Chapter 182: Strike first and gain the upper hand! (Third update!)
Don’t forget the expeditionary soldiers who were killed by the British army!
This sentence made Sun Liren's face turn extremely ugly.

His newly formed 38th Division was better off, with not many casualties.

But there is!
As for other troops, there are even more!

There were many battalion and regiment-level officers who were killed in battle, and even a division commander died in battle.

Two more divisions had their numbers cancelled!

Even Du Yuming was left sitting on the bench.

The culprit behind all this is the British army.

However, Shancheng did not dare to blame the British army for these crimes, so he had to take the blame on his own people.

If he had not retreated to Imphal, he would probably be sitting on the bench at this time.

However, since he had disobeyed Du Yuming's order, he was afraid that he would no longer be trusted by the people in Shancheng.

This is why he was so excited when he heard Stilwell ask him to move west.

The purpose is to offset the guilt of disobeying orders in the past by making achievements.

Now Cun Yunsheng asked him to fight passively, which made him hesitate.

But after hearing what the other party said, he fell silent again.

"The British army does not deserve any sympathy. From the beginning to the end, they never really regarded us as allies." Cun Yunsheng advised again.

"To put it bluntly, the British army treats us like toilet paper, using us when needed and throwing us aside when not needed."

"Brother Sun, you have to understand one thing. Since the British army doesn't care about us, why should we work so hard for them?"

Hearing this, Sun Liren had no idea what to say.

"Brother Sun, our duty as soldiers is to defend our country, not to protect the British colonies. Maybe to the natives of these colonies, we are also invaders." Cun Yunsheng said meaningfully.

"But if we fight passively, it will cause dissatisfaction among the British army." Sun Liren hesitated.

It was obvious that he was convinced that there was no need for them to work so hard for the British colonies.

But he was still worried that he would be blamed by the British army.

Who knew that Cun Yunsheng would sneer.

"The British army is dissatisfied, what does it have to do with us? Brother Sun, you are just too honest and too realistic. You can find other reasons, such as acclimatization, high non-combat casualties, etc., whatever you want."

"Anyway, all you have to do is delay the march, allowing the Japanese to break through the British defenses and letting the British deal with the headache themselves."

"But if that's the case, won't the situation in India become even worse?" Sun Liren asked in confusion.

"What does it have to do with us?" Cun Yunsheng said disdainfully.

"Brother Sun, do you know why my troops haven't moved south yet?"

Hearing this, not only Sun Liren was curious, but Tang Shouzhi next to him was also very curious. Why didn't the Sichuan Army continue to move south and try to reach Rangoon in one breath? Wouldn't the war in Myanmar be over then?

They analyzed whether it was to open up the China-Myanmar Highway to ensure the transportation of materials, etc.

Now looking at the expression on Cun Yunsheng's face, it seems like there's something hidden?

"Because the British army put pressure on us through General Stilwell and refused to allow us to go south to attack Mandalay. Lashio is their bottom line." After Cun Yunsheng finished speaking, he saw the two people opposite him looking incredulous.

"How is this possible?" Sun Liren said subconsciously.

"Is it true?" Deputy Division Commander Tang Shouzhi asked hurriedly.

"Of course it's true. There is no need to lie to you because the British army does not want our Chinese army to expand its influence here and affect their rule." Cun Yunsheng looked extremely ridiculous.

"This used to be our vassal state, but what happened? Whether we can go south still requires the consent of the British army."

"Is this kind of British army still worth your dedicated efforts?"

"To put it bluntly, the British army has always looked down on us and doesn't want us to enter Burma, even if it means handing this place over to the Japanese army."

Now Zisun Liren was completely speechless. He didn't expect the British army to be so bad.

He actually thought that it was just the British army's lack of fighting spirit.

I didn't expect there was such a deeper reason behind this.

Therefore, those expeditionary soldiers who died were deliberately killed by the British army.

Thinking of this, Sun Liren's hands couldn't help but tremble.

"These damn British guys." Tang Shouzhi started cursing.

"So you want to use the strategy of driving away the wolf and swallowing the tiger?" Sun Liren asked with narrowed eyes.

"I can't hide it from Brother Sun. That's exactly what I meant. The British army is not a good thing, and the Japanese army is not a good thing either. Let them fight each other, and we can just watch the show." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"As for Liao Yaoxiang of the newly formed 22nd Division, I am not very familiar with him, so I would like to trouble Brother Sun to pass on his message. I believe that he will be able to distinguish right from wrong."

Hearing this, Sun Liren responded with a wry smile. In fact, he was not familiar with the person either.

They are the direct descendant!
How can he be considered a direct descendant?

But compared to Cun Yunsheng, he can say more.

So I can only agree.

After leaving the headquarters of the newly formed 38th Division, Meng Fanle couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"Commander, you really did everything you could to trick the British army. Aren't you afraid that they will sell you out?"

Who knew that Cun Yunsheng was not worried at all.

"There is no recording, so what should I be afraid of? If he sells me out, I will sue him for false accusation. Do you think Stilwell will believe me or him?" Cun Yunsheng said indifferently.

"It turns out that old people are more experienced, but will they really agree?" Meng Fan asked in confusion.

"I don't know. Maybe he will agree, or maybe he will pretend not to hear it. Anyway, I have done everything I can. The rest is up to God." Cun Yunsheng spread his hands, indicating that he had no other choice.

After all, he can't control other people's thoughts.

After Cun Yunsheng left, Tang Shouzhi looked at Sun Liren and asked.

"Master, can we trust his words?"

"I can definitely believe it. Not a single word of it is false. However, if we are not a regular troop, we can only rely on our military achievements if we want to be reused." Sun Liren sighed helplessly.

"He said something very right. The British army is nothing, and the Japanese army is even more beastly. Their fight to the death really has nothing to do with us."

"Brothers, be smart and don't rush in all at once. If you encounter something wrong, retreat first and try to save your lives."

"Yes." Tang Shouzhi nodded in response.

…………

Jingdong, after just recruiting a group of veteran soldiers, Li Liansheng decided to take action first.

After all, waiting for the enemy to come to you is not the style of the Sichuan Army.

What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Thai army on the opposite side is really too weak.

To put it bluntly, they may be even worse than those puppet troops.

This is really not an exaggeration.

Li Liansheng once discussed this with Bu La and felt that the Thai army’s combat effectiveness might actually be inferior to that of the puppet army.

At least the puppet army knows some tactics!

The Thai troops were completely unaware of this.

"Does this count as a private attack?" Bula said hesitantly. "Why don't we send a telegram to the commander first?"

After hearing this, Li Liansheng thought it made sense, and then asked someone to send a telegram to the regiment commander.

The reply from Lashio indicated that the regimental commander had gone to Imphal for a meeting.

"Then let's have a fight first?" Ma Dazhi thought about it and put forward his own opinion.

"At worst, if the commander wants to scold me, I'll take the blame."

"Forget it, let me do it. After all, I am the person in charge of Jingdong." Li Ula shook his head and said.

"Let all battalions and companies attack immediately. We can't wait for the enemy to gather. Otherwise, the enemy will increase in number. Even if we catch pigs, it will take several days."

After winning several battles, Li Liansheng became more adept at commanding and no longer felt as nervous as before.

"Yes." Bula and others looked at each other and responded quickly.

At this time, the troops responsible for reconnaissance sent back news.

"Report, there's a call from the forward observation post, they found that Siamese fighter planes have taken off and are heading towards us." The communications staff quickly reported holding a telegram.

After listening to the report, Li Liansheng pondered for a while.

"How about we send out our air force?" Without waiting for Li Liansheng to speak, Bu La spoke first.

"Aren't we equipped with an anti-aircraft artillery company? Why not let them try out their power?" Li Liansheng rejected his suggestion.

"We don't have the command of the air force. Without the order from the regiment commander, it's impossible for us to mobilize them."

After hearing this, everyone thought the same thing. After all, they did not receive any orders from the regiment headquarters for this attack, and it was a private troop deployment.

If the air force is mobilized again, I'm afraid my own regiment commander will be furious.

What's more, the Thai army's combat effectiveness is just that, and their air force should not be very strong either.

"That's right. Our anti-aircraft artillery company has been established for a long time, but it has not opened for business. Why not let them give it a try and see if they can open it." Bu La also echoed.

"Well, let the anti-aircraft artillery company try it. Also, contact the regiment headquarters again and report the situation here as soon as possible." Li Liansheng added.

"Okay, I'll notify the anti-aircraft artillery company right away." Bu La nodded and began to make arrangements.

On the other side, four Thai fighter planes were slowly hovering in the sky.

Their mission was to investigate the specific situation of the Sichuan Army in Jingdong.

After all, the Thai army suffered such a huge loss, how could they not retaliate?
Not to mention, the Japanese army promised them that they could annex Burma.

Therefore, they had long regarded Jingdong as their own territory.

Now that our own territory has been occupied by the Sichuan Army, we naturally have to take it back.

Fortunately, not all Thai generals are fools.

At least they knew to send out reconnaissance planes for investigation.

The main reason is that I suffered a huge loss last time, so I learned my lesson this time.

When they arrived over Jingdong, the leader in charge of command shouted loudly through the headset.

"Lower altitude and scout the enemy positions."

"Yes."

Then, the pilots began to descend and search for the target. At this moment, one of the pilots discovered a fire on the ground.

Then, he saw rays of light coming towards the location of his plane.

"Damn it, it's a tracer bullet, it's a tracer bullet, there's an anti-aircraft gun here."

"Be careful to avoid it, be careful to avoid it."

"Damn it, why didn't anyone tell me there were anti-aircraft guns here?" The sharp-eyed Thai pilot immediately determined that there were anti-aircraft guns here, so he shouted loudly through the radio.

"There is an ambush, there is an ambush, we were ambushed."

Several other pilots also heard the sound, glanced at the ground, and found that there were indeed several flames coming towards them. They immediately pulled up the nose of the plane, trying to climb quickly and escape from there.

Unfortunately, the ground began to burn again, and flames rushed towards them.

"Damn it, there's an anti-aircraft machine gun here, there's an anti-aircraft machine gun here."

"Avoid quickly, avoid quickly!"

The pilot of the lead plane saw a flash of fire flying towards a wingman and immediately shouted loudly.

The pilot on the wingman had already panicked. He had no combat experience at all. Faced with this emergency, he didn't know what to do and could only pull the nose of the plane up.

As a result, the wing was hit by anti-aircraft machine guns and smoke began to come out of the tail.

"I've been hit, I've been hit." The wingman pilot was completely panicked and tried hard to control the plane.

It turned out that another flash of fire came again.

This time it penetrated the cockpit directly, and the inside was immediately filled with blood and flesh.

The fighter plane rotated in the sky and then crashed straight to the ground.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat immediately." Seeing this, the pilot of the lead plane no longer cared about any reconnaissance and only wanted to escape from here.

The fastest way to escape from here is to climb!
But at this time, it would take at least three or four minutes for a propeller plane to climb from three or four hundred meters to two thousand meters. In this time, it would have been shot down by anti-aircraft guns.

Not to mention, Jingdong’s two anti-aircraft artillery companies, with a total of twenty 88mm anti-aircraft guns, plus twenty M2 water-cooled anti-aircraft machine guns, such a huge air defense firepower network.

It's simply impossible to escape from here.

When dealing with this kind of aircraft that flies low, moves slowly, and has almost no armor, basically as long as they are hit, they will be shot down.

"Damn it, we've fallen into a trap. They're waiting for us to take the bait on purpose." A wingman looked at the flames coming from all sides and knew he couldn't run away, so he shouted in despair.

He saw bullets like tongues of fire chasing him, and finally in despair, he watched his fighter plane being blown up by a shell from an 88mm anti-aircraft gun.

The fighter plane was broken into countless pieces, and the pilot inside was covered in blood.

"Damn it..." The Thai military's lead pilot roared in pain as he watched another wingman being shot down.

Unfortunately, his anger was of no use.

The anti-aircraft artillery company had already set up a tight net, making it impossible for them to leave safely.

"Tower, Tower, Squadron 7 encountered anti-aircraft fire attack, lost three fighters, lost three fighters."

"Tower, tower, requesting support."

While calling for help, I saw the tail of the third fighter plane being hit, and then it spun like a gyroscope and rushed straight to the ground.

When his plane flew to one thousand meters, he was blown up in mid-air by an anti-aircraft shell.

At this point, all four Thai fighter planes that came to conduct reconnaissance were shot down.

"The Thai pilots are too weak. They dare to fly at low altitude. Isn't this seeking death?" Li Liansheng shook his head as he looked at the shot down fighter plane.

If the enemy's altitude had remained at around two thousand meters, there would not necessarily have been such great results.

This kind of low-altitude flight of three or four hundred meters really shows that they don't take his anti-aircraft artillery company seriously.

"Send a telegram to the regimental commander and tell him that we shot down four Thai fighter planes."

"Yes."

　There will be another update later!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)