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Volume 2 Under the Warlord Chapter 1159 The Battle of Banhong (4)

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    In this battle, 8,600 Chinese troops participated and 2,700 British troops participated. The Chinese soldiers were well prepared and had a strong desire to fight, with anger and the desire to prove themselves.  The stubborn mood and another attack in the middle of the night immediately plunged the British team, which had always regarded themselves as gentlemen, and the Indian dogs, who imitated their masters from head to toe, into a state of collapse.

    The defenders of Manglai Village had the weakest resistance and were the first to be captured.

    Within an hour of Hong Linge, commander of the 257th Regiment, leading 1,300 men to launch a general attack on Manglai, the Indian defenders were frightened by the Chinese's rapid attack and desperate charge. An hour and a half later, Manglai was captured.  In the darkness of this battle, 22 Chinese soldiers were killed and 78 injured. Four of the dead soldiers were hit by stray bullets from the Chinese themselves

    The Indians in Manglai Village were not more than 500, but 200, and only 24 British officers were in charge. Unfortunately, these British officers were hit by grenades fired by the Chinese.  He was hit by a tent, and his head was shot wildly by light machine guns as soon as he showed up. As a result, the officer was killed immediately.  The reason why the Indians resisted for an hour and a half was because they always thought that the British masters were still there and that the main masters were there, so they were confident. Unfortunately, they did not see the British masters until they were completely annihilated by the Chinese this time.

    Forty-six of the Indian soldiers were killed, fifty-one were wounded, and one hundred and seventeen soldiers were captured.  However, these Indians are very unconvinced. You Chinese are conducting a sneak attack. You actually conduct a sneak attack in the middle of the night. It is really ungentlemanly!

    Honglinger counted the number of casualties among the soldiers.  He said sadly: "It seems that fighting at night is risky, damn it. I have twenty-two brothers."

    At this time, a non-commissioned officer reported that the Indian prisoners requested humane treatment and hoped that you could give priority to treating their prisoners.

    "Treat their people first?" Honglinge was surprised. Did the Indian eat too much curry?  Damn your brain?  Or have you drunk too much water from the Ganges River and become stupid?

    Yun Daihui, the commander of the second battalion with the most casualties among his men, immediately said: "Leader, leave these people to me. I will treat them first."

    "You? How to treat me?" Honglinge asked.

    "Humane treatment." Yun Daihui curled his lips and said with a malicious smile.

    Hong Linge looked at this kid. Usually this kid is full of bad ideas. This kid is from Rehe.  There is a proverb in the Republic of China: There are no good people in Rehe!  It is said that during the Republic of China, the most cunning and bad thieves in China came from Rehe. It was really a den of thieves.  What good idea could this officer from Rehe come up with? It was nothing more than killing prisoners to vent his anger.  Forget it, just pretend that you don't know anything. After hesitating for a while, he said, "I'll leave it all to you. Treat him humanely."

    "Yes! Ensure humanity!" Yun Daihui immediately ordered the prisoners to be tied up.  Then he took them to the woods, and then ordered the soldiers to fix their bayonets and picked them all.  While several Shanxi soldiers and Shaanxi soldiers in the second battalion were still hesitating, those Yunnan soldiers and Guizhou soldiers immediately rushed forward with howls and screams.

    "Pfft!"

    "Pfft!"

    The bearded Baotou soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, bleeding like rivers. When a few northern soldiers also wanted to stretch out their hands.  These prisoners had already been killed by everyone.  The hesitation of several northern soldiers made the southern soldiers laugh and joke sarcastically.  Several northern soldiers shook their heads and said it was not that we were afraid, but that we had never heard of this order and were not used to it.  In the past, when northern warlords fought, they would not kill any captured soldiers.  After the fight is over, redeem it with money.

    "**! So Suo (said), the Yunnan Army is invincible." A Yunnan soldier laughed.

    On the contrary, Yun Daihui admired the decisiveness of these southern soldiers in executing orders.  He laughed loudly and praised: "The Yunnan and Guizhou Army is the king of the jungle."

    The battle that took place in Banhong caught the British by surprise at first, and then Xiao Yaonan's troops encountered stubborn resistance. It turned out that the British had left the battalion composed entirely of British soldiers in Banhong and transferred some Indian soldiers.  Went to Banshan Mountain to resist Li Shucheng's troops.

    This unit is not highly skilled in terms of combat, but the pride of the British makes them extremely tenacious. They can lose to the Germans, French, or Americans, but losing to the Chinese - absolutely not.  About five hundred British people hid in the silver mines and relied on factories to resist.

    Seeing that the enemy was hiding in the Banhong Silver Mine and resisting tenaciously, Xiao Yaonan immediately ordered grenades to be thrown at me, and the rifle grenades kept hitting me.  After a while, the men of Liu Bin, the third battalion commander of the 258th Regiment, rescued all the workers in the mine, and those workers immediately joined the ranks of besieging the British.  One of the little Han men ran up to Xiao Yaonan and said, "I know a path into the mine."

    "Who are you?"

    "I am the owner of Banhong Silver Mine." The little man said with a wry smile.After the British entered Banhong, he, the owner of the farm, was caught and thrown into the mine before he could evacuate.

    Xiao Yaonan was surprised by the owner's alley. After his introduction, it turned out that there was an underground passage in the silver mine that led to the owner's bedroom.  It's just that the owner of the venue was caught before he could escape into the bedroom

    At the moment, Liu Bin took the initiative to lead the soldiers into the mine in person, and cooperated inside and outside to kill the British.

    Xiao Yaonan patted Liu Bin on the shoulder and said, "You kid, please pay attention to your safety. We will have a celebration drink tomorrow."

    "Yes, come and take a seat! But Hubei guys can't beat us Shandong people." Liu Bin said with a smile.

    Xiao Yaonan put his foot on Liu Bin's butt. Liu Bin ran away with a smile and picked a company of death squads, armed with submachine guns, light machine guns, grenade guns, and extremely powerful firepower.  Under the leadership of Liu Bin, the death squad immediately got into the hole and crawled towards the owner's bedroom.

    The firepower of the peripheral attacking troops was greatly reduced because their submachine guns and some light machine guns were taken away. And because they were afraid of hurting their brothers, they did not dare to release their grenade guns at will.  This time, the British's confidence increased greatly. It turned out that the Chinese only had this ability, and they withered

    About an hour later, a fierce exchange of fire suddenly broke out inside the silver mine. Liu Bin's death squads rushed out of the core of the silver mine with automatic weapons. Three soldiers climbed up a high building and started shooting at the British with light machine guns.  .

    It was getting brighter at this time.

    Xiao Yaonan ordered to cooperate with the attack, and more than 2,000 people began a new round of attack on the silver mine defended by the British. At the same time, more than 1,000 mining workers also joined the attack.

    The attack in Banshan Mountain was also extremely smooth, because in addition to the infantry artillery, Li Shucheng also had ten 75 mountain cannons on hand.  When the general attack began at twelve o'clock at night, Li Shucheng immediately ordered the artillery that had already been aimed to bomb the British positions and hills indiscriminately.

    The bombardment lasted for nearly an hour, and the British Indian army, which had a low fighting spirit, began to show signs of defeat. Instead, several British officers shouted with guns: "We are condescending, they can't fight!" The British officers  They didn't expect that the Chinese army would use artillery. In their concept, the Chinese only had machine guns and grenades at most, but they didn't expect that the enemy had mortars, infantry artillery, and mountain artillery. This made the British and Indians very worried.  Headache.

    But the Chinese Army also had a headache. After all, the British army occupied the passes and dangerous summits of Banshan Mountain. The British officers were all officers who had participated in the European War and had rich practical experience and occupied all favorable positions.  During the past few days of testing, the Chinese ** team found that although the Indian soldiers on the opposite side were wearing strange clothes, their marksmanship was better than that of the Chinese soldiers.

    But the Chinese have cannons!

    Ten 75-inch mountain guns, ten 70-inch infantry guns, ten 65-inch mortars, and four 85-inch mortars.

    Amidst the sound of artillery, Indian soldiers and British officers hid one after another. Upon seeing this, Li Shucheng immediately called Kong Qiu, the commander of the 260th Regiment, and asked him to attack an 80-meter peak in the middle of the mountain. This peak was said to be high.  It's not high, not low, and it's on the edge, so it's not an important place.  But one advantage of it is that there is a relatively large flat land on the top of the peak. If the mortars are transported to it after the attack, the artillery range of the Chinese ** team can be expanded by two kilometers.

    Kong Qiu immediately carried out the order and ordered the third battalion of the 260th Regiment to attack. The third battalion sent four platoons, two platoons feinted to attack, and two platoons secretly attacked.  At this time, the advantages of the Yunnan soldiers are clearly reflected. They are smaller in stature but more flexible, especially their unyielding energy is truly admirable.  He fell silent while climbing and would rather fall to death than say a word.

    Twenty minutes later, the two attacking platoons rushed up, took up weapons and killed more than twenty Indian soldiers and two British officers on the mountain peak.

    After capturing the 80th peak, Li Shucheng moved his artillery to the top of the mountain and bombarded the pass and other peaks again.

    In the dark night, the Indian soldiers soon collapsed, and they retreated while shooting.  Several British officers raised their weapons and shouted: "The Chinese cannot defeat us!"

    But this time the Indian soldiers did not listen to the officers and ran back.

    During the artillery fire, the Chinese team saw the opponent's collapse and immediately stopped shelling and shooting. Cao Lucao, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 259th Regiment, raised his bayonet and shouted: "The British are defeated! Kill!" He rushed over first, and the two  At this time, more than 4,600 people in the regiment shouted "kill" at the same time, which frightened several Indian soldiers who were holding on and immediately turned around and ran away.

    In the dark night, everyone didn¡¯t know where to run, so they ran towards the Chinese people.

    These Indians are extremely easy to identify, because they always wrap their heads with white cloth layer by layer, like a big bun, as long as you see the white clothThe shadow of ?? must be Indian.

    It took Li Shucheng's troops four hours to completely overcome Banbanshan's defenses. He then commanded the 260th Regiment to continue attacking Banbanzhai, while the 257th Regiment was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, capturing the defeated troops who fled into the forest, and guarding the remaining troops.  British and Indian prisoners.
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