Yangon, Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

Yue Weihan, Deng Gong, and other high-ranking officials of the expeditionary force returned to Yangon by special plane this morning.

After Yue Weihan's statement, Deng Gong and other high-level officials have been convinced, as for the war in Singapore, Song Xilian and Huo Yuzhang are naturally responsible, in addition, Liu Fengsheng's 2nd Armored Division and Niu Dagen's Heavy Artillery Division have also been transferred back, since it is a long-term siege, it no longer makes much sense for the heavy troops to stay there.

Transferring the 2nd Armored Division and the Heavy Artillery Division back to Yangon, Yue Weihan had another layer of consideration, that is, to prepare in advance for the strategic decisive battle of encircling and annihilating the Japanese army in Central China.

Shortly after returning to the headquarters, Gao Shuxun, commander of the 6th Army, also arrived, and at this time, the main force of the 3rd Army was still confronting the Japanese army in Siam, and the troops that returned to China to participate in the war could only be the remaining three group armies.

Myanmar's munitions enterprises are working overtime, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force has added seven new American armor divisions.

Up to now, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has been organized into a total of the 3rd Army, and the 5th Army has 4 infantry divisions each.

Yue Weihan is considering expanding the existing 30 infantry divisions to 40 more infantry divisions!

Among them, 10 infantry divisions were directly subordinate to the headquarters, and the other 30 divisions were organized into the six major group armies, and the numbers were all retained.

The numbers of the infantry divisions under the jurisdiction of the 1st Army and the subsequent 5 major armies are so on.

Soldiers are not a problem, the millions of strong men in the five barracks have undergone rigorous training for up to two years, and the number of reserve soldiers in the production and construction corps who are undergoing paramilitary training has exceeded 2 million, and if necessary, the Chinese Expeditionary Force can even be expanded to 200 infantry divisions in a short period of time.

Officers are not a problem, and there are a lot of casual catches in the general and school officer classes of Senior General Lu.

These generals and colonels are all veterans of a hundred battles who have been killed in blood and fire, and they have received a modern military education in the style of the "West Point Military Academy" at the University of the Mainland, and their military quality and tactical command ability are far from being comparable with those of the past; it is no exaggeration to say that the quality of the officers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force has far surpassed that of the Japanese army!

In the current Japanese army, not only has the quality of its soldiers seriously declined, but the quality of its officers has also deteriorated considerably.

The only thing that makes Yue Weihan scratch his head a little is the equipment problem, with the current production capacity of Yangon Ordnance City, if you want to produce the equipment of 70 infantry divisions, it will take a year to say the least, but one year is not short, but it is not long, and the balance of power between China and Japan will not change at all.

"Headquarters!" Dai Anlan, Peng Bisheng and Gao Shuxun stepped forward to salute Yue Weihan one after another.

Today, Dai, Peng, and Gao have completely regarded themselves as Yue Weihan's subordinates, although the fact that Yue Weihan is an underground party of the Communist Party of China really surprised the three of them, but the thinking of a soldier is relatively simple after all, Yue Weihan is yes, yes or no, in the final analysis, he is still the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which is enough.

Yue Weihan returned the salute, and immediately said to Gao Jingwu next to him: "Director Gao, how is the intelligence gathered?" ”

Gao Jingwu stood upright to Yue Weihan, and immediately strode to the big map posted on the wall, picked up the command pole and explained to the map: "Please see, this is the battle situation map of the Great Southwest drawn by the humble post according to the information collected by many parties, the Japanese army in Central China has mobilized a total of 16 field divisions and 9 independent mixed brigades, with nearly 400,000 troops participating in the battle!" ”

"Among them, the Southern Route Army is commanded by the commander of the Third Army, Okabe Naosaburo, with 7 divisions and 4 brigades under its jurisdiction, and has invaded Guizhou from the Huaihua and Hengyang lines in western Xiangxi, and its forward 13th Division has captured Kunming, and about 100,000 people under the headquarters of Long Yun and Du Yuming have retreated to the front line of Chuxiong and Dali."

"The North Route Army was personally commanded by Okamura Ningji, with 9 divisions and 5 brigades under its jurisdiction, and the troops were divided into two routes from Xiangpan and Jingzhou to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and at present the 3rd Division has occupied Chongqing, Xue Yue and Yang Sen's 6th Division has occupied Xi'an, and Jiang Dingwen's department of about 200,000 people has retreated to Tianshui."

After saying this, Gao Jingwu immediately put down the command pole and said: "That's what the lowly post has to do. ”

"600,000, there are only 600,000 left in the Central Army that is still resisting!" After listening to Gao Jingwu's report, Wei Lihuang said with a blue face, "In less than two years, there are less than 600,000 people left in the 4 million Central Army, and this battle is really a wretch." ”

The faces of generals such as Dai Anlan and Peng Bisheng are also a little not good-looking.

Only a year ago, the Central Army was still the absolute main force of China's War of Resistance, but now, the Central Army has been sharply reduced to less than 600,000 people, while the army led by the CCP has swelled to more than 3 million people, and has become the absolute main force of China's War of Resistance, not counting the Chinese Expeditionary Force that is already under the leadership of the CCP in fact!

Whether it is from the perspective of the people's will or the comparison of strength, the national government has in fact withdrawn from China's historical stage, and the future of the Chinese nation has completely belonged to China.

"I don't see it that way." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said indifferently, "Isn't it exciting that in such a desperate situation, there are still nearly 600,000 Central Army troops persisting in the War of Resistance?" After that, Yue Weihan asked Huang Jie again, "Chief of Staff Huang, if I'm not mistaken, Dali, Chengdu and Lanzhou should all have military airports, right?" ”

Huang Jie said without thinking: "Yes, there are military airports in these three places. ”

"Pass my orders!" Yue Weihan turned his head abruptly and shouted to Huang Jie, "The aviation division immediately dispatched all the transport planes to urgently deliver military supplies to Dali and Chengdu at night, Long Yun, Du Yuming, Xue Yue and Yang Sen, whether it is machine guns, rifles, mortars, howitzers, they can give whatever they want, and they will give as much as they want!" ”

"Yes!" Huang Jie snapped upright, and then turned around and walked away.

After the brief military meeting, everyone left one after another, and only Yue Weihan and Deng Gong were left in the huge war room.

Deng Gong Shen said after a while: "Zhongshu, although Li Bai has agreed to build an airstrip in Baisè, but it will take half a month to repair the airport at the earliest, in addition, it will also take time for the assembly and transfer of the various units of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to participate in the war, I have estimated that it will take 40 days at the earliest, can the remnants of the Central Army of Long Yun, Du Yuming, Xue Yue, Yang Sen and Jiang Dingwen and others last so long?" ”

Yue Weihan did not answer, but fell into a long silence.

In fact, the reason why the Central Army was defeated in the Battle of the Great Southwest was entirely because of the lack of food and ammunition, and if Yue Weihan could provide enough food and ammunition, the remaining 600,000 remnants of the Central Army would be able to immediately restore their combat effectiveness, and it would not be difficult to hold back the Japanese army in Central China, which stretched for thousands of miles.

But the question is, will Long Yun, Du Yuming, Xue Yue, Yang Sen, Jiang Dingwen and others cooperate with the expeditionary force?

Yue Weihan's identity as a lieutenant has been made public, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force has in fact become the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party, if he cooperates with the Expeditionary Force, it is equivalent to acquiescing to China's dominant position, Long Yun and Yang Sen are warlords, it is estimated that there is no big problem, but can Du Yuming, Xue Yue and Jiang Dingwen turn the corner?

After a long time, Yue Weihan said to Deng Gong: "Old Deng, I want to go to Chengdu!" ”

"You're going to see Xue Yue and Yang Sen!?" Deng Gong changed slightly, "Wouldn't it be too risky?" ”

"There is definitely a risk, but I think it's worth it!" Yue Weihan said solemnly, "At least, I don't think Xue Yue will kill me!" ”

"Okay." Deng Gong nodded heavily and said, "You go to Chengdu, I will go to Dali, as for Jiang Dingwen of Tianshui, please ask the central government to send another important person to do his ideological work, at this time when the country is in danger, our Chinese national defense forces must not be divided, and all armed forces must be twisted into a rope to jointly fight against the Japanese invaders!" ”

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Wuhan, Japanese command.

Okamura Ninji and Hiroshi Nemoto are leisurely drinking morning tea.

In less than two months, the Japanese army in Central China swept through almost the entire southwest, and millions of square kilometers of land and hundreds of millions of people were quickly brought under the rule of the Japanese army in Central China.

Nemoto Bo took a sip of tea, and suddenly remembered something, and said to Okamura Ningji at the moment: "By the way, Your Excellency, the special high-tech report that the telecommunication contacts between the China Expeditionary Force and the remnants of China in Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places have suddenly become frequent, but I don't know what new plans Yue Weihan has?" ”

"Huh?" Okamura frowned and said, "There is still such a thing?" ”

Genbo bowed his head slightly and said, "Tegaoke is stepping up to decipher the secret code of the Chinese army, and I think there will be results soon." ”

Okamura Ninji closed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment and then suddenly stood up, and immediately shouted with his eyes wide open: "Not good! ”

Genbo followed Huo Ran and stood up, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency General? ”

"Command!" Okamura Ninji said without thinking, "The front-line departments immediately shrink and retreat, and there must be no delay for a moment!" ”

"What, shrink back!?" Nebo said in disbelief, "Your Excellency, the current situation is extremely favorable to the imperial army, and it is a great opportunity to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle, why do you want to shrink and retreat?" What's more, the divisions and independent mixed brigades participating in the battle have been fully deployed, and it is impossible to shrink and retreat in an emergency? ”

"Yaga! Baga Yalu! Okamura Ninji was furious, and couldn't help but slap Nebo twice in a row, and then roared angrily, "Didn't you hear me clearly? Order all the troops on the front line to immediately shrink and retreat! ”

"Hello!" Genbo suddenly lowered his head and straightened his feet, and then turned around and walked away.

Seeing the figure of Nemohiro go away, Okamura Ninji couldn't help but take off his white gloves and wipe the cold sweat oozing from his forehead, and then whispered to himself: "I hope my worries are superfluous, even if China has the support of Yue Weihan and can quickly organize a provisional government, the various forces of the Chinese army may not be able to form a unified and effective command!" ”

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Chengdu, Central Army Headquarters.

General Xue Yue and Yang Sen were sitting around the map, worried.

The Japanese offensive in Central China is getting tighter day by day, and the long supply lines do not seem to have had much impact on the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, while the situation of the Central Army is getting tighter day by day, and there is a shortage of food, food, clothing, and so on.

"Brother Boling, it's not okay to go on like this." Yang Sen said with a sad face, "The army will collapse." ”

"What is the opinion of Brother Zihui (Yang Senzi)?" Xue Yue was naturally not angry when he heard it, isn't this nonsense?

"What can I see?" Yang Sen rolled his eyes even more when he heard this, could it be that he had to sell his twelve wives of Yang to exchange for arms to fight against Japan?

As soon as the words fell, Xue Yue's adjutant strode in and reported, "General seat, Yue Wei Han secret telegram." ”

"Yue Weihan?" Yang Sen was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, "Oh, this Brother Yue, I finally remembered that I, Brother Yang, came here, haha." ”

Xue Yue frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Read! ”

The adjutant immediately unfolded the telegram and read: "Brother Boling and Brother Zihui are all in the past: I have been in a hurry for five years since Xuzhou, and I miss it very much. In the past, the Kou invaded the southwest, the party-state was in danger, the commission was critical, the younger brother should have led the division back to help, but the Nanyang Japanese soldiers pressed the border, could not make the trip, very guilty, now, the overall situation of Nanyang has been decided, so he did his best, the same day to help, the younger brother will also fly directly to Chengdu tomorrow, and the two brothers to discuss the anti-Japanese plan, but also hope not to refuse the younger brother outside the mén. ”

"Haha." Yang Sen became more and more overjoyed and said, "Sure enough, it's Brother Yue!" ”

Xue Yue was silent, although he admired Yue Weihan's military exploits and superb tactical command ability, but he was extremely disgusted with Yue Weihan's political tendencies, especially what Xue Yue couldn't tolerate was that Yue Weihan was born in Huangpu, but he actually saw death and couldn't save him, and watched President Jiang die and break up with Chongqing, which is simply a big rebellion!

Seeing that General Xue Yue was silent, the adjutant said in a new voice: "General seat, there is also a telegram here, but it is official from the expeditionary force, saying that from tomorrow, there will be 50 transport planes to deliver military supplies to Chengdu, and they will send whatever we lack, and they will give as much as we want." ”

"And this kind of good thing?" Xue Yue raised his eyebrows, "Yue Weihan is so generous!" ”

"Great!" Yang Sen smacked him fiercely, "Who is that, call back to Yangon immediately, we urgently need bullets now, especially 12.7mm caliber Makqin heavy machine gun bullets, if possible, it is best to airlift hundreds of bazookas or dozens of mén battle defense guns for us, the iron king of the Xiǎo devil is too fucking difficult to deal with." ”

"There's no need for a telegram anymore." The adjutant raised the telegram in his hand and continued, "The first batch of 20 D-3 transport planes has taken off from Myitkyina Airport in northern Myanmar, and the list of supplies includes 5 million rounds of heavy machine gun ammunition and 500 120mm rocket launchers, as well as 50,000 rounds of rockets