Word: tengyueh
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...crossed the Mekong and the Salween en route to the Japanese lines with lights out, our formation tight, the interlocking ships black against the rising moon behind them. Tengyueh lay absolutely still within the rectangular walls of its valley, with not a glimmer of light anywhere. But the brilliance of the moon traced the outlines of the walls and the main streets in clear, sharp shadows...
...bottomless river) is the Salween, which curls for 200 miles through the mountains of Yünnan. Along its west bank the Japanese had nurtured themselves, gathering their strength. Near Tengyueh they struck. Three columns, altogether some 6,000 veteran troops, swung north and east with the apparent intention of outflanking Chinese troops scattered along the Burma Road...