Chapter 030: Take Control of Northern Myanmar
In the face of international accusations, the Japanese government blamed the matter on the Burmese front, and Yamashita was at a loss for what to do, as if it was not easy to solve, could it be difficult to kill his own subordinates to curry favor with those so-called media? Everyone knows that these people are the ones who see the needle, and at the same time, the people of these hostile countries are eager to dispose of their own subordinates, and have achieved their ulterior purposes.
After some thought, Yamashita decided to ignore this, Wang Hanzhang just made a big fuss about it, after the previous propaganda, the Burmese people have an understanding of the Japanese army's massacre in Burma, and now the second round of propaganda, Wang Hanzhang accused the Japanese army of harboring the criminals who slaughtered the Burmese people, asked the Japanese army to punish the war criminals, and at the same time held various activities in the cities of the Chinese-controlled areas of Burma, of course, the most important thing is to launch activities on a long white cloth to sign together, and ask the Japanese to punish the murderers of the Burmese people. This move has been strongly supported by people of insight in Myanmar, but they dare not support it, if you do not support it, then the lower class people in Myanmar will definitely think that he is a Burmese traitor, and these people will definitely not have any appeal in the future.
In addition, the Chinese side can take advantage of this to establish good relations with all sectors of the Burmese community, break the frozen relationship, and make the Burmese people change from hating the Chinese Expeditionary Force to supporting the Expeditionary Force.
At the same time, Wang Hanzhang also used the name of holding events to drive troops into the British administrative areas of northern Burma such as Myitkyina and Bhamo.
Wang Hanzhang first made a mess of these cities by holding activities, so that the original government lost its ability to control the cities, and the squadron did not assist them.
The other is to encourage the Burmese who have taken refuge in themselves, and let them encourage the people to attack the homes of the pro-British Burmese gentry and some government officials when it is regarded as a parade.
After a day or two of chaos, these people couldn't stand it anymore, and begged the squadron to help stabilize the situation.
And the Burmese gentry have always been scolded for being a Burmese traitor, and they dare to show their faces there, hoping that the squadron will take over the management, and the remaining British are helpless about it. If the British come to investigate, then they can be blamed, anyway, there are many reasons, and it is not reluctant, but Wang Hanzhang still hopes to drive the British out completely, and no one will be left.
Afterwards, Wang Hanzhang successfully took over the administrative power of 20 places in northern Myanmar, and they are all important places, Wang Hanzhang was very happy, controlled these strategic places, northern Myanmar is slowly his own private territory, but Wang Hanzhang needs 100,000 horses to completely control northern Myanmar, so the time is still very long, Wang Hanzhang still needs to continue to work hard.
Fortunately, however, the main sources of tax revenue were controlled everywhere, so as long as the British did not make a strong move, it was only a matter of time before they took full control of northern Burma.
Just when everyone was about to finish, Wang Hanzhang launched an operation, that is, to drive out the Indians, since Burma became a province of India, a large number of Indians came to Burma to live, settle, and they were also reused by the British. Although a large number of Indians had fled, a large number of Indians remained in Myanmar.
Wang Hanzhang naturally didn't like these Ah San, so Wang Hanzhang planned to borrow the hands of the Burmese to drive these Indians out, and soon some Burmese who took refuge in Wang Hanzhang began to spread rumors, saying that the Indians colluded with the Japanese, and the Indians collected intelligence in Burma and passed it on to the Japanese, and the Japanese came over again.
The key is not that, this time there are large-scale demonstrations against the Japanese army in various parts of Burma, and the Japanese will come in the future to liquidate these Burmese people one by one, that is, these people will probably be killed. Once again, the Burmese have been mobilized.
In Myitkyina, a Burmese human: "Is it true! ”
The Burmese man who took refuge in Wang Hanzhang said: "Of course it's true, you see that General Aung San has been deceived, didn't we also be deceived in the beginning, if it weren't for the compatriots in the Japanese-controlled areas who took a large number of photos of their compatriots who were slaughtered, do you believe that the Japanese would be like that?" ”
The man shook his head, and the Burmese who had taken refuge in Wang Hanzhang said: "I won't either, but now I believe that if I hadn't had any money, I would have run away a long time ago, so I wouldn't stay in Burma and wait for the Japanese to come!" ”
The Burmese man who shook his head said: "Coward, isn't there still a squadron, didn't they kill hundreds of thousands of Japanese before?" ”
The Burmese man who took refuge in Wang Hanzhang said: "That being said, what if the squadron loses, you also know that there are a large number of Burmese traitors among our compatriots who collude with the Japanese, and now there are Indians helping the Japanese, so it's hard to say!" If you can leave Burma and go to India, preferably to the United States, that's the best. Going to the United States will certainly not be dangerous anymore. ”
The others said, "Yes, but we have no money, so we have to stay in Myanmar." ”
In Bhamo, the above scene can be seen everywhere in Myanmar, and for a time the Burmese people panicked.
At the same time, more and more people began to reject the Indians, in fact, the Indians have always been the accomplices of the British, often oppressing them, and then the resentment caused by the Japanese haze, slowly more and more Burmese people vented their anger on the Indians. At first, it was secret, but then it was changed to open fire, and a large number of Burmese organized to storm the homes of Indians, robbing and killing people.
The people left behind by the British and India looked at the Burmese and felt a cold sweat on their backs, many people were worried that it would affect them, especially the British, they had few people, and the rights were also taken over by the squadron, they became nothing, originally after reporting, they have been waiting for the notice from above, now they see that Burma seems to be chaotic, they dare not stay here, they feel that they should retreat first, Burma originally Britain planned to give up, but the Chinese insisted on fighting Britain in Burma.
And the Indians seem to be a little reluctant, they are here to get married, have children, have an estate, reluctant to leave, Wang Hanzhang continues to connive at the Burmese attack them.
Seeing that the British were leaving, Wang Hanzhang immediately asked Wei Lihuang to send a report to the British, telling the British that according to Chinese intelligence, it was very likely that the Japanese would directly attack the Chinese expeditionary force in Burma next time, and at the same time, they would also send the navy and 100,000 troops to cross the Bay of Bengal and land the road from East India, the specific location is unknown. It is hoped that the British army will be ready.
Wei Lihuang knew what Wang Hanzhang wanted to do, and he was also willing to cooperate, so he immediately sent a telegram to the British, and at the same time Wang Hanzhang also sent a tired telegram to Chongqing, in addition to the above things, the other is to let Chiang Kai-shek speed up the establishment of an industrial system, let him communicate with the Americans, let the Americans speed up the aid to China, whether it is technology or finished materials, China needs a lot of materials, even if it takes a year to defend.
Chiang Kai-shek is still very convinced of Wang Hanzhang's words, and he also thinks that it is better to be just in case, so he immediately consulted with the United States, and at the same time hopes that the United States will increase fortifications in the Pacific Ocean and consume the materials and troops of the Japanese army, because the Japanese army does not have too many troops to attack China and reduce the pressure on China, and Chiang Kai-shek also told the US government that China lacks materials and may collapse at any time.
Roosevelt looked at the people below to convey the words of the old Chiang, and felt that Chiang Kai-shek was becoming more and more shameless, but the Chinese intelligence may not be inaccurate, from common sense speaking, although the Japanese navy suffered heavy losses, it is unlikely to use the navy to fight in the Indian Ocean, but now everyone knows that Japan's defeat is a matter of time, in the Pacific after the United States after the Battle of Midway, the situation was reversed, and the passive was slowly turned into the active, and the Japanese resistance was still just slowly waiting for death.
If the Japanese want to turn the tide of the war, unless they achieve a strategic victory on land, but the Japanese army in China has not done much, has been stagnant, after the Japanese army in Burma was wiped out more than 100,000, they are much more vigilant, do not dare to attack easily, stationed in Burma China's most elite 300,000 troops, if the Japanese army slowly attacks according to common sense, I don't know how many casualties will have to be killed, how many troops will have to be mobilized to fight down.
However, if the Japanese army really has a large army to attack India, then India is likely to collapse, Roosevelt knew that the Indians hated the British colonization, so they wanted to be independent, India was likely to be like the Burmese for independence.
If India really collapses, then Britain will lose 40% of its material sources, and all of this will need American support, then the pressure on the United States is too great, and if Burma is occupied by the Japanese, then the Chinese expeditionary force may not be able to support it, after all, it is not a local battle, in which case the squadron can only withdraw to China.
Another point is that after Japan occupies India, whether Burma is in China's hands or not, especially if Burma is not in China's hands, the United States will not be able to send supplies to China, and Roosevelt does not know how long China can support it at that time.
It's like France is very strong, but who would have thought that he would surrender in a month, the war is unpredictable, and it is indeed a miracle that China, a poor country, has been fighting alone against the powerful Japan for five years before, and now it continues to resist.
Roosevelt thought for a while, summoned his right-hand man Marshall to discuss, and felt that he should increase aid to China, if something went wrong, it was likely that the good situation would be reversed, and the United States could only fight Japan alone in the Pacific, and at that time maybe Britain would also surrender, and the United States would have to deal with Germany, and Soviet Russia might not be able to support all the German troops alone at that time.