。 Alexander's military meeting was not held for a long time, and by about eight o'clock in the evening, it was already coming to an end, and at the end of the meeting, Alexander made a final speech with great passion, which can be regarded as a pre-war mobilization. He said: "Generals, the historic moment is coming, when the troops of the British Empire, after more than two years of absence from Indochina, will once again return to this land that our forefathers have carved out and are familiar with as home, and I am confident that our old friends will welcome us heartily to return to their homeland and bring them happiness and prosperity." ”

"For this reason, I have a special order, let our soldiers, have a good rest tonight, prepare a hearty dinner, of course, can drink some wine properly, in addition, let our young men, shave off their beards, change into new military uniforms, and appear in high spirits on the land of northern Burma, maybe some people will say, my words, it is too early."

"No, gentlemen, I don't exaggerate in the slightest, Xinduo is the last barrier out of the Hukang River Valley, and after the capture of Xinduo, there will be no obstacle in front of us that can stop the advance of the British Empire, and the beautiful and rich land of northern Burma, like a beautiful woman of the East, is exposed before us, dear Fisher, tomorrow at 5:30 a.m., with the sound of your cannon, play the overture to our return to Indochina! Have a good evening, gentlemen! Meeting! ”

I have to admire Alexander's eloquence and incitement, and his words aroused the blood in the bones of the British officers, provoked a burst of applause and applause from the officers present, and even worse, even blew a sharp whistle, making a stern military meeting as a miasma like a third-rate bar where the hooligans of London gathered.

Apparently. Alexander was very satisfied with the results of this meeting, believing that the blood and conquest of the officers had been ignited by himself. Of course, after the adjournment, he did not forget to give the troops in the direction of Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, and New Taiji. A stern order was issued: "Before noon tomorrow, we must reach the northern part of Burma according to the original plan, and launch an attack on all the targets of the intended occupation on time!" ”

Inside the town of Xinduo. On the stone wall, observing Xiao Jinshan on the opposite side, listening to the laughter faintly coming from time to time in the camp of the British and Indian troops, looking at a brightly lit camp, all showing undisguised arrogance, and then looking back at the soldiers hidden behind the wall, silently gnawing on dry food, gritting their teeth.

These bastards are too arrogant. Xiao Jinshan used binoculars to even see piles of bonfires, and the British and Indian soldiers sat around the bonfires, enjoying barbecues, and pouring wine from time to time. Set up dozens of cannons and bombard him for half an hour. Keep this night, the British and the Indian soldiers. Don't even think about getting some more sleep.

However, there was not even a single mortar, and according to the order of the division commander, it had been withdrawn to the rear, Xiao Jinshan regretted this, he kept complaining to himself, "Why are you so honest?" It is impossible for the division commander to send someone to count, if he leaves a dozen mortars, he will touch them in the night, and keep them for these bastards to turn over on their backs. ”

Xiao Jin was angry on the wall, walking back and forth, walking to a heavy machine gun, pulling the shooter aside, as soon as the muzzle of the gun was raised, he was about to fire, but looking at the distance, he put it down in frustration, the distance was too far, the range of the heavy machine gun could not reach, so he could only get angry.

After looking at it for a while, Xiao Jinshan's mind had brewed countless combat plans to attack at night and fight these bastards, but he was not 100% sure, so he had to give up, and said sullenly to the communications staff officer who was following him: "Send a report to the division commander to report the situation in Xinduo, the British and Indian troops advanced to a distance of five kilometers from Xinduo at about 6:30 this evening, at first, they were ready to attack, but later, for unknown reasons, they did not launch an attack on Xinduo, and it is normal at present." ”…,

At two o'clock in the morning on 28 April, Ma Gao, the division's front-line headquarters of the Northern Burma Campaign, Tang Qiuli stood in front of a large military map and looked intently at the marked map of the enemy's situation.

Alexander's middle route army has approached the last barrier out of the Hukang River valley Xinduo, according to the normal situation, tomorrow at dawn, the British and Indian army will launch an attack on Xinduo, tomorrow evening, can approach the vicinity of Magao, Magao ambush, will start on time, the battle in northern Burma will officially begin.

All of them went according to their own plans, and there were no loopholes, but I don't know why, Tang Qiuli's heart just couldn't calm down, and he always felt that he seemed to be missing something? But he couldn't say the specific details, and he had a premonition that came and went suddenly, but he couldn't catch it in his hand, such a feeling made him very uncomfortable, frowning, thinking hard there, even Liu Xinlan came to ask him to have supper, but he didn't notice it.

It wasn't until Liu Xinlan gently pulled his sleeve that Tang Qiuli suddenly woke up from a big dream, came back to his senses, looked at Liu Xinlan's worried eyes, he smiled apologetically, and let go of his thoughts, "Maybe it's too smooth, I think too much, with the combat effectiveness of the British and Indian soldiers, what threat can I pose to the troops!" ”

Looking at the supper brought by Liu Xinlan, Tang Qiuli sniffed it a few times, and said in a loud voice: "Xinlan's cooking skills are good, I have a good mouth, oh, Xinlan, go and call Chief of Staff Zhao, he is busy until now, it is estimated that he is also hungry and panicked" Hearing his praise, Liu Xinlan smiled sweetly and replied: "I have already called him, come soon, I have prepared two people, eat with confidence!" ”

Zhao Yuhe came over, first smelled the sweet smell, rubbed his hands embarrassedly, and said: "Master, I see that Staff Officer Liu's cooking skills are getting more and more exquisite, you have a good mouth!" ”

Tang Qiuli ate supper in his mouth, and said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, sit, Xinlan's craftsmanship is absolutely good, I have time to return to Dingbian, let my mother teach her a few hands of Northeast cuisine, I can often eat hometown dishes, you don't know Ah Yuhe, I don't eat for a long time, I am panicked, especially the pig-killing dish, hey, I can't eat enough last meal, in my hometown in Northeast China, when it is winter, everyone kills pigs and stews sauerkraut, plus white meat and blood sausage, that taste, I can't forget it in this life!" ”

Liu Xinlan's face couldn't help but turn red, and she couldn't help but yearn a little in her heart, "Go back to Dingbian and see the two old men, then, your identity is determined, you must learn the Northeast cuisine that Qiu Li said, and make it for him every day" The little girl's face was full of sweetness, how did she know that it was almost as difficult to find pure Northeast flavor sauerkraut in the Indochina Peninsula as it was to keep up with the moon.

Zhao Yuhe also smiled and said: "Teacher, after so many years, you haven't forgotten the taste of your hometown cuisine, in fact, I too, my hometown is from Shaanxi, and I studied in Xi'an University, since when did I follow you, the teacher and you, the snacks on the streets of Xi'an, I also often reminisce, for several years, I have no chance to go back!" ”

Liu Xinlan listened with great interest to the two big men, discussing the issue of eating and drinking, Tang Qiu asked casually: "Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan didn't send a telegram, these two guys, they must have fought with the British and Indian troops in Xinduo, and they are happy in their hearts, the intensity of the blocking attack I ordered will be increased, they don't give me a small-scale battle, with Xiao Jinshan's character, what can be done, Fang Yuanshan is not going to do anything out of the ordinary, mainly which Xiao Jinshan." ”

Zhao Yuhe smiled and said: "Division commander, you didn't guess correctly this time, twenty minutes ago, I received a telegram from the two brigade commanders Xiao and Fang, when the forward troops of the British and Indian troops advanced to the vicinity of Xinduo, they did not immediately attack, but camped on the spot. I didn't catch the battle! ”…,

Tang Qiuli was stunned for a moment, stopped chewing, and asked, "What?" There was no fighting in Sinto? It's not normal! ”

Zhao Yuhe nodded a little strange and puzzled, Tang Qiuli seemed to have caught the source of his uneasiness, compared with the momentum of Alexander's crazy advance two days ago, he did not immediately launch an attack on Xinduo, which in itself is abnormal, Alexander is also a veteran soldier, he will not know, time is very precious for him, and he must rush out of the Hukang River Valley before his main force and reinforcements in northern Burma.

This is a matter of common sense, otherwise, if he is blocked in the Hukang River Valley, his situation will be very dangerous, but Alexander, who is as anxious as a spark, stopped abruptly in Xinduo, and would rather give up the time for one night, why? What was it that made him make such a decision?

Seeing Tang Qiuli's very thoughtful appearance, Zhao Yuhe and Liu Xinlan glanced at each other, and the two of them invariably stopped the movements of their hands and looked at his face.

Tang Qiuli filtered the entire campaign plan in his mind again, and he suddenly discovered that there was a fatal loophole in the orders he gave to Xiao Jinshan's brigade and Fang Yuanshan's brigade, that is, the time problem of evacuating Xinduo, before eight o'clock in the morning, with Xiao Jinshan's personality, if he did not fight until 7:50, he would never evacuate, and if his troops did not leave, Fang Yuanshan's troops would not be able to withdraw.

If Alexander ordered his troops to launch an attack on Sindo in the early hours of the morning, by eight o'clock, there were still a few hours to go, and the importance of Sindo to northern Burma, Alexander, who had been running the Indochina Peninsula for many years, knew better than himself, and he could also judge that he would not let his troops out of the Hukang River valley lightly.

Although Alexander judged that it was a local army and did not have much combat effectiveness, it was not excluded that he believed that Xinduo must be the last line of defense held by the divisional troops, so the way of attack would inevitably be more fierce than the battles along the way.

Thinking of this, Tang Qiuli sweated from his head and came down!