Age of Rebirth

Major John Williams, the commander of the [-]st Battalion of the [-]st Brigade of the British Garrison in Ramgarh, saw his deputy battalion commander, Major Vajpaka, and was rude again, stopping what he hadn't said yet. I felt annoyed for a while.

If it weren't for this stinky guy who is familiar with the situation in the Hukang River Valley, is a local snake, and is loyal and conscientious in managing the troops for himself, so that he has a lot of time and energy to spend time and money, Williams would Smash his head with a pistol handle and tell the lowly Indians who is the master of this land and who is the lord?

Mr. Major was upset, and was about to show his temper. At this moment, Vajpaka stretched out his big hairy face with beards, and whispered nervously: "Battalion Commander, the Chinese patrol team Come, order the troops to prepare for battle, this time, we will slaughter a few more Chinese pigs, this is the glory of our first battalion!"

Williams was so excited that he forgot about Vajpaka's peculiar smell, and gave him a look of admiration and envy. To be honest, until now, Mr. Major, there was nothing in his eyes except clouds of mist. He didn't see it, and in his ears, he didn't hear anything except the sound of ticking raindrops, but this didn't prevent him from trusting his deputy's judgment.

This guy does have such a skill, the order was conveyed quickly, and more than 500 British and Indian soldiers lay in ambush nervously, and raised their criminal guns again. However, apart from the Indian soldiers, the British soldiers Dan Lan What they saw in their battalion commander, Major Williams, was pretty much the same. [

More than forty members of the patrol team at the No. 59 post carefully walked through a small forest and gradually approached the valley. The smell of blood in their noses became stronger. The other soldiers could also smell it and moved on. After more than 100 meters, Qi Yajun felt uneasy in his heart.It became more and more obvious that there was something under his feet.

He picked it up and saw that it was a half-worn harmonica, which was very familiar.Qi Yajun suddenly remembered that this was the patrol team of the No. 58 post, the young cooking soldier Xiao Liu. Every time he met, he would play a few songs for everyone, which had become the repertoire of the three patrol teams. Wu Zhiyou They are already here!

Qi Yajun's heart.Suddenly realizing that Wu Zhiyou and the others had been attacked, and the assailant had swept the battlefield again, a dangerous tremor ran through his body, and he shouted loudly: "Lie down on the spot, ready to fight!"

The voice just fell.On the three sides of the valley, violent and intensive gunfire erupted suddenly, and Qi Yajun witnessed it with his own eyes.The first group of [-] soldiers who served as pioneers were torn apart by light and heavy machine guns, and they didn't even have time to shoot out.

"Enemy!" Qi Yajun and the remaining soldiers were overwhelmed by the intensive firepower of the British and Indian soldiers, but the tactical actions he took were undoubtedly correct. In a sheltered valley, the ambushed case.If you retreat, you will become a living target for the enemy, and you should lie down on the spot and hold on for as long as possible!

Williams scolded angrily, "cunning Chinese," and Vajpaka didn't think of it either.A Chinese patrol team of only forty or so people, under the sudden attack of a battalion of more than 500 people and dozens of light and heavy machine guns, only killed a dozen people. Splashed on the positions of British and Indian soldiers.

In an instant, the battle reached its most intense level. Qi Yajun rolled over a few times, arrived at the side of two signal soldiers, and hurriedly said: "Quick! Send a telegram to the Border Guard Command and report the situation!"

Then, he said to the soldiers around him: "Protect the communication soldiers." Xiao Zhao quickly turned on the radio and asked, "Chief post, who attacked us?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a light machine gun shot hit Qi Yajun's left leg, blood spattered, causing him to frown in pain, yes, up to now, he still doesn't know which enemy side ambushed him , how to report?

Looking at Xiao Zhao's anxious eyes, Qi Yajun suddenly thought that in the Hukang River Valley, apart from the British, no other armed force dared to shoot at the patrol of the Independent Division, and the direction of the shooting was exactly the direction of India , "Urgent intelligence, the patrol team of the No. 59 outpost was suddenly attacked by the British army near Kosima in the Hukang River Valley! The post commander Qi Yajun!" He said eagerly.

Then, a few rolled over and hid in a small pit with a submachine gun in their hands, roaring angrily, thanking the young lieutenant for his judgment and providing accurate information to the division headquarters.

Dianjian's "tick-tick-tick" sounded, just after sending the telegram, Xiao Zhao hadn't had time to put away the radio, a few mortars roared and landed beside him, the broken parts of the radio, Xiao Zhao and several soldiers The flesh and blood turned into black smoke in front of Qi Yajun. Qi Yajun closed his eyes in pain. He knew very well that he and these forty brothers would not be able to go back today.

After hitting a shuttle, Qi Yajun had just put on a new clip when he heard the whistling sound of mortars in the foggy sky. As soon as a shot was fired, it landed beside him. Immediately, Qi Yajun fell into the side in the darkness.

After more than 40 minutes, the fighting subsided. The small valley was blown up beyond recognition by the mortars of the British and Indian troops. There were pits and broken trees everywhere, as well as broken military uniforms and blood stains. The runner-up and 42 comrades in arms sprinkled their blood and lives on this land in northern Myanmar.

Williams cautiously dispatched a dozen Indian soldiers to search the valley. He didn't get up from the ground until a safety signal was sent, and whistled triumphantly. The deputy battalion commander, Vajpaka, had already counted the results of the battle. Reporting the situation with an ugly face, a total of more than 40 Chinese soldiers were killed. However, the battle did not go well, and the first battalion paid the price of more than 90 casualties.

Major Williams didn't care much about the casualties. What he valued was the result of the battle. He wiped out two Chinese patrols in two battles a day. He said to Vajpaka: "Report the situation to General Alexander immediately. Under my command, the first battalion wiped out more than [-] Chinese soldiers, and the troops continued to advance!" Satisfied, he directly passed the brigade commander, Brigadier General Frans, and went to show off in front of Alexander.

Vajpaka was not in his good mood. This Chinese patrol team was much more difficult to deal with than the previous one. More than 70 soldiers who were killed or wounded in the battalion were their own compatriots. Damn Francis, let the Indian soldiers go. At the front, the result was that only a dozen British soldiers were killed or injured after bearing the torrential rain of submachine guns from Chinese soldiers.

It was obviously his own ingenious ambush plan, but under his command, if he listened to this British swinger, how many people might be lost in the first battalion in the two encounters?He used his compatriots as a cover, but the credit was snatched away by this hateful guy. In front of General Alexander, he didn't even mention his own name. Vajpaka felt aggrieved, but where can he reason?

On the day of April 23, on both sides of the Hukang River Valley, on the mountain road leading to northern Myanmar, there were six independent divisions patrolling the northern Myanmar border guard area. They were suddenly attacked by British and Indian troops. The battle happened so suddenly So much so that the other five patrols fell under the guns of the British and Indian soldiers without even sending out any information. Only the patrol of the Ziya Army was the only patrol that sent out information. [

Magao, a small town in northern Myanmar, on the evening of April 23, Major General Wen Rongcai, commander of the North Myanmar Border Police Command of the Indochina Peninsula Garrison Zone of the Independent Division, was listening to the report from the chief of staff about the situation of the various garrison teams in the border area during this period .

Suddenly, the Chief of Operations came in in a hurry, and said nervously: "Report Commander, I received urgent information from the No. 59 Patrol Team of the First Garrison. They were attacked by the British and Indian troops near Kosima in the Hukang River Valley." Sudden attack by the troops!" After speaking, he handed over a telegram.

"What?" Wen Rongcai's face changed, and he stood up suddenly, took the telegram and read it quickly, and asked: "The combat department has not received similar reports from the other patrols near Cosima? No. 59 Didn't the outpost patrol have any follow-up information?"

The Chief of Operations shook his head and replied: "No, the other patrols have been unable to get in touch. I asked the first garrison. The situation is also the same. The patrol team at the 59th post has lost contact. According to the judgment of the Communications Department, They may have had misfortune."

Wen Rongcai's complexion changed again, and he said hastily: "Order the first and second garrison teams to immediately assemble their troops. Within five hours, they must rush to the Xiduo line in the Hukang River Valley to stop the British and Indian troops from invading. , Tell them, no matter how much they pay, they must fight for a day for the main force of the garrison area."

"Immediately report this situation to the Division Headquarters, Commander Ma Chaoyang of the Garrison Area, and Commander Le Yiqin of the Southern Flying Group in Myitkyina. Hurry up! Also, the Guard Battalion of the Garrison Area, immediately head to the Xiduo, the Operations Department and the Staff Department, set up the frontline headquarters immediately, Chief of Staff, it's time for us to go to the battlefield!"

A series of orders made the garrison headquarters immediately tense, and the chief of staff reminded: "Commander, after all, we have not received notification from the garrison and division headquarters, only a telegram from the patrol team at the No. 59 post Is it too hasty to conclude that the British and Indian troops invaded from the Hukang Valley when there is no intelligence from other patrols?"

"You also know that the commander's temper is the most intolerable. The situation is unknown and the commander is in a mess. Shall we verify the authenticity of the information in many ways and then report it? It is safer to do so. Of course, the troops It is still necessary to dispatch normally, but you don’t want to go, I will go to the front to command the troops, and you can just sit at home and dispatch in the middle, without you!”

(to be continued) (to be continued...)