It stretches from the Chin Ridge in the north to Cape Negres on the west side of the Irrawaddy Delta in the south. Most of them are above 2,000 meters above sea level, with Mount Victoria reaching the highest at 3,053 meters. The only easily accessible cave pigeon mountain pass, 1168 meters above sea level.

Countless white troops in the Dongge Mountain Pass were frantically repairing the fortifications overnight, and the troops left behind were the troops drawn proportionally from the various units of the Xiafei Burma Legion, and after the troops of that country were specially allowed to stay, the commander of any country would not agree, because there was no time to argue, so they had to transfer troops proportionally, and no one could take advantage.

This is undoubtedly the most suitable place to stop the Chinese pursuers, not only is the terrain dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the terrain here makes it impossible for the Chinese superior forces to deploy. In other places, not only is the terrain more treacherous, but also almost undeveloped primeval forests, and the vast tropical rainforest is full of poisoned insects and beasts, and it is a question whether they can get out if they enter it, and even the local natives dare not go deeper, let alone others.

The troops left behind were rushing to repair the fortifications, while the troops that left and retreated were constantly passing through the mountain passes, and fierce gunfire was faintly heard in the distance.

Xia Fei and Ryke looked at the explosion and fire in the distance, and they could feel the great oppression at all times.

"The Chinese are coming so fast." Xia Fei sighed deeply, "If the Dongge Mountain Pass cannot be defended, then we will be attacked by the Chinese in front and back, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Lake said in a deep voice, "Please rest assured, General. Although we went on an expedition to Burma, and the speed of the march resulted in the troops carrying not many artillery, they were concentrated. The hundreds of thousands of troops we blocked definitely had more heavy weapons than any army group. If I personally stay and cut off, it will definitely make it impossible for the Chinese side to advance an inch. ”

"Seven days." Xia Fei said in a deep voice, "You must hold on for seven days at all costs. The Chinese do not want to let us go, and they will certainly concentrate unprecedented and fierce firepower to attack you, which is related to the life and death of our nearly one million troops. After seven days you will retreat or surrender. ”

"Yes!" Lake replied solemnly, but after a slight hesitation, "Surrender?" ”

Xia Fei said bitterly: "If we fail to break through or open a life channel in seven days, then our food will also be completely exhausted. ”

Lake was silent, this is indeed a very cruel but having to face the truth. This battle is indeed an unusually embarrassing loss, and everyone wants to go crazy. They have a mighty force of millions of troops. But he could only flee in embarrassment.

If they are really annihilated or forced to surrender, it will undoubtedly become the biggest joke and shame in the world's military history, and these generals will be remembered for thousands of years.

Lake said in a deep voice: "I believe that you will definitely bring the troops out, and you will definitely be able to do it." "As for their broken troops. There is no need to think about the ending. But. As long as the troops can be withdrawn. Then their broken troops will all become heroes, heroes who save the army of millions.

"Thank you!" Xia Fei said solemnly, "I will." You take care. He said. As the retreating troops departed, they soon disappeared into the night.

At this moment, Xia Fei couldn't imagine what kind of risks were waiting for him in front of him, and he didn't know what kind of hellish journey they would face in this great retreat.

As time passed, the large force gradually withdrew through the Dongge Mountain Pass, and the remnants of the officers and soldiers who retreated gradually became the blocking force, and the Chinese artillery fire was getting closer and closer.

At dawn, the tanks of the Chinese army had already arrived at the Dongge Mountain Pass.

Dozens of tanks quickly dispersed to the periphery, and in the roar of huge oil extractors, the steel chariots continued to crush the surrounding groves, overwhelming the trees, and the sound of trees breaking was extremely harsh and thrilling in this silent battlefield that was about to become a river of blood

This made the officers and men of the Western Broken Rear Army deployed in the Dongge Mountain Pass frightened, and also discussed one after another.

Lake looked at this scene with a telescope expressionlessly, but his adjutant Ellison on the side was so frightened that his whole person was trembling, and he said a little inarticulately: "General, what do the Chinese want to do?" ”

Lake said lightly: "It should be cleared." Although he has been expressionless, in fact, his heart is sinking.

If the Chinese hastily attacked, he was completely confident that he would repel the attack, as long as he repelled the attack of the Chinese, then he would be able to boost morale, and the next battle would be much easier. But the Chinese did not attack quickly, but cleared the site, the narrow place is not convenient for the Chinese to deploy, and the senior Chinese generals should be able to come to the front line in person, and the surrounding woods are a huge security risk.

The more calm the Chinese side is, the more fierce the upcoming attack will be, and although it is not shown on his face, the more serious the sense of crisis in Keleke's heart becomes

Sure enough, he soon saw a huge group of hundreds of Chinese H-1 Thunderbird bombers and J-2 Swallow fighters flying from the sky, his face changed greatly, and he shouted: "Everyone immediately hides and hides in the bomb shelter!" He didn't hesitate to rush to the cave-like headquarters that had spent a night repairing in the back, and he didn't want to be killed directly.

For a time, the entire Dongge Mountain Pass of the Western officers and men quickly drilled into the air-raid shelters and anti-artillery holes that they had repaired last night, and the prestige of the Chinese Air Force's bombing had long been like thunder, and even the battleships could not withstand the blows, and they could not bear the blows of such a sensitive and important transportation point, and one could imagine what a fierce air attack they would encounter, and for this reason almost all the officers and men of the broken rear were frantically repairing the fortifications throughout the night, and the most important thing was the air-raid shelters.

However, they were wrong, and the Chinese flew through the air not far from the Dongge Mountain Pass, without even looking at the Dongge Mountain Pass, let alone dropping bombs.

There was a false alarm, which made the Western officers and soldiers after the mountain pass was broken to discuss.

But Lake's face was even more gloomy, and he understood with his toes that the Chinese air force must be attacking their retreating forces. The Chinese side did not rush to attack them, and this is simply the calm before the storm.

"Nobody!?"

Li Bufan sneered, and faced Li Songshan and Zhang Xiaozhun holding the telegram sent by the Air Force, the corners of his mouth showed disdain.

Li Songshan said in a deep voice: "Xia Fei is not an idiot, they must have heard the sound of our plane, so they ordered the troops to hide." This area is full of hot spot rainforests, but you must have taken refuge in the woods next to the road. ”

Li Bufan sneered: "There is no doubt about it, otherwise it would not be possible to fly." Ordered the Lee Air Force to order the Air Force bombers to bomb the woods on both sides of the road. If it is found that the enemy is really hiding in the woods on the side of the road, the next wave of bombing directly uses the conversion of excess shells to bomb bombing. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xiaozhun answered loudly. He knew very well that the Chinese army only had three caliber artillery pieces, and after the barrels of the captured artillery pieces were scrapped, it should be like this for a long time, and China did not have so many skilled workers to produce such a variety of artillery pieces and these miscellaneous shells.

Why do countries around the world demand the standardization of military equipment? The most direct and simple explanation is to facilitate supply, the Chinese Army's light weapons, semi-automatic rifles, assault rifles and squad machine gun ammunition only have one kind, that is, 7, 62 * 39 mm bullets, there is no doubt that if semi-automatic rifles and squad machine guns use longer bullets, the range will be longer, and the power will be greater, but the supply pressure will be greatly increased, and the cumbersome types of ammunition will also put pressure on military production, and it is not conducive to front-line operations. Isn't that the officers and men armed with assault rifles can only stare dryly? However, there is no need to worry about general-purpose ammunition, and any gun can fire unless the bullets are completely depleted.

The same is true of artillery, in which heavy weapons are one of the primary targets of the enemy's destruction and strike. The troops are equipped with standard artillery, and even if the artillery is destroyed, the shells can be used by nearby brother units, or several guns can be borrowed from brother units. Otherwise, if you are armed with 105-mm guns on your side, and your brother troops are equipped with 107-mm guns or 110-mm guns, wouldn't you just be able to stare at the shells?

The armament and supply capacity of the army are closely related, and at the same time, they complement each other with the national strength. The country's national strength (in fact, it refers to the ability of the equipment manufacturing industry) can support the equipment and perfect supply capacity to provide the troops with powerful firepower.

However, as far as China's current national strength is concerned, the simpler the equipment of the troops, the better, and the more it can make the greatest use of its limited resources and bring into full play its effectiveness.

Zhang Xiaozhun knew very well that in addition to the Chinese guns of the same caliber that have been captured, once the barrels of other artillery pieces are scrapped, the gun racks will soon be modified to a certain extent, and then the barrels will be replaced with the barrels of the current standard artillery of the Chinese side. For this reason, for the Chinese side, the surplus artillery shells are almost equivalent to expensive "waste", which is one of the most effective ways to use it for bombing.

At this time, it was not possible to communicate remotely by radio and voice, and could only be contacted by telegraph.

Chinese planes were constantly circling over the road where the Burmese army had retreated, and there was no human figure on the road. The Burmese Legion, which originally had nearly one million troops, was subjected to heavy bombing and attacks yesterday, and its losses were at most 108,000.

Although this road was not completely repaired, when the Chinese first took control of the road, they used the method of work relief to let the indigenous people build the road, which is almost as wide as a first-class road. Even by such a standard, the march of more than 700,000 troops should stretch for at least dozens of kilometers.

An airwave came, and soon the captain of the group yelled with a radio walkie-talkie: "Attention units" (to be continued......

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