Chapter 660: The Water Leaks
Stilwell shrugged his shoulders and expressed regret, but in turn comforted Jiang Haoran, when the situation stabilized and the expeditionary force opened the Yunnan-Burma road, he must have suggested to the US government that the production equipment and raw materials provided free of charge, and even skilled technicians, must make this weapon shine.
Stilwell is aware of current affairs, did not propose to let Jiang Haoran provide the mature technology of this weapon to the United States, from the United States to produce and then put into the Chinese battlefield, with the United States industrial base, with mature technology is not a problem to produce hundreds of aircraft per day, with Stilwell's understanding of the Chinese, the Chinese will never be so generous to give such cutting-edge technology to the United States easily, but he underestimated Jiang Haoran, in Jiang Haoran's eyes, anything can be shared, as long as the price is right. Of course, it makes no sense to say this now, so Jiang Haoran just smiled and didn't say anything about it.
After the planes in the sky poured out the ammunition they carried, they had already returned to their flights, and the commanders of various divisions also came back from the front one after another, saluting and shaking hands with Jiang Haoran one by one, which could be regarded as a preliminary understanding.
Normally, the new official has to say two sentences, summing up the failures of his predecessors, pointing out the shortcomings in the current situation, and then picking out one or two typical criticisms, one to show his ability, and the other to establish his prestige.
But Jiang Haoran didn't play his cards according to common sense, looked at everyone and pretended to be puzzled, and said, "What are you doing standing here, waiting for dinner?" Go to the war room. After saying that, he ignored everyone and made a gesture of invitation to Stilwell, firstly politely, and secondly, he didn't know where the war room was.
Stilwell hesitated for half a second, obviously not understanding Jiang Haoran's initiative, but he still waved his hand, raised his leg and left.
The army commanders and division commanders standing in two rows, and even Deputy Commander-in-Chief Luo Zhuoying, looked at each other one by one, not knowing what kind of medicine Jiang Haoran was selling in the gourd. The 150,000 expeditionary force entered Burma, and the battle was a mess in three months, although there were many objective factors in this, but defeat was defeat, and no reason could explain this fact, these generals originally thought that Jiang Haoran would inevitably be reprimanded and humiliated, and they were already prepared in their hearts, who knew that he actually didn't mention a word.
Although no one wanted to scold, Jiang Haoran's performance made them feel like a stab in the throat, and their diaphragms should be flustered, and they couldn't figure out what Jiang Haoran's idea was.
Although they were uneasy in their hearts, they could only follow Jiang Haoran into the war room.
The war room is a makeshift tent on the edge of the jungle. Although the tent is large enough, the furnishings inside are very simple, only a huge sand table and a large table made of wooden planks, and there are more than a dozen marching chairs in bits and pieces, and they are obviously not matched, the table is too high, the chairs are too low, and you can only see the part above the shoulders when you sit on it. This is indeed a bit shabby for the headquarters of an army of more than 100,000 people, and Jiang Haoran, who is not very particular, immediately frowned.
Stilwell seemed to notice the change in Jiang Haoran's expression, and immediately explained that it was all because he was ready to retreat, the wooden house built earlier had been demolished, and the things that should have been smashed and destroyed had been dealt with, even if this combat sand table was also done overnight with his staff team last night, but these were not bad, if the telegram came a few minutes later, not to mention these things, even the tanks and artillery would have exploded.
Jiang Haoran smiled bitterly, didn't say anything, walked straight to the sand table, took a closer look, and praised the sand table made by Stilwell, the mountains, rivers, roads, and jungles in the entire northern Myanmar, the enemy's strength and strength were clear at a glance, combined with his own air patrol, Jiang Haoran made a few more changes, and then raised his head and said: "General Stilwell, tell me about the basic situation of the expeditionary force, weapons and ammunition, soldiers, and supplies?" ”
Stilwell said: "The nine infantry divisions of the expeditionary force are fully established, one tank regiment, one heavy artillery regiment, one automobile regiment, and one baggage regiment, and in addition to the stragglers who have fled back from Lashio, Myitkyina and other places, there are still 110,854 troops, including more than 84,000 combatants, more than 23,000 technical and non-combatants, more than 800 seriously wounded, and more than 2,000 lightly wounded. There are two bases for ammunition for various types of firearms, two bases for ammunition for divisional artillery battalions, and five bases for heavy howitzer regiments directly under them. Medicines and food are currently in the most scarce supply, with a maximum supply of 20 days. ”
Jiang Haoran frowned when he heard this, there is no problem with the troops, if the 110,000 people are tactically appropriate, there is still something to do, and the ammunition is still free. The ammunition of a base rifle of the domestic national army is generally 20 rounds, and the expeditionary force is rich, with 60 rounds, compared with the 120 rounds of the Japanese army, although it is a bit shabby, but it is economical, and there is no problem in fighting one or two tough battles, and the machine gun is almost the same as the Japanese army, with a base of 500 rounds for light machine guns and 3,000 rounds for heavy machine guns. The artillery shells were also similar to those of the Japanese army, with a base of 100 rounds for light shells and a base for 50 rounds for heavy ones. Say more and say less, especially heavy howitzers, there are five bases, twenty-four howitzers, that is, six thousand shells, and it is almost enough to fight a small battle.
The most headache for Jiang Haoran is the food problem, more than 100,000 people eat and drink is not a small number, even if he temporarily grasps the air supremacy now, he can be airdropped, but a force of 110,000 people, according to the minimum standard of one person consuming one pound per day, is 110,000 tons, and the transport planes that pour out the whole country may not be able to guarantee one-third of the amount every day, and once the Yunnan-Burma highway is cut off, the entire domestic transportation will be very tight, and it is impossible to transfer all the transport planes, at most it can only ensure medicine and a small amount of beef jerky, These energy-boosting foods such as pork jerky. And this can't be considered too long-term, although the Japanese Fifth Flying Regiment was disabled, but the Japanese air power is far more than one Fifth Flying Regiment, who can guarantee that they will not be replenished as soon as possible?
Although Lala said so much, it flashed in Jiang Haoran's thoughts, although he was a little worried in his heart, Jiang Haoran would not show it, but said very easily: "Twenty days is enough to do a lot of things, it depends on what we do?" ”
After speaking, Jiang Haoran picked up the command pole and drew a circle in the area north of the sand table, and said: "At present, the entire strength of the Japanese army from northern Burma to western Yunnan is three divisions, among which it is known that the 56th division of the Japanese army is on the front line of Longling, Huitongqiao, and Tengchong, coveting Yunnan with a vanguard attitude, and trying to enter the rear of our southwest. The 16th and 55th Divisions of the Japanese Army are on the opposite side of the Hukang River Valley, on the front line of Myitkyina, and Mangshi, and the specific force distribution is still unknown, but according to the aerial reconnaissance just now, it can be basically determined that Myitkyina's strength is close to one division, and it is the 16th Division, a division of the Japanese army, and the strength of the troops on the other side of the Hukang River Valley is also more than one brigade and regiment, and the entire normal road to the north to return home has been blocked by the Japanese army. ”
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