After more than nine hours of losing his soul, Alexander finally remembered that in addition to the middle route army, which had lost more than two-thirds of its men, there were other four-route troops, which were attacking in other directions in northern Burma, and Tang Qiuli used his main army to deal with his own troops.

After Alexander gave the order, he saw that Chief of Staff Adams had no reaction, and those staff officers were also staring at him, and they were angry at that time, and roared angrily: "Don't go and execute the order yet!" If you miss the best time, I'll shoot you! Do you think that the Chinese people on the other side are slower to react than us? ”

The staff officers looked at each other, and secretly shouted in their hearts, "It's over, Your Excellency the Commander is delirious, and the best time is it, more than nine hours have passed, dare to love, Your Excellency the Commander has been sleepwalking!" Probably his memory is still stuck on the battlefield of Meisi Kailing? ”

Chief of Staff Adams, his face darkened, and then he smiled bitterly, looked at Alexander, who was in an abnormal state of excitement, and said in the most gentle tone possible: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's late, nine hours ago, I received a telegram from them, in the current area, the troops of my four divisions have been surrounded by the main force of the independent division that exceeds their strength by more than three times their strength and more than five times the firepower, and is surrounded in the current position. ”

"Five hours ago, I received the last telegram from their commander, the force was defeated, the troops were encircled, there was no hope of breaking through, and there were heavy casualties, and I had ordered the troops to surrender to the Chinese! You are resting, and it doesn't bother you! ”

There were still a few words, and Adams was embarrassed to say to his face, "With your mental state at the time, I told you the bad news that made things worse, and you couldn't go crazy on the spot?" ”

"What?" Alexander stared at him with a frozen gaze. His head was "buzzing", staring at Chief of Staff Adams, his face flushed sickly, and there seemed to be thousands of bees fluttering in his ears. Nothing could be heard, only Adams's lips could be seen, agitated up and down, and a mouthful of blood was hot in his heart, splashed in the morning mist of the Hukang River Valley, and then. Consciousness plunges into boundless darkness.

At two o'clock in the morning, after more than five hours of silence, the Meth Kailing began to make noise, and when tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks were started, the roar of engines, the whispered shouts of commanders, the loud number of soldiers, and the sound of hurried footsteps. Breaking the silence of the early morning, the earth that was blown away by the night wind began to wake up. Compose a majestic Battlefield Symphony.

Tang Qiuli walked out of the tent, the mountain tiger hurriedly stepped forward and put on a windbreaker for him, Tang Qiuli looked at the mountain tiger in surprise and said: "Oh, I didn't expect it, our captain Huang is so discerning, it's not easy, learn to pat on the back?" ”

Mountain Tiger is embarrassed. looked at Tang Qiuli with an intoxicated face, and replied in a low voice: "Don't be stinky and beautiful, who wants to pat your ass, it was Liu Xinlan who specially instructed me when she left, I was afraid that you would get sick." I said Xiaoqiu, your body is so bad? When I was in my hometown in the Northeast, in the winter, we didn't wear hats, but we could still run in the woods, why did the officials get bigger and bigger, and there were more and more problems? ”

was hit hard by the words of the mountain tiger, it seems that he has exercised less in recent years, Tang Qiuli was completely speechless, and he couldn't think of any sharper words, so he hit the triumphant mountain tiger in turn.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, who happened to come over to report the situation, heard the conversation between the two, couldn't help laughing, and said to Tang Qiuli: "Division commander, an hour ago, one regiment each of the vanguard of the Ninth Brigade and the Tenth Brigade had already set off. ”…,

Tang Qiuli said without thinking: "Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan must be with the vanguard, right?" Zhao Yuhe nodded, in fact, Tang Qiuli did not approve of the senior officers doing this, they should stay in the position of command, instead of serving as the head of the vanguard regiment, originally, he wanted to order Xiao and Fang to come back, but he immediately dispelled this idea.

Tang Qiuli asked again, "What is the situation of the other troops?" Especially the four theaters and the Western Multidirection. ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Division commander, I received a report from the troops in the direction of Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, and Xintaiji, the battle has come to an end, and a small part of the Anglo-Indian troops of the four divisions have been annihilated, and most of them have surrendered. ”

"The troops in the direction of Xiduo, there is no report at present, the commander of the Chutian detachment of the special operations detachment responsible for seizing Xiduo, called two hours ago, and an hour later, launched an attack on the British and Indian troops in Xiduo, it is estimated that the battle is not over yet, and it is in the midst of fierce fighting, division commander, do you want to call and ask about the battle situation?"

Tang Qiu's eyes jumped a few times, and he thought about it and said: "No need, I have arranged three brigades of troops in Xiduo, as well as Chutian's special operations detachment, there is no reason to complete the task, I believe in Chutian, let's go, go and meet Alexander!" With that, he jumped into the jeep in a few steps.

Actually, there were a few more words, but he didn't say anything in his heart, "Chutian, I hope you can understand my intentions, Xiduo, that unit can be defeated, why use your special operations detachment?" ”

In the dark night, the snow-bright headlights pierced the night sky, and a long line of lights crossed the Meisi Kailing Ridge, along the Hukang River Valley, meandering westward, and the troops of the 12 brigades of the Corps directly under the Independent Division began to pursue the retreating British and Indian troops.

At about 11 o'clock in the night, in a dense jungle three kilometers northeast of Xiduo, Colonel Chu Tian, commander of the special operations detachment of the independent division, was holding a pre-war meeting, and the participants in the meeting, in addition to more than a dozen special operations detachment leaders, also led the troops to hide in the vicinity of Xiduo a day ago, and major-general Wang Yiwu, commander of the 10th Brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps, Major General Zhao Shoushan, commander of the 11th Brigade, and Major General Geng Zhijie, commander of the 12th Brigade.

A huge rock just blocked the view of the sentries of the British and Indian army in Sido, but the soldiers of the extremely experienced special operations detachment still used dozens of raincoats to set up a temporary tent, and a few flashlights with the reflector off were hung upside down on the wooden beams of the tent as temporary lighting equipment.

Then, Chu Tian said: "The division commander's order, everyone is clear, we are a special operations detachment, if the organization of troops adopts the method of hard work, it is not our style, and it does not reflect our characteristics, why did the division commander give us the task of seizing Xiduo to our special operations detachment, I don't know if you have thought about this problem?" ”

The team leaders shook their heads in unison, and couldn't help but ask in their hearts, "Is there any difference here?" "Not only did the commanders of the special operations detachment think so, but the commanders of the three field brigades who attended the meeting also thought that Chu Tian's words were too much to do, and they were a bit tricky.

The capture of Sido is a simpler task, the garrison of the British and Indian troops, but the strength of a regiment, and there are no strong fortifications, that brigade, casually pull out the strength of a regiment, artillery bombardment, pigsty size Sido, can not hold back hundreds of shells, no more than an hour, will be able to solve the battle.

However, they all know Chu Tian, as the division commander's favorite general, commanding the most elite special operations detachment of the independent division, they will never say some useless nonsense, right? What's more, Chu Tian is not that kind of person! …,

Wang Yiwu, commander of the 10th Brigade, said: "Commander of the Chu Detachment, since the division commander has handed over the task of seizing Xiduo to the special operations detachment, we want to hear your thoughts. ”

Chu Tian said: "Very simply, the intention of the division commander is to capture Sido without alarming the enemy defenders, so that they will not have time to warn the commander of the British and Indian troops who are retreating in this direction, so as not to increase the difficulty of the pursuing troops. ”

"At that time, when our other troops did not arrive, in the first day or two, our three brigades and special operations detachment will be under great pressure, and the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry, in order to escape for their lives, the British and Indian soldiers will recapture Sido regardless of a qiē, a bloody battle cannot be avoided, and the casualties of the troops will increase greatly, and the division commander just doesn't want to see such a situation occur, so he handed over the task to us!"

The captains of the special operations detachment have become accustomed to the demons of the detachment leader, but they are not too surprised, but the three brigade commanders of the Sulu Mobile Corps gasped, it is not simple, from the division commander's ordinary order, so many contents are deduced, no wonder to hand over an extremely easy to capture Sido to such an elite as the special operations detachment.

The fire in Chu Tian's eyes flashed, and he continued: "The combat methods and tactics of seizing Sido, for the sneak attack, the special operations detachment infiltrated Sido, first occupied the headquarters and confidential communications department of the Indian defenders of LinkedIn, and then, I sent a signal, I troubled the troops of the three brigade commanders, stormed from the outside, we cooperated internally, opened huā inside and out, it is expected that within two hours, the battle can be ended, and the sneak attack operation will start in an hour, everyone understands?" ”

Including the three brigade commanders, everyone agreed in a low voice, although the voice was not loud, but the momentum contained in it was very amazing, as for the specific tactical issues, Chu Tian did no nonsense, the special operations detachment did this line of work, the team leaders, much bigger than this, I don't know how many times I have experienced.

What's more, a Xiduo who doesn't even have a dirt fence, a few barbed wire fences that are crooked and crooked, in the eyes of these detachment leaders, are more unbearable than paper paste, just after Chu Tian finished speaking, a complete set of sneak attack plans has been formed in the minds of more than a dozen detachment leaders, but it depends on the detachment leader to hand over this task to those detachments?