On April 0, 92, Wang Yuze arrived in Mara, which was full of artillery fire. At this time, the main force of the Eighth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army had been fighting hard with more than 30,000 British and Indian troops here for more than a week. However, although the attack of the British and Indian troops was very fierce, Marat was still under the control of the 8th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army. It's just that the losses of the Eighth Brigade are also relatively large, and with the addition of the Fourth Battalion of the Eighth Brigade, which lost more than half of the previous losses, the Eighth Brigade has already lost thousands of people. However, the losses of the Anglo-Indian army were even greater, and they paid at least more than 5,000 casualties.

Mara is just a small village on the banks of the Kamen River, which originates in the Himalayas and changes its direction slightly when the Kama River flows through it, creating a small flat area in a valley with high mountains on both sides. The Tibetan people who live on the plateau have lived here for generations. It's just that with the invasion of the British and Indian troops, this place has become a battlefield. The Tibetan people living here have long since withdrawn, and only the soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army remain in this small village.

"Young marshal! The commander of the 8th Brigade (Chief of Staff) Su Hongguang (Liao Jinpeng) reports to you! In a humble command post outside the village of Mara, Wang Yuze met with the commander of the Eighth Brigade, Su Su Hongguang, and the chief of staff, Liao Jinpeng.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Wang Yuze patted the two of them on the shoulder. The continuous high-intensity war made the faces of both of them full of tiredness.

"I am incompetent, I have lost my country, and I ask the young marshal to punish me!" Su Hongguang said with red eyes. Since its establishment, western Sichuan has fought for every inch of land and has never lost its territory. Unexpectedly, this precedent actually started with their Eighth Brigade. This is a great shame for the entire Eighth Brigade. As the brigade commander, Su Hongguang is even more responsible. After he arrived with reinforcements, he tried to launch a counterattack several times, but the enemy was strong and never succeeded.

"Brigade Commander Su doesn't have to blame himself, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. Besides, the Eighth Brigade is already very good. It is not easy for you to be able to withstand the enemy's attack. On behalf of the whole of Kawanishi, I thank you! Right now. Reinforcements are coming, and if we hold on a little longer, we'll be able to launch a counterattack! Wang Yuze comforted.

Su Hongguang and Liao Jinpeng both nodded heavily. The main force of the 8th Brigade is more than 7,000 people. During this period of time, it has been attacked by more than 30,000 British and Indian troops in turn, and the pressure is very great. If it weren't for Marat's presence in the canyon, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, their position would have been breached. Now Wang Yuze is leading reinforcements to come. They can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The troops of the Eighth Brigade have now all been reorganized, and in addition to the dead and seriously wounded, the remaining 7,000 people are still fighting power. The Ninth and Seventh Brigades were also in the process of arriving. The Ninth Brigade was able to arrive in two days, and the Seventh Brigade was a little further and would not be able to reach it until five days later. Other words. If the Western Sichuan Army wants to launch a counterattack, it will have to wait at least five days later. And, hold out for two more days, waiting for reinforcements to arrive. During this time, we must not relax, if the British and Indian troops seize the loophole and break through the defensive line, it will be bad.

Wang Yuze, who had just arrived in Mara, couldn't take a break. Take advantage of the fact that the Anglo-Indian army has not launched an attack. Went directly to the front line to check the defense. The defensive line of the 8th Brigade, less than 500 meters long, stretched from the village pass of Marat to the bank of the Carmen River. With mountains on one side and fast-flowing rivers on the other, the British and Indian forces had to break through from the front if they wanted to continue deep into the plateau. Or retreat, Rao Lu attacks from other directions.

On a line of defense of less than five hundred meters. The 8th Brigade mobilized half of the brigade's heavy machine guns and mortars to form a strong firepower. Let the Anglo-Indian army hit the head and bleed. Behind the two lines of defense were artillery positions consisting of the artillery battalion of the 8th Brigade and a total of 4 Type 2 infantry guns from other battalions. The Anglo-Indian army had more artillery and was a howitzer with a longer range. However, in the gorge their cannons could not be deployed, and if they fired too far, they were held back by the mountains. In this regard, Kawanishi took a big advantage. They did not expect their own artillery to be able to engage in an artillery battle with the artillery of the British and Indian armies, they only needed to destroy the opponent's living forces as much as possible when the opponent's infantry attacked.

"Boom!" While Wang Yuze was inspecting the position, an explosion sounded. Wang Wei immediately pressed Wang Yuze to the ground.

"Young marshal, get out of position, the British and Indian troops are attacking!" The commander of the Eighth Brigade, Su Hongguang, hurriedly shouted. Several guards even picked up Wang Yuze and ran back. Soon he was safely sent to the second line of defense.

At this moment, looking back, the first line of defense of the Eighth Brigade has been plunged into a cloud of gunsmoke. The British and Indian troops mobilized at least hundreds of artillery pieces and launched a frantic artillery bombardment on the first line of defense of the Western Sichuan Army. However, at this time, the road conditions in the foothills of the Himalayas were very bad, so the caliber of the artillery of the British and Indian armies was not large, the largest was only 05 mm, and most of them were 75 mm field guns.

"With such a fierce shelling by the British and Indian troops, did the soldiers hold on?" Wang Yuze asked with a stern face. Seeing his soldiers ravaged by someone else's artillery fire, he felt as if his heart had been stung violently.

"In the beginning, there was a lot of loss. But now, we've built a solid defensive offensive. Except for a small number of observers, the rest of the soldiers took refuge in the anti-artillery holes, and the heavy machine gun and mortar positions were also reinforced, as long as they were not directly hit by shells, there would be no big problem! The commander of the Eighth Brigade, Su Hongguang, said.

Wang Yuze nodded. However, the scene in front of him still made him clench his fists. When fighting at home, it was always the western Sichuan army that ravaged the opponent with the superiority of artillery, but now it is fighting with the armies of the great powers, or with the colonial armies, but it is the other way around. There is no way to do this, the road conditions on the plateau are bad, and it is very difficult to tow large-caliber artillery, so the troops on the plateau are all using lighter Type 2 infantry guns. In this case, it is inevitable that you will be at a disadvantage when facing the Anglo-Indian army.

The artillery fire of the British and Indian troops raged for more than half an hour before it ended. After the artillery fire stopped, thousands of Indian Asan, whose heads were wrapped in white cloth strips, with rifles in their hands, were reprimanded by the British ** officer, and cautiously launched an attack on the position of the Western Sichuan Army from two kilometers away. However, these Indian Asans are not materials for soldiers at all, and if they hadn't been driven by the British, they would have fled long ago. Even so, they were very slow to attack. The attack in the first few days suffered a lot, and the western Sichuan army was already afraid.

After half an hour, the British and Indian troops cautiously advanced to less than 700 meters away from the defense line of the Western Sichuan Army. However, after arriving here, those Indian Asans seemed to realize the danger, and no matter how those British ** officials drove them away, they would not take a step forward. Although these Indian Ah San are a little timid, they are not stupid, and they know that if they go any further, they will be hit by the powerful firepower of the Western Sichuan Army.

"Boom!" An explosion was heard, and the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army opened fire. A shell exploded in the British and Indian troops, and several Indian Asans were directly blown away, and the white cloth strips wrapped around their heads were scattered all over the ground. As soon as the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army rang out, those Indian Ah San immediately turned around, and the girl ran back. No matter how the British ** official stops it, it will have no effect at all.

"Is this the combat effectiveness of the Anglo-Indian army? It doesn't seem to be much better than the Manchu army at home, right? India's Ah San's expression made Wang Yuze stunned.

"Indians are good at playing tailwind. In the beginning, they were quite brave. But after a few days of dropping thousands of corpses in front of our positions, they were frightened. However, the British are very good. Originally, I always thought that the British were only powerful in the navy, but I didn't expect to know that their army was not bad, but it was usually covered up under the light of the navy! Liao Jinpeng, chief of staff of the Eighth Brigade, said.

Wang Yuze nodded, from the known history, the British army was remarkable, whether it was in World War I or World War II. The German Army was so powerful that although it was able to defeat the British Army in the early stage, it could not achieve the final victory. In the end, due to the exhaustion of national strength, it went to failure. It can be seen that the British Army still has strong combat effectiveness, at least much stronger than the legendary Italian Army.

This time the Sino-British border conflict broke out, and Wang Yuze did not want to expand the scale of the war. However, if you want to curb the ambitions of the British and force them back to the negotiating table, then the only way to defeat them completely on the battlefield is to beat them painfully. Only in this way will the British admit defeat and give in. If they could not gain an advantage on the battlefield, it would be impossible for the British to abandon their ambitions in the Shannan region.

On the opposite side of the Western Sichuan Army, on the position of the British and Indian troops, a bearded British general was so angry that he threw away the telescope in his hand after the British and Indian army's clumsy appearance.

"Damn it, these Indians, these cowards, I'm going to shoot them for desertion!" His name is Henry? Wellesley, the grandson of the famous Duke of Wellington, was also a lieutenant general in the British Army, the third Duke of Wellington, and the commander of the Anglo-Indian Army. This time, it was he and Henry, the vice-king of India and the vice-governor of India, who marched into Shannan? Patty? Fitzmaurice, the 5th Marquess of Lanstown, co-curated. Originally, they thought that they would be able to take the western Sichuan army by surprise, but now, things are far more troublesome than he imagined. His army, less than five kilometers across the border, was stopped.

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