Chapter 859: The King of the Forest
The Malay Peninsula is densely jungled and the terrain is extremely complex, and the defense line that Parsi has painstakingly deployed cannot be connected in a single line. Li Zhi, who had been observing the front line for a long time, had a sober judgment of the situation of the British defense line, and in Goxinga's battle plan, he also predicted that such a situation would definitely occur in the British defense line. Goxinga's solution was to use the speed advantage of the bicycle to quickly weave behind the British army, and then launch an attack to break down the British defense. Guo Xing'a's suggestion is very reliable, but how to implement it, Li Zhike made a difficulty.
The dense primeval forest obscured the sky and the sun, and the bicycle could barely pass through it, but how to solve the problem of getting lost and how to accurately attack the British army was a big problem. Li Zhi, who was in a hurry, didn't want to bother at all, he really wanted to ask his old brother Cao Meng for help, and dispatched two bomber formations to directly bomb Kuantan to the ground. It's a pity that Guo Xing'a and Tan Shaoguang still have to press the high-tech weapons back, and to give the British army a surprise attack at the most critical node, Li Zhi can only study how to intersperse detours.
"Please come over to General Ming Jin of the 032nd Brigade!" Li Zhi rarely used honorifics to his subordinates, but he was extremely polite to Ming Jin, the brigade commander of the 11th Light Infantry Division.
Mingjin's original name was Biketa, a close branch of the Manchurian Empire, the eldest son of the commander-in-chief of the navy, Bo Dun, and the nephew of Goxinga. Guo Xing'a changed the name of Ming Hibiscus after he designated his children as the Ming character generation, and named them all with wooden characters as the radical. At the age of twenty-nine, Ming Hibiscus was able to become a major general and brigade commander of the Manchurian Imperial Army, not only because of his illustrious background. Ming Hibiscus, who has been strictly disciplined by his father since he was a child, is a top student of the Imperial Army University in Manchuria, and has been mixed in the hardest and most tiring troops of the Imperial Army all year round, starting from the platoon commander, step by step to get to where he is today. Although Ming Hibiscus has not participated in actual combat, he has always performed very well in various exercises, and is known as the first fierce general of the clan.
"Report, 032nd Brigade Commander Ming Hibiscus reports!" Everyone knows Mingjin's identity, but he never mentions his identity in the army, and he always requires himself according to the regulations of the army.
"Piao Peng (Hibiscus characters)! The forest is dense and the climate is humid and hot, and it is not easy to fight in a roundabout! Among our generals, you are the only one who has served in Dingfuzhou, and you know the tropical climate and geographical environment, what do you think? Li Zhi asked Ming Hibiscus about her opinion on the war, and in fact, she also wanted to send a great achievement to the mouth of the eldest young master.
"Commander, most of the various units of our army are from the north, and although they have a tenacious style and are well-trained, they are not very adapted to the tropical climate and terrain. If you rush into the jungle, although you can win, you may also be able to do a lot of damage. The 357th Regiment of our 032nd Brigade is mainly composed of soldiers of the Fan nationality in Taiwan and soldiers of the Fan nationality in Dingfuzhou, who have grown up in tropical mountains and forests since childhood, and are familiar with the climate and environment. Can we let the 357th Regiment lead the way first, and our 032nd Brigade will complete the roundabout interspersed task to open a gap for our army! "The name and character of Ming Hibiscus are all from Zhang Zhengjian's "Baitou Yin", which represents the wish of the women of the Yehenara clan to hope for their children and grandchildren, but unfortunately Ming Hibiscus is a soldier, and he is a brave soldier.
"Okay, then you should be the first to open the way and open up the situation for the whole army!" The best thing for the courtesan Li Zhi is to do favors, and the great work of Ming Hibiscus will definitely make Bolton remember Li Zhi's favors.
Before Ming Hibiscus set off, he repaired all the bicycles of the troops. The British army can be deployed in the forest, and no matter how bad the forest is, there will be some sheep intestine paths, and bicycles will definitely be able to pass, so Ming Hibiscus has to repair the troops' cars well. If it is advanced by the silver wheel, not only will the physical strength of the troops be depleted in vain, but the loud noise will also expose the target. The tactical goal of the 032nd Brigade was very simple, that is, to cut off the British position, cut off the British supply, cooperate with Li Zhi's main force to encircle and annihilate the British army in Kuantan, and then completely destroy the British defense line all the way to the west. Huang Zhongmin on the southern road had already launched an attack on the British defense line and contained a large number of British troops, so as long as the dispatched army solved the British defense line in front of him, the British army would become a turtle in the urn of the Manchurian army.
After the preparations were completed, the 032nd Brigade took the 357th Regiment as the vanguard and approached the dense forest with one head. When Yangguan was gradually blocked by dense trees, Ming Hibiscus was also a little mentally weak, a situation he had never studied in the military academy and had never encountered it. After only two turns in the forest, Ming Hibiscus changed to the same as most soldiers, and he couldn't even find the north there. Fortunately, there are still a large number of Fan soldiers in their hands, and these treasures are like elves in the forest, which can quickly shuttle through the roadless jungle to reconnoitre, and then point out the direction of the troops.
"Traveler!" Mingjin, who was in the first echelon to open the way, was suddenly stopped by Yang Shoushan, a warrior of the Fan clan beside him, and made a hidden and silent gesture to him.
"There is an enemy, three miles to the east, more than three hundred people, on the move!" Yang Shoushan listened intently for a while, and then expressed his judgment.
The nearby Fan warriors all listened patiently for a while, and then they also came to a similar conclusion as Yangshou Mountain. Ming Hibiscus was a little stunned, his eardrums were almost engorged, and he didn't hear any sound, I really don't know how these gods heard it.
"Go to a class and scout!" Ming Hibiscus still trusts these Fan warriors very much, as long as they enter the forest, they are gods, and they will never be wrong when they say that they have.
"Report to the brigade seat, on the small road about four miles to the east, I found a British convoy, with a guard strength of about one battalion and more than thirty trucks!" Like a ghost of a squad of Fan warriors, he disappeared into the dense forest in an instant, bringing back the results of the investigation in less than a quarter of an hour.
"The whole regiment presses up, fights quickly, and destroys them for me!" Hibiscus's eyes began to glow, and it was a godsend.
"Brigade seat, there is a high ground about two miles further ahead, and the trees are very dense, which is very suitable for ambushes!" The warriors of the Fan clan are not only fast, but they are also extremely familiar with the forest, and they are all masters of ambushes.
"Good! Go and set it up right away! "Ming Hibiscus has nothing to play now, and the warriors of the Fan clan in the forest are professionals.
Half an hour later, the forest was filled with gunfire, and an hour later, the forest was quiet again, but the supplies of a British brigade for three days were gone.
The 032nd Brigade stopped and stopped along the way, and all the British positions along the way were captured by them, and none of the supply convoys they encountered slipped through the net. It was precisely because of the actions of the 032nd Brigade that one and a half divisions on the British defensive line had to withdraw from the defensive line because of the lack of supplies. As a result, the British army's already imperfect defensive line appeared a huge gap. However, the 032nd Brigade itself was also facing huge problems, in order to ensure combat effectiveness, the 032nd Brigade carried a large amount of ammunition, but not much food. They made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, causing the British army to run out of food, but they themselves fell into the dilemma of running out of food.
"Ryoza, eat this!" Yangshoushan baked something like a twig on the smokeless stove again, and then respectfully sent it to Ming Hibiscus.
"It's delicious! What's this? Deliciousr than lobster! "I've eaten all kinds of delicious hibiscus from the clan, but this branch roasted in Yangshou Mountain is really a rare delicacy.
"Five-flowered snake!" The troops ran out of food, and everyone's food depended on the soldiers of the Fan tribe to find a way, they were all experts in hunting, and they could catch a lot of delicious food at will, and those that could be eaten and those that could not be eaten, they distinguished very clearly.
"Delicious, delicious! Eat more, keep your stamina, and we're going to win!" In the future, if you go back to Changchun with me, I want the general to ask for credit for you! Ming Hibiscus was a little nauseous for a while, although the food that Yang Shoushan gave him was definitely not poisonous, but he still felt a little uncomfortable on his body, so he could only quickly say something to boost morale.
"Hey, hey!" Yang Shoushan is not good at words, he is a very simple person, almost all the soldiers of the Fan tribe are like this, in the face of Ming Hibiscus's diplomatic rhetoric, they usually just smile honestly.
The soldiers of the Fan tribe not only solved the problem of food, but also took care of almost all of the life of the 032nd Brigade in the dense forest. They would teach the Han, Manchu, and Mongolian robes how to live in the forest and how to avoid the heat. When the troops were severely short of water, they were able to find water sources and even get water directly from trees and fruits. There are some of these lovely guys who worship as bodhisattvas, it's really spiritual.
After a grueling nine-day march, the 032nd Brigade finally cleared all the enemy in the forest, opening a gap for the detour of the large force, and at the same time they also detoured to the back of Kuantan. But they ran into another big problem. The British seemed to have been prepared for the Manchurian army's detour, and they deployed defenses along the way of the detour army. And this position of the British army is really very difficult to handle. There was only one road leading to Kuantan in the forest, but there was a hill no less than 100 meters high on the side of the road, and the hill was very steep on three sides of the road, and the British position was on the top of the hill. This unfortunate position was condescending, completely blocking the passage of the troops, and because of the obscuration of the trees, the artillery and guns could not be aimed at it.
"Fuck, stuck in the neck!" Ming Hibiscus studied this British position for a long time, but there was no way at all, and it seemed that it would be difficult to capture this place without taking out thousands of casualties.
"Let's get on!" The warriors of the Fan tribe fought like saviors again.
"Be careful, if you don't move, you will retreat!" Ming Hibiscus nodded, the soldiers of the Fan tribe may have their own way.
Yang Shoushan and other Fan warriors gathered a battalion to come out, and then launched an attack, they carried a large number of hand ammunition, and no one could figure out what they were going to do. When the soldiers attacked, the jaws of the hibiscus and the robes fell to the ground. The Fan soldiers ran between the cliffs like mandrills, and then began to climb the cliffs at the risk of death, and when they climbed the cliffs, they smashed the British out with a single bullet.
"The brigade seat has been taken!" A soldier of the Fan clan returned to Minghibiscus with a sincere smile, but Yangshoushan never came back.