After a quick and tight fierce battle on the Myitkyina front, the troops of both the Chinese and British armies were exhausted and unable to launch an offensive for a short time.

The ruins and ruins of the positions on the southern front of Myitkyina and half of the city, the dense corpses of officers and soldiers on both sides, and the smoke of gunpowder are telling people that there was a tragic and bloody battle here.

The atmosphere in the temporary headquarters of the British-Burmese Army was depressing.

What did the failure of the attack on Myitkyina mean for the British-Burmese army? The officers in the command are well aware. The offensive and defensive of the troops are completely two different concepts, and the consumption of the offensive is far greater than the defense, and the same is true of the casualties of the troops. If Myitkyina is taken, then the British and Burmese troops will rely on Myitkyina to defend, and the pressure will be reduced a lot, even if the Chinese and British guns and ammunition specifications are different and cannot be used, but the arsenal of Myitkyina also has a large number of other materials, such as grenades, mortar shells, etc.

An complained in a low voice: "If you don't rest and attack directly, maybe you have already taken it." ”

The chief of staff, Major General Olife, glanced at Admiral Dannatt, whose face was extremely ugly, and shouted at a group of officers: "Bastards, you know a fart. Do you think this is a squad operation? We were attacking a whole regiment of military strongholds, densely fortified and heavily guarded, and had already alarmed the opposing sentry. Immediately go on the offensive at that time? How many troops can be put into the offensive at one time? A company or a battalion? But the Chinese can seriously aim and shoot behind their fortifications, and the attacking troops will all die in front of the Chinese positions! And then? Battalion by battalion, sent to the Chinese for slaughter? Under such circumstances, an hour's rest and recuperation is necessary, not only to allow the officers and men of the unit to recover their physical strength, but also to effectively assemble the troops and concentrate their forces to deliver an all-out blow."

"That's it!" Admiral Dannatt interrupted Chief of Staff Olive's defense, and the aura of murder exuded from his body became more and more solemn, and he said in a voice that became a little hoarse, "In any case, if we don't capture Myitkyina, it will be a failure. ”

Dannatt's words made the officers, soldiers, and staff officers of the command headquarters a little depressed. It was impossible to attack Myitkyina again quickly, after all, there were very few troops capable of making such a high-intensity and rapid march. Although the troops in their rear can be reinforced, why is this not the case for the Chinese side?

Dannatt struggled to straighten his back and exclaimed, "Our defeat was only a small tactical defeat, but we have achieved a great strategic victory. ”

Admiral Dannatt's words caused a buzz of discussion among the Anglo-Burmese officers in the command.

"Victory? Hell, as soon as the Chinese reinforcements arrive, they will soon surround us again. ”

"yes, hell victory."

Admiral Dannatt naturally heard these discussions, but as if he hadn't heard them, he said loudly in an excited tone: "Our Assam Group's 500,000-strong army has begun to launch a full-line onslaught against the Chinese First Route Army and the garrison army stationed in Tibet on the front line of Dibrugar. Only since the start of the war, the rapid advance of the Chinese [***] team seems to be overwhelming, which means that the logistics supply is difficult to keep up quickly, not to mention that the main force of the Chinese is equipped with automatic firepower, do you know what the evil consequences of the fierce fire are at the same time? It's the consumption of terror. Although we did not directly take Myitkyina, we succeeded in drawing the entire Myitkyina into the war, and the fight of hundreds of thousands of troops was also equivalent to completely cutting off the transportation and supply in the direction of Myitkyina and Assam."

In such an old army as the British Army, the officers of the unit are naturally systematically educated, and of course understand what this means. Although the Chinese side is much more prepared than them in this war, the preparations are also not completed, otherwise every route army will not be actually a group army, if it is itself prepared to be such an offensive force, then why not directly call it a group army? Clearly, China's troop deployment is far from in place.

The First Route Army of Assam in China plus a garrison force, only 1670,000 troops, in the face of nearly three times the strength of the attack, the ammunition consumption is absolutely amazing, without supplies, even if the automatic firepower of the [***] team is powerful, it will be like burning a stick in the end. In terms of the psychological thinking of the British army, the triple force has never thought that it will fail, and since it is sure to win, then it is equivalent to connecting their British and Burmese troops with the Assam group, and they no longer have to worry about being surrounded and annihilated.

For a time, with General Dannett's explanation and morale boosting, the morale of the officers and staff officers of the headquarters suddenly rose

The command hall of the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense was brightly lit, and bursts of cheers were faintly heard.

"Well done!" Many officers and staff officers applauded.

Li Bufan, Duan Qirui, and Xu Shuzheng were all relieved to see that the red flag sign in Myitkyina was still standing. Whether it's a fluke or luck, holding on is holding on, and it's winning.

Li Huashan received a telegram from a staff officer, and said with a tense face: "Commander-in-chief, the Anglo-Indian group on the Assam side has launched a full-scale attack on our army's position. Li Songshan, commander-in-chief of the whole front, and Zhang Xiaozhun, chief of staff, judged that although the enemy's offensive intensity reached a medium level, it was likely that it was still a tentative attack. ”

Xu Shuzheng smiled and said: "It seems that the rocket artillery of our army in the Philippines has made them a lot more cautious." But he can understand if he thinks about it carefully, a firepower salvo destroyed half of Manila City, and the value is unimaginable horror firepower, in exchange for him, I am afraid that he does not even have the courage to attack.

Li Bufan snorted coldly and said: "It seems that the British have prepared cannon heavy artillery (cannon has a long range, howitzer has a short range, not that the cannon has a large caliber, it can hit far.) The range of the 105 caliber cannon in this period was more than 15 km, and the range of the 150 howitzer in the same period did not exceed 12 km). From this point of view, we have done a good job of keeping the rocket artillery unit secret, and the other side does not know that it takes nearly two hours to reload the DF-300 at a time, and I think they may think that the rocket artillery can be fired continuously like ordinary artillery strikes. ”

Duan Qirui nodded and smiled: "Extraordinary, what are you going to do?" ”

Li Bufan pointed to the six small tank models on the sand table on the Assam front line and said with a dry smile: "Our six tank regiments have been arranged in place, since they are so polite, then we are not welcome." ”

Duan Qirui was taken aback and said, "Really do it first?" It is also very difficult to manufacture a rocket artillery car, this is a big guy with a load of fifteen tons on ten rounds, and it would be a pity if it was lost. The range of 150-mm, 152-mm cannons may reach more than twenty kilometers, which is fully capable of destroying our positions. ”

Li Huashan said with a smile: "Old Duan is too worried. We have been prepared for this, the car is launched in a good state, leaving a kilometer of flat ground behind it, and it will take a few minutes for the opponent's long-range cannon to confirm our artillery position, which is enough for us to move quickly, and their shelling is just a waste of shells. And as soon as they shell, it is tantamount to exposing the location of their long-range heavy artillery positions, and our cannon units can destroy them at the first opportunity. ”

Xu Shuzheng was surprised: "Wouldn't it be safer and more accurate to bomb directly with planes?" ”

Li Bufan shook his head and said: "The British guys still have a good sense of military smell, and the British and Indian troops are equipped with a large number of large-caliber Gaoping dual-purpose machine guns and Gaoping dual-purpose 20-mm machine guns. There is no doubt that such an important artillery position of the other side has laid a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower, so how can we suffer another loss? ”

Duan Qirui smiled: "That's what I said. Extraordinary, you've even calculated this, and I can't think of any reason to lose. The only thing I'm worried about now is the superiority of the opponent's forces, which are almost three times as large as ours. ”

Li Bufan sneered: "The main heavy weapons were destroyed by us, and this area is a plain land, so their remaining strength is under the assault of the armored group, and it is just a chicken and a dog." Importantly, the flood season in the Brahmaputra River basin has just passed, and it has entered a continuous period of sunny and dry weather after sufficient rainfall, which is also extremely rare and suitable for the best period for armored forces to fight. In this region with the most abundant rainfall in the world, it is a rare opportunity to rain almost half of the year. ”

Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng were shocked at each other, and deeply felt Li Bufan's awesomeness, Li Bufan just said this, in which he firmly grasped the time and place, which shows that Li Bufan's success is by no means accidental, without the support of rich knowledge, it is absolutely impossible to do. Once a commander has this quality, he can make reasonable use of terrain, weather and other factors to maximize the superiority of his troops in battle, and China has been able to do this for thousands of years.

In many novels, the so-called famous generals grew up in mountain villages and so on, and they didn't recognize a few big characters, and they were born as soon as they debuted, and for people who really understand military affairs, it's just farting and dreaming. No matter how strong the force is, it can only be used as a brave general, and it can be charged. There are only two ways for Ke Yong to grow into a famous general: 1. Learn a lot of knowledge; 2. The real experience of a hundred battles, learn war in the war, and gradually grow from the sea of corpses and blood, for which there is a saying that "one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither".

Li Bufan's performance is worthy of the title of famous general, and it is not at all comparable to other "famous generals" (famous or famous generals, these generals may not have fought a few battles, and there are more than n such famous generals in the period of general flooding in history).

At this time, Li Huashan received a telegram from a staff officer and immediately said: "Commander-in-chief, the air force has arrived at the front line. "For the Chinese side, the air force is almost equivalent to the war signal of a big war.

"Let's get started!" (To be continued.) )