Also on March 14, Li Junhao's convoy drove to Degongne, a small city garrisoned by the 17th Division of the British and Indian Army, which was already shrouded in tension, and not far to the east, Tonggu was under the onslaught of the Japanese 55th Division.

When their vehicle composed of seven large armored vehicles drove into Degonge, it immediately attracted the attention of the garrison and residents, but what made Li Junhao shake his head was that his obvious armed team did not have the British army to inquire, this kind of vigilance was too bad!

The convoy stopped at the entrance of a Chinese restaurant that was still open, and the group got out of the car and walked in, and found that the area was quite large enough to accommodate all of them to rest and eat.

The Chinese shopkeeper was startled when he saw seven large armored vehicles parked at the door, and then a group of people got out of the car and walked in, but more than half of them were Chinese, which made him feel a lot more relieved.

Xiaohu stepped forward and told the shopkeeper that they were just resting and eating, and asked for authentic Chinese food, which was the same for all tables, including foreigners. Hearing the familiar Chinese dialect, the shopkeeper with a southern accent was very happy, and agreed repeatedly, and tried it, but did not dare to ask what these people were doing.

There should be a lot of chefs in the restaurant, the food is served quickly, and the two large barrels of rice prepared are obviously not enough, and the owner has asked people to buy a lot of them in other places......

In the past few days, everyone has eaten only military supplies, no matter how good the taste is, they have eaten enough, and they are very happy to eat familiar Chinese food, even half of them are Americans and British, they have lived in Shanghai for a long time, and they are very accustomed to Chinese food, and even use chopsticks!

This situation made the shopkeepers and waiters secretly surprised, and from time to time they peeked at these people in military uniforms, and they couldn't figure out their identities and origins, and they didn't dare to ask. In this regard, everyone has been accustomed to seeing it along the way, and they don't care about it, and they eat, pour tea, and chat by themselves.

The meals on the table are indeed Chinese cuisine, but there are both Beijing cuisine and Shandong cuisine in the north, as well as Hunan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine in the south, but the taste is rare and very good, especially at this time to be able to eat, everyone feels very fortunate and immediately eats it.

Li Junhao was a little strange, thinking that eating several authentic Chinese dishes in such a place made him interested in the origin of the owner and the chef.

When he had almost finished eating, he called the shopkeeper over and invited him to sit down and talk. The shopkeeper was so amazed to hear his authentic Chinese that he forgot he was chatting with a foreigner in the process!

The owner is a native of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south, who has been coming to Myanmar for many years, and later specially took in some overseas Chinese from China, all of them, four or five of whom have good skills, so they became cooks, and those who are not good at their skills became waiters. Because of the good taste of the food, their Chinese restaurant is not small in the city.

Li Junhao inquired about the current situation in the city, and learned that the British troops stationed here had shown signs of evacuation, and the local Burmese people did not care too much, but the overseas Chinese were unstable, and many people had fled north with their families, and the shopkeeper was now hesitating to leave.

Hearing this, Li Junhao persuaded him: If you can go, let's go! The virtues of the Japanese, the Chinese should know, don't have any illusions about them!

The shopkeeper agreed with him, but he was a little reluctant to lay the foundation here, and said that he would think about it. Seeing that he has his own ideas, Li Junhao does not persuade him, after all, this is his own business.

At the time of checkout, the shopkeeper was very happy because of the US dollars used by Xiaoyu, because the current value of the kyats has shrunk by half, and it is still depreciating, but when the locals come to eat, they can't help but accept it, and of course they are happy to see these soldiers paying the bill in US dollars.

Hearing that the Burmese currency is depreciating so fast, Li Junhao knows that the country's economy has collapsed!

Although it was still noon at this time, after eating, Li Junhao, who felt a little lazy, did not want to continue to hurry, and after asking the owner, he said that the best place to stay here was a Lihua Hotel not far away, which was opened by the British, but he was not sure that there were enough rooms.

Subsequently, the group drove to the Lihua Hotel, and when they asked, the room was enough, so they directly chartered three or four two floors, with more than 30 rooms, and also paid a deposit in US dollars, and checked in.

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That night, a dozen British gendarmes came to the Lihua Hotel, and the gendarmerie officer who led the team, a British lieutenant, went upstairs to inquire about the identities of the newcomers, but was stopped by the two-story escort.

This British lieutenant is still very discerning, and he has specially checked the seven large armor vehicles parked in the yard before, confirming that they are all the latest US military equipment, and then seeing that the soldiers in front of him are all wearing US military uniforms and holding American weapons, although half of them are Chinese, he still believes that these people are American troops. So, he immediately asked to see the commander of the team.

Because the other party was a British soldier, Li Junhao, who learned of the situation, asked Captain Nick, the captain of the escort team, to meet the other party and inform him that he was a battlefield observer in the United States, not to mention other identities.

When the British heard Nick's words, they immediately identified themselves as troops of the 17th Division of the Anglo-Indian Army, and then sent someone back to report, but they themselves stood guard at the gate of the hotel with their men!

For the 17th Division of the British and Indian Army, he has a special understanding, in the previous military transfer, its main force of the 44th, 45th Indian Brigade has been transferred to the Malay Peninsula, now the 17th Division in Burma is mainly composed of the 46th Indian Brigade, the follow-up supplement of the 16th Indian Brigade, the 48th Indian Brigade, the 2nd Burma Brigade, etc., in addition to the officers above the company level, the grassroots officers and soldiers of the division are all Indians, the combat effectiveness is not very strong, and there is basically no achievement in the previous battle.

Half an hour later, Li Junhao met the new commander of the 17th Division of the British and Indian Army, Major General Yu En, in his suite.

Major General Yuen, who was in his early forties, came from an aristocratic family and had impeccable manners, and after checking Li Junhao's documents, he asked if he had anything to do here. In fact, at this time, Yu En basically judged the purpose of the American observers, that is, to inspect the actual situation on the battlefield in Burma and measure the combat effectiveness of the British army, the Chinese expeditionary force, and even the Japanese army! This made him wary.

Seeing the other party's cautious expression, Li Junhao asked dryly: "Major General Youen, do you think that on the battlefield in Burma, the British army can still achieve victory?" ”

(End of chapter)