readx(); A certain unit of the Yamato Corps, which received reconnaissance information from the Navy SEALs, traveled through the jungle under the stars and night to rush to this mountain stream where the Burmese army was stationed. The Burmese chose to camp in mountain streams, on the one hand, it was convenient to get water, and on the other hand, it was convenient to have their backs against the cliffs, and only two ends needed to be defended. However, this also became the reason for their defeat, as soon as the Tang army came up, they blocked both ends of the valley, and the Japanese soldiers established a fire defense line, so that the Burmese army could not break through either end at all, which also made the Burmese army a turtle in the urn. After the bitter battle, there was still no achievement, and the commander of the Burmese army finally admitted and surrendered to the Yamato Corps.

This time, the Yamato Corps did not kill more than 1,000 Burmese, and the captives were sent to Siam and became drudgery. Even though Siam had liberated the lower class serfs, the status of prisoners of war had not improved in the slightest, and they were still typical of forced labor, not to mention that they were still the feuding Burmese who invaded Siam.

This battle annihilated thousands of Burmese troops in one fell swoop, and made the Tang army's combat objectives continue to push forward. However, it did not take long for the elusive Burmese army to bypass the mountains and attack a village behind the Tang army, even though a company of Japanese soldiers resisted desperately, but the Burmese army was surprised and still destroyed the village controlled by the Tang army, the company suffered heavy losses, more than 70 people were killed, and the Burmese army also obtained dozens of Tang rifles through this battle. Of course, even if they get it, there is not much hidden danger, because the Burmese people have no bullets and cannot form a scale.

The only concern was the possibility that the Burmese might sell the S1 rifle to the neighboring British East India Company. Although the S1 rifle is no longer a sharp weapon in Datang, it is still an artifact level for European powers. The Europeans actually knew for a long time that the foreign trade muskets sold to them by the Tang were not the most advanced, and the Tang themselves used rear-loading rifles with metal cartridges instead of paper shells. With the gradual increase in the industrial strength of Britain and France, it is not that they are unable to produce some similar weapons, but the difficulty of mass production still exists. Both in terms of materials and processes. There is still an almost unbridgeable gap between European countries and Datang.

But the S1 rifle that has been circulated is bound to inspire the Europeans, at least in terms of design.

In fact, with the increasingly close exchanges between Datang and foreign countries. This has become increasingly unavoidable. Los Angeles now has hundreds of students from all over Europe, even though they are not in the same class as their Tang classmates. The content of the professor is also an abridged version, but the efforts of the Europeans to search for Datang knowledge can be said to have spared no effort. As a relatively open country, some knowledge cannot be stopped at all.

For example, Datang's education department pays great attention to the popularization of knowledge, and Datang has many bookstores that sell books covering all kinds of knowledge. These books are of course open to ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty, and many people are able to study on their own through these books. In the beginning, the Tang people were relatively strict in controlling the sales of books. International students are not allowed to buy books that involve high-end knowledge. For example, a textbook for electricians that can be found everywhere in bookstores explains basic electrical knowledge such as electromagnetic induction, as well as some basic principles of electric motors, which foreigners cannot buy. However, after the relevant departments found that many foreign students who came to Datang were spies, and they were not short of money, so they would contact some guys who were hungry for profit. Let those Tang people go into bookstores and buy similar specialized books, and then pay them a higher price.

Strictly speaking, this already constitutes the crime of espionage. However, when the relevant units reflected, it was agreed that when knowledge is highly open and circulating in the country, it is difficult to completely ban foreigners. Even if everyone doesn't buy books for foreigners, they can get them by kidnapping and stealing them.

It will take a long time for Europeans to absorb and digest the knowledge from the Tang Dynasty, and relying on this knowledge to build their own industrial system, such as researching self-made generators or manufacturing automobiles, will not be a one-time thing. For the Don people. Secrecy is not the best strategy, but is important for the protection of important technology and knowledge. But at the same time, the best thing to do is to keep developing yourself.

From this point of view, although the S1 rifle has been circulated. But the Tang people were not overly annoyed by this. Datang's lead is not only in a technology or a class of weapons, but in the overall leadership of the entire civilization level and ideology.

Speaking of the war with Burma, although the Tang army continued to win, the Burmese were not completely powerless to fight back, and often caused a little accident, of course, these small accidents were harmless. On the contrary, the Burmese army's own losses are slowly becoming unbearable.

Just when Meng Yun was about to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty, the Yamato Corps of four brigades rushed to Siam and threw themselves into the war. The Tang army, which was suddenly full of troops, suddenly trembled, and a brigade of troops entered Laos, and soon cleared the small Burmese army that was in rebellion there, and then the main force of the Yamato Corps of about 8,000 people crossed the border between Siam and Burma and entered Shan State (of course, it was not called Shan State at this time).

The local Tai toasts basically did not resist, and Chang Bin mobilized a part of the Siamese toasts who had a friendship with the local toasts before to carry out the necessary communication. Most of these local Tusi were realistic, and although the implementation of the new system of the Tang Dynasty's overseas territories had an impact on their power, the Tang people were obviously better than the Burmese. openly opposed to Tang Jun, there is not a single hair left, and everyone knows how to choose.

As a result, the Tang Army's military operations in Shan State were actually relatively limited, mainly against the Burmese army. In addition to the military aspect, the Tang people restrained the local Tusi, and Huairou demonstrated at the same time, and then ruled the entire region not particularly directly. According to the agreement, the local Tusi owns the land and is recognized by the overseas consular government. According to the new model, they hired peasant laborers for production, and at the same time abolished conscription and military service, and the Don Army was responsible for their safety. Those who did not obey were naturally purged as hostile elements.

Not long after the main force of the Yamato Corps stayed in Shan State, the Tang army conquered Loikaw, Taunggyi and other places, and was already aiming at the nest of the Burmese people and going to the Burma region. At this time, Meng Yun was in a hurry and urgently gathered the army to deploy defenses in the Upper Burma region to resist the Tang army. He didn't expect that he originally just wanted to show off his martial arts and stabilize the throne, but he ended up stabbing the hornet's nest. (To be continued.) )