"But, Your Excellency, Commander. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Americans seem to support Chinese. If we were to use force against Myanmar, the consequences would be unimaginable. "Lieutenant General Slim is a little worried.

After all, the current British Empire is much worse than it used to be. Even, they need the support of the Americans to be able to survive. If they offend the Americans, they probably won't be able to get along. That's the worst thing.

As for whether they can defeat the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, General Slim did not think about this. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the British* army, no matter what, must be much stronger than that of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Although they were kicked by the Japanese themselves in Myanmar before, they have long since taken the initiative to forget this shame. In other words, they thought that the defeat by Hi* himself was nothing more than an accident. The reason why the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was able to defeat the Japanese themselves was entirely because of the strong support of the United States. And the support they received was no worse than that of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Therefore, there is no reason why they will lose to the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

"Americans? Hum! Those guys have given us tremendous support in this war. However, they have always been uneasy and well-intentioned. If it weren't for their provocation, those Chinese might not have such courage. But we are also allies of the United States, and we play a much bigger role than the Chinese. The Americans can't fall out with us for the sake of those Chinese. Admiral Wavell looked determined.

Lieutenant General Slim, although somewhat apprehensive, agreed with Admiral Wavell's views. After all, in their concept, even if Britain and the United States have differences and contradictions, they are allies of the same kind of culture! No matter how good the relationship is, it must be closer than that of Americans and Chinese. How can the Americans completely side with the Chinese and not support them?

"General Stanley, send your troops and prepare to attack. Of course, the scale should not be too large. A brigade of troops will do. If the Chinese are vulnerable, send more troops into Burma and snatch Burma from the Chinese. Admiral Wavell ordered. He believed that in the face of the British army's active attack, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army would not dare to exchange fire with them. Those Chinese have always bowed only in front of them. It will be very easy for them to take Burma.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." Lieutenant General Slim nodded.

Lieutenant General Slim's 15th Army had three infantry divisions, namely the 5th and 7th Indian Divisions and the 81st West African Division. Because the size of the British Army was originally comparative, after the outbreak of the war, the British Army was expanded on a large scale, and it was also composed of colonial soldiers and officers of the British Army. To put it bluntly, it was a British* officer who led the troops formed by colonial artillery. Naturally, the combat effectiveness of such a unit cannot be expected to be very high. Not only is it far from being able to compare with the pure British Army, but on the battlefield, it is even more impossible to compare with the enemy, and can only fight a tailwind war.

The infantry division of the British army has three infantry brigades and one artillery brigade, and there are battalions under the brigade, each battalion has more than 1,000 people. The size of its brigade is even smaller than that of the regiment of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army. An infantry division has only more than 13,000 people, which is nearly 5,000 fewer than an infantry division of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

In the northwestern part of Myanmar and on the border with British India, is the densely forested Mount Patkai. After the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army took control of the whole of Burma, it did not send troops into these dense forests. Although, in the middle of the dense forest there are some suggested roads built during the British colonial rule. However, the conditions in the mountains were very bad, and the various units of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army had to be supplemented and expanded. So they just sent scouts into the forest to keep watch. The troops on the plains outside the mountains mainly held the junction.

Hin Beyyan, a small town in northwestern Myanmar. However, because there is an improvised road through Mount Patkai, the 4th Infantry Division of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army deployed an infantry battalion of the 8th Infantry Regiment here. In the Hugang Valley, a few tens of kilometers from Simbayen, there were other units of the 8th Infantry Regiment.

The divisional headquarters of the 4th Infantry Division was deployed in Myitkyina, north of the Hugang Valley and the Grape Plains, with the 8th Infantry Regiment and the 12th Infantry Regiment deployed, respectively. As for the 4th Infantry Regiment, it was deployed west of Myitkyina.

In the dense forests of Patkai Mountain, there are towering trees one after another, and many large trees can only be surrounded by several people. In the dense forest, there are countless poisonous insects, snakes and ants, and if you are not careful, you may die in them.

The proposed highway built by the British winds through the dense forest. These proposed roads, which are no more than five meters wide, are mostly dirt roads. When it rains, it's ***** but even this dirt road is much better than no road at all.

Originally, Patekie Hill was supposed to be off the beaten track. Now, however, the winding improvised road is filled with thousands of British soldiers in shorts and shorts. Of course, if you look closely, these British soldiers are not pure British. Except for a small number of officers who were white-skinned, high-nosed, blue-eyed British, the rest of the soldiers were all black Indian Asan, wrapped in turbans.

Of course, these Indian Asans are also Caucasian ethnically. But maybe it's because the weather in India is too hot, and the sun is too poisonous, so they all tan black one by one.

Now, this is the British soldiers sweating one by one marching in the dense forest, their uniforms are wet and sticky to their bodies, and they look very embarrassed.

"Ahh

Suddenly, a scream rang out, causing a trace of panic in the ranks of the British army.

I saw that a bearded Ah San had already fallen to the ground and convulsed, and his mouth was foaming at the mouth. Beside him, there was also a cobra painted with letters.

"Shet!"

A British officer couldn't help but curse that this was the eighth person his company had been bitten to death by a poisonous snake after entering the dense forest. He really didn't know how many men his troops would be able to save after walking through the dense forest.

The rest of Ah Sanbing hurriedly stepped forward and smashed the cobra into pieces with bayonets, but the bitten Ah Sanbing was no longer silent.

Subsequently, under the reprimand of the officer, the British soldiers once again formed a team and embarked on the journey. However, they have become more vigilant. As soon as you notice a danger, you will stop immediately. It has to be said that the tragic loss has taught them a lot. (To be continued.) )