On the highest high ground in the Pigeon Mountain Pass of Rakhine Cave, Lake looked down at his watch from time to time.

He kept looking at the Chinese positions with his binoculars and found that the Chinese troops transporting supplies to the tunnel had stopped moving, which meant that at least some stage of the Chinese preparations had been completed, and perhaps the Chinese would soon attack, and importantly, he could not think of what method the Chinese would use to attack.

Running from behind the hill came his chief of staff, Ellison, only to hear him shout: "General, the artillery battalion is in place. ”

The headquarters is not built casually, especially on such high grounds, which can be hit by the enemy's artillery fire at any time. For this reason, almost all of these headquarters are built on the back of the mountain, at least they will not be directly hit by artillery fire and the entire command center will be paralyzed.

Lake looked down at his watch again, and said in a deep voice: "Very good, there is still one minute, and the artillery fire will be fired on time." ”

Ellison also paid attention to the movements of the Chinese army for a long time, but there was no movement at all, and it did not look like he was going to attack with all his might. So he couldn't help but say: "General, I don't understand why the Chinese haven't moved, but you are nervous to this extent?" If you do this, you will shake the morale of the army. ”

Ellison really couldn't understand Lake's changes, and he felt that Lake's performance was like a frightened bird, and even a little neurotic.

Lake scolded Ellison for being an idiot, but he could only smile bitterly because he couldn't explain the situation at the moment. But his inner sense of crisis is very clear, this is the war instinct he has cultivated from countless escapes from the world war.

Rather than arguing with Ellison, Lake used his binoculars to take a closer look at his position. Countless soldiers on the positions had already gone into the dugouts, leaving only the lookout posts. This arrangement was negotiated, because the troops of all countries feared that the shelling would provoke a heavy artillery counterattack from the Chinese side. Hiding in bomb shelters and artillery shelters can effectively avoid unnecessary casualties.

The blocking force was about the size of an army group, a third of which were directly on the positions of the last line of defense at the Dongge Pass, and the rest of the troops were used as reserves, mainly in this mountainous area, and only these forces could be deployed.

"Tick tock." The beating of the second hand seems to be audible.

"Let's go!" When the needle pointed to three o'clock, Lake finally breathed a sigh of relief and spat out these two words.

The sound of "boom" shelling sounded as scheduled, and it was a 75-millimeter field artillery gun, because the troops had advanced into Burma. Traffic is restricted. The artillery carried for this purpose was mainly this caliber gun, although there were also 105 howitzers and cannons, but when retreating, these big guys had difficulty moving and had to be blown up.

Lake just smiled. But then his face changed drastically. Suddenly, he felt the earth shake violently. It was especially evident in the mountains. The whole mountain roared and roared, as if the mountain god was angry.

"Earthquake!" Ellison's face changed on the spot.

Lake, however, felt a sense of familiarity, and a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind. In an instant, the blood on his face disappeared completely. He remembered that the feeling and situation were almost exactly the same as the description of the German soldiers captured by his comrades-in-arms when they interrogated Mason after the three blasts.

Immediately afterward, a violent explosion finally spread. As if the whole mountain had flown up, countless air-raid shelters and anti-artillery shelters collapsed, countless officers and soldiers hiding in air-raid shelters and anti-artillery shelters were buried alive, and even the cave-like headquarters under his feet collapsed in an instant

Lake and Ellison were swept away by the violent vibration, and as the mountain collapsed, the man rolled down the mountain like a ball, and rolled down hundreds of meters before he tripped over the tree, otherwise he might have been killed in the steep mountain, but it also broke their heads and bled out.

Lake struggled to get up, his heart filled with despair. He never imagined that the Chinese side would actually use explosive methods, and he never imagined that the Chinese side would actually make arrangements here, and he could no longer imagine what kind of existence the Chinese commander was, whether it was a god or a devil.

Landslides and ground cracks.

It is the best portrayal of this explosion.

When the aftermath of the explosion was not completely over, Lake desperately climbed the collapsed hill and looked at the eastern position, where there was any position, countless trenches were buried by the rocks that had fallen, and some officers and soldiers who were lucky enough not to collapse the air-raid shelter and anti-artillery shelter almost crawled out of it, vomiting blood while climbing, and it was unknown whether these soldiers could survive or not. As far as his eye could see, the entire trapezoidal defensive position to the east could barely see the standing coalition officers and soldiers.

Then, he heard a sharp horn of charge from the Chinese position, and countless Chinese officers and soldiers poured up to the position like a tide

"Withdraw!" Lake ran to the aftermath and yelled at the sight of the troops.

It's not that he doesn't want to control the cave pigeon pass, it's too late. According to the Chinese attack habits, a large number of planes must be thrown into bombing the enemy's positions each time, and he does not want his reserves to eat Chinese bombs there in order. For this reason, Lake's reserves were at least a few kilometers away from the main position of the cave pigeon mountain pass.

At this distance, it is impossible for him to call for reinforcements, because it is too late for three times, not as fast as the Chinese, and the consequence may be that the troops he reinforces are organized into an attack, and it is a back-attack. With the powerful automatic firepower of the Chinese infantry, it was almost the same result as the Anglo-French attack on the German heavy machine gun positions in the Battle of the Somme

When Lake appeared in front of Xia Fei with a bloody face, he saw Xia Fei's disappointment, and his heart was like a knife.

Xia Fei sighed deeply for a long time: "It seems that it is impossible for us to break out, and soon we will be attacked by the Chinese on both sides." ”

Paul, who was wounded in the arm in yesterday's bombing, now hangs his arm with a bandage, and said bitterly: "I didn't expect the Chinese to set a trap in Dongge Mountain Pass." Now there are minefields and blockades in front, and nearly a million Chinese troops are chasing behind, just afraid, just afraid" Although he did not finish his words, almost everyone could understand the meaning.

Lake gritted his teeth and said, "Not necessarily. ”

Xia Fei was surprised: "Do you still have a way?" ”

Lake said in a deep voice: "My method is the Chinese's method." The Chinese can use mines to delay the pace of our army's advance, and we can also use mines and troops to block and delay the pace of the Chinese army's pursuit. I believe that although mines are not standard equipment in our West, many troops will have a certain quota, and at the same time, the mines of the Chinese dug up by our engineers can also be used. ”

Lake's words made the eyes of Xia Fei, Paul and other officers light up, as if they saw light in the darkness.

Without any hesitation, the coalition forces immediately went into action, sent troops to the rear, and laid mines.

The Chinese pursuing troops were delayed for one night, and the next day they crossed the Dongge Mountain Pass to pursue, but not long after the pursuit, officers and soldiers struck mines and suffered casualties.

In Di Brueger Headquarters, Li Bufan, Li Songshan, and Zhang Xiaozhun all sighed when they got the news.

Zhang Xiaozhun smiled bitterly: "Although I had long expected that the enemy might do this, I didn't expect them to really do it." ”

Li Songshan said: "But that's fine." We would have a reason to slow down the pursuit, so that the Xia Fei headquarters could reach East Bengal as expected, and thus achieve our goal - to fight a large-scale battle with the Western coalition forces in East Bengal to lure Dannat's main British army. ”

Li Bufan said lightly: "Everything is under control." Very good. ”

Li Songshan said with a smile: "Actually, if Xia Fei didn't think of this move, it would be a good choice to be able to directly force Xia Fei to land on the Burmese Front." In short, whether we fight this battle or not will not lose much for us, and we have been prepared for both before. But now it seems that these Western barbarians are not completely stupid, there are still smart people. ”

The three of them chuckled for a while, the layout and planning of a large-scale strategic plan is not so simple, even if it is a drill, it must be acted like in order to hide from people. A plan to annihilate a million enemy troops needs to be planned extremely carefully, and it is related to the life and death of a million troops, and any force will be extremely cautious in decision-making, as long as the slightest flaw is exposed, it may lead to the failure of the entire plan.

For this reason, even if they want to let Xia Fei's department arrive at the predetermined place, it must be extremely difficult for them to do it, to make them believe that they have really gone through a lot of hardships to get to that point, and to make the entire Western world believe in this.

Li Bufan looked at the sand table and suddenly said, "How is the troops transferred to East Bengal by sea?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun looked at the document record and said: "Ten minutes ago, most of the troops have boarded the ship, and it is estimated that they can leave in two hours." In order to ensure the success of the plan, two tank regiments equipped with two army groups on the Burmese side for the maximum annihilation of the enemy will also be delivered to Chittagong. ”

Li Bufan looked at the sand table and said: "Judging from the sand table, at most, after a day and a half, the troops will be able to land in Chittagong." He also looked at the signs on the sea of the Bay of Bengal in the sand table, pointed to the position of the Indian Ocean Fleet, which is dominated by the US Navy, and said, "It will take two and a half days for the enemy's fleet to reach the offensive area. We don't have a lot of time. ”

Li Songshan said with a smile: "I think as long as the Xiafei headquarters does not launch an attack as scheduled, the American fleet will not be easily dispatched, after all, our air force can threaten the safety of their fleet." Although the great powers mobilized a large number of planes to the front line this time, the ratio of two to one still fought with us with radar, and if they launched it in advance, they were afraid that the enemy's air force would suffer heavy losses at that time, and they would not be able to achieve the goal of containing our air force, and their navy would be in danger. ”

Li Bufan nodded slightly, he knew that Westerners were not stupid, at least Dannatt would not fail to think of this, and Xia Fei's department estimated that it would take four or five days to reach the Chinese defense line, that is, the Chinese side still had four or five days to prepare.

"I'm really looking forward to it." What should have been done has been done, and Li Bufan is extremely looking forward to the upcoming war at this moment. (To be continued......)