The rebirth of the Republic of China

The waters of the Nu River rush from north to south for more than 2000 kilometers before leaving the country, and enter Myanmar at the mouth of the Wanma River in Longling Mucheng to join the Salween River. It originates in the hinterland of the Tanggula Mountains at the junction of Tibet and Qinghai. The water flows through the mountains and splits the mountains, and the Nujiang Canyon is a natural moat connecting the "barbarians" outside the region. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

The location of the Nujiang River is very good, but the traffic is extremely inconvenient. Except for a few suspension bridges that can barely carry mules and horses, the only place that can be opened to traffic is the Huitong Bridge on the Yunnan-Burma Highway. The throat of anti-Japanese military material transportation.Of course, apart from these two places, there are still dozens of ferry crossings on both sides of the Nujiang River, but these ferry crossings are too simple and can only pass through wooden boats and bamboo rafts, and their use in war is too small.

In the temporary headquarters of the Second Pre-Division, Hong Xing, the deputy division commander put down the binoculars in his hand, and asked an officer behind him, "Has the order been issued yet?" He was talking about Chen Mingren, the deputy commander of the 71st Army. The 71st Army was one of the twelve ace armies that were first equipped with American equipment in the national army, and it was the main force in Lu Yihua's hands.

The officer shook his head, and was about to speak when he saw a captain trotting towards the temporary command post from the front.After the captain officer saluted, Hong Xing took the document from him, and the captain breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Deputy, an order has been sent from the division headquarters to send our troops deep into the southwestern area of ​​Tengchong and be responsible for covering the [-]th Army of the Fifth Army." The main force of Division Gaoji's Human Division, and the two supplementary regiments of the Fifth Army under the command of Huang Xiang!"

Hong Xing frowned and asked, "How many of them are there?"

This time, before the captain could reply, the previous officer answered: "There are more than two thousand people."

After thinking about it, Hong Xing ordered: "Order the whole regiment to start crossing the river!"

It was dark when the order was issued, and the Nujiang River was running continuously in the silent moonlit night. The Fourth Regiment of the 36th Division, led by Deputy Mayor Hong Xing, assembled quickly and quietly marched toward the river bank.

In the dense jungle, a group of nimble figures passed quickly. There were many of them, but they were strictly disciplined. None of the hundreds of people spoke. , The next moment the team stopped.There was a faint sound of breathing in the jungle, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

The night made a perfect cover for the actions of the Fourth Regiment and the First Battalion. The searchlight shot out from the dense forest where the soldiers of the First Battalion were hiding, and flashed across a tree shadow in an instant.The enemy was very vigilant, and the leader was calm, and he did not give an order until more than 20 minutes after the searchlight passed.After a while, there was a sudden burst of gunfire, and the bullets knocked out a piece of mud and gravel not far from a battalion of soldiers hiding in the dense forest.

"This is a temptation, don't move!" The leader lowered his voice and shouted, "It's all hidden, don't move!"

The caller was obviously a veteran of the battlefield, and he reacted very quickly to these situations. Almost at the same time as the gunfire rang out, he uttered a voice to remind his comrades.The rest of the people held their breath when they heard the words, and carefully hid behind some natural bunkers without moving.

After this round of shooting passed, the leader climbed to the river bank close to the ground. The place he chose was very good, and the terrain was not very flat, which greatly reduced the possibility of being discovered by the enemy.Leaning behind a bunker, he looked around vigilantly, and after confirming that it was safe enough, he waved to the person behind him who had been staring nervously at him.

Several people in the jungle glanced at each other, and one of them made a gesture to the others, who nodded, while the other soldiers stopped silently, their gazes fixed on the river bank.

In the same way as the leader just now, those people also climbed behind the stone beside the bunker. Among them, the person who had just gestured stopped behind the bunker where the leader was, and he glanced at the river. He said: "Battle Commander, Huzi has found it, and the rope is there."

The man in the lead, Cheng Jie, the commander of the first battalion of the Fourth Regiment, looked at the place he was pointing at, and saw that the soldier named Huzi had already arrived at the river bank, his hand was in the river, taking advantage of the dim Looking at the moonlight, there is a faint crossing rope in the river water looming in the waves.

Cheng Jie showed joy on his expressionless face, and said in a low voice, "Someone tell the deputy that you can cross the river!"

"Yes!"

In Baoshan's war room, the sound of "Dididi" kept coming and going, making the atmosphere a lot more depressing.

Reaching out and pouring the herbal tea in the water glass onto his hands and wiping his face, Lu Yihua undid two buttons on his neckline, which made him feel much more comfortable.After walking two steps back and forth, he asked again: "Has there been any news yet?"

Liu Sheng, who was standing next to the radio team, heard the words and was waiting to answer. The second lieutenant officer of the radio team sitting in front of him just stopped the last operation. Liu Sheng's eyes flicked over the paper that had just been recorded, waiting for him to see clearly. His eyes paused at the above content, and then his heart relaxed. He picked up the telegram and smiled: "Commander, Deputy Commander Chen is calling, and the second division is ready to cross the river."

The news was good news, but Lu Yihua did not relax.

Putting his smile away, Liu Sheng took the telegram and walked up to Lu Yihua. He saw that Lu Yihua was looking down at the map. The map was full of blue and red lines. Knowing that it was the handwriting of Chief of Staff Xiang Junci.

Putting the telegram on the table, Liu Sheng followed Lu Yihua's gaze towards the map, and the intersection of the gaze and the map fell on the opposite bank of the Nu River. Liu Sheng raised his eyebrows, raised his gaze, and the blue mark jumped into his eyes——Burma highway.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Sheng understood Lu Yihua's worry. The counterattack basis of the Chongqing Military Commission's military order has not been confirmed until now!

Sure enough, Lu Yihua saw Liu Sheng look at the map and said, "The reason why the military commander ordered our army to cross the river to counterattack Tengchong and Longling was nothing more than the belief that the Japanese army was weak, and that what was marching north along the Yunnan-Burma Highway was just a temporary enemy force. , It is a taboo on the battlefield to go deep alone, and it will not last long, but this news has not been confirmed until now."

"Are you afraid that there will be enemies on the other side that we don't know about?" Liu Sheng asked.

Lu Yihua nodded, then frowned and said, "The information in our hands has always been insufficient, and we don't have enough information on the Japanese army in Burma. I always have a bad feeling."

"What hunch?"

Lu Yihua didn't speak, but after a while, he shook his head again.

Seeing this, Liu Sheng found it strange, but he didn't ask any further. Turning around, he saw Xiang Junci hang up the phone with a funny face, and asked, "Senhan Xiang is so happy, what good news did you receive?"

"It's not good news, it's not a soldier." Xiang Junci shook his head with a smile.

"Mr. Zhong?" Liu Sheng felt really strange, and Lu Yihua raised his head to look at him.

Xiang Junci had no choice but to say: "On the phone call from Staff Officer Liu of the 71st Army Command just now, Commander Zhong left the command matter to Commander Chen Fu, and he took the guard platoon directly to the front line. They couldn't stop them, so they had to report One sound."

Lu Yihua's premonition was very accurate. On the morning of May 22, the troops assigned to counterattack Tengchong, Longling, and Songshan completed crossing the river and all arrived at the ready position for attack.The next day, the various units that had already arrived at the ready position for the attack began to attack the enemy forces at Tengchong, Longling, and Songshan, and each jointly attacked Tenglong and the local strongholds on the Longsong Highway.

Due to the reason for crossing the river, the troops crossing the river to attack Longling in Tengchong did not have artillery, so they could not destroy the enemy's fortifications.After less than five days of fighting, the situation of the troops on the other side of the Nujiang River began to deteriorate. The advantage of surprise attack at the beginning was gradually wiped out. In addition, the supply from the rear could not keep up, and the troops crossing the river suffered heavy casualties. The expectations at the time were completely different.

By the 28th, the fighting situation had gradually spiraled out of control.

A burst of gunshots hit the ground, and Zhong Bin quickly bent down and hid behind the bunker.

Leaning his back on the bunker, panting heavily, and then leaning his face against the side of the bunker to look out, a burst of rubble was stirred up on the side of the bunker, Zhong Bin retracted into the bunker and hid it, opened his mouth several times, and spit out the Broken soil and gravel.

Reaching out his hand to take the bullet from the adjutant next to him, Zhong Bin took the opportunity to look out, and then panted, "Where are there so many devils? It doesn't mean that there is only one fast troop with more than 2000 people, this is called more than 2000 troops." People? Where are the eyes of those engaged in intelligence looking!" After speaking, Zhong Bin didn't wait for anyone to speak, and immediately asked, "Is there any news from the 88th Division?"

"This morning, the 88th and [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division killed a captain of the enemy army on the Longsong Highway, and intercepted their battle plan and map." At this point, Lu Yihua stopped talking and glanced around, "It is now confirmed , it is the enemy's Sixth Division that is fighting our army this time, this is the translated version of the battle plan, everyone, please take a look."

The combat plan intercepted by the 88th Division is very detailed, and the number of Japanese 56th Divisions and the distribution of troops are specified.Contrary to the previous speculation of the Chongqing Military Commission, the enemy's troops are very sufficient.

The Sixth Division is all stationed in the Tenglong area and subdivided into six complete areas, namely Tengbei, Tengchong, Longling, Songshan, Mangshi and Xinnong.In addition, the battle plan also showed that the headquarters of the enemy's Sixth Division and its directly subordinate troops were stationed in Mangshi, with a strength of about 2 to [-] troops.

After reading the battle plan, everyone gasped and raised their heads to Jun Ci: "Commander, Commander Zhong is still on the other side!"

Lu Yihua was silent for a while, groped the battle plan with his fingers a few times, and stood up suddenly: "This is temporarily handed over to Chief of Staff Xiang and Deputy Chief of Staff Tao, and the battle order is discussed with you, so be sure. Zhengzheng is going to prepare the car, Take this document and follow me to the staff group."

This battle plan was no small matter. Lin Wei's first reaction after seeing it was disbelief. After recovering from his senses, he hurriedly called his secretary and telegraphed the document to the Chongqing Military Command without giving way to Lu Yihua. Sit with Lu Yihua and wait for the order.After waiting here with Lin Wei for a whole day, Lu Yihua felt really irritable, so he simply told him to go back to his war room, at least he could know the results of the battle at the front line as soon as possible by staying here.

After another two days of staying up, at four o'clock in the morning, Lu Yihua was sitting behind the conference table with his eyes closed, when the door of the room was suddenly pushed open.Liu Sheng strode in: "Jing An, news from the staff group, the Chongqing side has instructions!"

Lu Yihua opened his eyes violently, and Liu Sheng said, "This morning, Generalissimo Jiang ordered to stop the attack and ordered the main force of our army to withdraw to the east bank and stick to the front line of the Nu River, leaving only a small group of troops to engage in guerrilla activities on the west bank."

After receiving the telegram from Liu Sheng, Lu Yihua opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly fell silent.

I don't know if it was because of a premonition, but he didn't feel much about this failure.Unlike the grief that arose when the Huayuankou of the Yellow River burst, and the anger in the Battle of Fujinshan during the Battle of Wuhan, the emotion that was so strong that it hit the soul did not appear this time.

Especially now, this feeling is stronger, these days, it seems that what he is directing is just a drama rather than a battle of survival.

In war, this is really not what a soldier should do.