Age of Conquest Reborn

The sudden sound of artillery in the direction of Xiduo was like a basin of ice-cold water, pouring down on him, turning Alexander's enthusiasm and hope into a biting cold. His cold heart was frozen and his mind was frozen!

Sweat dripped from his face, and he stared dumbly at the staff officer who came to report the situation. He couldn't say a word. How could this be? When did Xiduo fall into the hands of Tang Qiuli? Brest's regiment

What about the defenders? Why were they there without any warning? Let alone any warning?

Countless questions and the terrible consequences of these questions were like a mess, entangled in Alexander's mind, and he couldn't figure it out. He only knew one thing, Xiduo had been occupied and blocked by Tang Qiuli's troops.

As we continue to retreat westward, tens of thousands of troops have reached a dead end. What should we do next?

At this time, Alexander was already in a state of confusion. He looked at the frightened little staff officer with straight eyes. The sound of artillery in the direction of Xiduo had fallen silent. The people around Alexander, including more than a dozen staff officers and army doctors,

The soldiers carrying the stretcher were still in a daze and stood there with a look of despair on their faces.

Chief of Staff Adams received the report earlier than Commander Alexander, and more specifically, when the leading regiment entered Xiduo, it was suddenly bombarded, causing most of the casualties. The rest were immediately withdrawn. However,

He was not pursued.

Adams's heart tightened suddenly, and a burst of despair filled his brain instantly, "It's over, Xiduo fell into the hands of the Chinese Army, and the retreat of tens of thousands of troops was completely cut off. How is this possible?

Woolen cloth?"

"Just this morning, before the troops set off, I sent a telegram to Colonel Brest, the commander of the Cido garrison, and I did receive a reply. The password and codeword were correct. Everything is normal. So this time

More than a thousand soldiers lost their lives in the shelling, so what happened?"

Adams' head was even more chaotic than Alexander's. He handled this matter personally, so the blow he received was even greater. He forced himself to calm down. The commander was injured, and the backbone of the tens of thousands of troops was

As the chief of staff, once I mess up my position, the army will really be on the road to death.

Taking out a cigar and lighting it, Adams gradually sorted out his thoughts in the lingering mist. It was an indisputable reality that Xiduo fell into the hands of Tang Qiuli's troops and the road to retreat was cut off. The only way now

What we have to do is capture Xiduo.

Adams looked at the colonel of the vanguard regiment next to him, whose military uniform was stained with mud and whose face was full of panic and anxiety. He asked: "Tell me carefully about the battle that just happened. There is no room for any leniency or concealment. You

You should know that your words will determine the fate of tens of thousands of soldiers and officers in our army!"

In fact, the battle happened very suddenly. The regiment commander was hit hard by artillery shells without even seeing the enemy's face. He even killed more than a thousand of his own enemies.

It was impossible to tell which side it belonged to, but the chief of staff took the trouble to ask for every detail. He could only tell the horrific scene just now with a trembling voice.

Listening, listening, there was a thoughtful light in Adams's eyes, and he asked again: "Are you sure that the shelling is all mortars, not large-caliber heavy artillery?"

The colonel commander felt uncomfortable, and he was afraid. After all, he was also a senior officer who had served in the Indian Army for more than ten years. If he couldn't hear the sound of mortars and heavy artillery, he should commit suicide.

Isn’t it a waste of time?

But looking at the Chief of Staff, whose usually amiable and gentle face had bulging veins and red eyes, like a hungry wolf about to eat people, the Colonel had no choice but to answer honestly: "Staff

Commander, I dare to risk my life to bombard my regiment. They are indeed mortars, and there are many of them, at least three or four hundred!" As he said this, he couldn't help but shudder.

Adams glanced at the slightly trembling colonel commander with disdain, and felt disgusted in his heart, "An officer like this, after receiving a shell from the squadron, all his courage was knocked out. In our army of the British Empire,

Why are there all officers like this?"

However, he said nothing, waved his hand, and sent away the green-faced and white-lipped colonel, as if to shoo away flies, and then hurried to Alexander with a few guards.

After seeing Adams, Alexander finally had a breath of life in his eyes. With the help of the guard, regardless of the injury on his leg, he took Adams' hand and said almost incoherently: "Chief of Staff, this is really

This is unbelievable bad news. How could Tang Qiuli's soldiers suddenly appear in Xiduo? Could it be that the Chinese fell from the sky?"

Adams smiled bitterly. He also wanted to know how Tang Qiuli's troops appeared in Xiduo like magic soldiers descending from the sky without him noticing, and even gave him a sap head-on. However,

, these are not important anymore. Opening the Xiduo Passage is the only thing to do.

Looking at the commander who had become helpless, and in the blink of an eye, he was like an old man in his dying years, with his hands trembling slightly, Adams felt helpless. He knew clearly that Commander Alexander finally collapsed completely, defeated Methikailing, and withdrew to the East Indies.

His hope was supporting him, but now, Tang Qiuli used ruthless facts to completely crush his hope.

The lives of tens of thousands of soldiers were in his own hands, and Commander Alexander could not count on him. Adams tried to be as relaxed as possible, as if he were comforting an injured child, to comfort the commander who might go insane at any time.

He said: "Commander, we are not at the end of our rope yet. The ** division troops who occupied Xiduo should have advanced lightly and quickly to get ahead of us and occupied Xiduo. I have already understood that for our vanguard troops,

The artillery strikes are all light artillery such as mortars, so I ask your Excellency, Commander, to give me full authority to command the troops and recapture Xiduo tonight!"

There are a few words that Adams did not dare to say in front of Alexander, for fear of scaring the already frightened commander, "If we cannot capture Xiduo tonight and cannot open a retreat channel, we will never have a chance to return."

When we go to East India, the ** division troops pursuing along the Hukang River Valley will soon appear behind them, attacking from both sides. Needless to say what fate will be faced by tens of thousands of soldiers!"

Then in the afterglow of the setting sun, Alexander signed an order with trembling hands and without hesitation, "In view of the fact that this commander is seriously injured and is no longer able to effectively command the troops, in order to ensure that all soldiers can safely evacuate to East India,

Transfer command of the force to Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Adams and assume all duties of the commander."

Alexander is not completely confused yet. He knows his own affairs well. His current situation is already at a loss. He is probably not even as good as a captain. As long as he can lead his troops and break out of desperate situations, even if he is an ordinary soldier, he

He would not hesitate to sign this order, not to mention that it was Chief of Staff Adams?

Watching Adams leave quickly after saluting, Alexander felt a sense of loss. "I am really old. The war stage in Indochina no longer belongs to me. Just like the glory of the past, it no longer accompanies the British Empire. I have withdrawn.

It should be a wise choice. God bless Adams and he can fight his way out!"

"Perhaps, early tomorrow morning, the stretcher will have already set foot on the land of East India, and everything is in the past," Alexander wrapped himself tightly in the military blanket and thought to himself to comfort himself. However, the loneliness in his heart and the ominous premonition were as if he was attached to his bones.

Like a maggot, it lingers in my mind and can't go away!

After receiving the authority to command the troops, Adams began to implement his plan. Although time was tight, he convened an emergency military meeting and called together the division commanders and brigade commanders who were panicking as if the end of the world was coming.

There are some things he must say.

Adams himself also tore off his modest gentleman's veil, his eyes were red, and he looked with a murderous look on his face. The dozen or so shrinking and uneasy division commanders and brigade commanders below said straight to the point: "Gentlemen, what happened just now?"

A burst of gunfire told us what kind of reality everyone knows."

"Yes, Xiduo was occupied by Tang Qiuli's troops. This is the only main channel for us to retreat to East India. Of course, there are other roads to take. So, which one of you is willing to take your own

The troops crossed countless rivers, climbed over countless mountains, passed through the dark primeval forests, defeated poisonous insects and miasma, and returned to East India in a few months, half a year or even longer."

"Or, we give up resistance and become prisoners of the Chinese, waiting for them to show their kindness and escort tens of thousands of our soldiers and officers to prisoner-of-war camps one after another. However, you must know that the Orientals are capable of killing.

The custom of prisoners of war, during the first Indochina War, when fighting the Japanese, Commander Alexander’s men were massacred by the Japanese. Do you believe that the Chinese will not raise their butcher’s knives to the soldiers of the British Empire who laid down their weapons?”

There was a commotion of whispers below. The British and Indian army officers present had heard about the story of former British and Burmese army soldiers who laid down their weapons and were massacred by Japanese soldiers during the Indochina War.

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However, for them at that time, it was too far away and had nothing to do with them. However, such a thing actually happened to them. When they faced the same fate, those terrible things

The rumors turned into a kind of inner fear and instinctive resistance.

Adams' words of incitement had an effect, and an aura of determination rose from the bodies of more than a dozen senior officers of the British and Indian Army.

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