That night, Yue Weihan held a banquet at the Yangon Hotel to wash the dust for Mr. Li Siguang's teachers and students.

In addition to Yue Weihan, senior generals of the expeditionary force such as Stilwell, Wei Lihuang, and Huang Jie all came, and the commanders-in-chief of the six major group armies, including Song Xilian, Huo Yuzhang, and Liu Yi, as well as their respective chiefs of staff, were also present.

This made Mr. Li Siguang, the nine teachers and students very shocked.

However, Mr. Li Siguang also saw that Yue Weihan's enthusiasm was definitely from the bottom of his heart.

At the banquet, Mr. Li Siguang also listened to some of Yue Weihan's views and ideas, and when he knew that Yue Weihan was stepping up preparations for the establishment of Nanyang United University, Mr. Li Siguang could not help but have mixed feelings, he really did not expect that such a famous general of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression as Yue Weihan would still care so much about the scientific cause of the motherland and attach so much importance to the education of the motherland.

Mr. Li Siguang immediately took the initiative to ask Ying to teach at Nanyang United University, Yue Weihan was naturally overjoyed, and immediately appointed Mr. Li Siguang as the vice president of Nanyang United University and the dean of the School of Geology.

It's a pity that the US Navy refuses to let people go, and Mr. Qian Xuesen can't come back for the time being, and the aerodynamics research institute (which mainly studies jet aircraft and missiles) that Yue Weihan secretly planned will naturally run aground, and even Mr. Qian Xuesen, the academic leader, has not yet been put in place, let alone the others.

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves and said nothing all night. Early the next morning, Mr. Li Siguang, nine teachers and students were enthusiastic about their work.

In order to cooperate with Mr. Li Siguang in carrying out his work, Yue Weihan also made careful arrangements; Yue Weihan not only selected more than 20 shrewd and capable young students to serve as assistants to Mr. Li Siguang, but also specially assigned Ma Fugui's special operations team to protect the safety of the scientific expedition team, and also equipped the scientific expedition team with two jeeps and 10 trucks.

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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the end of the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942).

After more than half a year of intense construction, Myanmar's industrial base has basically taken shape, especially metallurgy, coal, petroleum, electric power, chemical, machinery and other basic industries have all been completed and formed a certain production capacity, which is absolutely a miracle, and it is only possible to create such a speed in the war years, which is absolutely unimaginable in the peace years.

With a complete basic industry, there is a foundation for the development of the manufacturing industry as well as light industry.

Beginning in October of the 31st year of the Republic of China, Yangon Industrial City officially began to provide a steady stream of U.S. weapons and ammunition to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and it was from this month that the U.S. government officially interrupted all forms of assistance to the Nationalist Government and the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and began to go all out to intervene in the Mediterranean theater.

At this time, the Mediterranean theater had already become the focus of the entire World War II.

Six months earlier, 125 divisions of nearly 2 million Allied troops, led by MacArthur, had crossed the Pacific Ocean, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, and finally landed in Turkey, which immediately announced its membership in the anti-fascist alliance, and the strategic intention of the Allies was to occupy Romania, cut off Germany's crude oil supply and support Stalin's Soviet Union.

However, no sooner had the Allies advanced into Bulgaria than Stalin's Soviet Union fell.

Under the attack of 5 million German troops, 6 million rebels and 1.5 million Japanese troops, Stalin's Soviet Union barely held out for four months, and finally inevitably perished, most of the 5 million Red Army loyal to Stalin were annihilated, and less than 100,000 broke through and entered Central Asia under the leadership of Zhukov, insisting on fighting guerrillas.

After defeating Stalin, the mustache immediately gathered 185 German divisions, 125 Russian divisions, and 85 Romanian, Bulgarian and other servant divisions, and nearly 7 million troops with 395 divisions slaughtered the Balkan Peninsula in a mighty manner, preparing to level the Allied forces on the peninsula with thunder.

In addition, the mustache ordered Rundstedt to lead 40 German divisions and 20 servant divisions to force their way into Spain from France to prepare for the Strait of Gibraltar, and at the same time urgently transferred 20 German divisions into Libya through Italy to support Rommel's strong attack on Suez in order to completely cut off the logistics supply line of 2 million Allied troops on the Balkan Peninsula.

The Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal are the east and west gates of the Mediterranean, once these two gates are closed by the German army, then the entire Mediterranean Sea will become the inner lake of the German army, and when the Allies do not talk about counterattacking Europe, they will not even be able to keep Africa.

Of course, the Allies would not accept such an outcome, especially since there were still 2 million Allied troops in the Balkans, and they could not withdraw even if they wanted to, so the Allied headquarters immediately ordered Patton to land on the beach in the Bay of Cadiz before the Germans entered Spain, and Franco immediately declared Spain a neutral country and permanently withdrew from the war.

By this time, the flames of the European war had spread to the entire Mediterranean coast.

In order to resist the powerful offensive of the German army, the US government launched a war mobilization again, urgently mobilized 180 infantry divisions, and formed 20 armored divisions, which were thrown into Spain, North Africa and the Balkan theater.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the German navy is simply too weak.

The only thing the German Navy can handle is the submarine force, and the mustache ignored international conventions and brazenly launched unlimited submarine warfare, but this still could not fundamentally weaken the powerful maritime transportation capabilities of the Allies, because submarines have only a fatal innate disadvantage compared to surface ships, and in naval warfare, once a submarine is discovered by a surface ship, it means that it is destroyed.

With a strong navy and air force, the Allies were still able to barely support themselves in the Mediterranean theater, and the victory or defeat in a short period of time was unpredictable.

However, in the long run, the victory in the land contest must belong to the Axis *** team, because after Germany integrated the whole of Europe, its war potential and industrial strength were already on par with the United States, but compared with the long sea transportation lines of the Allies, the Axis *** team was fighting at home, the logistics supply line was shorter and safer, and the troop dispatch was faster and more agile.

Roosevelt had seen this clearly, but when the war had reached this point, the US government had no way back.

Now, the only thing the U.S. government and Roosevelt can do is to cut aid to the Allies again in order to mobilize more U.S. troops to join the Mediterranean theater and continue this damn war.

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The European theater of war is in a stalemate, but the situation in the Asian theater is gradually becoming clearer.

The Asian theater of operations is mainly composed of the Southeast Asian theater, the Chinese theater and the Far East theater.

After the Kwantung Army occupied the Far East and the entire territory of Outer Mongolia, the war in the Far East was basically over.

At this point, the Japanese government not only got rid of the bottleneck of resource shortage, but also raised its industrial strength to a new level, but the population became a noose around Japan's neck, before the war, China had a population of 450 million, with an almost inexhaustible source of reserves, while Japan had a population of only 70 million.

Since the beginning of the war, Japan has mobilized more than 5 million troops and 2 million navy.

The vast majority of the 2 million navy has perished forever at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean with the demise of the Combined Fleet, and of the 5 million army forces, 1.5 million are stationed in the Far East and the puppet state of Manchukuo, 700,000 in North China, 500,000 in Central China, 800,000 in Southeast Asia, and 700,000 in Taiwan, North Korea, and the mainland.

As for the remaining 800,000, it is the number of killed in the five years since the start of the Sino-Japanese war.

Now that Japan's military supply has been completely exhausted, it is no longer possible to launch a new war mobilization.

Therefore, although the Japanese Kwantung Army seized the Far East and the industrial strength of the Japanese government also rose to a higher level, Japan's war potential was not strengthened in any way, because there was no one left in Japan, and if the war mobilization was carried out again, dolls under the age of 16 and old men over the age of 60 would have to be sent to the battlefield.

Also, relations between Russia and Japan are not harmonious.

Soon after the demise of Stalin's military clique, Molotov's Russia sent a diplomatic note to the Japanese government, demanding the unconditional recovery of the Far East, which was naturally rejected by the Japanese government, for which Molotov was extremely annoyed and threatened to send troops to recover the Far East, which made the Japanese government extremely nervous.

Therefore, in a short period of time, the 1.5 million Kwantung Army will never dare to switch to the Chinese battlefield or the Southeast Asian theater.

In addition, due to the limitations of Japan's national strength and military strength, during the Kwantung Army's all-out attack on the Far East, the Japanese Southern Army, the North China Front, and the Central China Front were forced to turn to the defensive, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Southeast Asian Theater did not rush to attack, but the Eighth Route Army in the North China Theater unexpectedly launched a huge strategic counteroffensive.

By the middle of the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), the Eighth Route Army in North China had rapidly expanded to more than 1.5 million people, in addition to nearly 2.5 million militiamen, due to the existence of the Taihang Mountain Arsenal, the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army had also been greatly improved, due to the improvement of equipment and sufficient logistics support, the Eighth Route Army even dared to fight a field battle with the Japanese army!

Beginning in June of the 31st year of the Republic of China, the Eighth Route Army began a local counteroffensive, and by the end of the year, the Eighth Route Army had liberated most of the villages and towns in North China, and the four major base areas were completely connected, and more than 700,000 Japanese troops in North China were huddled in major cities and strongholds along the transportation lines all day long, and they did not dare to go out to sweep at all.

In addition to the Eighth Route Army in North China, the New Fourth Army in Central China has also expanded to more than 500,000 people.

Due to the appearance of Yue Weihan, a little butterfly, the historical Southern Anhui Incident did not happen again, and due to the defeat of the Soviet Union, Xiang Ying also lost the big backstage of the Comintern, and General Ye Ting was able to truly grasp the leadership of the New Fourth Army, which greatly enhanced the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the New Fourth Army.

However, due to the existence of Okamura Ningji, an old devil, the New Fourth Army's life in Central China was not easy.

However, after all, Central China is China's territory, and the New Fourth Army has the covert support of countless compatriots behind it, coupled with General Ye Ting's outstanding prestige and outstanding tactical command ability, even in the face of Okamura Ningji, an old devil, the New Fourth Army still stubbornly persevered and has been greatly developed.

At this point, the CCP's three major strategic blocs have taken shape.

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Compared with the prosperity of the CCP, the situation of the Nationalist Government is declining.

In less than 10 months, more than 2,000 senior party-state officials absconded to Nanjing and defected to Wang's puppet government, and the army also defected in large numbers because they could not pay their salaries, and by the end of the 31st year of the Republic of China, there were less than 2 million of the 4 million.

Of the 2 million *** who defected, most of them went to Burma and became a reserve for the expeditionary force.

Chairman Jiang saw this in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but he could not find a way to deal with it at all.

Because at this time, the national government was already hard to return, officials at all levels were corrupt, and the taxes paid by the southwestern provinces were already pitiful, but most of them became the private property of high-ranking officials, and the vast majority of the remaining money and grain were deducted by the generals at all levels, and they could not be distributed to ordinary soldiers at all.

It's really difficult for a soldier, you can fight a bayonet without bullets, but how can you do it without food?

Chairman Chiang also thought about rectifying military discipline and officialdom, but in the end, he only symbolically shot a few petty officials and took advantage of the unknown *** generals to do things hastily, which can be described as raising high and falling gently, although Chairman Chiang is the supreme leader of the Nationalist Government, he can't move the comprador chaebol headed by Kong and Song at all............

In addition, it is impossible not to mention the puppet Manchukuo and the Wang puppet government in Nanjing.

Due to the depletion of troops in the homeland, Korea and Taiwan, the Japanese front is still continuing to stretch, the Japanese government has to begin to arm a large number of puppet Manchurians and Wang puppets, in addition to 1.5 million Japanese troops in the Far East battlefield, there are nearly 500,000 puppet Manchurias, in Central China, in addition to Okamura Ningji's 500,000 Japanese troops, there are also 700,000 "security forces" of Wang's puppet government.

However, in North China, Qi Xieyuan's puppet North China Autonomous Army and other puppet armies have almost disappeared.

The reason is very simple, the Eighth Route Army has begun a strategic counteroffensive, and the common people of the entire North China have seen the dawn of victory. The original puppet army either fled home or switched to the Eighth Road, and Qi Xieyuan, the remnant of the Manchu Dynasty, was running out of time.

However, the Japanese obviously still do not trust the puppet Manchurian *** and the puppet Wang ***.

Therefore, although the puppet Manchuria and Wang puppet have nearly 1 million troops, the equipment is extremely poor, compared with the New Fourth Army is also no advantage at all, and the combat effectiveness is even worse, in the frontal battlefield, the role that these puppet armies can play is actually quite limited, and the only role is to manage law and order in the occupied areas.