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Volume 2: Under the Warlords Chapter 1155: The Sino-British Ban Hong Conflict

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    The British shamelessly tested the Banhong area. With 250 regular troops as the vanguard, they marched out from Huban, passed through Menghun, Bangkong, and Banggu, and occupied Husuan, Nanda, gold factory, furnace room and other places to build a  Fortifications, building barracks.  Then, 2,000 British troops invaded Banhong and forced workers to excavate ore and transport it to the old silver factory for smelting.

    After occupying Banhong, the British army immediately set up checkpoints, drove out more than ten Wa and Dai villages around Banhong, burned most of them, and drove the local people towards Yeren Mountain.  The British had extremely sinister intentions. They hoped that these people would be bitten to death by wild beasts and poisonous insects after entering Savage Mountain, thereby avoiding trouble.

    However, the British army was composed of British soldiers and Indian soldiers, and they only drove them southward. However, the Wa and Dai villagers who had lived in Shiwanda Mountain for generations quickly fled back to Shuangjiang City from the trails and mountain streams to complain.  This incident happened in November last year, and the Banhong area has always been governed by the chieftain system, managed by local chieftains and village owners, so the communication speed is extremely slow.

    At this time, the south encountered severe cold weather, which happened once in ten years. Later in the year, after the British army dispatched 2,000 troops, the local chieftain and village leader reported the matter to Yunnan provincial officials, who immediately reported the matter to the Yunnan provincial officials.  Report of the Seventh Army of the Yunnan-Guizhou Military Region.

    Du Baosan, the commander of the Seventh Group Army, was not a good person. He immediately ordered the newly reorganized 3rd Mountain Division Li Shucheng's unit, led by Deputy Chief of Staff Xiao Yaonan, to advance to the Banhong area with a total force of more than 8,000 people.  The 3rd Mountain Division is composed of four regiments: the 257th Regiment, the 258th Regiment, the 259th Regiment, and the 260th Regiment. Before reorganization, it was composed of the Northern Shaanxi Army of the Northwest Army.  Later, some soldiers from northern Shaanxi really couldn't stand the hot and humid climate in the south.  Coupled with the expansion of the Western Region Military Region, some soldiers from northern Shaanxi applied to go to the Western Region.  In order to meet the needs of fighting in the south, the Seventh Army began to recruit local soldiers from Yunnan and Guizhou.  The biggest difference between local soldiers and northern Shaanxi soldiers is that they are shorter but more flexible.  Since Yunnan and Guizhou are not a wealthy place, serving as a soldier has become an excellent way to make money. In particular, being a soldier in the National Defense Forces provides better benefits, so the recruitment process went extremely smoothly.

    After the reorganization of the army, the Seventh Army was specially assigned to a mountain division because it was located in the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains.  Du Baosan mobilized the local soldiers from Yunnan and Guizhou in the army to form this mountain division based on the actual situation. About three-fifths of them were locals from Yunnan and Guizhou, and only two-fifths of this unit were soldiers from northern Shaanxi.  Moreover, these soldiers from northern Shaanxi are all soldiers with strong ability to climb and cross-country.

    The 3rd Mountain Division was only reorganized in January. It has not been tested after the reorganization. Du Baosan also hopes that this unit will conduct a combat trial in the Banhong area to see the army's combat capabilities after the military reform.

    Mountain Division is the abbreviation of Mountain Infantry Division.  The unit's individual equipment is as follows: each soldier is equipped with an M9 rifle (civilian Type 9 rifle).  Bayonets, raincoats, rain boots, waterproof sleeping bags, insecticides, sealed sulfur packs, first aid kits, and two-week compressed biscuit rations during wartime.  A kerosene lighter and 4 egg grenades.  The 7.7mm x 45mm concave edge tip is loaded with 120 rounds of reduced ammunition, and some soldiers are equipped with a ten-meter rope.  Compared with infantry divisions, mountain divisions lack heavy mortars, large-aperture infantry guns, tanks, and automobiles, and unlike infantry divisions and armored divisions, they cannot directly order support for the Army Aviation.  Among the individual soldier equipment, there is also a lack of steel helmets, breastplate armor and military leather boots issued during war. Mountain divisions wear rubber-soled cloth shoes, which make their steps lighter.

    With the existing financial resources of the military, the Mountain Division has achieved the most enhanced individual equipment.  Because the main combat areas of the 3rd Mountain Division are tropical rainforest areas such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Myanmar, and Laos, Du Baosan, commander of the Seventh Army, prioritized supplies for these units, which also aroused protests from other units.  At the same time, the Seventh Army was also the first unit to formally arm its mountain division. This also made the 1st Mountain Division of the Third Army and the 2nd Mountain Division of the Sixth Army envious. The two division commanders Liu Shansheng and Liu Hanjie ran away one after another.  The Army requested to follow the example of the Seventh Army in arming its own mountain division.

    Everyone in the 3rd Mountain Division knew that their unit was the favorite of the regiment commander Du Baosan, and they all held back the energy in their hearts to perform well.

    Another reason is that most of the soldiers of the Seventh Army (Phoenix Army) are mainly Shaanxi soldiers and Shanxi soldiers, while only the 3rd Mountain Division is mainly composed of Yunnan soldiers and Guizhou soldiers. These people naturally want to show off to everyone.  .  In the past, the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army were also very powerful in combat effectiveness, but when facing the National Defense Forces, they were indeed unable to defeat them. Not to mention logistical supplies, even the weapons in their hands were not as good as others.  The National Defense Force has a base bullet of 120 rounds, but the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army have some base bullets. They usually issue five bullets and have to check them. In battle, they can fight a battle by issuing 20 or 30 bullets.

    What support weapons are equipped by the Yunnan and Guizhou troops?  Rifles, each battalion has one water-cooled Maxim machine gun. As for the cannon, it is a breech-loaded gun purchased during the Qing Dynasty - fortunately it is not the former.chambered cannon.  Compared with the National Defense Force, each squad has a light machine gun and a grenade gun, a platoon can be equipped with rocket launchers, a company can be equipped with small-caliber mortars and heavy machine guns, and a battalion can have infantry artillery. How to fight?  The reason why the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army chose to join the National Defense Forces was, on the one hand, because of Wang Maoru's bribery of the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army. On the other hand, they also saw that in a real fight, the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army could only resist for a few hours.  question.  In addition, voices calling for unification were rising across the country at that time, and the generals of the Yunnan and Guizhou armies also followed public opinion and chose to join the National Defense Forces.

    "But the Yunnan soldiers and Guizhou soldiers are also dissatisfied. You Northwest soldiers are only better with weapons. If we also have the same weapons, we can fight better than you.

    So the 3rd Mountain Division held on to this belief and immediately rushed to the Banhong area.

    Xiao Yaonan, deputy chief of staff of the group army, personally led the team and ordered the troops to be divided into two groups. He led the 257th and 258th regiments from Laobie Mountain. Li Shucheng, commander of the 3rd Mountain Division, led the division, 259th and 260th regiments along the Bangma Mountain road.  Cang, Fu Shang, and Shuangjiang arrived at Gengma. There was a road between Gengma and Banhong built by the former Qing government. It was also a silver ore transportation route. It was rebuilt with money from the caravans in the early Republic of China.

    Li Shucheng led the team to advance along the main road towards Ban Hong, while Xiao Yaonan led the team along the small road under the leadership of the villagers to prepare to go behind Ban Hong and outflank the British.

    But Du Baosan had to ask his superiors for instructions on who fired the first shot and how.

    After Du Baosan's telegram was sent to the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of National Defense immediately handed it over to the Presidential Palace. After Wang Maoru received the emergency, he angrily said: "China has been unified. The British have gone too far to deceive others. They ordered the Ministry of National Defense to do everything possible."  Annihilate this group of British people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will now immediately protest against the British invasion of our Banhong area, and at the same time propose to take back the Pianma area and the Mengmao Triangle, and we will return the rent to them."

    "Yes." Secretary Chen Brai said.

    Subsequently, the Foreign Minister Chen Yi immediately summoned the British Ambassador to China, Sir Mark Clay, to protest against the British invasion of China's Banhong area and the British invasion of China's Pianma area, demanding its immediate withdrawal from the Pianma area, and demanding an end to the Sino-British  The lease contract between the two parties on the Mengmao Triangle.  The Chinese government is willing to return the British rental contract in the Maung Mao Triangle at double the price. From the lease date to the present, the British have paid a total of 27,000 Indian guilders in the Maung Mao Triangle, which is equivalent to 1,100 silver dollars.  .  What's even more outrageous is that the money was only paid for fourteen years. After the Republic of China, British India used the reason that the Chinese government's representatives were unknown and did not pay it for thirteen years.

    In other words, in the eyes of the British, China is still the image of the Chinese who have braids on the back of their heads, cut wires and rails when they see telegraph poles, and refuse to modernize.  China is still the country that was forced to sign various unequal treaties under the city by sending troops.

    That¡¯s why during the Battle of the Heart of Central Asia between China and Russia, the British Indian Army marched into Kashmir. This time Ban Hong was also a plan made by the British Army early.

    Sir Maclay immediately asked the Governor of India, Rufus Isaacs, about the matter, and the reply he received was that a British private named Cress Constantine was missing in the Banhun area, and the British army only entered the Banhun area.  "Searching" for Constantine in flooded areas

    Wang Maoru sneered after receiving the news. Are the British taking a stand against Japan's July 7th Incident?  They all used the excuse of missing soldiers to invade China and conduct tentative provocations against China.  Unfortunately, Rufus Isaacs arrogantly thought that China would give in.

    In fact, this incident was really a farce directed and acted by Rufus Isaacs. The China strategy he personally directed repeatedly ran into obstacles in front of the Chinese government, which made the arrogant Earl of Reading even more angry.  As the Governor-General of India, Rufus Isaacs governed a territory of 5.14 million square kilometers (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, etc.) and a population of 388 million.  (Indigenous), it can be said that he is the king of Asia, the king that no one can disobey.

    Rufus Isaacs was the second Jew to serve in the British cabinet. He was the head of the British World War I delegation and participated in formulating the liquidation plan for Germany, the Treaty of Versailles.  This Jew has served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and Ambassador to the United States. He has a tough and paranoid character. Just after he arrived in India to serve as Governor-General, he ordered the arrest of two leaders of the Green Rebellion in India. The year before last, he also arrested the Hindu revolutionary Gandhi.  He was imprisoned and then suppressed the Sikh uprising in Mopra and Punjab last year. It can be said that he is the kind of person who has the vengeful heart of the Jews and the proud heart of the British.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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