With the long whistle of "woo", a train quickly headed south.

The Mankun Railway (Bangkok to Kunming) is the most important supply line for the squadron to go south to Southeast Asia, and it is also regarded by the Chinese side as the safest supply channel. For the Chinese side, land transportation is still the safest.

With a loud bang, a small railway bridge suddenly exploded, and the train crashed headlong into it and rushed under the bridge before it could brake, derailing several carriages and deforming the train, and the wounded officers and soldiers in the carriages wailed

"Bang!" Li Bufan slammed his fist on the desk, and the telegram that had just arrived was thrown by him.

Duan Qirui's face was ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "In order to prevent them from rapidly reinforcing the Indian front, we instigated the Indian anti-colonial forces to attack their transportation and supply lines, and they also bribed the [***] forces and cooperated with their agents to attack our supplies." ”

Xu Shuzheng said: "The other party is deliberately sabotage, unless we take three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, otherwise we can't prevent it." I've already asked, it doesn't have to be explosives to sabotage the railway, as long as someone who knows how to break a few screws, it can cause a huge disaster. ”

War is reciprocal to a certain extent, and I can use the means you use, and both sides will do whatever it takes to win.

In the conference room of the Ministry of Defense, there was silence.

Yang Yongtai said: "Fortunately, there is no such situation in our country. This is due to our economic development and the improvement of the people's living standards, otherwise the consequences would be even more unimaginable. ”

Chief of Staff Li Huashan said solemnly: "Commander-in-chief, in just a few days, dozens of similar incidents have occurred in the Philippines, the islands, the Indochina Peninsula, the Malay Peninsula, and Burma. Our logistical supply will be mortally threatened. ”

Duan Qirui sighed and said: "After all, the great powers have been operating in Southeast Asia for a long time, and under the authority of their colonization of the world for hundreds of years, even if we are currently victorious and advancing rapidly, in fact, many local forces are not optimistic about us, not to mention the doglegs that the great powers have supported for a long time. Under such circumstances, as long as the great powers make some promises, and there are countless people who do things for them, we are not optimistic. ”

Li Bufan's face was pale, he naturally heard Wu Di talk about World War II in history, and he said that he was indeed going south, but he also quickly fell into the quagmire, and the resistance forces in various places emerged one after another, so it was impossible to make use of the resources of Southeast Asia in a short time.

It's undoubtedly a big problem, a super big problem. In a war, some unimportant side issues cannot affect the overall situation, but problems with some core and important issues may completely lead to a situation in which 'a thousand-mile embankment is destroyed in an anthill'. Supply is definitely one of the most core issues, and in the past 5,000 years, countless wars have been miraculously reversed because the other side has 'cut off its grain routes'.

"If they want to find death, then Lao Tzu is welcome!" A sinister smile appeared at the corner of Li Bufan's mouth.

Duan Qirui frowned and said, "Extraordinary, do you mean to kill?" But I am afraid that there are hundreds of millions of people in the whole of Southeast Asia, and there will be inexhaustible killings, but it will be criticized by people. ”

Li Bufan said solemnly: "Of course it's not killing, I want to beat local tyrants and divide the land for them." ”

Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, Yang Yongtai and Li Huashan were all stunned, isn't it a good thing to divide the land among local tyrants? Except for the landlords and wealthy families, isn't that everyone has land to plow and everyone to eat? From Li Bufan's tone, where could they not hear his hatred? Obviously, such a good thing can never befall these natives.

Killing? What are you kidding, with Li Bufan's wisdom, how could he do such a bastard thing that gives people a handle. According to China's current strategy for assessing and planning its national strength, China's goal in this war is Southeast Asia, to achieve hegemony in East Asia, and if it goes well, it will even take Australia and other extended areas, sweeping the world beyond its strength.

This is not to say that Li Bufan does not have a world strategy, but it must be taken step by step, otherwise he will be strangled to death. According to Li Bufan's plan, the second strategic time should be placed in the period of World War II in history, when China could play the slogan of colonization and liberation of the colonies, gain broad support, and completely disintegrate the order of the Western world. But if you want to gain support, then you can't go on a killing spree, otherwise you will be wanton in the occupied area, who will believe you? That's something that only an idiot like Xiao Yuben would do, how can China follow in its footsteps?

When Li Bufan, Duan Qirui and the others explained, everyone's eyes looking at Li Bufan changed, as if they saw a flood beast, it was not an ordinary poison.

"This matter is settled."

Yang Yongtai smiled bitterly: "But the price we paid is not small." ”

Li Huashan said: "It's worth paying some price, after all, you can solve the problem once and for all." With a population of 500 million, arable land to feed so many people is almost to the limit, and some people will go hungry in the event of a disaster. But if the arable land in the country is less than 50 million people, then everyone will be well fed and clothed. ”

Li Bufan said lightly: "There is no need to talk about this matter, I have made up my mind." After a pause, he said, "Huashan, order the British and Burmese troops besieging the Buyu to immediately stop the offensive and turn to the defense in an all-round way." He sneered as he spoke.

Li Huashan was stunned for a moment and didn't answer.

Duan Qirui had already immediately said in surprise: "Stop attacking? It's extraordinary, it's two or three hundred thousand Anglo-Burmese troops, and Dannatt is still a famous general, so it's not easy to deal with. If we let him go like this, it will definitely be a tiger. ”

Li Bufan sneered and said: "Originally, I thought so, but I just thought that everyone wants to eat, and the people take food as their god." ”

Xu Shuzheng seemed to think of something, and said in surprise: "What do you mean?" ”

Li Bufan said solemnly: "What I mean is to starve them to death." ”

There is no doubt that the Anglo-Burmese army was in a difficult situation, after all, the Anglo-Burmese army broke out of the encirclement, although Dannatt was a famous general, wise and brave, and was able to repeatedly attack the Chinese because they were not completely weak because they were not fully prepared. But there is one thing that cannot be changed, how much can a breakthrough army bring, not only to bring war materials, but also to carry food, and to march quickly?

During the war, the physical exertion of soldiers was huge, basically a person was at least 30 catties of rice a month, and based on the calculation of the 300,000 troops of the British and Burmese army, it would cost 9 million catties of rice, that is, 4.5 million kilograms, that is, more than 4,000 tons, and if other materials were added, it would be an astronomical amount. In particular, the transportation in northern Myanmar is not good, and the railway cannot be used because of the damage.

Li Bufan explained this, and said with a sneer: "On the whole, the British and Burmese troops will not be able to carry much food, I think it will be enough for them to eat for more than half a month at most." It's not that there is no way for them to support them for a longer time, that is, to reduce their personnel, and if they sacrifice some officers and soldiers in the war, it will be equivalent to having less mouths to eat. ”

Li Huashan said happily: "Good idea." It's a pity that if we had thought of it ten days earlier, I estimate that they have lost tens of thousands of dollars in these ten days of encirclement and attack. But even so, they had less food left, and they couldn't last a few days. They don't want to starve to death, so they only have ** to consume the troops, and at the same time cause us certain casualties. Although we have to fight at the end of the day, offense and defense are two different concepts, and our losses will be reduced a lot. ”

Xu Shuzheng said with a smile: "This is 'defending instead of attacking', forcing the enemy to attack. Anyway, even if we attack and the other side hides in the jungle and fights in the mountains and jungles, we can't get rid of them in a short time. I'm glad that Mi** didn't miss out now, otherwise the food we had stored there would have fallen into their hands, and it would have really been a strong attack. ”

In war, it would be an absolute idiot to use all the problems to solve them by an offensive force. Anyone can attack, but if you can use all kinds of conditions to force the enemy to attack the fortified positions you have laid out, that is what a real famous general does.

In many cases, senior commanders only need to issue orders in the rear or at the command headquarters, and under the command of only countless soldiers to fight, they will not lose a single cold hair if they fight him on the battlefield. A commander who is incapable of planning and only knows how to attack hard and fight hard will cause huge unnecessary casualties among the troops, and will even fail to achieve the strategic goal; this is the so-called 'one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies'; but an excellent commander can take advantage of all conditions and achieve the greatest results at the minimum cost according to the favorable time, place, and people. That is 'strategizing and winning a thousand miles'.

On the first day, when the British and Burmese troops in the mountainous areas west of Mi** saw that the Chinese side had stopped attacking, they thought that the Chinese side was only adjusting their tactics and did not pay attention to it at all, and they also took the opportunity to rest and recuperate.

The next day, the Chinese side still did not attack, but strengthened the defensive line on the front line. Dannatt and his chief of staff, Olive, began to get suspicious.

On the third day, the Chinese side still did not attack, but continued to strengthen its positions.

Dannat couldn't sit still at all, the British and Burmese troops fought in a series of battles, and the casualties were huge, but there were still more than 200,000, and for three whole days, the food consumption was huge, which was all visible consumption, how could he not panic?

"Attack! Must attack! Dannatt fidgeted and shouted.

Olife said in surprise: "Commander, it's only been less than half a month, and we need to hold on here for a month before the Imperial forces can be deployed in place." ”

Dannatt said bitterly: "Only by attacking can we last longer." ”

Olife said incomprehensibly: "Attacking the Chinese's position, their weapons are too strong, it will cause us huge casualties, how to defend it at that time?" ”

Dannatt gritted his teeth and said, "At least we won't starve to death, sometimes it's not a good thing to have more soldiers." Olive, you are a genius, but you lack knowledge and experience. If you can live, I'm sure you'll do better than I do. ”

(To be continued.) )