Boli and Shayewa became the venting places of the bomber units of the Chinese Air Force, in just one day. Two thousand sorties of bombers were dispatched to carpet bomb the two cities.

Most of them were heavy bombs of 500 kilograms or more, devastating the two permanently fortified cities. The houses, which had suffered heavy losses under the rocket artillery swarm, basically collapsed completely this time.

Both cities were razed to the ground, and there was no way to start a street battle with China, so it could only be said to be a ruined battlefield.

This is mainly due to the fact that these two cities are so small that they cannot be compared to those cities such as Komsomolsk, which can barely be called towns. This is characteristic of Southeast Asia, where cities are generally small, let alone walled. Not much bigger than the average township.

In such a small place, China dumped 20,000 tons of aerial bombs in one day, and it is no wonder that they are not destroyed.

In the underground bunker in Poly City, Mountbatten looked at the crack on the bunker, and a lot of helplessness flashed in his heart. A day of bombing, cracks appeared in the otherwise sturdy bunkers. There was no need for subordinates to report, and the intensity of the bombing could be clearly felt.

It was not that Boli did not have anti-aircraft fire to stop the Chinese bombers, but that those anti-aircraft firepower suffered great losses directly in the first round of bombardment, and then they could not exert their effects and were quickly drowned in the explosion.

H-3 Djinn God bomber, this bomber is sacrificing a certain amount of bomb load, and can directly drop bombs at an altitude of 13,000 meters, and it is necessary to drop bombs intensively. It's enough to remove all these points of fire. And such heights. Mountbatten's anti-aircraft guns have been turned into ornaments.

The electric lights in the bunker were already tilted in the explosion, and they looked a little shaky, but no one cared about them at this time. As long as the lights are on, no one cares about it.

"Commander, the front troops are calling, the Chinese army has attacked less than fifty kilometers away from Boli." Zimla took a telegram to Mountbatten, and the Allied deputy commander, despite his efforts to put his fears away, was not in a good position.

"I see." Mountbatten waved his hand and looked at the battlefield map on the wall by the light. There was some sadness in his heart, he felt sad for the soldiers under his command.

The Anglo-French forces failed once in Southeast Asia that year. But which time can last for more than half a month. Unexpectedly, the defense line that he had carefully constructed could only hold out for two days. The Allied soldiers are also stronger now than they were then, but they can face China. But it's even more unbearable.

At that time, he was a British admiral. But his defeat to Haig. I still look down on it. In his opinion, Haig was most responsible for the initial failure. If it weren't for the fact that he had died of illness in China. I am afraid that I will also be tried by a military court when I return to England.

Now Mountbatten has some understanding of Haig's situation at the beginning, and China's attack is too sharp. At that time, Haig was able to hold out for ten days and half a month, and he now admires this army veteran a little.

Mountbatten had this thought in his heart: If you haven't fought with China, you can't understand it. It is no wonder that Japan becomes very cautious when confronted with problems related to China. Because they had already seen the power of China, even when China tried a large number of Japanese expatriates and prisoners, Japan did not even dare to say a word.

If in Mountbatten's view, the German blitzkrieg was the sharpest, now he would change his opinion. The jungle is not a place on the continent where there is an abundant network of land and water communications, if German soldiers are brought here. Then he was confident that he would be able to hold the Germans back to the death, and he was very confident in that.

Now he has some insights that he can push the offensive speed so fast on such a complex battlefield, or when he is fully prepared. Germany is far inferior to China, and if the Chinese army is placed in the plains, then China's blitzkrieg will be even more terrible than that of the Germans.

This morning, the two sides declared war on each other. The Chinese offensive did not stop, using the cover of river gunboats and air force to build bridges across the Irrawaddy River.

The original bridge had been blown up by Mountbatten's orders, and he had placed a number of defensive troops on the riverbank. They want to take advantage of Burma's second largest river to block the Chinese attack.

But his defense troops knelt directly under the powerful firepower of China.

Not to mention the air force, which Mountbatten hated, the Chinese river gunboats alone were enough for his defense troops to drink. With a displacement of 100 tons, a twin 105 mm caliber main gun, it is equipped with a large number of twin 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and two 60-barrel rocket launchers.

Together with the man-portable rocket launchers and those vehicle-mounted rocket launchers across the riverbank, it was a hard blow to the Allied defenses.

Originally, the Allies also had an artillery regiment here, but before it could exert its power, it was wiped out by the air force and rocket artillery units. It's as if a drop of water falls into the sea, and not even a splash can emerge.

And the ability of the Chinese boat bridge regiment to quickly build bridges made them even more dumbfounded, and all the mechanized bridge building tools opened the eyes of those Allied prisoners. A sturdy pontoon bridge was built in just an hour. Still on the wide surface of the Irrawaddy River, if you encounter a narrower river, the speed will be faster.

As soon as the bridge is built, things are much simpler. The troops in the rear began to cross the river and again launched an attack on the heights defended by the Allies, advancing in two directions towards Boli and Shayeva.

This happened when the bombers bombed Boli and Shayawa, and when the Chinese bombers stopped visiting the two ruined cities. The army had already attacked fifty kilometers from the two cities. This is also the case reported by Zimla and Mountbatten.

Just as Mountbatten was looking at the map, a staff officer came over, holding a form in his hand, and reported to Mountbatten with a lonely expression: "Report to the commander, the casualties have been preliminarily counted." ”

Somewhat distracted, Mountbatten didn't turn around, still facing the map, but his attention was no longer on the map.

"Read it!"

"Yes!" The staff officer looked at the form and read: "Today, the Chinese bombers launched a continuous bombing of Boli, and at present, there is no complete building in the entire Boli City, except for the surrounding city walls.

Through the losses of the personnel of each company and platoon, it is concluded that during the daytime today, Boli has a total of 6,000 killed and the number of wounded has reached 20,000, of which a quarter are seriously wounded, and there is little hope for treatment.

The number of Shayawa killed was also huge, with 7,000 killed and nearly 20,000 wounded, of whom less than 12,000 may have survived. Even if they are saved, nearly half of them will stay in a wheelchair or lie in bed for the rest of their lives.

Combined with the number of casualties under last night's rocket artillery, nearly 70,000 dead and wounded have been caused so far. ”

"You go down first!" After the staff officer finished reading the data, Mountbatten said lightly. The calm that was forcibly pretended, at this moment his heart was completely opposite to the surface, and his thoughts fluctuated like a tsunami.

Zimla glanced around, walked to Mountbatten's side, and muttered in his ear: "Commander, we don't have much medicine, why don't we ignore those Indians and try to treat ...... for them?"

Mountbatten's heart was shocked, he turned around, his eyes bloodshot, and said in a hateful voice, "Do you want to make this city a ghost city?" You know what these Indian soldiers will think if they do. If there is a mutiny, will you decide it alone? ”

"But we really don't have a lot of medicines, they will be gone in a few days, and the next batch of medicines from India will be a week away. If there is not enough medicine, our soldiers will die because of it. Zimla was startled by Mountbatten's eyes, but he didn't shut up, trying to keep himself calm.

"There is no need to say anything about this matter, now we can't do without these Indian soldiers, no matter how bad their combat effectiveness is, we can't do it." Perhaps sensing the meaning of Zimla's words to try his best to keep the British and French soldiers, Mountbatten's expression recovered a lot, and explained:

"Now the British and French soldiers, the Canadian soldiers, and the Australian soldiers are all mixed with the Indian soldiers. If you do this, it will chill the soldiers. And if we cause a mutiny, we will not have to fight China at that time, and we will be finished ourselves. I could have killed a few more British and French soldiers, and I would never let that happen. ”

Zimla didn't say anything more, and Mountbatten spoke carefully enough. Before, he was also worried about the wounded British and French soldiers, and since this was the case, he no longer insisted on anything. Now that I think about it, I really didn't think about it before.

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In the Forbidden City of Hanjing, in the imperial study, Xia Mengyu came here alone, and Chen Shao was already waiting for him inside.

"How well is the Supreme Spy hidden in the Allied forces in Southeast Asia ready to be activated?" On the same day, Chen Shao summoned Xia Mengyu for the second time, and still asked about this matter.

"It started after receiving His Majesty's order, and now that the activation work has been completed, this spy can be activated at any time." Xia Mengyu replied.

"Okay, I'll authorize you to activate this spy now." Chen Shao picked up a plan from the table, handed it to Xia Mengyu and said, "This is the task of activating this spy this time. Tell him that while the task is completed quickly, the data must be accurate. ”

"Yes!" Xia Mengyu didn't go to see it right away, but assured.

"Has the matter of the military factory been done?" Chen Shao nodded and asked.

"Someone has been ordered to deal with it, and it will be done before the German mission arrives." Xia Mengyu said.

"Very well, let's go down!"

After Xia Mengyu walked out of the imperial study, Chen Shao fell into deep thought.

This is an experiment, and it is also a very important attempt. I've never used anything like that before, and I don't know what the effect will be. (To be continued.) )