Meaning of Lung-ling | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Most of the people have⟳ migrated from Lung-ling and to a lesser extent from T'eng-ch'ung. The people are simple and primitive, and the females all bind⟳ their feet.”

“The crossing of the Salween in mid-May was unopposed and Yoke Force⟳ made slow but steady progress⟳ until the Japanese counterattacked at Lung-ling and hopes ended of a breakthrough to Myitkyina from the east. By September, Chiang Kai-shek was threatening to pull⟳ Yoke Force⟳ back into China.”

“Fearful that the Japanese forces at Lung-ling would mount⟳ a counterattack and eventually overrun the Chinese and cross the Salween River, the generalissimo added to the issues a request⟳ that the Chinese soldiers who fought at Myitkyina be redeployed to the Lung-ling front. Chiang could not order⟳ but only ask⟳ for these troops because once they entered Burma they were part of Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia Command.”

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