The sky is getting brighter.

After a night of calm, the fear of the officers and men of the last and most critical line of defense was even greater, and under the blow of the Chinese "super artillery group", the last line of defense was left in just one day, and it was still relying on the dangerous terrain, which made all the coalition forces lose confidence in the blocking.

As the commander-in-chief of the blocking force, Lake was even sleepless at night, knowing that perhaps the Chinese would launch a fierce attack as soon as it was dawn. With the current state of the coalition forces, there was almost a mutiny, and it is conceivable that once the Chinese launch a fierce attack, it is very likely that the troops will collapse.

However, he waited left and right in a hurry, and when the sun came up, the Chinese side did not launch an attack, which made him restless.

Lake's chief of staff, Ellison, said weakly and fortunately: "The Chinese did not attack, it is likely that their super artillery has a problem, and we are saved." ”

Lake glanced at Ellison with disdain in his heart, I really don't know how this guy could have such a "naïve" idea, as an excellent French young general, with his observation of China's "super artillery", the launch tube is not much technical in the first place, at most it plays a role in stabilizing the trajectory, the real technology should be on the peculiar shell with a tail and tail fire, how can there be a problem?

The fact that the Chinese Wehrmacht was able to defeat the Western coalition forces shows that the commanders of the opposing side are excellent, and it is absolutely impossible not to leave enough artillery shells to deal with their last line of defense. The eerie calm, that can only mean that the other party has a better way to overcome the defense line of Dongge Mountain Pass. That's what Lake worries the most.

Lake held back the anger in his heart, controlled his tone and said, "What is the movement on the Chinese side?" ”

Ellison shook his head and said, "No." We only saw that they were digging trenches two hundred meters away from the defensive line, and the other side's fortifications were digging very deep, and we only knew that they were digging, but we could not see people, and the trenches on the straight road were covered with wooden planks and covered with excavated soil, and we could not see how many men they put into the trenches. ”

Lake said angrily: "Is this still called no movement? When was it happening? ”

Ellison said weakly: "It should have started last night, and I found out about this situation in the morning." ”

Lake glared fiercely at Ellison and ran out of command to the front to look through the binoculars.

It was exactly as Ellison said. It's just that Lake can't figure it out. What is the point of the Chinese building these trenches, because at this point in the battle, it is impossible for the coalition forces to launch a countercharge. At the moment, he said to himself: "Are they going to dig in and attack?" Is this impossible? Can they still dig through this mountain? ”

The more Lake thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and carefully observed. Finally let him see that something was wrong.

He found out. The Chinese army dug up a little too much soil. In the rear, it was simply piled up into a hill. If it is to build trench fortifications, this soil can be completely reinforced and raised on the spot, and even if it is an anti-artillery hole, it will not be necessary to transport much soil to the rear.

"Are they digging blast holes?" Lake was taken aback. He remembered that during the First World War, the British and French forces used a huge amount of explosives buried in the mines to blow up the entire mountain in one fell swoop and destroy tens of thousands of German troops on the fortified mountain positions at the same time (historical facts, the three major explosions of Mason killed more than 20,000 people, wounded more than 7,000 people, and collapsed five German divisions). But then after thinking about it, it was denied, and in order to complete this blasting, it took the British and French forces two full years. But is it possible for the Chinese side to spend so long at the pigeon mountain pass?

There was a lot of hustle and bustle in Dibrugger's headquarters.

Countless troops are being mobilized, and Li Bufan is here, so almost all military operations are reported here at the same time in addition to reporting to the Ministry of National Defense in Nanjing.

"Commander-in-chief, Xia Fei sent sappers to advance during the day under the cover of the troops. Although our paratrooper regiment tried to block the attack, because in order to ensure the flexibility of action, each of us fighters could only carry five magazines, and the opponent's attack was extremely resolute and could not be stopped. Zhang Xiaozhun took the telegram to report.

Li Bufan smiled and said, "It seems that Xia Fei has not been defeated yet." Xia Fei has an army of nearly one million under his command, and it is normal for the troops to be equipped with demining engineers. However, with the speed at which they are advancing, it is impossible to go as fast as they want, and it is estimated that it will be good to be able to touch the edge of our defense line in a week. ”

Li Songshan said with a smile: "Xia Fei is worthy of being Xia Fei, he really didn't disappoint the commander-in-chief." ”

Li Bufan said with a smile: "If we release the water directly, with the cleverness of Dannatt, an Englishman, I am afraid that he will be suspicious, and even if he sends troops to respond at that time, I am afraid that it will be some cannon fodder troops like some colonial legions." Remember, the sabotage and harassment and air strikes against Xia Fei's headquarters cannot be stopped, but they do not need to be strengthened either. Let them feel that they are dead, but also let them see that hope is just around the corner. In this case, it is believed that Western countries will urge the British army to rescue at all costs, and it will be impossible for Dannat to preserve his strength at that time. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun admired Li Bufan's military strategy, mobilizing his own troops, he can do it as an officer, but mobilizing the enemy's troops into his own trap is by no means something that ordinary people can do, at least he himself does not have this ability at present.

Li Bufan said suddenly: "How is the progress of the Dongge Mountain Pass?" Is there any movement from the enemy? ”

Zhang Xiaozhun said: "No." The allied blocking forces were already frightened by our strategic rocket artillery, there was no sign of an offensive and no artillery shelling. I think it may be that they are afraid that the shelling will provoke us and trigger a full-scale attack, and that delaying the time is what they want to see, which is tantamount to achieving the purpose of blocking the attack. After a pause, he pointed to the line of the Dongge Pass in the Rakhine Mountains on the sand table with his baton, and said, "Our progress is very fast. According to the instructions of the commander-in-chief at that time, we relocated the indigenous people to give them land, but it was impossible to raise them for nothing, so we carried out cash-for-work for this purpose, and our roads from Myanmar to East Bengal were all first-class highway standards, and even highway standards, although they have not been completed at present, but the foundation has been formed. One of the drawbacks of the design of this road is that the cave pigeon pass is too steep. Although it is the most suitable place for road access in the Rakhine Mountains, it is not compatible with the roads on both sides, so it is planned to dig tunnels. This tunnel was dug by our engineering troops, after all, the tunnel project requires relevant technology and knowledge, although it was not completed due to the rush of time, but under the military order, almost half of the progress was made. When we retreated, we didn't think we would use it, but we sealed it off and disguised it. It took only one night for us to dig a passage of more than 200 meters into the tunnel, into which we are currently transporting explosives, and 1,000 tons have already been transported in. ”

Li Bufan said lightly: "How many explosives are prepared?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun said: "We have consulted experts, and the experts believe that at least three or four thousand tons are needed, and we have prepared five thousand tons for this. It is expected to be ready by 3 p.m. With the blasting, we had three hours to capture the entire cave before dark. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said with a smile: "If it is bombed like this, the road will be blocked." When it was cleared, even the tunnels remained. However, the hard work of our production and construction corps has not been in vain, and we must give them credit. "Although it is many times more troublesome to clean up the tunnel after blowing it up than it is to build it, it is because of this that the tunnel is built instead of digging the mountain. However, after this blasting, the tunnel operation can no longer be carried out in the Dongge Mountain Pass, and the soil of the entire mountain will be blown loose and collapsed, so it can only be forced to clear this piece of mountain land out of a road, which will require huge manpower and material resources. But for the sake of victory, it was all worth it.

"Hahaha" came from the command command with a string of hearty laughter.

But at the cave pigeon mountain pass, Lake felt that the whole person was about to go crazy by this strange situation.

Looking at China's military operations since its rise, it is simply impossible to speculate with common sense, and it is even more confusing to look at it from the perspective of Western military affairs. But the Chinese art of war they see even more clearly, that is written in classical Chinese, that is, many Chinese people will understand wrong, let alone outsiders? Even Japan, which is most deeply influenced by Chinese culture, has learned the half-hung "Wind Forest Volcano", but has not learned it all, and the fire of Japan's "Wind Forest Volcano" is also understood by Takeda Shingen as "fire attack", although it seems ridiculous, but most Japanese houses are paper and wood structures, which can be regarded as adapting to local conditions.

Even the Japanese can only learn to this extent, and the Westerners who are cramming for the time being can imagine it.

The sun gradually set in the west, and Lake finally couldn't hold back anymore and shouted in the headquarters: "Come on, give me the order to send an artillery battalion to carry out artillery strikes on the forward positions of the Chinese." ”

Ellison was taken aback and said, "General, is this likely to trigger an attack by the Chinese?" ”

Lake said angrily: "If you don't do this, won't the Chinese attack?" At the moment the Chinese are not fully ready to attack, are you ready to wait for the Chinese to prepare for the attack? His fury silenced the liaison officers of the various countries who were going to oppose him.

Everyone knows that the Chinese are definitely going to attack, and they want to completely annihilate all the legions of their Burma Front, otherwise they will not do everything to block and delay the pace of march on the road of the retreat of the main force of Xia Fei.

Although Ellison was a little weak, it didn't mean that he was a fool, and when he saw that the liaison officers of various countries did not refute it, he said, "So when do you think it will start?" ”

Lake raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "It's 2:45 now, fifteen minutes to inform the various troops of the situation, and three o'clock to fire on time." ”

"Yes!" (To be continued......)

PS: I've sorted out the plot arrangement, so it's been a change for the past two days, and it's basically the same at the moment.