Thanks to Hunter_wang, Tie Xiaozhu, Patrick68 (Da Jun), and the sky is high and the clouds are still for the rewards.

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Colonel Gale sat in the jeep looking at the map while rubbing his slightly painful forehead. He never thought that his armored regiment would have such a day... He was chased by Japanese people with poor equipment and fled in a hurry.

Colonel Gail originally thought he could teach the Japanese a lesson on the Myanmar battlefield, because as the commander of the armored regiment, he also knew his opponent - the Japanese armored forces. He knew that the Japanese equipped Type 95 light tanks and Type 97 medium tanks were just children's things to play every family in front of the M3 and M4 of the 7th Armored Brigade... The firepower, protection and other performance of the Japanese Type 97 medium tanks can only barely reach the level of the British M3 light tanks.

This is also the reason why Colonel Gail was full of confidence before, because in terms of performance and data, British tanks overwhelmed Japanese tanks in terms of quantity and quality.

But the problem is...

The battleground competition is often not performance and data, but also the determination and courage to fight.

If the superior let the British army stationed in Myanmar fight, Colonel Gail believes that the British army would not lose so badly.

But the superiors did not have this determination, which can be seen from the temporary commander-in-chief Alexander sent by London.

Speaking of Alexander... this guy was in charge of the Dunkirk retreat two years ago to safely withdraw more than 300,000 British and French coalition forces to Britain. Then, at this time, London's intentions were self-evident.

Thinking of this, Colonel Gale couldn't help but feel a headache. Because everyone knew the purpose of Alexander coming here, the troops completely lost the determination and courage to fight the enemy, which was very dangerous for a unit.

On the contrary, the Japanese army were like wolves and tigers. Although their tanks were not as good as those of the British armored brigade, they rushed towards the British tanks with cluster grenades and explosives packs... The British soldiers had never seen such a desperate way of fighting, so even though they had more and more advanced tanks, they could only turn around and escape.

Withdrawal to India?

Colonel Gale is also not optimistic about this.

This is Myanmar, not Dunkirk.

Behind Dunkirk is the ocean. As long as there are enough ships and time, you can withdraw all hundreds of thousands of troops back to Britain with one stone. However, in this ghost place in Myanmar, there are jungles and mountains everywhere, and the roads are also tragic. Moreover, it is still more than 800 kilometers away from Impal, India. How easy is it to withdraw so many troops under such terrain conditions?!

However, Alexander obviously regarded this place as another Dunkirk!

Thinking of this, Colonel Gail couldn't help but smile bitterly. This 800-kilometer distance may be just a matter of physical strength and time for infantrymen, but for armored troops, they must consider factors such as fuel, whether the road is unobstructed, whether the bridge can withstand the weight of tanks, etc. It can even be said that as long as a Japanese army arrives in front of them to destroy the road, they can easily block the entire armored regiment and wipe out it out.

Fortunately, there is no such problem at present. The news from Lieutenant Burke is that it is smooth all the way. The Chinese army stationed at the Wajie Iron Bridge will blow up the iron bridge after the armored regiment passes.

"Col. You're at the Iron Bridge in Wajie!"

The driver's reminder turned Gael's eyes from the map to the outside of the car. There were only a dozen Chinese people in his sight, which made him a little dissatisfied. Even if he only needed to press a button or ignite the fuse to blow up the iron bridge, he could not just send one shift!

But no matter how much I think about it, Gail still habitually saluted the Chinese soldier standing at the bridge. For some reason, Gail always felt that the Chinese soldier looked at them with a little lustful look.

Colonel Gale was actually right. He looked at the cars, armored vehicles, and tanks roaring like long dragons passing by, and Zhang Chi almost drooled.

How good would it be if these tanks were left to the Chinese? Not to mention the others, let’s talk about the 200th Division stationed in Tonggu... It has poor equipment, lack of supplies and no air force support, and has the ability to resist twice the Japanese army, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the 200th Division is very good.

If the 200th Division gets a batch of heavy equipment that is more advanced than the Japanese army, then will the combat effectiveness be further improved? Then will the hope of victory be a little higher? So the chance of survival will be greater?!

It’s a pity... Zhang Chi shook his head and sighed. The armored regiment in front of him was too large. It would be good to pull a few hairs from it. Don’t expect too much! I don’t know if the final outcome of this batch of equipment would still fall into the hands of the Japanese army like history.

I don’t know how long it took, but the last tank finally drove across the iron bridge before it was dark. Lieutenant Burke, who had been with Zhang Chi, was relieved. He looked at the watch on his wrist with the help of the flashlight and said to Zhang Chi with a smile: "Sorry, we were late for fifteen minutes, but we finally passed smoothly. Brother, we will express our gratitude to your superiors, thank you very much!"

As he said that, he walked up to him and shook his hands enthusiastically with Zhang Chi, saying, "If possible, I really hope to ask you to be an interpreter. You can imagine that you have to deal with many Chinese soldiers along the way. I hope that there are also people who are as wise and able to speak English as you, so that we will lose many unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles!"

Zhang Chi almost cried after hearing this... He was also willing to be an interpreter and follow the British to India. Although he doesn't like India very much, what else can be more tempting than leaving this country full of dangers of death?

But Zhang Chi knew that this was impossible, and this did not mean that the troops in the ancient times were insufficient... In fact, the troops in the ancient times were indeed insufficient. The 200th Division was originally fighting against two in the ancient times. Now the British gradually vacated the important land west of the ancient times, causing the 200th Division to demolish east walls and repair the west walls everywhere, so that only a platoon of engineers was sent to defend a strategic area as important as the Wajie Iron Bridge.

However, no matter how tight the troops are, they will not be short of one soldier, especially those who are insignificant as Zhang Chi.

The real reason is that Zhang Chi knew that although China and the UK were allies at this time, they still had deep vigilance between each other, especially the top leaders of the Kuomintang, who were worried that China, a trump card unit that went abroad, would be controlled by the UK or the United States and become their tool.

It is precisely because of this that when the first expedition was defeated, the Expeditionary Force could have followed the British army to retreat to India safely for a while, but on the top of the mountain, the Expeditionary Force was strictly ordered not to retreat to India and had to return home through the Wild Man Mountain. On the other hand, the Wild Man Mountain was a primeval forest full of poisonous insects and beasts. As a result, the number of people who died in the Wild Man Mountain was several times the number of people who died in the Wild Man Mountain when fighting with the Japanese army.

So, in this case, if Zhang Chi wants to join the British team and go with them, he will not only fail to do so, but also be labeled as a treason.

From this point of view, we can also know that the forces confronting the Japanese army in Myanmar at this time include the Myanmar army controlled by China, Britain, the United States, and the British, but these forces are actually like a mess of sand. No wonder they were defeated in front of the Japanese army.

Just as Lieutenant Burke patted Zhang Chi on the shoulder and turned around and stepped onto the jeep, gunshots suddenly came from the other end of the road.
Chapter completed!