After the Burma Campaign was first launched in Chin State, a frontal battlefield between Myanmar and India, Zhang Shusheng saw the strong combat power of the jungle field division of the former Burmese People's Army.

"A group of sheep, if a lion leads the team, then, even if they encounter a pack of wolves, they can burst out like a mountain of power."

This is Zhang Shusheng's assessment of the initial battle that took place in Chin State in Burma.

The Myanmar People's Army (Myanmar) is a modern army with advanced military equipment trained by outstanding military instructors of the National Defense Force, based on the entire training system of the National Defense Force.

For example, the former Mandalay Military Academy is actually just a military academy preparatory base, where military cadets conduct further Chinese language learning and military studies, and then enter the Ruili branch of the Southwest Military Academy in Ruili to study modern military courses.

It can be said that even in the most difficult stage of the Burmese people's political axe led by Tuo Chung, Zhang Shusheng did not skimp on his investment in the construction of Myanmar's military strength, and began the construction of military modernization in Myanmar 20 years ahead of schedule under various banners, including support.

He is interested in training a loyal and reliable army in Southeast Asia with outstanding combat skills and strong combat targets through the actions of Tuozhong in Southeast Asia.

China has no more client states, several neighboring countries, only Southeast Asia can become China's second military territory, although the mainland has a large population, but it is also very much in need of some excellent servant army.

"Chairman, today, there are also allied forces in northern Burma on the border with India, but they are not as strong as the allied forces in the direction of Chin and Rakhine States. In addition, from the direction of Yangon, which the Allies had occupied at the beginning, there was a large-scale landing, where at least two divisions and more supplies were landed, and several Allied divisions there were already able to ensure that a diversion attack was launched from Rangoon, which was close to the sea in southern Burma, to the north.

There is a road leading to Mandalay in Chin State, and as with the defense of the Chin Man Road that we are scheduled to take, the initial goal of the Allied offensive should be to take this road and directly enter Mandalay. ”

Su Yuren picked up the cup and took a sip of water, pausing his explanation.

The pen in Zhang Shusheng's hand tapped the sand table in front of him simulating the terrain of Myanmar, and there were already many black arrows representing the allies in Chin State, and correspondingly, there were also a lot of red arrows representing the National Defense Forces, which was considered-for-tat.

"Well, Chin State will be the most important point of contention in the first phase of the Burma campaign, we have worked hard to build the road, and they are good, they want to rush all the way to Mandalay to subvert the political axe of our newly established Southeast Asian province, hmph, this is wishful thinking."

The painful memory of the British in Burma is very deep, they were driven by the Burmese People's Army all the way from the south to the south, and then they encountered Yu himself in the jungle. At that time, the two overlords of Britain and France in Southeast Asia, the supreme colonizer, now one has become a Nazi client state, and the other has to promise India's post-war reading ability in exchange for Indians to actively participate in the war.

High-quality strategic highways, naturally, were what the British, and even the Allies, needed the most.

In preparation for this, in addition to transferring Zhang Zhizhong's 9th Army to the Chin State-Rakhine State Theater, the National Defense Forces also transferred the newly formed 28th Group Army, which was composed of Burma's elite jungle field divisions, to participate in the battle, and then to the Mandalay area, as well as the 19th Army, an elite unit in mountain jungle warfare under the command of Lieutenant General Wang Jun, which was about to be assembled. The 19th Army, which is being continuously transferred from the mainland, will be used to deal with a possible attack by the Thai Army, and the troop deployment has not yet been fully put in place, and the Southeast Asian Provincial Front under the command of Koo Lo is responsible for the defense of the Thai direction, and the existing units of the 19th Army will exist as a reserve mobile force for the time being.

Su Yuren smiled and said, "Then let's see how much success this plan to lure wolves into the forest and attack them in groups can achieve." ”

The original Burmese 33rd Division 2nd Brigade is preparing to lure the enemy deeper, while seeking support, while preparing to find an opportunity to destroy the enemy's plan in the dense forest, has arrived at the base camp, for this plan, Zhang Shusheng is also very supportive, the British may be frightened, run away like sheep all over the mountains, but if it is fought, the first victory is just around the corner.

According to the reorganization plan, Burma's jungle field divisions will be uniformly prefixed with a letter D to symbolize Southeast Asian provinces, and to distinguish between elite and non-elite with AB, that is, the 33rd Division will become the DA33 Division. The ordinary troops of the Southeast Asian Provincial Front are DB divisions.

Zhang Shusheng is also looking forward to this battle, after all, it is not the Wehrmacht who will go into battle in person, but the DA Division, he is somewhat uneasy, so he will wait and see what happens. According to his orders, the 162nd Division of Major General Qi Xueqi of the 9th Group Army under the command of Zhang Zhizhong will participate in the siege of the dense forest.

…… More than 100 kilometers away from Wenduo, a large number of convoys are driving on the Chinman Highway, and the main force of the 162nd Division under the 9th Group Army of the National Defense Forces is rushing to the aid of Chinbang. It's actually not that far from Chin Bang, and at the average speed of the convoy, it can be reached in an hour or two, regardless of the baggage.

A jeep slowly pulled over and an IDF stepped out.

"Counselor Wang, how far is it from Weilang County?"

The task of the 162nd Division was to rush to garrison Weilang County, which was less than 30 kilometers away from Wenduo, that is to say, only 30 kilometers away from the DA33 Division.

In this plan to lure and annihilate the British Royal 17th Infantry Division, Wenduo was only the starting point for luring the enemy, and the real lure-annihilation battlefield was in Weilang County, 30 kilometers behind him. The territory of Weilang County is mountainous, and the troops generally march through mountains and rivers, and most importantly, it is also the starting point of the Chin Man Highway in Chin State.

A staff officer next to him made a slight calculation, confirmed the direction, and said, "Division commander, we have just arrived in Imabin, which is still 100 kilometers away from Wenduo and 70 kilometers away from Weilang County. ”

"Well, pass the order, speed up, and the baggage troops can catch up slowly. In addition, the battalion that had arrived in Bundo in advance was ordered to join the 33rd Brigade of the DA2nd Division to help them replenish their strength. ”

Qi Xueqi looked at the road map handed over by Staff Officer Wang, 70 kilometers of the heart road is just over an hour, this is still the Qinman highway is not easy to walk, if it is domestic, it may not be an hour to arrive.

As the first divisional unit to participate in the 9th Army, Qi Xueqi had considerable ambitions, and how to fight this first battle well and use the British to present a gift to the republic that had just added a new land area was the center of his thinking.

Meanwhile, in the jungle of Vendo.

In the dense forest, groups of soldiers in grass-green uniforms were rapidly retreating towards the rear under the opening of machetes.

Lu Zemin looked at the sky above the treetops, and then looked at his watch, it was now past one o'clock at noon, the sun was a little big, and the dense forest was very hot.

"Didi ......"

The radio of the individual soldiers rang, and the two signal soldiers quickly fiddled with the radio station, and after a loud sound, the signal soldiers put down their headphones and reported to Wei Zemin, "Brigade commander, division commander Liu's call." ”

In China, it is also the standard communication equipment of the National Defense Force, and it performs very well in short- and medium-distance communications, especially in the face of complex terrain such as Burma.

"Division Commander, I'm Xuan Zemin."

On the other end of the phone, a deep man's voice came from the commander of the DA33 Division, an officer in the former southwest period, and a willow man.

"Zemin, don't run too fast for your troops, just now the division has already packed up the other two small groups of Indian troops, and now the Allies are left with the British division on this road chasing you frantically, don't be caught up, don't lose them. If you lose it, I'll punish you. ”

The voice of the willow man was full of a kind of heartiness after the battle, just now, two small Indian troops that inexplicably ran to Wendo, one fell into the main defense line of the DA33 Division, and was easily cleaned up, according to the return of the scouts, only the 2nd Brigade butt was followed by a large number of British troops.

The defeat on the hilltop position, one division and one British regiment did not take the position, completely angered the Allies, according to the latest intelligence, the British Royal 17th Infantry Division, under the leadership of division commander Brown, frantically pounced on the 2nd Brigade.

It is said that General Clark was furious at the Allied Indo-Burma Battlefield Headquarters in Chittagong, and personally reprimanded the British Royal 17th Infantry Division by telephone, and ordered Brown to personally command the pursuit of this hateful squadron.

Although the other party is only the former Burmese army, since Myanmar claims to have voted to join the Chinese in the Great China political axe, he has also unified them as a Chinese [***] team.

When Lu Zemin heard this, he immediately packed the ticket and said, "Commander, you put ten thousand hearts, and I will drag them away like fishing here." They were running slowly, and I went back to bothering them. When it comes to jungle marches, where can they catch up with us? ”

"Well, don't be careless, don't let Qi Xueqi of the 162nd Division see the joke, this bastard, when he was in the Huaxia Military Academy, he always fought against Lao Tzu and refused to admit defeat, this time, we want them to take a good look at our fists." On the other end of the phone, there was a laugh from the willow tree, Qi Xueqi was his old classmate, but the two of them had a stubborn temper, and there were some small problems that could not be put on the table in the early years, and some were not easy to deal with.

"Don't worry, division commander, if you don't want to annihilate the British devils, I'm still opposed to letting the 162nd Division come up and share the credit, haha." Regarding the trivial history of Liu Shuren and Qi Xueqi, Lu Zemin is very clear, he is two terms later than the two and enrolled a year late. I heard that there was a mention of him as the commander of a certain division from above, and that the division commander was not good at fighting and was going to be transferred to the Southeast Asian Provincial Front, so he also breathed a sigh of relief, wanting to fight the opening battle, not only to serve the country, but also to give more help to his promotion to division commander.

Fighting a war is not about personal welfare, and personal gains and losses are also secondary, but it is not possible to command more troops if you are promoted to a higher level.

"Okay, then the people, you look at it, if you do it well, your boy's road will be smoother, don't slack the belt."

After the call, Lu Zemin was not worried about the battalion fishing behind, so he personally took the guards to the back to observe the situation. The 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment was firing at the British on a hill in a casual manner, and from time to time mines were exploding in the shallow woods, and the British stepped on welfare again.

"Brigade commander, you still run ahead, we have no problem here."

The commander of the 3rd battalion was Burmese, and gave himself a Chinese name, Ran Jianguo, during the promotion of Chinese surnames in the early years.

Ran Jianguo was holding a 35-year-old submachine gun, which was much lighter than the Chinese automatic rifle, and the color of firing pistol bullets was relatively fierce at close range, and it had a good performance in the jungle.

In order to attract the British troops, the 3rd Battalion concentrated a lot of semi-automatic weapons and automatic weapons, and many powerful soldiers even carried Ripper light machine guns.

This effect is still very good, even if you know that the road ahead is not safe, but you still rely on the crowd to chase after you violently. They are not afraid that the [***] team is a strategic retreat, and it is best to directly occupy the Qinman Highway in Weilang County.

While Lu Zemin and Ran Jianguo were talking, the British opened fire with mortars again, and after Ran Jianguo waved his hand and took the lead in sweeping a shuttle in the direction of the British, the entire battalion began to run away again.

As long as the British dare to chase, they will not get lost, and the jungle that a brigade has walked through, as long as they are not blind, can find their way to chase down. Lu Zemin glanced back, no need for binoculars, the nearest British army has even reached 300 meters away, and it is time to run away.

The [***] team here is running and fishing while fighting, but the British over there are chasing after each other.

"General Brown, we have just had another fierce battle with the squadron, killing and wounding more than a dozen enemy soldiers."

The British division, which was chasing after the butt of the 2nd Brigade, set up a posture and chased wildly, and Brown, the commander of the 17th Infantry Division of the British Royal Army, was wearing a gray-green field uniform and went into battle in person.

Brown raised his binoculars to check the situation ahead, of course he saw the firefight just now, but he had great doubts about the actual results, the reason was very simple, after fighting for a long time, he did not find a single corpse of the [***] team. He did not consider his troops to be completely unsuccessful, and was convinced that it was the squadron that took the bodies of the soldiers who had died in battle. Therefore, he acquiesced in the fact that his subordinates began to report the results of the battle indiscriminately.

"Keep pursuing."

General Brown is in his 50s, and his face has been cut with several bloody cuts from thorn vines, and he can't care about dealing with it. General Clark's stern admonition made him understand that if he took advantage of the situation to eliminate this Chinese brigade, or directly occupied Veran, he would get almost immediate promotion, but once he failed with a British royal infantry division, what awaited him was dismissal.

"Now is the best time to eliminate this Chinese brigade, the main forces of the Chinese are still in the rear, as long as this Chinese brigade can be eliminated, or directly occupy Weilang to seize the starting point of the road, it will have a huge impact on the entire campaign."

These words are the exact words of General Clark, and Brown agrees very well, that the fighter plane is fleeting and he must seize it.

Then, General Clark noticed that the resistance of the [***] team was getting stronger and stronger.

"Bang~"

A sudden gunshot, a major staff officer more than ten meters away from General Brown exploded his whole head, and the flying flesh and blood told the nearby British troops, especially the senior officers of the Royal 17th Infantry Division who stood close to Brown, that they might be targeted by snipers in the Chinese blocking force.

"Be careful!"

As soon as General Brown lowered his head, he was pressed to the ground by the soldiers behind him, and coincidentally, General Brown found that the dirt was wet and smelled with a strong scratching smell less than a foot from his nose.

“**！！”

General Brown understood something instantly, and wanted to struggle to move away, but was protected by the loyal soldier on his body, and that's not all, in order to make him safer, the soldier on his body also grabbed General Brown's shoulder and shifted his position fiercely.

“**！”

The self-proclaimed and dignified General Brown could no longer bear his anger, no matter how dangerous it was, he pushed away the soldiers behind him, hid behind a big tree next to him, and shouted loudly: "Speed up, pursue!!" ”

So, along the way, General Brown witnessed the increasingly shameless jungle counter-pursuit tactics of the [***] squadron.

The snipers are lurking everywhere, this Burmese squadron is very good at climbing trees and hiding, they wear branches to camouflage, or climb trees, or hide in the hair fern grass, and constantly fire cold shots at the British [***] team behind, and the British counterattack, most of them hit the woods indiscriminately.

Occasionally, there was a burst of machine guns and a dense burst of submachine gun, continuous fire, and mortars, and the British believed that the squadron had at least a regiment of 1,000 men. They had to cover the retreat of their brigade and delay the advance of the British [***] team to Veran. General Brown is a strong believer in this.

In Brown's eyes, the most hateful thing about this damn squadron is not the cold guns and cold guns, but the traps that are everywhere.

Trigger mines tied to tree branches, broadsword mines connected to vines, sub-mother mines, and all kinds of mines, most of which are broadsword mines. Although there were many trees in the jungle, one broadsword mine was enough to cause heavy losses for the nearby British troops.

There are many other traps, and some of the suggested tripping traps don't look great, but often when the British fall down, they will find themselves in the chest or even in the abdomen, pierced by a knife, dagger or even a bamboo nail, sharpened tree root. There are many other traps, and some of the traps left by hunters are also used by them and arranged into various practical traps.

There are also some traps, which are even more inexplicable. For example, an inconspicuous grass vine was actually put on a hornet's nest with a thin thread, and as soon as a person touched it, it was immediately a burst of chickens and dogs. It wasn't just a bee, it was a real venomous bee.

These little traps are very convenient to set up, but they often work very well.

After chasing all the way, in one morning, the British army lost more than 100 combat and non-combat losses, which made Brown angry and had nothing to do, so he had to order to speed up again. He believes that the more the [***] team blocks its pursuit, the more afraid it is of catching up.

He underestimated the capacity of the Chin Man Highway and the speed of the deployment of the [***] squadron, until he reached Wenduo and continued to pursue Wei Lang, General Brown also believed that the Chinese were disrupted by his strong attack, and he could catch this Chinese brigade as long as he quickly caught up, and if he took a step back, he could also occupy Wei Lang by taking advantage of the situation. In any case, as long as he chases down, he can make meritorious contributions.

"General, we seem to have caught up with the main force of the [***] team."

When he received the report, General Brown was overjoyed, and it seemed that the time had come for him to make meritorious contributions—

Fisherman: Recently, the writing has been very unsmooth, the state is not good, the plot is a bit stuck, of course, the subscription is also declining, losing a lot of VIP readers, Xiaoyu is very self-blaming and ashamed. And the subscription in turn acts on the mentality, and it has been a real pain in the face lately.

(To be continued)