Chapter Eighty-Seven: Expanding the War
In April 1942, Li Ming mobilized the Seventh Infantry Army, the Eighth Infantry Army, the Ninth Infantry Army of the Northern Revolutionary Army, the First Tank Regiment of the Central Army, the Second Tank Regiment of the Central Army, the Eighth Battalion of the Tenth Army Engineer, the Bazooka Reinforced Regiment, the Northeast Tiger Special Operations Regiment, the First Fighter Brigade of the Southern Army, the Second Fighter Brigade of the Southern Army, the 34th, 38th, and 41st Air Service Brigades of the Mermaid Bombers, Nanjing, Shanghai, and filled up the departure planes with fuel and ammunition, and the infantry also boarded the plane with the support of the Navy and the Transport Aircraft Brigade.
On April 13, the ammunition of the Sixth Army was replenished, leaving two regiments stationed in Lao Cai and three regiments stationed in Kokang, and on April 18, more than 300,000 troops from the Seventh Infantry Army, the Eighth Infantry Army, and the Ninth Infantry Army began to encircle northern Vietnam, and the first division of the Tenth Army, the third division of the second division, with the support of the first tank regiment, occupied Mandalay again, and stationed six infantry regiments under the jurisdiction of artillery, tanks, and communications.
On April 14, the first destroyer and the second destroyer of the Northern Navy had a fierce battle against the Japanese Navy on the Philippine Island, and 17 planes of the Japanese Air Force that came to reinforce were intercepted by the 34th bomber of the Mermaid, 17 planes were shot down, the Mermaid bomber returned to refuel, the Second Brigade of the First Group of the Northern Navy destroyer launched a fierce attack on the Japanese position on the shore, and the Japanese Army position was soon hit by the Mermaid bomber and the naval anti-aircraft artillery, and the Japanese devils suffered heavy losses, An hour later, the Northern Marines landed in the Philippines with the support of tanks, the second 92 heavy machine gun position of the Japanese army was quickly destroyed, the soldiers continued to advance, Zhao Shangzhi personally led the soldiers to charge, after the street battle, the Navy soldiers fell a group, a group of dark fire quickly blew up the tank, on April 15, the Marines controlled the entire territory of the Philippines, captured more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers and then held prisoner of war camps.
Six regiments were stationed in a port.
On the 16th, the revolutionary army on the east side of the road launched an attack on the position of the devils in Dongpu Village, and the 34th Brigade of the Northern Air Force blew up the heavy artillery tanks of the devils three hours later, the revolutionary army defeated the devils, and a large number of devils felt that there was no hope of breaking through and surrendering, and more than 30,000 devils surrendered
On the 18th, under the instruction of Li Ming, the revolutionary army completed a military blockade of Yangon, Wa State, and the vicinity, and on the 19th, many cities near Yangon were occupied by the revolutionary army.
On April 1, 1942, in order to stabilize its rule in Burma, Japan elected Ba Mo as its proxy. Burma was declared an independent state, and the new commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Kawabe, announced the dissolution of the Japanese military administration. At the same time, Bhamo turned the Preparatory Committee into a so-called Council of State with some ceremonial and consultative functions. At the State Council, Bhamo's confidant U Seng read out the Declaration of Independence of Myanmar, and Bhamo was declared a ****. In order to show his supreme dignity, Bhamo arranged for the performance of classical court music, and also made "Min Ji" (the honorific title for the king in ancient Burma) his title.
At the same time, it announced the signing of an alliance treaty with Japan and military and economic cooperation with Japan. As soon as Myanmar declared independence, Bhamo appointed a cabinet. In order to establish his dictatorship, the cabinet members appointed by Bhamo were basically members of the "I-Burmese Association-Poor People's Party Alliance". Immediately after Bamo took control of state power, he wantonly eliminated dissidents politically and incorporated Burma into the Japanese fascist war system, and Burma basically became a material supply base for Japan to engage in the fascist war of aggression.
Bhamo not only monopolized political power, but also his vanity is extremely strong, thinking that he only has the title of **** is not enough, and awarded himself the honorific titles that only the king of Myanmar can have, "Adi Padi", "Anahin", "Ming Ji" and "Kodo" are all Burmese, meaning "high", in order to consolidate his position on the right, he also made a "new plan", in this plan, he carried out the instructions of the Japanese occupiers for his own national activities, for the Japanese emperor to seize the right, in order to achieve support for the Japanese occupiers, For the purpose of circumventing his position in a detailed sentence, he openly launched a campaign to call on people to fight for Japan's victory, and Japan signed a number of cooperation agreements and secret agreements with Bamo**, through which Japan ** grasped all the power of Bamo**
These agreements stipulate that: 1. The Burmese government will cooperate with Japan in the political, military, and economic fields to ensure the smooth progress of the "Greater East Asia War" 2. The Burmese government will cooperate with Japan and give the Japanese army "all necessary support to ensure the military operations of the Japanese army" 3. Burma will provide the Japanese army with military land, war materials, and labor; 4. Burma's transportation and police organizations are still under the control of the Japanese army, and all important departments are under the direct control of the Japanese military authorities in Dian. By this determination, Burma was in fact completely controlled by the Japanese, and the pure Japanese of Bhamo were one of them.
In order to disguise his puppet role and the face of serving the Japanese, Bamo established military rule, establishing an "army" management system consisting of all the inhabitants of the country. This army system is divided into four components, the most important of which is the "leading army", which is composed of members of Bhamo's "I join the association and one yellow alliance": the second is the "blood army", which is based on the small assembly force: the third is the "people's army", including all levels of management organs; Finally, there is the "Khan Army", the "Labor Army", which is composed of the lowest class of the people, and there are also couples, women, etc. who are subordinate to this army, and in the "army" system of the Fashua period of Bamo, the largest number is the Khan Army", and these "Khan Army" work non-stop for the puppets of Bamo and the Japanese fascists throughout the year