In the darkness, the retreat of the Xiafei Burmese army was full of blood.

This news reached the Brahmaputra-Tista front command of the British army in Lambour, and it was also bad news.

Hagrid and Marshall hurried over, and when they saw Dannat's iron face, they were extremely uneasy, and when they learned the news, the two of them were even more pale, and they were left without a master for a while: "What should I do now?" ”

Dannatt said in a deep voice: "According to speculation, this must have been done by the Chinese airborne troops, they have only one regiment at most, and explosives and mines are also airdropped." The purpose of the Chinese in doing this was undoubtedly to delay the march of the Xiafei Burmese army and buy them time so that they could deploy troops to encircle and annihilate the Xiafei headquarters or make a forced landing. ”

Marshall said bitterly: "If Xia Fei's troops can't launch an attack in time, then nearly a million troops may be forced to surrender because of hunger." ”

Hagrid gritted his teeth and said, "We must not let this force end like this. How could the Chinese have only one regiment of troops, and how could they stop an army of nearly a million? Let Xia Fei send troops, no matter what the cost, to rush over me. ”

Dannatt and Marshall both looked at Hagrid in shock, you know, the Chinese have planted mines on the road, could it be that Hagrid actually meant to let the army go to mines? They couldn't believe their ears that Hagrid would make such an inhuman suggestion.

Hagrid said in a deep voice, "Is there any other way to do it?" Although the post of commander-in-chief of our coalition forces has been relieved, the replacement has not yet been decided. I am also the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and all the responsibility is on me. ”

Dannatt stared at Hagrid, who was looking at him as if to say, "There's only so much more I can do." Suddenly, he felt Hagrid's despondency and determination.

He had already understood that Hagrid might have developed a will to live and die, and that the tragic loss of Assam's second battle had stretched his inner torment to the limit. He knew very well that Hagrid had been troubled by the huge losses caused by the massive losses of the German heavy machine guns in the Battle of the Somme, and that there were still families of fallen soldiers who demanded that Hagrid be court-martialed. But the loss of 100,000 in that battle was only about 100,000, and this time the army of 1.5 million was directly wiped out, and it is estimated that no less than a million people were drowned. Such a big loss. Someone must be responsible, and Hagrid, as the commander-in-chief, is unavoidable.

Marshall naturally heard about this, after all, the Indian Front and the American army sent a million troops. In Sam State alone, nearly 700,000 were lost. There are already complaints in the United States. Although he knew it wasn't Hagrid's fault. Because no one thought that whoever served as the commander-in-chief would be recruited, but what about that.

Marshall reined in his thoughts. Said solemnly: "Knowing that there are mines ahead, which army is willing to rush forward?" ”

Hagrid said lightly, "Of course, no one wants to die. So I think that if you can let the commanders of all countries participate in the lottery decision, then everything depends on luck, and no one is to blame. "At this point, there is no need to explain. The Western world could not afford to be forced to surrender or annihilate the nearly one million troops of the Xia Fei Army, which was not only a matter of losing these troops, but also caused incalculable losses to the morale of the Western coalition forces.

Of course, even if Hagrid's extremely cruel plan is acceptable to Western countries, with the shamelessness of politicians, Hagrid will definitely be sent to the eighteenth layer of hell to show how much he loves the people, loves the soldiers, is benevolent, and so on.

Admiral Dannat immediately said: "It's a good way, then inform General Xia Fei like this." ”

During the war, the opportunity was fleeting. If conditions permit, Xiafei's troops can take a detour, and the Chinese side must not plant mines on the roads of East Bengal. However, time did not allow, not only did the Xiafei Burmese army have food, but also China's huge army was overwhelming the border, and they could not choose.

Marshall opened his mouth, trying to say something, but nothing came out.

Because Marshall knew that if he didn't, the Xiafei Legion would most likely be forced to surrender due to hunger, and if he did, they might be able to break out, and compared to the hundreds of thousands of saved troops, the number of people killed and wounded by mines was nothing. As for demining, what are you kidding, what year and month do you have to go to? Moreover, during this period, countries were equipped with very little demining equipment.

Wails continued to be heard in the darkness, and although less than a thousand coalition officers and soldiers were killed in the explosion just now, thousands of people were injured.

The perimeter guard was released for two kilometers, and Xia Fei ordered people to light torches to rescue the wounded, only to see that the road that was originally potholed because it was not completed was now full of craters.

When Xia Fei, Paul and other officers saw this scene, their hearts were extremely bleak, only to see the wails of the wounded, some of them had broken legs and feet, and some of their bodies were wounded by shrapnel in many places, and the wails were even more bleak and eerie in the night.

Xia Fei walked to a bomb crater, picked up a piece of shrapnel, and examined it carefully in the firelight, his face gloomy.

Paul's voice came: "It's shrapnel from a shell." The Chinese were simply modified, using wires and electric detonators to detonate. If you guess correctly, it should be the shells of those artillery that Assam seized because the Chinese took advantage of the floods. ”

Xia Fei said in a deep voice: "Whether it is a bomb or a shell, it is impossible for the Chinese to drop too much just by relying on shorts." ”

Paul said bitterly: "But the problem is that the Chinese are hiding in the shadows, maybe they are waiting for us with crane guns." ”

Xia Fei sneered: "If you don't act at night, can you act during the day?" The Chinese will drop thousands of bombs on our heads. If we don't go, we'll starve to death, or rather, do you want to surrender? There was already a hint of disdain in his words.

In the eyes of Britain and France and other old powers, although the United States has long been the world's largest industrial capacity, their army is just a doll, which cannot be compared with Europe at all, and the armies of Britain and France and other powerful countries are built in iron and blood.

At this moment, a staff officer flew in: "Report, Rumbull urgently telegraphed." ”

Xia Fei quickly took the telegram, read the telegram by the light of the fire, his face softened, and he said, "Everyone take a look." He motioned to the staff officers to send the telegram to the commanders of the armies of the various countries in turn, and said, "This is not my decision, but a decision made collectively by the rear command." ”

Paul and the officers looked at each other, and immediately someone shouted, "Damn, how could they make such a decision?" Doesn't that make us send some people to die? ”

Xia Fei snorted coldly and said, "Childish." There will always be casualties in war. I tell you that the Chinese are very powerful, much more powerful than we think. The people we have drawn to fight against the Chinese this time are the elites of various countries, and if our entire army is destroyed, then the military level of our Western countries will drop by several steps, because even if we can recruit more citizens to serve, we cannot find so many excellent officers. The life and death of our troops is very likely to affect the outcome and direction of the entire war. To that end, no matter what the cost is, we must break out of the encirclement. As he spoke, he looked at Paul.

Paul understood what he meant by Grace, that many things need someone to take the lead, and that one of the more obscene expressions in later generations is "to". At that moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "Since the rear has been decided, it is the duty of the soldiers to obey orders. Lots will be drawn, and it may not be our turn to be Americans anyway. ”

Sure enough, under Paul's leadership, the commanders of all countries also reluctantly agreed to the lottery with the same luck, after all, no one wanted to be a prisoner.

Each commander personally inspected the paper balls, confirmed that they were correct, and began the drawing of lots.

One by one, the commanders were so nervous that they would have to send soldiers to the mines in front of them once they had drawn the lottery to open the way. And when every time a blank lot is drawn, the commander who drew the lot seems to have collapsed, and the face of the commander who has not yet drawn the lot is even more gloomy.

One by one, blank lotteries appeared, and Xia Fei and Paul's faces became more and more ugly, because they were the strongest, so they were in the last draw.

"Hahaha, blank lot, I'm drawing a blank lot." The penultimate draw was made by the Netherlands, and when the Dutch commander saw that it was a blank lot, he yelled almost like a madman, as if the death row prisoners had finally seen the light of day.

Xia Fei and Paul could only bitterly face each other, half a sound, Paul said: "Whoever smokes is the same, I'll come." ”

Paul reached into the box and pulled out a note with two big words on it—Offense.

Paul's heart twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Give me a little time." He knew that it was impossible to turn back, that all the armies would tear their American troops to shreds, and that the United States would never want to raise its head in the Western world. After a pause, he said, "I have a request. ”

Xia Fei said lightly: "Say." ”

Paul gritted his teeth and said, "I'm worried that someone won't be able to withstand the pressure and will flee, so I want the coalition to form a joint overseer." ”

Xia Fei and the commander of the gang understood what Paul meant, after all, not many people really rushed forward knowing that there were mines, bombs and ambushes ahead, which was tantamount to sending them to death. For the so-called democratic societies of the West, it was an absolute disaster, just as the European war deserters and the officers and soldiers who refused to attack did not know how many. At this juncture, the only way to force this death squad forward is to use a gun against it.

Soon, the U.S. Army was drawn out of an unlucky infantry regiment, because this regiment was also decided by lot, and the more than 3,000 people of this regiment were forced by the machine guns of the Allied Warlords to charge the road ahead in desperation.

The momentum is quite a bit of wind and depression, and the tragedy of the strong man who will never return (to be continued......)

PS: I can only do one change today, there are a lot of things, sorry.