If the rescuers on the other side of the river can't arrive in time, they can only rely on the three of them to rescue Chu Aiyun, Lin Xiuxuan has no plan to implement for the time being, the independent army is an unorganized rabble, and it is not as easy as the regular team to be stunned by beheading. You kill one or two of his leaders on this side of the mountain, and the other side of the mountain may not even know.

Bringing the equipment and swimming back again, it didn't seem to be anything to Ma Qiang and Xu Chong, it was almost life-threatening for Lin Xiuxuan, he hadn't participated in such a large-intensity operation for a long time. In fact, he had always been inclined to think that intelligence activities were carried out in the context of staggered social gatherings, in the form of deceitful fighting, rather than fighting and killing, but fate threw him into this country infested with leeches and mosquitoes, and even had to swim across the same river twice in a row. The only good news now is that the enemy seems to have some scruples and wants to live, that is, will not attack immediately, which gives them time to act.

Over there, Du Yuming also found that the attack of those independent troops was a little hesitant, and he wanted to rush several times but was stopped. If the enemy attacks and sets fire, he really can't do anything, a few * can resist a few times, but the bullets will run out quickly, not to mention that the enemy still has a few shots. Why does the enemy want to capture him alive so much? Hunting down officers has never been a Japanese style. In any case, he was secretly determined that he would never fall into the hands of his opponent.

"Brother Yangong, it seems that the enemy is determined to arrest us, and at that moment, you and I will be benevolent and loyal to the party and the state."

"Rest assured, the commander of the army, I have been prepared for this since the day of the army, and the man will be a horse leather shroud, and he will never be greedy for life and afraid of death."

"Originally, I had a kind of poison left by the German military doctor, a small glass tube, which was very convenient to bite and break, but unfortunately I didn't bring it with me, hey......"

Du Yuming let out a long sigh, and only Anlan on one side couldn't help but be stunned, feeling strange in his heart, why do soldiers need poison to commit suicide, and give yourself a shot to be happy, it seems that Chief Du's posture just now is high, but he is still a little reluctant to give up this life in his heart.

"Don't worry, the commander, if it really comes to that time, the commander can't bear it, just leave it to me."

"This ......"

Du Yuming was speechless for a while, Dai Anlan was straightforward and fast-talking, and what he said made the listener embarrassed.

"Commander, the enemy is coming up again."

"Ready to fight." Du Yuming brandished a small pistol and leaned towards the window, but was blocked by Dai Anlan.

In the distance, a crooked handle began to shoot, and several bursts entered through the window, and debris flew in the room. Listening to the movement, there are more than 1,000 people outside, and only a few guns are deployed in the front, and these few guns have never changed positions, and they are completely unscrupulous, so they can't do anything about it with all kinds of short guns.

"He can't see us. It's just a blind fight," Dai Anlan said, "Commander, you squat low, this wall is not strong, and it may not be able to block the machine gun." ”

He quietly got up and saw that there was a lot of darkness outside, and the guys were approaching. He got up suddenly, and looked out a short point, and when he had knocked down one of them, the others retreated, and he fell to his knees. After a while, the machine gun began to return fire, and the green tracer rounds flew into the house, stopping for a while. Obviously, the light is blind, and the enemy's fire point is to shoot at the muzzle fire here, and it is deployed a little far, and there is a time difference that can be used.

He deployed several guards behind each window in the front and took turns to get up and shoot. Don't let the enemy catch the rules. He wanted to hold out as long as he could, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

After repulsing several enemy attacks in a row, the machine gun was always slow and did not hurt anyone.

At this moment, a cavalry company of the expeditionary force is galloping on a foreign land. This company was personally led by division commander Liao Yaoxiang. This is the only force that the expeditionary force can fight in Burma at present, and the entire Soviet equipment is fully equipped, except for the three hippos.

This unit was originally part of the search battalion directly under the 5th Army, and it was a reconnaissance force, and unlike traditional cavalry, they did not have sabers and were not responsible for charging and killing. As a result, only Mosin-Nagant cavalry rifles with folding bayonets were armed, but everyone carried a medium-length bayonet as a melee chopping weapon. This allowed the unit to enter Burma early, because this cavalry has always been the more reliable mobile force in the Chinese army, and most of the time it is more reliable than cars and sidecars.

When the cavalry company rushed to the bridge over the Xitang River, the British sappers were tying ropes and hanging them from each pier to install*. They were supposed to blow up the bridge 2 hours ago, but the Japanese spies destroyed the ammunition depot in advance, so that the defenders had to wait for the headquarters to send the second batch*. At this time, the British soldiers kept coming from that side, most of them were unarmed, and some of them did not even have shoes.

The ghost appearance of the British army couldn't help but make Liao Yaoxiang suddenly remember what General Hu Dun had said to him in private at Wavell's reception last month. At that time, Hu Dun said: Burma is currently in a stable situation, and there is no need for the Chinese army to participate in the defense, and because the British army itself is difficult to supply, if the supply of tens of thousands of Chinese troops is added, it may be beneficial to the Japanese army. Therefore, what the British authorities hoped was not for the expeditionary force to enter Burma, but to be able to intercept some of the supplies that had been supplied to China under the Lend-Lease Act from Yangon. The implication is that the entry of Chinese troops into Burma will not have a positive effect except to cause chaos. This is the British arrogance, although the nose and face are swollen from being beaten by the mountain in Malaya, but there is still a sense of superiority in front of the Chinese army.

Now that he saw that this British army was under the command of Hu Dun, he was fighting this ghost virtue, and Liao Yaoxiang still breathed a sigh of evil.

The captain officer guarding the bridge came over and saluted him.

"Sir, do you want to cross the river?"

"Yes, we're going to fight back against the Japanese." Liao Yaoxiang's English is not bad, and he deliberately mentioned counterattacking, which gave the other party a lot of shock.

"But...... It's all Japanese over there, and we're going to blow up the bridge right away. ”

"I've already informed your superior, you go and call your superior now, and he will tell you what to do, go ahead."

The captain turned away and returned to the pillbox at the bridgehead, and after a while came out to signal for clearance.

"Sir, my superiors said that once the Japanese appear on the other side, even if there is only one platoon, the bridge will be blown up."

"The Japanese are at least a day away from here."

With that, he led the cavalry to rush up the bridge in a reverse direction, and the disheveled routs on the bridge immediately dodged in all directions, making way for them, and the cavalry advanced towards the unknown darkness. They still have 20 kilometers to go, and hopefully the commander will be able to hold on.

Du Yuming, who was trapped in the garrison, still looked to the west, but the signal flare was not raised for a long time, maybe the British had blown up the bridge and blocked the cavalry on the road and couldn't cross? Now here there are only a few rounds left for each gun. The enemy rushed once or twice, but he couldn't resist it.

However, the enemy's attack slowed down again.

"If only I could take out that machine gun." Dai Anlan said as he sorted out the ammunition of the newly dead guard.

"Yangong, maybe we won't be able to get over this hurdle today."

"Yes, it's a pity that all the Burmese people were killed, if you can fight a few Japanese, you will be willing to die."

From time to time, the wails of the wounded could be heard outside the house, and within a few hours, more than 40 people had collapsed around the house. These local peasants, who had no military qualities, neither dodged nor bent down, rushed up with machetes and grinned at bullets, just because of a few incendiary words from Japanese agents.

"Listen, there's a cannon fire from the east."

"It's the British's 105* cannon, is there anyone fighting back on their side......"

As soon as Du Yuming's words came out, he immediately realized that he had made a mistake, because a row of shells flew over his head and flew in the direction of the Xitang River.

"Where is the counterattack, it was the Japanese who captured the British artillery, and it was used here." Dai Anlan shook his head helplessly, "When we passed by that position in the morning, it really made my eyes greedy, two bases of ammunition were piled up there, if I sent a reconnaissance platoon to sneak across the river with a radio station at night, maybe I could find the Japanese river-crossing assembly area......

"Hu Dun didn't even deploy and destroy weapons and ammunition before the company fled, I don't know what will happen to General Alexander when he comes, Wavell is a person who really can't deal with him. He was so mean to us, but he was so generous to the Japanese. Now they have heavy artillery, and Yangon can't afford it. ”

"The enemy is coming up again."

Chu Aiyun shouted. Immediately, the remaining five men were put into the fight, and although they could still fight back now, they were destined to run out of bullets in a few minutes.

A green flare rises in the night sky to the west. Ishii Nakasa, who was standing at the top of the hill and commanding, immediately turned his binoculars to look over there, he didn't know what was going on, and after a while, another flare went up, this time from the house. Obviously, there is a tacit understanding between these two flares. He had just observed that the counterattack in that building had become weak, and it should be impossible to support it, but there seemed to be some variables at this time?

A cavalryman jumped up the ridge, and after a while there was already a platoon of cavalry waiting there. When the trumpet sounded, Amen rushed down together. Several platoon commanders led their men and horses towards the dotted torches. Some of the soldiers opened and grabbed bayonets, others drew long bayonets, and the officers used Mauser pistols. From behind the enemy's formation, they unleashed a devastating assault on the crowd watching from Muna.

The sound of gunfire was not dense, but it was mixed with the rolling of iron hooves and the neighing of military horses. The Independents, who stood in a daze, forgetting to dodge, were immediately hit by horses or slashed with bayonets. The cry suddenly resounded, and at this moment, all resistance collapsed.

Hundreds of independent troops fled in all directions. The machine gun was firing at the house, and was rushed by two fast horses, and the group was scattered at once, and when the warrior assassinated, the horse raised its front hooves high, and when it fell, the machine gun stepped under the horse's hooves, and at once the * was broken, leaving a horseshoe concave in the ammunition supply funnel, so it could not be used.

In the darkness, the independent army couldn't see how many people came, but felt like the wind-like cavalry, guided by the trumpets and whistles, whistling back and forth, shuttling and chopping around them, as if entering a no-man's land. The true nature of the rabble was exposed, and they threw down their weapons and fled in all directions. A procession of 1,000 or hundreds of men was dispersed in a matter of minutes like a flock. Those who ran slowly were inevitably supplemented with bayonets by the cavalry who caught up. Ishii couldn't help but be angry when he saw this scene on the mountain, of course, he also knew that the general situation had gone, and it was time to evacuate quickly.