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Major Monson, who was marching more than 300 meters behind nearly 1,000 British and Burmese officers and soldiers, only felt a tingling pain in his scalp. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The big cap on info's head is gone.

Major Monson was so frightened that his face was pale, and the quiet screams of a company of British officers and soldiers and more than 1,300 Burmese officers and soldiers were chaotic, and the long-lasting echo of the gunfire gradually faded away, and the British and Burmese soldiers remembered to lie down and look for cover, and more than 200 short Burmese soldiers turned around and ran, fleeing from this terrifying place like flying.

The tall and mighty British lieutenant rushed to Major Monson's side, picked up Monson, who was sitting on the ground, and quickly hid behind a protruding stone slab, only to see two lines of blood flowing from Monson's head to his cheeks.

"Sir, sir, wake up, sir! Captain "Mr. Monson," the officer, grabbed Monson's shoulder and shook him violently.

The sluggish Monson took a deep breath, wiped the blood from his face, and looked north in horror. Then he turned to the captain beside him: "Victor." Bullets: "Where did the bullets come from?" ”

"It's not clear, sir, the ranks are all in disarray. I have already ordered the platoon commanders to lead their teams to conceal and prepare to return fire "Sir, let me see your wounds, it's okay, sir, the bullet grazed the scalp." Victor shouted to the ambulances, pulled out his binoculars, and nervously observed the front. The ambulance soldier bandaged the recovered Monson halfway, and Victor's exclamation was heard: "Oh my God" Sir, squadron **! There is a regiment in full, no, maybe even a division "Oh my God! On the other side of the border line, they set up no less than 100 light and heavy machine guns, and looking at the steel helmets covered with camouflage nets, they must be An Jiajun. It has to be them! It's horrible."

Monson was shocked and jerked the ambulance away. Groping around and taking out the binoculars, he took a closer look with his shaking hands, and then took a breath:

"It's them, it's absolutely them, these are inhumane bloodthirsty devils on the battlefield! We have heard of this army before, and General Alexander once spoke highly of them, saying that the An Jia army was the strongest elite unit in the squadron, and it was also the most ignorant and barbaric unit, and they pursued iron-blooded and ultra-nationalism. In order to kill the enemy, unscrupulous means, assassination, poisoning are used to the extreme. Unexpectedly, they actually appeared here, just five hundred meters in front of us. ”

"What to do, sir? What are we going to do? Captain Victor asked anxiously.

"What to do? What else can I do? Can't move forward, look at their equipment, look at their amazing firepower configuration, I swear, their artillery is right behind them. And we, with only a pitiful six mortars, a heavy machine gun, and a dozen light machine guns, will definitely be the ones who suffer if there is a conflict. ”

Monson was about to utter a long line, and his bloodied face was already terrified.

Victor retracted and reached out to help Monson tie the loose gauze on his head: "Sir, I think the reason why they haven't attacked until now is probably because they don't want to clash with us. The shot that had just been fired at the chief's hat had a strong warning connotation.

"Sir, it seems that we can only retreat to Mare Town, and it is only a rational choice to be on guard, we can't defeat them anyway. Even if all the Reina battalions in Jingdong are transferred, plus two regiments of Burmese yellow-skinned monkeys. We are also no match for the An Jia Army," we can only report the situation to the Yangon Command urgently, and we can only wait for orders on what to do next. ”

"Your suggestion is very correct, Captain Victor, I order you to quietly go down and retreat immediately!" Major Monson did not hesitate to give the order.

"Yes, sir!"

Victor stood up. Stretching out his hands and waving them in the air a few times, he shouted at the British and Burmese officers and soldiers who were lying in all directions and densely packed. Thousands of officers and soldiers trembled and got up, and their guns were subconsciously aimed at the north, under the urging of their respective commanders. It took a long time to assemble them separately. Then he hurriedly retreated to the way he came.

"Where's my hat? Where's my hat? You idiot, go get my hat back! Seeing that the squadron had no intention of being embarrassed, Monson immediately stood up and yelled at the ambulances.

The ambulance turned around and searched around, and finally found the Major's military cap in the grass not far away. The major took a look, his feet were frightened, and the clear bullet holes on the cockade of the 6th Army made him immediately realize what the shot just now meant.

Monson was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth and put on his military hat, threw a vicious look to the north, straightened his crumpled military uniform, puffed up his chest, and walked towards his officers and soldiers with the unique steps of the British army: "Turn right, open!" ”

The British troops at the rear were still in good shape. annoyed by the taste of returning from victory, and the more than 2,000 soldiers of the Anjia Army who were waiting in the north were stunned.

Zhang Guosheng, head of the Menglian Garrison Regiment, stood up. Scratching his head, he asked suspiciously: "He***, who won the battle?" ”

The voice fell, and laughter sounded all around, and soon the laughter became more and more, louder and louder, and finally turned into a resounding heckling and contemptuous curse.

The sound reached the ears of the British soldiers who were marching south, and the neat pace of the team was suddenly disrupted. Many of the extremely angry British officers and soldiers turned around and glared angrily at the north; The soldiers of the Anjia Army all over the field soon turned around and walked dejectedly at the shouts of the commander, but the bursts of laughter behind them became louder and louder, and more and more unscrupulous.

A little in the sheep, Kunming, Yunnan Wutang.

Zhu Peide led the Yunnan military and political generals to entertain An Yi and his party with a simple lunch, An Yi and his generals ate with relish, and An Yi and others, who were accustomed to eating big pot rice, said that the food in the Wutang canteen was very fragrant, although there were few tricks but the amount was very sufficient. than a wine feast.

Zhu Peide and others knew the rules of An Jiajun. Therefore, no one thought that An Yi and the others were polite words, but they were secretly happy about An Yi and his party.

At the invitation of the Provincial Council, An Yi attended the preparatory meeting for the adjustment of the administrative region of Yunnan Province in the morning. At 10 o'clock, he returned to the Yunnan 6th Army Martial Arts School and gave a lecture to 1,200 students, teachers and students in six disciplines.

Halfway through the meal, Zhu Peide's confidential adjutant hurriedly came in and whispered a few words in Zhu Peide's ear.

Zhu Peide nodded, put down his chopsticks, and asked An Yi beside him: "British Consul Sterling did not return to the Tengchong Consulate, he asked to see you." It is said that it is to submit a letter of protest to you from the British Empire. ”

"Oh? The news of the British is not slow! In less than two hours, they not only learned about the clashes on the border with Mon-Lien, but were also able to make a protest. It's very efficient. Since this is the case, let's meet, the virtues passed down by our ancestors cannot be lost. ”

An Yi knew that the British consular network named Sterling had not been to Kunming for a day, in fact, the British did not have a consulate in Kunming, only foreign banks, this Sterling, who had an aristocratic status, submitted a letter of protest to Zhu Peide twice, but Zhu Peide was not soft or hard to push back, and now he directly asked to see himself and issued a letter of discussion, obviously the British have their own intelligence in Kunming, and Zhu Peide has seen this, and after thinking about it, he didn't want to embarrass Zhu Peide, and promised to meet him. It's also good to see what kind of goods this Sterling is.

Zhu Peide smiled slightly: "Just meet him in the office building on the edge of the Green Lake in front, you set a time." ”

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and my nephew will have time to think about it." An Yi replied.

Lunch ended quickly, and Zhu Peide and a group of generals accompanied the guests to the newly built two-story office building on the edge of the Green Lake. Yunnan 6th Army Martial Arts School occupies the beautiful scenery of Chenghuapu on the west bank of the green lake in the center of Kunming City, this treasure land, the four buildings of the east, west, north and south are symmetrically connected, occupy a wide area, are uniquely endowed by nature, the auditorium and the armory in the southwest of the main building are quite majestic. The reading control in the south is about 15 meters high, 13 meters wide, the wide playground is not less than the area of two football fields, and the four corner buildings of more than 100 meters long and more than 10 meters wide add a bit of antiquity, and also show the majestic spirit of the lecture hall.

After Zhu Peide took office, he once again carried out comprehensive repairs and expansions of the Yunnan Lecture Hall, which was founded in 1909, so that the military academies and academies in China, which were called the three major lecture halls in China, together with the Tianjin Beiyang Lecture Hall founded in 1906 and the Shenyang Northeast Lecture Hall founded in 1908, once again radiated vigorous youth and vitality.

Nowadays, Shenyang's Northeast Lecture Hall has fallen under the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders, Tianjin's Beiyang Lecture Hall has been in ruins for many years, and China's three most famous lecture halls, only one of Yunnan's Lecture Halls, Zhu Peide and the generals of the Yunnan Army are full of puff and pride every time they talk about it.

Zhu Peide's office building is located on the shore of Green Lake, a short distance from Zhu Peide's mansion to the north. The office building is a French-style western-style building that has been built for two years. Due to Zhu Peide's poor health. It's not a meeting or an important reception, it's usually where he conducts official business. The bungalow has an exquisite garden. On the first floor, there is a reception hall, a conference room surrounded by willows on the east side of the lake, and a confidential room and offices on the west side. The second floor is where Zhu Peide and his henchmen and generals work.

The generals left separately, and An Yi and his entourage gathered in the conference room on the east side of the building to discuss countermeasures.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Consul Sterling of the British Consulate in Tengchong, West Yunnan, arrived on time with his assistant, and the host, Zhu Peide, greeted him politely and asked him to take a seat in the hall. After drinking half a cup of tea, An Yicai and Gu Changfeng walked out of the east conference room together, and shook hands with Sterling one by one under Zhu Peide's introduction. After the introduction, Zhu Peide casually found an excuse to leave in a chic manner, and went upstairs to deal with official business, although Sterling was very reluctant to let the mild-mannered Zhu Peide leave, but there was no excuse to stay, knowing that Zhu Peide's move meant to stay out of the matter and let you talk about it yourself, and it was clear that it was to divide one thing into two things to deal with, and the British not only had to deal with the Yunnan Provincial Government, but also had to negotiate with An Yi, the actual ruler of southern Yunnan.

Sterling, who was of medium stature and elegant appearance, secretly cursed in his heart, "old slippery head", took the protest book handed by his assistant, stood up, walked up to An Yi, and said lukewarmly:

"General, we all know that your English is very good. Let's just communicate directly in English. General, capable of serving the British Empire

"Slow down!"

An Yi stood up and politely asked Sterling to sit down in standard Chinese: "Your Excellency, please take a seat." According to international practice, the meeting between you and me must be in the Chinese language, and the corresponding meeting record should be made, please forgive me for my haste "Ziyan come out, your English is good, just serve as my translation and clerk." ”

Confidential Adjutant Liang Ziyan strode in, nodded slightly to Sterling and the others, and then sat down behind An Yi.

Sterling was so angry that his face turned white, knowing that An Yi deliberately made things difficult, but he couldn't find fault with it, so he could only call Guo Lichang, a British-Chinese assistant, and translate his own words word by word:

"General, on behalf of the Empress and the government of the British Empire, I would like to lodge a strong protest with the General himself and the Office of the Southern Yunnan Reclamation Prefecture under the leadership of the General!" The tragedy in the town of Mare is born"

"Mr. Consul, please slow! Ziyan, you turn over Ze. ”

An Yi waved his hand, interrupting Sterling's words, and let Sterling hold the beautiful protest book in both hands. Stunned on the spot.

Liang Ziyan stammered halfway through. whispered that there were a few words that I hadn't learned, An Yi smiled slightly and said It's okay, you continue.

Liang Ziyan had no choice but to say it according to the meaning of the self-bow. An Yi nodded frequently and appreciated it greatly, and Liang Ziyan was so ashamed that his head was sweating when he sat down.

An Yi stood up and looked at Sterling: "Mr. Consul, I refuse to accept your so-called protest letter. On the contrary, our Simao Reclamation Prefecture Office has submitted a letter of protest to the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country, protesting against the British brutality of our border people, encroachment on our territory, and long-term robbery and killing of the people in our border areas.

"Therefore, there is no need for Mr. Consul to act here. Although the British are very good at the despicable deeds of the wicked who sue first, but in front of the Ben General and the army and the people that Ben General leads. There is no meaning, "Turning Ze Official, you are playing truthfully turning Ze." As long as you dare to misinterpret any of my words. In the future, you will lose the qualification to deal with us, and even lose the opportunity to set foot on Chinese soil. ”

Guo Lichang is extremely familiar with An Yi's iron-blooded legend. was terrified in his heart, but he pretended to be calm, but he didn't dare to go against any of An Yi's will, and truthfully translated An Yi's words word by word.

Halfway through this, Sterling's face turned red with anger. The two fists were clenched white, and finally waiting for Tsusawa to finish speaking, Sterling took a half step forward. Sternly warned:

"General, I am deeply amused by your arrogance and ignorance, and extremely despise your position and cultivation. Still, I want to tell you that you do. It will be punished by the British Empire in all directions. The British Empire will impose sanctions on the General himself and all the institutions of the Jiangnan Group, the Xiangxi Enterprise Group and the Southern Sichuan under the General in all aspects of political, military, economic and trade cooperation!

"We will revoke all non-governmental cooperation programs and economic and trade programs, abolish the commercial office to be set up in Syria, recall all engineering and technical personnel as a punishment for the general, and reserve any rights, including military sanctions!"

An Yi nodded and smiled slightly: "Thank you, Mr. Consul, for reminding me, sir, can the churches set up by the Church of England in southern Sichuan be removed?" Will the more than 800 engineers and technicians employed by schools, enterprises, and scientific research institutions in Nanchang and other southwestern provinces of China be withdrawn? Can the office in Syria just been acquired by the British news organization be removed? Will the British bridge people, who have as many as more than 3,000 people in the entire southwest, withdraw? I suggest that we simply withdraw all together, along with the British contractors who are building the Syria-Zhaotong railway, so that we may save everyone a lot of trouble. ”

The surnamed Guo Ze was already in a cold sweat, and Sterling trembled with anger after listening to Pan Ze's relay. Raised his shrugging fist and waved it helplessly twice in the air, snorted, and brushed his sleeves away.