The sound of the "Dididi" telegraph continued to sound, but the officers and soldiers of the temporary headquarters of the British and Burmese Army heard it as if they were calling from hell.

The reason for this feeling comes from a telegram, and the content of the telegram is simple.

-- Capture and hold Myitkyina at all costs.

The defeat of the British army in Assam had already made the situation worse for the Anglo-Burmese army in the encirclement, and it was too late to break through, but the home command came with such an order, which was almost equivalent to making them charge into hell.

"Commander, this is simply sending us to death, how powerful the tank groups of the Chinese are, the battlefield of Assam has proven how fierce their artillery is, there is no need to repeat it. As long as the Chinese transfer these weapons to the Myitkyina battlefield, we will not have any chance at all. ”

"That's right! Commander, the value of a soldier's existence is on the battlefield, and dying in battle is the belonging of a soldier. But that doesn't mean we should die! ”

"No! We will not agree to this plan! ”

Chief of Staff Oliver looked at the surging high-ranking officers of the British and Burmese army and yelled: "Quiet, shut up for me!" An angry roar silenced the officers for a moment, and everyone glared at Oliver.

At this moment, Oliver felt as if there were countless guns pointed at him, and he could no longer care about it, and said to the commander, Admiral Dannat, in a deep voice: "Commander, you must make a decision as soon as possible, time is very unfavorable for our army. ”

Admiral Dannatt suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, this inexplicable laughter made the officers and soldiers of the Anglo-Burmese Army Command inexplicable, they couldn't imagine that they had reached this juncture, and the commander could still laugh? Could it be that the commander is crazy?

"Very good!" Just as the generals of the command wanted to call the chaplain to see the situation, Dannatt shouted loudly. However, they never expected that Admiral Dannatt would actually shout the words "very good" and look at each other, and in their opinion, the situation was already so bad that it could not be worse, so it can be seen that Admiral Dannatt was absolutely mad by this telegram from China.

Admiral Dannat suddenly turned to face a group of generals, his face was full of confident smiles, and the joy on his face definitely did not look like it was pretending, he pointed to the location of Myitkyina on the map and said: "The strategic significance of Myitkyina, I don't think we need to explain it. If I had to describe this place in one term, it would be Dead Land. The domestic telegram has already been seen by everyone, at any cost. I detail that no one will think that the Chinese commander is a fool anymore, and if there is such an idea, then you are not even a fool, because it is this fool who almost made us almost surrounded in Mandalay and made us so embarrassed. ”

"Commander" Olife could not understand what Admiral Dannatt meant, but before he wanted to ask, Dannat waved his hand to stop him.

Admiral Dannatt said with a hint of self-deprecation: "I believe that each of us has had a heroic dream. I remember wanting to be a hero when I was a kid, I grew up listening to stories about the most glorious days of the Victorian Empire, and I often dreamed that I would be the greatest hero of the British Empire by commanding the Empire's Armada and countless armies resisting and defeating the powerful enemies who challenged the Empire. ”

There was silence in the headquarters, although they didn't know Dannatt's intentions, but no one interrupted, and they were also eager to learn about the old general's experience and psychological process.

"In order to realize this ideal, I loved all kinds of military-related knowledge such as military, geography, and climate, and became a glorious soldier of the British Imperial Army at the age of 19, and worked tirelessly towards this goal. I have participated in countless military operations over the past fifty years, and I will tell you a few of the proudest experiences, in 1900, when the allied forces fought against the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China at that time, my troops used to parade in the Forbidden City of Yanjing, the capital of the Chinese, well, the Forbidden City is the equivalent of the imperial Buckingham Palace. Later, I fought in the World War, if this is the Second World War, then the European War can be called the First World War, when the German army was almost in the French capital Paris, and I commanded a division of soldiers to resist the onslaught of three elite German divisions for six days and six nights. ”

"Shhh Many officers knew about it, but many of the younger officer staff officers did not know it and were amazed.

Admiral Dannatt said seriously: "Many people call me a hero, and for this I became a lieutenant general, but I don't think so, I was not a hero at that time. Because I was not defending the territory of the Empire at that time, and in that battle I had a division of more than 15,000 soldiers, and only less than 2,000 survived. I thought I would never have the chance to be a true hero of the empire again, but now the opportunity has come and we will all be true heroes of the empire. ”

Dannat looked at the people, his expression became even more excited, and he came to the front of the map and pointed to Myitkyina: "Our opportunity is Myitkyina." ”

"Myitkyina!?" Oliver and the officers looked at each other, didn't Myitkyina die? But why do they become heroes of the Empire?

"It's Myitkyina!" Admiral Dannatt said loudly and affirmatively, "The outbreak of the Great War in the Far East and the complete defeat of the allied forces of our Western world are simply an unprecedented disgrace, and the world order and majesty established by our British Empire, and indeed the entire Western world, have been challenged as never before. India is known as the 'jewel in the crown of the British Empire', that is the face of my British Empire, but the rout of the Assam battlefield, the whole of India has no longer been able to reach the strength and ability of the [***] team, and the Chinese's military boots can step on the land of India at any time and step on the face of our great British Empire. What would that look like? Pearl was humiliated, interests were plundered, and countless citizens of the empire crawled under the bayonets of the Chinese. ”

Dannatt's deep voice made Olivee and all the officers feel depressed and angry.

"Who can change this outcome, who can save me from the crisis of the British Empire?" Dannat roared with a squirrel, "That's us! Only we can do it, and we must do it! ”

"Take Myitkyina, and we will all become the heroes of the era of the empire!" ――

Myitkyina's important surname at this moment can be seen at a glance as long as it is not a military idiot.

China's control of Myitkyina ensured the supply lines of the First Route Army, and Assam is all the way west to the Gangetic Plain. The most important thing is that this is the area where the British have accumulated a huge amount of wealth in the largest area in the world, and if China scrapes the ground to obtain the wealth here, it is estimated that there will be no problems with China's finances in this war.

It can be seen that Myitkyina is of great significance to China's overall strategy.

No one would believe that the Chinese would give up such a piece of fat to their mouths, and once China solves the problem of war funding, how terrible will it be? China, with a population of 500 million, has no shortage of people at all, and as long as its industrial capacity can be achieved, China will be able to expand its military almost unlimitedly, and China's war potential and danger will increase exponentially.

If something like this happens, it will be an absolute disaster for the UK. As a pirate and the leader of the colonial plundering world, Britain absolutely does not believe that China will ignore such a huge wealth for the sake of so-called benevolence and morality, and most importantly, Britain is worried that the Chinese will attack and plunder the grain of the Gangetic Plain, which is a major grain producing area in India, so as long as the Chinese retreat, it will be equivalent to losing hundreds of millions of victims to the British and Western coalition forces. Saving these victims? How much food do 100 million people have to eat every day, and how much transportation power does it have to occupy? Don't save? 100 million hungry people**, do they still have the energy to counterattack?

Michi is a strategic point that can stop the Chinese, there is not enough supplies, the first route army of China in the Assam area that has just experienced a major war is unable to advance rapidly, without logistical support, in case it is outflanked by the British army, the army may be completely annihilated, even if it barely breaks through, but India's wealth and food will not be able to take away. If India is safe, Britain and the Western world can arm countless Indians as their cannon fodder and Chinese desperately and consume, and the industrial capacity of the Western world is completely fine, they are afraid of the dead. If there are no Indians as cannon fodder, and Western white soldiers are needed to compete with China with almost unlimited soldiers, China will fall behind in terms of materials, but the loss of people is absolutely unbearable for the Western world, and it will be possible to form a balance of advantages and inferiority, and a situation of equal strength is definitely not what they want to see.

For this reason, although Myitkyina is only a small place, in this special situation, it is of great significance and far-reaching influence, and both China and Britain are bound to win.

In order to control this area, the top leaders of both China and Britain did not hesitate to issue orders -- orders at all costs.

Two days later, with Admiral Dannat's "heroic" morale boost, the Anglo-Burmese army launched an unprecedented fierce attack on Myitkyina.

"Night Fight!" It was Dannatt's decision.

In the smoke of artillery fire, Olivee soon saw that the British and Burmese troops were constantly rushing to the Chinese positions to engage in white-knuckle battles, and said excitedly: "The commander is wise. ”

Dannatt's eyes were like electricity, staring at the front line, and the constantly rising and falling flares of the entire area shone on his face, making his face look even more hideous because of nervousness: "At night, the Chinese planes will be ineffective, otherwise our heavy weapons will be suppressed, and under the bombing of hundreds of Chinese bombers above our heads, how can we capture Myitkyina." ”

Olife said hesitantly: "In addition to aircraft, the Chinese also have powerful tank troops?" ”

Dannatt sneered: "If the tank is suitable for fighting in this area, there was a tank regiment of the Chinese passing by when we attacked Myitkyina a few days ago, but why didn't the Chinese do it?" Olife, stop the offensive as soon as it is dawn, and you order the troops to repair the fortifications as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" Olife responded, and then asked, "Are you worried that the Chinese will counterattack during the day?" ”

"There is no doubt about that!" (To be continued.) )