Age of Rebirth

Major General Fisher, the commander of the First Division of the vanguard of the British Army stationed in India, which invaded northern Myanmar, suddenly ordered the driver to stop after passing the Methkai Ridge.

It was a momentary act. He just wanted to make sure how far he was from Ma Gao so that he could adjust his marching speed. After the car stopped, Major General Fisher said very elegantly to the staff around him: "Bring me a map!"

Just as the staff officer took out the map from his satchel, there was a piercing scream in the sky. Major General Fisher looked back in surprise, his pupils suddenly contracted because of extreme fear, instinctively Shouted: "Bombardment!"

Major General Hopkins, the commander of the Third Division, also shouted, "Enemy shelling! Evacuate and hide immediately!"

After shouting, the major general ran towards the bottom of a cliff with quick movements, but it was too late. The guns of the artillery group directly under the independent division had already been smashed down, and several clouds of black smoke and flames flashed. However, Major General Hopkins, several of his guards and more than a dozen staff officers disappeared without a trace, leaving only a few pits with lingering smoke, which were immediately covered by later artillery. [

Major General Fisher was quite lucky. He witnessed it with his own eyes. Within a few minutes, the muddy road in Messkai Ridge behind him became a furnace of boiling molten iron, and the smoke column from the cannon blast was everywhere. And the dust, and the major general himself, only a few hundred meters away from the shelling area, is like the difference between heaven and hell.

Mr. Fisher, staring at all this in a daze, watching the trees fall to the ground, watching the gunpowder smoke fill his vision, until he could only see the fires and hear the loud noise of the earth shaking, he woke up like a dream General, shouted hoarsely: "Communications! Communications! Immediately report to Commander Alexander, my first division was suddenly bombarded by the Chinese army!"

This is what a commander with experience in the field is all about.The difference from the rookie commander who had never smelled gunpowder, Fisher's judgment was that his first division was suddenly bombarded, but he didn't expect it at all.All the British and Indian troops who entered Tang Qiuli's ambush circle in Meisi Kailing were covered by the artillery group directly under the independent division. The scale of such bombardment was far beyond his imagination.

The communications soldiers of the First Division, who had also never been on the battlefield, only had overwhelming artillery fire in their eyes and ears.All he could hear was the deafening gunfire, and the ground trembled until His Excellency the Commander himself yelled furiously in his ears. From the moment he realized it, the communications soldier's hands were trembling uncontrollably, and he hadn't fixed the radio for a long time.

Those more than 40 tanks.Stop too, British tankers, get out of the tank.Watching all this in horror, even hiding in a tank protected by thick armor, they do not have the slightest sense of security. With such bombardment intensity and density, a tank is no more effective than a soldier's body, it is a moving living coffin .

A regiment of British and Indian infantry and a battalion of British tanks were separated by artillery fire, and their brains went blank.Even the commander, Major General Fisher, didn't know what to do?Like an outsider, looking at the steel fragments and the smoke and flames, the Messkai Ridge Highway shrouded.

U-turn back?That is to seek death by oneself. I am afraid that he will be engulfed by this steel storm before walking a few hundred meters.End up with a dead body and continue to charge forward?Major General Fisher, do you still have the guts?It is enough to not be scared and paralyzed on the jeep on the spot. My God, the Chinese can use large-scale artillery fire here. God knows, there are more terrifying things waiting for me in front of me?

At this moment, a regiment of Xu Xianzeng's Department of the Fifth Brigade rushed over with a "crash". Colonel Xu Baojiu, seeing the situation in front of him, laughed on the spot, "Nearly two thousand British and Indian soldiers, a group of Like a goose, at a distance of only 900 meters from the shelling area, he stared blankly, and even his own troops rushed over, but did not respond.

Xu Baojiu ordered loudly: "The battalions spread out in battle formation and surround these British and Indian soldiers. If they dare to resist, they will be killed on the spot!" At a distance of several hundred meters, they rushed over in less than 3000 minutes, and surrounded the British and Indian soldiers at once.

"Raise your hands! Hand in your guns and don't kill!" The soldiers shouted loudly. The soldiers of the British and Indian Army could not understand Chinese, but those black muzzles and murderous faces were more meaningful than any language. As a result, in contrast, some Indian soldiers behaved well enough, and they raised the guns in their hands and were about to fire.

"Da da da!" There was a roar of submachine guns, nearly a hundred bearded Indian soldiers, with more than a dozen blood holes appearing on their bodies, fell to the ground, their bodies convulsed and twitched. This bloody scene, It was so convincing. The guns in the hands of the British and Indian soldiers were as hot as red-hot iron bars, and they were subconsciously thrown to the ground.

Want to fight back?The nearly [-] bloody corpses lying on the ground are the best illustration. If you want to prove your courage, you have to sacrifice your life. Those who want to show bravery are already lying on the ground, and the rest are very cooperative soldiers of the British Indian Army.

Drivers of more than forty British tanks saw Chinese soldiers encircling them. They hurriedly started their engines, stepped on the gas pedal to the bottom, and a puff of black smoke came out from the rear of the tanks. They fled in all directions without even the courage to fire.

Xu Baojiu did not call artillery, but ordered the bazooka and recoil gun unit, "Knock out a few of the British tanks that dare to escape! If you run away again, just bomb him!"

"Boom, boom, boom!" A few groups of flames flashed, and a puff of black smoke rose from the running British tanks. The broken track fell to the ground with a splash. Three unlucky British tanks were hit by a few rocket launchers. In the middle, the "drug" of the sacrificial explosion tore apart the armor, turning the outstanding descendants of the British Empire inside into a molecular state.

The rest of the British tanks stopped there knowingly. The tank soldiers got out of the tanks and honestly raised their hands. Xu Baojiu saw from a long distance that a British officer was still sitting on the jeep, looking stupid, until the soldiers Pulling his head out of the car, the guy yelled as if he just woke up from a dream.

Xu Baojiu walked to the front slowly, and said coldly in proficient English: "Report your name, designation, position, military rank, and, to be a prisoner, you must have the consciousness of being a prisoner, otherwise, you will suffer a lot!" This sounded familiar. It was said by the division commander Tang Qiuli to the chief of staff of the Japanese Hainan Island Defense Division during the capture of Hainan Island. Later, it became one of the catchphrases among the units of the Independent Division.

Major General Fisher was taken aback. In the barren land of the Indochina Peninsula, a group of stupid Chinese, a colonel of the Chinese army, could speak fluent English. With someone to talk to, Major General Fisher , couldn't help showing the posture of a general and nobleman of the British Empire, but when he saw Xu Baojiu's eyes, his heart was agitated, he quickly dismissed this idea, and honestly reported his identity.

Xu Baojiu shouted excitedly, "Correspondent, report to the brigade commander immediately. The fourth regiment successfully completed the mission and captured more than 32 British and Indian troops, including [-] tanks. The exact number of prisoners is still being counted. In addition, our regiment He also caught a big fish, he is a major general of the British army!" [

Xu Xianzeng, commander of the Fifth Brigade, was so happy from ear to ear after receiving Xu Baojiu's report that he walked around several times in the command post and kept muttering, "Xu Baojiu, how are you, kid?" Well, really show your face to our Fifth Brigade!" After calming down, he quickly picked up the phone, "Is it the division headquarters, I'm looking for the division commander!"

Tang Qiuli answered the phone, and Xu Xianzeng's excited voice came over immediately, "Master, I'm Xu Xianzeng, my brigade successfully completed the task of solving the British and Indian troops that popped up, and captured more than 1000 people, 32 tanks, and there are more, sir. , caught a big fish, it is the major general commander of the first division who has been serving as the vanguard of the main force of the British Indian Army, and his name is Fisher!"

Tang Qiuli said happily: "Okay, Xu Xianzeng, your fifth brigade is the first to open the record, you should make a great contribution, and convey my order to the troops. The order not to keep prisoners does not apply to British and Indian prisoners of war. Send troops. Escort the prisoners of war to Margao! That major general named Fisher should be held in solitary confinement, keep an eye on him, don’t expect any accidents!”

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe reported: "Master, the shelling will stop in 10 minutes. According to the reports of the various brigades, a total of more than [-] British and Indian troops have been surrounded in the ambush circle. Because the shelling has not yet Stop, the exact number is unknown, but according to the brigade commanders, the number of captured prisoners may be much less!"

Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "Under such fierce shelling, it is pure luck to survive. I ordered the brigades to enter the battlefield immediately after the shelling stopped, annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and then turn to pursuit! I judged that in the ambush The British and Indian troops outside the circle are running back desperately!"

Indeed, among the dozens of senior generals of the British and Indian Army, the lucky ones favored by God were not only Major General Fisher himself, but also the commander, General Alexander, and other senior generals in his headquarters.

After leaving the Hukang River Valley, Alexander marched in the rear guard by a strange coincidence, and thus escaped a catastrophe. Otherwise, Your Excellency, General, would definitely become the first general-level death in the history of the British Empire and the expansion of overseas colonies. officer.

When Major General Fisher had already left the Mesker Ridge, General Alexander and his headquarters were still seven or eight kilometers away from the Mesker Ridge. At this time, Your Excellency the Commander was using poetic language to express his gratitude to the All the military officers who listened to him with flattering smiles and listened attentively to his good time in the Indochina Peninsula expressed their emotions.

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