Age of Conquest Reborn

>The British and Indian troops were close to the rear of the Xinduo forward position, and their artillery was ready. Each American-made 155mm-caliber howitzer raised its thick muzzle and aimed its eyes at the dimly lit town of Xinduo.

Major General Fisher stood at an excellent observation position, lighting a cigarette comfortably, surrounded by a large group of staff officers. In front of him, rows of soldiers who were ready to go had already entered the attack position. Of course, the last member of the attack formation

In the front, there is still an Indian soldier. He is very satisfied with the current fighting status of the soldiers under his command.

In five minutes, in the twilight ahead, the quiet town will turn into a sea of ​​fire. As for how many soldiers of the squadron or how many ordinary civilians are inside, Commander Fisher does not consider it.

At this time, the communications soldier ran over with a walkie-talkie on his back and said, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Commander Alexander is calling you!"

Major General Fisher frowned. He didn't like this old guy who was proud of himself and suddenly rose to a high position. When he had already completed his deployment, he came to point his fingers. After listening to Alexander's words, his brows furrowed even more tightly and his expression changed.

Ugly put down the walkie-talkie and muttered in frustration, "What the hell!"

Then, he said to the signalmen: "Order the artillery regiment to stop shelling Xinduo, and all troops will camp on the spot!"

The chief of staff beside him asked in surprise: "Your Excellency, division commander, aren't we going to attack the target?"

Major General Fisher shrugged helplessly and said with a look of helplessness: "After receiving the order from Commander Alexander, since it is getting late, the forward troops have stopped attacking Xinduo. I have to go to the headquarters for a meeting. My God, really

I don’t know what the hell is going on! My artillery and soldiers are ready for everything. Is this damn meeting more important than me capturing the target?"

In Xinduo Town, Xiao Jinshan put down his telescope. He couldn't figure out why the British and Indian troops who were in an offensive posture suddenly stopped moving and started making food and setting up tents instead.

Xiao Jinshan picked up the walkie-talkie, "Lao Fang, how is the situation there? The British guy opposite me didn't launch an attack for some reason. What, it's the same at your place. I said Lao Fang, are we setting up a trap in Xinduo?

Did the British notice the ambush?"

Putting down the walkie-talkie, Xiao Jinshan looked around him, crouching behind the stone wall, staring intently at the soldiers of the British and Indian troops on the opposite side, sighing in disappointment, the arrangements were very careful. But in the end, the joy was in vain, and there was no fight.

, so annoying!

The deployment of Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan is as follows. Each of the two brigades will deploy a reinforced regiment in the west of Xinduo and guard it across the river. Anyway, the division commander's order is to abandon Xinduo before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Then

Take advantage of now and have a good fight with the British. Take advantage of the new favorable terrain and place one battalion at a time on the front. After fighting for a while, switch to the next battalion and start a wheel battle.

If the British and Indian troops attack overnight, they will be able to fight for more than ten hours. Until eight o'clock tomorrow morning, the British and Indian soldiers will not be able to get even half a step closer to Xinduo unless they leave thousands of lives behind. Xinduo

The common people have followed the other three regiments of the brigade in the direction of Magao. The town is empty. It makes sense to fight no matter how you fight. The plan is good, but they are not fooled!

Xiao Jinshan even had such a plan. When the fight lasted until midnight, a hole was deliberately opened in the forward position, and thousands of British and Indian soldiers were let in. Several other battalions were involved in the battle, and they made small dumplings.

There was a battle going on, and the battalion commanders who had been withdrawn looked unhappy, but what was the use of planning? The British and Indian troops were not going to attack. They couldn't take the initiative with thousands of people, right?

While Xiao Jinshan was getting upset, the combat staff asked: "Brigadier Commander, what should we do next?" He said angrily: "What should we do? Leave one company of troops behind to monitor the enemy while the other troops eat.

Rest and have a good sleep, otherwise, we’re going to watch these British guys eating and drinking here?”

Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan should be grateful to Alexander. If it were not for the sudden military meeting and that order, thousands of artillery shells from the British and Indian artillery would have fallen on their heads.

The two of them didn't know that more than 8,000 soldiers of the two reinforced regiments, including themselves, had escaped. Otherwise, the artillery of the two main divisions of the British and Indian troops and the four artillery regiments would have covered Xinduo.

The devastating bombardment, none of them could escape the overwhelming shells.

Xinduo was completely destroyed, and the two reinforced regiments became the only teams that were completely wiped out in all the battles since the formation of the ** division. Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan also became two people who died together in a battle.

A major general and brigade commander.

Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan's battle deployment was correct, but they encountered two British generals who did not follow common sense. Without launching an infantry attack, they first destroyed the target with artillery fire. However, they would know that all of them were killed.

Danger, the troops passed by each other, but what I was thinking about was the disappointment of not being able to fight this battle.

Alexander, who was holding a military meeting, did not realize that his order had inadvertently saved the lives of thousands of soldiers in the Army Division. If he had known the result, Alexander would have had to let the two men be summoned by Prime Minister Churchill.

The division's artillery bombed Xinduo into ruins, burying thousands of soldiers of the ** Division and two major generals.

Although Alexander wanted to leave the Hukang Valley as soon as possible and approach the city of Magao, and the troops in the direction of Keledo, Sujia, Gamai, and New Taiji, the latest battle situation report forced him to slow down his advance.

Furthermore, night had fallen and the invasion of Sindo would have been a nightmare experience for the soldiers of the British Empire if it were a night battle.

His idea was not accepted by most of the British commanders. Major General Fisher complained to the commander unhappily because the war was going smoothly and Alexander was in a very good mood with a smile on his face.

After listening to Major General Fisher, I was full

It was not a tasteless complaint. Instead of being angry, he said gently: "Dear Fisher, I know that your men are very brave in fighting. I believe that tonight, your soldiers will be able to defeat the little soldier in front."

Camp in the town.”

"But, dear Fisher, our soldiers have been chasing Chinese soldiers on the back for two consecutive days. They are very tired and need to rest. Xinduo is the last one to leave the Hukang Valley.

A barrier, I believe that the commander of the local troops of the ** Division will not give up this point, and will definitely increase the number of troops overnight. Dear Fisher, wouldn't you like, your artillery, at 5:30 tomorrow morning?

When we are divided, will we eliminate more Chinese soldiers?"

After saying this, Major General Fisher nodded repeatedly, yes, why didn't he think of this? After all, he is the commander and has rich experience. If the Chinese increase their troops overnight, his artillery attack tomorrow will achieve greater results.

The effect is that after entering northern Myanmar, there will be a lot less resistance. Killing two birds with one stone is really an old fox.

Fisher stood up and said respectfully: "Yes, in compliance with the order of Your Excellency the Commander, our troops will launch an artillery bombardment on Xinduo on time at 5:30 tomorrow morning. I guarantee that within an hour, Your Excellency the Commander will

If you wear military boots, you will set foot on new lands!"

Alexander's words were half true and half false. He was not sure that the local troops of the Japanese Army in northern Myanmar would definitely increase their number of troops overnight. The main factor that prompted him to make the decision not to attack Xinduo overnight was

There is a problem with the four-pronged troops on the left and right wings.

Starting from this afternoon, the local troops of the ** Division in the direction of Ledo, Sujia, Gamai, and New Taiji have become very tenacious in blocking, using every available terrain to carry out uninterrupted blocking and harassment.

The speed of the attacking troops immediately slowed down. Alexander found a very unsatisfactory phenomenon on the map based on the positions reported by the four divisions.

According to the battle plan to attack northern Myanmar, the troops attacking from the directions of Ledo, Sujiya, Gamai, and New Taiji were feint attacks in order to attract the troops of the ** Division in northern Myanmar to their attack direction.

, creating favorable conditions for the main force of the Central Route Army to capture Magao and Myitkyina.

Magao is the key point guarding the exit of the Hukang River Valley. Myitkyina is the largest base of the ** Division Aviation in Indochina. It is also the ** Division's logistics supply base. It serves as a link between mainland China and the Indochina Peninsula's transportation lines. In the Tang Dynasty,

When Qiu Li's main force fails to reach northern Myanmar, his local troops will definitely try their best to protect these two key points.

It is very normal that if Alexander were in Tang Qiuli's position, he would do this at any cost. He could not afford to lose. Alexander did not want to have a conflict with the local troops of the ** division when seizing these two key points.

The entanglement that wasted time, or in other words, not wanting to waste time fighting with the local troops of the ** Division, would affect his plan to go south to attack Mandalay.

Therefore, the forward position of the attacking troops in the direction of Ledo, Sujia, Jamai, and New Taiji should be in front of the Central Route Army, at least for more than a day. But the current situation is that because the local troops of the ** Division

After a desperate blockade, their speed slowed down and they fell behind the center army for more than a day.

On the military map, several thick arrows marked by the staff clearly illustrate this point, forming a standout situation for the center army. As far as Alexander's current thoughts are concerned, he is not worried about his position being too prominent.

With tens of thousands of well-equipped troops, Tang Qiuli's miscellaneous troops have not been able to stop him.

However, his own battle layout was completely contrary to the plan. Alexander had to make inappropriate adjustments and slow down the attack speed of the Central Army. When the troops of the four divisions caught up, he had to at least keep pace with the Central Army.

, to achieve the desired campaign effect.

Therefore, Alexander believed that it was completely necessary to postpone the attack on Xinduo, not to mention that the troops really needed to rest for a night.