Chapter 052: The Expeditionary Force Disobeys

Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered the expeditionary force to mobilize troops to support, otherwise it would have been strictly investigated, and if it were not for the fact that the war was at a critical juncture, they would have dismissed Wei Lihuang long ago.

When Wang Hanzhang received the telegram this time, he did not directly say no, but analyzed the reason why the expeditionary force had no troops to send.

Later generations believed that the combat capability of the Japanese army was very strong, and often a devil soldier could fight 10 squadrons, and took out the battle losses of each battle to illustrate, but Wang Hanzhang believed that the overall combat strength and individual strength of the devils were indeed better than the squadron, but ** was not as weak as most people thought, or that the Japanese army was not as strong as everyone thought.

Analyzing the previous battles, even according to the most extreme battle report data, the loss ratio of ** and the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War will not exceed 1:10, and the statistics of the Anti-Japanese War tell us that nearly eighty percent of the ** died on the way to retreat, and eighty percent of the casualties in the battle were due to aircraft and artillery. In other words, as long as ** is still fighting without collapsing, and the Japanese army is not using heavy firepower (although in fact this is impossible), then the casualty ratio of the Japanese army to ** should be about 2:1 (except for bayonets, ** training in this area has not been taken seriously). Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that the Japanese are all on the defensive, and the Japanese army is on the offensive, and the casualties on the attacking side will always be greater. But at least it can be proved that ** is still not so much worse than the Japanese army.

As for the problem of huge casualties caused by retreat, first, ** (especially the Central Army) will not retreat, and as soon as they retreat, they will be chaotic and collapse, probably because they have rarely had such experience before; The second is that the ** good and the bad are uneven, and the Chinese have a strong herd mentality, as long as there are people (especially officers, the gap between ** and the Japanese army in this regard is far greater than that of soldiers, especially Tang, Liu and several other old Jiang Ai generals. As soon as they fled, everyone fled, and the Japanese army generally had a strong will to fight (to put it simply, the elite of ** was not weaker than the elite of the Japanese army, but the garbage in ** was far inferior to the garbage in the Japanese army), and there were harsh military laws and the officers set an example, so there were very few defeats.

To sum up, as long as the first can withstand the offensive, in the case of the same weapons and equipment, even if there is an accident of conformity, the squadron will not be much weaker than the Japanese army, and now the weapons and equipment of the expeditionary force are better than the Japanese army, but the weapons and ammunition are replenished enough, so I can't let go of my hands and feet, judging from the combat situation of the past month, the soldiers' combat ability and will are very tenacious, and they have been attacking, if they stop, or the expeditionary force is transferred a third, then if the rear is stabbed by the Japanese army, It is likely to lead to the rout of the expeditionary force, which no one will be able to clean up.

If the expeditionary force is defeated, then Yamashita Fengwen will definitely not leave such a force to return to the rear to regroup and fight again, and then not only Burma will be lost, but also 300,000 of China's most elite soldiers.

Wang Hanzhang sent his analysis to Chiang Kai-shek, and at the same time let each expeditionary force clearly know the weaknesses of the expeditionary force, Wang Hanzhang finally had two suggestions.

The first plan, let Britain and the United States support more supplies, if the supplies are enough, then the expeditionary force will soon be able to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Japanese army on the eastern front or drive the Japanese army into the sea, when the expeditionary force and the Japanese army across the Nu River (Salween River) to confront each other, to ensure the security of the eastern front, in the dispatch of an army of at least 120,000 people to attack the Japanese army in India, as long as the British and Americans ensure that the Japanese army does not get a large number of supplies, there should be no big problem to solve, in addition, Wang Hanzhang believes that the British army said that the Japanese army has 100,000, Wang Hanzhang thinks it is an exaggeration, It must have been the British who were attacked by the Japanese army, embarrassed to admit it, saying that they had found all kinds of excuses to cover themselves, at least the British loved face so much, and they have always done this, so the words of the British are not credible.

The second plan, the expeditionary force transferred 2 divisions, and the 50,000 recruits trained by Wang Hanzhang went to India, but these people except for the two divisions of the expeditionary force are not a big battle, so they can stay in Imphal and other places to defend against the sneak attack of devils, and the British army in Imphal will all move across the Ganges River to fight against the main force of the Japanese army, Wang Hanzhang believes that the Japanese army is at most 50,000 horses, and the British army must have been frightened by the response of the Indians and the Japanese army before, if the British army can't even beat the 50,000 Japanese army, then there is no way.

In addition, Wang Hanzhang advised Chiang Kai-shek that if Burma is lost, not only will 300,000 elites be lost, but the other 300,000 personnel and equipment will also be lost, and there will be more things promised by Britain and the United States, Burma will be occupied, so how can they send it to China, and if Yamashita Fengwen breaks through Burma, he will definitely not sit idly by and ignore the survival of the Japanese army in India, Yamashita Fengwen will inevitably wave his army to attack India, and the Japanese army will have more than 100,000 people at that time. The British had no choice but to evacuate India, and the British could leave India and go to Europe, Africa, the Americas, Australia, but where could China go.

If the Japanese army and the German army join forces in the Middle East, where will China get foreign aid, but Soviet Russia has signed a non-aggression agreement with the devils, and Soviet Russia will definitely not provide weapons and materials to China.

At that time, the Japanese army will really be able to concentrate on attacking China, at that time, as long as the Japanese army is armed with a large number of Indians to attack Tibet or even directly to Burma to attack China, what should China do, I am afraid that there is only one way to surrender, so to keep Burma, not only to keep India, but also to keep China, the above two plans, the British can only choose one of them, if you want the expeditionary force to draw most of the troops to fight for them before the main force of the Burmese Japanese army cannot be defeated, no way, it is better to withdraw the army directly to the country is safer.

Wang Hanzhang not only sent the telegram to Chiang Kai-shek and the Ministry of Military Affairs, but also directly conveyed it to Stilwell, Britain and the United States do not care how to choose, if China is doomed to the country, then it should also be chosen by the Chinese themselves, Wang Hanzhang also directly singled out that if Britain and the United States could fully support the expeditionary force at the beginning, then the Japanese army would certainly not risk sending troops to attack India.

Yamashita Fengwen must have thought that India was the place where the British army must be saved, so he stabbed in India, wanting the British to force the squadron to rescue India, so as to break through Burma, and then wave his army into India......

Wang Hanzhang and Stilwell talked for an hour, but the meaning was very clear, the expeditionary force would not give up defeating the Japanese army in Burma, and if Britain and the United States cut off supplies, the expeditionary force would directly withdraw to China.

Stilwell didn't have time to think about it, he now had to report the situation to the White House, since the last time he protected the British army and deceived the expeditionary force, Stilwell has completely become a real adviser, and no one in China listens to him, except for his guard company.

Chiang Kai-shek soon received a telegram sent back by Wang Hanzhang, and a careful look at Wang Hanzhang's analysis is indeed very reasonable, the expeditionary force of 300,000 horses can occupy an advantage over the Japanese army, and the soldiers also psychologically think that they have 300,000 horses, and the devils are only 100,000 horses, and our weapons are more advanced, if the army is suddenly less than 7 or 80,000, then there will be a big hole in the defense.

In addition, if Burma is really lost, the promises made by Britain and the United States are really empty words, and how much can be transported by planes! In addition, Wang Hanzhang analyzed that after the loss of Burma, India was not protected, and Chiang Kai-shek was also very reasonable.

The Japanese army already has a force in India, and there are Indians to help, if Burma loses the British army in India, it will be flanked, and the British will definitely not be able to hold it at that time, and when the supplies promised by Britain and the United States are afraid that even the planes will not be able to transport them, can the planes of the United States be transported directly from the United States!

Thinking about it, it is more important to keep Burma, even if it can't be kept, the elite divisions and weapons and equipment of the expeditionary force are still there, and the green mountains are not afraid of no firewood, Chiang Kai-shek feels that he has been fooled by Britain and the United States, and at the same time has to admire Wang Hanzhang is indeed very smart.

Chiang Kai-shek immediately summoned the British and American ambassadors, told the ambassadors of the expeditionary force of their concerns, and told the expeditionary force that they refused to accept the rescue mission, and unless the Japanese army in Burma was defeated, even at this time, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice, and he could not remove the generals at this critical juncture, and those who had to deal with the disobedience would starve until the end of the war.

Britain and the United States didn't expect such a thing to come suddenly, a good plan was destroyed, but the expeditionary force refused to accept the rescue, and now no one can do anything, and the threat cannot be threatened, the expeditionary force has been framed by the British, and has long held a grudge, and it is already very good to be able to promise the rescue, although the two plans are unsatisfactory.

The first plan, who knows when the expeditionary force will be able to defeat the Japanese army in Yangon, ten days or half a month, the second one is what is the difference between not having a squadron, and the squadron is invited over in vain, taking care of food and housing, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the advantage will cost a lot of money, and maybe I will not leave.

The leaders of the two countries have a blatant hatred for the expeditionary force, especially for Wang Hanzhang, Wei Lihuang and several other high-ranking generals, which is really shameless, and they actually dismantle the stage at this time.

But they didn't think about it, is this called demolishing Taiwan, obviously they have been demolishing the expeditionary force's platform, if they don't demolish Taiwan, why is the expeditionary force so passive, the Japanese army may not be able to attack India at all, if Burma is stable, the Japanese army will undoubtedly seek a dead end if it wants to attack India across the eastern Indian Ocean, but at this time it is actually about the same, Yamashita Fengwen is also ruthless enough, and it is a big deal of tens of thousands of people to move, Wang Hanzhang is a little admired.

Looking at the strength of the Indians, Yamashita Fengwen is right, fortunately this era has its own, otherwise China will inevitably be fooled, and everything before the time may be ruined.