The smoke of gunfire rose again, and Li Bufan once again gave the order to retreat, which made Duan Qirui shocked and angry.

Retreat without a fight, what kind of system is this? When he retreated from India, he had already let Sun Wen come to the door, and now he has simply retreated to the doorstep. Although Dibrugarh belonged to Assam and was previously controlled by the British army, Li Bufan mobilized two million people to build infrastructure construction, how much manpower and material resources was invested?

Didn't Li Bufan swear that he must take Assam? But now retreat to a few dozen kilometers west of Dibrugger, and the Western coalition forces can simply come to the city.

What does Li Bufan want to do?

Duan Qirui unceremoniously ran to the Ministry of Defense and questioned Li Bufan.

In Li Bufan's office, a miniature sand table is clearly marked with the situation of friend and foe. At present, half of the main forces of the Chinese South Asian Front are concentrated in a few dozen kilometers southwest of Dibrugarh, while the other part has just retreated from Bangladesh and is stationed along the border between Burma and Bangladesh.

Li Bufan didn't care about Duan Qirui's anger, and pointed to the situation on the sand table and said, "Didn't Duan Lao see something?" ”

Xu Shuzheng looked at the sand table and frowned. In his view, the Kasi Mountains of Bangladesh and Assam, the mountains and rainforests between Burma and Assam are tantamount to a rigid division of the IDF's South Asian Front in two. In such a super-large-scale decisive battle, the division of troops is a taboo, but the geographical situation here, unless the national defense forces strictly hold the line of the Tibetan South River, otherwise they must divide their troops when they retreat, otherwise they will fall into emptiness on the other hand, and if they are attacked by the opponent's division, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Xu Shuzheng didn't say anything. Since Li Bufan has already marked it, it means that he has noticed this situation. If it were him, in the face of such a situation, he would rather stick to the defense line of the Tibetan South River-Tista River, with an army of more than 2 million and a large river in danger, Xu Shuzheng was confident that if he defended, he would definitely make the great powers meet and break the blood.

With such a strong line of defense, why did Li Bufan give up? Xu Shuzheng couldn't figure it out.

Duan Qirui was already angry: "What do I see? I can see that our millions of troops have been building for nearly three months, and the defense line with great rivers and natural dangers has been thrown to the great powers like garbage. Do you divide your troops? Aren't you afraid that the enemy will break through each one? ”

Li Bufan smiled bitterly: "Actually, I don't want to divide my troops, I am preparing for a decisive battle with the main force of the Western coalition in Assam." However, it is limited by the terrain. Had to divide the troops. After a pause, he said, "But Duan Lao is worried a little too much." But in the face of such a situation, the great powers also had to divide their troops. ”

Duan Qirui snorted coldly and said, "Are you all fools when you are a foreign devil?" Won't they concentrate their forces to encircle and annihilate one? ”

Li Bufan said proudly: "Of course they want to, but they don't dare." Duan Lao, look at the sand table. If the Great Powers concentrate their forces to attack the positions of our troops in Assam Bondi Brueger. We have more than a million troops on the Bangladeshi border. It can be interspersed with counteroffensives at any time, attacking Guwahati from the Shillong line, forming a counter-encirclement of the Western coalition forces; If the Western coalition forces attack in the direction of Bengal and capture southern Burma. Even more so because our million-strong army in Assam will move swiftly south and west to take control of the Brahmaputra River before the armoured clusters can clear the way, and our supply can be easily done with the ships we have obtained from India. ”

Duan Qirui hesitated for a moment, then softened his tone and said, "You mean, the great powers also have to divide their troops?" ”

Li Bufan sighed and said, "Yes." They had to divide their forces, and how I wish they hadn't. ”

Duan Qirui frowned and said, "What do you mean?" If the other party does not divide its troops, and an army of two or three million will press up, will you still have a way to deal with them? ”

Li Bufan suddenly laughed, and his laughter revealed Sen Han's murderous intent: "Old Duan, it's April soon." ”

Duan Qirui frowned and said, "Spring ploughing season, what does it have to do with this?" ”

Li Bufan laughed for a while, thought about it, whispered to Duan Qirui, and then said, "That's it." That's what I intended. ”

Duan Qirui looked at Li Bufan in disbelief, although Li Bufan also had to pay a certain price for doing this, but compared to victory, it was definitely insignificant. Soon Duan Qirui also frowned and said, "What if the plan is not successful?" ”

Li Bufan sighed and said: "It is up to people to make things happen." If we have to, we will destroy the oil fields of Dibrugarh, even the expansion works, and use the mountain jungles between Burma and Assam to fight a war of attrition against the great powers. In fact, the strategic idea I studied with Wu Enemy was to use the jungle to fight a war of attrition with the great powers, and in jungle warfare, in addition to the aircraft could barely provide a certain amount of support, heavy artillery and field artillery could hardly come in handy, but our army's large-scale mortars had the advantage. ”

Duan Qirui had mixed feelings in his heart at the moment, although Li Bufan described his strategic intentions, which was barely acceptable. But he still said: "Extraordinary, have you considered the impact of the continuous retreat on the people, which is likely to cause social turmoil." ”

Li Bufan could only sigh, he naturally understood the consequences, after all, the great powers have accumulated power for a long time, and the time for China's rise is too short, and people's self-confidence in this period is fragile. But what could he do? He is a man, not a god. Even after studying in Germany and serving in the German army, he never expected that automation would bring unprecedented and terrifying consumption, and most importantly, China's industrial capacity was not enough to support such huge consumption.

Doesn't Li Bufan want to directly defeat India in one go? Don't you want a quick set of combined attacks so that the great powers can't find the north? Absolutely. However, at least at this time, China did not have such strength. In order to prepare as many strategic materials as possible, Li Bufan not only tried his best to speed up industrial development, but also deliberately sabotaged the logistical supply of the Western coalition forces in order to delay time.

He knew that doing so would cause civil unrest, but he also knew that rushing to the war would have more serious consequences. In this way, he can only take the risk of his troops, and as long as he gains the advantage as soon as possible, then all discordant voices will disappear -

Soldiers, treacherous ways.

Li Bufan's retreat and retreat made the uneasy feeling in the hearts of the Western coalition forces stronger and stronger, who would dare to take it lightly in the face of a military strongman like Li Bufan?

The Chinese finally laid a defensive line in the area around Dibrugel, but Hagrid, Michel and Xia Fei did not dare to attack easily. Of course, the tentative attacks continued, but the Chinese resistance on the front line of Dibrueger was unusually tenacious, and almost every position was repeatedly contested.

To their surprise, the million-strong Chinese army entrenched on the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar withdrew.

"Why? Why is this happening? "Admiral Hagrid is almost going crazy.

The military development of the East is completely different from that of the West, in Europe, with the exception of Russia, all other countries are small countries, and there is no territory of more than a million square kilometers. Although the territory of Austria-Hungary exceeded one million square kilometers, it was actually a plurality of countries and was forcibly merged) For this reason, the European military paid attention to fighting for every inch of territory, that is, fighting head-on, because they did not have too much strategic depth. However, China's military is different, China has been a unified and huge country for thousands of years, with a broad strategic depth, even the famous "Thirty-six Strategies" also set 'go' as the top plan. It can be seen from this that in the Chinese art of war, the word 'go' occupies such an important position, and sports warfare has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Michelle's face was also extremely ugly: "If they abandon the defense line on the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, then the southern coastal plain of Myanmar is not in danger to defend, and it must be abandoned." Judging from the sand table, they can only defend the defense line of the Salween River and the mountains around Naypyidaw. ”

Xia Fei thought for a moment and said, "Hagrid, did you say that we were too cautious. ”

"Huh?"

Xia Fei looked at Hagrid, who came over with questions, and said, "I have a plan here." If it can be done, then we will be able to annihilate the main forces of the Chinese Assam side. ”

Admiral Hagrid was taken aback, he knew that Xia Fei was a very talented general, and it was Xia Fei who commanded Xia Fei in the European war, allowing the British and French forces to withstand the first wave of German onslaught. Immediately said: "Great, please say." ”

Xia Fei said seriously: "I think our military operations are too conservative. The Chinese did sweep through Southeast Asia quickly, but most of the defeats they defeated were colonial legions, and the American troops in the Philippines had hardly experienced too brutal wars, so their combat effectiveness could not be compared with our battle-tested troops. The strength of the Chinese is so little, and it is impossible to suddenly have a few million more troops and thousands of artillery. I think we can have the Southern Route Army quickly capture the Chinese forces in southern Burma and the Salween River, and the main forces quickly move north to capture Mandalay, and wait for an opportunity to capture Myitkyina and cut off the logistical supply lines of the Chinese Assam forces, and if we do that, then I think we have already won half the battle. ”

Michelle looked at the map and nodded: "It is indeed a very good plan, but we are afraid that there will be difficulties in logistics." On the Bengali side, the Chinese have made a big effort to build roads, but the time is too short, and the roads are still very poor. If the supply can't keep up, it's likely to be risky. ”

Xia Fei sneered and said, "The war itself is the biggest adventure. General Michel, do you want this war to be as protracted and a war of attrition as it was in Europe? ”

The conference room of the headquarters was instantly silent, and the tragedy of the European war was still fresh in everyone's memory.

Admiral Hagrid finally said: "Okay, General Xia Fei, then I want you to personally go to Burma to command, whatever you want, as long as we can do it, we will try to meet it." ”

Xia Fei smiled, "I am very honored to be able to personally command this battle. (To be continued......)

PS: Today's one change, make up for it another day. I'm sorry