Han Yunhua is calculating the strength he can use, the United States is also actively preparing, and at the request of the U.S. government, the national government is also actively preparing. On the condition that the United States would provide a loan of $1 billion and 10 infantry divisions to aid China, the Nationalist Government promised to send another 100,000 elite soldiers to the expeditionary force. At the same time, 100,000 troops were mobilized into Yunnan to prepare for a general battle in western Yunnan.

Among the more than 20 countries of the anti-fascist allies, the United States is undoubtedly the richest country, and after the introduction of the Lend-Lease Act, the United States has undoubtedly become the world's arsenal. In order to ensure that the war against Japan could achieve the desired results, Han Yunhua and the Soviet Government demanded that the United States provide $2 billion in arms and materials, of which Han Yunhua hoped to obtain weapons and equipment for 10 infantry divisions and a large number of antiaircraft guns.

The United States reluctantly agreed to the demands of the Chinese and Soviet sides after some consideration, and then a large number of weapons and equipment were transported to the Inner Mongolia Military Region through the Soviet Union. Gasoline, bombs, fighter parts, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, and even combat boots are all available.

After more than a year of rest, recuperation, supplementation, and expansion, the Inner Mongolia Military Region has now exceeded 2.6 million in field troops alone, not counting the large number of rear garrison troops, an increase of 800,000 over last year. At present, among the six major military subdivisions, only the Central Hebei Military Subdivision is the weakest, with a total strength of less than 250,000, while the remaining Southern Hebei Military Subdivision has a total strength of 400,000, the Beiping Military Subdivision 400,000, the Eastern Hebei Military Subdivision 400,000, the Saibei Military Subdivision 400,000, the Northeast Military Subdivision 350,000, the Northeast People's Liberation Army 300,000, and 150,000 troops directly under the Military Region.

In fact, Han Yunhua has indeed delegated real power to the troops under his command, except for the operational plan that needs to be reported to the headquarters of the military region, the rest of the troops are all developed according to their own actual conditions, so until all the results are reported, Han Yunhua has always thought that the total strength of the Inner Mongolia Military Region is about 2 million, because when the reorganization was carried out a few days ago, counting the three field armies of the Dongbai People's Liberation Army, the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region only had a total of 31 field armies, according to the regulations on the establishment of field armies at that time, The full strength of a field army is more than 70,000, the total number of 31 field armies is only 2.2 million, and it is still unknown where the remaining 400,000 troops came from.

However, there is a precedent for this kind of thing, and it is said that he made it up himself, and it is inconvenient for any supplementary battalions, transport regiments, etc. to be formally established, but it is really a combat unit, and there are such troops, but the enemy will never be able to figure out your strength. These high-ranking cadres of the Inner Mongolia Military Region were all trained by Han Yunhua, and it is inevitable that they will learn from each other in these aspects; if it weren't for Han Yunhua's more serious tone and the use of a secret radio station this time, I am afraid that these people would still not be able to tell the truth.

Although the figure of 2.6 million was beyond Han Yunhua's expectations, Han Yunhua was very happy, and at the same time a little worried. The Inner Mongolia Military Region now has a total of 16 arsenals, of which 6 are relatively large, the remaining 10 are relatively small, and two giant arsenals are under construction. The combined daily production capacity of these 16 arsenals is not bad, but in terms of weaponry, it can equip a full infantry regiment and produce millions of rounds of ammunition.

However, this production capacity is far from enough to supply 2.6 million troops to fight. According to the production capacity of 2 million French ammunition a day, each person will not be able to get a bullet a day, and if a war with the Japanese starts in the northeast region, it will not be possible to tell the winner or loser in three or two months, and when the time comes, there will be no bullets in the middle of the battle, and then the fun will be great.

Han Yunhua told Stalin and Roosevelt truthfully about his difficulties, after all, it is better to be honest if they want to be allies with each other, and he is still on the weak side. Stalin and Roosevelt could only help with this difficulty, because the Inner Mongolia Military Region was most equipped with Japanese 38 big covers and crooked machine guns, and the caliber of the bullets was different from the ammunition used in the weapons and equipment produced in the United States and the Soviet Union, and neither the United States nor the Soviet Union could help in a short period of time. …,

However, Han Yunhua is well aware of the crux of the Inner Mongolia Military Region's lack of ammunition, and although the Inner Mongolia Military Region has unified the equipment of the troops many times, the equipment of the troops is still varied. Rifles alone include Germany's K98, the Nationalist Government's Zhongcheng, Japan's 38 Gai, the Soviet Union's Mosin 1989, the United States' Gaide, and so on, although the 38 Gai and the crooked handle are the main equipment of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, but there is no shortage of ammunition for these two types of infantry machine guns, because 12 of the 16 arsenals were captured from the Japanese, and the production of these two types of ammunition.

Among the rest of the rifles, the German K98 can not be counted, because the German Inner Mongolia Military Region has only one production line with a low production capacity, and more than 10,000 of these rifles have been produced in recent years, all of which have been equipped with the rear garrison, but they can barely keep up with the supply. What was most lacking now was ammunition for the medium formal rifle, as well as for the Czech light machine gun and the Soviet Mosin rifle.

Therefore, Han Yunhua asked the US government and the Soviet government to help build several such ammunition production lines, and all the equipment for the Soviet Union's aid to China was transferred to the Northeast People's Liberation Army, so Han Yunhua hoped that Lu Zhengcao's department could be replenished through the Soviet Union. The technical content of this rifle is not high, especially the Czech type, this light machine gun is almost about to be popularized all over the world, so this kind of request made by Han Yunhua is not a problem for the US government at all. There is a certain amount of trouble in getting Japan's 38 rifle ammunition production line, but it is not impossible, but it is just that it needs to overcome several technical difficulties, and the time is relatively tight. However, if it is said that the entire production line of ammunition for official rifles and Czech machine guns is not a problem, all the technical data are ready-made, and with the relationship between the US government and the national government, it is still no problem to point this thing.

On 15 August, the second batch of supplies from the United States to support the Inner Mongolia Military Region arrived at the Second Company, along with two American technicians. The purpose of their visit was to install an ammunition production line for the Inner Mongolia Military District, and the Soviet government also mobilized five production lines for Mosin rifles to China. Han Yunhua's method of replenishing ammunition is not feasible, because the Soviet Union did not have this kind of rifle cartridge, and the Mosin rifle was all discontinued as early as 5 years ago, and the Northeast People's Liberation Army used all the weapons eliminated by the Soviet Union.

It took more than two months to prepare for the war, from stockpiling war materials to mobilizing troops, the three countries and the Quartet were very busy. Now it is not only the Inner Mongolia Military Region that has to work hard, but also the Nationalist Government. Chiang Kai-shek is an extremely conceited person, although he has always felt that ** will be a big disaster for the party-state, but he does not think that ** can develop to what extent. But now it is different, in Chiang Kai-shek's view, the first power has been established, and the wings are abundant.

Looking at the prestige of the army, it can be seen that the establishment of the Inner Mongolia Military Region is only equivalent to a war zone of the government, but people can compete with the most elite Kwantung Army in Japan, and even hit the Kwantung Army many times. Whether it is Okamura Ninji or Yamada Otozo, these Japanese generals have suffered big losses at the hands of Han Yunhua, who forcibly occupied the two provinces of Saibei a few years ago, and two years ago occupied the two provinces of Hebei and Rehe. If they are allowed to snatch away the three northeastern provinces in the name of resisting Japan, then will the Nationalist Government still be the Nationalist Government?

What's more, the Inner Mongolia Military Region has hundreds of thousands of soldiers in southern Hebei, plus the New Fourth Army in Shanxi and northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, these millions of troops are not only staring at the Japanese puppet army in Shandong, but also at Henan and Shanxi in Yan Xishan, which the Nationalist Government has finally recovered. Chiang Kai-shek was a politician, and he knew very well that if the Nationalist Government did not catch up, then in the end, the Nationalist Government would probably only be able to defend half of the country south of the Yangtze River. Judging from the current situation, although the national government is still redundant in terms of troops, it is not necessarily an opponent in terms of combat effectiveness. …,

At that time, when China only had tens of thousands of troops called Huazi, the Nationalist Government did not treat them well, and now that they have millions of well-equipped troops, it is even more difficult to eliminate them. Although Chiang Kai-shek's heart is still immortal, he also knows which time is right. Blindly tyrannical and brutal action is unacceptable, but the Nationalist Government is likely to be abandoned by the United States and Soviet Russia.

This time, the Nationalist Government not only mobilized 100,000 troops for the Battle of Western Yunnan, but also sent 100,000 elites to supplement the battle sequence of the expeditionary force, and then the expeditionary force was the vanguard, directly penetrating Burma from India, and the two troops were one from north to south and the other from west to east to flank the Japanese army in Burma.

At the same time, the Nationalist Government also organized the Fifth and Ninth Theaters to launch a counterattack, and it was best to completely wipe out the Japanese forces from Hunan. It doesn't matter if they can't achieve their strategic goals, as they can also contain the forces of the Japanese Chinese dispatch and prevent them from reinforcing the various battlefields.

The actions of the three countries and the Soviet Union have long been wiped out by the Japanese, but they do not know the specific transactions between the three countries and the four parties, let alone that these people are going to attack the Kwantung Army in the northeast. However, out of prudence, the Japanese base camp still ordered a unit to be ready for battle, and a large number of troops were replenished to the Kwantung Army and the Southern Army.

The Japanese side did not think that China, the United States, and the Soviet Union would attack the Kwantung Army in the northeast, because after all, there were more than 1.2 million troops in the northeast region, and the final result of a hard-fought confrontation would definitely be a defeat for both sides. Moreover, it is even more impossible for the Americans to participate, the virtues of the Americans are best known to the Japanese, don't look at the Americans are now acting as the World Bank, but people are investing, every penny will still be exchanged for 2 cents of benefits in the end, and the Yankees will not do things without interests, which the Japanese can see clearly than the Chinese.

Northeast China is the place that Japan values the most, and its status is even higher than that of North Korea. However, this place has nothing to do with the Americans, who have neither invested nor stationed troops here, and with the personality of the Americans, they will not meddle in the war situation in the northeast. On the other hand, now that the Americans are involved, the goal of China and the United States and other countries is not Manchuria.

Japan speculates that China and the United States may have reached some tacit understanding, and the target of the attack is likely to be Myanmar. After all, some time ago, the main force of the 18th Division, the most elite in the empire, lost to Burma, and the squadron almost captured the hinterland of Burma. Perhaps having tasted the sweetness, the Chinese may come to a larger Burma campaign. As the Japanese expected, it was indeed the Burmese battlefield that was the first to attack.

On October 15, 1942, the Chinese Expeditionary Force first set off at the Ramja base in India, with 180,000 troops rushing towards western Burma. At the same time, 110,000 troops from 12 divisions of four armies, including the 66th Division, the 78th Division, the New Ninth Division, and the Eighth Provisional Division of the National Revolutionary Army, rushed from Baoshan to Tengchong.

The Chinese side participated in the battle of Burma with 500,000 troops, 290,000 direct attack troops, and the remaining 200,000 troops as reserves. In this battle, Chiang Kai-shek made a bloody investment, and the troops sent out were basically troops of the Nationalist Government, all of which were equipped with American weapons and equipment.

The Japanese did not expect the Nationalist Government to launch such a large-scale counterattack at this time, and hurriedly ordered the rebuilt 53rd Division and the 18th Division to go north to reinforce the disabled 18th Division, and at the same time transferred the 28th Division and the 39th Division to Mandalay immediately, and ordered the former Burmese garrison to immediately organize defensive positions in western Burma to prevent the squadron from entering Burma.

The reorganized squadron has far exceeded the Japanese estimates, especially after Chennault's Flying Tigers were incorporated into the US 14th Air Force, and a large number of American pilots and advanced fighters were added to the 14th Air Force. The Burmese aviation unit, which was not originally the Flying Tigers and the Chinese Air Force, suddenly fell into a dangerous situation of being strangled by the joint Chinese and American air forces. Fortunately, the latest F6 fighters produced by the United States have not yet been equipped with troops, so the Japanese Zero fighter still has a great advantage in technology, and can barely provide a little air support for the Japanese army in Burma. But it was only reluctantly, with the cooperation of the powerful aviation force, the new 38th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force won the first battle, and the 66th Division of the country captured the Tengchong bridgehead on the first day of the war, and the troops pointed directly at Tengchong, which greatly shocked the Japanese 15th Army Corps. …,

At the time when the Japanese, the Nationalist Government and the Americans were fighting to the death in Burma, the 1 million troops mobilized by the Inner Mongolia Military Region were all in place. In order to eliminate the Kwantung Army in one fell swoop and liberate the entire northeast, Han Yunhua mobilized 14 field armies from the six major army divisions to the north to participate in the war. Except for the troops of the Southern Hebei Military Sub-region, which were not used for the time being, more than half of the troops of the other five major military sub-divisions were transferred to the north.

On the morning of 16 October, a Sino-Soviet joint military conference was held in Guisui. In addition to Han Yunhua, Luo Ronghuan, and other high-ranking officials of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, who attended the meeting, Soviet deputies Lieutenant General Ivanov, Major General Bayanruf, and Major General Wisky, and US representative Major General James, also attended the meeting. Also attending the military meeting were the commanders of the 14 field armies of the Inner Mongolia Military Region.

The conference room is elegantly arranged, with solid wood tables and chairs, a topographical map of the Northeast provided by the United States hanging on the wall, and a huge map of the whole Northeast on the table.

After everyone sat down, Han Yunhua got up and said, "Generals, I have just received news that our friendly Nationalist Government Expeditionary Force has launched a counterattack against the Japanese invaders in Burma yesterday. At the same time, the battle of western Yunnan with Long Yun, chairman of the Yunnan government, as the supreme commander, kicked off, and it is gratifying that the two squadrons on the battlefield of western Yunnan and Burma won the first battle, please applaud our allies and compatriots for their victory. After speaking, Han Yunhua took the lead in clapping his palms, and everyone else also applauded.

Although there were only a dozen people in the conference room, the applause was very warm.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today we are gathered in Guisui, China, the United States and the Soviet Union This joint operation is mainly aimed at the Japanese Kwantung Army entrenched in Northeast China, whether it is the Burma battlefield or the western Yunnan battlefield, it is just to contain the Japanese army. Now that the Nationalist Government has made a good start for us, then we can't mess things up either. General Ivanov, please tell us about the operational plan of your Far Eastern Military District! Han Yunhua said.

Ivanov stood up and said in Russian: "Our Soviet Far Eastern Military District can call on a maximum of 500,000 troops, and now there are 21 infantry divisions, 4 armored divisions, 3 artillery divisions, and 2 air force groups, with a total of 330,000 people, ready to be dispatched by Mr. Admiral. When he came, the great Comrade Stalin personally telegraphed to our Far Eastern Military District, saying that all command operations in this battle were under the command of His Excellency the General, and that we, the Far Eastern Military District, were willing to accept your dispatch. ”

"Very well, very grateful to Comrade Stalin for believing in me personally, and at the same time to the great Soviet Union for helping China. General Ivanov, please tell me how many heavy weapons you have at your disposal? Han Yunhua continued to ask.

"Our Far Eastern Military District has always been on the combat mission of monitoring the Japanese, so it has not fallen behind in terms of military equipment, and now our Far Eastern Military District has 2,488 heavy weapons at its disposal, of which 344 are the most advanced T34, and the rest are all BT7. There were 709 fighters, of which 324 were destroyers, and all the rest were bombers. There are 1,276 self-propelled guns of various kinds, including 887 heavy guns of caliber of 105mm or more, and 12 fortress heavy guns. In addition, there are 76 ships and one aircraft carrier, but they are all old-fashioned things, and they cannot compete with the Japanese Navy at all. Ivanov was still very clear about his family background, much more detailed than the data given by Stalin.

Ivanov's words were spoken in both Chinese and English through an interpreter, and after listening to Lieutenant General Ivanov's report, all the cadres attending the meeting were confident that such a large number of heavy weapons would be more than enough to deal with the Japanese.