Pan Zide's father was the sixth grade of the Xuanfu Division in the previous dynasty, and he was also a person in the government, although he was introverted, he had been an official for many years, and he was also familiar with the way of officialdom.

He instructed his son: "Son, you are now favored by the emperor, in the officialdom, you must be humble and generous, not arrogant, and not too much about personal gains and losses in the face of right and wrong." Don't forget! ”

"Keep it in mind."

Pan's father sighed: "Today's emperor does not go to court every day, and he really governs the world in such an orderly manner, which has to be admired!" ”

Pan Zide said: "What about the court every day? Didn't Zhu Youzhen go to the court every day and be diligent in government affairs? What's the use? Isn't it a lost country? Although our Long Live Lord is not in the early dynasty, he always controls the court, and that is the ability. ”

Father Pan said mysteriously: "Today's long live Lord is a god descending to earth, I heard that ......"

Pan Zide interrupted his father and said, "Don't talk about state affairs, didn't you educate your children just now?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Pan Zide said: "When the child is not at home, you don't go out, if someone comes to visit, you greet the guest politely, and don't get close to others." The child's current identity, the person who comes to the door, either to go to the door, or to tell the truth, you must pay more attention to not be taken advantage of. ”

Father Pan said confidently: "My father's eyes are bright!" ”

Pan Zide said: "You enjoy Qingfu at home, and there are domestic servants and maids to serve you, settle down to raise flowers, fight boxing, and take care of your body." When the child has built Shanghai, I will pick you up and go to Shanghai to live with the child. ”

Father Pan sighed and said, "You are a person who does business, and my father doesn't want to follow you around, so he lives in the capital, which is good." As for what kind of big Shanghai, after you build it for your father, it's hard to say whether you are still alive or not! ”

Pan Zide comforted: "Daddy doesn't need to be so pessimistic, in short, our days will get better and better." ”

Pan's father was worried that his son was worried about him, so he smiled and said, "As a father, I am waiting for the good days to come!" ”

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Bailisha reported the shortage of steel to Gao Junshan by telegram, and Gao Junshan received the telegram and sent a telegram back to Bailisha, the main content of which is as follows:

The Burma campaign was nearing its end, and it was wise to reject the peace talks of King Mangda at the beginning, and within ten days, our 101st Division would be able to attack the city of Ava, the capital of Burma, and by that time, all the assets of the whole of Burma would be owned by us, and Burma would have large iron factories in Ava City and Dagon, which would be able to alleviate our demand for steel.

Gao Junshan sent a telegram to Zhou Shichen, the commander-in-chief of the front, to seize the intensity of the attack on Ava City, and strive to resolve the battle within five days.

Zhou Shichen was commanding the siege on the eastern outskirts of Ava City, and after receiving instructions from Gao Junshan, he ordered the herald to pass the commander of the 201st Division to meet him.

The commander of the 201st Division's major general was called He Sanxing, and he was waiting for the order outside Zhou Shichen's tent, and the herald came to give him a military salute and said, "Division Commander He, the commander-in-chief is invited!" ”

He Sansheng came to see Zhou Shichen excitedly: "Commander-in-chief, is it time for our 201st Division?" ”

Zhou Shichen said with a smile: "I have refrigerated your 201st division for half a month, you can't hold it back, right?" ”

"The soldiers have long been anxious to go to the front line and participate in the last battle against the Burmese army."

Zhou Shichen said: "I think the most anxious person is still you, Master He, right?" ”

"How can it? I resolutely obey the orders of the commander-in-chief! ”

Zhou Shichen summoned him to the sand table and said: "Your division strengthens the attack on the west side of the city, cooperates with the 101st division, and strives to break through the city gate within three years." ”

"Resolutely complete the task!"

"Let's do it now!"

He Sanxing, who accepted the task, rushed back to his barracks, and the general attack that the soldiers had been looking forward to was about to start, and they had already made preparations.

Although Burma introduced some Western guns, it did not learn Western tactics, and the equipment used to defend the city was a mixture of bows and arrows and muskets, and rolling wood and stones were placed on the top of the city, as well as stone throwers, javelins, flying sickles and other things.

As the capital city, the thickness of the city wall is three or four zhang, but it is not very high, perhaps because of the backwardness and the limitation of the city building technology, the city wall is only three zhang high.

There was a moat outside the city, about five zhang wide, and there was water in the river but it was not deep, and there was a guardrail on the side of the river to prevent the besiegers from climbing over.

The sixty-four mountain guns of the artillery regiment of the 201st Division were neatly lined up on the banks of the moat, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the city walls.

A regiment of soldiers, on the edge of the moat, wrapped the earth with various leaves, threw it into the river with a plop, in order to fill in this moat and open a way for the besieging army.

The Burmese army at the head of the city kept firing guns and arrows at the city to stop the besieging troops from filling the earth.

The artillery regiment used artillery to fire at the head of the city, suppressing the Burmese army at the head of the city, and black smoke billowed from the top of the city.

The ammunition of the artillery regiment was already very sufficient, even if the artillery was fired continuously for three days and three nights, the shells could not be fired, because there were 200,000 transport teams to protect them.

In this way, a whole day passed, and the moat was filled with clods of earth that were constantly thrown into the people, and as the earth piled up, the river naturally flowed to both sides, revealing a section of high ground in the middle, which still could not pass people, because it was too loose for a person to step on it, and he would sink deep and not be able to charge forward.

At dawn the next day, the division commander He Sanxing ordered the soldiers to lay the prepared wooden planks on top of the fill and blew the horn of the siege.

Under the cover of artillery, the first to attack were the sappers, more than thirty sappers carrying explosives, bravely rushed across the moat, and a company of soldiers followed, firing at the enemy on the city with mini guns.

After the soldiers rushed through the moat, the mountain artillery stopped firing, and the sappers quickly moved to the foot of the city wall at a speed of 100 meters, placed explosive barrels under the city wall, lit the fuse as fast as possible, and turned to run back.

The Burmese soldiers on the city wall did not understand what these sappers were doing, but they just threw stones down to stop the sappers from advancing, but the archers did not dare to show their heads, and as soon as they showed their heads, they would be hit by Minnie's bullets.

At the cost of the loss of thirteen sappers, a gap was blown out of the thick western wall with a bang.

The sound of the explosion was the signal to charge, and the well-trained soldiers, in company units, charged towards the gap that had been blown up.

The defenders at the head of the city carried out a frantic resistance, they hid behind the city wall, and used projectiles to fly out all kinds of stones and sickles, killing and wounding many attacking soldiers.

The brave soldiers did not stop their advance because of this, they knew in their hearts that the more afraid they were at this time, the greater the sacrifice they would pay, and only by making a single blow could they break the morale of the enemy defending the city.

The battlefield was brutal, and the soldiers continued to fall, but in the midst of wave after wave of shouts, the soldiers rushed forward one after another, one after another.

When more than 500 warriors fell, the vanguard company finally rushed into the gap.