Expedition to Europe

Sir Lauren Milne and Wangchai Chiangmai had no idea who Puchana was.

The only thing that was certain was that Puchana was related to the attack on the Indian army. Although Puchana claimed that he was only responsible for this attack on the Indian army, it was obvious that Puchana's men used Enfield rifles. Sir Lauren Milne could be sure that the rifles used by Puchana's men were the weapons that were lost on the first day the Indian army arrived in Chiang Mai.

Since this was certain, Sir Lauren Milne no longer hesitated and immediately mobilized troops to encircle and suppress the so-called "Chiang Mai Freedom Army".

At night, in a col 15 kilometers from Chiang Mai City.

This is the location of the Xu family teak forest. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the terrain is complex. Let alone a hundred or so people hiding here, even if there are thousands of people, as long as the Indians do not conduct a carpet search, they will never find those hidden people in the dense forest.

In an open space in the teak forest, a dozen tents are side by side, with fences and bonfires outside the tents. In the dense forests of Southeast Asia, people are not the biggest risk factor, but snakes and insects are more worthy of people's vigilance.

Around a bonfire in the center of the camp, a dozen local Siamese people are sitting, holding strong liquor and roast chicken that they don't know where they got from and eating heartily. The leader is Pu Chana.

"Master, your portrait is hung at the gate of the city today. You are now the biggest hero in ten miles and eight inches. It is estimated that you will be famous in Chiang Mai in a few days." A middle-aged man with a revolver hanging on his waist smiled flatteringly.

Pu Chana is from Chiang Mai. It is not difficult for the Chiang Mai government to get Pu Chana's portrait. Since Pu Chana's portrait is hung on the city wall, it means that the British have officially regarded Pu Chana as a target of attack. Just like the middle-aged man said, in a sense, Pu Chana is already a celebrity in ten miles and eight inches.

"Is the painting like it?" Pu Chan's focus is not quite the same as that of normal people.

"Not too similar. If the British look for the person on the map, they will probably find him in their next life." The middle-aged man said mysteriously, and immediately burst into laughter.

"Wow, hahahaha - let them look for him. When we take over Chiang Mai, we will also hang the portrait of that Sir on the city wall. Anyone who wants to pass through the city gate must spit at me first -" Puzha had no fear, and this kind of carefreeness was very much to the taste of this group of "free soldiers".

This so-called "Chiang Mai Freedom Army" is actually a group of gangsters, ruffians and scoundrels. In addition, there are "thugs" who have been registered with the temporary management committee because of their resistance to the British. The number of these people is not large. There are only more than 100 people now. They have not undergone formal training, and there is no individual quality. It is quite appropriate to describe them as a mob.

"Master, the British have been mobilizing supplies these past two days. There are carts being sent into Chiang Mai every day. I guess these British are going to attack us. Should we rob them? Maybe we can get some British cigars." Someone offered a suggestion, with undisguised greed in his eyes.

In fact, everyone around the fire knew that Puchana was lucky and had someone secretly supporting him. Otherwise, it would not be easy for them to ambush a company of Indians. Although those Indians were not very good at fighting, they could always shoot and fire cannons, which was much better than this mob.

As the Provisional Committee announced that it would wipe out the "Chiang Mai Freedom Army", Sir Lauren Milne had begun to mobilize troops and supplies, preparing to make a decisive move and eliminate this so-called "Chiang Mai Freedom Army" in its infancy. So in the past few days, there were really a lot of supplies concentrated in Chiang Mai, but the escorting troops were not very large, which was really tempting.

"Okay, let's set off early tomorrow morning. Let's rob a few carts first and have some good food first." Puchana agreed immediately, without considering whether his people were capable of completing the task.

The next morning, on the official road five kilometers north of Chiang Mai, this is the main transportation route connecting Chiang Mai and Myanmar. If the British want to transport supplies to Chiang Mai, they must pass through here and send them to Chiang Mai first, and then to various areas in northern Siam.

Because it is a major transportation hub, the official road is still quite busy. In the past, there were constant merchants coming and going, and large and small carts were constantly coming and going. Although it is not so busy now because of the war, you can still often see carriages coming and going.

On the official road, a platoon of Indian soldiers escorted more than a dozen carriages and were heading towards Chiang Mai. These carriages are not like the four-wheeled carts commonly seen in the Republic of China. Although they also have four wheels, they look much lighter than those carts because of their simple transmission system and steering settings.

Generally speaking, such a carriage needs four horses to run freely, but perhaps because of the lack of animal power, only two horses are harnessed to each carriage, and the horses can't run at all. It seems that it is quite difficult to move forward. It can be seen that the things pulled by the carriage are quite heavy.

It is indeed quite heavy. Those Indian soldiers did not follow the carriage, but sat on the carriage. On average, there were three or four people in each carriage. In this way, the speed of the convoy was slower, but those Indian soldiers did not care much. No one got off the carriage to push because of the slow speed. It was slow, so it was slow. This is the consistent tradition of the Indian army.

It was noon at this time. Although it was spring, the weather at noon in Siam, where the four seasons were not distinct, was still quite hot. The scorching sun hung overhead, making the rice in the fields droop, and the soldiers on the carriage were even more drowsy and really couldn't cheer up.

Bang!

Suddenly, a sharp gunshot rang out.

Immediately afterwards, dense gunshots rang out like popcorn, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and one could even hear bullets flying past one's ears.

At this time, the Indian soldiers finally showed a bit of well-trainedness. Almost at the first moment of the gunshot, these Indian soldiers rolled off the carriage and hid on the side of the road. Their speed was indeed as fast as a cunning rabbit.

That's all.

The original text is available at Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

At the ambush position of the "Chiang Mai Freedom Army" about a hundred meters away from the official road, Pu Chana waved a revolver and shouted loudly: "Fight, fight hard, beat all those Indians back to their hometowns, don't let any of them go——"

The members of the Free Army around Pu Chana were still working hard. They pulled the bolt desperately, pushed the bullets into the chamber, and then shot in the direction of the Indians without any pause.

The Enfield rifle has a relatively fast firing rate. Before the M-2 rifle appeared, the Enfield rifle was the fastest rifle in the world.

The sound of more than a hundred rifles firing together was still amazing. There was a moment when the gunfire was more intensive than the machine gun firing, which gave Puchana and his men the greatest courage. In such a dense fire attack, those Indians should have suffered heavy casualties.

Facts are often inconsistent with people's hopes. When the members of the Free Army had used up the bullets in the magazine, Puchana was shocked to find that there were no Indian bodies on the official road.

Not to mention the bodies, there was not even any blood left by the injuries.

It was really a pitfall. A hundred people fired thousands of bullets, but they didn't even hit a single person!