readx; Dannatt had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Chinese army, and because of the attack from the artillery group, the Chinese army that had been photographed and outflanked did not enter the range of British artillery fire at all, but directly outflanked the north more than 20 kilometers away, and quickly built up a position. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Olife soon came to Dannat with the commanders of the three divisions that had been transferred, Dannat didn't have any nonsense, and directly pointed to the position of the squadron that could only be seen with a telescope and said, "Have you seen it?" They only have two regiments, go and kill them. ”

The three British division commanders looked frightened, and one of them said: "Sir, our troops are not even enough to defend, is it too risky to take the initiative to attack." ”

Dannatt didn't notice the expressions of the three division commanders at first, and when he heard this, as if he had heard some big joke, he glared at him angrily and viciously, and shouted in a tone of disbelief: "What? Venture? Big joke! My British Empire, the world's largest power, with three divisions of the army, dare not fight two regiments of the Chinese? ”

He was really angry, he almost vomited blood, and he wanted to pull out his gun on the spot and kill these wastes.

He was not unaware that the Second Battle of Assam had led to an unprecedented defeat of the coalition forces because of the Chinese's "co-work plan", and it was precisely because of this situation that he sent three divisions, otherwise one division would have been fought.

He knew that the establishment of the Chinese National Defense Forces had abolished the brigade-level establishment and adopted the system of one division and five regiments, of which there were four main regiments, and each regiment had a strength of three or four thousand men, almost all of which were reinforced regiments. But how come the strength of the three divisions is also seven or eight times that of others, and they still dare not attack with a strength advantage of seven or eight times? It's a ridiculous joke.

One of the division commanders said: "Sir, the Chinese are too insidious, their more than one million is almost no loss, we think this is even more a conspiracy." We have also read the translation of the Chinese Art of War, and we know that there is a ploy called 'luring the snake out of the hole'. ”

Dannatt stared at the division commander deadly, he was really angry, and laughed angrily: "Good! Very good! Very good!!! As he spoke, he took out a pistol and put it on his head, and said viciously, "Amazing, I also know that there is a trick in the Chinese art of war called 'luring the snake out of the hole'." But I don't want to study the Chinese art of war with you right now, it's an order. I just want you to tell me, are you going or not going? ”

"Go! Let's go! "The faces of the three division commanders were as white as earth. You must know that Dannatt's reputation in the British Army is extremely outstanding, because he has made almost the same number of exploits and complaints, and he has carried out battlefield discipline by more generals and colonels than the officers sentenced to death by the British Court since this century, you can imagine what kind of figure this is.

If Dannatt hadn't killed too much, he wouldn't have been sent to India to lead the LinkedIn Burmese army for his contributions to Britain. This is definitely a forbidden military strongman, and there is absolutely no doubt that he will shoot, at least these three division commanders don't have the courage to give it a try.

When Oliver saw the bearish appearance of the three division commanders, he immediately said: "General, I will personally command this attack." ”

Dannert nodded, "Okay, I'll leave it to you." ”

The bridge over the Tisda River was not blown up, and the troops could quickly cross the river. The reason why it was not blown up was that Dannatt also hoped to receive some officers and soldiers who had fled. As for whether it will be captured by the Chinese side, he doesn't need to worry at all, because the artillery that was originally sent to the front line, the last two batches are stranded here, there are hundreds of artillery, and he can completely destroy the bridge with artillery fire. What's more, he made a double insurance, and explosives have been installed on the bridge, which can be blown up at any time.

When the three divisions of the British army crossed the river, they naturally could not conceal the Chinese troops who were observing the movements here, and the troops immediately entered the proposed position for temporary repairs.

The British troops of three divisions pulled over dozens of artillery pieces, although they were only 75-mm guns, but before the attack, they carried out artillery bombardment for more than half an hour.

When Admiral Dannet saw this scene, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and secretly scolded: "Loser." Of course, this was only a reaction, and for the British, not a single shell was taken to heart.

In fact, Dannatt was very incomprehensible about the deployment of troops by the Chinese army, because the Chinese side invested too few troops on the front line, and the defensive line was too long. In his opinion, the Chinese side has arranged at most one battalion of troops on the position on this side, and the strength of this battalion is enough to open a two-kilometer-long defensive line, and it is also sparsely divided into three lines of defense. He was thinking, isn't the Chinese side afraid that they will break through the position with a single charge?

Due to the loose distribution of Chinese troops, the effect of the artillery bombardment was very poor, and it took more than four hours from the Chinese side to the time when the British troops assembled and attacked, but in fact, it took less than an hour for the Chinese side to dig out the hidden pits, and then began to build trenches connecting the various foxholes, and some of the trenches were already connected together, like spider webs.

Driven by Olife, the British soldiers had approached two hundred meters in front of the Chinese position, a distance that would be good if it were a foreign force, but Dannatt was very dissatisfied. Britain is a naval power, artillery technology is well developed, artillery is well trained, and in his opinion, the power of 75-mm guns, even if the troops are close to a hundred meters, the safety is completely guaranteed.

But he endured it, and he couldn't be too harsh on a group of demoralized troops. He only hopes to break through the Chinese defense line and open a way for the retreating officers and soldiers to survive, and at the same time use this war to prove that the squadron is not so terrible and not invincible, so as to stabilize the morale of the army.

Sure enough, the artillery fire began to extend, and the troops began to charge under the order.

One hundred meters, sixty meters, fifty meters...

Dannatt's eyes widened, there was no movement on the Chinese position, and he couldn't help but think: Could it be that they all died in the shelling?

But then a gunshot rang out, followed by a dense gunfire like sifting beans, and the charging troops fell like straw.

Dannat was really surprised, he never dreamed that such a scattered Chinese force could have such dense firepower, as if the squadron of a battalion opposite had hundreds of machine guns.

Soon, the charging troops left behind hundreds of corpses and retreated.

Dannat suddenly realized that with the standardization of automatic weapons, the dense charging formation was really about to be launched on the stage of history, and saw that Olivee seemed to be preparing to gather troops to attack again in the distance, and immediately said: "Order the troops to stop the attack and send tanks up." ”

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It was cloudy on the two river defences of the Zangnan-Tista River, but it was still raining in Dibrugarh in Assam.

Although it was still raining, the rain was not heavy, and Li Bufan was very happy about the success of the "Gonggong Plan".

The roads have been washed away, or they have been paved with a thick layer of silt, and the flood waters have receded, but such roads are not suitable for marching, and the tanks can only stare dryly. But this did not prevent the sending of several people to probe the enemy's artillery positions.

Although the artillery positions of the Western coalition forces were washed away by the flood, and some of the artillery was displaced, they were not washed away, and the silt could not completely cover the artillery, but it would take some time for the medicine to be cleared.

"More than 4,600 artillery pieces, there are more than 1,100 guns over 100 millimeters, and this time we sent them." After a day of checking and counting, Zhang Xiaozhun was very excited, "If it weren't for the destruction of more than 100 artillery pieces in two artillery positions near the headquarters of the coalition forces, it would be even more incredible. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "It's not bad, it seems that the logistics department of the coalition army is working very hard." By the way, how many shells are there? ”

Zhang Xiaozhun said: "I haven't counted it, it's estimated to be more than six million." ”

At this time, Li Songshan, who had been paying attention to the progress of the troops, came over and said: "Commander-in-chief, our two regiments along the Lianghe defense line in the south were attacked by about three divisions of the British army, and the other side used a large number of artillery and tanks. ”

Li Bufan was surprised and said: "Actually? Who is the opposing commander? It's kind of interesting. ”

Li Songshan said: "It's an old opponent, Dannat." ”

Li Bufan's face sank and said, "Is this old thing?" This guy is not easy to deal with. How are the troops now? ”

Li Songshan said: "Fortunately, we have a defense, so that the troops brought a batch of large-caliber heavy machine guns and 20 mm machine guns, the other side put in the British and French tank armor **, our machine guns can destroy it with multiple hits, and our troops have 105 mm mortars, which can also pose a threat to it." However, the first line of defense has been captured by the enemy, and our army has destroyed more than 1,000 enemies and suffered more than 300 casualties of its own. It's just that if we don't have reinforcements, we only have two regiments, and I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "I understand." Dannatt wanted to open a lifeline for the fleeing coalition officers and soldiers, but unfortunately, his efforts were doomed to be in vain. It is a full 400 kilometers from our front line to the defense line of the Tibetan River-Tista River, and even if these white-skinned pigs have four legs, how can they escape there in just one day? ”

Li Songshan and Zhang Xiaozhun both laughed.

Li Bufan suddenly woke up and shouted: "No, Dannatt, this old fox will not fail to think of this, I think he must have used this excuse to send troops, in fact, his purpose is to rely on the local superiority in strength to win a battle, so as to stabilize the morale of the army and improve the morale of the troops." Good guy, sure enough, there is a hand. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun immediately frowned and said: "Commander-in-chief, we can't let this old thing's conspiracy succeed, I think we can completely transfer a division from the First Army that intersperses Bangladesh to reinforce it." ”

Li Bufan pondered for a while and said, "Not for the time being. It's good to let them stabilize the morale of the army, I'm afraid they will run away. The troops at the front were telegraphed that the bodies of the dead brothers who could be sorted out were brought back by boat, and the troops retreated by land. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun was stunned and said, "Commander-in-chief, retreat from land?" The other party must be in pursuit. ”

Li Bufan said lightly: "Isn't that good?" If he really comes after him, then we will send a division to copy his back path. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun was instantly shocked into a cold sweat, looked at Li Bufan blankly, and couldn't help but feel sad for the enemy in his heart... (To be continued.) )