"Your Excellency, are you a little alarmist?" Okabe Naosaburo said awe-inspiringly, "Not to mention whether Yue Weihan has such a strategic vision, even if Yue Weihan really has such a strategic vision, it is not so easy to seize Yangon Airport, and the airborne troops cannot be trained in a short period of time." ”

"Yes, the Airborne Forces are not so easy to train." Okamura Ningji nodded faintly, the previous time he confronted Yue Weihan in Taihang Mountain, and he also used airborne troops to airdrop the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, as a result, the airborne troops who had been training hard for three months fell to death more than half of them, and the price of forcibly airborne was not undeniable.

After saying this, Okamura Ninji suddenly changed his tone and continued: "However, this is the war years, and many seemingly impossible miracles were created during the war years, and American scientific researchers can design, manufacture, and successfully test fly an advanced fighter within 100 days, who dares to conclude that Yue Weihan cannot train a rapid airborne force within ten days?" ”

Okabe Naosaburo was silent, in just ten days, it is naturally impossible to train an elite airborne force with strong psychology and skilled skills, but it is completely possible to train a rapid airborne force with rough technology, as long as Yue Weihan is willing to spend his blood, even if half of the airborne troops airdropped to Yangon are killed, there is still a chance to achieve the tactical goal.

Because, at this time, the US Air Force in the Asian theater is already fully equipped with the ability to deliver one regiment at a time!

Under the premise of surprise, coupled with the air support of the Flying Tigers, perhaps not a regiment at all, only one battalion is enough to seize the Rangoon airport, once the airport is lost, the US Air Force can continue to airlift follow-up troops to Rangoon, and by the time the heavy army group on the Mandalay front reacts, their retreat route may have been cut off long ago!

At that time, the 55th, 56th, 31st and Guards Divisions of the Japanese Army on the Burma battlefield will probably become the big dragon surrounded on the chessboard, and finally end up with the annihilation of the whole army! If such an extreme situation really occurs, then the Southeast Asian battlefield will really become the first allied battlefield to turn into a strategic counteroffensive.

"Your Excellency, General!" Okabe Naosaburo took a deep breath and said to Okamura Ninji in a hurried tone, "Even if there is only a chance, we must urgently submit your inference to the base camp, and it is even more necessary to telegraph the Southern Army to remind them to strengthen the defense of the Yangon airport, because the Empire will definitely not be able to withstand such a defeat!" ”

"Base camp?" Okamura Ninji said abruptly, "Senior Private Tojo? If he had such a strategic vision, he would not have stopped my Taihang Mountain battle plan at the beginning, and if he hadn't obstructed it at the beginning, the North China Front would have already leveled the Taihang Mountains and wiped out Yue Weihan's 39th Group Army, and Burma would not have been able to run ambushes. ”

"So......" said Naosaburo Okabe again, "what about His Excellency Terauchi of the Southern Army?" ”

"Shouichi Terauchi? What kind of vision can a corpse vegetarian have? Okamura Ninji shook his head and said lonely, "Among the many senior generals of the Southern Army, Yamashita Fengfumi still has a bit of strategic vision, but unfortunately, Yamashita Fumimi is not the commander of the Southern Army, and it is impossible for Terauchi Shouichi and Iida Shojiro to listen to him. ”

"Your Excellency, can we only stand by and watch?" Okabe Naosaburo said miserably.

"No, the telegram still has to be sent, and it is not up to us to decide whether to listen or not." Okamura Ninji sighed and said, "Okabe-kun, do your best and obey the destiny of heaven." ”

………… Tokyo, Army Building.

The beautiful female plane was going to send the urgent mail issued by the Central China Front to the desk of the Minister of War Hideki Tojo.

After reading the message, Hideki Tojo suddenly showed a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth: "Ten days to train an airborne force? Also airdrop Yangon? Hehe, Okamura-kun's imagination is still as rich as ever. With that, Hideki Tojo tore up the message and threw it in the trash.

It is no wonder that Hideki Tojo did not believe it, because the Airborne Forces had just appeared at that time, and the only countries that had really formed their combat effectiveness were Germany and the United States, and as for the tactics of the Airborne Forces, it was a completely new topic at that time, and it was impossible to foresee the strength of the Airborne Forces unless they were people with outstanding strategic vision.

………… Singapore, Southern Army Command.

The commander of the Southern Army, General Terauchi Shouichi, also received a telegram from the Central China Front at the same time.

"Airborne in Rangoon?" Terauchi Shouichi raised the telegram in his hand and said to Lieutenant General Nagada, Chief of Staff of the Southern Army, "It's just whimsical, this Okamura Ninji always likes to be unconventional and pretend to be amazing, and use this to sensationalize, but I will never listen to his nonsense." ”

"Your Excellency Okamura is indeed a little whimsical." Luo Tianzheng nodded, and said thoughtfully, "Yangon is not only deep in the hinterland of the area controlled by the imperial army, but also a port city, which can directly obtain the fire support of the navy. ”

Shouichi Terauchi casually threw the telegram into the trash and ignored the matter.

………… Myitkyina, 14th Air Force Base Building.

Major General Britton, commander of the 10th Air Force in India, and Major General Chennault, commander of the 14th Air Force (Flying Tigers), have urgently flown to Myitkyina.

In the conference room, Britton and Chennault stood up to General Stilwell at the same time and said, "Sir." ”

Stilwell waved his hand, cut straight to the point, and asked, "How many transport planes are available now?" ”

At this time, Chennault's 14th Air Force was basically equipped with fighters and bombers, and its main combat mission was to suppress the military aviation in the Southeast Asian theater, while the 10th Air Force was basically equipped with transport planes, and its main task was to deliver war materials to China and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma.

Britton immediately replied: "There are a total of 108 transport aircraft in good condition, of which 18 are chartered Chinese airline passenger aircraft, all of which are C-47 (DC-3 military version), and another 80 C-47 transport aircraft will arrive in India in ten days and be integrated into the 10th Air Force." ”

Here again, history has made a major deviation.

After Yue Weihan joined the expeditionary force, he ordered the new 38th Division to make a surprise attack and seize Myitkyina Airport, so that Chennault's Flying Tigers had a solid air base in Burma, and the Lord directly helped the Flying Tigers to inflict heavy damage on the 5th Flying Group of the Japanese Army and seize air supremacy over the Burma Tiger Farm, so that the US Air Force transport planes no longer had to risk their lives to fly over the Hump route.

However, Yue Weihan's little butterfly also caused the Soviet Union's strength to be greatly damaged, so that the pressure on the US-British allied forces in the African and European battlefields increased greatly, and as a result, most of the US-made fighters, bombers, and transport planes were put into the air combat battlefields on the British Island or in Africa, and the support for the Asian theater was far less than that of the same period in history.

As a result, the number of transport aircraft of the 10th Air Force is still stretched.

Stilwell pondered for a moment and said, "Starting today, the 10th Air Force will immediately stop airlifting supplies to the national political axe, and go all out to airlift the equipment of the 5 American mechanics to Baoshan Airport to arm the Chinese 39th Group Army that is about to enter Burma!" In addition, the first batch of returning transport planes transported one regiment of troops to the Ramgarh base in India for airborne training, and the second batch of returning transport planes airlifted another regiment of troops to Mandalay to support the Chinese Sixth Army. ”

“yes，sir！” Britton snapped to the ground and saluted Stilwell's standard U.S. military salute.

Stilwell returned the salute and said to Chennault: "General Chennault, after the 10th Air Force airlifts troops to Mandalay, I will definitely dispatch the air force to fight back, and then it is up to you, the task of the 14th Air Force is to strangle the army and naval aviation of the 14th Air Force with all its might, and completely seize the air supremacy in Southeast Asia!" ”

"No problem, sir." Chennault crossed his hands around his waist and nodded with a big grin.

Britton next to him couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, thinking that Chennault this guy doesn't know how to respect the commander at all, no wonder he has served for more than twenty years and only mixed up with the captain, if it weren't for the Chinese who invited him to come as an air force adviser and gave him the rank of colonel, this guy would have served for ten lifetimes, and he would never have been promoted to major general.

Stilwell didn't care, and waved his hand: "Then hurry up and get ready." ”

Britton stood tall again and took the order, but Chennault had already gone.

………… Mandalay, 49th Division Headquarters.

The map pasted on the wall has been drawn beyond recognition by Yue Weihan, but his entire battle plan has also been clearly explained to the officers present, including Luo Youlun, Peng Bisheng and other senior generals, all the officers' faces are full of shock, and their eyes are full of disbelief.

This is really crazy, if it weren't for the fact that the three golden stars on Yue Weihan's collar badge were more real than the work in their crotch, they would almost suspect that Yue Weihan was a crazy person at all! The war situation in Burma is so severe, but what Yue Weihan thinks in his mind is to eat all the troops in Burma in one bite, this madman!

However, it must be admitted that Yue Weihan has mobilized the emotions of the officers.

Crazy or crazy, if you can really eat the Burmese army, then this battle will be too enjoyable, the Sixth Army is all for this, it is worth it, you know, this is hundreds of thousands of troops, not thousands of hundreds! Moreover, among them, there is also a Guards Division known as the Imperial Forest Army!

Thinking of the huge international repercussions that would be triggered after the victory in this battle, all the officers were so excited that their crotches trembled! What glory would it be to be the first Allied battlefield to turn to a strategic counteroffensive? More importantly, after the Southeast Asian battlefield turns into a strategic counteroffensive, the strategic counteroffensive on the mainland battlefield is just around the corner!

"!" A battalion commander was so excited that his eyes were red and he roared loudly.

"Fuck, that's it!" Another regiment commander Huo Ran got up, because he was too excited, he actually propped up the tent under his crotch, and almost even the thin khaki military pants were torn, and the officers in the conference room immediately burst into laughter when they saw this, but the regiment commander didn't care at all, and deliberately lifted his crotch, and then sat back in his seat.

"However......" Yue Weihan knocked on the rostrum and said in a deep voice, "The greater the victory, the greater the risk." ”

"I must remind you that the next battle for the defense of Mandalay will be far more cruel than you imagined, in addition to the 55th and 56th Divisions of the Japanese Army, the Guards Division and the 31st Division of the Japanese Army will also join this decisive battle, when our Sixth Army will face a crazy siege of more than 100,000 Japanese troops, and the reinforcements I can give you are only one regiment!"

The noise in the conference room suddenly stopped, and the officers present at the meeting looked solemn.

"This will be an unprecedentedly tragic Armageddon, many officers and soldiers will sacrifice their lives for the country, and most of you here may not survive to the end!" Yue Weihan's tone became deeper and lower, and he continued, "Even I, Yue someone, are likely to die on the battlefield, but I will never retreat, let alone run away!" ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said murderously again: "It's still the same sentence, if anyone sees me trying to escape, even if he hits me with a black gun in the back, I, Yue, will not be a pity to die!" ”

Yue Weihan's voice fell, and the conference room suddenly began to make noise.

"Damn, that's what the boss said, what else do we have to say?"

"Don't say anything, it's a big deal that these hundred catties of meat are here, who can not die?"

"General, we don't know what the Sixth Army can hold in Mandalay, and we don't dare to guarantee it, but we dare to guarantee you with the head of the 197th Regiment that no one from the 3rd Battalion of the 197th Regiment will withdraw from the battle alive!"

For a while, except for Division Commander Peng Bisheng and Division Commander Lu Guozhuan who could barely keep calm, the rest of the battalion commanders, regiment commanders, brigade commanders and chiefs of staff were already angry, and even Chen Mianyue of the 55th Division of the Provisional Division also burst into foul language, and scolded while rolling up his sleeves and said: "Damn, we Hunan people don't have a bad breed!" ”

Seeing that the morale and fighting spirit of the officers had been completely mobilized, Yue Weihan clenched his fists heavily.

Needless to say, the danger of this battle is needless to say, the key is whether the Sixth Army can hold Mandalay, from the general trend, Yue Weihan is actually playing the old-fashioned tactics of encircling the iron wall and flowering in the center, if Mandalay can't hold it, let the army eat the Sixth Army before the loss of Yangon, then Yue Weihan's battle plan will be completely bankrupt.

Now, the morale problem of the Sixth Army has been solved, and the officers and men have also mobilized their idea of dying, and then next, it depends on Yue Weihan's ad-hoc decisiveness and tactical command ability, and this is precisely Yue Weihan's strength, objectively speaking, Yue Weihan's ability in these two aspects can be called unparalleled in the world!

"Alright, if there are no problems, then go back and prepare for each other." Yue Weihan finally said, "In addition, I would like to reiterate one more point, let the brothers not save ammunition, use mortar bombardment at a distance, and sweep with heavy machine guns when they are close, and if they can wipe out the devils at a distance of 500 meters, they will never be allowed to enter within 100 meters!" ”

(To be continued)