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Chapter 945: Tension (5)

The night feast in the campfire is lively, and the rough dancing and beautiful music of the Kawa people are refreshing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

To An Yi's surprise, Zhu Yun's dancing posture was extremely graceful, completely integrated into the happy young men and women of the Kawa tribe, but it was so bright and eye-catching, like a beautiful golden peacock, dancing, unforgettable.

What made An Yi even happier was that the head of the Kawa tribe in the Lower Pawa Village took the initiative to request that the 50 strongest and smartest young people in the village be sent to Dai Zhengliang's Southern Yunnan Garrison Headquarters to receive formal military training and skills training. As soon as the words fell, Tusi Hanyan, the famous Mengwai Pengyi clan in the west of Menglian City, also made corresponding requests, and asked An Yi to allow men who had reached the age of eight in this village to enter the brand-new Simao City Boy Scout Military Academy, just like the children of all ethnic groups in the city of Simao Prefecture and the townships, farms and forest farms directly under the central government, and ethnic villages.

An Yi did not hesitate, and generously agreed to the request of the two leaders, Genran and Hanyan, and announced on the spot that within a month, the Southern Yunnan Garrison Command would send 100 long and short guns and corresponding ammunition to the Lower Pawa Mountain Kawa Clan Dazhai and Mengwai Pengyi Clan, and if the two villages were willing, the Simao Prefecture Office and the Southern Yunnan Garrison Command would be responsible for sending civil affairs officials and military instructors to the two Dazhai to conduct military training for the children of the two ethnic groups for a month.

The two leaders happily accepted it, raised their wine glasses, and thanked An Yi and a group of generals one after another.

The other three leaders saw it in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts, but because they were not fully prepared, they could only wait until they returned to the village to convene a meeting of the elders before they could decide on this important matter, and now they could only watch with their eyes as the two of them received a hundred long and short spears generously from the general, and they could also send the children of the clan to the boy scout academy in Simao City that did not cost a penny, but could learn a lot of knowledge.

That night, the cottage sang and danced, and the cups were staggered, and almost no one paid attention to the British and Burmese troops in the town of Mare, more than ten kilometers downstream of the Nanlei River in the south.

The Kawa people, who advocate force and authority, firmly believe that no one can defeat the army led by General An Yi, because the Kawa people clearly see that no one in the clan has a higher martial arts skill than General An's subordinates, and no one has better marksmanship than General An's.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yun, who got up early, didn't hear the movement on the wooden building opposite, thinking that An Yi had drunk too much last night, and he might still be bedridden at this time, so he was quite worried.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhu Yun came to the front hall and whispered to the daughter of the head man to send a pot of the best bitter tea of the Kawa clan to General An's wooden building.

The little girl "giggled" and told Zhu Yun that General An had gotten up a long time ago and went out to practice with her brother and all the generals, and said that Zhu Yun's cousin Zhu Yaoliang also went together, but he walked a little shaky, but it was much better than her father, and her father hadn't been able to open his eyes yet.

Zhu Yun hurriedly thanked her and invited the little girl to take a look together.

The little girl is 12 years old this year, her body has just developed, her eyes are bright, and she is beautiful. The little girl is a lively and active age, there has been no excuse before, her heart is tickling and uncomfortable, she was overjoyed when she heard Zhu Yun's invitation, and hurriedly went back to the room to put on the best silver jewelry, took Zhu Yun's hand, and walked to the southeast corner of the big sunbathing together.

When they arrived next to a group of men, the second girl was pleasantly surprised to see that the tall soldier who won the contest yesterday was exchanging martial arts with Kunda, the first warrior in the village, and the other nearly 100 officers and soldiers were all neatly dressed and majestic like the generals standing on the cliff in front, and almost all of them had weapons on their backs and steel helmets.

The generals gathered together, pointing to the fog that had spread before sunrise, as if discussing the weather. Some of the officers and men practiced martial arts, some stood guard, and all of them were energetic and strong, and they did not look like people who had only slept for half a night after a long journey.

What's more, the beautiful daughter and the beautiful Zhu Yun admired the soldiers of the An family. At this moment, Zhu Yun finally believed in the legend of An Jiajun that she had seen from the two books "Model Battalion" and "Iron and Blood Hero", and knew that An Jiajun's strict military discipline and hard training were true. The generals are so diligent and strict with self-discipline, how can the officers and soldiers below not work hard and not be excellent?

An Yi saw Zhu Yun and the daughter of the head man standing not far away, looked around, smiled, and whispered a few words to Zhu Yaoliang beside him. Zhu Yaoliang nodded, walked up to Zhu Yun and the others, and asked them to inform Gen Ran, Zhu Lao and the village leaders that General An and his subordinates were about to leave the mountain, and then they would go to the Han town on the east bank of the Nanlei River to inspect the border.

Although the two girls were reluctant to do what they said, after all, a general who commanded so many officers and soldiers and so many generals and colonels, and there were many affairs to be dealt with every day, so many distinguished guests could stay in Kawa Dazhai for one night to celebrate together, which had made the villagers very happy.

At nine o'clock in the morning, An Yi and his entourage bid farewell to the head of the Kawa tribe and the villagers of Dazhai, took the best 50 young men selected from the village, drank the send-off wine, and left the cottage under the send-off of more than 1,000 fathers and villagers.

The fog in the sky has long since dissipated, and the dazzling sunlight is sprinkled on the dewdrops on the grass and trees.

At this time, An Yi and his entourage did not know that the British and Burmese troops and their two regiments had already confronted each other on both sides of the border of the Nanlei River. The officers of the British and Burmese troops took out their binoculars one after another, and carefully observed, and finally saw clearly that on the mountainside that stretched for several kilometers on the north side of the border line, two trenches and bunkers and fortifications built of giant logs suddenly appeared, and they saw the national flag of the Republic of China and the flying fox flag of the Anjia Army planted high on the hill, as well as the machine gun positions erected condescendingly and staggered.

On a high ground 1.5 kilometers behind the temporary position of the Anglo-Burmese army, Supreme Commander Jack Murphy was on the ground of the British and Burmese troops. Lieutenant Colonel Taylor gasped, put down the telescope and immediately ordered the staff officer to report the military situation to the Yangon Command urgently, and when he raised the telescope again, there was a roar of planes in the sky.

After four attack planes flew in a row, Taylor, who was frightened and angry, called for the communications staff officer again, but before the staff officer arrived, a deafening roar was heard from the sky again, and three Junker Type 52 three-engine transport planes, escorted by four attack planes, flew in formation, and the altitude was only about 800 meters, Taylor could see at a glance the bomb opening in the belly of this wide transport plane, and the huge roar of the group shook Taylor's eardrums, and shocked more than 5,000 British and Burmese officers and men with frightened hearts and faces.

From the commander to the ordinary soldier, they have reacted successively, the provincial governor of Burma and the generals and colonels of the Yangon Command have plucked up a lot of courage and made great determination to fight this battle, and it seems that there is no chance of winning at all at this moment, as long as the guns go off, under the blow of the squadron's air-ground coordination, no one is sure whether the British and Burmese troops can survive half.

When An Yi and his entourage arrived at the border, it was already 11:45.

The Anglo-Burmese army retreated five kilometers an hour ago, and then hurriedly chose favorable terrain and desperately built trenches and fortifications.

An Yi stood in the command post on the mountainside of Pagaike, and through the telescope, he could clearly see thousands of Burmese officers and soldiers sweating under the scorching sun and digging trenches, and groups of British soldiers with loaded guns patrolling back and forth, their steps in a hurry, no matter how they looked, they couldn't see the morale and the spirit of the British Empire's ** team, only a few rice flags and unknown military flags of the British army, fluttering in the wind.

"Haha, it looks like the British are planning to confront us for a long time." Gu Changfeng laughed heartily.

An Yi nodded with a smile, returned to the map in the middle of the command post, and looked carefully: "According to the intelligence sent by the British, the Indian Governor complained to the Congress that there were only eight planes and two brigades and one regiment of British troops in the entire Burma Province, and all eight planes were in service at the end of the last world war, and five of them could not take off half a year ago because of wear and tear and obsolescence. Therefore, I judged that the British army could not pose a threat to our aviation squadron in a short period of time. Our air squadron should seize the opportunity to complete aerial photography and topographic surveys of the Sino-Burmese border and the entire northern Myanmar within two weeks. It's the rainy season, and it's rare to have sunny weather like these days, so we need to take the chance, but we must not risk flying. ”

Ma Yuanjiang, chief of staff of the Southern Yunnan Garrison Division, said: "The rainy season will end in about a month, and then Burma and southern Yunnan will enter a four-month dry season, which is very beneficial to military arrangements and facility construction." What his subordinates are worried about now is not Meng Lian's line, but here...... The first line of the Taluo River on the edge of the Fohai (Menghai) garrison regiment defense area.

"The west bank of the Taluo River is the important border town of Mongla in Myanmar, which is a traditional treaty port, and it is also the main gathering point for opium from India and Myanmar to enter the country, Annam and Hong Kong, and it is only about ninety-five kilometers away from Jingdong, an important town in northern Myanmar under the strict control of the British, although according to the current analysis of the strength of the British and Burmese troops in northern Myanmar, they are not capable of provoking on the front line of the Taluo River at the same time, but we also have to guard against it, after all, the road from Mandalay, the capital of Myanmar to Jingdong, has long been built, if necessary, Within half a month, the British would be able to organize one or two divisions of the Burmese army. ”

"Yuanjiang's worries are very reasonable, the Fohai Garrison Regiment is not closer to Simao than Meng Lian, if the preparation is not good, in case of any situation, it will be very passive. In addition, the mass base in the Fohai area is not as good as that in the Menglian area, and it is necessary for the garrison regiment and the fourth engineering regiment to make more efforts, and the garrison headquarters must also give as much support as possible. Gu Changfeng expressed his opinion.

An Yi stared at the map, pondered for a long time, fiddled with a special triangular ruler and a protractor, and then straightened up and looked at the brothers around him:

"Tell me, how about we build another airport in the car (Jinghong)? There is only one airport in the whole of southern Yunnan, which is very unreasonable and unsafe. Secondly, the 175-kilometre road from Simao to Cheli has just been completed, and the three road bridges on the way will not be repaired for at least the next two years. If the airport is repaired first, it will only take half a year, which will play a role in alleviating the transportation of materials and liaison, and can also extend our air control range to the surrounding area by nearly 150 kilometers. ”

"I agree, but at present, the tasks of the engineering corps are very heavy, and I am afraid that it will ......," Ma Yuanjiang raised difficulties.

Gu Changfeng waved his hand: "I suggest that the two meritorious regiments of the engineering corps in southern Sichuan be transferred over, under the unified command of the Southern Yunnan Garrison Command, and transported together with vehicles, construction machinery and building materials, and all of them will be in place in a month at most, just in time for the dry season, and the construction progress and quality will be more guaranteed."

"In addition, the South Sichuan Engineer Corps can recruit two more regiments of recruits, and now there is a shortage of everything, that is, there is no shortage of people. The floods in the Yellow River valley and the Huaibei floods have left tens of millions of people homeless, and it is estimated that old Nanchang and even Yichang and Xiangxi are now crowded with dying refugees waiting to be helped. ”

An Yi nodded: "Old Shen, what is your opinion?" ”

"I agree with Commander Gu's opinion, by the way, I suggest that if you can secretly recruit soldiers, you can select about 10,000 recruits from the Luyu refugees, the soldiers in these two places have good physical fitness, honest hearts, hard work, and go to southern Sichuan to let the 24th Army Teaching Corps temper them for half a year, at least half of the good soldiers can be selected, and if the remaining half is not good, they will be transferred to the engineering corps, and at least 20,000 to 30,000 construction corps in southern Yunnan need to be recruited here to barely be enough, according to the current situation, food should not be a problem, The missing part can be purchased directly from Shangliao and Annam, especially in Annam, not only is there more rice, but the price of cattle is also very cheap, nearly half cheaper than that of southern Sichuan, which can be easily dealt with. "Shen Fengdao doesn't say it, it's just a lot.

Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and turned to An Yi: "Lao Shen's opinion is very good, to be honest, we should also quietly expand the army, the previous reduction of 100,000, Lao Tzu is distressed!" ”

An Yi shook his head and smiled: "Hiding soldiers in the people was discussed and approved by everyone, and you are distressed now?" Lao Shen, you will draft the plan for secretly recruiting new soldiers, and I will sign it and send it to the military and political council for decision as soon as possible. ”

"Yes."

Shen Fengdao nodded and said no more.

An Yi turned to Ma Yuanjiang: "Yuanjiang, you are responsible for submitting the report on the construction of Cheli Airport and the expansion of Simao Airport, we will return to Simao in the afternoon, and a commendation meeting will be held tomorrow, and I will award our meritorious heroes." I have to fly back to Syria the day after tomorrow at the latest, and the next things will get more and more tricky, and I have to go back.

"As for the border security issue, I have the same opinion as Commander Gu and Lao Shen, that is, although the saber rattling, but the safety and sound, after we show our strength and determination, the British understand the comparison of each other's strength, and dare not take the initiative to provoke easily in a short period of time, we must also seize this time and do a good job in all aspects, only by standing undefeated, can we better deter the enemy!"

"Yes! I see! By tomorrow evening, the subordinates will hand over the report to the commander. Ma Yuanjiang replied happily.