On March 1, the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), US President Roosevelt issued a proclamation to help the Nationalist Government build a large-scale industrial base in Burma (similar to the old industrial base in Northeast China built by the Soviet Union with assistance to the new China).

The construction projects mainly include 2 large iron and steel plants, 4 large thermal power plants, 3 large coal mines, 2 large oil fields, 1 large oil refinery, 2 large coking plants, 1 large shipyard, 2 P-51 Mustang production lines and corresponding drawings and documents, and more than 500,000 American experts and skilled workers are sent to Myanmar to work.

Of course, production lines such as the M4 medium tank, various American guns and artillery are necessary.

At this time, although the United States had already got rid of the worst economic depression in the history of Western industry with Roosevelt's efforts, many idle mines and factories still had not resumed work, and many workers were still unemployed, so the US government could easily raise enough industrial equipment and enough skilled workers.

During the war years, the U.S. government was still very efficient.

In addition, the Republican opposition party did not stop it, so just two months after the announcement, most of the industrial equipment had been loaded and shipped from major ports on the east coast of the United States, including more than 500,000 American experts and skilled workers who were about to travel to Myanmar to work.

Chongqing, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

When Chairman Chiang walked into the living room with a gloomy face, Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Lifu, Chen Guofu, and other high-ranking party-state officials and dignitaries hurriedly stood up and paid their respects to Chairman Chiang and Madame Chiang, who accompanied him.

"Let's all sit down." Chairman Jiang waved his hand and motioned for everyone to take their seats.

The matter discussed this time had nothing to do with military affairs, so Chairman Chiang only summoned Song Ziwen and other high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

At this time, the Nationalist Government, all the key departments related to the national economy and the people's livelihood were all in the hands of the four major families, including Chiang, Song, Kong, and Chen, and in addition, there were intertwined marriages between these four families.

After everyone was seated, Chairman Chiang finally took his seat, and then forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest and said: "Let's talk about the US government's aid to build an industrial base in Burma.

"The U.S. government has really gone too far." Song Yuwen knocked heavily on the arm of the chair and said in a deep voice, "The Expeditionary Force of the Chinese Nation is only a strategic group under the National Revolutionary Army, not a first-level government, so what qualifications does he have to accept industrial assistance from the US government on behalf of the Nationalist Government?" ”

"That is, if this industrial base is to be built, it cannot be built in Myanmar" should be built in Yunnan! ”

"Yue Weihan's guy is particularly hateful, what qualifications does he have to negotiate with the U.S. government on behalf of the Nationalist Government?"

"What's even more infuriating is that Roosevelt, a dead cripple, actually recognized Yue Weihan's qualifications, what the hell is this called? What is this not naked interference in the internal affairs of China? These Westerners, when they behave in the world, always inevitably have the habit of being a high-minded foreigner! ”

Song Ziwen's words immediately detonated the anger of the Kong and Chen families.

Listening to Song Ziwen and others' denunciations of the US government and Roosevelt, Chairman Chiang was extremely angry in his heart: "When the US economic aid was contaminated, these guys behaved more and more capable one by one, but they really encountered tricky things, and one by one they immediately became silverfish who could only complain, and none of them could put forward the slightest constructive opinion!"

In the end, the highest-level "State Council" broke up unhappily, and Chairman Chiang did not have half an idea.

Speaking of which, Roosevelt and the US government did indeed go a little too far this time, they completely ignored the Nationalist Government and openly launched all-round cooperation with Yue Weihan in the military, educational, economic, and cultural fields, and the two sides have not yet established diplomatic relations politically.

However, Chairman Chiang was angry, but he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

What's the solution? At this time, although the Nationalist Government still ruled several southwestern provinces, the population was still more than 200 million, and the army still maintained a huge base of nearly 4 million, the food and clothing of the more than 200 million people, the food and salary expenses of the nearly 4 million army, and the military supplies were all provided by the US government.

Besides, once the US government cuts off aid, the economy of the Nationalist Government will immediately collapse, and the nearly 4 million troops will soon become fish and meat to be slaughtered because of the lack of weapons and ammunition. Is it difficult to imitate Wang Jingwei's curve to save the country? Chairman Jiang is really not this kind of person!

In the end, the Nationalist Government only published a protest statement in an inconspicuous corner of the Central Daily to express its dissatisfaction with the US Government, and then acquiesced in the fait accompli of the US Government's full cooperation with the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Yangon, the capital of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Under the manipulation of Yue Weihan, the interim government of Myanmar was officially "listed".

After the general election, the leader of the Kachin Party, Mia, was "elected" as the first president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and the important leader of the Kachin Party, Aung San, was nominated by Mia as the general manager of the federal government's cabinet, and officially formed a cabinet the next day, while Mr. Tan Kah Kee, the leader of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, was appointed by the Myanmar government as the Minister of Industry.

In fact, everyone knows that the federal government of Myanmar is just a front, and the real power in Myanmar is actually in the hands of the Ministry of Industry with Mr. Tan Kah Kee, the leader of the overseas Chinese in Nanyang, as the minister, and many government decrees are actually issued directly from the Ministry of Industry, without the approval of the cabinet at all, so many people privately call the Ministry of Industry the "shadow cabinet".

For such an embarrassing fact, Mia and Aung San can only accept it, because the 500,000 tiger and wolf divisions of the "China" Expeditionary Force are stationed in major cities in Myanmar, in addition to the 500,000 "China" regular army, there are also nearly 600,000 paramilitary forces, in the face of such a huge "China" national army, what else can the Myanmar federal government do?

Yangon, Headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Admiral Wei Lihuang strode into Yue Weihan's office and said excitedly: "Zhongshu, there is news from the United States that the first batch of industrial equipment has passed the Cape of Good Hope, and it will be shipped to Yangon Port in half a month at most. ”

General Wei Lihuang arrived last month, and General Wei Lihuang did not have much resistance to the post of deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and even had some expectations, because he and Yue Weihan had also cooperated once in the Second War Zone, and they cooperated with each other quite tacitly, and they also had some sympathy for each other.

"Yes, this dare XX Yue Weihan beckoned happily, "Brother Junru, sit down, sit down and say." ”

For General Wei Lihuang, Yue Weihan still has great respect, because he knows that this is a real soldier!

General Wei Lihuang did not give in, sat down generously opposite Yue Weihan, and then said: "Loyalty, regarding the US government's industrial aid to Burma, there are many people in Chongqing who are saying strange things, "You must not take it to heart, these people are all mice-eyed people, how do you know your ambition?" ”

"I don't have any ambitions, but I just hope that China can become strong as soon as possible and suffer less bullying." Yue Weihan waved his hand, and immediately changed the topic, "Brother Junru, how are the troops of the major battalions training?" And the Whampoa elites in the senior generals' class didn't make any more trouble, right? ”

At this time, the number of strong men and young students who have entered Myanmar has exceeded one million!

Yue Weihan selected 300,000 strong men with outstanding physical fitness in advance, plus 150,000 veterans of the 20th Group Army (only 150,000 actually went to Burma, and the remaining 50,000 were vacant, and officers at all levels were paid empty salaries) to form five large battalions and carry out high-intensity military training.

Regarding Yue Weihan's mixed training plan, Song Xilian and Huo Yuzhang certainly disagreed. However, Yue Weihan had a trick, he set up a senior general class at the Central Army University in Yangon, specially hired instructors from the United States Military Academy at West Point to give lectures, and at the same time sternly stated that all generals above the major general level of the Chinese Expeditionary Force must enter the senior general class to study, and only those who pass the examination can return to the army to lead the troops.

Song Xilian and Huo Yuzhang could only accept orders unless they returned home with their troops.

In the face of the tremendous pressure of domestic public opinion, Song Xilian and Huo Kuozhang could only give in, and finally flew to Yangon with all the officers above the rank of major general of the two major armies for further study, and in this way, Yue Weihan separated the hundreds of senior generals of the 20th Group Army from their troops without much effort.

Yue Weihan's voice fell, and General Wei Lihuang laughed and said: "Those guys in the senior generals' class are all thorns, but they really have to pay attention to it, and they really work hard to study, mainly because the modern military theories of American instructors have suppressed them, especially the theory of large-scale in-depth operations of the large corps that has just been opened, which makes them even more fascinated." ”

Yue Weihan couldn't help but nod when he heard this, in fact, the cadets of the first five phases of Huangpu can indeed be called elites, and it is not unreasonable that they can stand out from the tens of millions of young people in China at that time, but it is actually the old-style army courses offered by the Huangpu Military Academy that really cause them to have a narrow vision and their command ability to keep up with the times.

On the one hand, he wanted to take the opportunity to integrate the troops and eliminate the small factions within the Central Expeditionary Force, and on the other hand, he sincerely hoped that these Whampoa elites would be able to reach a higher level, complete self-redemption as soon as possible, and become excellent generals who could command and win modern wars.

General Wei Lihuang paused and said: "As for the five major training camps, the training of each infantry unit is very good, and it can even be pulled to the battlefield to practice with the little devils, but the training situation of various technical arms is not satisfactory, mainly because the cadets of our army have not yet overcome the language barrier, and it is difficult to communicate freely with the American instructors. ”

"Yes, the language barrier is indeed a problem, let's get over it slowly." Yue Weihan was mentally prepared for this.

However, Yue Weihan believes that in two months at most, this obstacle will no longer exist, because all the technical arms are young students mobilized from major universities in China, and these students are all highly educated, as long as they are given a little time, they will definitely be able to learn English, at least it will not be a problem to communicate with American instructors, and then they will be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

General Wei Lihuang thought for a moment and said, "Zhongshu, I heard that the Japanese side recently carried out another war mobilization?" ”

"I know that." Yue Weihan nodded, and said indifferently, "The inner line has sent me detailed information, just three days ago, the Japanese government issued the third mobilization order since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and 20 three-unit divisions will be mobilized, mainly to supplement the Southern Army" So far, the army of Japan has expanded to more than 2.6 million people. ”

"Hmph." General Wei Lihuang snorted lightly and said, "Little Japan, a small island country, it is estimated that it is almost at the limit. ”

"That's not all." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "Japan has a population of 70 million, and if a general mobilization order is issued, at least tens of millions of troops can be mobilized!" At present, the combined number of troops and navy in Japan is less than 5 million, which is far from the limit of what they can bear, but after this mobilization order, Japan's domestic industrial production will be greatly affected. ”

Seeing that General Wei Lihuang was a little confused, Yue Weihan said again: "Because I am a large industrial country in Benchu, there are at least millions of workers working in all walks of life, and now the front line of the Japanese army is tight and there is a shortage of soldiers, so these skilled workers can only be recruited into the army and sent to the front, so that the industrial production in Japan will of course be greatly affected." ”

"Once these skilled workers are lost" is difficult to train, especially those senior technicians, it takes at least ten years to grow up, the loss of these senior technicians, Japan's warships, tanks, aircraft and other manufacturing industries will be greatly affected, not only the output will decline, the quality of products will also seriously decline, the industry will enter a vicious circle. ”

Looking at Yue Weihan's eloquent appearance, General Wei Lihuang said sincerely: "Zhongshu, you know a lot.

"This is not the knowledge in the top textbooks, I just usually love to read." Yue Weihan waved his hand, he didn't dare to make public the fact that he was a crosser, and then changed the topic, "Brother Junru, the third mobilization order has just been issued, and it will take at least two months to complete the formation of the troops. ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "Also" The Japanese Navy has just been defeated in the Battle of Midway, and the main force of Yamamoto 56's Combined Fleet has been severely damaged" The US Navy's Pacific Fleet has seized control of the Pacific Ocean, and the shipping lanes in Southeast Asian waters are already under the threat of the US Navy, so it is not so easy for the Japanese army to reinforce Southeast Asia! ”

"Therefore, we don't need to rush to attack at all, and it is not too late to wait until the technical training of the various group armies is completed, and then launch a general offensive against the Japanese army in Southeast Asia! Even if the 20th Army Division Regiment was reinforced to the Southeast Asian battlefield by then, so what? Could it be that our 500,000 elites who have been carefully trained cannot defeat the mere 20 hastily formed fourth-class divisions? ”！ ~！