"Can't win! Ma Qinghu will never come back alive, third master, just wait and see! ”

Ma Qinghu is also a person of great affection, especially for his sister Ma Qinglian, the two stumbled all the way, the tribulation of life and death, so that the love between brother and sister is as strong as iron stone, when I heard that it was related to the status of the sister, Ma Qinghu's eyes were also like copper bells.

"Don't say it so miserably, what does it mean that if you can't win, you won't come back alive? Win when you should win, lose when you need to lose! ”

Hearing this, Ma Qinghu was confused, fighting is all about winning, and when he should lose, he will lose, he doesn't understand.

"Alas...... Let's put it this way! Tomorrow's war, no rout, no dispersal, no defeat, that's what I want. If the Forces nouvelles don't go well, you'll have to guarantee the three things I'm talking about.

If the new army fights too smoothly and the British army is vulnerable, you have to be prepared for a false defeat, do you understand? ”

Fraud should be impossible, the military camp of the Keno Expeditionary Force, Yang Meng has surveyed, those people are definitely veterans of the war, and Keno is also a veteran of the battlefield, with similar equipment, it is definitely not easy to defeat the Keno Expeditionary Force head-on.

Ma Qinghu is not a fool, in this way, he also understands what Yang Meng means, deceitful defeat and lure the enemy, this storyteller often talks, and Ma Qinghu has also read a lot of military books recently, when it comes to this, Ma Qinghu no longer understands the meaning of Yang Meng's words, and he is not worthy of being the commander of the Blue Flag Army.

"Third master, I understand what you mean, this war is a test of skills, if the foreign devils are powerful, we can't lose a big defeat, and we can't win a big victory. Take a look at each other's abilities. That's what matters. ”

"It's done. That's what it means, the five battalions of soldiers and horses, just do what Mr. Xu said, garrison separately, one battalion is equipped with five six-pounder guns, and the rest of the artillery guards the city!

These four battalions, don't choose the best battalion, the best battalion. Stay and defend the city, and you can do the rest yourself!

Go down and hurry up the time arrangement, whether you are a tiger or a dog depends on your ability! ”

"Order!"

Ma Qinghu went down with high spirits, but Xu Ziwei, who was left, smiled bitterly, this matter is becoming more and more child's play, and the matter of the back house is used to motivate the army, and this Yang Sanye is also unique.

Although it is child's play, it is indeed effective, Ma Qinghu left ambitiously and has this mind. This battle is not necessarily lost!

"The military spirit is available, but you still have to be fully prepared. Commander, you go and summon the owner of the Wuzhuang to which Mengla belongs, and let them prepare for the guys' affairs, once our side is defeated, protecting the territory and the people is the first task.

You know what to say, right? ”

Lack of confidence is also a problem, war is not child's play, it is easy to say anything if you win, once you lose it on a large scale, it will be a disaster.

"The big war is coming, and all places are just on alert!"

In response to Yang Meng's call, Xu Ziwei also hurried down, leaving only one Yang Meng, still worried about the temptation.

Yang Meng is uncomfortable here, Old Jack and Keno are also uncomfortable, the nature of Keno's expeditionary force, as a military commander, Keno is not clear, just like Yang Meng said, although Keno has fought a lifetime, but he is just a veteran who is good at tactics, and at the strategic level, he is still a child.

Old Jack, as a senior staff member, is the supreme commander of this expeditionary force. How this expeditionary force came to be, Old Jack couldn't be clearer.

The frequent disappearance of expeditions was a conspiracy planned by the East India Company and the Imperial Governor-General in India, although it was true that an expedition had disappeared on the Yunnan-Burma border, but the losses reported to the Empire by the Viceroy of India were indeed extremely exaggerated.

The search for the missing expedition was just an excuse, and the greatest purpose of this expeditionary force was to occupy the Maesai River Valley, which was the best place to grow tobacco, and the massive import of cloud tobacco was definitely a major threat to the empire's economy.

In order to reduce this threat, the Maesai River Valley, which was discovered more than 20 years, became the most ideal target of the East India Company, and the recipe of Yunyan and the combat power of the test side were only secondary objectives of this mission.

If the cloud smoke formula is not obtained, it will occupy the Messe River Valley, which is the task given to Old Jack by the high-level officials of the East India Company, but the participation of the French and Yang Meng's tough attitude forced Old Jack to a desperate situation.

Occupy the Mae Sai River Valley, regardless of the reaction of the Yunnan side, although Old Jack wants to do this, that Yang Lord will definitely not let them get their wish.

A negotiation made Old Jack see a conspiracy, and war became inevitable, what was the purpose of the French, Old Jack was generally clear, cooperate with Lord Yang in Yunnan, control the southeast peninsula, and establish a stronghold in Asia.

Once this stronghold is built, it will plot against India and cooperate with the local natives, which the French have done very skillfully.

It is impossible to withdraw the army, and testing Lord Yang's military strength has become the most important goal, even if it destroys the Keno Expeditionary Force, Old Jack will not hesitate.

Although he doesn't know much about military affairs, the self-confidence of the Yang lord makes old Jack feel afraid, and the most important reason is that the scene of the capture of Kachin is still in the scene of the Yang lord's army, which is a little elusive, and there is such a hostile empire in the east, just like the Yang lord said, the scale of the war is going to expand.

Back at the camp, he carefully sorted out his opinions and sent them to India, where Old Jack also found Keno, and it was inevitable that he would go to war.

"Keno, what do you think about the war that is about to begin?"

In skirmishes, Keno is definitely an excellent talent among the low-level officers, from the Indian War to the Anglo-Burmese War, this Keno Lieutenant Colonel, but starting from a teenager, slowly groped through, colonial wars, no one is more familiar with Keno.

"War? Jack, do you think so? I don't think we can go to war now! ”

Keno's answer made Old Jack a little stunned, in the wooden building of the negotiation, but Keno spoke first, and changed his mind after he came back, which inevitably became a little too fast.

"For what?"

"That Yang Ling is mainly taking our soldiers, to hone his soldiers, his soldiers. Definitely long-term training. But they have no real combat experience.

His soldiers. Although the guns equipped with are the latest firing rifles of the French, their second bayonet is made in India, which is a single-edged bayonet designed for Brown Beth, and a large number of Indian Brown Beths of the East India Company were purchased by this Lord Young.

The East India Company restarted the production line of Brown Beth, which you should be aware of, although Brown Beth is a retired firearm. But in the mountains and rainforests, the lethality of this firearm is no worse than the rifles we are currently serving.

Moreover, the brown bess is simple to load, and the rate of fire is not inferior to the current firing pistol, and this place in Myanmar is mountainous and rainforesty, and the firing range is not so important.

Through the Brown Beth sold by the East India Company over the years, I can estimate that the army in the hands of this Lord Yang is definitely the smallest number, and there may be more.

This Lord Yang. It should be the same as the nobles of India and the city lords of Burma, commanding a large number of people. I think we can still believe what he said about expanding the scale of the war.

The war is to train him in the army, and the army we lead can be regarded as the representative of the Imperial Army, if this Yang Lord finds out our combat strength, it will not be a good thing for the Empire.

Now it seems that we have only two options, one is to retreat, and the other is to transfer troops from India, as the Yang lord said. ”

On military issues, Keno is undoubtedly the one who reacts quickly, and Yang Meng's mind was touched out of a bayonet by Keno.

Old Keno, is definitely a professional soldier who can't be in the profession, listen to the whistling of bullets, you can tell what kind of gun hit, decades of actual combat experience, this Keno Lieutenant Colonel, is definitely a veteran oilman, and he is also a veteran oilman who can command operations.

"Keno, my old friend, now that we can neither retreat nor transfer troops from India, do you think we have any other way to go?"

Keno's analysis, Old Jack is acceptable, but analysis is analysis, some things have to be done, he is also a politician, this time he must find out the strength of Lord Yang, because this is related to the safety of the empire in Asia.

"Then we can only defend the operation, our ammunition can be supported, more than ten days of continuous combat, the supply is enough for a month, the battle is definitely not a good place to hone the soldiers, except for defensive operations, there is no other way to go!"

Kino's answer to these words was categorical, that Lord Yang would never let go of this opportunity, his soldiers who had been trained for a long time would become real elite troops if they experienced war.

And the battle is the trap set by Kino for Yang Meng, with a wall of earth, Kino is confident that this army, which has not experienced actual combat, will be brought into hell.

"What if there is a war?"

Keno's plan is impossible to be implemented, a month later, the price of Yunyan has increased tenfold, and the cash transaction is the excuse for war, and now the Keno expeditionary force must find out the strength of the Yang Lord, so that the empire can effectively organize the army and defeat the Yang Lord as quickly as possible, otherwise this war will last too long, and the French will be given a chance.

Napoleon, the hated surname, appeared in French politics again, and the actions of the French in Asia deserve great attention, and there must be a war, which is the decision of Old Jack.

"Jack, my old friend, do you also see war as a burlesque? It doesn't do us any good, the role of a group of veterans, in the military, is extremely terrifying.

Let's start the war now, and when the reinforcements arrive, our expeditionary force can at least hone thousands of elite soldiers for that Yang lord, and such elite soldiers are the structure of the Great Army, and there are at least tens of thousands of troops behind him.

This place is their homeland, they grow in the mountains and rainforests, a group of mountain elves, in this area is definitely a terrifying existence on the battlefield, countless casualties of the imperial army, all because of the terrain.

An army that adapts to the terrain, is fully trained, and then experiences the baptism of gunsmoke, and the balance of victory and defeat in this war will shift! ”

As a veteran on the battlefield, Keno also has his own hunch, and this hunch is more accurate than any strategic analysis, and the decision of his old friend Jack, in Keno's view, is the key to victory or defeat in the war.

"The French are behind the support of this Yang lord, their purpose is the Southeast Peninsula, Keno, if the French have an advantage in the Southeast Peninsula, the second Millican will appear in Asia.

And this second Milican is the jewel in the crown of the empress. ”

This is Old Jack, from Yang Meng's words, the information obtained, true or false, Old Jack naturally has his own criteria for consideration, the Qing Kingdom is an extremely closed country, from the emperor to the officials, they are extremely resistant to the West.

A native nobleman in a remote mountainous area, who speaks eagle language and knows so much about the international situation, it is absolutely impossible to say that without the support of the French, who are supporting the enemies of the empire.

It's pretty much the same as the empire does, and the harm is obvious, Louie? Bonaparte, who spent time in England, is definitely from the French, and its authenticity is self-evident.

"Jack, are you trying to test the opponent's combat power? It was definitely the wrong choice.

We don't have a topographic map of Yunnan, and the road to attack Yunnan can only be through the information we got before, and Mengla is a city we have to face.

In this way, we can only fight a field war with the Yang lord who treats war as a child's play, which is exactly what he can't ask for, are you sure you want to do this? ”

After listening to Old Jack's analysis, Keno also knew how to choose, the methods of politicians, he had seen it countless times in his life, and the elite army he led had now become a victim.

Keno doesn't know how many times he has made such a choice, sometimes it is beneficial to the empire, sometimes it will make the empire suffer, but most of the time, the politicians' choice is still correct, although Keno is resistant to going to war, but he can still resolutely implement it.

"Prepare for war! Don't go to war, go straight to war! ”

A beautiful misunderstanding induced a child's war, and in the end, Old Jack still took the initiative to enter the chess game set up by Yang Meng. (To be continued......)