Chapter 414: The Battle of the Suspicious Soldiers (I)

England moved, but it moved a little strangely, attacking Homarin from Salamati Hill, it seems to be a good strategy, Thurhet, Tjjer, Imphal, is a ready-made land supply line, India and Pakistan, are British colonies, so the problem of supply is no problem from the map.

The Gurkha are mountain elves, India and Pakistan can form mountain soldiers, mountain battles, and the British army is not short of soldiers.

The target of the attack, Homarin, was also the back road of the Burmese king, from the back to the front, after occupying Homalin, the British army could ship ships down the Qintun River and enter the Irrawaddy River, and the area controlled by the Burmese king was all within the radiation range of the British army.

Looking at the early actions of the British army, the location, the people are available, although the timing is not very good, but there is still a great chance of victory, the British offensive from the Salamati Hill, can be used as a second-line combat plan, but as a first-line combat plan, there is a fatal loophole, that is, supplies.

Therkht is in Pakistan, Tjjair is in India, and Imphal is an outpost supply depot, which seems to be fine, but the problem is very big.

Saramati is a mountainous area, there are no smooth railways and highways, the road down the mountain to attack Burma is almost a barren mountain and wilderness, 10,000 horses are just outposts, and the British army does not have 350,000 people, it is difficult to conquer the territory of the Burmese king.

With an army of 30,000 or 50,000, the fatal problem will come, how to replenish the supplies, it is difficult to replenish the supplies over the mountains and mountains, and the British army will definitely not be able to rob while killing like the Burmese army, which is inconsistent with their colonial policy.

Supply is a fatal problem, as is firepower. The mountains also became forbidden places for most artillery. There is no artillery with a gun in hand. The British wanted to crush the Burmese army head-on, which was obviously impossible.

Even if the quality of the Burmese army is poor, there are still absolute numbers, and if you want to attack a Burma with more than 100,000 muskets, you want to attack a Burma with more than 100,000 muskets, which is to seek death.

Although the muskets he provided to the Burmese army were all obsolete goods, they could still kill people and fight head-on. It doesn't matter who wins or who loses.

Thinking that these are redundant, just a supply problem, the British army will not be able to take Homarin as the direction of the main attack.

Moreover, the British army is not the first in the world, the navy is, and the British high-level, no matter how stupid, will not give up this advantage and land from Bosheng in Lower Burma. Tracing the Irrawaddy River up the river should be the main direction of attack of the British army.

The British army used a suspicious tactic. This is not a good thing for Yang Meng, which can only show that the British army fully realized his Yang Meng's combat strength, and this suspicious plan was not for the king of Burma, but for him Yang Meng.

"Let's go, go back and discuss it in detail!"

Britain attaches too much importance to itself, which will directly affect England's war investment, holding or retreating, it should be England's auxiliary plan, once they show too strong, the British army will immediately stop and continue to wait and see.

If the situation of the Anglo-Burmese War does not expand, England has enough defenders in India, and there are enough defenders in India, how can Yang Meng bring England closer to the quagmire?

"Third master, could it be that the British devils have seen our plan clearly?"

Seeing Yang Meng's solemn expression, Xu Ziwei also had a guess, if the plan was seen through, there would be no point in executing it.

"Probably not, it's just cautious, if the British see through our plan, they won't take the initiative to attack Burma, they should deploy heavy troops at the pass between India and the Qing Dynasty.

Not coming this far shows that England is only paying attention to us now, not being on high alert. ”

Yang Meng's plan, the chess game is very complicated, and now even he himself is a little numb, and he can't understand the current situation, let alone the English.

Although England is cautious, they are also quite confident, otherwise they would not use troops against Myanmar, it seems that Myanmar is also a big fat meat that is not easy to give up in the eyes of England!

"Then shall we remind the King of Burma?"

Although the third master said that he was going back to discuss matters, Xu Ziwei must find out the intentions of the third master, otherwise, as a military officer, when it comes to a critical time, he will not be able to go up, and he will be useless as a military advisor.

"Reminder? This is a war between Britain and Burma, and the king of Burma is not my son, is this necessary? ”

"Third master, do you want the British army to enter Burma in a big way, with the current strength of the King of Burma, he should be able to confront the British for a period of time, as long as the British want to occupy Burma, in such a stalemate, he can only continue to increase his troops.

To increase troops, it is necessary to mobilize India's army, is Myanmar a bait? ”

"Almost! But that's not all, England is a country that values honor, and you say that if the British army meets the same number of Burmese troops on a frontal battlefield and is defeated, will England retreat? Or revenge for this arrow? ”

"Of course it's revenge, but how can there be such an army in Burma?"

"Yes! Qiao Gunai has it there! ”

"I see!"

When he arrived at the conference hall in Mengla, Yang Meng first rushed and changed his clothes, and then slowly walked into the conference hall, Xu Ziwei, Wei Zhiqing, and Suo Lang Baima were already waiting in the hall.

Let women participate in major events, and they are sitting in the conference hall, what Yang Meng did can be regarded as groundbreaking, right?

Although Yang Meng also stipulated that the back house should not interfere in the affairs of the Yang family, as a staff member and senior staff, the women of the back house are still okay.

"Commander, tell me in detail about the situation on the side of Salamati, what is the result of the Gurkha against the monkeys on the mountain?"

The Gurkha scimitar has always been the proud foreign legion of England, the Gurkha is very powerful, and he is also loyal to money, although Yang Meng has made a lot of arrangements in the Gurkha mainland, but the combat power of the Gurkha scimitar, he still has to be clear.

"One-on-one hunting each other, the Gurkha scimitar is not the opponent of the mountain monkeys, after all, the mountain monkeys of the Lisu tribe are the most elite hunters, and mountain ambushes are the things they are most proficient in.

Fighting in small teams or brigades, the mountain monkey is not the opponent of the Gurkha scimitar, and Yang Ba personally led people to try it. Three hundred against three hundred. The mountain monkey is almost a complete defeat.

In Salamati. The mountain monkeys lost more than 200 people, mostly from head-to-head battles. ”

The mountain monkey is a reconnaissance and assassination unit built by Yang Meng, and the frontal combat power is not unsuccessful, but has not undergone complete training, and in terms of quality, the mountain monkey is still stronger than the Gurkha scimitar.

But the Gurkha scimitar. It is an army, the selection of mountain monkeys, but it is much stricter, elite hunters, can not be trained in one or two years, and elite mountain warriors, Gurkha has a lot.

In terms of the strength of the Gurkha scimitar that can defend the mountain monkey, only the elite of the Yunnan New Army can fight against the Gurkha scimitar, and the ordinary new army encounters the same number of Gurkha scimitars. I'm afraid it's a sure end.

"Reveal the situation of Saramati to the king of Burma. As for Bosheng's side, forget it, tell the Burmese king about the combat power of the Gurkhas, presumably the Asan arranged by the British in Saramati is also a bait for the Burmese king.

Let Qiao Guna come to see me! ”

In the battle between Britain and Burma, Yang Meng still has to be the black hand behind the scenes, what he has to do is to promote the continuous expansion of the war situation, some things, no matter how exquisite the early plan is, once it is put into it, the situation will be difficult to control.

England is cautious, but Myanmar is also a real piece of big fat, not to mention anything else, just the teak forest occupied by England in the early stage, for England, is an absolute strategic resource, Myanmar's sea location is also very important, control the front section of the Strait of Malacca, such a position is also very important to England.

What was the purpose of France's march into Annam, and was it not intended to block the sea route? Indonesia is a Dutch colony, and Burma's role for England can be said to be an indispensable part of the attack on Asia.

The king of Burma, who has just experienced the war of extermination, is definitely the time to be ambitious, and the Burmese army under his command also has considerable combat power, and in the early stage of the Anglo-Burmese war, it must be a stalemate war, with the advance of England, the king of Siam, who is bent on revenge, will also seize this opportunity to attack Burma.

At that time, it will be England, the time to devote all its strength, against the Anglo-Thai coalition army, the king of Burma is definitely not an opponent, but with Yunnan, it is difficult to say, although it may not be able to win, but it is still possible to remain undefeated.

Yunnan will not directly participate in the war, but with Qiao Gunai, Yunnan will have a way to participate in the war, the new army of the Lisu people, there are still 350,000, and the new army in Yunnan also needs to be tempered by the war, pretending to be Qiao Gunai's army, this way is absolutely feasible.

Although the Burmese king could not be made aware of the British plan, Qiao Gunai, who had migrated the Burmese people, could still be used as a barrier to block the advance of the British army.

Fighting near Bosheng and training all the way while fighting is also a good choice for Yang Meng, and with the development of the situation, Qiao Gunai's net worth is getting higher and higher.

The Lisu people, after all, are the Lisu people, Qiao Gu is the young man who plundered in Siam, and he still can't let them integrate into the Lisu people, once they are integrated, the taste of the Lisu people will change, and if they are integrated with the local area, they will get close to the locals, which is something that Yang Meng will never allow.

The British troops who blocked the landing in Bosheng, these Tai young men plundered by Qiao Gunai are ready-made cannon fodder!

Yang Meng waited for a day, Qiao Gunai came from the border of Myanmar, since the Burmese army returned to the country, Qiao Gunai is also integrating his own forces.

"Subordinate Qiao Gunai, I've seen the third master!"

During the Burma-Thailand War, Qiao Gunai saw Yang Sanye's true skills, Burma and Siam, in the hands of Yang Sanye, are like playthings, referring to the east and not the west, the dog does not catch the chicken, how Yang Sanye arranges, the two countries will do.

His own village is now a big city of the Lisu people in Myanmar, who gave these things, Qiao Gunai knows very well, the mountain monkey and the new army of the Lisu tribe are powerful, Qiao Gunai has also seen it, and now Qiao Gunai is very willing to be Yang Meng's subordinate.

"Subordinate? Forget it, you are barely qualified, and your subordinates will be subordinates!

What do you think of your ethnic group? ”

Qiao Gu claims to be a subordinate, and Yang Meng also has to weigh whether he is qualified to be a member of the Yang family, and now it seems that his value is still quite large, and he can barely be subordinate.

"The subordinates have no opinion, it's all up to the third master to decide!"

As soon as he heard Yang Meng's words, Qiao Gunai knew that there was something good about Lu Dao again, and his heart was crossed, and he was determined to be this minion.

"No opinion? I'm in charge? Are you convinced that I am in charge? ”

Slanted a glance at Qiao Gunai, Yang Meng didn't give any orders, but asked himself.

"As long as the third master says it, Qiao Gu will definitely do things with all his heart! Qiao Gu is willing to be the dog and horse of the Yang family! ”

When the time came to show loyalty, Qiao Gunai didn't say a word, he directly kowtowed three, and obediently knelt in the chamber.

"Dogs and horses? It's not necessary, just keep the inheritance of the Lisu people, and you're still doing the errand in Burma, right? Send all your newly recruited Thai youths to Lower Burma!

Women can be absorbed, even if men are left, it will be troublesome to keep them in the future!

The errand in Burma is not easy to do, it is a business mixed in the sea of blood, after all, your people have something to do with Mei Yi, watching them fight to death, I will not be patient here, there must be a lot of casualties in the early stage, let the Tai people go up!

The Lisu people are the Lisu people, to maintain the purity of the group, men are the main force to inherit the bloodline of a clan, and don't do it again in the future to integrate other clans. ”

Integration is what Yang Meng wants to do in China, and what Qiao Gunai has to do is only to maintain the purity of the Lisu people in Myanmar. (To be continued......)