The British shamelessly tested the Banhong area, and used 250 regular troops as the vanguard, which was opened from the Huban board, passed through Menghun, Bankong, Bangu, and occupied Huzhou, Nanda, Jinchang, Lufang and other places, constructed fortifications and built barracks. Then, 2,000 British troops invaded Banhong, forced the mining of ore sand, and transported it to the old silver factory for smelting.

After occupying Banhong, the British army immediately set up checkpoints to drive away more than ten Wa villages and Dai villages around Banhong, burned most of them, and drove the local people to the Wild People Mountain. The British were extremely sinister and hoped that these people would be bitten to death by wild beasts and poisonous insects after entering the Wild People Mountain to avoid trouble.

However, the British army was composed of British soldiers and Indian soldiers, and only drove them southward. However, Wa and Dai villagers who lived in 100,000 mountains for generations quickly fled from small roads and mountain streams to Shuangjiang City to file a complaint. This happened in November last year, and the Banhong area has always been a chieftain system, and the local chieftains and village heads manage it, so the communication speed is extremely slow.

At this time, the south happened to be in great cold weather every ten years. After the British army sent two thousand troops after the New Year, the local chieftain and the village chief reported the matter to officials in Yunnan Province. Officials in Yunnan Province immediately reported to the Seventh Army of the Yunnan-Guizhou Military Region.

Du Baosan, the commander of the Seventh Army, was not a good person. He immediately ordered the newly reorganized 3rd Mountain Division Li Shucheng's troops, 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 consisted of four regiments: the 257th Regiment, the 258th Regiment, the 259th Regiment, and the 260th Regiment, and was composed of northern Shaanxi soldiers who were the Northwest Army before the reorganization. Later, some northern Shaanxi soldiers could not stand the humid and hot climate in the south.

The military region of the Western Regions expanded its army, so some soldiers from northern Shaanxi applied to go to the Western Regions. In order to adapt to the needs of southern combat, 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 short and more flexible. Since Yunnan and Guizhou are not a place of wealth, joining the army has become an excellent way to make money, especially when the National Defense Forces are more treated well as soldiers, so the recruitment work has progressed very smoothly.

After the army was reorganized, the Seventh Army was specially assigned to a mountain division because of its reasons in the mountainous areas of Yunnan and Guizhou. Du Baosan dispatched local soldiers from Yunnan and Guizhou in the army to form this mountain division. About three-fifths were locals in Yunnan and Guizhou, and only two-fifths of this army were soldiers in northern Shaanxi. Moreover, these northern Shaanxi soldiers were soldiers with strong climbing and cross-country capabilities.

The 3rd Mountain Division was only reorganized in January, and it has not been tested after the reorganization. Du Baosan also hopes that this unit will conduct a combat test in the Banhong area to see the combat capabilities of the army after the military system reform.

The Mountain Division is the abbreviation of the Mountain Infantry Division. The individual equipment of the troops is: each soldier is equipped with an m9 rifle (Minister Nine-type rifle). Bayonets, raincoats, rain boots, waterproof sleeping bags, insect-proof medicines, sealed sulfur bags, first aid kits. Two-week compressed biscuit rations are distributed during wartime. A kerosene lighter, 4 egg-type grenades. 7.7 mm x 45 mm concave edge pointed to reduce the loading of 120 rounds, and some soldiers are equipped with ten-meter ropes. Compared with the Infantry Division, the Mountain Division lacks heavy mortars, large-aperture infantry guns, tanks, cars, and unlike the infantry divisions and armored divisions, it cannot directly order support to the land aviation. In individual equipment, steel helmets are also lacking in individual equipment. Chest protective plate armor and military leather boots are issued during wartime. The Mountain Division wears rubber-soled cloth shoes, and the footsteps are lighter.

With the existing military financial resources, the mountain division has achieved the most strengthened 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, the commander of the Seventh Army, gave priority to these troops, which also caused protests from other troops. At the same time, the Seventh Army was also the first unit to officially arm the mountain division, which 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 to the army to request imitate the Seventh Army to arm their own mountain divisions.

The 3rd Mountain Division knew that their troops were the heart of the legion commander Du Baosan, and they were also holding a sense of energy in their hearts to show off.

Another reason is that most of the soldiers of the Seventh Army (Phoenix Legion) are mainly Shaanxi soldiers and Shanxi soldiers, while only the 3rd Mountain Division is mainly Yunnan soldiers and Guizhou soldiers. These people naturally want to make an excuse to show you. In the past, the Yunnan Army and Guizhou Army were also very powerful in combat, but when facing the National Defense Army, they could not defeat them one by one. Not to mention logistics supplies, even the weapons in their hands are not as good as others. The National Defense Army has 120 bullets per base, and the Yunnan Army and Guizhou Army have any base bullets. Usually, five bullets are fired, and they have to check. When firing more than 20 or 30 bullets during battle, they can fight a battle.

What support weapons are equipped with the Yunnan Army and Guizhou Army? Rifles, one battalion and one water-cooled Maxim machine gun. As for the artillery, the breech gun was purchased during the Qing Dynasty - fortunately it was not the breech gun. Compared with the National Welfare Army, one squad, one light machine gun, one grenade gun, one platoon can be equipped with rocket launchers, one company is equipped with small-caliber mortars and heavy machine guns, and one battalion has infantry guns. How to fight? The reason why the Yunnan Army and Guizhou Army chose to join the National Welfare Army was on the one hand because of Wang Maoru's purchase of the Yunnan Army and Guizhou Army. On the other hand, they also saw that the real fight was really started. With the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan Army and Guizhou Army, the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan Army and Guizhou Army was only a question of how long to resist. In addition, the national call for unification was one after another, and the Yunnan Army and Guizhou Army generals also chose to join the National Welfare Army in accordance with public opinion.

But the Yunnan soldiers and Guizhou soldiers were also dissatisfied. Your Northwest soldiers were just using weapons. If we also had the same weapons, we would be better than you.

So the 3rd Mountain Master immediately rushed to Banhong area with this belief.

Xiao Yaonan, deputy chief of staff of the army, personally led the team and ordered the troops to be divided into two groups. He led the 257th Regiment and the 258th Regiment from Laobi Mountain. Li Shucheng, the commander of the 3rd Mountain Division, led the division headquarters, the 259th Regiment and the 260th Regiment along Bangma Mountain, arrived at Gengma, Fu Shang and Shuangjiang. There was a big road between Gengma and Banhong for the construction of the former Qing government, and it was also a silver mine transportation route. In the early Republic of China, the horse gang members paid for the rebuilding.

Li Shucheng led the team to advance along the main road to Banhong, while Xiao Yaonan led the team along the small road, prepared to go around behind Banhong and encircle the British.

But Du Baosan had to ask his superiors for whom and how to fire the first shot.

After Du Baosan's telegram was sent to the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of National Defense immediately handed it to the Presidential Palace. After receiving the emergency, Wang Maoru furiously said: "China has been unified. The British have acted too much this time and ordered the Ministry of National Defense to wipe out the British as much as possible. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs now immediately protests against the British invasion of our Banhong area, and at the same time proposes to take back the Pianma area and the Mengmao Triangle, and we will return the rent to them."

"Yes." Secretary-General Chen Bulei said.

Subsequently, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Yi immediately summoned the British Ambassador to China Sir Maklay to protest the British invasion of the Chinese Banhong area, and protested the British invasion of the Chinese and Panma area, demanded that it immediately withdraw from the Chinese and British areas, and demanded the termination of the lease contract between China and Britain on the Mengmao Triangle. The Chinese government was willing to return the rental contract to the British in the Mengmao Triangle at double price. From the date of the lease to the present, the British paid a total of 27,000 Indian shields in the Mengmao Triangle, equivalent to 1,100 silver dollars. What's even more excessive is that the money was paid for only fourteen years. After the beginning of the Republic of China, British India had not paid for thirteen years on the grounds that the Chinese government representative was unknown.

In other words, in the eyes of the British, China is still the image of a Chinese who has braids behind his head, cutting wires and removing rails when he sees a telephone pole, cutting wires and removing rails, and China is still the country where soldiers are forced to sign various unequal treaties under the city alliance.

That's why during the Battle of Sino-Russia and Central Asia, the British Indian army marched towards Kashmir. This time, Ban Hong was also a plan formulated by the British team early.

Sir Macre immediately asked the Indian Governor Rufus Isaacs about this matter, and the reply was that a British Private named Cres Constantine disappeared in the Banhong area. The British team only entered the Banhong area to "find" Constantine...

Wang Maoru sneered after receiving the news. Are the British fighting for the July 7 incident in Japan? They are all excuses of soldiers missing and invading China and provoking China tentatively. Unfortunately, Rufus Isaacs arrogantly thought that China would give in.

In fact, this incident was a farce directed and directed by Rufus Isaacs. His personal strategy toward China has repeatedly hit a wall in front of the Chinese government, which made the arrogant Count Riding very angry. As the governor of India, Rufus Isaacs governed by a territory of up to 5.14 million square kilometers (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia and other places), with a population of 388 million (indigenous). It can be said that he is the king of Asia and a king that no one can disobey.
Chapter completed!