, Chapter 1110 Desperate Situation

There was no other choice, and when the British army, which had broken through to a few dozen kilometers north of Mandalay, had no other way to go, and was tightly pressed by the Japanese army behind, Major General Francis, the chief of staff of the British army commanding the troops, although he was beating a drum in his heart, had doubts about this qiē, and could only order the troops to entrust the lives of more than 400,000 British and Burmese soldiers to the ethereal God as quickly as possible.

In fact, there is no need for the British staff officer to shout "shelling" in a voice that is not moving, because countless shells falling from the sky have already explained a qiē, a huge explosion, echoing in the canyon, hundreds of large-caliber heavy artillery, fierce and sudden shelling, for the British soldiers who were crowded together, the consequences were catastrophic.

Pillars of smoke rose, fires flashed, and fragments of whirling and whistling shells pierced through the body without hindrance, wantonly harvesting the lives of British soldiers, and a shell fell and exploded, flying all over the sky, with the broken body of British soldiers, stumps and broken arms, blood and internal organs, splashing everywhere with the sound of explosion.

The huge shock wave blew the British soldiers who were far away from the explosion point, like scarecrows in a tornado, rolling all over the ground, and they were lucky to avoid the fate of being cut off by the ubiquitous shell fragments, but their good luck ended here, it was only a test firing of Japanese artillery.

Immediately, more shells landed on the most dense place of British soldiers with a more accurate hit, and the Japanese artillery observation post set up on the top of the hill constantly transmitted all kinds of numbers back to the Japanese artillery headquarters, which was a huge disaster, and the dense crowd made the shelling effect of the Japanese artillery more than several times more than normal.

The road to the sky, Libao Grand Canyon, like a huge coffin, loaded with hundreds of thousands of British soldiers, but on both sides of the canyon, there are many natural caves and huge cracks in the rock wall after weathering, after the initial blow, the British soldiers broke out the instinct of survival, without the commander's order, have to look for a safe place to hide from the Japanese army, like a volcanic eruption.

Francis's face was miserable, dragged by more than a dozen guards, braving whistling shrapnel, hiding in a cave, not worrying about his life for the time being, his ears were a huge explosion roar, the ground shook the mountains, mixed with the screams of soldiers before they died, from the entrance of the cave, you can see that a cloud of black smoke from the explosion swallowed the lives of several soldiers.

His premonition became a reality, this long canyon was the burial place prepared by the Japanese commander for the 400,000 soldiers of the British Empire, he forced himself to calm down, if he did not take a countermeasure, the annihilation of the whole army was the final outcome, not bad, this cannonball, without his command to blow up, a few steps radio and the operator followed.

The first order issued by Francis was to the 11th Infantry Division of the British Army, the 7th Mixed Brigade of the British and Burmese Army, the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment and other troops in the rearguard, informing them of the ambush by the Japanese troops entering the canyon, and ordering the rearguard troops to build fortifications on the spot and ensure the safety of the troops.

The second thing to do was to contact Major General Brandt, the commander of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, who served as the vanguard, and before he gave the order, Brandt was in the walkie-talkie and shouted loudly: "Chief of Staff, we were ambushed by the Japanese army, our division has advanced to the front of the canyon, the Japanese artillery fire is very fierce, rushed several times, but they were blocked back, whether our division retreats, please instruct!" ”

Francis gritted his teeth and said: "General Brandt, in the name of the Supreme Commander, I now order your division, concentrate all the tanks, and be sure to break out of the canyon, otherwise, we are in danger of being annihilated, and it will be up to you to break through the Japanese encirclement again!" ”

The 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, led by two tank regiments, concentrated more than 300 heavy tanks, braving intensive artillery fire, rushed out to the northern foot of the Libao Grand Canyon, and after losing dozens of tanks, the Japanese artillery fire density was obviously much sparser than the middle section of the canyon.

Open the encirclement of the Japanese, there seems to be hope, from the tank's lookout hole, you can already see a large plain ahead, Brandt grabbed the walkie-talkie, just about to report the situation to Francis, suddenly, the huge body of the tank trembled, and then, a strong force came from the ground, the British heavy tank, like a toy, was thrown into the air, before Brandt lost consciousness, his heart was full of unwillingness.

The ambush circle has such obvious flaws, and Ito Yanzaburo, who is as cunning as a fox, could not have imagined that he specially told Takahashi Right Guard, "Takahashi-kun, if the British want to break through from the Libao Grand Canyon ambush circle, they will definitely use their heavy tanks as the main assault force, and our artillery, the armor of the British tanks, is not obvious, so you have to plant a large amount of explosives at the exit of the northern foot of the canyon." ”

"When the time comes, as long as there is a bang, the last thing the British can rely on will fly into the sky," Ito said, and gestured to the action of the explosion, Takahashi not only faithfully carried out Ito's orders, but also created a large number of high explosives on the rock walls on both sides, and the British tanks, as Commander Ito expected, acted as the vanguard of the breakthrough.

It also happened to fall into another trap, and the tons of high explosives that almost overturned the ground not only destroyed most of the tanks of the two tank regiments of the British army, but also blew down hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of gravel and mud from the rock walls on both sides.

The exit was blocked, the two tank regiments were almost completely lost, and the news of the death of Major General Brandt, the commander of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, reached Francis almost at the same time, like a thunderbolt from the blue, and he was hit with a golden star, and the Jedi, himself and hundreds of thousands of troops, fell into the Jedi.

Forward, blocked exit, retreating, hundreds of thousands of fierce Japanese troops, standing still, with a hail of whistling shells overhead, the only thing he could do now was to do two things, on the one hand, to order the rearguard troops, desperately resist the Japanese attack, and on the other hand, in the midst of violent explosions, personally dictated a telegram to the commander, General Alexander.

"Your Excellency General, the troops broke through to the area of Libao north of Mandalay, was ambushed by the Japanese army, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and they were in danger, the exit from the front was blocked by the Japanese army, and behind, the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops who followed were violently attacking our rear guard blocking troops, and fierce battles broke out on the whole front, our army has fallen into a desperate situation, and the situation is more dangerous than Mandalay, I implore the general to urge the squadron to immediately rush to the Libao line to relieve the siege, otherwise, it will be the result of the annihilation of the whole army."

Received a telegram from Francis, Alexander is going crazy, how can this be? He asked himself more than once, isn't it a breakthrough shunlì? How could it be that it fell into the ambush of the Japanese army again, Libao was on the front line, ambushing a large number of Japanese troops, how could this be possible, did the Japanese know the breakthrough time in advance?

Alexander even suspected that it was Tang Qiuli who sent a message to the Japanese, and guessed whether it was from Chen Cheng who leaked the news, but he never thought of himself, if it wasn't for his hesitation for more than five hours, Ito Yanzaburo was not in Libao, and he calmly arranged a heavy ambush on the way to retreat north to Myitkyina.

If the British army began to break through the siege when Tang Qiuli launched the Battle of Myitkyina, the casualties at the beginning would definitely be very large, but once the encirclement of the Japanese army was broken, there would be no obstacle in front of it, and it was nothing more than getting rid of the trouble of pursuing the Japanese army, which was better than the current hundreds of thousands of troops, in a desperate situation, Alexander was a person who would not reflect on himself.

He was like crazy, rushed into the radio room, and shouted loudly: "Quick, contact Tang Qiuli immediately, there is something important!" "The young second lieutenant operator, I don't know if it was in Tengchong's day, I lived more comfortably, I forgot that this was on the battlefield, or I didn't have long eyes, I didn't see, Your Excellency the commander, I was already in the blue, with a fat face as gray as death.

Shrugging his shoulders, he thought he was very witty and said: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, since about eight o'clock this morning, the contact with the independent division has been completely cut off, and the last telegram sent by the Chinese is that the machine is malfunctioning, and the radio can no longer be used, that is, only God can find it, what are these stupid Chinese busy with?" ”

Speaking with eyebrows, it seemed that it was a very happy thing to have the opportunity to despise the Chinese, but he did not see at all that the black lines on Alexander's face had already burst out, and a loud slap "snapped" hit the chattering little newspaper operator to the point of a thunderous roar in his eyes and ears.

This is the first time that His Excellency, a gentlemanly general, has started to beat a young subordinate, and after he slapped the newspaper operator, Alexander's irritable feelings seemed to be vented a little, and his mind was a little clear, and he coldly dropped a sentence, "Keep calling, don't stop for a second." ”

After speaking, with a few guards, he drove all the way to Ba Mo in northern Myanmar, Tang Qiu left the location of the Northern Burma Battle Headquarters, he must see Tang Qiuli, even if he paid a big price, he also asked the Chinese to send troops to rescue Francis and hundreds of thousands of soldiers who were in a desperate situation in Libao, just like Mandalay, Tang Qiuli was the only hope for the British.

As Tang Qiuli expected, Alexander, who was so anxious that he was red-eyed, really came to Ba Mo to find him, since he expected it, Tang Qiuli would not let Alexander find it, his headquarters had been transferred to the Gangao Mountains just south of Myitkyina, a small town called Inyuwa, and Ito was able to choose an ambush location for the British.

Of course, Tang Qiuli will also choose a place to bury the Japanese, he went to the Gangao Mountains to check the terrain, for the aftermath of the battle of Libao, to prepare in advance, the British will not be all killed, and the next will be a protracted battle of pursuit and pursuit.

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