Chapter 498: A Great Victory
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"What? Chinese * troops appeared in our rear? How is that possible? "John. Admiral Colburn exclaimed. Now he has a feeling that he was originally in heaven, but now he has been pushed into hell. Originally, he thought that he was about to see the hope of victory. However, the sudden appearance of the Chinese* army made them fall short. After working hard for so long and paying so much price, it is inevitable to fail in the end.
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, how can this be? Is this true? How did the Chinese appear in our rear? "Commander of the 8th British Army, Edward. Lieutenant General Blakeney was also full of disbelief.
"Oh God! What can I do? It must be reinforcements from the Chinese. Now we can't escape. Lieutenant General Alexander, commander of the British 13th Army, was very frustrated. Originally, he did not approve of attacking Rangoon, but John. Admiral Colburn insisted on going his own way, and he couldn't help it. Well, now the Chinese* army suddenly appeared in their rear and outflanked their rear roads, and they were all served by someone.
"General, what should we do now? The Chinese have already surrounded us! "Chief of Staff Colin. Lieutenant General Campbell asked.
John. Admiral Colburn also had no choice, originally he also wanted to defeat the main force of the Chinese* army in Rangoon before the arrival of Chinese reinforcements. Thus winning this war. But now, before the attack on Yangon, reinforcements from the Chinese have arrived. It's good to outflank their back road. The current British army has completely fallen into the end of the road.
"I understand that this is simply a trap of the Chinese, who deliberately let us attack their fortified positions and draw all our attention here. Then they attacked our rear and blocked our back road. These damned Chinese are too insidious and vicious! "John. Admiral Colburn scolded bitterly. Merely. Nor can it change the current situation. The current situation is even more unfavorable for the British army.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have nothing to do now. I can only fight to the death! The 13th Army blocked the reinforcements of the Chinese, and the 8th Army attacked Rangoon, so let's fight to the death! "John. Admiral Colburn said. Now he has no other way. This battle. Britain was already doomed.
"Yes. Checkmate! "Commander of the 8th British Army, Edward. Both Lieutenant General Blakeney and the commander of the 13th Army, Lieutenant General Alexander, replied. It's just that both of them have wry smiles on their faces. They were all senior generals of the British army, so they naturally knew that the British army had little chance of winning this battle. Oh no, they all have to ask the commander of the 11th Army, George. Lieutenant General Pollock, like him, walked into a prisoner-of-war camp for the Chinese. That's pretty good, if you get hit by a stray bullet on the battlefield, you'll die in vain. Lieutenant General Alexander, in particular, is now full of complaints. If you listen to his advice early. Maybe they've safely withdrawn to India. Now, it's too late to say anything.
The news that the Chinese * army outflanked their rear roads. The Anglo-Indian army was not informed. Otherwise, I don't know what kind of mess will happen. These British and Indian troops had no morale in the first place, and it was entirely the British army who were forcing them to charge with bayonets. If they learned that the back road was copied, these indigenous Indians would definitely fry the pot. At that time, the British army will be lost.
The elite units of the British 8th Army began to attack the positions of the Chinese* army, which gave a boost to the Anglo-Indian army, which was already demoralized. Even the British masters personally launched an attack, and they are slaves, so they have to work hard?
"Minister Liu, the British have begun to attack. It seems that they already know about our actions. Major General Liu Wu, commander of the 7th Army of the Chinese Army, said. After so many days of fighting, the 7th Army has already eliminated a lot of British troops. Although most of them are British and Indian troops, this is also a war achievement! The casualties of the 7th Army itself were not large, and most of them were lightly wounded, and few were killed or seriously wounded.
"The British are trapped. The 2nd and 8th armies must have begun to attack. It's time for this battle to come to an end! Major General Liu Zhongming, Deputy Director of the Operations Department of the General Staff, said. This qiē is in his grasp, so he is not surprised.
The British army began to attack violently, so that the Chinese* army also had to throw the main force into the defensive line. However, even so, relying on strong fortifications and strong firepower, it was still unrealistic for the British army to break through the defense line of the Chinese* army. Even the British 8th Army, which was involved in the attack, shone like this. Although the British army is strong, like the indigenous Indians, they also carry two shoulders and one head, and if they are hit by a bullet, they will also die. The British soldiers did not get any advantage from the positions of the Chinese* army, and after being killed, their bodies were mixed with those of the lowly Indian natives. When they were alive, these British people looked down on the indigenous Indians. But after death, they are treated the same. Now the Chinese* army has no extra time to clean up the battlefield, only to wait until the battle is over, and then bury the corpses on the spot.
The weather in Myanmar is relatively hot, and if these corpses are not disposed of in time, there is a fear of plague. In that case, it's more troublesome. After the Chinese* army took Burma, it was to incorporate it into the Chinese Empire as a province of the empire. This will be the territory of the empire from now on, so naturally we can't let the plague run rampant here. Otherwise, how will immigrants from China live when the time comes?
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "More than 200 artillery pieces of the 2nd and 8th armies of the Chinese army began a fierce artillery bombardment of the hastily constructed defensive line of the British 13th Army. The British 13th Army was transferred to block the Chinese reinforcements, and in a hurry, they did not even have time to dig trenches, so they could only resist the fierce shelling of the Chinese* army in the wilderness without any shelter. In the shelling, the British paid a heavy price.
"Damn, you can't fight like this! Before I saw the Chinese, I was all blown up by them. Seeing this, Lieutenant General Alexander scolded. Now he has no extra thoughts, he just wants a way to live.
The heavy shelling of the Chinese* army, which lasted more than half an hour, began the offensive. Tens of thousands of soldiers, lined up in sparse skirmishers, under the cover of infantry support fire, launched an attack on the British positions. During the British counterattack, from time to time, people were shot and fell to the ground, but on the whole, this sparse attack formation helped to reduce casualties.
In the 13th Army of the British Army, one division was originally eaten by the 7th Army of the Chinese Army, and another division was severely damaged, and it has not yet recovered. The troops that can fight are only two divisions. In the face of the siege of the two armies of the Chinese Army, the British 13th Army simply could not hold out for long.
Two hours later, the British 13th Army had lost thousands of men, and the remnants of the troops had lost their fighting spirit and began to retreat.
"Oh God! Please forgive me for my actions. It's not that I don't want to fight for my country, but I don't want so many young men to die in this wild place! I'm going to bring them back to England. Seeing that defeat was assured, Lieutenant General Alexander gave himself a reason to make ends meet on his conscience. Then it was directly ordered to surrender to the Chinese * army.
The officers and soldiers of the 13th Army of the British Army have long been frightened by the Chinese* army. Now that Lieutenant General Alexander gave the order to surrender, they naturally complied with the order and laid down their weapons.
At 11 a.m., the commander of the British 13th Army, Alexander Murphy. George. Lieutenant General Woodford handed over his command knife to Major General Doolittle, commander of the 2nd Army of the Chinese Army, and led the remnants of the 13th Army of the LinkedIn Army to surrender to the Chinese* Army. This was both the commander of the 11th Army of the British Army, George Brown. After Lieutenant General Pollock, the second senior British officer to be captured by the Chinese* army. Of course, this is definitely not the last.
After the surrender of the British 13th Army, the 2nd and 8th armies of the Chinese Army began to attack the rear of the British army. At this moment, the British were fiercely attacking the positions of the 7th and 14th armies of the Chinese* army. However, when the Chinese* army was waiting for them, they did not bargain at all, but left behind corpses everywhere.
When the shells of the Chinese* army fell on their heads from the rear, these British officers and soldiers panicked.
"What did Lieutenant General Alexander do? How could one of his armies be broken through by the Chinese so quickly? "John. Admiral Colburn snarled in exasperation.
"General, Lieutenant General Alexander has already surrendered to the Chinese. The 13th Army has all surrendered! "Chief of Staff Colin. Lieutenant General Campbell said.
"Damn it, I'll send him to the gallows if I have the chance!" John. Admiral Colburn said viciously. It's just that he no longer has such a chance. As the commander of the British army that had lost the battle, even if he returned to England alive, he would never be used again.
"General, what should we do now? The Chinese have already called. "Colin. Lieutenant General Campbell asked.
"Alas, forget it! Surrender to the Chinese! "John. Admiral Colburn said dejectedly. He tried so hard for so long, but in the end he fell short.
The gunfire in Yangon finally stopped. Groups of British and British and Indian soldiers, under the leadership of their commanders, handed over their weapons in an orderly manner and surrendered to the Chinese* army. These Brits, as well as the indigenous Indians, have a sense of the aftermath. Although the battle was lost, they survived and did not have to be turned into cold corpses like their hapless comrades. (To be continued......)