Age of Conquest Reborn

This fatal time loophole was enough to put the two main field brigades directly under the corps into an extremely dangerous situation. The new terrain conditions itself were conducive to defense. From the western section of the Hukang River Valley, the troops had to retreat continuously.

Xiao Jinshan Brigade and Fangyuan Mountain Brigade fought a frustrating battle, coupled with their own orders to increase the strength of their resistance.

All these things, it is not surprising that the two main brigade commanders, especially Xiao Jinshan, are holding their strength in Xinduo and have a good fight with Alexander's main force. Once a battle occurs, the troops cannot

The casualties caused by the first round of shelling will further strengthen the decision to fight to the death with the British and Indian troops.

Before eight o'clock in the morning on the 28th, the ninth and tenth brigades would never be able to evacuate Sindo without completing the blocking time specified by the division commander. This is the combat style of the main brigades of the ** division, and this kind of tenacity

The brave fighting style in Xinduo may result in heavy casualties. The two brigades have more than 30,000 troops, but they will face more than 200,000 British and Indian troops who are bent on rushing towards northern Burma.

All of these can be summed up in two words: "Careless!" Seeing Tang Qiuli's changing expressions, Zhao Yuhe and Liu Xinlan became anxious. Zhao Yuhe hurriedly asked: "Sir, is there any problem?"

Tang Qiuli took a deep breath and asked: "When did Yuhe, Xiao Jinshan Brigade and Fangyuan Mountain Brigade retreat to Xinduo yesterday, and how were they deployed? When did the forward troops of the British and Indian Army arrive in Xinduo?

How peripheral? I want the details!"

Zhao Yuhe replied succinctly: "The Ninth Brigade and the Tenth Brigade retreated to Xinduo at about 4:00 pm on the 27th, leaving one reinforcement regiment each, and the rest of the troops covered the residents' evacuation to Ma."

Gao Fangfang, but the two brigade commanders Xiao and Fang stayed in Xinduo

, the forward troops of the British and Indian troops, consisting of two divisions, arrived five kilometers away from Xinduo at 6:30 in the evening on the 27th. At first, they assumed an attack posture. Later, they stopped the attack and stayed on the spot.

Camping, it is impossible to determine the reason why it stopped attacking."

Tang Qiuli looked up to the sky and sighed, and said to himself: "That's right. Alexander is deliberately giving me time to reduce the frequency of fighting after entering northern Myanmar. I made a big mistake! I shouldn't have!"

Zhao Yuhe asked puzzledly: "Commander, what mistake did you make? My current deployment is proceeding according to plan."

Tang Qiuli did not answer his words, but looked at his watch. At about four o'clock in the morning on April 28, he said to Zhao Yuhe in a hurried tone: "Yuhe, immediately order the 9th Brigade and 10th Brigade in Xinduo.

The brigade troops. Immediately evacuate Xinduo, move closer to Magao, and return the direct corps structure. Tell Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan not to find any reasons to delay, and must execute the order unconditionally, otherwise, I will shoot them both!"

Zhao Yuhe's face changed drastically. The teacher had said such harsh words. There must be something wrong with Xinduo Direction, but he didn't have any consciousness. Why is this?

Zhao Yuhe didn't have time to think too much and asked casually: "Division commander, giving up Xinduo and not blocking the British and Indian troops to any extent is tantamount to changing the established deployment. Will it affect the progress of the campaign plan? Furthermore, will it cause any problems?

Alexander's suspicion caused the British and Indian troops to stop moving forward. Can Magao's ambush start as scheduled?"

A series of questions were ordered to the 9th and 10th brigades to abandon Xinduo, which may cause chain reactions. Zhao Yu and the chief of staff are very competent. However, Tang Qiuli, uncharacteristically, with rare

With a stern tone, he glared at Zhao Yuhe and said sternly: "Immediately execute the order, there is so much nonsense, this is not the time to discuss issues with you, go quickly!"

Zhao Yuhe was stunned for a moment, his face turned red, but he closed his mouth knowingly and hurried out. His mind kept echoing the division commander's words just now, and he felt very uneasy. "This is the first time for division commander since he was transferred to the division headquarters."

You are so harshly angry with yourself, but the questions you raised are all possible, so where did you go wrong?"

Tang Qiuli turned to Liu Xinlan and said: "Xinlan, record the order to block the various units of the British and Indian troops in the direction of Ledo, Sujia, Gamai, and New Taiji, reduce the intensity of the blocking, and let the British and Indian troops enter northern Myanmar.

In other areas, prepare for encirclement and annihilation."

Liu Xinlan rolled her big black eyes and wanted to say something. When she saw Tang Qiuli's tired look, she silently poured him a cup of hot water and walked out softly. The staff officers were also impressed by the teacher's words just now.

The stern attitude frightened everyone, and everyone consciously acted cautiously when entering and exiting. Even the voices of conversations were kept very low.

Tang Qiuli closed his eyes, rubbed his temples with his fingers, and secretly blamed himself, "I shouldn't have made this mistake. Maybe it's because everything has been going too smoothly in the past two years. I lacked the feeling of calmness when facing the Kwantung Army in the Northeast.

Facing the abyss, I walked on thin ice with caution and nervousness. I repeatedly warned the senior generals to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, but what about myself? If Brother Qiu Sheng was commanding this battle, such low-level mistakes would never have been made."

Tang Qiuli's judgment was somewhat different from Alexander's idea of ​​not attacking Xinduo for the time being, but it was not far different. For Xiao Jinshan, commander of the 9th Brigade, and Fang Yuanshan, commander of the 10th Brigade, their commanders and

The enemy commander, with two completely opposite orders, both saved his own life and the lives of nearly 10,000 soldiers, but they don’t know it yet!

At 4:20 in the morning on April 28, Xiao Jinshan received an emergency order from the division headquarters. As soon as he read the first few lines of the telegram, Xiao Jinshan complained loudly, "What are you doing? It's set before eight o'clock."

Evacuation, why was he suddenly ordered to evacuate immediately? In such a favorable terrain, the British and Indian soldiers in front of him were not allowed to fight. What did the division commander think?"

Looking at the last few lines of the telegram, I was shocked and exclaimed in my heart: "My dear, what's wrong with the division commander? He even said such cruel words. If he doesn't carry out the order, he will be shot. It's not like that."

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Reluctantly, he picked up the walkie-talkie and called Fang Yuanshan on the other side of the Hukang River, "Lao Fang, have you received the order from the division commander? Yes, the content is the same as mine. I really don't understand, what is the division commander going to do? UK

The guy and the Indian soldiers are sleeping, but we have to run away! It’s so hot! Lao Xiao, I won’t give in!”

Fang Yuanshan didn't mean to be joking at all, and said seriously: "Old Xiao, we just carry out the order. It should be that the enemy situation in other directions has changed unexpectedly, so the division commander changed the deployment. My troops will withdraw immediately, and you will also

Don't waste time, be careful the division commander really shoots you! Besides, after returning to Jian, will there be any big battles in Magao? What are you complaining about?"

At about five o'clock in the morning, in a dense jungle more than ten kilometers east of Xinduo, the 9th and 10th brigades met here. The Hukang River turned a corner here, and the turbulent river suddenly became open.

When we got up, the water was no more than waist deep, and the troops could wade across the river. This was originally the meeting place scheduled by the two troops after the Xinduo Blockade.

Fang Yuanshan twisted his wet military uniform, looked at the gloomy Xiao Jinshan with a smile, and said: "Why don't you feel happy, old Xiao? Just be content, I got soaked all over when I crossed the river, how can you be there?"

Enjoy it!"

Xiao Jinshan said angrily: "Old Xiao, I just can't figure it out. The orders of the division headquarters are changed day by day. How can we, the front-line commanders, command the troops? We were already working hard. After dawn, we were so fierce.

Teach these arrogant bastards of the British and Indian troops a lesson, but with the order, they ran away overnight. If I were asked to go back to Xinduo to stop the attack, I would have to cross the river ten times and feel comfortable!"

Fang Yuanshan shook his head helplessly and said, "You, with such a bad temper, are you still worried about not having a fight when you get to Magao?"

Xiao Jinshan said: "That's different. In Xinduo, we brothers can fight however we want. When we arrived in Magao, hundreds of thousands of troops were crowded together, including Big Liu from the first brigade and Chu from the fourth brigade.

With these two loud voices here, can it be our turn to seize the main attack task? In that pre-war meeting, these two were not the ones with thick necks and red faces who were the main attacker!"

Fang Yuanshan did not answer. In fact, he very much agreed with Xiao Jinshan's statement. When the directly-affiliated corps acted together, the 9th and 10th brigades were mostly in reserve. However, this did not mean that he agreed with Xiao Jinshan's current situation.

His attitude, how should I put it, is that as a subordinate, obeying the orders of his superiors is a matter of course.

The division commander ordered the withdrawal of Xinduo. Naturally, the division commander had his reasons. Looking at Fang Yuanshan's expression, Xiao Jinshan became a little anxious. Just as he was about to continue speaking, suddenly, an earth-shattering loud noise came from the direction of Xinduo behind him.

The ground at the location was shaking.

Xiao Jinshan was shocked, what happened? He hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of Xinduo. Xinduo was already a sea of ​​fire. In the dim light of dawn, looking over from where the two of them were now, Ma Gao was shrouded in a sea of ​​fire.

Among the bright clouds.

Although the view was not very clear, the plumes of smoke that shot up from time to time could still explain everything that happened there. Xiao Jinshan put down the telescope and his face turned pale. They were all veterans of the war. How could they not understand what happened to Xinduo?

He took a breath and said to Fang Yuanshan: "Old Fang, it's so dangerous. The British and Indian troops shelled Magao. Judging from the scale, there were at least four or five artillery regiments, including a large number of heavy artillery.

It’s a complete all-round bombardment.”

After a pause, he looked at Fang Yuanshan, his eyes flashing with a strange light, and then said: "Old Fang, what the hell was I complaining about just now? The division commander's order saved us and nearly ten thousand soldiers.

Life, I keep complaining to the division commander, if we don’t withdraw in advance, just this one shell, we two brothers will be blamed here."

Fang Yuanshan sighed slightly and said: "Old Xiao, I am convinced. The division commander is really a master. How do you think he knew that the artillery of the British and Indian troops would definitely bombard Xinduo? Ordered us to withdraw an hour in advance?"

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