Located on the southern side of the Himalayas, southern Tibet includes most of the four counties of Cuona, Longzi, Metuo and Chayu in Tibet, as well as a small part of Lang and Milin counties. In summer, due to the southwest monsoon blowing from the Indian Ocean with a lot of water and heat, the southern Tibet region is warm and rainy, with an average annual precipitation of more than 9,000 mm, which is one of the largest precipitation areas in the world, and can grow many subtropical crops, so fertile that it is called the 'Jiangnan' of Tibet.

In a way, this kind of land that still maintains its original ecology can be called a paradise on earth―――――― of course, it must be worse than several other heavens.

However, at this moment, this paradise on earth on the southern side of the Himalayas ushered in a tense confrontation between two armies.

On the Sino-Indian border, looking at Zhang Guilin's department, which was still building fortifications in the distance, the division commander of the Anglo-Indian division couldn't help but grit his teeth.

In his opinion, these Chinese are inevitably too unavoidable. Ignoring their existence and building fortifications on the Chinese side of the border.

He had reason to believe that if he suddenly launched an attack at this time, although the Chinese on the opposite side seemed to be very well equipped, he was still sure that he would be able to defeat the opponent under an attack and occupy Chinese these positions that had been repaired with great difficulty―――――― although the combat effectiveness of the Anglo-Indian division led by him was actually not very good.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Zhang Guilin's department on the other side is really defenseless, if that is the case, it is impossible for him to sit in his current position.

Despite such a thing as corruption and bureaucratization. It has not been completely eradicated within the national government. Bureaucratization, in particular, has begun to rise somewhat as groups of young officials are no longer young. What's more, there are still a large number of officials in the current Guoshe government who used to be the former Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang government, and these people are all naked bureaucrats.

Isn't there such a saying, the nature of the country is easy to change, and such a thing as changing the dynasty is not a difficult opinion in this world. At least in the recent First World War, it is not known how many dynasties were overthrown.

Even China itself had a Manchu Qing Dynasty, a provisional government, and a Beiyang government. You can see this kind of thing. In fact, it is very easy, but it is a little difficult to change a person's personality, let alone the character of so many people.

Although at the time when the Commune government was just being formed. These people are relatively honest, or at least more diligent, but as time goes by, their true nature is gradually revealed―――――― of course. Even so, it is still much stronger than the time of the former Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang government. As for the Provisional Government? That's too bad, but the time to save zài at the same time is too short, so I don't need to say more.

However, there are other aspects of the current domestic political pattern that are much stronger than the former Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang government, especially the Ministry of Integrity with the support of Yan Shao, which is a very powerful institution. Although this institution does not care about bureaucracy at all, corrupt officials are under their control.

And there is no doubt about one thing, that is, the vast majority of corrupt officials can be called bureaucrats...

And so it goes. Naturally, the situation in China is not bad.

Especially the army, although the nominal ministers of the army and navy are now Feng Guozhang and Sa Zhenbing. But in fact, whether it is Feng Guozhang or Sa Zhenbing, they all have a vague meaning of 'Buddha statue', they just sit there and receive offerings, and they don't actually care about anything.

Needless to say, Feng Guozhang, as a former Beiyang general, needs enough time to gain the trust of Yan Shao and others, and because of his background, even if he is trusted, he may not be able to convince other generals from the Anhui system, and most of China's army at that time was from the Anhui system...

Even when the title was conferred some time ago, Feng Guozhang had caused a lot of trouble because he was not convinced by others, which shows that in fact, Feng Guozhang is not much different from the decoration in the position of Minister of the Army.

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As for Sa Zhenbing, unlike Feng Guozhang, Sa Zhenbing is very respected in the navy.

No way, who said that in the Anhui Military Government back then, although the army was strong, the navy was not very successful...

Although because of Yan Shao's relationship, the commander of the navy back then now has a considerable status in the navy. However, with the scale of the Anhui Navy back then, it was impossible to completely support the entire navy, not to mention that Yan Shao would not allow this to happen. After all, Yan Shao can't help but keep in mind the lessons of the Fujian Navy.

However, it is precisely because of the small scale of the naval army that it cannot rely on the navy of the former DPRK, at least more than the army...

So it became a matter of course for someone like Sa Zhenbing to ascend to a high position, not to mention that Isaac Zhenbing's character is still very respected.

It's just that Sa Zhenbing is now in his 60s and a little older. And after all, he is a soldier of the old era, and at the same time, this era is constantly improving. For example, Sa Zhenbing was the most advanced ironclad ship in his time, and now the former dreadnoughts, dreadnoughts and even super dreadnoughts have come out, and the aircraft carrier combat has also taken a slight shape.

Although Sa Zhenbing does not accept the old, I have to say that Sa Zhenbing is somewhat out of step with the times.

Of course, in addition to this tactical aspect, Sa Zhenbing's experience is still very helpful in terms of the composition of the navy and so on.

It's just that at this time, another problem came out, that is, the original Chinese navy was not very large. At the beginning, it was an encouragement and support, and even the battleships that Yan Shao got back from Latin America and Europe were almost unable to sail back to China because they did not have enough manpower.

But after years of hard work, today's Chinese navy has become extremely large. It's just that most of these soldiers who have just come out of the military academy are not very old...

And so. If it is said that in the army, the young Zhuang faction is not very dominant, then the navy is the world of the young Zhuang faction―――――― there is no way. Who called the number of young officers in the navy so large?

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If it is said that in the civil service department, the entire government is dominated mainly by the former Anhui Military Government, the former Beiyang, the former Kuomintang, the former Qing bureaucrats, and other backward new officials.

Then the most influential in the army is Cai Ye and Jiang Baili, Wu Peifu, who is also a famous general, also has a great appeal in the army, but he has never been able to catch up with these two people.

As for the navy, the nominal boss is Sa Zhenbing, but in fact, it is the Shaozhuang faction that dominates the entire navy.

It is also because of this relationship, although the current state of government has slightly begun to be affected by bureaucratization. But at least there are no problems on the part of the army. After all, neither the army led by Cai Yi and Jiang Baili, nor the navy led by the Shaozhuang faction, is the kind of existence that will allow the bureaucratization of the army―――――― or perhaps one day in the future. They will also become bureaucrats, but it will take at least many years to do so.

It is also because of this relationship that Zhang Guilin is definitely the kind of soldier who got his current position by his own ability.

No matter how much he looked down on the Anglo-Indian division in front of him, if it was composed of Indians, it was impossible for him to be defenseless. In fact, it is behind the fortifications that are being built. There are a large number of machine-gun positions in store. It's just that these machine-gun positions are deployed in a more secretive way. The British, though not idiots, could not have discovered the existence of machine-gun positions without firing at them.

However, although these positions were indeed very hidden, if the British really tried to make any moves, these machine-gun positions, together with the mortars in the rear, could easily deal a fatal blow to the attacking British and Indian troops―――――― although Zhang Guilin's troops had remained in the country in the past and had not participated in any actual war. However, there were quite a few junior officers in the army who came from the expeditionary force, and the purpose was to spread the experience of the expeditionary force in Europe.

These officers who retired from the expeditionary force. also did not live up to the expectations of Yan Shao, Jiang Baili and others. For the promotion of the qiē learned from Europe, it can almost be said that there is no spare energy, whether it is crossfire or something else, it is very carefully promoted.

Therefore, if there is a real conflict, although Zhang Guilin's troops have no actual combat experience, they can also give the other side a very fatal blow.

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The British naturally wanted to teach these Chinese in front of them some lessons, but because of the strict orders of London, even if they really wanted to do something, they were not allowed to act without orders.

As for going against the orders of the London side, really have a fight with the Chinese?

The British had such an idea, but they could not make up their minds.

It's just that...

When he didn't see the Chinese on the other side, the division commander of the British Indian division kept rising in his heart. If he continues like this, perhaps he may really disobey the orders from above and create a little 'little friction' on this border.

Of course, in his report to London, it will definitely be Zhang Guilin and them who provoke friction.

It's just that just when his patience was getting less and less, his adjutant not far away ran in front of him.

"General, this is a telegram that has just come from Delhi..."

Hearing the adjutant say this, the division commander was a little strange, but at the same time there was a little excitement in his heart. Perhaps he thought that this telegram from Bombay was trying to get the Chinese out of sight―――――― even though Britain is not as powerful as it used to be, but for many Britons, they still seem to think that they are still the most powerful country in the world.

It's just that when the division commander opened the telegram with great anticipation, he was disappointed to find that the content of the telegram was completely different from what he expected.

Although the telegram did not say anything about it, let alone the fact that the British government had reached an agreement with the Communist government, it was very important for him to return his troops.

"These damn bureaucrats!"

Throwing the telegram aside, the division commander said angrily.

At this moment, his heart was filled with nothing but disappointment. All that's left is a mountain of anger. He never imagined that after waiting for such a long time, he finally waited for such an order. This was undoubtedly a great disappointment to him.

However, looking at his annoyed look, the adjutant said softly after bending down to pick up the telegram. "After all, this is an order from London..."

The adjutant reminded him very clearly that this was an order from London, and it was absolutely impossible for them not to carry it out. After all, it's one thing to engage in friction, but it's another thing to disobey orders. At least so far, they do not have the right and courage to violate the order.

After all, they were merely officers of one of the colonies' colonial infantry divisions. And not some big man with a lot of influence in London...

Harry naturally knew exactly what the adjutant meant, and he was also very aware that he really did not have the ability to disobey orders, so after taking a few breaths. Hold back your anger. "Let's get out of here!"

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The British evacuated quickly, leaving the Sino-Indian border in almost no time, disappearing without a trace.

The officers and soldiers at the bottom of the table naturally felt a little inexplicable about this situation, after all, the appearance of the British when they ran over some time ago was still in front of them. At that time, everyone thought that the two sides would fight. That's why they worked so hard to build fortifications to ensure that they could give the British maximum casualties in the next battle―――――― although the morale of the troops was very high, but after all, it was a unit that had not yet been on the battlefield, so it was naturally a little nervous.

It is precisely because Zhang Guilin knows this that he did not choose to take the initiative to attack, but planned to learn from the experience of the Wehrmacht in the Shandong Campaign and the European battlefield, first defend here with the advantage of equipment, and then wait until the British spirit is almost worn out. One more defensive counterattack...

But now that the British are gone, why on earth they have been working so hard for so many days ...

'Choking'

A sapper shovel was thrown to the ground. The owner of the sapper shovel wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and looked in the direction of the British withdrawal, not knowing what was in his mind.

Unlike the low-level officers and soldiers below, Zhang Guilin knew very well why the British would evacuate.

This is not surprising, although Zhang Guilin is just a very ordinary low-level officer, with the rank of colonel, he is really not a big man in the entire national government. Especially in this era of war, when the rank of general is everywhere―――――― if it is in peacetime, the colonel is indeed remarkable.

Although the colonel is not a very powerful figure, since he is the commander of the Wehrmacht's forward troops, even if others don't know, Zhang Guilin will definitely know. Therefore, Zhang Guilin knew very well the reason why the British would evacuate, and the reason why he did not tell the people below was just to enable them to work harder to carry out their work.

At least for the time being, when their lives are threatened, the officers and soldiers below are really working very hard when it comes to building fortifications.

"It would be nice if these bastards below could do the same in normal times..."

Saying this, Zhang Guilin couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly.

In a matter of days, a rudimentary fortification was made, which is indeed a miracle. But Zhang Guilin himself knows that this can only be done when people are threatened because of their lives...

"Anyway, it's a good thing not to do it after all..."Next to Zhang Guilin, Zhang Guilin's adjutant looked more relaxed. After all, we only have the strength of one regiment, although the British army just now is not very strong, but after all, they have the advantage of fighting at home, and even if we are supply logistics, we need to go over mountains and mountains, which is too much of a loss."

Zhang Guilin himself knows this, which is one of the reasons why he has always kept his subordinates calm.

Otherwise, even if he had the ability to defeat the British army in front of him, he would not be able to defeat the reinforcements that came later.

As for his reinforcements? You must know that only one infantry division has been stationed in the whole of Tibet, and with such a road from Lhasa to southern Tibet, it is really not easy to support an infantry division to fight.

Therefore, such a situation is also a good thing for Zhang Guilin.

It's just that...

As a soldier, Zhang Guilin also hopes to be able to obtain meritorious service on the battlefield, after all, soldiers rely on their military exploits to obtain promotion and appreciation. However, although their infantry division was also considered the main force, because it was far away from the battlefield, it did not even win a slightly larger battle, at most it was to clear out some rebels...

This kind of petty fight scene can't make Zhang Guilin accumulate the merits he needs...

At this time, Zhang Guilin was suddenly sent here from above, and Zhang Guilin naturally had some expectations in his heart.

Therefore, in the face of the current situation, Zhang Guilin breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but also had some regrets.

And just when Zhang Guilin was looking at the back of the British leaving with some joy and regret, with the signing of "China and Britain", "China and Portugal" and the "Far East Peace Treaty", the Nationalist government was also beginning to consider whether to publish the truth about the Middle East―――――― since there was no way to continue to disgust the British on the border, then it was okay to use oil to disgust it at the Washington Conference.

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