"I repeat, we are on the orders of Commander-in-Chief Fan of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force to escort important military supplies to Ruili! Still out of the way? ”

On the Wan Town Bridge in Lijiang, a lieutenant colonel officer of the expeditionary force in jungle camouflage uniforms was negotiating with the bayonet garrison of the 71st Army surrounded by several soldiers.

However, it seems that the negotiation process was not pleasant.

This is the only road from Nankan to western Yunnan, across a steel bridge over Ruili.

Behind the lieutenant colonel officer was dozens of military trucks on the road, as well as hundreds of expeditionary force soldiers who had their insurance turned on and were ready to fight.

"I'm sorry sir, without the order of the Kunming Headquarters, you can't pass, please don't embarrass the brothers." The commander of the garrison replied calmly.

"Looks like you're determined to stand in the way? Don't blame me for not making it clear, I'm only giving you ten minutes, and then you won't... At one's own risk! ”

The lieutenant colonel officer was not polite to the other party, and left with a cruel word.

Looking at the soldiers on both sides of the road ahead, the garrison company commander broke out in a cold sweat, if he really fought, his 100 or so numbers were not enough for others to stuff their teeth.

"Did you call for help?" The commander of the garrison company asked his subordinates uneasily.

"The regimental headquarters has been notified, and they said they will arrive within ten minutes." The soldier replied truthfully.

The company commander was a little relieved, the other party was from the 203rd Division of the New Army of the Expeditionary Force, and he was also escorting a large number of equipment and materials. This is clearly a supply sent to those people in Mangshi.

Shangfeng had already issued an order, whether it was in or out, it was expressly forbidden for any troops to pass through the checkpoint, and he categorically could not let them pass.

Ten minutes passed in a flash, and the lieutenant colonel officer had long known that the garrison company of the 71st Army had no intention of letting it go.

Of course, he did not waste time, but took advantage of this gap to transfer the armored vehicles in the rear.

The trucks pulling supplies retreated one after another, a total of 6 Greyhound armored vehicles and 2 Sherman tanks drove in an invincible manner, and the mortar platoon behind quickly set up positions.

In a position that could not be seen in the rear, the regimental mountain artillery battalion also spread out its position, and at the first order, a dozen 75-mm Bofors mountain guns could immediately open fire.

The infantry began to drive towards the bridgehead with the armored vehicles, the barrels of the guns slowly raised and pointed to the opposite bank, and the wheels and tracks rubbed against the ground with a screeching sound.

This battle... The garrison on the other side of the bridge was immediately frightened.

"Everyone obeys the order, as long as they are attacked, they will immediately return fire on the other side!"

The lieutenant colonel officer commanded loudly in the ranks with walkie-talkies, and everyone was shocked, and gradually approached the bridgehead position of the 71st Army with their weapons in hand.

The Sherman tank took the lead, driving at the front of the line, and the soldiers of the garrison company tried to block it with their guns drawn, but how could the flesh and blood stop the steel wheels.

"What? Back off! Back off! ”

The tank's tracks smashed through the barbed wire barricade on the bridgehead, and without slowing down, the group of soldiers had no choice but to retreat back to their positions on the north bank.

Although the anti-aircraft guns on the shore were also aimed at the tanks of the expeditionary force, they did not dare to fire first, and the gunner's hands holding the firing rope were sweating, but the company commander did not give the order for a long time.

Because he knew that once he gave the order to open fire, the consequences would definitely be unbearable for him, and he would not be able to account for all the hundred or so people on the shore.

The roar of the engines was breathtaking, and the sandbags and iron barrels on the bridge could not stop the tanks from crushing, and the garrison soldiers struggled to carry several steel anti-tank horses and stopped them at the bridgehead on the north bank as the last protection.

"Lay down your arms! Stand back now! ”

"Put the gun down!"

"You can push Lao Tzu again!?"

"Get out of here!"

……

The soldiers of the expeditionary force immediately stepped forward, preparing to remove these rejected horses to clear the way for the tanks, and the garrison even the soldiers were not to be outdone, and the two sides began to push and insult each other on the bridge, pointing their guns at each other, but neither fired the first shot.

On the tank, the machine gunner climbed to the position of the M2 machine gun on the roof of the car, loaded the bolt and aimed the muzzle of the gun at the crowd, and as soon as he pressed his hands, the people in front of him would be beaten into pieces.

The two Mark machine gun crews on the shore were also aimed at the soldiers of the expeditionary force, and the two sides were about to break out into a larger clashes, when the sound of horns from behind broke the scene.

"Stop it!"

A jeep came on the highway, followed by a team of people, led by Yu Xiaoqing's most powerful subordinates... Leslie.

"All lay down their arms! And you, all of you, back off, what about your chiefs? Come out and speak. ”

As the saying goes, one person ascends to heaven, and after Yu Xiaoqing was promoted to the commander of the 71st Army, the status of the people around him also rose. Zhang Lixian was young and already had two bars and three stars on his collar, and now he is the head of the main force of the 71st Army, which is completely cultivating him as a confidant.

The white and pure Zhang Lixian spoke with a sense of majesty, and the garrison company commander finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the other soldiers immediately put down their weapons.

The soldiers of the 203rd Division were relatively calm after seeing that a senior official was coming, but they did not get the order of their commander, and no one took a step back.

The lieutenant colonel officer walked out of the ranks, glanced at Zhang Lixian, and after thinking for a moment, he raised his hand and saluted politely and said: "I am the commander of the 031st Regiment of the 203rd Division, and I am ordered to deliver supplies to the friendly troops in Mangshi, and I also ask you to get out of the way to avoid unnecessary trouble." ”

"Trouble? Isn't this posture just here to create conflict? ”

Zhang Lixian scoffed at his remarks, swept the soldiers of the expeditionary force with cold eyes, shocked that the other party was well-equipped and at the same time felt a little red in his heart, I really don't know how these people went to Burma, not only won the battle, but also had so strong weapons and equipment.

"This is the chief's arrangement, we are just carrying out the order, and I hope my brother will not embarrass me." The lieutenant colonel's attitude was still tough, but seeing that the other party didn't seem to have come to ask the teacher for guilt, he simply continued patiently.

An atmosphere of unease spread in both camps, and in fact, no one wanted to shoot at their compatriots, and if it weren't for the position, would it be so tense?

Zhang Lixian took a deep breath, thinking back to the matters that the military seat had told him before he came, and commanded: "Lift the barricades and let them pass." ”

"Huh? Sir, this..."The garrison company commander looked confused, he thought that Zhang Lixian was here to show the other party's color, but he didn't expect to let him go.

"I said let them pass, don't you understand?" Zhang Lixian raised his eyebrows coldly, raised his voice and shouted again.

"Yes!"

The company commander no longer dared to ask more, so he could only ask his subordinates to carry away obstacles such as horse rejection, but he muttered in his heart, what the is this...