There is a difference between long-distance running and a 100-meter sprint, how to run farther, this is a very high tactical strategy in the march, in the East China Army's officer textbook, when pursuing and fleeing with the enemy, a qualified commander must maintain enough calm, not chase and run indiscriminately.

Zhang Daoyi's soldiers of the 3rd Division all had leggings, which undoubtedly improved the mobility of their legs, while the British army did not, so they were exhausted by Zhang Daoyi along the way.

At this time, the front was where the trench was, and Zhang Daoyi didn't have to hang the British army, so he ordered the troops to trot forward, and the British troops behind were dumbfounded, but the British army couldn't increase its speed, and many people couldn't run.

For these pampered British troops, such long journeys were rarely carried out, and after coming to the colony, they had always lived comfortably, where had they experienced such a long pursuit.

"Hold on to me, do you see the treasure in their hands? As long as we catch up with these rebels, the treasure is ours all. Charlie saw that many British soldiers were sitting on the ground and were not chasing, so he immediately shouted loudly.

Hearing of the treasure, the eyes of the British soldiers lit up, and they got up to continue the pursuit, despite their weariness.

…… The width of the river bank became narrower and narrower, and when Zhang Daoyi led his troops to a river bank that was only more than 800 meters wide, he saw a trench in front of him, and many people were digging at the scene.

"We're here." Zhang Daoyi said overjoyed.

I saw that in the trench ahead, the 06th Brigade was ready, and they mounted their machine guns on the trench, ready to give the British a head-on attack at any time.

In the back, groups of indigenous Burmese are digging trenches.

It can be seen that these Burmese natives were forcibly recruited by the 06th Brigade to dig trenches in the surrounding area, and there were at least five or six thousand people in that position.

"The division commander is here, the division commander is here."

The soldiers of the 06th Brigade in the distance saw the 05th Brigade and immediately shouted excitedly.

Zhang Daoyi took the 05 Brigade to the position, and immediately sent the natives of the 05 Brigade to the back, leaving only the Kokang Han soldiers and jungle tiger mercenary soldiers of the 05 Brigade.

Anyway, this trench is only 800 meters wide, and there is no need for so many people to defend it, and those unreliable Burmese natives let them stay behind.

"What are you putting machine guns on? Hide away. Zhang Daoyi saw the 05th Brigade holding heavy machine guns outside the trench, and immediately shouted to them, "The puppies chasing them don't have heavy weapons, don't you put heavy weapons on them with pure intention to scare them away?" ”

When I heard that this was indeed the case, I quickly hid the machine gun in the trench.

Zhang Daoyi did not stop when he arrived at the trench, checked the position of the machine gun, and saw that a crossfire had been formed, so he was relieved.

The 3rd Division waited solemnly in the trenches, but waited nearly an hour for the British to arrive.

Twenty-three thousand British troops came to the narrow bank of the river, and suddenly the soldiers in front reported that the rebels had dug trenches in front of them, which surprised Charlie.

I took out the binoculars from a distance and saw that the rebels had dug several trenches on the riverbank, and these rebels were hiding in the trenches waiting for them.

Charlie began to realize that something was wrong, but he looked carefully in the trench and found that the natives did not have any heavy weapons, and he was immediately reassured.

"Sir, these rebels seem to have been prepared." The adjutant said to Charlie.

"Don't be afraid, with the fighting power of these natives, as long as we rush, they will be defeated immediately." Charlie smiled nonchalantly.

When the adjutant heard it, he was reasonable!

In previous pursuits, the Third Division had always been on the verge of collapse, which led to a sense of contempt among the British, who thought that the rebels were just a group of natives.

The reason why Britain was able to have so many colonies was that these natives were too ineffective and could be finished with a casual fight.

This phenomenon of historical castes also made them develop a habit of contempt for everything in the colonies.

This is not only the case for Britain, but also for most of the other colonial countries, just like the Dutch pacified an Aceh tribe and spent an exaggerated military expenditure of one billion guilders, which is enough to see the mentality and combat effectiveness of these colonial armies.

"Fix it on the spot for an hour." Charlie then ordered.

After chasing for so long, the soldiers were tired and had to rest for a while before attacking.

About half an hour later, at this very moment, the 3rd Division received a telegram from the 1st Division that the 1st Division had dug a trench twenty kilometers away to prevent any fish from slipping through the net.

Two trenches were blocked there, one in front and one in the back, and the British army was basically locked in cages.

It would be fine if the British used heavy weapons, but the problem was that the British did not have heavy weapons, and they had left all the heavy weapons behind in pursuit.

Judging by the arrogance of the colonizers, there were no heavy weapons needed to annihilate these indigenous rebels.

…… An hour passed quickly, the British army had been repaired for an hour, and the soldiers had regained some strength, looking at the 'indigenous rebels' in the distance, their eyes were shining green, and they seemed to see a lot of treasure.

Commander Charlie promised the native soldiers a share of the treasure as long as they could annihilate the rebels, which boosted the morale of the native soldiers.

These indigenous soldiers pursued them all the way, and when they saw the enemy fleeing all the way, their morale was very high.

What is it to storm a trench!

These natives don't quite know what these trenches mean, anyway, the enemy is so frustrated, now they don't run, they are on the opposite side, and they will not be able to fight over.

Hit it and you'll be able to grab the treasure!

The thought of treasure turned green in the eyes of many soldiers.

Charlie shouted, "Long live the British Empire, long live the holy Queen Elizabeth...... Offensive ......"

Immediately, 20,000 native soldiers screamed and rushed forward with their weapons, while the 3,000 British soldiers hid behind, and those native soldiers were just cannon fodder.

The natives who rushed forward screaming and rushed forward fired at the trench with a burst of indiscriminate gunfire, and the 'native rebels' in the trench were as vulnerable as they had imagined, and they were so frightened by the guns that they did not dare to come out of the trench, as if they were stupid.

"These rebels remind me of ostriches, they just bury their heads in the sand when they're scared, haha." Charlie, who was commanding from a distance, laughed at the battle situation, very energetic and invincible, and a king eight was overflowing.

"It's all about being your wise conductor." The adjutant hurriedly slapped the sycophants, which made Charlie very useful.

1,000,000,900,800...... The British army rushed closer and closer, but there was still no movement in the trenches, which made Charlie, who was watching the battle from a distance, laugh and be proud.

700 meters...... 600 meters...... But there was still no movement in the trench, which made Charlie in the distance feel that something was wrong, and just as the idea jumped into his mind, he heard only a shout.

The native rebels were digging out of their trenches and firing at the rushing British.

Most of these British soldiers were made up of indigenous soldiers, and when these indigenous soldiers charged, they had already hit almost all the bullets, and the enemy in the trenches suddenly came out to shoot at them, and some of the natives found that their guns were out of bullets.

Under the fire, a piece of British troops suddenly fell.

However, what made Charlie's pupils in the distance shrink suddenly, at this time, those indigenous rebels moved out of the trenches...... Machine gun!

And it's a heavy machine gun!

With a sweep of the binoculars, an even more terrifying phenomenon appeared, there was not just one of these heavy machine guns, but more than a dozen, and it was impossible to count them at all.

"Dada......"

The sound of heavy machine gun fire suddenly filled the sky over the riverbank, and a machine gunner, with the cooperation of his deputy, frantically swept at the rushing British troops.

Zhang Daoyi smiled in the trench: "I really thought we didn't dare to fight back!" Funny for you! ”

The British army in Burma still maintained the traditional dense tactics, and did not use the tactics of skirmishers, and the bullets from the heavy machine guns rained down, and the British troops fell one by one, like cutting wheat.

At this time, the heavy machine guns at other points also opened fire one after another, and opened heavy fire on the rushing British troops.

Twelve machine guns fired together, the fire was still crossfire, the British were suddenly confused by the heavy fire, people kept falling to the ground, and the British soldiers behind shouted in horror: "Machine guns, machine guns." ”

"Get down, get down, get down......"

"Run!"

"Mom's ......"

In the chaos, some of the British soldiers lay on the ground, some turned around and ran, and in an instant they collapsed.

"This ...... This...... That's impossible~! Charlie shouted in disbelief when he saw his troops being defeated in an instant.

"Sir, we've fallen into a trap." The adjutant wailed and hurriedly shouted to Charlie, "Let's run!" Otherwise, it will be too late. ”

"How can these natives have machine guns, this can't be, this can't be ......" Charlie shouted frantically, the defeat made it difficult for him to accept.

Looking at the chaos on the battlefield, Charlie realized that this would be a very complete fiasco, and a defeat rarely seen by the British Empire in Burma in hundreds of years.

He will go down in the history of the defeat of the Empire.

In the future, someone will call him 'Charlie the fool', and he will probably be demoted or even put on trial in God's [***] court.

Thinking of this, Charlie is going crazy.

But it's better to die than to live, Charlie's mood fell to the bottom in an instant, and he immediately accepted the adjutant's suggestion to run first.

Charlie then ordered to retreat, but once the troops charged, it was not so easy to call back, and Charlie said to the adjutant: "You stay and gather the soldiers, and I will go first." ”

"Ahh The adjutant froze.

Charlie didn't care about him, and ran away directly with the hundreds of British soldiers around him.

The British troops charging forward were hit by heavy fire, and many British troops turned and ran, and they were sprinting at a speed of 100 meters.

However, these British troops had run such a long way, and although they had rested for an hour just now, they had just run for thousands of meters, and now they ran at a speed of 100 meters, and they couldn't run the range of bullets at all.

Many British soldiers didn't run far before they felt a burst of collapse, fell to the ground with a thud, and couldn't run!

"Blow the trumpet." Zhang Daoyi shouted as he looked at the defeated British army.

"Division Commander, didn't you let the First Division clean up these guys?"

"We can clean it up and use the first division to clean it up, and they can just block it there." Zhang Daoyi smiled, and the staff officer muttered: "This seems to be very unkind!" ”

After a while, a loud trumpet sounded in the position, and when the soldiers heard the trumpet, they rushed out of the trench with their guns and rushed towards the fleeing British troops.

(To be continued)