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Chapter 1194 Raiders

Just when Baoding in northern China is covered in snow everywhere, the plateau area of northeastern Myanmar is still full of green. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the vast eastern and northern parts of Myanmar, there are a large number of Burmese ethnic minorities (ethnic groups other than the Burmese people), and most of these ethnic groups are the remnants of the Chinese nation, such as the Han people in the Kokang area of the northeast of Myanmar and the southwest of Yunnan and the border with Longling, Zhenkang and Mengding in Yunnan, as well as the Wa people in Myanmar who have the same roots as the Kawa people in China, in addition to the third largest ethnic group in Myanmar The Shan people are the Pengyi people in China, and the Kachin people, one of the seven major races, are actually the Jingpo people in China. There are other ethnic groups that have a close relationship with the Chinese nation to a greater or lesser extent, so the ethnic minorities in northern Myanmar are greatly influenced by the Chinese Han culture, although they have gradually been separated from the motherland under the rule of the British colonizers in recent decades, but as long as they are given an opportunity, then it will naturally have a centripetal force towards China.

This opportunity was that the An Jiajun entered southern Yunnan strongly, and its influence quickly radiated to the entire northern part of the Indochina Peninsula, among which northern Myanmar, Shangliao, and northern Vietnam, which border southern Yunnan, have changed the most.

With the graduation of batches of special and intelligence students from the Non-commissioned Officer School and the University of Political Science and Law, the An Jiajun's infiltration into British Burma and French Annam also began to be carried out in an orderly manner.

At noon on 30 December, the sun was shining high, and beside a river more than 20 meters wide north of Tagao Town in the Shan State Plateau, a team of 62 people, with more than 40 horses, meandered forward along the faintly visible yellow dirt road. Except for a few in the front, who were dressed in suits, most of the rest were dressed in short shirts and trousers, but since most of them carried spears on their shoulders and had light and heavy weapons on their horses, the whole team looked murderous.

"Brother Qi Nian, you said that along the way, we passed through many places with stable terrain, the soil turned out with a shovel is also fertile, the climate is even better, and there is a river nearby that can be irrigated, why is there no one to reclaim and settle? Now that there are many disasters in the country, many people do not have their own land, and if they can move here, I don't know how many people can be saved. ”

In the middle of the team, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man spoke with a Henan accent and asked the big man next to him who was a head taller than him for advice.

The big man surnamed Zhao is Qinian, he is burly, and his voice is not small, and his Qilu dialect makes the entire marching team hear it clearly:

"Who's to say it isn't? When I was at the military academy, I heard from the instructor that Myanmar is about 700,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of our four Shandong provinces, but the population is only more than 20 million. Now Burma is under the control of the British, its inhabitants are mainly concentrated in the western coastal plains, the eastern plateau is not very valued, the population is concentrated along the railways and highways, and other places are inaccessible. These places that the British can't take care of are just the right place for us to quietly emigrate. You don't know, in fact, since the customs clearance between southern Yunnan and Myanmar last year, immigrants have been entering Myanmar through various channels, and dozens of settlements have been quietly opened up. ”

The young man suddenly realized: "I said, why did Chen write and draw along the way, and also took out surveying and mapping tools to keep drawing, it turned out to be looking for a new settlement suitable for immigrants, I think it is appropriate to stop at several places along the way today!" By the way, Brother Qi Nian, where are we going? Why haven't you seen anyone after walking for most of the day? ”

Zhao Qinian just wanted to answer, but a twenty-three or four-year-old sturdy man who walked in front turned around and said with a smile: "I said a little question mark, why do you have so many questions, you really deserve your name!" But your question is a good one, and probably most of the brothers don't know, so I can talk to you about it. ”

Speaking of this, the sturdy man stopped, turned around, motioned for everyone to hold off, and then raised his right arm and said loudly: "Brothers, this time we are going to a Yao cottage. Two days ago, the brigade headquarters received a reconnaissance report from our air force, saying that at the end of this river, there is a very large village, and then this news was confirmed by the intelligence department in Jingdong and surrounding towns, according to insiders, this Yao village has existed for hundreds of years, probably with a population of nearly 10,000, in addition to going to nearby towns to buy salt and iron and other necessities of life, it is difficult to contact with the outside world, so the brigade headquarters sent us to see, if possible, to help our compatriots who are suffering.

"Everyone must know how miserable our compatriots are in Burma, not only by the colonial government, but also by bandits and rebels, many of whom are so poor that they can't open their pots, even to the point of selling their sons and daughters and wives. In addition to increasing the population base of our Chinese in northern Myanmar, we have built settlements from east to west this time to unite our various ethnic groups in northern Myanmar and no longer be bullied by the colonial government and bandits and bullies. ”

The young man whose surname was famous, who was an ordinary soldier of the first squad of the Taunggyi Detachment of the Burmese Advance Brigade, nodded again and again after listening to the introduction of the sturdy man. This student of Yenching University, who enlisted in Baoding, Hebei Province last year, went to Yichang for short-term training, and then served as a soldier in the Southern Yunnan Garrison Command for half a year.

In order to solve the problem of rear stability during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the future, the Southern Yunnan Joint Logistics Command, with the consent of An Yi and the Syrian Government Pacification Office, decided to incorporate the entire northern Burma into the overall strategic defense system, directly transferred personnel from the Non-commissioned Officer School and the Southwest University of Political Science and Law, and then transferred elite soldiers and strong generals from the Southern Yunnan Garrison Force, and finally formed the Burma Advance Brigade.

The Advance Brigade is a division-level unit with three detachments under its jurisdiction, Taunggyi, Lashio, and Myitkyina, and the detachment is a regimental-level unit with detachments (battalions) and squads (platoons) under its jurisdiction respectively.

Taking the first detachment of the Taunggyi Detachment as an example, it has nine squads, each squad has four squads, of which the first to third squads are composed of thirteen people, in order to ensure absolute firepower superiority when encountering the same number of enemies, each squad is equipped with three An-36 automatic rifles newly produced by the Syrian Arsenal.

This automatic rifle can be used for single and burst shooting, due to a large number of parts using stamping, welding process, the receiver is manufactured by stamping process instead of machining process, the whole gun weighs only 3.9 kg, 7.62mm caliber, magazine capacity 30 rounds, muzzle velocity 710 m / s, theoretical rate of fire 600 rounds / min, effective range of 300 meters. The addition of a hammer deceleration device to the trigger assembly eliminates the possibility of dumb fire when the firing pin strikes the primer of the bullet, and a simple diagonal cut-shaped muzzle anti-jump device is installed on the muzzle to improve the dispersion accuracy during burst fire, which is the latest masterpiece of the Syrian Ordnance Research Institute.

Each squad is equipped with eight Zhongzheng Type III rifles, which have a caliber of 7.62 mm, a muzzle velocity of 865 m/s, an effective range of 730 meters, a total length of 1107 mm, a full gun with a bayonet weighing 4.75 kg, and a capacity of 8 rounds. In addition, it is equipped with a pistol, a Zhongzheng Type 3 general-purpose machine gun and a 12.7 caliber sniper rifle, which are mainly used by squad leaders, machine gunners and snipers.

The fourth squad is a heavy firepower squad, each soldier in addition to each has a Zhongzheng III submachine gun, but also equipped with three 60mm mortars, and the team's communicators are also in this squad, and the battle is also equipped with the Zhongzheng III submachine gun, providing fire support for artillery melee combat.

The sturdy man was Lieutenant Zhang Yu, the leader of the first squad, who graduated from the command major of the Syrian Non-commissioned Officer School, and was urgently transferred to the advance brigade after a year of internship in southern Yunnan.

This time, the main purpose of Zhang Yu led the team on the mission was to cooperate with the four officers of the Surveying and Mapping Section of the Brigade Headquarters to find new migrant settlements. The requirement for this settlement was to be far from the lines of communication, and at the same time to have ample land for the new settlers to cultivate, preferably paddy fields suitable for rice cultivation, which is why most of the previous settlements were built on the banks of the river. Another purpose is to visit the Yao village at the end of this river to see if they can interrely and form an offensive and defensive alliance of interests, as Zhang Yu said before.

The team continued on for more than an hour, when the road suddenly broke off and a sandy beach appeared in front of it, which used to be a steep slope and had a zigzag road to pass. The turbulent water becomes very gentle in this section, and standing on the rocks by the beach, the crystal clear water of the river is within reach, and it is extremely satisfying. Zhang Yu saw that the soldiers greedily added their lips, shook his head and smiled, took out the map and looked at it, raised his wrist and looked at the watch, and immediately ordered everyone to disband on the spot, take a break, drink some water, and enter some dry food before continuing on the road.

While the soldiers were happily squatting by the river and frolicking, there was a sudden burst of heavy gunfire and explosions from the north.

Zhang Yu was surprised, and hurriedly raised the binoculars, but unfortunately the steep slope in front of him blocked his vision, and he couldn't see what was happening on the other side of the mountain.

Zhang Yu quickly reorganized the team, sent a group of rapid marches to reconnoitre, and then led the other three squads of soldiers to drive the pack horses to the zigzag mountain road.

Climbing over the hill more than 400 meters in front of you, the top is a flat field, where the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing is getting louder and louder. Zhang Yugang wanted to take out the telescope to take a closer look, and the squad leader Li Yun rushed to report out of breath:

"Captain, it's the Burmese Independence Army attacking the village. It turned out that this Yao village had been looted by the independence army and nearby mountain bandits many times, and the food ran out early, and even his stomach could not be filled, so he could only survive by fishing, hunting and eating wild vegetables. But this time, the Burmese Independence Army came to collect grain again, and asked for 100,000 catties of grain when it opened its mouth, how could it get the impoverished village? So the head and elders of the village begged in every possible way, barely scraping together more than 1,000 catties of food, asking the independent army to be considerate, and did not want the people of the independent army to be annoyed and ashamed, saying that the people of Yaozhai were rude and cunning, and did not support them to make a revolution, and threatened to wash the cottage in blood. The cottage was forced to have no choice, so it had to resist. According to our observations, most of the weapons in the cottage are old flintlock guns, shotguns and earthen cannons, and it is estimated that it will not be long before they will be captured. ”

Zhang Yu nodded: "Good job, do you know how many people there are in this independent army?" ”

Li Yun's expression was grim: "There is a regiment, about more than 1,200 people. Now with Director Chen and them, there are only sixty-two people in total, and the ratio between friend and foe has almost reached twenty to one, and things are very tricky! ”

Zhang Yu picked up the telescope to observe the terrain near and far, thought for a while, and immediately said: "Although there is an open area in front of Yaozhai, with two or three roads connected to it, but under our mountain is a concave section, surrounded by dense forests, we can take advantage of this advantageous terrain to give the independent army a blow to the head."

"First squad, second squad, third squad, you immediately dispatch snipers and soldiers with good marksmanship, go behind the enemy to shoot cold shots, attract the independent army, introduce us into our ambush point, and then concentrate mortars, machine guns and automatic rifles, and strive to defeat the enemy in front of you."

"Yes!"