Chapter 1183: There Is No Way to Escape

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"Attack! Rush into Djowai and kill all those Chinese! As long as we rush in, we win, and the Chinese artillery and planes are useless! Lieutenant General Christopher, commander of the 25th Anglo-Indian Army, yelled with a hideous face. At this moment, the Anglo-Indian army had lost a lot of troops outside Djowai, and the corpses were accumulated layer upon layer, and a thick layer was thrown on the ground.

From the 18th, the Anglo-Indian 25th Army and the 28th Army took turns to launch a fierce attack on Djowai. Lieutenant General Christopher assembled all the hundreds of howitzers of the two armies to provide artillery support for the British and Indian troops. It's just that these artillery pieces were destroyed by dozens of fighters of the Chinese Air Force as soon as they opened fire, which made the British and Indian troops have to brave the artillery fire of the squadron to launch a fierce attack in the next battle. In the face of the superior firepower of the squadron, although the attack of the British and Indian troops was fierce, it achieved nothing.

"Da Da Da!" On the defensive line of the squadron, light and heavy machine guns fired non-stop, and the dense fire defeated the attacking British and Indian soldiers. The bullets fired from a stiff light and heavy machine gun formed a dense network of fire, and once the Indian Asans broke into this net of fire, there was only a dead end. Although Djowai was only a small mountain town, the ten infantry divisions of the Chinese Army took turns to defend the defensive line outside the city, so that the British and Indian troops could not get closer to the small city, but instead left corpses behind.

When the battle reached this point, both the British and Indian troops and the squadron were already very tired. Although the squadron relied on strong firepower to kill and injure the British and Indian troops. But the monotonous task of pulling the trigger has been repeated. It's still going to get boring. In addition, weapons and equipment will also malfunction after a long period of use, which also puts great pressure on the Chinese army. If it weren't for the rotation of ten infantry divisions, perhaps the defensive line would have been broken through by the Anglo-Indian army. And those Korean mercenaries, their equipment is relatively poor, if they fight positional warfare, with their equipment, it is simply impossible to resist the attack of the British and Indian troops. But. These Korean mercenaries also played a great role in the defensive operations of Djowai, and from time to time they launched counterattacks against the British and Indian troops, and the Indian wolves broke and fled.

The Anglo-Indian army was also very tired, and their losses in this battle were too great. From the afternoon of the 17th, when they encountered the 211th Division of the Chinese Army, they paid a huge price in order to break through the defense line of the squadron. In order to be able to reach Djowai, the Anglo-Indian army had already lost the units of two armies, and the offensive against Djowai from the 18th had cost them even greater losses.

Every attack of the Anglo-Indian army. They all rushed to the position of the squadron like a tide. However, the position of the squadron is like a reef in the sea, at the beat of the waves. But each time, the waves were smashed and shattered, and the reef still stood there, standing still.

"General Christopher, you can't go on like this! The vitality of the Chinese is too strong, the frontal battlefield of Djowai is too narrow, and the Chinese can hold this line of defense with strong firepower. We don't have enough artillery to suppress them, and every attack of the soldiers has to risk the strong fire of the Chinese, so losses, even if there are more of our troops, it is not enough! Lieutenant General Philip, commander of the 28th Army, said worriedly. Up to now, two of his 28th armies have been disabled, and although the losses of the 25th Army are greater, it seems that Lieutenant General Christopher's previous plan does not seem to have the possibility of success!

"General Philip, although our losses are also large, the Chinese have also reached the end of the crossbow, as long as we increase our strength, we will be able to break through their defenses!" Lieutenant General Christopher insisted. He firmly believed that the more than one million British and Indian troops would have a great advantage in attacking the 200,000 squadrons, and it was entirely possible for them to win. As for the 200,000 North Korean mercenaries, he ignored them.

"General Christopher, if we can't attack Djowai today, maybe we'll have to figure out how to end it! The Chinese are not going to give them much time, they are now marching towards Shillong. If General David and General Renate can't resist those Chinese, then our back road is at risk of being cut off. Don't forget, we only have 100,000 remnants in Shillong, while the Chinese have at least 200,000 and 100,000 Korean mercenaries to help the war. When the time comes, we'll lose! Lieutenant General Philip reminded. He didn't have much hope for this battle. With the strength of the Chinese Army, they want to attack Djowai and destroy the squadron entrenched here, unless God appears. And this, is it possible?

"General Philip, believe me, we will succeed!" Lieutenant General Christopher insisted. Perhaps, he is unwilling to face failure! Although this battle was decided by the commander of the British and Indian forces, General Kitchener, he led the main force of the LinkedIn Indian Army from Shillong to take the initiative to attack the squadron, but this plan was proposed by him. If he fails, then his career will probably end here. Lieutenant General Christopher is only 48 years old this year, and he is in the prime of life, and he still has a lot of room to rise, and he doesn't want to end it like this.

After pacifying Lieutenant General Philip, Lieutenant General Christopher once again issued an order to the generals of the 25th Army and the 28th Army, asking them to intensify their attacks on Djowai, and to take Djowai before this evening, and to wipe out all the squadrons and Korean mercenaries guarding here, otherwise, they would lose this battle, and the consequences would not be something they could bear.

At the request of the British officers, countless Indian Ah San were driven to the battlefield like cattle, and then fell under the dense fire of the squadron. That's probably all there is to them. The officers of the British army did not regard these Indian asan as human beings at all, they were just cheap weapons, which were used to consume the ammunition of the squadron, and their corpses were used to pave a road to Djowai.

The battle continued into the evening, and the onslaught of the British and Indian forces was of no avail except to inflict heavy casualties on themselves. At the same time, because of the huge casualties, the morale of the troops was also very low, if it were not for the officers who organized a team of supervisors and set up heavy machine guns behind the charging Indian Ah San, those Indian Ah San mercenaries would have been routed long ago.

By 7 p.m., the sun had set, and the Anglo-Indian attack for the day would once again end in failure. At this time, a brigadier officer with a telegram rushed into the headquarters of Lieutenant General Christopher.

"Bastard, why didn't you knock on the door and break in? Is this what a gentleman of the British Empire should do? Get the hell out of here! "Lieutenant General Christopher is holding back the fire in his belly because of the day's events, and there is no place to vent! The brigadier officer could be regarded as hitting the muzzle of his gun, and he scolded him for scolding his blood.

The brigadier officer was stunned for a moment, but then he honestly retreated, knocked on the door and walked in.

"Well, let's talk, what's the matter?" Lieutenant General Christopher asked with satisfaction.

"General, General David and General Renate of Shillong are calling! The squadron has captured Shillong, and the 26th Army and the 27th Army cannot stop the squadron and have now retreated in the direction of the Brahmaputra River! The brigadier officer spoke.

"What? Shillong captured? Damn, why didn't you report it sooner! Lieutenant General Christopher jumped up at once and shouted! He seemed to have forgotten that he had told the officer to knock on the door to get in.

"General, I'm ......" the brigadier officer tried to explain, but was rudely interrupted by Lieutenant General Christopher.

"Don't talk about these useless things, go get General Philip right away! Fast! Lieutenant General Christopher yelled angrily.

"Yes, General!" The brigadier officer hurriedly left, not daring to stay any longer.

Soon, Lieutenant General Philip arrived, and on the way he had already been informed of what had happened in Shillong.

"General Christopher, we must retreat immediately, the Chinese have already captured Shillong, if they want, maybe in two or three hours they will attack us!" We have to get out of here! Otherwise, the Chinese will attack us on both sides, and we will die! Lieutenant General Philip said loudly.

"General Philip, it's going to get dark now, and even if the Chinese want to attack us, at least they have to wait until tomorrow!" Besides, if we send two or three corps to intercept the Chinese, we may be able to intercept them, and we still have time to continue the attack on Djowai! "Lieutenant General Christopher has not given up until now.

“no! General Christopher, we have lost, and we have no chance of winning this battle! In these three days of fighting, we have already paid more than 200,000 losses! And the losses we inflicted on the Chinese are minimal, and if we continue to fight, we will have only a dead end! Whether you want to continue to fight or not, but the 28th Army will not continue! We're about to retreat! Lieutenant General Philip yelled angrily, and without giving Lieutenant General Christopher any explanation, he turned and left.

Subsequently, the 28th Army retreated, and Lieutenant General Christopher had no choice but to order the 25th Army to retreat. It's just that they don't know that the warships of the Chinese Navy have sailed into the Brahmaputra River and have cut off their back route! (To be continued......)