In addition to the casualties on paper, a large number of non-combat reductions also cost the western Yunnan Expeditionary Force. For this reason, when facing the obstruction of the 33rd Division, it became powerless. The entire 11th Army was only Yu Xiaoqing's men and the Japanese army.

After fighting for several days, I failed to gain an advantage.

Fortunately, the 33rd Division entered western Yunnan just to cover the retreat of the 56th Division and did not counterattack the expeditionary force. After completing the mission, it immediately retreated to Wei Mao, Myitkyina and other places.

On December 10, when Caijiazhai, the last small town in western Yunnan, was recovered by the 71st Army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force finally expelled all the Japanese troops invading western Yunnan, and was occupied by the Japanese invaders for one year and five months. Western Yunnan returned to the motherland.

The embrace.

China is full of joy, and major newspapers have begun to report on the major victory of the expeditionary force, as well as the spirit of the 200th Division of the Third Division going abroad to attack the Japanese invaders.

In just half a year, starting from the Sichuan Army's attack on the Nantianmen, the counterattack in western Yunnan also achieved great victory, which made the head of Chongqing unexpected.

In addition to commending several generals with outstanding performances in handwritten documents, the head of state commonly used medals and commendations to western Yunnan like snowflakes, and a large amount of silver dollars were distributed to reward officers from various departments who had made great contributions.

In particular, Liao Mingyu's unit played a crucial role in the entire battle situation. If the Third Division had not advanced westward and caused the Japanese to lose their armor, I would not know how long the counterattack in western Yunnan would have lasted.

At present, the first phase of the counterattack against Myanmar has been declared over, and the Allies have also completed the cleaning of the India-Myanmar border. Stilwell immediately began to prepare for the next combat operation, but the answer he received when contacting Chongqing made him very angry.

Then, then

The State Government responded that the western Yunnan Expeditionary Force suffered a lot of losses due to the continuous battle, so it should repair and supplement it for a period of time and will not use troops to Myanmar for the time being. The Chinese army stationed in India can continue to maintain combat against Japan, which will be arranged by Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang.

Stilwell was so angry that he had disliked the Chongqing man. Now that the conflict continues to escalate, he just pointed at the other person and cursed.

In fact, at this time the bald head of state did not make up his mind to counterattack western Yunnan.

First, the head of state has always been wary of the British. As early as the first time the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Myanmar to fight, the British showed no cooperation many times and lost their links at critical moments, resulting in many defeats in the Expeditionary Force.

It can be said that the first battle was to cover the retreat of these pig teammates, and it was a bloody path paved by countless Chinese soldiers with their lives for the British.

So in this year and a half, although Britain and the United States repeatedly urged the government to organize a counterattack, the bald head of state was afraid that the British would not cooperate again without trust, which led to the expeditionary force facing the Japanese army alone, so they remained silent.

If Liao Mingyu had not been born in nowhere, the counterattack in western Yunnan would have not been carried out until May next year.

Secondly, the head of state is preparing to preserve his strength, and his center is more on the domestic battlefield than Myanmar.

At present, the Japanese are eyeing Hunan. Seeing that the Hengyang Battle is about to begin, the Ninth War Zone is not sure to stop the Japanese attack. There are now two armies in western Yunnan. If the war is unfavorable, the head of state is likely to bring about the attack.

These more than 100,000 people were transferred to the domestic battlefield to ease the pressure in the ninth war zone.

The unwilling Stilwell continued to negotiate with the head of state, and even threatened to force the bald man to the palace by using the suspension of international military aid. At the same time, he also began to contact Roosevelt and asked their president to put pressure on the bald man.

The bald head of state, who had already decided, hesitated again. After all, the Cairo meeting had just ended. In order to win over Chiang Kai-shek to continue to fight against Japan in order to relieve the pressure on the US military in the Pacific, Roosevelt, in addition to agreeing to give China huge aid, publicly claimed that Chiang Kai-shek was the "Fourth Stages" in addition to agreeing to give China huge aid.

One of the leaders ".

At this point, China has become one of the four world's most powerful countries, and in the future, many places in the international community will rely on the Americans. In addition, the importance of the international aid line in India, the bald man had to make concessions due to these reasons.

However, the smart head of state did not know how to be vain and the sages. He only transferred the 71st Army and the 2nd Army as representatives to continue advancing westward, cooperating with the Indian army to pose a threat to Myitkyina from the east, while most of the expeditionary forces in western Yunnan remained in their original place and waited.

Next command.

On the other hand, due to the rapid advance of the Third Division, the head of state decided to form a new 88th Army, with the main body composed of the Honorary Third Division and the 200th Division, and the temporary 7th Division was drawn from the rear to his command.

Anyway, the Third Division is famous for its honor, and it has been strengthened. They are still in place, and their role in Myanmar is comparable to that of half an army.

This not only solved the problem of fighting in Myanmar, but also retained the main force of the western Yunnan Expeditionary Force to the greatest extent, which was a killing of two birds with one stone.

But the bald head of state struggled to choose the commander of the army. The best candidate was naturally Liao from Kentian, Nankan, but the opposition in the army was not very big, including Minister He

The faction led is the most intense,

For a time, rumors in Chongqing were flying everywhere, and various languages ​​slandering Liao Mingyu were endless, saying that he was tyrannical and unsuitable for higher vocational positions, or saying that he was a maverick person and did not obey commands to deliberately touch him.

Minister He also recommended Zhang Lingfu, under his confidant general Wang Yaowu, as the candidate for the commander of the new 88th Army, who was born in the fourth class of Huangpu, and his qualifications and abilities were sufficient to be the commander of the first army.

However, Chief Chen of the Civil Engineering Department could not sit still at this time. He was originally in conflict with Minister He. How could he not get involved in this opportunity to go against him?

In addition, he had some appreciation and wanted to win over Liao Mingyu, so Chief Chen immediately proved his guilt and recommended it to the head of state. Why didn't such a tiger general give him a bigger stage?

So the two groups of people quarreled over this issue, which also reflected the serious factional dispute within the government.

Seeing that the situation was tense, the head of state was not sure of its decision for a moment. Director Dai, who was well aware of the truth, did not come forward to talk to Liao Mingyu this time, but chose Mingzhe to protect himself. This was to make the head of state less suspicious of the latter.

Perhaps for balance or because of suspicion, it is surprising that the head of state did not support Liao Mingyu again this time, but ignored Minister He's recommendation and finally appointed Fan Shaozeng, who had been idle in Chongqing for half a year, as the commander of the 88th Army.

Then, then

Speaking of this, Fan Shaozeng is also a strange man. He was originally a general under the Sichuan warlord Yang Sen. He is also a representative figure in the Sichuan army who actively advocated anti-Japanese resistance.

He was born in a wealthy family in Sichuan. He didn't like studying since childhood. He often went to teahouses to hear stories and yearned for heroes in the world who robbed the rich and helped the poor. He joined the 13-year-old brother and wandered around all day long. To put it bluntly, he was a rich second generation who was in a mixed society.

In order to avoid studying, I often pretended to be crazy and stupid in front of my teacher and my father. Fan's father was angry and called him "Haer" (meaning a fool in Sichuan dialect). Because of his straightforward and hot personality, he was free and straightforward. After becoming a general, he was joked about it.

For "Commander Ha'er"

During the warlords' melee, Sichuan was not peaceful. Yang Sen attempted to unify Sichuan by force. After his defeat, he had no choice but to step down. Most of the army was handed over to Fan Shaozeng, who was adapted by Liu Xiang and was promoted and demoted to the army in secret.

Then, then

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Sichuan Army was reorganized and launched into Sichuan to fight against Japan. Fan Shaozeng volunteered to kill the enemy because of his disagreement with Liu Xiang, and rushed to the Shanghai front alone. He was then the deputy commander of the 11th Corps. Then Shanghai fell and retreated to Hankou with the army.

The following year, Liu Xiang, Han Fuqu and others plotted to overthrow Chiang, and the guy immediately reported the secret to the bald man, and was trusted and commended by the bald man. He was appointed as the commander of the 88th Army and recruited his own troops to fight against Japan.

Fan Shaozeng, who obtained military power again, quickly formed four regiments in Sichuan, but his weapons were dilapidated and the soldiers were of varying quality. He took out more than half of his belongings and equipment. He also told the officers and soldiers: In the past, civil war was a disaster.

The common people. This time I resisted Japanese invasion, I would lose all my money and try my best to drive the Japanese away with you!

From leaving Sichuan in 39th to returning to Chongqing in 43th, Fan Shaozeng switched to Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Hubei, and fought dozens of battles with the Japanese army, achieving many victories. The brave and good fighter 88th Army also became the youngest among the Sichuan Army.

Some of the ever-winning troops have received commendations from the Ministry of Military Affairs and dozens of medals at all levels issued by the Military Commission, and have been upgraded to the A-level Army with three divisions.

Especially in May 1942, Fan Shaozeng led his troops to kill a Japanese lieutenant general and injured a major general within two days. These two generals defeated by Fan Shaozeng were Lieutenant General Sakai Naoji Sakai, the commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army.

He and Major General Kono, the commander of the Japanese Forty Brigade.

Among these two setbacks against the Japanese army, Naoji Sakai's death is definitely something that the Chinese people are grateful for, because he is the Japanese officer who actively implements the "Three Lights" policy, insults women, and does everything he wants. His death was in the Japanese army.

The Chinese army also caused an uproar because he was the first division commander to be killed in the Japanese Army's history.

However, there are many factions within the National Army, and the combat effectiveness of the 88th Army and Fan Shaozeng's military achievements also aroused the jealousy of some people. Soon after, Chiang Kai-shek also used the skills of rising openly and descending secretly to transfer Fan Shaozeng from the 88th Army, and only gave only the

He was given the title of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the 10th Army who was "favorable but not useful".

Although he made great contributions, he was transferred from the team he led. This incident also made Fan Shaozeng feel very upset. He was so angry that he stopped doing it in anger. He returned to Chongqing in early 1943 and has been idle until now.

Then, then

As the saying goes, learn from one's mistakes and become wise. This old man from the robe was not idle after returning to Chongqing. After knowing the rules of the officialdom, he began to make friends everywhere and actively participate in social engagements between the powerful and the noble. He and Dai

Director and Chief Gu both maintain good relationships.

When the appointment of the newly-appointed commander of the 88th Army fell on him this time, the two groups of people surprisingly stopped the dispute, which instead indicated that the head of state was "wise".
Chapter completed!