Age of Rebirth

The troops of the Northern Burmese Border Guard Area of ​​the Independent Division, which was ordered to withdraw to Magao, carried out another night attack after a day of arduous resistance in Xiduo. Both energy and physical strength, as well as "medicine", were exhausted to an extremely low level. , In addition, the commander Wen Rongcai was seriously injured and was unconscious. Like a mountain, it weighed heavily on the heads of every officer and soldier, but they didn't realize that there were more than 7000 wolves following behind them .

Brigadier General Singh was about to succeed. However, Goddess of Luck did not visit this Indian officer. Wen Rongcai's troops joined Xiao Jinshan, the Ninth Brigade of the Independent Division's Ninth Brigade near Xinduo, which was rushing to the Xiduo blockade. .

The brigade commander, Major General Xiao Jinshan, after arranging the field hospital with the army and performing an operation on his old comrade Wen Rongcai, he felt a fire in his heart. The British and the Indian soldiers had already occupied Xiduo, so it would be meaningless to stop him by himself. Only by recapturing Xiduo can the task be completed, but what you are facing is more than 20 well-equipped British and Indian troops. Together with the tenth brigade Fang Yuanshan on the other side, there are only more than 3 troops. How can you fight face to face with the British and Indian troops? Battle for position?

What's terrible is that according to the order of the division headquarters, Xiduo was the first stop point of the 20th and [-]th brigades, but now that he lost it, he has no right to blame his old comrade Wen Rongcai and his troops for a team without The local garrison with heavy weapons stood at Xiduo for a whole day, withstood the onslaught of more than [-] British and Indian heavy artillery and tanks, and bit the British and Indian soldiers severely when they were about to retreat.

If it was my Ninth Brigade, it wouldn't be like that.in his heart.I have only admiration for the troops in the Northern Burma Border Garrison Zone. Back in the tent, Xiao Jinshan was thinking about this issue. At this time, outside the tent, there was a loud "report!" "Come in!" Shouted without answering. [

A young major, covered in mud and water, wearing a tropical jungle combat uniform.There were small scratches everywhere, but he came in energetically. Xiao Jinshan looked up and asked in amazement: "Didn't your reconnaissance battalion clear the way for the troops in front? Why did you run back?"

The major could not contain his excitement.Leaning to Xiao Jinshan's side, he said mysteriously: "Brigade Commander, it's a big deal coming to your door!" Xiao Jinshan cheered up, and hurriedly asked: "Li Jinfeng, please make it clear, what a big deal, don't worry about it!" Mysterious?"

The brigade headquarters of the Ninth Brigade is directly under the reconnaissance battalion. As a direct unit, you can see several bigwigs from the brigade headquarters every day, the major battalion commander Li Jinfeng.He is even Xiao Jinshan's confidant and favorite general, and he is familiar with the brigade commander, so he no longer plays tricks, and replied seriously: "Report to the brigade commander, the reconnaissance battalion has found a British army more than [-] kilometers west of Xinduo. The Indian army is still about two hours away from our campsite, because there is no order from the brigade commander, they have not been alarmed. My troops are still monitoring!"

Xiao Jinshan's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly: "How many troops are there? What is the composition of the troops? Is there a large British and Indian army behind them? Are there artillery and tanks? Tell us all the details!"

Li Jinfeng replied: "The force is about [-] brigades, more than [-] people, most of them are Indian soldiers, and a small part are British soldiers. They are mixed troops of British and Indian soldiers, without tanks and artillery. It is far away from the main force of the British and Indian troops. , about a day and a half away, is a lonely army going deep, I judge, it should be coming towards us!"

Xiao Jinshan clapped his hands together, and said again and again: "Okay, okay, Zhengchou has nowhere to say, and there is fat meat delivered to the door. Judging from the strength and equipment of the British and Indian troops, it is not aimed at us. A brigade of the British army, that is, less than half of our troops, do you think the British and Indian soldiers are death squads, they are coming towards Old Wen's troops, and they just hit our guns. Door-to-door business!"

Xiao Jinshan said to Li Jinfeng: "You rush back to the army immediately and continue to monitor. Without my order, you are absolutely not allowed to do anything. If you run away with fat in your mouth, I will not skin you!" Li Jinfeng grinned and respected After a gift, he hurried away.

Afterwards, Xiao Jinshan grabbed the walkie-talkie, "Old Fang? I'm Xiao Jinshan. What do you mean, I can't talk to you if I have nothing to do? I have good news for you. There is a small deal, and it will be delivered to your door." Come on, how about a partnership?"

On the other end of the walkie-talkie, Major General Fang Yuanshan, the commander of the [-]th Brigade directly under the Corps, curled his lips and said teasingly: "As for you, Xiao, who is used to eating alone, if you have a good deal, you can give it to me. I don't believe it. !"

Xiao Jinshan was a little anxious, and said: "Don't take kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs. Seriously, my reconnaissance battalion found a mixed British and Indian army brigade more than 40 kilometers west of our campsite, with more than 7000 people! I guess they came after Old Wen and the others, they don’t know that our two brigades are here, they are unlucky, give us a chance to start a business, and kill them together, are you interested?”

When Fang Yuanshan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Don't eat the fat meat that is brought to your mouth, are we stupid? Eat meat and perform blocking missions, don't make conflicts, you have a charter, how to fight, my old Fang Just cooperate with all your strength!"

Xiao Jinshan shouted: "Okay, it's fun, it's refreshing to join hands with your old Fang. That's it, our Ninth Brigade will set up a pocket formation in front, and your Tenth Brigade will go around to the back. We will fight and keep the pocket array." Help the guy run back, you block it, and then give him a stick, let us two brigades pack the dumplings of more than 7000 British and Indian soldiers, solve the battle in three hours, and it will be done!"

The [-]st Jungle Brigade of the Plum Garrison of the Indian Army, who was closely chasing Wen Rongcai's troops, crashed into the encirclement of Xiao Jinshan's [-]th Brigade in the dark night. What greeted them was a sudden and violent artillery fire , The Ninth Brigade concentrated the brigade's heavy artillery regiment, the artillery battalions of each regiment, and hundreds of large and small caliber artillery. According to the range, they were responsible for fixed areas, and no dead space of one square meter was left between areas.

The dense cannons, with long tail flames, pierced the dark night sky, screaming and falling, "Boom boom boom!" The flames were shining, and the huge roar echoed in the woods , where the flames flashed were the fragmented corpses of British and Indian soldiers, tall trees that snapped off, and lumps of mud and gravel that were stirred up.

Brigadier General Singh and his brigade headquarters were unfortunately the victims of the first round of bombardment. Moreover, the benchmark bombardment of the Ninth Brigade Heavy Artillery Regiment fell in the middle of his brigade headquarters. The reason was very simple. A kind staff officer, In order to make the anxious Brigadier Singer see the compass clearly, he turned on the flashlight, although it was only for a few seconds.

But it was this light that was keenly captured by the artillery observers, and the data reported later attracted dozens of large-caliber cannons in the first round. Brigadier General Singh's body, together with his desire to destroy Wen Rongcai's troops, was promoted to general. The sweet dream, in a ball of flames and a loud noise, turned into shredded flesh and bones, scattered on the muddy mountain road in the Hukang River Valley.

Unlucky with Brigadier Singh, there is also the communications department of the brigade headquarters. Therefore, in the end, the British Garrison Plum's First Jungle Brigade in the Indian Army did not send any news, and Commander Alexander never knew that this The whereabouts of the brigade.

The soldiers of the British and Indian Army who were suddenly attacked by artillery fire lost their commanding organization and were in disarray at that time. Xiao Jinshan arranged the ambush with the intention of fighting to the death, and the troops were also responsible for blocking the British army. For the Indian army, it is inconvenient to keep the prisoners, not to mention that they have to send people back. It is troublesome, it is better to send them back to their hometowns in Britain and India.

The order of the brigade commander Xiao Jinshan was completely carried out by the artillerymen, and the cannons were fired regardless of the number. Because they were in the state of pursuit and were afraid of falling behind, the formation of the British and Indian soldiers was absolutely dense. Due to the terrain constraints of the river valley, the troops could not disperse. They crowded into piles of people. As soon as the cannon was fired, more than a dozen British and Indian soldiers flew into the air. [

Facing the overwhelming artillery fire, the British soldiers couldn't stand it at first, and they turned around and ran back. Once the British ran away, the remaining Indian soldiers, of course, would not be fools waiting to be bombed, and followed suit. A brigade of more than 7000 British and Indian troops fell in the Hukang River Valley, with more than 3000 people, and the artillery of the Ninth Brigade just shelled for less than 10 minutes.

The British and Indian soldiers ran away, and the artillerymen were not polite. They adjusted their coordinates, pushed their buttocks behind them, and sent over a thousand more cannonballs. Another thousand British and Indian soldiers fell on the way to escape. He clicked his lips and muttered: "This battle was fought so damn badly. Thousands of people were killed in one shot. Why don't you charge?"

Xiao Jinshan is very regretful. He has deployed hundreds of light and heavy machine guns on the forward position, and the change has no chance to display its power. The British and Indian soldiers turned around and ran away before they reached the range of the light and heavy machine guns. Those machine gunners who were eager to fight They, seeing the bombing point of the cannon getting farther and farther away from their position, jumped up and cursed angrily.

Xiao Jinshan picked up the walkie-talkie, "I said, old man, this is almost over, the rest is yours, how much is left? Most of it, how about it, we didn't eat alone, it's interesting enough !"

On the other side of the walkie-talkie, Fang Yuanshan, the commander of the Tenth Brigade, laughed and said: "Old Xiao, I don't know you yet. You are reluctant to let go when you have the opportunity to eat alone. Don't sell me, you get it!" , When the war is over, why don't I buy you a drink?

Putting down the walkie-talkie, the combat staff officer next to him asked for instructions: "Brigade Commander, the British and Indian troops have escaped. Several regiment leaders called to ask for instructions. Shall we pursue?"

Xiao Jinshan glared at the young staff officer, and said in a teaching tone: "You don't understand tactics, don't you? If the British and Indian soldiers can run, they can still run out of the pocket of the Tenth Brigade? In the dark night, the terrain is complicated, and the enemy and the enemy It's not easy to tell. Under such circumstances, the pursuit will increase a lot of casualties. Besides, if the British commander with enough brains comes to counter-ambush, we will suffer a big loss. The book of war says, Don’t chase after the poor, learn more in the future!”

The staff officer lowered his head and smiled secretly. Xiao Jinshan was also very satisfied. He killed more than half of the British and Indian soldiers without hurting anyone. This battle was a good deal!

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