Chapter 567: War Escalation

The British retreated, and the Wehrmacht cleaned up the battlefield and treated the wounded.

"Political commissar, how is the situation of the 117th regiment?" The Q&A of the Seventh Brigade Commander Li Qin was concerned.

"What a loss! Especially in the final white-knuckle battle, the 117th Regiment lost almost eighty percent of the recruits replenished in the pre-war period. The veterans also lost quite a bit. Excluding the wounded, the entire 117th Regiment was still able to fight only more than 800 people. Ma Xianping, political commissar of the Seventh Brigade, said in a deep voice.

"How is Qian Dagen? And what about political commissar Ji Cong? Li Qin's brows furrowed. This is not more than half of the loss. The entire 117 regiment was almost crippled.

"Qian Dagen's injury is not light. But most of them are skin injuries, and there is no danger to life. However, Ji Cong was seriously injured. One arm was cut off. Because of excessive blood loss, he is still in a coma. Ma Xianping said in a deep voice.

"What does Qian Dagen eat? How could a commissar fight with a bayonet and be so seriously injured. Li Qin said with a look on his face. The political commissars in the Wehrmacht are basically cultural people, and the combat effectiveness of these literate people is naturally weaker than those great ancestors, and the political commissars have a firm belief that they must encourage the troops to fight when they are fighting, and in many cases they have to take the lead in the army, so the casualties of the political commissars of the Wehrmacht are very serious. In response to this situation, Feng Yong personally ordered the political commissar to send additional jǐng guards to protect his safety when he charged.

"You can't blame Qian Dagen for this, he did arrange someone to protect Ji Cong, but all the people in this class died in battle. If we were a little later, I'm afraid Ji Cong would have already explained here.

Li Qin nodded, and his face looked much better.

"What about the casualties of the British?" Li Qin asked, looking at the mountains of British corpses piled up in the distance.

"The British lost more than 2,000 dead in the battle, and many of the seriously wounded became our prisoners. Brigade commander, although the 117th Regiment suffered heavy losses, in terms of results, we won a complete victory. Ma Xianping said calmly.

"Well, you count the results of the battle and report to your superiors immediately. I went to see the wounded. ”

After the arrival of the 7th Brigade, it took over the defense of the entire Biyun Mountain area. At the same time, in conjunction with the locals, an investigation was carried out in Myanmar.

The northernmost town in northern Myanmar is also the location of the British garrison in northern Burma.

Brigadier General Resfrey withdrew in embarrassment. After counting the losses, Brigadier General Frey was greatly distressed. More than 2,000 people lost their traces, either killed in battle, or seriously injured in the hands of the squadron. The soldiers who fled were also quite wounded. Judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, the British army can be said to be a complete defeat.

For Brigadier General Frey. The loss of more than 2,000 people is nothing, and on the battlefield of the Western World War, it is not uncommon for Britain to lose tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands at a time. But the only thing that shocked Brigadier General Frey was that the combat effectiveness shown by the squadron was no longer inferior to the excellent armies of Western countries. Even in terms of the will to fight, the squadron has the upper hand.

"Is there an order from the headquarters?" Brigadier General Frey asked.

"Report to Brigadier General that the Yangon Command is transferring troops to northern Myanmar, and a batch of new weapons has been delivered to the country." said the chief of staff.

"New weapons? What is it? Brigadier General Frey was stunned.

"It's planes and tanks. I heard that they are all the latest models. It's just not known how specific the combat effectiveness is. ”

"Airplanes and chariots?" Brigadier General Frey did not have any joy on his face. In Western wars, these things are absolute weapons of war, but in this primeval jungle, there is no decent road at all, and reconnaissance weapons such as airplanes cannot exert their real power at all. Vehicles are also limited due to the dense forest.

"Brigadier General, I heard that there are several models of aircraft this time. Able to adapt to battles on a variety of terrains. Moreover, the command asked us to build an airfield outside the small town of Wonan, and to reconnoiter the nearby terrain to ensure the safety of the airfield and the follow-up army. The chief of staff shouted.

"Got it. You now go and deal with the wounded immediately. At the same time, it has strengthened the investigation of China's borders to prevent the squadron from taking the opportunity to enter Myanmar and cause trouble. "It stands to reason that even if the squadron has the upper hand, they will not dare to enter Myanmar for no reason. The prestige of the British Empire still has an absolute deterrent effect on China.

China and Britain experienced the second battle of Biyun Mountain, and the losses on both sides were not small, and the entire Sino-Burmese border area fell into silence. But the local people feel the tension of the atmosphere along the border. Although China and Britain did not carry out the event, the atmosphere of saber-rattling was particularly strong.

At the same time, on the Sino-Indian border, the British Indian Viceroy also strengthened its forces on the Sino-Indian border, and at the same time, a large number of Jīng Rui troops who had experienced World War I were transferred from the West mainland into India. The border conflict between China and Britain began to escalate. The tension has spread from the China-Myanmar border to the entire border between China and the British.

Faced with this situation, Jiang Baili, deputy commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, entered Xī Zàng from the territory of Qinghai. The Sino-Indian border was redeployed to prevent the British from breaking into Chinese territory in the plateau.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, ** General Cai Ye entered the territory of Yunnan, commanded all the troops of the border defense, and presided over all matters of the war against the British.

As for the conflict with the British, China did not declare war with the British, and the British did not mention anything about it. Although Britain is hegemonic, it has no intention of starting an all-out war with China. After all, Britain has just struggled out of the quagmire of world war, and its national strength is rapidly recovering. If it were to fall into a world war at this time, the British Empire's status as the world hegemon would be shaken. Other countries will take advantage of the opportunity to surpass.

The reason why Britain is so strong against China is just Britain's consistent attitude towards China. It's just that the British forgot that the current China was neither a Manchu decaying dynasty nor a weak Yuan Shikai. The newly unified China is strong internally and even stronger externally. In addition, Feng Shaoshuai himself is a somewhat fanatical nationalist, and he must fight for the interests of the Chinese nation in the slightest. The British wanted to take advantage of China with Jiwei, which was a miscalculation. And with the strength of China, the British have also realized that something is wrong, but for the sake of the face of the British Empire, the British can only resort to force, hoping to gain an advantage on the battlefield and then return to the negotiating table.

For this reason, the British did not hesitate to send to the battlefield land combat aircraft and steel combat vehicles that had just been successfully developed by the military industry. In order to gain the upper hand in the contest with the Chinese Army. China is a large army country with a weak navy. And Britain just thought. The navy is the largest in the world, but the strength of the army is average. Far inferior to a Western army power like Germany. But if Britain wanted to subdue the Chinese zhèng fǔ, they had to defeat the Chinese army on land. Shatter the confidence in China's heart. Only in this way will Britain be able to put the boss in the low position and establish hegemony in the Far East, while at the same time pulling China back to the negotiating table.

On the third day after the end of the Second Biyun Mountain conflict, a group of only seventy or eighty British sergeants in ragged clothes cheered out of the primeval jungle and entered the small town of Wonan. The British Ninth Brigade was taken aback and almost captured them as invading squadrons. Later, after it was determined that they were Colonel Chester, the commander of the Burmese division, and his company, the British soldiers hurriedly reported the incident, and the whole town of Wonan boiled again. For the local people, it was the first time that such an embarrassed causal colonizer had been seen.

When Brigadier General Frey heard that Colonel Chester had escaped from the primeval jungle, he was stunned. You know, they've been in the area for four or five days. Plus the time before. Colonel Chester and his party have been missing for more than seven days. Originally, Brigadier General Frey thought that Colonel Chester had been eliminated by the squadron, and for the honor of the British Empire, they would go to Biyun Mountain unprepared to engage the Wehrmacht.

When he saw Colonel Chester, Brigadier General Frey could hardly believe his eyes. In his impression, Colonel Chester was an old-school soldier with a very aristocratic jīng god, and although he was ostracized in the regular field army, he did get mixed up in the Burmese division that was transferred to the local security xìng. With the benefits he had made in the Far East that year, his family had already become the richest in his native British homeland. And Colonel Chester himself was very concerned about his diet, so his body was somewhat plump. But now Colonel Chester is extremely weak. And the skin is sallow, and it looks like a serious illness.

"Colonel Chester, what the hell is going on?" Brigadier General Frey asked with a frown.

"Brigade commander, we were forced into the primeval jungle by the squadron, and in order to avoid the pursuit of the enemy, we chose to make a detour, who knew that we actually got lost in the jungle. Because of the danger in the jungle, the wounded soldiers of our army died one after another without medical treatment. Now there are less than 100 soldiers who have come out alive. This primeval jungle is terrifying. Colonel Chester said with a look of horror on his face. The inhuman life of these days has kept Colonel Chester's mind tense, and in addition to encountering various dangers, Colonel Chester has the idea of retiring.

"Colonel Chester, the command is very annoyed by your unauthorized actions, and for your safety, we have already dealt with the squadron. Large-scale battles between the two sides could erupt at any time. For your negligence, the command will definitely deal with it impartially. Now, please take a break and leave for Yangon. Your Imperial soldiers will also be taken over by us. Brigadier General Frey said.

"This ...... Be! Colonel Chester hesitated slightly, then nodded eventually. Later, it was rumored that Colonel Chester, who had left the town of Wonan, had been disciplined at the Yangon Command. On this occasion, Colonel Chester retired from the British army and left the country by ship in the shortest possible time, returning to the British mainland. Then he took advantage of the benefits he had made in Myanmar in the past few years and lived a prosperous life. Compared to those who died in battle, Chester was undoubtedly lucky, and he finally lived to be in his eighties without illness and received a good death.

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