Chapter 145: Smoke and Bombs Rain in Burma (4)
Homalim is one of the important transportation towns along the Chindun River in Myanmar, and it flows north along the Chindun River up to the Hugang Valley, and west over the Najia Mountain to reach India. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAlthough the Homalin area is easily accessible, the terrain is very complex, making it a good place to defend.
However, a battalion of British and Indian troops stationed here did not make good use of this terrain advantage to defend here, but when they heard that the Chinese army had captured Mankan, which was dozens of kilometers away, they abandoned this place under the leadership of their commander, and the whole army fled westward into India.
This made the officers and men of the 17th Regiment of the Sixth Division, who rushed here in a hurry, feel very depressed, and there was no other way than to scold India for being greedy and afraid. You must know that since the officers and men of the 17th Regiment went abroad to fight, they have been invincible and victorious all the way, but their families know their own affairs, and all they encounter along the way are some small fish and shrimp, and there are security teams with little combat effectiveness. Compared with other troops, they really didn't have any big battles, and it was because of this time that after hearing that there was a battalion of British and Indian troops stationed in Homarin, the commander of the 17th Regiment, Dao Anren, took the initiative to ask for help. But now that I encounter such a situation, it is really depressing. Although he regretted that he could not teach Ah San a lesson, soon, after reinforcing the fortifications of the place, the officers and soldiers of the 17th Regiment were stationed here.
Seeing that the fraternal troops from all walks of life had achieved fruitful results, they played a triumphant song. As the commander of the 17th Regiment, Dao Anren had always been depressed that he had not been able to participate in a large, fierce battle along the way. But putting aside that little depression, on the whole, his mood is still relatively happy at the moment. Before the start of the cross-border operation, although only one-fifth of the British army was faced, and most of the Indians and Burmese were mixed in the British and Indian armies and the British-Burmese army, the resounding name of the British Empire was placed there after all, so the whole army still attached great importance to it. But at the beginning of the battle, the performance of the British army surprised the whole army, their equipment was far inferior to their own, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior. Dao Anren felt that his march in Myanmar could be described as relaxed and pleasant.
Standing by the Qindun River, Dao Anren and political commissar Lin Zhixiang kept looking at the other side of the river with binoculars. Although it was the rainy season, because of the vast river, the Chindun River at this moment seemed calm and serene. Not far away, there are a few wild ducks playing in the river, and on the bank, green weeds are growing wildly. In the distance, on the hills, there is a dense jungle.
"Old Lin, don't you see that the British were quite rampant before? Why did you suddenly go so unbeaten? We were driven all the way to India like rabbits. Dao Anren said jokingly to Lin Zhixiang beside him.
As the Tusi of the former Yunnan Ganya Xuanfu Division from the Dai nationality, and now the colonel of the Southwest Army, Dao Anren once led the Han, Dai, Jingpo, Lili and other ethnic groups in the border areas to repeatedly fight against the British for several years, so the resentment against the British is not ordinary.
"Hehe, the British always look at people with old eyes, and don't look at us now or us in the past? Knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, the British are empty-eyed, arrogant, and do not know themselves and do not know the other, it is strange if they are undefeated! As a political commissar, Lin Zhixiang was not given for nothing, and his military skills were also quite good, so he quickly told Dao Anren a reason for this.
"Hmph, the British are accustomed to arrogance and arrogance, how can they, who have always looked at no one, look at us squarely. Hit India sooner or later and give them some color to see. ”
"Peisheng is right, but we should not be underestimated. Although the British were unbearable, we were fighting hundreds of miles away from the country, and the battle line was so long that logistical supply was extremely difficult, and we would have to face many difficulties in the future. Speaking of this, Lin Zhixiang's expression was a little solemn. Fighting in the jungle during the rainy season is far from what you might think. Slippery jungle trails, continuous rain, and rampant diseases such as dysentery, flu, and typhoid. Even though sufficient medicines and medical equipment were prepared before going abroad, nearly 100 people in the group had fallen ill so far. Fortunately, the domestic preparation and logistics work before the battle was done well, otherwise I really don't know what would have happened.
Dao Anren nodded, he was fully prepared for the enemy situation in front of him and the difficulties he faced. From the moment he arrived in Homarim, he felt a great responsibility to strengthen the fortifications, the Chindun River flowing through the west of the city, a natural barrier, and the other three sides, the terrain was also very dangerous. His 17th Regiment had three battalions, plus the regimental headquarters, reconnaissance company, artillery battalion, etc., nearly 4,000 people, and the British troops defending Imphal on the other side of the mountain were only of this size.
"I don't know, those guys in the reconnaissance company have found any special circumstances!" After saying this, Dao Anren raised his binoculars again and stared at the jungle in the distance.
Crossing the Chindun River and crossing that mountain is India. And the scouts in Dao Anren's mouth were shuttling through the dense jungle of that mountain at the moment.
As a soldier from the Lili tribe, because he was one of the few hunters in the clan before he became a soldier, Hou Gensheng, who has an extraordinary physical fitness and reaction ability, is accustomed to hard work and hard work, and his training results in the recruit company are extremely excellent. Because of his excellent performance, Hou Gensheng was directly assigned to the regimental reconnaissance company after the completion of recruit training. Although he has only been in the army for more than half a year and is only a private, he is the top role in the platoon in the entire reconnaissance company.
At this time, Hou Gensheng and several brothers in the class were ordered to reconnoiter the terrain around Najia Mountain. Hou Gensheng's eyes were among the best in the company, and he found something moving in front of him. When I got a little closer, I saw that there were indeed two people walking along the path in the jungle at the moment. Now the squad leader also saw it, the squad leader is a veteran from Sichuan, his name is Zheng Changqing, who had served as a soldier in the nineteenth town of the Qing army before, and came to the sixth division when he reorganized the troops.
After seeing the situation clearly, Zheng Changqing waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him quickly found their respective positions and lay down, raised the guns in their hands and prepared for battle. This was explained to them by the head of the regiment himself before he went abroad, and it is not too careful to be careful in this foreign country.
Hou Gensheng, who was hiding behind a big tree, looked back at the squad leader not far away. At this time, Zheng Changqing was holding a telescope and quietly looking at the two people in front of him. At this time, Zheng Changqing, who saw the appearance of the two people in front of him clearly, was muttering incessantly in his heart, yellow skin, black hair and black eyes, these two people are Chinese? How did the Chinese get here? Merchant? It's not like that! They must be dressed as locals!
"Gensheng, you have the best skills here, you bring a brother to quietly touch over and bring those two people over." After a short period of thought, Zheng Changqing quickly made his own decision.
"No problem, squad leader, you can take a look." Hou Gensheng smiled slyly.
Facts have proved that Hou Gensheng's cunning is extraordinary, two unknown young men shuttling through the jungle did not expect to be attacked in such a place, Hou Gensheng and another soldier quickly brought them to Zheng Changqing after a simple capture to restrain the two. At this time, not only Zheng Changqing, but also several other fighters were puzzled. You know, they didn't see Burmese people along the way, even Indians, they also saw a lot, and they were not only 108,000 miles away from these two people! But these two people, except for their clothes, are completely no different from themselves and others.
"Who are you?" Or Zheng Changqing was the first to react and asked.
"Chinese?" Another soldier next to him asked.
Looking at the soldiers in front of them, whose appearance and skin color were no different from those of their own people, the eyes of the two young men full of fear were mixed with a little doubt, because the appearance of these people made them feel familiar, but they did not understand what they were saying at all.
After asking for a long time, Zheng Changqing also found out at this time that these two people were not from China at all, but their skin color and appearance were very similar to themselves and others. With a wave of their hand, several scouts led the two men towards Homarin.