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Chapter 12 Unreliable Combat Guide
Although the face-to-face enemy had received an early warning before the Ming army launched an attack and had taken precautions, this did not change anything.

Twenty-four hours later, that is, at eleven o'clock on the 24th, the Ming army on the eastern front had cleared Gangrigabu Mountain and the British and Indian positions at the foot of the mountain. The three companies of the Second Assam Regiment (Battalion) were all attacked. Some of the fleeing Indo-Du soldiers even threw away their guns in order to run faster.

It can be said that the British and Indian troops did not expect that their side would collapse so quickly. Before the remnants and defeated generals who retreated to the vicinity of Baimagang could gain a firm foothold, the pursuit troops of the 30th Regiment of the [-]th Division of No.[-] followed closely behind. To kill.

The soldiers of the 72st Assam Battalion stationed here thought they were dreaming, and the frontline positions that were expected to last for at least [-] hours only lasted a third of the time?

When they were at a loss, a team of the [-]th regiment that attacked from the flank was even conducting fire reconnaissance.

On the western front about a hundred miles away, in the Milin area, the No.12 Infantry Division also successfully pulled out more than 200 dark forts and more than [-] strongholds in the mountains and plains, and was praised by the British as the brave and fearless Sikh regiment ( Battalion) were also dealt annihilated blows for their foolishness.

They could have retreated in time, but Lieutenant Colonel Finnegan, the battalion commander, had the illusion of "can hold on for a while", so he missed the opportunity to retreat and was surrounded by a battalion of the 37th and 38th regiments. They scattered and fled in all directions.

As for Lieutenant Colonel Finnegan, he was machine-gunned into a hornet's nest while he was yelling.

The first battle was won, and the situation was very good. The officers in the Lingzhi headquarters all breathed a sigh of relief. They worked continuously for more than ten hours, and now everyone was exhausted physically and mentally.

And on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway thousands of miles away, more than [-] people from Zhou Changfeng's unit were struggling to advance along the winding mountain road.

On the left is a towering hill, and on the right is a steep cliff with a steep dip.Guardrails and bollards?What a joke, there are these things in this kind of place?

Just four or ten minutes ago, a Type 10 six-wheel truck loaded with ammunition rushed out of the road for some unknown reason, and immediately rolled down the cliff.

Brake failure?The driver lost his mind?No one knows what the reason is.

The leaked gasoline was ignited by electric sparks, and the burning wreckage of the truck became the grave of two auto soldiers; the bullets induced by the flames made a crackling sound like setting off firecrackers.

[Most trucks in this day and age had gasoline engines; so did many tanks, let alone trucks. 】

The convoy paused only briefly, and after witnessing the flames erupt, everyone knew there was no hope of survival.

There was no time to be sad and regretful, the team restarted, everyone knew that the front line was already at war, and every second counted, after all, who knew what would happen?Whether it's good or bad, you have to be there, right?
Just when Zhou Changfeng closed his eyes and meditated, a sudden change occurred!

The off-road vehicle carrying Xie Wancheng in front suddenly blew a tire, and the driver who realized that the car was out of control was shocked, and immediately turned the steering wheel desperately to make the car veer to the left, and finally hit a hill.

For a while, the sound of "squeaky" brakes can be heard endlessly.

"Medical soldiers!!!"

The soldiers who came from the front and back dragged out the messy Xie Wancheng, while the driver and orderly in the front seat were already bleeding and unconscious.

"Damn... I'm fine." Xie Wancheng stared at the blown left rear tire with lingering fear, and then looked at the abyss on the right, "I almost died."

Zhou Changfeng glanced at his watch, and realized that he had been marching continuously for nearly five hours, and it was time to stop and take a rest, so he turned his head and ordered to rest on the spot, eat and drink.

Xiao Li nodded, took out the flare gun, loaded a green flare, and fired a shot into the sky.

In an instant, the entire convoy fell silent, and the cars turned off one by one.

Because there is a lot of rest time, there is still no time for cooking, so the cooking teams of each team directly set up stoves on the side of the road, and then set up large iron pots. There are more than a dozen pots in a row, or cooking or steaming rice. Fragrant miles.

Zhou Changfeng, who felt that he was very hungry, planned to eat something to fill his stomach first. When he took the can of braised pork that was handed to him, he froze for a moment, because the can was already swollen.

So Xiao Li took out a few more cans from the locker in the trunk, only to find that they were all swollen.

Zhou Changfeng realized that during the one-day and one-night march, the altitude was rising rapidly, and they were less than fifty miles away from the pass of Gaoersi Mountain.

In other words, the current altitude exceeds [-] meters.

He hesitated for a moment, and ordered: "Let the medical team check all the officers and soldiers, from the back to the front, and report when they are done."

After speaking, he jumped out of the car again, squatted next to the wheel, then stretched out his hands and pressed his thumbs, and found that the tires were also very swollen.

This... no wonder Xie Wancheng's car had a flat tire.

Zhou Changfeng found that he had overlooked one very important thing, that is, he did not expect that the progress of science and technology is reflected in every detail. The military tires of the era before he traveled also contained high technology and were very durable. , There is no need to deflate the tires when entering high altitude areas.

But it’s different now, it’s only the 30s.

[Actually, at the beginning of this century (and now), some old drivers who often ran into Tibet still had the habit of deflated their tires, changing the tire pressure from the normal 2.2bar to 2.0bar. 】

At this moment, he was very annoyed. Fortunately, no more serious puncture accident had occurred so far, otherwise, if a truck full of soldiers blew out and fell off the cliff, he would probably die of distress.

He suddenly thought of something, "Xiao Li, bring that "Uzang Combat Guide" here."

"Yes."

This is a pamphlet temporarily printed by the Ministry of War, with a total of only thirty or forty pages.

Zhou Changfeng read it carefully from the beginning to the end, and only saw in the inconspicuous place on the right side of the second page of No. 30, "If you find that the tires are bulging, it is due to the low air pressure at high altitudes. It is usually not a problem, and you can use a small amount as appropriate." Exhaust" statement.

Depend on!
The typesetting is just in the corner, and the whole sentence is still light, as if it is not an important matter.

The words "normally no problem" were particularly eye-catching, and Zhou Changfeng, who felt speechless, couldn't help complaining, "Did the people in the Ministry of War not even prioritize when compiling this kind of manual?"

At this time, the cooking soldiers found that the rice was not cooked properly?Why is it raw when you eat it in one bite?Obviously the water is already boiling?

But they immediately realized that this was due to the high altitude and low air pressure, so they went to get a specially prepared pressure cooker.But the pressure cooker is relatively small, and there are not many of them in total, which is not enough at all.

They pondered for a while, and tried to pick up some big stones from the side of the road and put them on the lid of the big iron pot to strengthen the airtightness.

The medical team also completed the inspection, and the leading military doctor, Second Lieutenant Hui, reported: "Sir, after inspection, a total of 390 seven people developed altitude sickness, and all but four were mild."

Zhou Changfeng took a deep breath, and said seriously: "Take good care of them, thank you for your hard work."

(End of this chapter)