The Travelers of the Heavens

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and also launched attacks on Western forces in Southeast Asia.

Britain asked the Republic of China to organize an expeditionary force to help their garrisons and expats in Indu and Xiandian resist the Japanese attack. In fact, it was to cover the British retreat.

Chiang immediately agreed to dispatch the 5th, 6th and 66th armies, totaling 100,000 people, to form an expeditionary force into Southeast Asia to fight.

In February of the thirty-fourth year of Xiangying of the Great Zhou Empire (the thirty-first year of the Republic of China, 1942 AD), the expeditionary force entered Xiandian through western Yunnan.

This completely ruined Wang Yu's blocking plan.

At this time, Wang Yu, who had just deployed the"Sichuan-Sichuan Corps" in the capital, was furious when he learned the news. He decided to open the space tunnel and devote two armies to attack the Chinese expeditionary force, hoping to completely eliminate them in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Then block all foreign aid routes including the Burma Highway.

The 89th and 90th armies of the 20th Corps of the Kyushu Army were surrendered to Xiandian by Wang Yu.

The brief establishment of the 20th Corps is as follows: Commander-in-Chief General Niujiao, who is also the garrison commander stationed in Ninghuhang, Congji Land.

89th Army (250th Division, 251st Division, 252nd Division, 253rd Division)

90th Army (254th Division, 255th Division, 256th Division, 257th Division)

91st Army (258th Division, 259th Division, 260th Division, 261st Division)

92nd Army (262nd Division) , 263rd Division, 264th Division, 265th Division)

Corps Headquarters:

Independent 20th Heavy Artillery Division,

Independent 20th Anti-aircraft Artillery Division,

Independent 20th Armored Brigade

, 20th Corps Guard Brigade

, in Ren'anqiang in 1942. At about nine o'clock one morning, the expeditionary force was engaged in a fierce battle with the 18th Japanese Division. This battle had lasted for several hours since the early morning.

Suddenly, intensive artillery fire hit the expeditionary force's position and the surrounding large area. Many soldiers of the expeditionary force who were fighting were taken away by the wave of shelling. At the same time, a large number of Japanese were also killed in the shelling.

What did Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi, commander of the 18th Division, see in the telescope? What did he see?

All he could see was a sea of ​​fire. The air waves caused by the explosion continued to spread, and mutilated corpses and weapons and equipment were blown up into the sky.

""Your Excellency, Division Commander, a whole brigade of our 56th Regiment was killed in a mysterious shelling," the staff officer reported to Shinichi Tanaka.

"What is going on? Where did the shelling come from!"Tanaka Shinichi put down the telescope and asked the staff

"Under investigation," the staff officer replied.

"The cause must be found out as soon as possible!"Tanaka Shinichi emphasized again.

"Hi!"The staff member stood at attention and bowed his head in response. The shelling continued and gradually stopped until dusk. At this time, the expeditionary force and the Japanese had already stopped fighting and were looking for shelter to avoid the shelling.

But just after nightfall, countless illumination bombs flew Towards the sky, illuminating the battlefield.

What followed was the clatter of tracks and the hum of engines. This was the sound of a group of tanks.

""Your Excellency, Division Commander, the source of the morning's shelling has been identified. It is Zhou's allies attacking the Kuomintang army." The staff finally found out the truth and reported to Tanaka Shinichi.

"Um? Why didn't I receive such information?" Tanaka Shinichi asked.

"I don’t know," the staff officer said.

"idiot! After further investigation, we lost a large group of warriors for no reason!" Tanaka Shinichi scolded

"Hi!"The staff immediately ran out of the headquarters to continue the investigation. No matter what the investigation, the final result must be an accidental attack caused by the chaotic battlefield situation.

This small corps composed of the 89th and 90th corps of the Kyushu Army is called the"Burma Corps." With 89 Lieutenant General He Youkuan, the commander of the army, is the commander, Lieutenant General Wang Mingkai, the commander of the 90th Army, is the deputy commander; Major General Liu Quan, the chief of staff of the 89th Army, is the chief of staff of the Corps. Since the 90th Army does not have a chief of staff, there is no deputy chief of staff. The

Corps has two corps and eight divisions, as well as an armored brigade equipped with 120 tanks, and two artillery brigades equipped with various anti-aircraft guns, totaling 460 anti-aircraft guns (PS: Most of the armored units and anti-aircraft artillery units temporarily assigned to the Corps are from (drawn from other troops), with a combat strength of 300,000.

The Xiandian battlefield is small, and hundreds of thousands of troops are currently crowded in the area around Ren'an Qiang. The troops are being deployed to encircle Ren'an Qiang.

At night, as flares are continuously fired, In the sky, the entire Ren'an Qiang was illuminated like daylight. Fifteen tanks were in front, followed by about two regiments of Kyushu soldiers. They began to raid Ren'an Qiang at night. At the same time, the translators accompanying the

Kyushu Army were also actively communicating. Nearby Japanese troops, they first contacted the 55th Division, which was on the left side of the 18th Division. The Kyushu Army asked the 55th Division to protect the rear. The Japanese were not needed for the task of attacking Ren'an Qiang. Naturally, the

55th Division did not Will let this credit go easily, the division commander categorically rejected the request of the Kyushu Army.

After hearing the news, He Youkuan immediately ordered the force to pass through the 55th Division's defense line.

Although the shelling during the day was fierce, the 55th Division did not figure out the Kyushu Army The specific strength of the army, faced with the advance of tanks and a large number of Kyushu soldiers, the 55th Division decisively chose to give in and let the Kyushu Army pass.

Soon the Ren'anqiang battlefield was filled with gunfire again.

The 200th Division of the Expeditionary Force At the forward position, under the influence of flares, the defenders saw tanks and densely packed Kyushu soldiers attacking the position.

"Hurry up! The enemy is coming! It's Zhou Guizi!"

"hurry up! Everyone to the battlefield! The Japanese devil is here!"

For a while, the garrison position was full of these sounds.

"Da da da da da daDa da da"The defenders' machine guns began firing

"Dang Dang Dang"The bullet bounced off the armor plate of the"Mo Kai" tank.

"BANG! Tanks open fire.

"boom!"Hit the defenders' position.

The shells from the 88mm tank gun knocked over some defenders.

"Da da daDa da da"

"Snapped.. Snapped"

Automatic rifles and semi-automatic rifles from the Kyushu Army also fired.

The garrison position was covered by a hail of bullets

""Sir, the enemy's firepower is too strong and our forward positions have been breached in many places." A company commander reported to his superiors.

"How many people are there in your company?"The battalion commander asked

"There are less than 20 people," the company commander said.

"What? The battle has only been going on for a while, and you only have so few people left in your company?"The battalion commander asked

"This is still.. Counting the number of wounded," the company commander felt heavy.

"Zhou Guizi's firepower is fierce, I have learned it today," the battalion commander said with a sigh. The

200th Division is a mechanized force of the national army. In the previous years of war, the division was annihilated twice by the Kyushu Army, and almost all its equipment was lost. Now The 200 Division has been rebuilt for the second time. Most of the personnel, including the battalion commander just now, have not fought against the Kyushu Army. The division did not collapse under the opponent's powerful offensive and still held its position. It can Reflecting its outstanding fighting will.

Since the Jiuzhou Army has not launched any major battles in recent years, it gave Jiang an opportunity to rebuild and train his troops for a long time. The Kuomintang Fifth Army, where the 200 Division is located, received M reinforcements in Guangzhou and was led by M National consultants guide training. Compared with Tang Enbo's 31st Group Army, which has empty weapons but lacks training and has no fighting spirit, the overall quality of the 200 Division, including the entire Fifth Army, is several levels higher.

Just here When the company commander reported to the battalion commander, news came that the position had been completely breached. The battalion commander picked up a Thompson submachine gun and led a group of troops onto the position, preparing to die in service to the country.

An hour later, the position returned to calm. The battalion commander and his men died together. He was worthy of the country and the men who followed him, and he fulfilled his oath of"never be separated from his men in life and death." The blue sky and white sun flag on the position was also removed and replaced by the Kyushu Army The distinctive flag with a gold phoenix pattern on a black background.

This position was like a wedge embedded in the defense line of the 200th Division. General Dai Anlan, the commander of the 200th Division, ordered that this protrusion must be eliminated, and the national army's counterattack followed.

Due to the disparity in strength between the two sides , , the national army's counterattack did not work, and the breakthrough became bigger and bigger. More and more Kyushu troops broke into the 200 division defense line, and the national army gradually became exhausted. At the most exaggerated time, a national soldier had to face seven or eight Kyushu soldiers. During the siege, the British soldiers who participated in the defensive operations did not protect the flanks and rear of the 200 Division as agreed. They actually fled without reporting, causing the 200 Division to be completely surrounded by two new divisions of the Kyushu Army.

General Dai Anlan Seeing this, he decisively ordered to abandon his position and break out. He faced an opponent with a force equivalent to at least two Japanese Class A divisions and dozens of times more firepower than the Japanese Class A division. General

Dai was hit by artillery fragments while commanding the troops to break out. , later died of serious injuries. Let us pay tribute to General Dai.

At this point, the fighting in Ren'anqiang and surrounding areas has basically ended. Less than a thousand people of the 200 Division successfully broke through, and the rest were all killed.