After the inspection of the British troops in Burma, the delegation inspected the defense of the British troops in India and Malaya, and compared with the inspection of the British troops in Burma, the inspection tasks in India and Malaya were much lighter.

In the future, the area where the Chinese army will fight is Burma, and India and Malaya are not within the scope of the operation.

Before and after the inspection, it took more than three months, during these three months, the Chinese members of the delegation had a relatively clear understanding of the British army's defense deployment in Southeast Asia, most of the members of the delegation found that they underestimated the strength of the British army before the war, originally, most people thought that the British army in Burma would gather heavy troops and heavy equipment, but the fact is the opposite of imagination, the British army in Burma is pitiful, but in India, the strength of the British army is not bad, there are a large number of British and Indian troops, The foundation of British rule and war readiness in India were also relatively good.

Generally speaking, the defense level of the British troops in these three countries in Southeast Asia is not optimistic, and the level of strength is far from being as high as the members of the inspection group imagined, and many of the officers of the inspection group have fought all the way with the Japanese army on the battlefield, and they have not been bombed by the Japanese on the battlefield, or they have been blown up by the Japanese all the way on the battlefield.

The officers were particularly afraid of the heavy firepower weapons of the Japanese army, such as aircraft and artillery, and the lack of infantry firepower could still allow the brothers to make up for it with their lives, but there was no way to make up for the lack of aerial firepower and heavy artillery firepower.

In the future, the two armies will fight jointly, and the members of the inspection group also hope that the British army can provide air support and artillery support for the national army fighting in Burma.

During the investigation in Malaya, the delegation learned about the air power of the British army in Southeast Asia, and the officers of the British army told the delegation that in the entire Far East, the air power of the British army only has six bomber squadrons, two torpedo squadrons, one seaplane squadron and four fighter squadrons, a total of 13 flight squadrons, adding up to a total of more than 200 aircraft, with average performance and lack of combat effectiveness in the struggle for air supremacy. And they are all drawn up on a temporary basis, and the pilots are from Australia, New Zealand and the mainland, and there is a lack of running-in.

Most of these planes, which are pitiful in number and insufficient in performance, are still deployed in Malaya and Haikou, and they are completely unable to take into account the defense of Burma, and the British planes in Burma have a total of more than 20 transport planes and bombers, which is not much different from nothing.

Air supremacy, before the start of the fight, fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

After a thorough investigation, the situation is not optimistic, but finally clear the details of the British army, know the current situation of the British, compared with the original time and space, thanks to Zhang Wei, the British in Burma defense and combat attitude of the underpants in front of the Chinese delegation was completely stripped off, the members of the delegation are clear about the British "degree of reliability," the original dependence and trust on the British, now there is basically no scum left, there has been a complete change in the operational thinking, officers when talking about the operational policy, The British are hardly mentioned again, but all based on their own situation to formulate and judge the war policy.

According to the results of the inspection, the officers of the delegation began to gradually refine the future operational policy for entering Burma and began to write a plan for the future expeditionary force to enter Burma.

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Lashio, after more than three months of investigation, the Chinese India-Burma-Malaysia military delegation returned here, in the luxurious hotel, several members of the delegation were drinking the British afternoon tea provided by the Burmese waiter, in Burma, the delegation and the British personnel had a very unhappy quarrel, although there was a contradiction, but the British provided accommodation and various services have nothing to say, black tea, coffee, bread, cigars, cigarettes, all kinds of tropical fruits, the service is quite in place.

In the tea room, Zhang Wei sat on a chair, Commander Du on the side drank British black tea, and on the table, there was a map of Myanmar that the two had just made tactical markers.

"Zhang Wei, I'm going to leave tomorrow, after this trip, I found that the previous estimate of the British side was too high, I didn't inspect the words you said in Guangxi before, I originally thought it was a bit alarmist, but now it seems that I miscalculated, the strength and attitude of the British definitely don't look like they can hold Burma." Commander Du said.

"Yes, the British lost Burma and the Indian base camp, they are not strong now, the war policy will inevitably be very conservative, the national army still has to rely on itself, can not bet on the British, but this more than three months, the British have drunk black tea, expensive tobacco and alcohol have been enjoyed, and the scenery of Malaya and India has also been seen, I am now like an arrow, I miss my group of brothers very much."

Zhang Wei is in Myanmar. In the more than three months since the inspection group left, the entire Fifth Army had already moved to Yunnan, and Zhang Wei was very worried about his regiment of soldiers, and he couldn't wait to fly back immediately.

"What's the hurry, this time tomorrow, you should be able to see your soldiers, by the way, I chatted with diplomat Mr. Zheng for a while last night, and Mr. Zheng revealed some good news to me, news that has something to do with you and me."

Zhang Wei: "Good news? What's the news? ”

"During our inspection, the diplomatic department and the Americans reached a consensus and decided to reach an agreement with our country on the Lend-Lease Act, that is, to provide us with weapons and equipment in batches, in the past, most of the industrial materials transported on the Yunnan-Burma Road were industrial materials, and in a few months, there will be a whole shipload of American weapons shipped over, and the British are said to also intend to formally sign a joint defense agreement on the Yunnan-Burma Road with Chongqing, and will also provide us with weapons and equipment.

Zhang Wei of course knew in his heart that sooner or later China would be included in the scope of the US Lend-Lease Act, and before that, the US aid to China was in the form of loans, that is, the loan amount was used to purchase all kinds of materials from the United States; last year, the Americans gave China a loan of $100 million, and the Lend-Lease Act provided greater assistance and was more direct, with military supplies as the main aid.

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "That's good, it's better to give our Fifth Army some first, and it will be more enjoyable to kill the enemy." ”

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