The efforts of Zhang Chi and the expeditionary force were not in vain, and ten hours later, the expeditionary force arrived at its destination, which was Mahairama. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at the watch, the time was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the Germans had obviously not yet arrived, otherwise there would have been a large number of warplanes and tanks outside Maherama.

"Incredible, General!" When Abner and his British subordinates saw Maherama close at hand, they couldn't help but exclaim: "General, do you know how many roads we have traveled? ”

"Twenty miles, isn't it?" Zhang Chi replied.

"No, General!" Abner replied, "That's the straight-line distance on the map, and we actually walked thirty-three miles!" Thirty-three miles in ten hours, it's crazy! ”

It took Zhang Chi a moment to convert miles into kilometers...... The British are really in trouble.

Then Zhang Chi himself was also taken aback by himself, 52.8 kilometers, an average of 5.28 kilometers per hour.

You have to know the ...... To be exact, it is not the year, but in the future, when the Banzai Army fought the famous Sanshori Resistance Battle on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, its interspersed speed was also 73 kilometers in 14 hours, with an average of 5.21 kilometers per hour.

In other words, the speed of the expeditionary force's march this time exceeded the speed of the interspersed battle of the Banzai Army.

Of course, first of all, the geographical environment of the two is different, one is a desert and the other is a snow-covered mountain. The second is that the marching time is not the same...... The expeditionary force marched for ten hours, and the volunteers marched for fourteen hours.

The next four hours are the key ...... As time goes on, the physical exertion increases, and the speed is bound to slow down.

That is, in this march, it was obvious that the expeditionary force took advantage, but this was enough to surprise the pampered British.

Montgomery couldn't believe it when he heard the information.

"They've already arrived at Maherama?" Montgomery looked at Ramsden with an incredulous expression: "This is impossible, that's twenty miles!" ”

"They've arrived, General!" Ramsden replied: "Our reconnaissance aircraft have been tracking reconnaissance all the time!" ”

"It must be that they are not twenty miles away from Maherama!" Montgomery said.

"No, General!" Ramsden replied: "The reconnaissance planes made a calculation from their starting point, and in fact, the distance was 20.7 miles!" ”

"God!" Montgomery had to admit: "They're just the fastest troops...... I can't believe they marched on foot! ”

After thinking about it, Montgomery said again: "I hope they didn't train this speed in the escape!" ”

Montgomery was clearly biased against the Chinese military...... Traditional, step-by-step people usually make this mistake, because they are always used to treating new things with the same old eyes and attitudes, and even if the Chinese Expeditionary Force has already achieved impressive results in the Pacific theater, it is not enough to change their old ideas about the Chinese army.

While Montgomery was still sneering at the Chinese army, Zhang Chi had already led the expeditionary force into the Maherama Line......

It's just that this so-called defense line really doesn't look like a defense line, there are no mines, no trenches, and no bunkers made of reinforced concrete, only a barbed wire fence that doesn't even have a few barbs, and it has only been pulled for a short time, and some British soldiers are busy with their hands......

Looking at Zhang Chi's strange gaze, Abner explained with some embarrassment: "We plan to build Maherlama as a base rather than a defensive line, we didn't expect the Germans to penetrate it, so we ......"

"You should have thought of it!" Zhang Chi replied: "Because the Germans have repeated the same interspersed many times over and over again, haven't they?" ”

Abner was speechless.

However, Zhang Chi also knew that this was actually easier said than done, and the most fundamental mistake of the British army was to maintain a defensive position in the hope of preventing the Germans from lightning-fast penetration...... It is always easy to choose a weak unit of the enemy to attack, but it is difficult to defend against the enemy's attack, because it requires that one's defense be exhaustive and free of holes, which is almost impossible to do.

At this time, a British officer with a mustache and several subordinates greeted him......

The British are commendable in that they maintain their demeanor at all times, like these British officers, who, even in this tense moment, walk with their heads held high with their boots shiny and as sure as they can repel the approaching German army.

People who don't know them may really be bluffed by this superficial appearance, but Zhang Chi knows that they are just "dying to save face", and he doesn't know how frightened he is.

"General! You guys came just in time! The British officer saluted Zhang Chi, who had apparently learned from the telegram that Zhang Chi and the expeditionary force had come to reinforce him, so he was not at all surprised that the Chinese troops were here.

"Introduce yourself!" The British officer then said, "My name is Jon, and I am the commander of Mahirama......"

"No, you're not now!" Zhang Chi interrupted Jon's words: "Colonel, from now on, I am the commander of Maherama!" ”

Jon looked dazed, but also a little incredulous: "What? Under your command...... Sorry, General, I don't think that's a good suggestion! ”

There was even an officer behind Jon who asked, "Hey, it's war, it's not a game......"

There was a burst of laughter among the British troops, and their eyes were full of disdain for the Chinese army.

At this time, Zhang Chi understood that the British army was treating the Chinese army in front of them, which only carried light weapons, as a rookie who had never fought a war, and even more, many British troops thought that the Chinese in front of them were colonial troops formed by the British colonies...... Britain also had colonies in Hong Kong, so they took it for granted that they had unquestioned command as they did with the Australian Army, the New Zealand Army, and so on.

Abner wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhang Chi.

"I'm sorry, Colonel!" Zhang Chi said to Jon: "You don't understand one thing, what I said is an order and not a suggestion!" ”

There was another burst of laughter from among the British troops.

Jon said, "General, you're not kidding! ”

"Do you think I'm joking?" Zhang Chi replied: "Now, you or you ......"

Zhang Chi glanced coldly at the British officers and said, "You have two choices, either hand over the command or fight with us!" ”

The smile on the British officer's face immediately froze.

Zhang Chi added: "You'd better make a decision quickly, because we still have to prepare for the defense of the German attack, and we don't have time to waste time on you!" ”