Sir Lauren Milne and Wangchai Chiangmai had no idea who Puchana was.
The only thing that can be determined is that this Puchana is related to the attack on the Indian army. Although Puchana claimed that he was only responsible for this attack on the Indian army, it is obvious that the Puchana people used Enfield rifles.
Sir Len Milne was able to confirm that the rifles used by the Puchana men were the weapons that were lost when the Indian army arrived in Chiang Mai on the first day.
Now that this was certain, Sir Laurent Milne no longer hesitated and immediately mobilized troops to encircle and suppress the so-called Chiang Mai Free Army.
At night, in a mountain col 15 kilometers away from the city of Chiang Mai.
This is where the Xu Family Teak Forest is located. The mountains are high, the forests are dense, and the terrain is complex. Let alone hundreds of people hiding here, even if there are thousands of people hiding here, as long as the Indians don't conduct a blanket search, they can't even think of extracting those people from the dense forest.
Find out the hidden people.
In a clearing in the teak forest, more than a dozen tents live next to each other, with fences and bonfires outside the tents. In the dense forests of Southeast Asia, people are not the biggest risk factor, snakes and insects are more worthy of people's vigilance.
At a campfire in the center of the camp, a dozen local Siamese people were sitting around. They were holding strong liquor and roast chicken that they got from unknown sources and munching. The leader was Puchana.
Master, today your portrait is hung at the gate of the city. You are now the biggest hero in the world. It is estimated that you will be famous in Chiang Mai in a few days. A middle-aged man with a revolver on his waist smiled flatteringly.
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Puchana is from Chiang Mai. It is not difficult for the Chiang Mai government to obtain Puchana's portrait. Since Puchana's portrait is hung on the city wall, it means that the British have officially targeted Puchana.
As middle-aged people say, in a sense, Puchana is already a celebrity.
The focus of attention is different from that of normal people if the painting looks like it.
It’s not too similar. If the British look for the people in the picture, they will probably be able to find their next life. After the middle-aged man finished speaking mysteriously, he immediately burst into laughter.
Wow hahahaha let them look for it. When we take Chiang Mai, we will also hang the portrait of Sir Raushizi on the top of the city. As long as anyone wants to pass through the city gate, he must spit on me first before he pounces. That's okay.
The emotion of fear, this carelessness is very appetizing to these Free Army soldiers.
The so-called Chiang Mai Free Army is actually a group of hooligans and scoundrels, and there are also thugs who have been registered with the Provisional Management Committee because they resisted the British a while ago. The number of these people is not large.
, there are now only more than a hundred people, and they have not experienced formal training, and there is no quality of individual soldiers. It is quite appropriate to describe them as a mob.
Sir, the British have been mobilizing supplies in the past two days. Big trucks are being sent into Chiang Mai every day. I guess these British people are going to attack us. Why don't we do some robbery or something, and maybe we can get some British food?
Smoking cigars or something. Someone offered suggestions, and the greed in their eyes was undisguised.
In fact, everyone around the fire knew that Puchana had some luck and was secretly supported by someone. Otherwise, it would not be easy for them to ambush a company of Indians. Those Indians
Although he is not very good at shooting, he can always shoot and fire cannons, which is much better than this group of rabble.
As the Interim Committee announced that it would annihilate the Chiang Mai Free Army, Sir Laurent Milne has begun to mobilize troops and supplies, preparing to complete the battle and nip the so-called Chiang Mai Free Army in the bud. So these days, go to Chiang Mai
There are really a lot of supplies gathered, but there are not many troops to escort them, which is really tempting.
Okay, let's set out early tomorrow morning, hijack a few large cars, and drive the meat first. Then Puchana agreed immediately, without even considering whether his people were capable of completing the task.
The next morning, the official road five kilometers north of Chiang Mai city is the main transportation road connecting Chiang Mai and Myanmar. If the British want to transport supplies to Chiang Mai, they must pass here to Chiang Mai first, and then to Chiang Mai.
Various regions in northern Siam.
Because it is an important transportation area, the official road is still quite busy. In the past, there was a constant flow of merchants and large and small cars. Now, although it is not so busy due to the war, you can still see horse-drawn carriages coming and going.
On the official road, a platoon of Indian soldiers escorted more than a dozen carriages, heading towards Chiang Mai. These carriages did not look like the four carriages common in the Republic of China. Although they also had four wheels, they had a simple transmission system.
And the steering setting looks much lighter than those big cars.
Generally speaking, such a carriage requires four horses to run freely, but perhaps because of the tight animal power, there are only two horses in each carriage, and the horses simply start running. It seems that the progress is quite difficult, and it can be seen that
It turns out that the things being pulled on the car are quite heavy.
It was indeed quite heavy. The Indian soldiers did not follow the carriage, but sat on the carriage. On average, there were three or four people in each carriage. As a result, the convoy moved slower, but those Indian soldiers
They don't really care. No one gets out of the car and pushes them because they are slow. Just go slow. This is the consistent tradition of the Indian Army.
It was noon at this time. Although it was already spring, in Siam, where the four seasons are not distinct, the weather at noon was still quite hot. The scorching sun hung overhead, making the rice in the fields look downcast, and the soldiers on the carriage were even more so.
I feel drowsy and really can't cheer up.
Bang
Suddenly a sharp gunshot sounded.
The sound of gunfire sounded like exploding beans, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke, and you could even hear bullets flying past your ears.
At this time, the Indian soldiers finally showed a trace of good training. Almost as soon as the gunshots were fired, these Indian soldiers rolled off the carriage and hid on the side of the road. They were really moving as fast as cunning rabbits.
That's all.
At the Chiang Mai Free Army ambush position about 100 meters away from the official road, Punchana was waving a revolver and shouting loudly: Beat, beat me hard, beat all those Asans back to their hometown, one
Don't let it go either
The members of the Free Army around Puchana still worked hard. They pulled the bolt of the gun desperately, loaded a particle bullet and then fired it in the direction of the Indians without stopping at all.
The rate of fire of the Enfield rifle is relatively fast. Before the emergence of the m2 rifle, the Enfield rifle was the fastest rifle in the world.
The firepower of more than a hundred rifles was still astonishing. For a moment, the gunshots were denser than machine gun fire. This gave Puchana and the others the greatest courage. In such an intensive firepower attack, those Indians must have suffered heavy casualties.
Alright.
Facts often do not match people's hopes. When the members of the Free Army finished firing the bullets in the magazine, Puchana was shocked to find that there were no Indian corpses on the official road.
Not to mention the body, there wasn't even any blood stains from injuries.
What a rip-off. Hundreds of people fired thousands of bullets, but not even one person was hit.