At this moment, Li Xiucheng stood straight in Shao Wen's office like a nail planted there, and his battle plan against Britain was in the hands of General Shao Wen, the commander of the Indian theater of operations.

It would have been an excellent thing to start attacking the British positions in the present situation.

Judging from the whole situation of the war, Calcutta would be in extreme danger if it did not receive reinforcements, and the most rapid and powerful reinforcement of the British army could only come from Kohima. In this way, the Asian coalition could attack Kohima and maintain the necessary pressure on the British forces in Kohima to prevent them from reinforcing Calcutta.

But things are somewhat unfortunate, shortly after the coalition forces sent supplies to Wang Qiang's troops in Sylhet, that is, three days ago in the evening, a large temporary supply point of the imperial coalition forces was destroyed. The entire supply point was in ruins, and the ammunition stored inside was gone.

After destroying the supply points, the British army continued to penetrate deep into the rear of the Imperial Coalition to attack supplies along the way, putting the Imperial Alliance's supply lines in serious danger.

The British army made an unintentional move, which made the Imperial coalition army suddenly passive. Because the squadron with extremely strong firepower is more important for its logistical supply than other armies. The ammunition base of a Chinese soldier is 240 bullets and 6 grenades, and the throwing degree of the grenade is needless to say, and with the shooting of the Type 1840 rifle as a calculation, everyone knows the importance of logistics.

Therefore, while the advanced equipment has brought stronger firepower to the squadron, it has also put forward higher requirements for the logistics supply of the squadron. At this point, it is not difficult to understand why the attack on the supply point by the British army would have such a significant impact on the Imperial Alliance. The ammunition stored on the front line now guarantees only 2.5 base ammunition per Chinese soldier, which means that these ammunition can only provide a 50-minute high-intensity fire attack. Obviously, with this ammunition stock, it would be too risky to attack the British army of more than 100,000 men. What if, after the attack failed, the British counterattacked? Shao Wen had to worry about the consequences here. He was the commander of nearly 300,000 troops. It's not a team officer, a pipe band, or an assistant commander, as a high-ranking commander if the decision is wrong. It is not only tens of thousands of lives that are sacrificed, but also the national fortunes of a country.

These questions made Shao Wen hesitate, and he said to Li Xiucheng in a serious voice: "Xiucheng, when His Majesty asked someone to find you out of the well, Ben Shuai knew that you were very talented. Xiucheng's performance since the expedition has been very good, and even Zuo Jigao, who is not boastful on weekdays, also looks at you differently. It's just that Ben Shuai is deeply favored by the mighty emperor, and he has a great responsibility. The war lost me, Shao Wen was fearless even if the horse leather corpse was still there. But what I Shao Wen feared was that His Majesty and the cabinet would be in a passive position, and that our Greater China colonies in the southwestern provinces and overseas would fall into the hands of the British. This is a risky move, so let's not talk about it for now. ”

Speaking of this, Shao Wen added: "Now General Huang's headquarters is already exterminating the British army on the supply line, and when the ammunition supply comes up, it is not too late for us to attack again." ”

Li Xiucheng also said a little unwillingly: "The matter of ammunition can make soldiers save ammunition. If this is not possible, they can also use captured British weapons, and many veterans in the team have used flint guns. The subordinates thought that the British army must be in a hurry to leave Kohima, and this opportunity must not be lost, and the time will not come. ”

Shao Wen had a pensive expression on his face. If it was Zuo Zongtang who was admonishing in front of him, maybe he would be allowed. But. After all, Li Xiucheng was a young man who had just left the school, and Shao Wen hesitated. He was really worried that it would be difficult to supply to the ground, and if there was a problem with the main force of the Chinese army, the results of the other three roads would be in vain, thinking of this, Shao Wen said: "In this way, let's carefully observe the movements of the British army, and send people to urge the supplies in the rear." ”

At this moment, a signal corpsman arrived: "General, there is a call from the front, the British have attacked at one o'clock in the afternoon. ”

In recent days. The British army continued to attack. In the face of successive counteroffensives by the British army. Shao Wen was more defensive, and he stood up from his seat. walked up to Li Xiucheng's side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's it." ”

Li Xiucheng walked out of the barricade hidden in the woods, his mood was a little lost, through the analysis of the battle reports from the front, Li Xiucheng was very sure that the British army would evacuate Kohima, and even Li Xiucheng thought that the recent British attack was to cover up its intention to evacuate.

He took off the green military hat on his head, and the afternoon weather was exceptionally clear, and the blue sky did not see the slightest cloud after the rain, so the weather was exceptionally good. Li Xiucheng stood on a hillside and looked at the fierce battle on the front line, his blood was burning, and his heart longed to participate in the battle on the front line. Growing up listening to the commentaries of "The Legend of Yue" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" since he was a child, in Li Xiucheng's mind, he has always been eager to command thousands of troops and horses, and throw the blood of men on the battlefield of iron and fire.

However, the war was cruel, and after the battle began, stretchers were constantly carried over from the front line, and these wounded made Li Xiucheng feel the fierceness of the battle. It can be said that the wounded who can be brought back are the lucky ones in misfortune, and many more have become thousands of pieces of minced meat, and their limbs are torn apart. The wounded soldiers who returned to the frontline hospitals were at least bloody and fleshy, and at worst they were missing arms and legs. It was mainly British artillery, especially heavy artillery, that caused this damage. The Battle of Kohima, because of the problem of logistics and transportation, the coalition army suffered a great loss in artillery, this situation is mainly caused by the lack of heavy artillery in the imperial coalition army, although the Yunnan-Burma highway has been built under the auspices of Lin Hong, but still did not catch up with this war, resulting in many types of artillery can not be transported quickly, and now the empire's army in North India is 70mm caliber artillery except for some heavy artillery transported to Jidaling online.

However, with the Empire taking control of Malacca, it is believed that soon the navy will be carrying a large number of heavy artillery.

When Li Xiucheng saw these wounded soldiers passing by, he silently took off his hat, and the more he had a deeper understanding of the importance of artillery.

Putting away some stunned feelings, Li Xiucheng walked quickly to the office of the General Staff. Compared with the tense and chaotic scene outside, there was a different kind of busyness in the staff headquarters.

The most striking thing on the ground was a dozen or so intertwined cables, which stretched inward, all the way to the back of the seven or eight telegraphs in the room, and the soldiers who powered the telegraphs mechanically shook the handles on the motors. Several telegraph operators were wearing headphones and communicating with the front line with acupressure, and the frequent radio waves transmitted in the cable line connected the general staff headquarters of the group army with the staff headquarters of the subordinate towns, so that the latest battle reports of the towns could be delivered to the general staff headquarters in a timely manner. In addition to liaising with subordinate units, it is also responsible for liaising with units of other units in fixed locations