"What's going on?" Seeing this situation, Wang Mazi asked: "The devil has set up a maze array in this Mandalay?" The tank can't drive it in? ”

Zhang Chi was also a little confused, and after thinking about it, he said, "I'll ask those Indian soldiers!" ”

As he spoke, Zhang Chi got up from the trench and ran in the direction of the British and Indian troops.

This is a very normal thing, friendly troops ask each other about the enemy's situation, so that the friendly army can prepare and give advice to them, and Zhang Chi can also speak English, so Zhang Chi thought that it should be easy to ask what the situation is.

But what Zhang Chi didn't expect was that the British and Indian troops didn't know anything about Zhang Chi's questions, and even a British officer responded: "This is a military secret, I have nothing to say without the permission of my superiors, don't interfere with our battle!" Please leave now......"

These words almost didn't choke Zhang Chi.

But Zhang Chi felt that this was normal...... The British will never disclose the information to the Chinese, otherwise, if the British cannot fight and the Chinese divide it by two, it will undoubtedly be a great insult to the British.

The news soon reached Alexander, who couldn't help but reprimand Rice in a low voice: "What's the matter? Didn't you tell me that nine out of ten are sure? I even boasted about Haikou in front of the Americans, but you said you couldn't beat it?! ”

"General!" Rice replied with some embarrassment: "I don't know why the Japanese fire is so fierce, and they also dug many anti-tank trenches in the defensive line, which caused heavy losses to our tank troops, we have lost almost half of our tanks, I don't think we will be able to capture Mandalay in the next battle!" ”

"God!" Alexander scolded: "No matter what, there are only a thousand Japanese in there, and you have a division...... You should catch up with the Indians and then step on the corpses of the Japanese and call me again, otherwise we will not be able to gain a foothold in Burma! ”

As he spoke, Alexander snapped the microphone shut.

"Is something wrong?" Stilwell sat down in his chair and asked.

"Nope. No...... No problem! Alexander replied calmly: "Everything is under control!" ”

"Good!" Stilwell nodded with a smirk.

In fact, Stilwell had long known about the defeat of the British army in the attack on Mandalay, but at this time he was happy to pretend that he did not know, and what he had in mind was ...... Let these Britons survive for the sake of face, they have to pay the price of their lives.

So there was the second and third offensive of the Anglo-Indian army.

But these attacks were purely a waste of time and a waste of shells, because each attack was a single shell after which the British and Indian troops rushed forward under the drive of the British officers, and the next thing can be imagined, a bullet came and knocked down a few people, and then the British and Indian troops retreated in a swarm.

It is clear that Rice's exchange of interests for the Indian soldiers no longer works...... Although the Indian soldiers believed that Mandalay had a large amount of supplies that would allow them to make a windfall. But if you don't even have your life, what's the use of getting rich?!

Therefore, a force must have a belief, a goal, a spirit, or it can also be called the soul of the army.

If it's just an exchange for benefits...... This may be useful politically, but what better stake could be on the battlefield than life? This is why there is often a situation in the Kuomintang army that "there are no brave men under heavy rewards".

This situation puts Rice in a dilemma:

Keep fighting, he knows very well that if he continues to fight, the Indian attack on Mandalay will not have an impact at all, and there will be no change except for wasting time and lives if he continues to fight.

If they don't fight, Alexander demanded that they must win. Otherwise, the face and interests of the British Empire would not be preserved.

Thinking about it, Rice decided to go to the Chinese.

It was Wang Mazi who Rice was looking for...... This is not surprising, Lai also knows that the new regiment is the most combat-effective unit in the new first division, and if he wants to contact the commander of the new first division, he will have to go to the rear to find the division headquarters. It is better to find a Chinese officer at the front and ask him to convey his intentions.

Wang Mazi didn't know English, so he naturally remembered Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi ran to the regiment headquarters to take a look, and saw that Rice was sitting with his head on the side, and couldn't help but be happy.

"General!" Zhang Chi quipped at Rice: "I think." You're supposed to tell us that Mandalay is under your control! ”

A hint of embarrassment flashed in Rice's eyes, but he quickly raised his head and pretended to reply: "No, it's only a matter of time before you take Mandalay." The Japanese were defended tighter than expected, which we did not expect! ”

At the same time, Rice secretly cursed in his heart, this damn Hindit troops...... The Japanese in Mandalay are certainly not just a thousand or so they say.

"Then you are ...... now" In fact, Zhang Chi had already guessed the purpose of Rice's visit, but he still wanted Rice to speak by himself.

"I hope you will cooperate with our attack on Mandalay!" Rice replied: "As you can see, we have suffered very heavy casualties, we have been fighting for quite some time, and we need to rest. If the Chinese army can share the offensive in one direction, then I think it will be more beneficial to the situation of the war. ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile, the British are like this, they want to save face, obviously they can't beat down and want Chinese to fight, but they say that they want Chinese to fight with them, and they only let Chinese attack on the offensive side, which means that they ...... In the end, if the Chinese beat Mandalay, the credit will still be British.

As soon as Wang Mazi heard this, he immediately objected: "Damn, how can you fight if you only let one side?" At that time, the Japanese will concentrate all the main forces on our side, is this going to make us use our lives to pile up? You let this **** get out of me, you can drop if you love it, I'm not interested! ”

"I'm sorry, General!" Zhang Chi said to Rice: "Our chief is not interested in this, and we have received orders not to interfere with your attack!" ”

"No, no......" Rice couldn't help but sigh and said, "Okay, we'll get out of the line......"

"I said it!" Zhang Chi interrupted Rice's words and said: "We are not interested, please make one thing clear, everything we are doing now is to rescue Imphal, if Imphal is occupied by the Japanese and thousands of British and Indian troops are slaughtered by the Japanese, it is all your fault, understand?" You're reaping the consequences! ”

Rice nodded helplessly, and finally lowered his head and replied with a pale face: "Yes, I admit defeat!" (To be continued.) )