Chapter 107 The Burning of the British Army
After a day of searching, the British still did not find the enemy's main force, only found some stragglers, and after a few shots in the shadows, they slipped away, and Sanders also sent a few teams of people to chase, but without exception, except for a few people who fled back, everyone else was buried, and in the end, he had no choice but to give up, after all, he could not send his main force to chase a few stragglers, what if it was a trap? Anyway, they're used to this kind of harassment.
"Mr. Colonel, it's almost dark, we can't go out of this wood, do you stop, let's go tomorrow, those Chinese are very familiar with this place, their activities are more convenient at night, when the time comes, we may suffer", Hybson said to Senders with a trembling heart.
A man who could speak Burmese and English immediately translated, and Sanders frowned when he heard this, and a cold glint crossed his eyes.
"Ah......" Haybson said in horror when he saw a burst of consternation, "Mr. Colonel, I don't mean anything else, if you insist on leaving, I'll lead the way quickly."
Sanders stared at Hybson for a long time before laughing and said, "Don't be nervous, I feel that your suggestion is right, so, thank you."
Hybson stood aside and didn't dare to speak, his palms constantly wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Guys, looks like we're going to spend tonight in this damn bug-filled tree, let's just wait for that gang of bitches, give you a few days off, and find a woman to vent to."
"Haha, oh......" Sanders' humorous quip immediately caused a cheer, and the soldiers' nervousness finally eased a little.
It was dark, night came, and that group of Chinese did not seem to be suitable for night fighting, and no one came out to release cold guns, which also made the tired British army feel a lot more comfortable.
After a day of searching, Senders was also tired, and personally guarded for several hours, and at about ten o'clock in the evening, he finally couldn't stay up, and reminded the soldiers of the night watch not to let down his guard, and then got into his tent.
On Wei Chendong's side, most of the soldiers rested early, leaving only some on duty.
In the early hours of the morning, Wei Chendong, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up from his sleep, wiped his loose eyes, and asked, "Is it time?" ”
"Yes, regimental commander," the guard whispered.
"The soldiers should also be recuperating, pass the order, and gather all."
Soon, in an open flat place, a team of more than a thousand people gathered, because some of them were arranged out and were not here.
"Brethren, today we have played hide-and-seek with the British during the day, and now it is time to play them the game of eagle and chicken, then the eagle is naturally us, do the brethren have faith?" Wei Chendong, who was dressed in a green military uniform, shouted loudly.
"Yes", a deafening roar shook all directions.
"Okay, now I order, Zhang Changyun of the first battalion and Basen of the second battalion immediately lead their subordinates to the designated place to ambush, and the reconnaissance team always keeps all parties in communication unimpeded, and after the ambush is done at the designated place, immediately report to the headquarters and listen to the unified ......action."
"Yes......" Several officers immediately stood up and saluted.
"Okay, let's go".
Groups of soldiers, led by their respective chiefs, quietly disappeared into the night.
About two hours later, the first and second battalions reported that they had arrived at the ambush site.
"Okay, action", Wei Chendong immediately gave the order for the final action.
For everything on Wei Chendong's side, the British naturally could not know, the soldiers were all in this sweet dream, and even some thanks to the Chinese who did not come to disturb their sleep.
"Huh? Why do I smell a puff of smoke?", a sentry soldier said suspiciously to a person beside him.
"Could it be that those Chinese Sanmore have nothing to do in the middle of the night and are eating barbecue?" The other soldier guessed, and then swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"It's not quite right, why is this smoke smell so strong, are those Chinese not far from us?"
"If you have the guts, check it out," the other soldier chuckled.
"Go and report to the sir."
"Hmph, they don't know which woman they're thinking about, it's okay to disturb their dreams at this time, if it's okay, our ass will suffer."
Hearing this, the soldier who spoke also dispelled the idea of going to report immediately, and continued to watch.
But soon after, the smoke did not decrease, but became thicker and thicker, and they were a little choked, and the two soldiers did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately rushed into the camp in a panic, and reported to the commander, and those junior officers could not figure out what the reason was, and did not dare to make a decision on their own, so they immediately woke up Sanders and reported the situation to him.
Looking at the green smoke that filled under the light, Sanders also frowned, could it be that the forest was on fire? Thinking of this, his heart suddenly burst out, and he immediately roared and gathered the soldiers.
"Scout, send someone to investigate."
"Guys, wipe my saliva dry, tighten my belt, and hold my gun well."
"Each battle sequence, ready for battle at any time".
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One order after another was issued.
The smell of smoke was getting stronger and stronger, and there was no way, so Sanders had to lead the team to the place where there was less smoke, and at this time he could no longer care about choosing a good path, otherwise, he would have to be choked to death.
The British army circled around the huge forest like headless flies, but found that there seemed to be smoke all around, and they were unconsciously circling.
"Damn Chinese, they won't really set fire to the forest, they want to burn us", Senders smashed a tree with an angry fist and scolded angrily, but he really said it, Wei Chendong sent someone to burn the forest where the British army was staying, because, this was planned for a long time, just wait for the British army to arrive here, enter the night, without them checking, immediately set fire to the surrounding trees doused with fire oil, and there was just wind at night, the fire borrowed the wind, getting bigger and bigger, if you look from the air, you will see, A huge ring of fire was slowly closing inward.
"Colonel Senders, the fire over there seems to be smaller, we might be able to rush out there," a reconnaissance squad leader immediately stepped forward to report while Sunders was worried.
Without time to confirm, Sanders didn't say a word, and immediately led the team in that direction.
A few hours were spent in the British army's eastward flight, and the sky gradually brightened, and the British soldiers ran away desperately.
"Quick, there's a gap here", a scout shouted as he looked ahead, with only a few sparse trees, and not burned.
"Quick, guys, get out of here", knowing that time is of the essence, Senders couldn't help but roar loudly.
The British immediately rushed towards the breach.
Just as the British troops were about to break out ......of the gap, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly came from everywhere.
"Ah......h
"Damn, this is a naked trap", looking at the crossfire points arranged in front of him on high or underground, Sanders's eyes were blood-red, and he immediately pulled several guides over.
"Mr. Colonel, this is not our fault, so many of us have moved, the Chinese must have already grasped our movements, and it is normal to set up an ambush," one guide said in horror.
Sanders was also about to lose patience at this time, and he didn't bother to listen to his explanation, so he directly gave him two bullets.
Seeing the guide dead, Hybson and the other guides were also shocked, knowing that the Englishman had already murdered them.
"Organize the manpower to continue the charge, if we can't rush out, we will all be burned alive", Sanders roared angrily.
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