At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the 162nd Division of the National Defense Army finally arrived in Weilang County, and the division commander Qi Xueqi personally commanded the troops to enter the dense forest to deploy as soon as he got out of the car.

"Where have the British arrived?"

Qi Xueqi inspected the terrain of the dense forest and the nearby mountains, and then handed over the ambush of the troops to the three subordinate regiment commanders. The four battalions were fanned out in the left and right pockets, with two battalions at the bottom of the pockets, and the remaining three regiments were used as general reserves in case of changes in the tide of battle.

Although Qi Xueqi's division cannot compete with the ace division of the 19th Group Army that is now assembling near Mandalay, it has also changed its outfit according to the surname, and in terms of combat effectiveness, Qi Xueqi has been in Burma for two years, and he thinks that he is stronger than the DA division sequence and the division of the 19th Army that has just entered Burma, and there are two divisions of the 10th Army under Xue Yue that can compete with Qi Xueqi's 162nd Division.

The communication officer had just set up the communication equipment, and soon contacted the division headquarters of the DA33 Division, and the signal soldier just asked a few words, so he got up and ran to Qi Xueqi's side, and said carefully, "Division commander, the division commander of the willow tree man said that he wanted you to talk." ”

"Hey, this willow scar."

There is a birthmark on the back of the willow man's head, Qi Xueqi called him a willow scar, of course, this is also because the willow man called him cross-eyed, both of them were born with small problems, but they were teased by each other, and they have been fighting for more than 20 years.

"Hey, I'm Qi Xueqi. I said, Willow Scar, are you ready over there? Our pockets are arranged, so don't end up with a leak in you, the sheep herder. I'll tell you, if you really mess up, I'll call the old headmaster to tell you in person. ”

Qi Xueqi laughed and laughed, seriously speaking, the two of them are the kind of friends who have been friends for many years, and they are almost excellent, and they are the most-for-all among the students of the same class, but no one knows that in fact, the two still have a fateful relationship, but that is all about the time of escaping, and it is said to be related to a piece of dry cake divided into two pieces.

"You put a hundred hearts, I'm afraid that you're cross-eyed, and let the British devil go, hahaha......" On the other side of the radio, the willow man couldn't help laughing, refusing to admit defeat at all.

The two didn't give in to each other, but they didn't say much, and after a few more words about the fishing situation of the 2nd Brigade of the DA33 Division, they hung up.

In terms of direction, after the 2nd Brigade of Lu Zemin hung the British Division into the ambush circle, the main force of the DA33 Division set fire to it from behind the buttocks, and finally drove the British army into the ambush circle, and together with the main force of the 162nd Division, gathered the strength of the two divisions to clean up the British division in this pre-ambush jungle.

Groups of soldiers, covered with all kinds of branches, camouflaged with guns, mortars, and infantry guns, are seizing the time to ambush.

The improvised infantry cannon didn't even need a position, it was pushed into the woods, some branches were inserted, and no anomalies could be detected without going within a few meters.

The engineering units were also not idle, with the help of soldiers of two companies, explosives packages were being laid. These explosive packets arranged in circles will be detonated one after another after the British army enters this large encirclement, just like driving sheep in a cannon battle.

This kind of jungle ambush training with brigades or divisions as a unit, the DA33 Division can be regarded as familiar with the way, especially since most of these original Burmese soldiers are mountain people, after modern military training, combined with the survival instinct of the early years, they are simply fierce in the jungle.

There is no shortage of training, command, equipment, will to fight, and fighters, just waiting for the British devils to catch up.

"Division commander, listen, the sound of the Huaxia gun."

Ten minutes later, a muffled burst of gunfire was heard in the dense forest two or three kilometers away, and it was clear that the 2nd Brigade was about to arrive.

"Hurry up and prepare for battle, you are not allowed to fire without my order, and those who violate military law will be dealt with."

The willow man nervously observed, except for a few teams that laid explosive packs, the other troops had already laid an ambush, looked up at the top of the dense forest, this forest is typical dense on both sides, sparse in the middle, is the kind of terrain sandwiched by two ridges, the grass and trees are mainly shrubs, but the dense forest on both sides is very high, you can see more than ten meters high trees when you look up, and the leaves are dense or even impermeable in some places.

He clenched his fists tightly, and secretly said that this kid was a great merit this time, and he really fished the British all the way to the ambush circle.

The dense forest is different from the flat land, the distance of two or three kilometers, maybe only the distance between two mountains, but if you really want to walk down, counting the time of the firefight, you can't walk in half an hour.

Grabbing the binoculars, the willow man followed the direction in which the birds were frightened and found the approximate location of the 2nd Brigade, which was indeed less than 3 kilometers away, and was on the opposite hill.

"Inform the commander of the 162nd Division, Qi Xueqi, that the 2nd Brigade is still 2 kilometers away from the pocket mouth, and the enemy is expected to arrive in 20 minutes. Also, contact the 2nd Brigade and tell him that we are ready. ”

The two well-trained mountain divisions quickly set up an ambush circle and opened their pockets to wait for the rabbit.

…… At the same time, the 2nd Brigade was running frantically in the dense forest, carrying wounded and bulleted comrades on its back, constantly looking for places to hide all the way, only to search and rescue after the encirclement was over, while the elite forces continued to attract the British in the back. There were still some casualties among the troops, after all, the British pursuers were outnumbered, and even stray bullets could occasionally hit, after all, the two sides were less than 400 meters in the nearest place.

"Report to the brigade commander, the division headquarters informed us that the encirclement has been ambushed, just waiting for us to rush in with the British."

The signal soldier was a small Burmese, according to his own words, before joining the army, he worked in a small jade stone quarry, learned some knowledge from the foreign engineers in the quarry, and after entering the army to receive a second education, he actually caught up with the signal corps. Technology is still secondary, the key is that this kid moves quickly, runs faster than anyone else with a radio on his back, and can always get a temporary communication position in the first place.

Lu Zemin couldn't help licking a wound on the side of his mouth, and it hurt a lot from being cut by the thorn vine.

"Order the troops to speed into the encirclement, sprinkle more Indian blood, rocket artillery, mortars and give me a few more shots."

Seeing that he was at the mouth of the cloth bag, he naturally didn't want to fall short.

Grabbing the bazooka on the shoulder of the soldier next to him, Lu Zemin aimed at the dense forest behind him, pulled the trigger without thinking about it, and a rocket flew into the depths of the dense forest with a long tail flame.

A dozen or so other bazookas also fired their final rockets.

This Type 40 Fire Dragon rocket launcher, which has a maximum range of 500 meters and an effective range of 350 meters, is much stronger than the American Bazooka and the German Iron Fist.

The rocket flew crookedly into the dense forest, without much success, but once again angered the already very tired British army.

Along with it came the mortars of the 2 Brigade, and after the last shells were also fired, the soldiers also raised their guns one after another, and fired a random volley.

"Throw away some guns and mortars, bazookas, and rush forward with all your might!!"

Lu Zemin yelled and gave the final order to sprint.

The British troops who followed closely behind them were already extremely tired, but after being stimulated by this dense burst of gunfire, at least Major General Brown jumped up excitedly.

"God, these Burmese monkeys just can't do it, it seems that they can't run anymore, order, charge with all your might."

General Brown's journey has been a mixed bag. Happily, I ran all the way down to Weilang, which is only one step away from the Qinman Highway.

The positions that the two divisions of the Indian garbage did not take, and one of their divisions not only won the middle [***] team all the way, but also took advantage of the situation to occupy Wendo, and seeing that Wei Lang was about to be occupied, this is a great achievement, once it succeeds, it will be able to make the supreme commander of the theater of operations, General Clark, personally report the commendation, and use the excuse to promote himself on the battlefield.

The worry is that after running down this way, the losses of his royal infantry division of more than 15,000 people were actually very large, with more than 400 combat losses and more than 1,000 non-combat losses. Of course, this non-combat loss should be more than 1,000 people left behind.

Running wildly, General Brown's 17th Infantry Division not only lost almost all of its heavy equipment, but even thousands of living people, and the dense forest was already easy to get lost, some British troops were lost, and some were left behind after stumbling.

General Brown's own military hat was lost, his bare white hair, his face was bloodied, he was grazed by bullets, and he was cut several times by thatch and thorn vines, and his whole face was gray, and he was covered with a spider web just now.

So, when the major general, who was born in a famous family and held the title of baron and nobleman, found that this stubborn squadron [***] constantly discarded guns and bazookas, and even mortars, and constantly found a large number of blood stains, he concluded that the squadron [***] team could not hold out for long, and they were chased by the brave British [***] team in a panic.

He believed that as long as he was a little quicker and held out for another hour, he would be able to occupy Veran and control the starting point of the Chimman Highway before the rest of the squadron [***] came to support.

And he, Major General Brown, may be Lieutenant General Brown soon after, a leading soldier who led the brave Royal Infantry Division to track down the squadron in the jungle for most of the day, and finally annihilated this shameless squadron, in stark contrast to the cannon fodder garbage Indian army.

"Damn the Burmese jungle, I swear I'll never come to Asia after the war, there are so many damn woods here."

As a result, one by one, the British [***] team, which was dirty and messy and even walked messily, had never carried out such a complicated and difficult pursuit battle in the jungle, aroused the last fighting spirit of the whole body and frantically chased after them.

"Damn, it's finally there!!"

More than 3,000 people of the 2nd Brigade led by Lu Zemin ran down in this jungle pursuit battle that led sheep into the hole, and also lost more than 200 people, some of them were injured and killed in battle, and some of them fell behind. After all, there is a difference between good and bad, and he can't ask every soldier to be like a heavenly soldier, and most people can complete the task is success.

"Quick, quick, brothers, hurry up, the British will arrive at once, and after the pass in front, we can sit on the top of the hill with tea and dry food and watch the play."

It is impossible for the British to turn around, and it is even more impossible to find traces of the ambush army in the dense forest, but the 3,000 people of the 2nd Brigade ran down for a while, and the traces are too obvious, as long as the British do not give up the pursuit, they will definitely be able to find the 2nd Brigade, not to mention that the two sides are really not far apart, and the 2nd Brigade has always deliberately let the British bite to the death, until the last moment to open up some distance.

In the next battle, the 2nd Brigade no longer had to participate, and after running dozens of kilometers of mountain and forest roads in a few hours, everyone was almost tired and lay down.

"Division commander, the 2nd Brigade of Lu Zemin successfully passed through Budaikou."

"Wave the flag and let them pass quickly. In addition, let the divisions be ready for battle, and when the British are in their pockets, we will tie them up and push them into my pockets with all my might. ”

The Willow Man waved his hand and ordered the final preparations to be made.

In the telescope, the nearest British soldier is already less than 500 meters. Through a bush of hairy ferns, he saw a British soldier in a grass-green military uniform, jumping on a rock to look, the marching bag he was carrying almost dragged him down, it seemed that the British soldier's physical exertion was very great.

Then came a series of British troops running from the dense forest into the interstitial corridor between the dense forests formed by the ridge.

Although tens of thousands of British troops worked hard, it still took about 20 minutes to completely enter the ambush circle.

The dense forest about a kilometer ahead will be their burial place.

"Division commander, the blocking position of the 162nd Division has been fired."

Without listening to the report, the Willow Man could hear the dense gunfire coming from ahead. The existence of the blocking position was actually to give the British troops a time to assemble and not let them spread too much.

Sure enough, until the last group of British troops rushed into the ambush circle, there were only scattered British troops behind them.

"General Brown, we have been blocked by the Chinese!! The enemy army had about a battalion. ”

General Brown personally led the team, and naturally it was the first to be blocked by the blocking fire.

"Shoot, shoot, they are the last struggle. The 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment attacked from the left flank, the 2nd Battalion attacked from the right flank, and the frontal fire was pinned, and we had to break through quickly!! ”

General Brown brandished his pistol and opened fire on the ridge, and under his command, the British army quickly organized a breakthrough attack.

Behind the main blocking positions on both sides, the encirclement on the left and right flanks had already been prepared, just waiting for Qi Xueqi's order.

"Division commander, the DA33 division has reported that it can be closed."

After receiving the report, Qi Xueqi looked at the posture of the British army, it was indeed the end of the crossbow, and the two elite divisions of himself and the Willow Tree People only needed to take out the momentum of the tiger going down the mountain, and it would not be difficult to destroy them.

"Signal, the general offensive begins!"

Qi Xueqi waved his hand and ordered, he knew very well that the British army at this time had a big problem even marching and walking, and the combat effectiveness was at its lowest.

'Poof~'

A three-color flare fluttered into the air and finally exploded.

"Blow the trumpet!"

"Tick Tick ......"

"Rush!!"

In the loud trumpet of the charge, the two brigades of the DA33 Division rushed into the pocket of the ambush circle like tigers in the mountains, and the nearby explosives were also detonated one after another, and the erected infantry guns and mortars also began to fire according to the previous calculations.

Rumble!! …… In the explosion, the British army was beaten inexplicably, and the guns in front of them rang out in unison, but there was an earth-shattering roar behind them. Although the British are not accustomed to this kind of earth-shattering combat method of the Chinese, they now have to be afraid that they are actually surrounded by the Chinese.

The sound of gunfire, the dense explosions all around, Major General Brown made a difficult decision.

"Charge, charge forward, occupy the high ground, and we'll pick up the [***] team behind. Their number must not be very large!! ”

At the same time, Qi Xueqi of the 162nd Division also ordered the trumpet to be sounded.

Suddenly, the entire one-kilometer-square-circle dense forest was full of shouting and shouting and killing sounds of the [***] team, and to the Chinese, the roar in the front direction should be more rounded, and the Chinese pronunciation of the DA33 division was slightly more jerky, although it was also hard.

But it didn't matter, the troops of the two divisions began to be responsible for clearing these sheep that had burrowed into the ambush circle.

The soldiers of the two divisions, like tigers descending from the mountains, rushed into the British troops, and the close exchange of fire was completely the world of submachine guns and pistols, the dense forest terrain was not open, and there were many trees, and in the shouting and shouting of killing, artillery shells and wire-controlled/remote-controlled bombs continued to explode, and the British troops suffered heavy losses before they could recover for a while.

Compared with automated weapons, although the 17th Division of the British Army is also considered the elite of the British Army, it is still not as much as the 162nd Division, and the level of automated weapons of the DA33 Division is about the same.

The close-range automatic weapons showed their might, and then they were rushed to the front by the [***] team, and the British army, who had not encountered a white-knuckle battle at all, where did they have the courage to fight bayonets, and most of them chose to surrender in the face of a large group of Chinese soldiers who rushed over with great momentum.

After all, in the Anglo-American military system, once surrounded, the combat mission cannot be completed, and surrender can be tacitly accomplished.

From beginning to end, with a telescope in one hand and dry food in the other, he raised a kettle from time to time to drink two sips of water, and sat on the top of the hill and watched the capture of the British army below.

"What kind of British Royal Infantry Division, a dry duck who has just been transferred from India, wants to rush to attack before he even understands what jungle warfare is, I really don't know how to write dead words."

Lu Zemin laughed, it seemed that he saw that the position of division commander was closer to him, and he had made another meritorious service, according to the national defense army's merit point system, the 2nd Brigade had to make meritorious service from top to bottom.

The battle was not completely over until late in the evening, and it was very difficult to clean up the battlefield, except for nearly 2,000 British soldiers who ran away in the chaos or did not have time to enter the ambush circle to escape, nearly 13,000 men of the entire British division were wiped out. From General Brown downwards, tens of thousands of British soldiers became prisoners, and nearly 2,000 others were killed and wounded. The other captured guns were innumerable, but the ammunition was very small, this battle, launched when the British army was exhausted, ended early, the DA33 Division and the 162nd Division organized the evacuation of prisoners of war on the one hand, and organized the defense in Weilang County on the other, this time it was no longer a jungle war, and the battle for the defense of Weilang would still happen after all.

(To be continued)