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"General Bruno, I think this battle plan is too risky!!"

At the French temporary operations center in Lao Cai, Colonel Korpa, the chief of staff of the French 17th Division in Vietnam, looked in disbelief at the commander of the 17th Division, Major General Bruno, who was known as the most intelligent general in the Far East. This military commander

The young man had just stubbornly decided on a ridiculous battle plan.

After receiving the warm invitation from the British, the French, who had coveted China for a long time, jumped up like a Gallic chicken that had been drugged. Especially Major General Bruno, who had been feeling extremely exhausted from suppressing the peasants in Vietnam all day long.

I'm tired of it, and I'm worried that I don't have a chance to show off my skills and gain military exploits.

The Ministry of National Defense has already had secret documents to assist the British in punishing the Chinese. However, due to delays in the specific action plan, General Bruno has been extremely depressed in this small Sino-Vietnamese town for almost a week.[

And the belated invitation letter from the British gave him the long-awaited dawn.

General Bruno is a French young nationalist officer through and through. In his opinion, the British are not good after all. Those arrogant English always regard themselves as descendants of the Anglo-Saxons, but forget about them.

There are several ancestors. The arrogant people on this island are only suitable for naval warfare. They are not suitable for the army, let alone the army.

"Colonel Kolpa, this is an order. If you cannot accept the order, then I will regret to announce that your position will be temporarily replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Henry. I will recommend to the Ministry of National Defense that such an important position as Chief of Staff

, it should be filled by top students from regular military academies.”

Waving his hand forward, Bruno made his decision without any argument. In his opinion, the opinion of the chief of staff was conservative and ignorant. This damn person who has never even entered a military academy can actually become the chief of staff of the division. It is simply a French army

His most common body language was waving his hands forward. In his opinion, as a French general commanding thousands of troops, he should be a true knight and the most noble gentleman.

Colonel Kolpa was indignant. It was undeniable that General Bruno was not mediocre, but his biggest "problem" was that he was too conceited. This has always been Kolpa's biggest regret for not having attended a military academy. However, he

Your military rank and position were not picked up from the ground.

He fought with the Germans on the European battlefield. This Far Eastern general who graduated from the military academy, just because he had merit in suppressing the peasants, falsely reported the results of the war many times, won over his superiors, and was promoted faster than himself. Now he actually wants to kick him out.

, and want the great French army to die.

"General Bruno, you have made a huge mistake by abandoning the baggage troops. If you abandon the two artillery regiments and leave only three infantry regiments and attached troops in the entire division to march into China, the only result will be to be surrounded by the Chinese

.If I were a Chinese official,

Then I will definitely take a roundabout route and destroy the poor baggage troops." Kolpa is still trying to win. For this old soldier, he has experienced much more actual combat than the major general who has only fought farmers and bandits. He cannot turn a blind eye.

Watch the French team go on an adventure.

"Damn it. Korpa, do you know what you are saying? The great French Army is the enemy of the world. We can even defeat the damn Germans. What about the Chinese? They are just like the damn Vietnamese monkeys, some who put down their hoes.

The farmers and the bandits running around in the mountains formed the so-called army."

Bruno felt very uncomfortable when his authority was challenged on the spot. He still wanted to save some face for you, but of course there is no need now. "Kolpa, I think your brain was broken by the Germans. What do Chinese people know?"

Modern tactics? Our intelligence personnel told us that when their warlords fight, you fire a few shots, I fire a few shots and it is over. Outward weapons, damn training, and a fighting spirit worse than that of the peasant army will be like what you said.

So powerful? You know, their so-called powerful troops in the north cannot even defeat the Japanese monkey troops. Our French army is the world's leading army. I will lead those cute boys to defeat the Chinese army all the way.

. Baggage troops? We defeated the Chinese ** Corps, are they using bandits to rob the baggage troops? The safe rear will be their best guarantee. As for supplies, when we reach Ruili, the British will naturally provide everything."

For various reasons, the French received less information about the Southwest Army than the British, and had no idea what was going on on the other side, especially the arrogant General Bruno. In his view, the artillery unit slowly

Just follow up. Together with the British, I will be the first to break into Kunming. Perhaps, under the city of Kunming, these artillery units advancing at a snail's pace will be useful. It is not certain.

As the chief of staff, Kolpa's ability to process and analyze intelligence is much better than Bruno's. "But general, the opponent is no longer an ordinary Chinese leader, but Zhang Shusheng's Southwest Army. Judging from their foreign trade,

I think they should have bought back a lot of advanced weapons. Especially the damn Germans must have secretly sold them a lot of advanced weapons and equipment."

"Kolpa, I don't think you need to worry about this issue. However, considering that we also hate the Germans, I hope to use a real victory to prove the combat effectiveness of the Chinese team. Weapons alone are not enough."

Well-trained soldiers, those will become our trophies."

General Bruno had made up his mind. He was originally going to leave Chief of Staff Kolpa to guard the baggage troops. In order to prove his wisdom, he decided to take Colonel Kolpa with him so that he could see with his own eyes how he was doing.

Defeat all the Chinese troops along the way to Ruili.

So, in order to march quickly, the great French Army Major General Bruno set off on the road with only enough supplies for two days of fighting, three regiments of French soldiers, and nearly 3,000 attached troops. The soldiers who were left behind were advancing slowly.

They are the two artillery regiments organized by the French National People's Congress and the more troublesome logistics support force composed of Vietnamese.

History is always a joke. Less than a day after setting off for the ambitious General Bruno, the intelligence of a dawn attack on the British logistics supply base reached the French Army Headquarters in Vietnam.

As a change before the battle, the headquarters immediately forwarded this information to General Bruno on the front line. As a result, the high-power radio station of the division headquarters that stayed in the rear with the baggage troops received this telegram crossing the mountains.

, but General Bruno’s small-power radio station with the army suffered a loss. It is unknown whether the signal was poor due to complex terrain and obstacles or the power of the radio station was insufficient. Until the French army encountered a storm-like attack, they still did not know the situation of the battle.

It has taken a turn for the worse.

Of course, from General Bruno's point of view, the Chinese's combat effectiveness, which is inferior to that of the African army, is impossible to make dumplings of the tens of thousands of British troops. Even if the British's combat effectiveness is not as good as that of France, the world's number one

army.

As a result, some are happy and some are sad. History has once again made a big joke, but this time God has never done anything to the Eastern pantheon, so measure up!

"General Knox, our heavy artillery regiment has arrived."

When the staff officer delivered the long-awaited news, Major General Knox felt that all the resentment he had felt over the past few days had been wiped away. After the temporary supply base was attacked by the despicable, shameful and insidious Chinese, he ordered the most powerful attack since the war began.

Fierce attack.[

For two days, tens of thousands of troops had launched a fierce attack on the Chinese positions almost day and night. As a commander, he knew the situation of the troops very well.

If it was said that he had been fighting lightly before, hoping to wait for the fighter planes to break through the Chinese defense line in one fell swoop, then after the supply area was raided and all the supplies were burned, Major General Knox was completely panicked.

It will take at least more than a week for new supplies to arrive from Myanmar, and the tens of thousands of troops, not to mention the huge consumption of "medicine", just these two items, food and "medicine", have suddenly fallen into a crisis.

The shortage of medicine is not the most fatal problem. In the view of Major General Knox, those casualties are already casualties in the French war. Food is the biggest problem.

The surrounding Chinese border villages were all empty, and even the door panels had been taken away by the Chinese. If he hadn't been convinced that this was a population center a week ago, Major General Knox would have almost thought it was being looted by bandits.

The village.

The troops who went out plundered all the edible things they could see in the fields, drained the water in rivers and ditches, caught fish and shrimps, and even hunted in mountain dens.

However, food reserves are still declining sharply and unstoppably. Nutritional "dairy" products, soy products, and cocoa bean products have all been consumed. What tens of thousands of people eat three times a day can directly make General Knox

I was so worried that I wanted to pull out a gun and "commit suicide."

If we fail to break through the Chinese defense line during this period, then the entire combat plan will be delayed for more than a week. Adding the time wasted previously, then this war may not be over in a month, maybe in two months.

"A French division has set off from the military camp on the Vietnamese border."

The words of the staff officer made General Knox feel happy again. He was worried about the shortage of troops, and a division of French people came to help. As expected, they were traditional allies of Britain and France. This way, he did not have to shamelessly ask for reinforcements from the British headquarters in India.

Already.

"However, they gave up all their baggage, and even two artillery regiments were left behind by Major General Bruno."

However, the staff officer's supplementary explanation gave old man Knox an unusual smell. The Frenchman was too eager to grab credit. How could he ignore the baggage troops and march straight in with only the combat troops?

Even if the opponent reached the vicinity of Ruili within two days after an attack that was almost hundreds of miles away, would the cunning Chinese be waiting for the French to support them?

General Knox was hesitant. In his prediction, whether the French stayed put or sent an elite army division to support him, it would be a nightmare for the Chinese. When the time came, he would be prepared behind him.

After another Indian brigade catches up, he will have an army of more than 50,000 people, and it will not be a problem to wipe out the entire southwest.

But now, the situation seems to be getting worse and worse.

"Send a telegram to the French and try to contact General Bruno. We need accurate and in-place combat cooperation." General Knox put aside his doubts. In any case, the heavy artillery was coming, and he would launch a general attack today and win the victory in one fell swoop.

The Chinese position. "My boys, let us prepare a general attack plan in the evening. Damn the Chinese, I will use cannons to fight back against them, let them know that the glory of the empire is not what they yellow-skinned monkeys can do

Insulting.”

"'Chairman', the British seem to be preparing for a new round of attack. The Longya Special Forces Brigade eliminated the scouts released by the enemy and captured a few tongues. Judging from the intelligence obtained, the enemy's attack this time seems to be unprecedented.

The violence was so violent that Ju Xin would even dispatch the Royal Gurkha Regiment."

The intelligence officer's words made Zhang Shusheng fall into deep thought. After a long time, he had already figured it out. The British were anxious. They wanted to complete their success in one battle and break through the defense line in one battle.

So, has the heavy artillery regiment that the British have been waiting for for a long time also arrived?

"Order Ruili Airport to take off reconnaissance planes immediately, and bomber units to be ready for battle at any time. Once the British artillery regiment is discovered, it will be resolutely eliminated immediately."

Zhang Shusheng knew very well that at this time, even if he could not wait for the opponent's artillery regiment to fire, he would have to dispatch the air force. Waiting blindly for the opportunity was not an option. Even if the opponent's heavy artillery regiment was not discovered this time, the air force would still use the attack as a means to cooperate with

The second division, which was obviously at a disadvantage, completed this increasingly painful blocking battle.

However, he also understood that if the three main divisions, or the Guards Division composed entirely of elite officers and soldiers, fought this battle, of course it would be smoother. The Guards Division was based on the reserve force and was formed in just over half a year.

, even if the Southwest Army's former reserve troops were well-trained, their combat effectiveness has declined somewhat, and the overall combat effectiveness of the troops has been affected.

"I hope these veterans of Yunnan and Guangxi can withstand the test of the war, otherwise they will have to go home and farm." Although reports obtained from various aspects indicate that these veterans performed well, Zhang Shusheng is still waiting for the war.

As a result, once the result is unfavorable to these old people from Yunnan and Guangxi, Zhang Shusheng can only pay them a severance package and go home to take care of themselves. It is better than delaying the Southwest Army and costing his own life.[

"He ** needs to move faster. If you don't want to die, let me dig out as soon as possible."

After several days of fierce fighting, the first position of the Second Division was plowed over and over again by mountain artillery, mortars, and even heavy machine guns and grenades. The simple structure of the position had lost its reliability.

There was fluffy soil and collapsed trenches everywhere. This was the third time that the second division had established a position. Fortunately, the distance between the first line of defense and the second line of defense behind it was nearly 700 meters, and the first line of defense retreated.

For some, it becomes the second line of defense.

Tie Sangan had already grabbed the engineering shovel next to him, and while digging trenches with his shirtless body swinging all his muscles, he roared angrily at the soldiers near and far.

He almost never gets angry at the soldiers, only matters concerning the life and death of the soldiers. Every time he scolds his subordinates like Sun Tzu, but he still takes advantage of it, otherwise Zhang Shusheng would have dealt with him long ago.
To be continued...