As the chief of staff of the Indian Front of the Xia Fei Turkish Alliance, he led nearly a million troops into Burma, and originally thought that the Chinese side would resist step by step.

However, no, Xia Fei completely captured southern Burma without blood. The million-strong army of the Chinese National Defense Forces simply fled in despair, it should be said that they fled when they heard the wind, and the two sides did not talk about the main force of the army, even the small-scale troops did not take much care of each other.

What is this situation?

Even Xia Fei, who was full of confidence, was confused by this situation, and immediately asked people to call Major General Lake to ask.

Lake was the former chief of staff of the French Annam Colonial Corps, and finally escaped by submarine from the encirclement of North Vietnam. Although the West is not ashamed of defeat, it naturally cannot stand good treatment as a general of a defeated army, and if it were not for the fact that Britain and the United States also suffered heavy losses, they were afraid that they might be forced to retire.

Xia Fei reactivated Lake, which can be regarded as Xia Fei's military adviser and staff officer.

As a high-ranking French military officer who has a lot of dealings with the Chinese side, Lake is very worried about this situation. Regardless of the military talent of Li Bufan, the leader of the Chinese side, the squadron he once faced on the Sino-Vietnamese border was definitely not this kind of soft egg.

Since the Chinese side is not a soft egg, why is this happening? There is only one explanation for that, and that is conspiracy.

Lake only felt that he was enveloped in a huge conspiracy, and the strong sense of crisis made his pores explode all over his body, and the whole person was almost unable to breathe as if he was drowning. He has always emphasized in the staff committee that the Chinese are powerful and terrible, but the arrogant French staff committee regarded him as a madman and sneered.

Xia Fei's summons made him very excited, and he soon came to Xia Fei's headquarters office. When Xia Fei expressed doubts about the situation, he said without hesitation: "This is completely a conspiracy of the Chinese, because this is not at all like the style of the squadron I have seen." ”

Xia Fei was actually very skeptical and uneasy in his heart, otherwise he would not have asked Lake, and said at the moment: "But Lake, you tell me, what is the purpose of the Chinese doing this?" I can't think of any meaning? ”

Xia Fei is definitely an offensive general, thinking that in the First World War, Germany had the Schlieffen plan, and he also planned the ** Berlin plan. Of course, his plan failed, and it can only be said that he did not expect that Germany would attack around Luxembourg, and the attack was so fierce that Paris was mortally threatened. He's aggressive, passionate, tough and bold in his military style, but don't think he's stupid.

The behavior of the squadron is so strange that it is completely out of the scope of Western military understanding, and it is strange that he can not doubt this situation.

Lake asked someone to take the map, pointed to the map and said seriously: "Look, general, I know your strategic intention, which is to capture the Mandalay area and then continue to capture Mi**, and cooperate with the troops of the Assam side to annihilate the main force of the Chinese South Asian Front in Assam." But don't you realize that this is very similar to the strategy of the original commander of the British-Burmese Army, Admiral Dannatt? Once I am trapped in the main force to the north, then our southern Burma will be empty, and hundreds of thousands of squadrons on the opposite side of the Salween River will attack at all costs, and the Salween River will be strengthened again, and then our army will be encircled again, and we will be the second Anglo-Burmese army. ”

Xia Fei frowned and said, "You mean the Chinese will do this again?" ”

Lake shook his head and said, "No, I don't know if the Chinese have this idea, but there is no doubt that our current situation is not safe." If the Chinese launch **, their attack will be unprecedentedly fierce, just as we and Britain and the United States were defeated in Southeast Asia. ”

Xia Fei frowned and said, "Lake, do you think the Chinese still have the strength to attack?" When they were engaged in the Indian Ocean naval battle, the bombers dropped almost all the bombs and stones made of wood, so we estimate that their strategic material losses were extremely serious, and they were no longer capable of launching a large-scale attack. ”

Lake shook his head and said, "General, this is absolutely ridiculous, these people are too small for the industrial capacity of ** people." You see, after the Chinese defeated Yuben, how much time was it before launching the war in Southeast Asia? Less than a year. But how much time are we left to fight the Indian Ocean naval battle? It's been almost half a year. General, do you understand what I mean? ”

Xia Fei was taken aback, instantly realized the seriousness of the problem, and slapped **: "Damn, the Chinese have been dragging their feet for time before, and they need time to prepare strategic materials." Saying that, he looked at the map carefully and said in a deep voice, "Lake, I suspect that the Chinese are retreating, and that is to choose the place where they can best play their advantages and at the same time weaken the advantages of our army for a decisive battle. Although there are more suitable locations for decisive battles in India or elsewhere, to the Chinese they are not familiar with those places. The closer they are to China, the more familiar they are, and it must be so. ”

Lake thought about it according to the idea of looking for Xia Fei, and suddenly became enlightened: "General, you are too right. The closer we are to China, the more convenient it is for the Chinese to resupply, while our sea is threatened, road traffic is sabotaged by Indian anti-colonial forces, and logistical supply lines are long and dangerous. If our strategic reserve is attacked at this time, our front line will not be able to withstand the full onslaught of the Chinese, and no matter how much our artillery will become scrap metal, will the infantry carry rifles against the Chinese's tanks that can withstand the attack of war defense artillery? ”

Xia Feiden became nervous and shouted on the spot: "You have analyzed it too correctly, arrange it immediately, disperse the reserve materials, and reduce the risk." Well, and immediately notify the commander-in-chief of the front army, General Hagrid" At the mention of the main force of the front led by Hagrid, he was taken aback, stared at the map carefully, and his voice instantly trembled, "Not good, Assam is the main direction of attack of the Chinese, damn it, General Hagrid must be notified immediately." ”

Lake said in surprise: "General? Why do you think so? We are the troops that go deep into enemy territory. ”

Xia Fei's face was very ugly, and he pointed to the map and said, "Lake, look." If our army on the Assamese side is defeated, the Chinese can go down the Brahmaputra River, they have plundered all the ships from India, and they can quickly attack and intersperse by boat, then our army will be equal to falling into a huge encirclement of the Chinese, and nearly three million troops of our entire Indian Front will be annihilated by the Chinese in one fell swoop. ”

Lake looked at the map and looked at it according to Xia Fei's explanation, and his face changed dramatically in an instant.

On the Assam side, both Hagrid and Michelle were unusually anxious, and the climate of the place made them extremely angry.

The Assam region is a very low-altitude plain area, and the north is the world's highest mountain range Himalayas, once the warm air goes north, it will be blocked by the mountains and rush upward, the cold air of the plateau forms a hedge, and the impact of air pressure can form rain clouds at any time, and it may rain or even hail at any time.

Although there was no hail at present, it was raining continuously, and with very few ships, it was difficult for them to transport their heavy weapons to the front line for a while, and the forward troops could only stare at the Chinese positions dryly, and had to face the unhurried shelling of the Chinese.

Originally, they were bombarded to dig trenches and even prevent artillery holes, but in Assam, a hellish place, these means could not be used. Trench? The next rain becomes a ditch. Anti-artillery holes? Are you kidding? How abundant is the groundwater here during the season? After digging a few meters, the groundwater rushed up. If the anti-artillery hole is dug a little shallower, it will not be able to withstand the shelling, and what is even worse is that in this continuous rainy season, the ground is soft, and who dares to hide in this kind of anti-artillery hole, and it is not sure when the landslide will be buried alive.

Hagrid and Michelle were helpless in the face of this situation for a while, and they were about to be destroyed.

It was at this time that Xia Fei's telegram arrived, making Hagrid and Michelle's faces even more ugly. Xia Fei is a Taishan Beidou figure in the entire Western military community, and the points he put forward are naturally impossible for anyone to ignore, especially Hagrid and Michel think that what Xia Fei said is indeed reasonable.

So, Hagrid and Michelle called Seishiro Itagaki again and explained the incident.

Seishiro Itagaki thought for a moment and said, "Commander, there is an old Chinese saying that makes a lot of sense - a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. The meaning of this statement is that we know that there is no need to put ourselves in danger. I mean, the best thing to do, that's to withdraw. ”

Hagrid said with a gloomy face: "At present, this situation is no longer something that can be withdrawn if you want to, as soon as we retreat, what will General Xia Fei's nearly one million troops in Burma do?" They will be surrounded, gradually annihilated, and all of us will not be able to afford such losses. ”

Itagaki Seishiro sighed and said: "Since we can't withdraw, then we can only take every step of the way, strictly guard against all possible crises, and build multiple lines of defense at the same time, just in case." If the main direction of the Chinese attack is us, as long as we can be undefeated under the onslaught of the Chinese, then we are victorious. Then he said proudly, "China's industrial capacity is limited after all, and this is their weakness." And when they run out of supplies, if General Xia Fei attacks Mi** from Mandalay at this time, maybe it will be difficult for the Chinese to stop. Even if General Xia Fei doesn't succeed, it doesn't matter, in the face of the Chinese National Defense Force, which has serious material losses, we have abundant supplies, and we can completely rely on superior firepower to crush them and defeat them. ”

Michelle immediately nodded: "I think this suggestion is very good. ”

For General Michel of the United States, it is an advantage of the United States that the industry is strong, they have materials, and they can win orders for the arms consortium, he is definitely beneficial.

Admiral Hagrid's face was extremely ugly, and he was embarrassed to let such a tough soldier be on the defensive, and he was also in a comprehensive position in terms of troops and materials? (To be continued.) )