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As expected by Zhang Chi, things happened as Zhang Chi expected. When Zhang Chi and others rushed to the Wajie Iron Bridge more than ten miles away, they found that the Wajie Iron Bridge was empty, leaving only bandages, cans, and waste such as food packaging boxes in English, as well as several guns and bullet bags.

"What's going on?" The fellow villager couldn't help but muttered carefully: "Where are the British?"

"Is it the Japanese who called me?" Xiao Zhejiang looked around vigilantly.

Zhang Chi just smiled.

Of course, the Japanese did not come here, otherwise the ones left on the ground would have been bullet shells instead of bullets.

On the other hand, it is impossible not to send troops to garrison places as important as bridges. No matter how bad it is, a team of engineers must be sent here to prepare for bombing the bridge.

So it was obvious that the British who were stationed in Wajie Bridge had escaped.

However, this cannot be stated explicitly, because if it is stated explicitly, it is telling the soldiers that the British have begun to escape, and the next battle is likely to have to be supported by the 200th Division.

At the same time, the soldiers would also think: The British have such advanced equipment and tens of thousands of people, so they can all escape, so why can't we escape?!

So the morale of the army began to shake quickly and then the battle could not be fought.

So Zhang Chi can understand what the devil said: "Do work more and speak less!"

So Zhang Chi didn't say much, but just waved his hand and ordered: "Team Ninth went to the iron bridge to install explosives and prepare for the explosion of the bridge, and the rest of the team should hurry up and build fortifications!"

"Yes!" Squad leader Ninth responded and ran to the iron bridge with more than a dozen people with explosives. The others dug up fortifications at the other end of the iron bridge to surround the firepower toward the bridge.

But Zhang Chi knew that this would not work... This does not mean that he did not believe in the combat determination of the Engineers, which was proven when he attacked the airport before.

The reason is that the reality is obvious: the Hanyang manufacturing range in the hands of the soldiers is only more than 200 meters, which makes the defense line built by the soldiers only more than 200 meters away from the bridgehead, otherwise they will lose their correctness and cannot block the bridgehead with firepower.

The tile iron bridge is only more than 100 meters, which means that the soldiers are only 400 meters away from the other side... This is exactly within the range of the Japanese 38th Cover.

In other words, if there are really Japanese people coming up, they don’t need to rush across the bridge and hit the other side of the shore to hit this end, but Zhang Chi and others on this end cannot hit them.

Isn’t that like a target, letting the Japanese practice marksmanship?!

More importantly, there was only one platoon sent to defend this iron bridge... Who could a platoon of engineers stop? So Zhang Chi knew very well that the focus of this mission was to blow up the bridge.

As for why not blow it up immediately... it should be that there were British troops on the other end of the bridge that did not withdraw.

Zhang Chi's idea was quickly verified, because in a short while, a large number of British troops with cigarettes and guns were retreated. They looked at Zhang Chi and other Chinese soldiers with strange eyes, saying something "silly" in their mouths.

As a college student who graduated from the School of Foreign Languages, Zhang Chi certainly understood what they were saying:

"These Chinese are looking for death, just a few people want to guard the Wajie Bridge?"

"Didn't you see that they are here to blow up the bridge?"

"The Chinese are just going to blow up the bridge!"

As he said that, the British soldiers burst into laughter.

"Heyman!" Seeing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but pull the engineer shovel in his hand to the ground and shouted in English at the British soldiers: "When the Chinese are fighting against ancient times, what are you doing? Are you attacking in another direction? Do you still have to give a medal for your heroic behavior?!"

The group of British soldiers were stunned at the moment. They obviously didn't know that there was one among these Chinese soldiers who were not amazing. In fact, it was precisely because they didn't know this that they dared to be so arrogant. Otherwise, as a deserter, he would not dare to laugh at the soldiers who stayed and prepared to fight.

"Sorry!" After a long time, one of the British people passing by said to Zhang Chi with shame: "I apologize to you on their behalf, you are a good person!"

Then the British who passed by the bridge no longer dared to say anything.

"I'm talking about the platoon leader!" Zhang Chi's soldiers were so impressed that they were so nervous that Xiao Zhejiang looked up at Zhang Chi with his eyes lit up: "You... can you say what the British guys said?"

"Well!" Zhang Chi nodded and replied, "I learned not much when I was having a life with my father in Myanmar!"

This can also deceive people, because it has been more than a hundred years since the British invaded and colonized Myanmar. During this period, the British have been implementing colonial education in Myanmar, so it is not uncommon to live in Myanmar to learn a few words of English.

"Hey, you!" At this time, a jeep stopped in front of Zhang Chi and others, and a British officer shouted in English: "Who is your commander?"

"I am!" Zhang Chi went up and answered in English.

"Very good!" The British officer looked at Zhang Chi unexpectedly... He was worried about how to explain with gestures just now, but now it seems that this is completely redundant.

"I am Lieutenant Burke of the Second Royal Tank Regiment of the 7th Armored Brigade of the United Kingdom!" The British officer raised his head and said to Zhang Chi: "I order you not to blow up the bridge before 6 pm."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but frown, thinking that the British guy didn't even get off the jeep while he was talking, and his mouth was full of commanding tone.

You should know that this British man is just a second lieutenant. When it comes to military ranks, he is of the same level as the platoon leader Zhang Chi. Even if the British man comes with a captain, colonel or even a general... a unit that wants to escape, and it is a British official, why should he order Chinese soldiers?!

"Sorry, sir." Zhang Chi said to Lieutenant Burke: "We also have orders... to blow up the bridge before five o'clock!"

Of course, this "five points" was fabricated by Zhang Chi, in order to make things difficult for the British.

"You can't do this!" Lieutenant Burke jumped out of the car in a hurry: "Our armored regiment is still on the other end of the bridge. If the bridge explodes, the tanks and equipment will not be able to pass!"

"Armored regiment?!" Zhang Chi's eyes couldn't help but lit up after hearing this.

Zhang Chi, from history, knew that there were more than 200 British tanks in Myanmar, but unfortunately... these tanks were basically not put into the battlefield, but were either captured by the Japanese army and used by the Japanese army during the escape, or were blown up by the British army themselves. It is said that only one of them was able to successfully escape back to India.

The reason for this tragic situation is objectively not because the British are incompetent. You should know that the British Army's 7th Armored Brigade had just defeated Germany in North Africa and made a great contribution to winning the North African battlefield.

The problem is... the British had no determination to fight with the Japanese army in Myanmar at all. They just wanted to withdraw India from the defense, so there was this phenomenon of "defeat as a mountain of defeat".
Chapter completed!