"Major General Knox, judging from the current situation, the Chinese are much more difficult to deal with than we thought. I suggest suspending the attack until the artillery brigade arrives."

Brigadier General York is the commander of the Indian Division. After analyzing the battlefield situation, he made what he believed to be the correct advice. In his opinion, as the biggest reliance of this tens of thousands of troops, the artillery brigade's more than 70 105mm field guns,

It will bring a nightmare to the Chinese. "Although their defense line is very unique, it is difficult to carry out long-term trench warfare like the European War. They are not prepared, and we have superior artillery."

"My boys can launch an attack from the flank of the Chinese." Joseph, the leader of the British Royal Gurkha Regiment, clearly scorned the Indians. Only his own group of mountain athletes can launch a sudden flank attack on the Chinese.

"I've said it before, Indians can't do it."

"You!!" Brigadier General York was obviously unconvinced. He was about to argue, but was stopped by Commander-in-Chief Knox.

"Everyone, although the quarrel is necessary, it should not be now. We should discuss how to defeat the shameful Chinese on the opposite side. According to the intelligence provided by our Japanese friends, the Chinese only have one standing division within these hundreds of kilometers.

I think they are on the opposite side.

We are all senior generals in the British Empire, and we should have a clear understanding of the ever-changing battlefield situation. I think that the Chinese on the opposite side are likely to have received support from the Germans, whether it is training or artillery, and even damn rifles.

It's the German Mauser style. We should seriously discuss how to defeat them."

"The Chinese are trying so hard to block us, but in fact they are afraid." Colonel Victor, the commander of the Indian brigade who had been silent just now, puffed out a cigar ring and said confidently.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of several generals immediately brightened. Yes, Mengmao Town is not an important town. The reason why the Chinese want to defend there must be because the rear is empty.

Judging from the intelligence obtained from the Japanese, the Chinese army only has a few divisions. How can it defend an area equivalent to several British areas? Moreover, France and Japan are about to launch a coordinated attack. The British deliberately leaked

The Chinese who "reveal" the news will definitely guard against possible military actions launched by the French and Japanese.

As a result, the entire Yunnan, at least the Ruili-Kunming line, will have very few troops.

"The intelligence provided by the Japanese monkeys was very accurate and helped us a lot." Major General Knox felt inspired and said approvingly: "Colonel Victor, your analysis is very correct. The Chinese must have insufficient troops.

, want to block us at the China-Burma border. However, they underestimated the determination of our British Empire to punish the murderers. The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets has never suffered such a barbaric massacre. The country is even preparing to dispatch two more divisions into Myanmar, ready to increase the number of troops at any time.

The severity of the punishment. It’s a pity that the damn Americans and Germans severely opposed it. Otherwise, we will conquer the entire southwest this time.”

"Yes!" Victor, who had received the award, saluted with his legs crossed. He was moved in his heart and continued to add: "General, we should report to the Far East Command immediately and let the reinforcements temporarily stay on the India-Myanmar border. At the same time, communicate with the French and Japanese,

Urge them to take action in advance."

"Very good, Victor, now I feel more and more that you are an excellent imperial colonel. After this war is over, I will report you to the headquarters." Knox was overjoyed when he heard this. This Victor

Duo is right. If you ask the headquarters to send two more divisions into China, then your own achievements will be greatly weakened. On the contrary, if you rely on the help of the Japanese and French to win the war, it will have no impact at all. Because they

Its function is to distract the Chinese, but the one who defeats the Chinese is itself.

But once two more divisions enter China, the situation will be completely different.

"Hey, I heard that the wise General Knox led a division of British soldiers to defeat the entire southwestern China."

"Hey, I heard that General Knox led three divisions of British troops to defeat Southwest China."

There are two versions, one is in the sky and the other is on the earth.

"Once the baggage troops arrive, we will immediately launch a follow-up combat plan. Before that, we will have Major Carmen continue to lead the team and launch a 'harassing' attack against the Chinese." Knox was complacent, and he would immediately contact the Japanese and

The French, let them start taking action. That way, even if the Chinese division opposite is trained by the Germans, they will not be able to stop their victory.

Soon, he will become a well-known general throughout Britain and even Europe.

"Look, that's General Knox who defeats many with less."

He can even guess what people say about him.

In his opinion, he had no reason not to win. He had nearly three divisions of troops, as well as an artillery brigade, including an elite British division. Although they could not keep up with the German ace division, they could deal with a Chinese blocking force of one division.

It's enough.

What he has to do is to use a rare victory to lay the foundation for promotion to lieutenant general.

"What we have to do is use the British's disastrous defeat to record their military exploits." Zhuge Sheng summoned the leaders of his three regiments. Without too much instigation, they were all old men from the militia. Everyone had only one opinion of the British.

A simple understanding is: they are enemies, they are invaders.

The British are not terrible. On the contrary, they can also bring military glory. Defeating them can also bring bad breath to the entire nation.

"The Indians' combat effectiveness is indeed not high. If other British troops are like this, the Second Division will fight this battle very easily." A regimental commander said truthfully.

After the reorganization of the Southwest Army into the three-to-three system, each division has three regiments and supporting combat units, such as artillery regiments, etc., totaling more than 10,000 people. After full establishment, this number will be even greater.

"Well, we are all military students and have received systematic military education from the militia. War is actually very simple. In my opinion, this battle is to make every effort to block the British. Whether they attack from the front, the side or in a roundabout way,

We will all hold our position firmly. What we need to do is to be more fierce than them. After everyone returns, we must do a good job in the ideological work of the troops. If there is anyone who is timid or disrupts the morale of the army, he will be shot on the spot.

"

The blocking battle must be arduous, but Zhuge Sheng is still very confident. After all, although the British are an old empire, what they are good at is not the army, but the navy. Although the Southwest Army is only a new military force, it has

It is a modern army that has been carefully built and scientifically and systematically trained for nearly ten years. Who wins and who loses really cannot be determined by the number of troops alone.

If Zhuge Sheng is asked to lead the second division to attack the British troops on the opposite side, it will obviously be very difficult. But if it is to defend, it will be much easier.

Because when the defensive blocking force cannot retreat, they don't have to think about anything. They only need to do one thing: block the British. Buy time and create opportunities for the main force to encircle and annihilate them.

Fangxin launched another fierce attack and launched a futile counterattack without a single shot. The entire Mengmao Town battlefield actually came to a temporary halt.

Under Knox's wise command, the Indians took turns sending troops to conduct harassing attacks, while other Indians began to dig trenches to prevent a sudden counterattack by the Chinese troops.

Both sides are digging trenches, but one side is waiting for the attack, and the other side is for defense.

On the entire Mengmao Town firing line, gunshots were not intensive. The Indians' harassing attacks often stopped a few hundred meters away, and the two parties began to engage in futile shooting. From this distance,

Except for sharpshooters and sparse mortars, both sides are very safe.

Occasionally, one or two mortars exploded next to the Indians, and then one or two mortars flew into the position of the Second Division of the Southwest Army. They exploded loudly. You came and I came. Both sides were constantly changing.

Offensive and defensive forces.

At the end of the day, until it was too late to move anymore, many battalions of the Southwest Army had the opportunity to shoot, and the Indians also got the opportunity to fight. At least when they escaped, they were not so embarrassed.

"It seems like this can only last two days."

Zhuge Sheng looked at the dark night sky and said reluctantly. He originally wanted the artillery regiment to try to attack the opponent's camp, but found that the positions of the opponent's two or three divisions were either difficult to locate or too scattered. The British still had a clue.

It did not shrink the troops into a ball like a mountain cannon.

Occasional shelling can only have some impact on the British's sleep.

However, he also ordered the troops to try to carry out sneak attacks at night. As a result, the British also thought of preventing night attacks and the guards were very tight. With the use of large searchlights and machine guns, even a cavalry raid would have difficulty breaking through the opponent's camp.

Zhuge Sheng thought about it and understood that even if the opponent was a pig, in this situation of confrontation between the two armies, he would not easily give the opponent a chance to attack at night. After all, modern warfare is not like the previous cold weapon era.

The result of the day-long battle was that both the Southwest Army and the British learned more and more about each other. An attempted "sexual" attack must be a precursor to a full-scale attack and a desperate defense.

"Boil more hot soup for the soldiers and make more fat meat." Zhuge Sheng ordered the logistics officer of the division. Listening to the occasional sparse gunfire sounds on the battlefield, he couldn't help but said to himself: The battle has just begun.
Chapter completed!