The tactical and strategic tussle between China and Britain lasted for a week, and in the end, the British side was forced to agree to the tactics of the Chinese army moving the front forward to southern Burma.

In the course of negotiations and consultations, Zhang Wei was very familiar with the actual situation of the British authorities' rule in Burma and the feelings of the Burmese people, so that none of them could have imagined that a Chinese officer would know so much about the rule of the British Empire in Burma. It is that we have to listen to the tactical demands put forward by the Chinese side.

In addition to determining the strategy and tactics, the delegation also has a task, that is, to inspect the defense, which is actually to visit the weapons and equipment, military facilities and combat units of the British and Burmese army.

Lashio is on the Sino-Burmese border, and now it is not a dangerous zone at all, and the poor troops of the Anglo-Burmese army are now concentrated in southern Burma, and there are not many troops in Lashio, only a part of the garrison troops, because of time, it is impossible for the delegation to go to southern Myanmar to visit the main force of the Anglo-Burmese army deployed on the front line of Yangon (in fact, it is only a division) can only go to inspect the Anglo-Burmese garrison stationed in Lashio, and the two sides have contradictions in formulating tactics, which may be affected by this reason. Major General Hu Dun, commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Burmese Army, did not accompany the inspection group, but flew directly to Yangon to organize the deployment of defenses.

Lashio, suburbs.

Under the leadership of a British colonel, the delegation entered the barracks of the British garrison and saw the actual combat unit of the British and Burmese army.

The camp of the Anglo-Burmese army was very large, and a whole battalion of Anglo-Burmese army personnel were all lined up and the weapons and equipment of the battalion were inspected by the inspection team, and the Anglo-Burmese troops in the formation were fully armed, and the soldiers and platoon-level officers composed of Burmese wore British steel helmets, wore British P37 combat equipment groups, wore leather combat boots, carried Enfield rifles, Thomson submachine guns and cloth wheel light machine guns, and the company and company officers composed of British officers were very gentlemanly wearing military uniforms, khaki cloth hats, and riding boots. is also wearing a courtesy sword, so he is not handsome.

The British and Burmese army belongs to the colonial army in the battle sequence of the British army, and it is still the kind at the bottom, but even if it is at the bottom, in terms of equipment, it is still as close to the British army's own establishment as possible, so the British army of this battalion is also very large in number and very well equipped, at least relative to the national army, the number of a battalion is almost half of the standard infantry regiment of the national army, and the sophistication of weapons and equipment is even more impressive to the officers of the inspection group.

In the national army, the heaviest weapons of the infantry battalion are only mortars and heavy machine guns, but in the camp of this battalion, the members of the inspection group saw dozens of trucks and armored personnel carriers, American-style submachine guns equipped with squads, heavy anti-aircraft machine guns and other weapons and equipment, all of which were unthinkable in the infantry battalion of the national army.

According to the British army, an infantry battalion consists of a battalion headquarters, a battalion company (the company headquarters has a jeep and eighteen trucks), a troop carrier platoon (two trucks and fourteen personnel carriers), a mortar platoon (three trucks, six 3-inch mortars, seven personnel carriers), an engineer platoon, two truck air defense platoons (four double-barreled anti-aircraft machine guns, four anti-tank rifles, three trucks) and four infantry companies. The combat firepower was stronger than that of most infantry regiments of the National Army.

Although the Anglo-Burmese infantry battalion in front of the inspection group did not meet the above-mentioned equipment standards, it still had a level of 80 percent, and the degree of fullness of weapons and equipment was quite good.

This is the level of equipment of the troops of the old industrial powers and the great powers, even if it is a stormy and majestic power, it can arm its colonial army like this, and they are equipped with weapons and equipment that the army that is fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese army on the battlefield cannot think of.

From trucks, armored personnel carriers, mortars, Browning large-caliber machine guns, Thomson submachine guns equipped with squads, down to round Mills grenades, steel helmets, belts, canvas bullet packs, neat individual combat equipment, and the armament of a mere Anglo-Burmese infantry battalion, every member of the delegation sighed that the indomitable momentum in front of the British when they had formulated their tactics and strategies a few days ago could no longer be shown here.

"The weapons and equipment of the British army are really sophisticated, there are dozens of trucks and armored vehicles waiting for an infantry battalion, this fuck, our army can't make up so many cars, the British are really rich."

Feng Yan's eyes were straight, and while staring at the truck, he scolded loudly in his mouth, fortunately, the British couldn't understand what he said, otherwise he was afraid that it would cause a diplomatic accident.

"The old powers are the old powers, there are so many trucks in one battalion, our Fifth Army is already the strongest in the national army, and it is just an automobile regiment directly under the army, equipped with hundreds of trucks, and the subordinate infantry divisions rely on the mules, horses and manpower of the baggage battalion for transportation, and an infantry battalion in a colony can do this, and it really still has to have its own military industry."

Commander Du felt even more, he was the commander of China's strongest infantry army, known as "mechanized" in the national army, and now saw a British colonial barracks equipped with trucks and armored personnel carriers, a sense of disparity in Commander Du's heart spontaneously arised.

Feng Yan sighed: "I don't know when our national army troops will be able to have such equipment." ”

"Yes, sooner or later."

Zhang Wei said resolutely.

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