Section VIII Turning Point XXIV

Erer lives in Yangmi, sending troops to Burma is meaningless for China, the public is a port that cattle can rely on, although Guangzhou has been recovered, but it is still blocked by the Japanese navy, and large strategic materials cannot be landed here at all. \.М\\

"If you want to hold Yangon, we should enter Myanmar now," Tan Minh Yan said, "in Mau Tamjin." Jingdong front line to build a defensive position. Use these positions to consume the strength of the Japanese army, and then gather and annihilate it

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Zhuang Jihua still did not speak, it is impossible to enter Burma now, the British have changed the issue of cooperation against Japan, after the Japanese army was stationed in Indochina, the attitude of the British became more positive, and the new embassy military attache Dennis took the initiative to contact. It is hoped that the two sides can cooperate in resisting Japan. But after the outbreak of the Soviet-Japanese war, the attitude of the British immediately took a 180-degree turn. Their secret visit to Burma this time proved that the British would not agree to the squadron entering Burma now.

"Commander, don't mind what the British think. Our two armies drove over to see what he would do. "Xia Yanglin looks like what can you do to me, he looks down on the British in his heart, these British have no strength to keep Burma, and they are unwilling to ask China for help, for fear of losing the face of his empire.

What nonsense did Dai Anlan's face sank: "To be like this." The British will join forces with the Japanese against us.

"Impossible" Xia Yanglin waved his hand: "Absolutely impossible, don't forget, people are the axis of steel." A steel axis where shit and fart are all together

Shang Zhen couldn't help but smile, there was still the shadow of West Point Military Academy on him, but he didn't know that he was born in the green forest, and he didn't know two big characters. But don't say it, he has a point, the British really can't unite with the Japanese, unless they are willing to surrender to the Germans.

"These Britons. Only when the bombs of the Japanese fall on their heads can they probably wake up and Yu Chengwan shook his head. The New Eighth Army was stationed on the border. Everything is ready now, just waiting for the order.

Listen to everyone's gossip. Zhuang Jihua suddenly smiled: "I'm afraid the British have made a mistake, let me tell you something." The Yunnan-Burma Highway is not the only transportation artery that connects us with the outside world, we also have the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, and we started to build this road four years ago. Next spring. The entire line can be penetrated, and the engineering troops led by General Yu Peilin have made great contributions

"With this road, we will bargain for the capital, it's a big deal, let's build more trucks, take the Sichuan-Tibet Highway Zhuang Jihua paused, and looked at everyone's reaction, Shang Zhen kept his demeanor slightly bowed, and the others collectively suddenly realized.

"However, politically we are required to go abroad to fight a war, so we still have to go to Burma, but we are not going to help the British, but to build a peripheral barrier for western Yunnan, so in the report submitted to the chairman, we must estimate all kinds of possibilities, and on the issue of troops, Director Shang is right, relying only on the current two, the army is absolutely not enough, I think at least five integrated armies are needed. It also means 250,000 to 300,000 people. In terms of technical weapons, Myanmar is mountainous, and there is not much use for tanks, so there is no need for many tanks, and there is not much need for bladed heavy artillery, and one regiment is enough

"Second, the formation of guerrilla detachments, Burma is mountainous and jungled, conducive to guerrilla warfare, Colonel Song Yunfei and Colonel Zhao Hanjie have trained hundreds of special forces members are far from enough, after the start of the war, the rest of the units will have to be formed on their own

"When will the troops enter Myanmar. It is up to the Chairman of the Committee to decide. One thing you should rest assured is that once Japan goes south, the first thing to target is the United States, whether we are willing to send troops or not, whether the British agree to us to enter or not, and finally we will enter Burma to fight, because the United States will beg us to keep Burma or India, and use this as a bridgehead to counterattack South Asia, so don't be lucky, we will eventually fight the Japanese army in Burma

When Shang Zhen thought that Yangon might not be able to be saved. These generals were all discouraged, and some were unwilling to help the British.

Zhuang Jihua then divided the work, he was responsible for writing military and diplomatic reports, providing combat strategy; Shang Zhen was in charge of the movements of the British in Burma, and Dai Anlan and Xia Yanglin were in charge of drafting the Mandalay defense deployment. Chen Mingren and Huang Botao were responsible for drafting the South Burma battle plan, and the two staff officers brought by Shang Zhen were responsible for drafting the logistics support plan, all of which were finally reviewed and approved by Zhuang Jihua before being submitted to Chiang Kai-shek.

By the end of November. The entire East Asian theater appeared relatively quiet, with the exception of a few skirmishes. Both the Chinese and Japanese armies stopped large-scale operations, and even the fighting on the battlefield behind enemy lines calmed down. The only major point of the battle took place in Jieyuan, where the division of the Eighth Route Army crossed the entire steppe. Fight all the way to the Sino-Mongolian border, and then enter the territory of Mongolia.

After Chiang Kai-shek got the report, he just smiled faintly and told Hu Zongnan and Fu Zuoyi that if they did not interfere or assist, it was expected that Soviet Russia would equip the Eighth Route Army, but there was no free lunch in the world. Since you have taken the weapons of Soviet Russia, you should contribute to Soviet Russia, and you can no longer hide and pinch.

The actions of the Eighth Route Army attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and this area of confrontation between the Japanese army and Fu Zuoyi's department, Fu Zuoyi's combat effectiveness was extremely high, and the Japanese army was on the defensive in this area, if the Eighth Route Army was put into this area again. The Japanese army was unbearable. The commander of the Mongolian garrison army, Okabe Naosaburo, hurriedly asked for more troops, and Umezu Mijiro transferred a B division from the troops attacking Soviet Russia to be stationed in Baotou.

To Chiang Kai-shek and Umezu Mijiro's surprise, after the Eighth Route Army entered the Mongolian border, the shear disappeared. It's as if there's never been such a thing, which is confusing.

The U.S. offensive posture has also gradually eased. But the negotiations never progressed, and the Japanese envoy came to Washington. There have been three rounds of negotiations with Secretary of State Hull, and Hull has not budged an inch in the negotiations. On the contrary, a new condition was added that the Japanese army should withdraw from China, Soviet Russia, Indochina, and abandon Manchukuo, which angered all the Japanese generals, and the call for war resounded throughout the army building.

On 6 December, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Fifth Army, which had been assembled on the Guizhou-Guangdong border to rest and recuperate, move west to Guizhou, and the Fifth Army was China's strategic reserve, with two infantry corps and one tank division. The whole army was equipped with American-style equipment, with 340 tanks and 200 armored vehicles.

In addition, the 66th Army was transferred from the Fourth Theater and the 58th Army was transferred from the Fifth Theater to western Yunnan. The Fifty-eighth Army was the Dian Army. Chiang Kai-shek did not want to transfer the Dian army back to Yunnan. However, Lu Han led the officers and men of the 58th Army to write several times en masse. He asked to lead Yunnan athletes to southern Yunnan to fight against the Japanese invaders. Protect the hometown fathers and villagers.

Lu Han's plea burst into tears, "The soldiers are fighting bravely against the Kou in the front, but they are worried about their hometown. There was a lot of discussion, and the soldiers had no desire to fight. I would like to ask the Chairman for your understanding. Long Yun was very smart this time, he didn't say a word in Chongqing, kept quiet, but secretly encouraged Hu Yan and others to write to Chiang Kai-shek, hoping to transfer the soldiers of the Yunnan Army back to Yunnan to defend his hometown.

Faced with this situation, Chiang Kai-shek had to consider the specific situation of the 58th Army, and finally agreed to Lu Han's request. However, he did not let Lu Han go to southern Yunnan, but let Zhuang Jihua continue to command. He believed that Zhuang Jihua could suppress Lu Han and the soldiers of the 58th Army.

Zhuang Jihua waited anxiously for the arrival of December 7. He did not return to Guiyang, but stayed in Kunming and began to set up the headquarters of the expeditionary force and deal with matters related to the operation.

But the day finally came, and I didn't hear the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor all day. Zhuang Jihua's heart sank vigorously. Could it be that history has really changed completely, the United States and Japan have reached a compromise, and Japan will no longer attack the United States. If so. The actions of the Risao no Aid will not be worth the loss.

"Cultural Revolution, what's wrong with you. Fidgeting, like Xia Yanglin, the palace embroidery looked at him very puzzled, this was something she had never done before, she felt that Zhuang Jihua had something in her heart, and it was a big deal.

It's nothing, it's just that Zhuang Jihua is restless, and he covered it up. He grabbed his military hat: "Forget it." Rest, it's getting late. It's not over anyway. ”

Gong Xiuhua looked at Zhuang Jihua suspiciously, and then silently put down the Chinese piece in his hand, got up and followed Zhuang Jihua, and arrived at the door. She spoke: "Let's go out for a walk, I heard that the scenery in Kunming at night is very good."

Gong Xiuhua thought that Zhuang Jihua was depressed because of a lot of things. The military order has been issued, the army has been assembled in western Yunnan, but the headquarters has not been formed for a long time, and Zhuang Jihua has no doubt that he will serve as the commander, but Zhuang Jihua proposed Xu Zuyi as the chief of staff, but Chiang Kai-shek has not approved it for a long time. Zhuang Jihua also proposed Gong Chu as the chief of operations, but Chiang Kai-shek did not approve it.

Going out to Burma, the army gathered, there were a lot of things, how many things needed to be dealt with, but the headquarters could not be formed for a long time, everything was handled in the name of the southwest camp, and the main organization of the southwest camp was in Guiyang, and there was not a single soldier in western Yunnan, which was close to the battlefield, and Zhuang Jihua had to rely on his previous prestige to command.

Kunming was not bombed by Japanese planes. The night market is more lively, and the theater is still overcrowded. The painting and singing and dancing of boating on Kunming Lake are still the same. A few people changed into civilian clothes and walked around the city casually, looking at the bustling crowd, just like ordinary people, eating snacks on the streets.

, Mandarin Wan

They thought they had changed into civilian clothes. can be their bearing, which is also very conspicuous in the crowd, Wu Ziniu quickly noticed that there were a few tails behind him, he was silent, and quietly noticed that it was Webb and Charles, and there was also the female reporter Ye Sufei.

It's all old acquaintances.

But these people just followed silently. Without the intention of stepping forward to say hello, Wu Ziniu felt a little strange in his heart, and he quietly reported to Zhuang Jihua. It is advisable to go back immediately, it is too unsafe to go around.

Zhuang Jihua shook his head. Turning and walking towards Webb.

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