"Clean up the battlefield, and rescue me from everything that still has a breath."

"Next, we will give everyone a day off to rest, but don't forget our discipline, those who do not return before the barracks close tomorrow night will be severely punished!"

It was only two days after the breakthrough of Da Chong City, and the soldiers of Hongtang Zhao Simei, who were stunned to occupy the coastal city of Da Chong from the Burmese army, which still had more than 10,000 remains.

Of course, due to the constraints of troops, nearly half of the army in Da Xiang City took the initiative to abandon Da Xiang City when they saw that they could not win, and under the leadership of General Sori, they fled all the way north, which can be regarded as leaving a part of the living force for the Burmese army.

This is the confrontation between firearms and cold weapons in the new era, a normal state that will inevitably appear in the future, and it is also an important basis for Westerners to establish colonies everywhere with weak troops.

It's just that now this important tactic is also mastered by the hard-working Han people in the ancient eastern country, and no one can predict what direction it will go in the future.

The topic turned back to Da Cheng City, Zhao Simei, who had just occupied the city, was proud and proud, stepping on the dilapidated city wall of the southern city, he looked into the distance, looking for familiar figures.

Just occupying a city of the Kingdom of Burma alone cannot meet Zhao Simei's psychological expectations of eagerly wanting to make great achievements, but now his army is too small, and if he wants to continue to go north, it will inevitably mean losing the powerful artillery support on ten warships, so whether it is a siege or a duel between the two armies, it is a great challenge for the soldiers of his regiment.

Therefore, he was desperate for the arrival of reinforcements from the other three regiments in the order given by the base camp, so that they could have the strength to fight north into the inner hinterland of Burma.

What's more, in the city occupied at this time, although half of the city was destroyed by Hongtang artillery fire and advance, most of the Burmese people and soldiers had escaped, but until they completely occupied the city, Zhao Simei and they still captured more than 2,000 Burmese soldiers and more than 10,000 people.

For the Fifth Regiment, which has a total strength of no more than 3,000 troops, it will need to consume more than half of its troops just to keep this group of prisoners, and where will the troops come from to invade the heart of Burma in the north!

Fortunately, Zhao Simei's wait was not too long, and just two days after he occupied Da Xiang City, Hong Tang's troops from various departments arrived at Da Xiang City occupied by Zhao Simei one after another.

"Yo, our head Zhao has a long face this time, and the credit for the first battle is not waiting for us to get it in our hands first!"

Among the three regiment leaders later, two were alumni of Zhao Simei who graduated from the same school, and one was a backbone who was promoted from the middle and grassroots levels, but everyone usually had more or less dealings with each other during training, parades, etc., so they were not strangers to each other.

"Hey, I said Old Tang, you guys are here, I look at the sea every day, so I sent someone to the sea to find you!"

Zhao Simei didn't mention what her combat exploits were, but complained about the three regiment commanders who came to converge.

"If you had come two days earlier, the nearly 10,000 deserters and tens of thousands of people in this Dashang City would have been ours!"

"Do you think we don't want to come earlier, since we received the order, we didn't dare to delay and kill directly, but the Kingdom of Burma is at the northern tip of this peninsula, we need a detour to get here, and now it is the maximum speed that we can rush overtime."

Called Lao Tang, a single name and a benevolent character, is the only one of the four regiment commanders who climbed up from the grassroots level, although he also entered the armed forces department for further study in order to be promoted halfway, but more credit is still relied on people's hands and feet to fight with real knives and guns, so among the four, his military rank is the highest, and he is already the rank of lieutenant colonel, according to the rules, he is the leading commander among the four people here.

Subsequently, Zhao Simei first introduced to everyone the results of their regiment's battles, military reserves and battle losses, as well as the surrounding strongholds obtained by the scout team he sent during the rest and recuperation period.

"According to the instructions of the military department, you and I have four regiments with a total of 15,000 soldiers, and we do not seek to eliminate all the troops of the Kingdom of Burma at one time, but we must destroy at least eighty percent of its troops, and at the same time, our army must directly point to the city of Ava, the capital of the king of Burma, to force the Burmese king Thalung to apologize, and at the same time sign a friendship contract."

Although they were fighting in an enemy country, the number of soldiers and civilians of the Burmese Kingdom could reach dozens of times the number of their army, but in the eyes of several regiment commanders, it seemed that they had already regarded the Burmese Kingdom as meat on their chopping block, without the slightest hesitation or worry.

"Another point, in addition to the military department sending my four regiments over, Qixintang and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce also sent a fleet to help us contain and capture the results of the war, and the most important thing is to collect and capture the population of the Burmese Kingdom!"

The first few people received far more detailed orders than those obtained by Zhao Simei, which were temporarily added by the military department and the government at the time of departure, and were also conveyed to Zhao Simei one by one at this time.

"That's right, if you don't hurt this group of monkey natives, they may still think that our Hongmen is easy to bully!"

There is not only the pursuit of war merit in his heart, but also the anger of the tragic information that came from the king of Burma before, and when he heard the instructions from the base camp conveyed by Tang Ren, Zhao Simei immediately slapped the table and expressed his expression of great agreement.

"However, in view of the losses of your regiment in the first battle siege, the results of the battle and the prisoners also need to be escorted and waited for the rear source fleet to be sent back to Dayuan Island, so I suggest that your department take a temporary rest and replenish the grain, grass and ammunition."

But soon, Zhao Simei was angry with Tang Ren's arrangement, and even though she was red-eyed, she jumped up and frenzy: "I object!" ”

"Although our regiment has lost some manpower, but the main elite is still there, and it has been almost rested in the past few days waiting for your arrival, why should our regiment stay, but you go to the front line to take credit, this is not fair!"

"Hey, I said Lao Zhao, you have already caught this first attack, how can you drop it, you can't let the brothers also get some credit, this is too unrighteous!"

The other two regiment leaders felt that Tang Ren's arrangement was very much in line with their wishes, but they unanimously expressed their support.

"Don't worry, your unit is only leaving a little later, as a reserve of our army, to help us transport a batch of heavy firepower artillery to put pressure on the royal capital of the Kingdom of Burma!"

Fortunately, Tang Ren did not intend to snub Zhao Simei and explain it.

(End of chapter)