Feng Zicai's department entered a dam in the mountains and protected the land. The first thing that catches your eye is the embroidery buildings in the shade of green trees. This architecture is well suited to the climate of the southern subtropical rainforest. The embroidery building is divided into two floors. The ground floor is walled. It is a place to store sundries and raise livestock. Upstairs is where the family lives and lives. Each embroidery building has a balcony where families can enjoy the cool breeze. Clothes can also be dried. Inside the house is a large living room with bamboo mats, on which the family sits for dining, resting and receiving guests. There is a fire pit in the center of the house, which can be used for cooking and cooking, and the living room is connected to the bedroom, usually three to five, depending on the size of the family.

Although this dam is huge, it cannot amass an army of 50,000. Feng Zicai left the large army in the valley of Kumen Ridge, and went to garrison with a group of men and horses.

At this time, Feng Zicai was sitting in a spacious bamboo building. On the opposite side was an old man with a kind and dignified face, who pulled a shirtless young man with a shirtless upper body, long trousers on the lower body, and a red cloth wrapped around his head, and said: "Thank you for saving my son, those foreign devils' firearms are very powerful, our people have been defeated in their hands several times, and now you are here." ”

Feng Zicai originally thought it was the Burmese army, but it turned out to be a militia from a small mountain village!

Feng Zicai said after a few words of greeting: "Now the top priority is to collect news from Myitkyina, see how many British troops there are, and how to deploy them?" Only by taking it can the British army not dare to go deep here, and the stockade on the back can be saved. Feng Zicai took out a map and pointed it to the old man.

The old man saw the location clearly and said, "There is no problem, there are many Allah who have been there, and there will be news within three days." ”

Three days later, Feng Zicai, who was stationed in the village of Sawaan, received detailed information from Myitkyina, which is located downstream of the confluence of the two branches of the Irrawaddy River, the Nmei Khai River and the Mai Li Khai River, which is rich not only in fragrant rice but also in jade. Myanmar is the world's main source of jadeite, and Myitkyina is the main source of jadeite in Myanmar. The jadeite produced here is as clear as spring water, and it is clear and moist, and it has the reputation of "imperial jade".

As the only important town in northern Myanmar, he supports almost all of the country's economy, and the mountain people living in the mountains have been rowing bamboo rafts to transport the mountain specialties here for thousands of years, and then exchange them for the salt and iron they need. The river valley near Myitkyina is also the most densely populated place in the mountainous areas of northern Burma, and with this, the power of the British army can radiate into the mountainous areas of northern Burma, so it has been guarded by thousands of British troops for a long time.

However, the long period of peace and quiet made these British soldiers seem a little lazy, and the British soldiers who were in charge of patrolling and standing guard were not at all in the same situation, and in their opinion, the Burmese hill people would dare to attack their small detachments out to sweep at most, and would never dare to attack the fortified cities. This should have been the correct analysis, but it was unexpectedly changed by China's entry into the war.

Garrisoned here is the 386th Regiment of the Royal British Far East Army, due to the mysterious disappearance of the third battalion that had been on a cleaning mission. The regimental commander Mawson had ordered the remaining 1st and 2nd Battalions to reclaim and defend Myitkyina.

After getting the exact news, Feng Zicai rushed straight to Myitkyina with the three standard men, and the British army there should have smelled something and taken a comprehensive retreat. However, the strength of the two battalions, Feng Zicai has not yet seen it, even if the 385th Regiment of the British Royal Field Division not far from Myitkyina arrives, he also believes that his three-standard men and horses can eat in one bite.

The mountainous mountains of northern Myanmar are almost a continuation of the Tibetan Plateau, and river valleys can often be seen, making it difficult to transport heavy weapons. Inevitably the night was long and dreamy, so that the British army found out the news of the Qing Dynasty's troops, Feng Zicai gave up the camp artillery, Haqikais machine guns and other heavy equipment, and took all the infantry all the way to the south, at this time the results of the army's early mountain cross-country training appeared, in the hot and humid rainforest and steep mountains, the soldiers can still walk like flying, and do a good job of preventing mosquitoes and fever. Under such circumstances, Feng Zicai's two men and horses ran 100 miles in two days and surrounded Myitkyina before the British army found out that the situation was not good.

Feng Zicai brought the artillery standard he had formed this time, although it was difficult to transport the cannon in the valley. But the latest mortars are very easy to carry on the back, bringing more than 500 of them.

At night, it was pitch black, and Myitkyina, surrounded by mountains and rivers, lay there like a wild beast. The stars dodged into the clouds with great cooperation, making the surroundings appear obscure.

Feng Zicai's artillery mark has been set up 1 kilometer away, and 500 mortars are firing at the same time, and it is believed that without several rounds of shelling, Myitkyina's seemingly solid city gate and tower will be full of holes.

"Boom, boom......"

After 10 minutes of continuous bombardment, a large hole had been blasted out of the city gate. And there were many large holes two or three meters wide in the city tower, and the artillery fire had just stopped, and almost at the same time, Feng Zicai's two standard armies rushed towards the city together.

For a moment, Myitkyina seemed to be full of fire. When Mo Sen woke up from his sleep, Feng Zicai had already led a large army into the city and was killing the British army along the streets.

"What happened? Could it be the Burmese riot in the city? ”

"I'm afraid not, Your Excellency. The enemy rushed in from outside the city, and the gates were heavily shelled. ”

"Those natives have artillery?"

"I'm afraid it's not the natives, they seem to speak Chinese, and the infantry who rushed in were also very fierce, and the rifle shooting was very accurate."

Colonel Mosen was a little sweaty on his head at this time, could it be that the Chinese really participated in the war, God, could it be that they are crazy.

"Immediately shrink all the forces in the city and hold the camp. Wait for reinforcements to arrive. "According to military common sense, Colonel Mawson would have done this without reproach, for he judged from the intensity of the gunfire that the enemy outnumbered them. If he had broken through the siege, he would probably have been swallowed up by the enemy in the course of the movement, and now he could only hope that the 385th Regiment, not far from Myitkyina, would arrive as soon as possible. However, at the critical moment, Mo Sen still miscalculated the combat effectiveness of the Qing army that surrounded them, and even the fortified city tower was instantly wiped out under 10 minutes of shelling, let alone a small military camp.

Feng Zicai didn't even organize the army to charge, but just let the artillery mark bombard the opponent's camp. It has already been boiled into a bloody iron man broth, and this time the ratio of forces is 10:1. With strong fire support, Feng Zicai only took three hours to completely annihilate the two battalions of Myitkyina guards. This important city in the north was recaptured from the British.

The speed was so fast that even the 385th Regiment, which was 50 miles away, didn't even have time to rescue. By the time the 385th Regiment arrived, the dragon flag had already been hung on the tower of Myitkyina!!

And this is only a microcosm of the first phase of the Qing Army's campaign, because the British army did not expect China to suddenly enter the war, and was caught off guard. In the eastern Shan State Plateau. Liu Yongfu completely annihilated two regiments of the British Indian Division. Another regiment was routed. The two major towns on the Shan State Plateau, Lashio and Jingdong, were recovered. The British had managed to establish a land here, and their power was dealt a heavy blow.

One by one, information about the heavy blows to the regiments reached the Expeditionary Force Command in Mandalay, saying that their units had made contact with the squadron, and the conclusion was: "A new adversary has entered the battle without a doubt." ”

Lieutenant General Wallace was not convinced at first, and he even thought that the regiments were lying about the military because of the information sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. China should be engaged in a fierce battle with Russia in Mongolia and Xinjiang at this time. I don't have time to worry about the war in Burma!!

However, after Guan Xuqing's dictation, a denunciation written by Li Hongzhang appeared conclusively in the office of the British Consulate in China. Wallace believed that China had really entered the war!! This terror army, which had captured more than 30,000 French soldiers, had entered the emerald green land of Burma under its nose.

"Myanmar is a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, more than 200 years, and it is well known at home and abroad. In the past ten years, the country has a lot of civil strife, the imperial court is small, and has sent troops to Jiding repeatedly, and now the British have sent troops to occupy Burma for no reason, the country does not abide by the treaty, does not abide by the public law, arbitrarily arrogant, arbitrarily tricks, provokes from the other, and the public opinion is obvious. With a special notice to the world, Yu Xiaoran handled this matter in the imperial court, which was really benevolent and righteous, while the British Yu League was provoking, which was extremely unreasonable, and it was difficult to tolerate it again. Zuo Zongtang sent various armies to quickly advance and suppress, gather strong divisions, and march one after another to save the Burmese people from suffering. Hereby the encyclical is known, and I hereby know it! Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. ”