In the end, the outstanding officers or commanders of the battle formation often have an incomparably magical keen sense of war, and sometimes they seem to be nerves in the eyes of normal people, but in fact they are extremely accurate, and they can often turn the tide of the tide.

The reason why Li Bufan was able to sweep the Central Plains in a short period of time is actually because he had a lot to do with studying in Germany and joining the German army to participate in World War I. Just like when he fought in the west and Beiyang, but the rear of the old nest in the east China provinces rioted, both the enemy and the enemy and the high-level judged that he would definitely return to the division, but he planned to fight back and defeat the main force of Beiyang Huguang, thus laying the foundation for the unification of the south of the Yellow River.

Admiral Dannatt of the British Army is also a famous British general who has experienced the baptism of world war, and is good at learning, familiar with the Chinese art of war, and knows himself and his opponent. In the face of a military wizard like Li Bufan, he almost exploded with the potential of his whole body. Although he didn't notice anything wrong, the smell of war still made him feel threatened and uneasy, and he quickly made arrangements.

On the southwestern border, the officers and men of the 47th Chinese Army marched rapidly on the long road, and the food and drink along the way were replenished by cars, and countless officers and men were sweating. The connotation of raising soldiers for a thousand years and using them for a while is vividly and vividly embodied.

In the jungle from Mandalay to Myitkyina, countless British and Burmese officers and soldiers marched frantically, even eating dry food while walking. There were constantly officers and soldiers who were left behind, but they were waiting for the whips of British officers......

The normal speed of marching cannot be used as a criterion in war, and a normal march of 50 kilometers a day by a large army is already quite a remarkable achievement, but in the moment of racing against time in war, it is not uncommon to march 200 kilometers at a time (in fact, the Red Army has done it many times in history).

Myitkyina received a telegram from the Ministry of Defense personally, as if facing a great enemy. The 2nd Regiment of the Kunming Garrison Division had already set up all its weapons, and the machine guns at all firing points were loaded.

Dozens of small detachments on the periphery patrolled continuously, and open and secret sentries were arranged 10 kilometers away.

At noon, the troops were eating at a high level, when suddenly a gunshot rang out in the distance, and a terrible war alarm sounded throughout Myitkyina. All the officers and men immediately grabbed a handful of food and rushed to the position to wait for the battle.

Sure enough, gunfire continued to be heard in the distance, and the patrol detachments on the periphery quickly withdrew to their positions gradually.

"Damn it!" At the Anglo-Burmese Temporary Command, Admiral Dannatt roared angrily, and his military cap was smashed into the air.

Chief of Staff Olife said bitterly: "Commander, it seems that the Chinese are indeed on guard, and they actually arranged the sentry post ten kilometers away, which is beyond everyone's imagination." But now that the troops have been discovered, it is a fact that they will not immediately attack. ”

"No!" Admiral Dannatt said in a deep voice: "Since the Chinese have long been prepared, hasty attack is not good for our army, our army has experienced long-distance high-intensity rapid marches, and the physical consumption of the officers and men of the troops is extremely huge, so let the troops rest for an hour first, and at the same time can gather more troops." ”

Olife frowned, "But since the Chinese are prepared, they must also be mobilizing reinforcements to Myitkyina." ”

Admiral Dannat said in a deep voice: "There is no doubt about it. However, since it cannot achieve the effect of surprise soldiers, forcing the attack will not be effective. In any case, in such a heavy place as Myitkyina, the troops left behind by the Chinese side will have at least one regiment, plus they are assisted by fortifications, and we must quickly defeat them, at least one division, or even more. ”

Olife said anxiously: "But if the Chinese reinforcements arrive, it will be very unfavorable to us." ”

Dannat said calmly: "That's only gambling." Besides, the Chinese hastily transferred troops, how many troops can they mobilize? As I said, it can be seen from the encirclement in Mandalay that the war broke out suddenly, and the deployment of Chinese troops was not in place, otherwise we would not have been able to break through successfully. ”

Olivee still said: "Commander, in any case, the movement of Chinese troops is far more convenient than ours, in case"

Admiral Dannat said seriously: "There is no case. Even if reinforcements from the Chinese arrive, so what? As long as the whole of Myitkyina is beaten into a pot of porridge, it is impossible for the Chinese to send supplies to their First Route Army in Assam, and our strategic purpose is achieved. Even if our troops have suffered heavy casualties since some of the battles, the entire Anglo-Burmese army still has more than 300,000 troops, and there is no army in this world that can wipe out more than 300,000 troops in this kind of terrain in a short time. ”

Olife was taken aback and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Admiral Dannat took a deep look at Olive, and then said in a deep voice: "Our existence, that is victory." The telegram told the Assam group that our army would launch an all-out attack on Myitkyina, the supply stronghold of the Chinese [***] team, in an hour's time, cut through the supply lines of the Chinese First Route Army, and asked them to wait for an opportunity to act. ”

"Yes!" ――

"Crackling" gunfire rang out on the outskirts of Myitkyina.

The advance of the Anglo-Burmese army was not a dense formation charge as many times at the beginning, but a creeping advance. Myitkyina's periphery was dotted with small hills, which gave the Anglo-Burmese army convenient cover. Under such cover, within ten minutes, the British and Burmese troops also set up a large number of machine-gun fire points on the periphery of Myitkyina.

The Anglo-Burmese troops marched at high speed and could not carry any heavy weapons, and machine guns were the most powerful weapons.

The Anglo-Burmese army's machine-gun fire was constructed, the attack suddenly became fierce, the dense machine-gun fire frantically strafed and suppressed the firepower of the Chinese garrison in Myitkyina, the dense Anglo-Burmese army advanced under the cover of machine gun fire, although people were constantly knocked down, but soon approached the 100 meters of the Chinese periphery, and sent some capable soldiers to crawl forward to dozens of meters, constantly throwing out grenades, and in the smoke screen with the violent explosion of the grenades, the British and Burmese troops sounded the horn of the charge.

The previous step is to underbeat, and then enter the ** instantly.

At all costs, the charge did not stop, and constantly braved the mortar fire of the Chinese garrison to attack. Even though countless Anglo-Burmese troops were blown up by Chinese mortars, they still did not stop their charge.

The garrison division is the garrison division, although the training of the troops is no different from that of the regular troops, but the training is mostly new soldiers, there are almost no veterans who have been baptized by the war, and the equipment is relatively backward, and it did not take long for the outer defense line of Myitkyina to be broken through by the Anglo-Burmese army in many places, regardless of casualties

"Damn it!" Li Bufan couldn't help but curse fiercely.

Because of the importance of the matter, the Myitkyina garrison could send a telegram directly to the Ministry of Defense, which naturally knew the news as soon as possible. It's not just Li Bufan, but Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng's faces are very ugly, in a day and a half, the British and Burmese troops actually flew 300 kilometers, which is simply unimaginable.

Li Huashan said in a deep voice: "The British army of Assam also launched a counteroffensive against the position of our First Route Army, apparently to accompany the British and Burmese troops in Myitkyina. ”

Li Bufan snorted coldly and said, "It's not about who cooperates with whom, it can be regarded as cooperating with each other." After a pause, he said, "Where is Liu Cunhou's 1st Division of the 47th Army?" ”

Li Huashan said: "It is about ten kilometers east of Myitkyina. ”

"Rice bucket!" Duan Qirui said angrily, "Liu Cunhou is a waste, the British's 300-kilometer mountain road will arrive in less than a day and a half, and he hasn't reached it after taking 230 kilometers by road." Isn't he a eater, a-eater? ”

Li Bufan shook his head and said: "You can't say that, no one thought that the 47th Army would be used so quickly, just after getting off the train in Baoshan, let them assist in unloading and loading materials, and they were busy until the middle of the night, and they were dispatched before they slept for two hours, which was not easy." However, the attack of the British and Burmese troops was obviously premeditated, and the forwards undoubtedly selected the best at marching and assaulting from their hundreds of thousands of troops, and they also absolutely did the best rest. ”

Li Huashan said: "Commander-in-chief, now we must let the troops reinforce Myitkyina as soon as possible. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "Telegraph to Liu Cunhou that within an hour, the troops must rush to Myitkyina to participate in the battle." At the same time, I telegraphed to Myitkyina that I had to keep it for an hour, no matter what method they used. ”

Myitkyina was shrouded in smoke.

A roar came from the smoke of gunpowder: "Brothers, reinforcements will arrive in an hour, defend the street battle house by house, and smash grenades at Lao Tzu when you see people!" ”

For a time, Myitkyina was defended in layers, and grenades flew around.

Myitkyina was a supply transit point for the First Route Army and the First Route Army of China's Southern Expedition, with an arsenal of ammunition and countless grenades. At this time, the garrison had no other care, opened the arsenal, and threw grenades indiscriminately.

The mortars placed in the rear fired non-stop and fired deep into the rear of the British and Burmese troops.

The grenade flames that exploded all over the sky, and the frenzied grenade attacks like this, made it difficult for the British and Burmese troops to make progress for a while, and the attacking troops also suffered heavy casualties.

The 47 officers and men who had been ordered to rush to reinforcements in the distance also stepped up their march when they saw the skyrocketing explosions and gunpowder smoke in the direction of Myitkyina.

"Brothers, the remnants of the foreign devils will attack Myitkyina, and the time has come for our 47th Army to make meritorious contributions. Fast! ”

The military situation is like fire, and the sound of gunfire is an order. The so-called 10 kilometers per hour, stimulated by the sound of gunfire during the war, was already killed by the troops in just over half an hour.

The precarious Myitkyina was met with reinforcements, and the defenders were in high spirits, while the Anglo-Burmese army itself was exhausted, and their morale was suddenly demoralized and they were beaten back.

Myitkyina fell into a short period of calm, in fact, during the battle, both sides puffed up their breath to fight, but as soon as the battle stage ended, the officers and soldiers of both China and Britain were instantly exhausted and collapsed, and a large number of them fell horizontally on their respective positions (to be continued). )