home.

Sitting on the chair, Lu Yihua sorted out the events that happened since the outbreak of the war in his mind.

The Second World War broke out in [-] in the Gregorian calendar. In June of the same year, the military-French coalition suffered a major defeat in Dunkirk, and the British Isles were in jeopardy.At the same time, the Japanese army was advancing triumphantly on the Pacific battlefield. The British, caught in the war, tried to use the power of the Chinese army to save their colonies in the Far East. Finally, at the end of the [-]s, the last international transportation line in China, the Burma Road, was opened.

In December of the same year, at the invitation of the British side, the Chinese government dispatched the "China-Myanmar-India-Malaysia Military Mission" to Myanmar, India, and Malaysia as military advisers.Subsequently, the two sides signed the "Sino-British Joint Defense Agreement on the Burma Road", and the Sino-British military alliance was established.

In fact, according to the observation team, due to the war, the Sino-British military alliance should have been established long ago, so that the Chinese army could enter Burma and deploy its defenses.However, this suggestion was not adopted. Due to the different interests of China and Britain, the British did not express their position on the issue of the expeditionary force entering Burma. When the "Commander Commander's Headquarters" was established, Yangon had already fallen four days ago.

Speaking of which, from the first mobilization order since the Pearl Harbor incident to the official mobilization of the expeditionary force, there was a gap of more than two months.During this period, the expeditionary force sometimes mobilized into Burma, sometimes stopped waiting for orders, and sometimes prepared to transfer eastward, repeated and unpredictable, and caused Yangon to fall.Therefore, before this army with high hopes entered the battlefield they were going to fight for, they had already lost the fundamental purpose of this expedition - to preserve the Yangon international traffic line.

This situation makes the people of the country sad, but these are just the beginning, and there are great differences within the Burmese army.The commanders of China, Britain and the United States are full of contradictions, and the various relationships are extremely complicated.

Since the 66th Army was included in the battle order of the Expeditionary Army, Lu Yihua also sent a few staff officers to accompany the army into Burma, so he knew something about the expeditionary army's entry into Burma.

The commander has changed many times, the system is disordered, the authority is unclear, and each has his own interests. Such shortcomings have directly led to serious consequences.The expeditionary army failed to concentrate its main force in a timely and appropriate manner to fight the enemy decisively and recover Rangoon, and failed to retreat to preserve the war materials in Lashio based on the danger.

Moreover, during this period, the commanders were at odds, and the orders issued were not effectively implemented, and the already bad situation in Myanmar took a turn for the worse.

In April of this year, under the frontal pressure of the main force of the Japanese invasion of Myanmar, the Expeditionary Force to Myanmar and the British-Indian Joint Force began to be completely defeated.Du Yuming ordered more than 38 members of the Fifth Army to detour through the inaccessible Hukang River Valley to retreat. However, the commanders of the new 20th Division and the new No. [-] Second Division resisted on the spot and withdrew westward. Retired to India with the whole system.

Subsequently, the Japanese army quickly broke through and marched northward along the Burma Highway, and the expeditionary force retreated one after another.Even before everyone was aware of the defeat of the expeditionary force, the Japanese army almost came to Kunming, and the Chongqing government fell into panic.

The failure of the expeditionary force was so quick that everyone was caught off guard. Even if he had lived a lifetime to prepare for this, Lu Yihua was shocked in his heart. After all, watching the battle report is different from experiencing it personally.

He was in Kunming at the time, and when he received a call from Chongqing, he couldn't believe it—the people around him had expectations that could not be ignored for the battle situation at one moment, but these expectations were shattered at the next moment.

This kind of contrast makes it difficult to react, but one has to believe that the enemy has already arrived.

Having experienced the same thing, Lu Yihua can understand the thoughts of his subordinates, and doesn't care much about the occasional complaints, or words full of regret, as long as they don't delay the business, more or less venting is good for emotions .

It’s not good to hold back complaints about the government, it’s always better to speak out, Lu Yihua thought silently, according to the Gregorian calendar, it is now 31, the summer of the [-]st year of the Republic of China.

Listening to the room's views on the battle situation and the occasional voices of debate, Lu Yihua looked at the map and compared the deployment of troops in his mind with reality one by one.

Now the 36th Division is in front of the Huitong Bridge, and the 71th and 88th Divisions belonging to the 87st Army are deploying a line of defense on the front line of the Nujiang River. The second division has already been transported to Baoshan for assembly.

Just as Lu Yihua thought of this, a "report" interrupted his train of thought, he looked up towards the door, Liang Xiaofeng was standing upright at the door, Lu Yihua nodded: "Come in and talk about something."

Xiang Junci also looked at this beautiful secretary, and Liang Xiaofeng stood at attention: "Report to the commander, the new No. 30 Ninth Division Commander Zhang is calling, the transport vehicles are ready, request for an order."

"Hey, it seems that Mr. Zhang is very active." Xiang Junci joked with a smile.

The new No. 30 Ninth Division is a new unit, and they are not familiar with the group of old people under Lu Yihua's command, but he is different from Li Zhipeng.Li Zhipeng is from Chen Cheng's civil engineering department, but he took away the old troops from Lu Yihua's background as soon as he arrived, not to mention directly pulling the 36th division into the civil engineering department. Tough guy, but it still makes these people feel alienated.This Master Zhang is different. He has the above-mentioned advantages of Li Zhipeng, but he is not wary. He obeys the orders of whoever he follows. In essence, he is quite similar to Lu Yihua. He is more like a pure soldier. Such a person is easier to accept. .

Xiang Junci turned back to Lu Yihua and asked, "Why is the new No.30 Ninth Division still in place? Didn't the Chongqing side issue an order to move the entire group army west?"

Lu Yihua shook his head: "Whether the new No.30 Ninth Division will open west or not has not yet been determined."

Xiang Junci really didn't know about this, he had been preparing for other things these days, the transfer order was discussed by Tao Jinchu and Lu Yihua, and he did not participate.He turned to look at Tao Jinchu again, and Tao Jinchu nodded at him.

Xiang Junci frowned and pondered, then suddenly said: "Commander, I suggest that Commander Zhang stay where he is."

All the officers in the room started discussing because of this suggestion, and Lu Yihua also looked at him in surprise, and then looked down at the place Junci only gave him.Silently thinking about it again, Lu Yihua was about to give an order, but Tao Jinchu handed over a piece of paper - he has been drawing on this already full piece of paper since he entered this room.

Lu Yihua took it over and listened carefully to Tao Jinchu's explanation while watching it.

"Chongqing asked us to counterattack Tengchong, but the situation on the Nujiang River is there, and it is not worthwhile to cross the river head-on..."

The things written on the paper were very rough, and due to the tight time, some places were not even written, but the plan was very good, and the considerations were very comprehensive.Compared with the previous thought in his mind, he revised it once. Lu Yihua picked up the pen and scratched on it twice, and then handed the document to Zhang Zhen on the left, signaling him to pass it on after reading it.

Zhang Zhen is the commander of the 66th Army, and now concurrently serves as the deputy commander-in-chief of the [-]th Army.

When the Expeditionary Force was established, the 66th Army was the only unit in the 66th Army that entered Myanmar to fight, and it was under the command of Du Yuming during the battle.At that time, the 66th Army was located between Mandalay and Lashio, and it was a mobile force.Later, when the staff group of the [-]th Army covering Lin Wei returned to Baoshan, he reconciled with Lu Yihua.

After reading the proposal from Lu Yihua, Zhang Zhen passed the paper to the next person.While others circulated Tao Jinchu's plan to each other, Lu Yihua kept calculating possible situations in his mind. The mission of the military command cannot be changed, so they can only improve the process as much as possible.

After walking around the room twice, Lu Yihua stopped and didn't look at the people who were discussing. He just said to Liu Sheng who was sitting on the side taking the minutes of the meeting: "Show me the documents for the Second Preparatory Division's assembly in Baoshan."

Liu Sheng flipped through the stack of documents at hand, took out one and handed it out. Lu Yihua raised his eyebrows after he found what he wanted, and finally handed the document back, interrupting the discussion.

"Order Gu Baoyu of the Second Reserve Division to cross the river near Huitong Bridge and march towards Tengchong!"

"Order No.80 Eighth Division Hu Jiaji's troops to cross the river at Panzhihua, downstream of the Huitong Bridge, and attack Longling!"

"Order Li Zhipeng to lead the 36th Division to cross the river at the same place!"

Having said this, Lu Yihua paused, and Liu Sheng, who was memorizing the order, stopped writing.

Zhong Bin was the main force of the troops who received the order. He had long wanted to fight back, but when he suddenly heard that Lu Yihua listened, he became a little anxious. The 87th Division had nothing to do!

"Where is the 87th Division?" Zhong Bin rubbed his hands and asked eagerly, "Commander, the 87th Division has also arrived from Kunming, we can't let us just sit idle like that?"

Lu Yihua gave him a funny look, lowered his head and drew his fingers twice on the map, and then said: "The 87th Division sent a regiment to cross the river with the 88th Division at Panzhihua, downstream of the Huitong Bridge." Lu Yihua raised his head, "Others Stay put."

Although Lu Yihua's order is not quite the same as his original idea, Zhong Bin still knows what it means to stop when enough is enough.

After getting up and accepting the order, he hurried out with other officers who had missions. When the war started, every second must count, and he didn't want to waste time!