When Wang Xiaoshan's special forces were operating, Huang Bai was not idle. For the sake of this war, there are no restrictions in the logistics department, and the trucks that transport shells do not have a day off. Chen Shao had spoken before, and the ammunition was supplied in unlimited quantities. As long as you can reduce casualties, you can run out of shells in stock.

What are the artillerymen most afraid of? It's not that I'm afraid of the hard work of training, nor the hard work of carrying ammunition. The most feared thing is to be an artilleryman, and there are no shells to hit. The Chinese artillery was only afraid that the logistics would not be able to keep up, and the source of shells would be cut off. The heavy artillery division of the Praetorian Guard had no scruples this time, and the mountain-like artillery pile behind them, if the factor of whether the barrels could withstand it was put aside was not enough, they would not be able to finish fighting for three days in a row.

After Wang Xiaoshan sent a signal to prepare for an attack, Fang Jiwei also issued an order to start shelling. This time, even the self-propelled guns of the armored division were added, and the shells of the same caliber were universal, and they fired the self-propelled guns directly to the heavy artillery divisions and shared the shells with them. It's just that in this shelling, the artillery of the two reserve units did not participate.

Although they were all heavy artillery, and there were three or four hundred guns, the British and French defensive camps were not small. And with the lessons of the first shelling, a lot of anti-artillery fortifications were dug, although there was no cement, but there was no shortage of wood here, and a few more layers were put on pillows, and the effect was also good. Therefore, although the intensity and density of this shelling have increased, the results are definitely not as good as the first one.

Some will say, why not retreat? This defensive camp has built a lot of trenches and bunkers and other defensive points, isn't it in vain to retreat? And if you retreat, won't the other party advance, the result is not the same. If you attack, you don't dare, and you can't be beaten passively.

Huang Bai didn't plan to start attacking now, and today's shelling was just to cover the movements of the special forces, so as not to let Haig and others know and send troops to make trouble.

It had not been half a day since Ganmalin arrived at the forward camp with two Indian divisions, and after a simple military meeting, artillery shells began to fall before Ganmalin could finish inspecting the defensive line. It was also his fate, a shell exploded not far from him, just scratching a little skin, and then he was escorted to the anti-artillery hole by the guards.

Others were not so lucky, and at the beginning of the shelling, there were quite a few dead and wounded. Especially the Vietnamese who were oppressed to deliver supplies, they didn't have the treatment of anti-artillery fortifications, and the shells wouldn't hit you just because you were a non-combatant. Whether they can survive or not can only depend on their own creation.

In the defensive camp, people suddenly turned on their backs, blood flowers bloomed mercilessly, stumps and severed arms danced together, and cannons and screams rang out in unison, and it was very lively for a while. It's just that this bustle is made up of blood and life.

August 30, 1928

At eight o'clock in the morning, Haig arrived at the forward defense camp early. It's not that Haig wants to come, but he has to come.

This morning, a small river next to the fortified camp flowed blood. Indian patrols also found a large pile of bodies in a col upstream, all of them of soldiers of the Gorkha Mountain Brigade. The river just passed through this col, and the blood of the fallen soldiers flowed into the creek, which had turned slightly red due to the large number of corpses.

When Haig found out, he immediately arrived. Accompanied by Gan Malin, the two walked together to the mountain pass. In tropical places, due to the attraction of blood, the whole mountain col is full of flies, which is very infiltrating.

Haig saw the scene in front of him and was silent for a long time. The whole person seems to be a few years older, which makes people feel a little decadent. The Gurkha Mountain Brigade was the trump card of the coalition and wanted to be able to play as well as it should. Who knows that everything has become a mirror.

"Your Excellency, it looks like our plan has completely failed. We also suffered heavy casualties in yesterday's shelling, which continued from the afternoon to the evening. Last night, the number of dead and wounded soldiers amounted to 5,000. More than 30,000 Vietnamese monkeys were killed and countless injured by the Vietnamese monkeys who delivered the supplies. "Gan Malin didn't rest much all night, and stayed in the anti-artillery fortifications all night, listening to the rumbling cannons, and his heart was a little pantothenic. France, known as the world's first army, was defeated by Germany in World War I, Germany itself was strong, and Gammel had nothing to say. But in the Far East, in the hands of China, which he had always looked down upon, he enjoyed something more tragic than World War I. The dignified French lieutenant general, hiding in the fortifications and listening to the enemy's artillery, how could he not be depressed. If this matter is said to go, it will make European countries laugh off their big teeth. Speaking of the mountain brigade, Gan Molin was also very helpless, the only chance to win had been lost, and he knew that the next battle would be very unfavorable to the British and French forces.

Feng Shui took turns, and the cannon was used to open the gate of China. Perhaps they would have imagined that one day, their children and grandchildren would also enjoy such treatment.

"Did you find any live mouths?" Haig now wanted to know what was going on, why all the five thousand men died overnight.

"Nope." Gan Molin shook his head and then said: "We have lost the air force, and now that we don't even have this strange army, we can only defend the battle in the future. ”

"Whether we can fight now or not depends on the domestic intentions, send a report to the country, and ask for support." Haig didn't want to use it, but he couldn't use it now.

Ganmalin was not surprised by Haig's decision, but he thought more: "It will take ten days for domestic reinforcements to reach Burma at the earliest, and the distance from Burma to here will definitely not be less than ten days." If you don't land from Burma, but then cross the Strait of Malacca and land from Vietnam, it will be faster. However, in doing so, we must send a more powerful navy to protect the troop carriers, and it will still be a much stronger navy than the original Eastern Fleet. But this is obviously possible, so even if there are reinforcements, we will have to hold on for twenty days, the question is can we hold on? ”

"I know what you're talking about, but it's the best way to do it. If you can keep it, you have to keep it, and if you can't keep it, you have to find a way to keep it. After deducting the number of people who died under the shells in the past two days, we still have about 130,000 soldiers now, and I do not believe that more than 100,000 people will not be able to hold out for 20 days when the other side is unable to dispatch tanks. Haig had no choice but to surrender now, "and as long as we hold on, once the reinforcements arrive, the battle will at least remain a draw, not too erosive." ”

"I'll send a report when I get back, I really hope those damn politicians can figure it out." Gan Molin shook his head and said.

Haig understood what Gan Molin meant, and although Haig did not really want to fight this war, he could not give up the problem of Hong Kong, like Churchill. So Haig has always wanted to bring the two sides to the negotiating table again, but there must be a British-led negotiation, or a negotiation on an equal footing.

The two then instructed the soldiers to dispose of the bodies and return to the camp ahead. The telegram was sent out quickly.

Baldwin had a hard time these two days, a fleet of the Navy was wiped out, thousands of people died, and he was about to become the prime minister. There have been protesters at 10 Downing Street for the past two days, and Baldwin's attempts to appease him have been to no avail. Britain has just been over the First World War for ten years, and many people are very disgusted with the war, and now there is such a defeat, so many people have died, and the demonstrators will certainly not be sent away by a few words. Naturally, there are two other parties in this group, which are adding fuel to the fire.

Now he has received a telegram asking for help from the British and French forces in Southeast Asia, and Baldwin keeps scolding his mother. The First Ministers of the Navy and Army were all called over to discuss how to send reinforcements over. The British navy could no longer come up with a fleet comparable to the strength of the Eastern Fleet, because there were huge colonial seas that needed to be guarded by fleets, and there must be fleets in Central Africa. There is simply no way to send a fleet to the Far East. Therefore, if the British wanted to send reinforcements, they had to land from Burma and then rush from Burma to Vietnam. This was also the result of the final discussion, but the route was discussed, but it was a question of where to send troops and how many people to send.

In the past two days, the international community has not been as calm as Britain is now.

When people focused on the war between China, Britain and France, they were also interested in one thing, that is, the Soviet Union and Japan.

The Japanese side did not have time to care about who China was fighting with, and the Soviet Union did not have time to care. At this time, the two countries were pinching each other, Japan was defeated, and the Soviet Union wanted to take back Sakhalin Island, but of course Japan did not agree. Sakhalin Island was snatched from Russia by Japan during the October Revolution in the Soviet Union, and originally, according to Japan's intentions, it was intended to be returned to the Soviet Union this year, but now that China has taken back a large amount of Japan's interests over the past several decades, Japan will not let go of such a territory as Sakhalin Island at this time.

At this time, the two countries were in tension, but they were both restrained, and there was no substantive conflict. Japan does not want to fight anymore and develops its economy well. The USSR also did not intend to fight with whom now, and the USSR also needed time to develop. So on the surface, the two countries are constantly arguing with each other, but neither will fire the first shot.

This incident has also become the spice of this Eurasian war.

When people discuss the war between China and Britain and France, they will bring Japan with them from time to time to see what the gap between Japan and Britain and France is. In the last comparison, many people believe that Japan was much luckier than Britain, at least Britain lost one of the Eastern Fleet, not to mention those cruisers and destroyers, even those two battleships, which were worth more than Japan's Third Fleet.

Moreover, today, the Chinese side also announced yesterday's news of the total annihilation of the British Gurkha Mountain Brigade and the British Air Force. This news and the previous comparison between Britain and Japan have made Britain, known as the world's number one power, lose face.

On the contrary, China's fame and status have skyrocketed, and it is no less than France.

But these have nothing to do with Huang Bai, early this morning, Wang Xiaoshan has already led his special forces to leave here, and the next battle will depend on the Praetorian Guards.

(To be continued)