Major General Fisher, commander of the 1st Division of the vanguard of the British Army in India, who invaded northern Burma, suddenly ordered the driver to stop after crossing the Meth Ridge.

It was an unintentional move for a while, he just wanted to determine how far away he was from Ma Gao, so as to adjust the speed of his advance, and after the car stopped, Major General Fisher said to the staff officer next to him very elegantly: "Bring the map!" ”

As soon as the staff officer took out the map from his satchel, there was a sudden piercing scream in the sky, and Major General Fisher looked back in surprise, his pupils suddenly contracted because of extreme fear, and instinctively shouted: "Shelling!" ”

The artillery shells that fell from the sky and flew like locusts were also discovered by Major General Hopkins, commander of the 3rd Division, who also shouted: "Enemy shelling! Evacuate and hide now! ”

After shouting, the major general ran towards the bottom of a mountain cliff with quick movements, but it was too late, and the shells of the artillery group of the regiment directly under the independent division had already smashed down on the head, and a few clouds of black smoke and flames flashed, and Major General Hopkins, several of his guards and a dozen staff officers, disappeared without a trace, only a few craters with curling smoke, and then they were covered by later shells.

Major General Fisher was quite lucky, he saw with his own eyes that, within a few minutes, the muddy road behind him was a boiling molten iron, and everywhere there were columns of smoke and dust from the shells, while Major General, only a few hundred meters away from the shelled area, was like heaven and hell.

Division Commander Fisher looked at this qiē in amazement, watched the trees fall to the ground with a bang, and watched the smoke of gunpowder fill his vision, until he could only see the light of the fires and hear the loud sound of the earth shaking the mountains, he shouted hoarsely as if he had woken up from a dream: "Communication soldiers!" Signal Soldiers! Immediately report to Commander Alexander, my 1st division was subjected to a sudden shelling by the squadron! ”

This is how experienced commanders on the battlefield are. The difference between the rookie commander and the rookie commander who had never smelled the smoke of gunpowder, Fisher's judgment was that his first division was suddenly shelled, but he did not expect it at all. All the British and Indian troops who entered the ambush circle of Tang Qiuli in Meisi Kailing were covered by the artillery group of the corps directly under the independent division, and the scale of such artillery bombardment was far beyond his imagination.

The communications corps of the 1st Division, which also has not been on the battlefield, has only overwhelming artillery fire in his eyes and ears. I could only hear the deafening sound of artillery, and the earth was trembling, until His Excellency the division commander personally shouted angrily in his ear.

Those forty-odd tanks. Also stopped, the British tank crew, drilled out of the tank. Looking at this qiē in horror, even if they were hiding in a tank protected by thick armor, they did not have the slightest sense of security, such the intensity and density of the shelling, the tank was not much more effective than a soldier's body, it was a moving living coffin.

A regiment of Anglo-Indian infantry and a battalion of British tanks were cut out in isolation by artillery fire, and their brains were blank. Including the commander, Major General Fischer, do not know what to do? Like an outsider, he looked at the steel shards and gunsmoke and flames, shrouding the Meth Kailing Highway.

Turn around and go back? That's to find death by yourself, I'm afraid that before you have walked a few hundred meters, you will be swallowed up by this steel storm. Left with no bones left, continue to rush forward? Major General Fisher, do you still have that guts? Not being scared and paralyzed on the spot in the jeep, it's already enough, my God, the Chinese can be here, using massive artillery fire, God knows, there are more terrible things waiting for you ahead? …,

At this moment, a regiment of Xu Xianzeng's division of the Fifth Brigade rushed over with a "bang", and Colonel Xu Baojiu, when he saw the situation in front of him, burst out laughing on the spot, "Nearly 2,000 British and Indian soldiers, a group of stupid geese, were only 100 meters away from the shelling area, looking straight at them, and even their own troops rushed over, but they did not react.

Xu Baojiu ordered loudly: "All battalions spread out in battle formation, surround these British and Indian soldiers, and if they dare to resist, they will be killed on the spot!" "The regimental strength of the field brigades of each corps of the independent division is full of more than 3,000 troops, and at a distance of several hundred meters, it rushed over in less than ten minutes, and surrounded the British and Indian soldiers at once.

"Hands up! Shoot or kill! The soldiers shouted loudly, the British and Indian soldiers could not understand Chinese, but those black muzzles and murderous faces were more effective than any language, in contrast, some Indian soldiers, who had to look enough, picked up the guns in their hands and were about to fire.

"Da Da Da!" There was a roar of submachine guns, nearly 100 bearded Indian soldiers, more than a dozen bloody holes appeared on their bodies, and they fell to the ground, their bodies spasmed and convulsed, this bloody scene was too convincing, and the guns in the hands of the British and Indian soldiers were as hot as red-hot iron bars, and they were subconsciously thrown to the ground.

Still want to fight back? The nearly 100 bloody corpses lying on the ground are the best illustration that if you want to prove your courage, you have to pay with your life.

More than 40 British tank drivers, when they saw that the Chinese soldiers were surrounded, hurriedly started their engines, stepped on the accelerator to the end, and a puff of black smoke came out from behind the tank's buttocks, and they scattered aimlessly, not even having the courage to open fire.

Xu Baojiu did not call the artillery, but ordered the bazooka and recoilless gun detachments, "Knock out a few British tanks that dare to escape!" If you run again, you will explode him directly! ”

"Boom, boom!" A few fires flashed, the rushing British tanks, a puff of black smoke, broken tracks, fell to the ground with a clatter, there were three unlucky British tanks, hit by a few bazooka shells, the detonated ammunition, tearing the armor, the outstanding descendants of the British Empire inside, into a molecular state.

The rest of the British tanks, Zhi'er stopped there, the tank soldiers got out of the tanks, honestly raised their hands, Xu Baojiu saw from afar, a British officer, stupid, still sitting in the jeep, until the soldiers pulled their heads out of the car, this guy woke up from a dream, shouting.

Xu Baojiu walked up to him slowly, and said coldly in proficient English: "Report your name, number, position, military rank, and also, to be a prisoner, you must have the consciousness of being a prisoner, otherwise, you will suffer a lot!" This is a familiar remark, it was said by division commander Tang Qiuli to the chief of staff of the Japanese army's Hainan Island garrison division during the battle to capture Hainan Island, and later it became one of the popular words of all units of the independent division.

Major General Fisher, surprised, in the Indochina Peninsula in the wilderness, a group of foolish Chinese, the colonel of a squadron, can speak fluent English, there is someone who can talk, Major General Fisher, can't help but take out the posture of the British Empire generals and nobles, but seeing Xu Baojiu's eyes, his heart was excited, and he quickly dispelled this idea and honestly reported his identity.

Xu Baojiu shouted excitedly, "Correspondent, report to the brigade commander immediately, the fourth regiment has completed the task, captured more than 1,000 British and Indian troops, 32 tanks, and the specific number of prisoners is still being counted, in addition, our regiment also catches a big fish, it is a British major general and division commander!" ”

Xu Xianzeng, the commander of the Fifth Brigade, after receiving Xu Baojiu's report, was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and in the command post, he turned around several times in a row, and kept muttering, "Xu Baojiu, you kid is so good, you really show your face to our Fifth Brigade!" After settling down, he hurriedly picked up the phone, "Division headquarters, I'll find the division commander!" ”…,

Tang Qiuli took the phone, Xu Xianzeng's excited voice immediately came, "Division commander, I am Xu Xianzeng, I Lushun lì completed the task of solving the Anglo-Indian army that emerged, captured more than 1,000 people, thirty-two tanks, and Ah Division Commander, caught a big fish, it is the commander of the First Division, who has been serving as the vanguard of the main force of the Anglo-Indian army, called Fisher!" ”

Tang Qiuli said happily: "Okay, Xu Xianzeng, your Fifth Brigade is the first to open the record, you should make a great contribution to convey my order to the troops, the order not to leave prisoners of war is not applicable to the British and Indian prisoners of war, send troops to escort the prisoners of war to Magao!" That major general named Fisher, held in solitary confinement, take care of him, don't have an accident! ”

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe reported: "Division commander, the shelling will stop in ten minutes, according to the reports of the brigades, in the ambush circle, a total of more than 100,000 British and Indian troops were surrounded, because the shelling has not stopped, the specific number is unknown, however, according to the brigade commanders, the number of captured prisoners may be much less!" ”

Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "Under such a fierce shelling, it is pure luck to survive, order all brigades, after the shelling stops, immediately enter the battlefield, annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and then, turn to the pursuit!" I judge that the British and Indian troops outside the ambush circle are running back with their lives at the moment! ”

Indeed, among the dozens of high-ranking generals of the Anglo-Indian army, the lucky ones favored by God were not only Major General Fisher, but also the commander General Alexander, and a cadre of senior generals in his headquarters.

After leaving the Hukang Valley, Alexander escaped by marching in the rearguard troops, otherwise His Excellency would have become the first officer of the rank of general to die in the history of the British Empire and the expansion of overseas colonies.

When Major General Fisher had already left the Meth Ridge, and General Alexander and his headquarters were still seven or eight kilometers away from the Meth Ridge, His Excellency the Commander was using poetic language to the officers who had listened to him with a flattering smile and a pleasant ear to tell him about the good times in the Indochina Peninsula.

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