Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2951 Xiaolin Heights
Zhang Lingfu also saw Yaqing Honma through the binoculars, and compared it with the photos of Honma in his mind, he said with certainty: "It's Yaqing Honma, it's really possible that he suddenly appeared here!" Then he shouted: "Quick, Get the walkie-talkie."

The walkie-talkie was delivered to him very quickly, and he asked for the head of his artillery regiment directly, and then reported a landmark parameter, and asked him to fire immediately.

When Sun Liren and the others saw Yaqing Honma, the latter also saw them, and when he recognized that the military rank on Sun Liren's collar was that of a general, Yaqing Honma immediately whispered: "Admiral Zhina? Yaoxi, Ono-kun, hurry up, contact the artillery immediately and let them fire immediately!"

Both Zhang Lingfu and Benma Yaqing's reactions were quick, and their artillerymen were also very competitive. Perhaps it was for this reason that none of their attempts succeeded.However, what followed was the early outbreak of the Battle of Malan.After nearly 10 minutes of artillery fire from both sides, Sun Liren and Masahiro Honma made a decision at the same time to launch an offensive immediately.Therefore, marked by this round of artillery fire, the Battle of Malan officially entered the stage of world military history.

On the day when the battle began, the Chinese side had the upper hand because Zhang Lingfu's troops were always ready to launch a general offensive.After the engineer battalion of the first division spent two and a half hours clearing a passage, a fire-breathing tank regiment of the first division drove directly onto the battlefield, forcing a bloody path with flames.Immediately, the other two tank regiments, three armored regiments and one mechanized infantry brigade of the first division quickly interspersed. According to the steps Zhang Lingfu had envisioned before, the surprise soldiers occupied a highland located 5000 meters northeast of Malan.

This highland is the most critical strategic point near the east of Malan. The Japanese army is heavily guarded, so the occupation operation is not smooth.The first division was first strongly blocked by about two brigades of devils, and then it was besieged by about two divisions of the independent army near the high ground.However, because the first division came prepared and equipped with enough fire-breathing tanks, even though the independent troops of the two divisions had all taken stimulants, they still failed to stop the first division's offensive in the end.Of course, in order to conquer this high ground, the First Division also suffered heavy casualties. According to the final statistics, the loss of the machine brigade alone exceeded 1000 people, and more than [-] tanks were damaged.

The cost of capturing this high ground was huge, but it was worth it in terms of post-war analysis.Because it was the occupation of this high ground that the Expeditionary Third Army gained a foothold to advance, and also had the great victory of Kampang later.

This highland was later named Xiaolin Highland by Zhang Lingfu.Zhang Lingfu did this because the acquisition of this highland had a lot to do with the sacrifice of a captain named Xiao Lin.At the most critical moment in the battle for the high ground, it was precisely because of Xiao Lin's sacrifice that he used his own flesh and blood to block one of the devil's bunker nozzles at the most critical moment, which bought time for the troops behind to advance .

The battle for the Xiaolin Heights lasted six and a half hours, and after the First Division occupied the highlands, the Japanese army immediately organized a counterattack, knowing the strategic value of the highlands.So for about two weeks thereafter, the battles between China and Japan revolved around the Xiaolin Heights.

After the battle of Malan started, it should be aware of China's intentions. Toshiichiro Koizumi called the US the next day, demanding that the island seizure operation be launched immediately.At the same time, based on Narumi Inoue's suggestion, he called Stalin through the White House, expressing his willingness to help the Soviet Red Army recapture the Far East. If Soviet Russia needed it, he could persuade the Japanese military to send troops from Korsa in the Russian Far East. Cove landed and attacked the Chinese army from behind.

It was Truman's longing to win over Soviet Russia to join the war group against China.Therefore, after Toshiichiro Koizumi showed such intentions, he followed up and added fire, saying that the US government sympathized with the Soviet Union and was willing to help the Soviet Red Army regain the territory occupied by China, and promised that as long as the Soviet Red Army Start the battle to recover the Far East, then the US government will provide some assistance to Soviet Russia and so on.

There is a reason why Truman suddenly showed such enthusiasm in wooing Soviet Russia to join the war group against China. It was because on the Brazilian battlefield, although the US government had successively filled in more than [-] troops, it still could not contain the Brazilian government forces. And the offensive of the Chinese South American Volunteers.And because other countries in South America began to show hesitation in uniting against China, Truman was worried that the situation in South America would get out of control, so it was urgent for Soviet Russia to contain China from the north, hoping to reduce the Chinese government's investment in the Brazilian battlefield.

China and Japan fought again in the Malay Peninsula, and Britain was also stimulated.After Xiao Lin Heights was occupied by the Chinese army and the Japanese army was in a passive situation, Churchill sent someone to contact Toshiichiro Koizumi, saying that he was willing to send troops from India and Bangladesh to contain China. At the same time, he made a condition that after defeating China, Britain must obtain Malay The right to dominate other areas of the peninsula except those currently controlled by the Japanese army.

The British had very good calculations, or Churchill thought that in the war on the Malay Peninsula, China had no chance of winning, so they thought that the opportunity to beat the dog in the water and pick up the fruit had come.

Toshiichiro Koizumi is well aware of the small calculations of the British.Because of this, he did not respond to the "goodwill" of the British. Instead, he said that the imperial army was confident of defeating the Chinese army alone, and it was enough for the British army to watch the show.

Obviously playing hard to get, Churchill could of course see through it.However, the more Toshiichiro Koizumi was like this, Churchill became more determined to send troops to Burma.As a result, the British headquarters immediately revised the original Middle East plan and converted it to the Indochina Peninsula combat plan. They wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when the Chinese Indochina Peninsula troops were tied up in the Battle of Malan to forcibly take Myanmar into their pockets.However, it should be aware that their own army is not strong enough. The British did not take action immediately after making the above decision. Instead, they called the Chinese government, saying that in view of the calls of the Burmese people, the British government decided to speed up the pace of returning to Burma. The Chinese government can take care of the emotions of the Burmese people and cooperate in this matter.

Song Ziwen was the first to see this telegram among the senior military and political officials of the coalition government. He was very happy at the time, saying that his subordinates said: "I have seen shameless ones, but they are so shameless. I have been the foreign minister for so many years, and this is still a headache." See you once. I guess the Prime Minister will be laughed at when he sees this telegram."

(End of this chapter)