Chapter 423: The Great Army Pressed the Realm

Although the Three-Point Sect frequently clashed with the government, the Guangxi Yamen headed by Zheng Zuchen chose to avoid it as much as possible, and he still had some time, but he didn't know if Lu Dao could put down England during this time.

In Yang Meng's plan, the cooperation with France was originally filmed after the downfall of England, the previous Burma-Thailand war, England calmly retreated, so that Yang Meng lost a good opportunity.

This time, the Burmese king chopped more than a dozen peace envoys into baskets of minced meat, and England couldn't run, but the time of this war was difficult to grasp.

After Andrei left, except for Annan who was still fighting on the southeast peninsula, the Burmese side calmed down all of a sudden. Although the reinforcements of England are increasing every day, the formation they put on makes people scratch their heads a little, swinging along the Bosheng road, is this to stabilize the supply line?

The King of Siam is also jumping up and down to gather the people, 100,000 troops are already the limit of the King of Siam, and the army is increasing again, does the King of Siam think that the common people can fight if they take up arms?

"There is something wrong with the situation, the Anglo-Thai truce, it must not be a good idea. The Burmese army's current combat strength is good, and it is afraid that even if the British army sends 100,000 people, it will have to be half disabled.

It's almost July, and it's the rainy season in Burma, so do the British want to survive the rainy season?

However, Siam's performance is also a bit unusual, if he wants to survive the rainy season, the king of Siam will not gather a large number of people. Such a big expense. Not something that the King of Siam could afford.

Baima. Let all our intelligence officers move, and never miss any information that can be missed. ”

Yang Meng rarely saw the information by himself, but after reading it, he was a little confused, the rainy season in the southeast peninsula is often accompanied by floods, and now at this time of war, many firearms are not used. Hand-to-hand combat with the Burmese army is obviously not a good idea, and Yang Meng can't figure it out at once because of the British scheming.

"Master, in the rainy season, the river will skyrocket, especially the river in the mountains, does this British army want to take advantage of the soaring river?"

It was Solang Baima's reminder again, Yang Meng had forgotten the strongest force in England, the battleship. I'm afraid it's what the British and Thai armies are waiting for.

In the middle of the rainy season. The waters of the Irrawaddy River will swell, and many places that cannot be navigated by sea ships will become smooth roads, and once a dozen or twenty warships gather in the Irrawaddy River, any position of the Burmese army will not be able to withstand the baptism of dense firepower.

"! How did you forget about this? The last time the Burmese army raided the British gunboats, it seems that it also attracted the attention of the British army, as long as there is a flood, the obstacles arranged by the Burmese army on the Irrawaddy River will be washed away, it seems that the British army and the Siamese army are waiting for such an opportunity.

It is very simple for England to ask Guangzhou to pay attention to Hong Kong Island and see if there is a transformation of gunboats.

Let's let the mountain monkey again, pay attention to the location of the British and Thai armies, if they are both highlands in the valley of the Irrawaddy River, then there is an accuracy rate of eight or nine points. ”

Although there is a big gap between the firepower of small warships or river gunboats and real warships, the Burmese army and the British army are engaged in positional warfare, and once they encounter more than 10 warships, it is difficult to make an effective counterattack on the ground position.

The Irrawaddy River is also open in the Mandalay area, and once the British gunboats enter the river, coupled with the cooperation of the land army, it will be difficult for the Burmese army to defend against the Anglo-Thai coalition forces.

Yang Meng guessed the tactics to be used by the British army, why not the king of Burma? After all, Myanmar is the Myanmar of the Burmese people, and the people who are most familiar with the climate and geography here are the local residents.

At the end of June and the beginning of July, when the rainy season came, the British army and the Siamese army were supposed to retreat, but they assembled in the highlands, 20 years ago in the Anglo-Burmese War, the Burmese army suffered the loss of warships, and after seeing the deployment of the British army, the Burmese military immediately figured out the thoughts of the British army.

After the rainy season comes, it is difficult for artillery on land to exert its power, even if it is sound, after the gunpowder is damp, it is difficult for the artillery to exert its power, not to mention the flintlock gun, not only the power is greatly reduced, but the probability of dumb fire is also much higher.

In the rainy season, it is better to have a musket than a sharpened bamboo!

The rainy season is not something that the Burmese king or the Burmese people can stop, once the Anglo-Thai alliance has the cooperation of gunboats, the generals of the Burmese military do not think that they can organize the direction of gunboats with only a large number of troops.

The god Qiao Gunai has become a lifesaver for the king of Burma and a group of Burmese generals, looking at the ministers who are watching him one by one, Qiao Gunai's head is also sweating, he has been trapped in front of the king of Burma recently, he has not listened to the teachings of Yang Sanye, he really can't help it.

Xu Ziwei is also in Myanmar, this Yang Sanye's military advisor is also a wise existence, although he has the intention to push Xu Ziwei out, but thinking about his future, Qiao Gunai dispelled this idea.

"Your Majesty, I'll go to the field and give another answer, okay?"

"Hmmm! Go and come back quickly, if you succeed in blocking the British offensive this time, you and your people will always have a place in Burma. ”

Time passed day by day, Siamese and England had more and more armies, and when the ethnic group survived, as long as it could maintain its status and inheritance of the ethnic group, and promised more benefits, the Burmese king would not blink.

After saying this, Qiao Gunai was also excited, this place is not simple, that is, in the future, there will be Lisu officials in the court of Myanmar, and it will become a rule, the rule set by the King of Burma specifically for the Lisu people.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, as long as we Burmese people work together, there will be no hurdles to pass."

slapped the king of Burma hard, and Qiao Gunai didn't waste time, and found Xu Ziwei with a melancholy face in a hurry.

As soon as he said what the king of Burma asked, Xu Ziwei glanced at Qiao Gunai and didn't say much, only said, 'Everything is decided by the third master', and Qiao Gunai used the guise of surveying the terrain. took Xu Ziwei and ran to Mengla.

"Captain. But things are not going well? ”

in the chamber. Yang Meng glanced at Xu Ziwei and Qiao Gunai, and didn't ask anything else, just asked how was the progress on Xu Ziwei's side.

"Yes! I didn't see the king of Burma, and the generals of Burma also looked up to the top and looked down on our Blue Flag Army. ”

"It doesn't matter! This is not a life-and-death situation, since people don't beg for food, we don't need to go to the pole. Qiao Gunai, tell me about you! ”

The king of Burma will finally give in one day, but the situation has not yet reached that level, and the current king of Burma has soldiers and generals, and when these people are almost dead, there will be a day when he asks for help.

"Third master, the Burmese king analyzed that the Anglo-Thai alliance wants to use gunboats, and I am here to ask for a plan."

In the face of Yang Meng, Qiao Gunai was very honest, and he originally said his plan.

"It's simple. Build a dam! Min Jian is still the territory of the Burmese army, right? If it is Min Jian, it is still in your hands. It's easy to do!

Cast a temporary dam in Minjian to block the first flood of the rainy season, and blow it up if the British warships dare to come.

The flood peaks formed by the Qindun River and the Irrawaddy River, these two great rivers, ordinary warships cannot stop them, and even if they are anchored in the river, they will be washed away by the surging flood peaks.

But time is running out now, and it is very difficult to build such a dam and prevent the Mandalay area from being flooded! Whether it can be done depends on Myanmar's ability.

The dam must not be explored by the British, so none of the men and horses you have deployed on the Magway front can retreat and fight to the death to block the offensive of the Anglo-Burmese coalition army, even if there are gunboats rampaging on the Irrawaddy River, you can't take a step back, once the Minjian dam is detected by the British army, the surprise attack will have no effect.

The more fierce the front line, the better, so that the British army will continue to send gunboats to come, gathering the number of twenty or thirty, you can wait for the arrival of the flood peak, once the flood peak arrives, let the front line army be defeated, the British and Thai forces are bound to chase after the tail, this is the time to blow up the dam.

If you want to get the greatest results, you can bury the Burmese army on the front line, let them lead the Anglo-Thai alliance army into a low-lying territory, and a man-made flood can destroy at least half of the Anglo-Thai army. ”

Yang Meng's strategy is not only vicious, but also very risky, once the water in the rainy season is too large, in Minjian dam, I am afraid that the entire Mandalay area will be flooded, and the temporary dam is also likely to collapse due to the excessive amount of water.

Once a large-scale flood rags, whether it is a blow to the Burmese army or the Anglo-Thai coalition army is devastating, the Irrawaddy River Valley, located in the upper reaches of Min Jian, has four good sized rivers, plus surrounded by mountains on both sides, flash floods in the rainy season are commonplace, as long as it is the rainy season, once this dam accumulates enough floodwater, not to mention the Irrawaddy River Valley, even the royal city of Myanmar Yangon will also suffer from flooding.

Yang Meng's plan is very risky for the King of Burma, and it is an absolute disaster for the Anglo-Thai coalition army.

"Third master, is there no other way?"

Qiao Gu Nai asked this question, not to question Yang Meng's statement, he just wanted to find another way, after all, the more methods he has, the more attention the King of Burma will pay to himself.

"Yes! Lure the enemy deep, when the time comes, Lao Tzu's army and the Burmese army cooperate, the Burmese army attacks in the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River, Lao Tzu's people cut off the back road of the Anglo-Thai coalition army, and we work together to encircle and annihilate the Anglo-Thai coalition army in the Irrawaddy River valley.

But looking at the confidence of the king of Burma, he doesn't want to cooperate with me, and the first strategy is the most feasible. ”

Yang Meng hadn't thought of the rainy season before, and this was also the strategy that Yang Meng thought of after Solang Baima reminded him, with this strategy, there was no need for him to use his sword with great fanfare.

"Xie Sanye, can I go back to my life?"

"Let's go back!"

Qiao Gunai left in a hurry, Xu Ziwei couldn't help but admire the third master's ingenuity, this young man in his early twenties is too vicious, and his strategies are almost all desperate, except for conspiracy and trickery, he rarely uses upright and upright schemes, such a ruthless person can't afford to offend!

"Commander, presumably these days, the Anglo-Thai army will slowly assemble towards the heights, you take the officer corps of the new army and go to Burma to watch the battle!"

War is actually very simple, many times, the victory or defeat of the war is in the hands of the low-level officers, and they will not retreat from the battle, and many times the key points that affect the situation of the war are here.

If the Burmese king wants to build a dam, the Magway front line will definitely become a hell of flesh and blood, this battle is the blood of both sides and the strength of the warlords, many people can't do it if they don't retreat, but in Asian countries, the warlords are a very useful thing, as long as the steel knives of the warlords are sharp, the soldiers on the front line will not collapse.

There are no soldiers between Burma and Thailand, presumably the British army will not use the Indian army as cannon fodder, and the Siamese army should be the best vanguard candidate.

Time passed day by day, the rainy season in Burma also arrived, 150,000 Siamese youth, that is, reinforcements, 30,000 reinforcements from England, also gathered in the direction of Magway, the real big war is about to begin. (To be continued......)