Chapter 69: To be attacked
"Good, good, Boyuan is very good." After reading the telegram sent by Burma, Chiang Kai-shek in the villa on the south bank couldn't help but praise Zhao Zhi repeatedly. The battle of Thunder against the 25th Army in Burma has come to an end, and the telegram in Chiang Kai-shek's hand is the battle report sent by Zhao Zhi, although the Fifth Division, which was hated by Chiang Kai-shek, did not leave all of them in the end, but the 11th Wing and the 42nd Wing of the Fifth Division have been surrounded by Thunder and annihilated in the jungle of the Chanbang Plateau, and the 21st Wing also suffered more than half of the casualties, and there was not even a slag left in the other search wings and engineer wings.
Chiang Kai-shek intended to re-recruit Zhao Zhi to return to China with Thunder's mercenary troops to resist the war, but unfortunately Zhao Zhiyan said that Thunder also suffered heavy casualties after this battle, and although the 25th Army and the Japanese army in southern Burma have withdrawn, there are still a large number of Japanese troops scattered in the mountains and forests of Burma. Zhao Zhi's remarks also have some truth, but the main reason is that he doesn't want to participate in the chaotic forces and disputes in the country, and he doesn't want to put his energy into the intrigue with various factions.
Although he wanted to use the power of Zhao Zhi and Thunder, Chiang Kai-shek had always been very optimistic about Zhao Zhi in private, and Chiang Kai-shek did not expect that the self-made Zhao Zhi could fight such a big situation. Song Meiling had already used the relationship between the military commander and their Song family to privately explore Zhao Zhi's information, but unfortunately all she could find was the information after Zhao Zhi got acquainted with Hunter in Shanghai.
"Now you can be regarded as relieved, although Boyuan failed to leave the Fifth Division and Yamashita Fengwen in Burma this time, but it has finally hurt the Japanese army, it would be better if he could come back." Song Meiling was also happy for the Thunder's record this time. The Japanese Sixth Division, the Eighteenth Division and the Fifth Division have always been the great enemies of the National Army, Zhao Zhi destroyed the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army, this time he also destroyed the Eighteenth Division, and the Fifth Division, known as the Steel Army, also gave Thunder a blow.
"Nothing in this world is perfect, Boyuan is a capable person, naturally disdain to be in the company of that class of guys who will only make benefits, if Boyuan is the same as them, he can't be in this situation." Compared with Song Meiling's regrets, Chiang Kai-shek looked at it quite openly. After Zhao Zhi withdrew from Shanxi for the third time, he privately told Chiang Kai-shek that he was tired of intrigue, saying that he was just a warrior and was only suitable for living in battle and killing, and Chiang Kai-shek also thought that Zhao Zhi was not a political material, and instead of letting Zhao Zhi fall into endless intrigues, it was better to let Zhao Zhi do what he liked and was good at.
"Boyuan has done a good job, and when I was his age, I didn't seem to have made such a big achievement." Judging from the current situation, the Japanese army's abandonment of Burma has become inevitable, and Zhao Zhi transferred almost all of Thunder's troops in Shanxi to Burma, and some time ago he also made some kind of immigration plan, and took away more than 1 million refugees from various provinces from the country in a row, which shows that Zhao Zhi regarded Myanmar as Thunder's territory. Chiang Kai-shek didn't want Zhao Zhi to be an old warlord like Yan Xishan, he hoped that Zhao Zhi would go further and become stronger.
Chiang Kai-shek also thought about wanting Zhao Zhi to return to China to participate in the war, but the victory of the American army in the Battle of Midway finally made him change his mind, and if the Nationalist government wanted to obtain military aid from the United States, it must contain the Japanese army in the Chinese theater and create an opportunity for the American ground forces to attack South Asia. Both the Nationalist Army and the Chinese Communist Party can only contain the Japanese troops north of the Yangtze River, but the Japanese troops in southern China, especially the Japanese troops in Guangzhou and Fujian, are not in the containment plan, and they can easily land in South Asian countries with the help of the southern seaports.
All things considered, the Thunder entrenched in Burma was undoubtedly the best choice to contain the Japanese army in the south, Chiang Kai-shek was not a good commander, but he was also an insightful military strategist. Thunder faced the 25th Army, mobilized a large number of Thunder troops Chen soldiers on the Burma-Thailand border, especially Zhao Zhi also ordered to step up the construction of an airport in Jingdong, which had just been recaptured, as far as Chiang Kai-shek's understanding of Zhao Zhi was concerned, he judged that Zhao Zhi already had the idea of attacking Thailand and Vietnam, Vietnam was close to Guangxi, and the sea route could attack the coastal cities in southern China, as long as Thunder controlled the ports of Thailand and Vietnam, the Japanese army in the south would never dare to transfer troops to South Asia, otherwise Thunder would be able to take the sea route to Guangzhou and Fujian.
The center of gravity of the Japanese army in South Asia is Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia, these countries are also the center of gravity of the US military, and the Thunder occupation of Thailand is bound to pose a threat to the Japanese army, and to a certain extent, the Thunder capture of Thailand can be regarded as a US military to contain the Japanese army's strength in South Asia, which is much more advantageous than the Thunder returning to China to participate in the war. Coincidentally, Zhao Zhi, who was far away in Jingdong, did plan so, as the vanguard of a 300-person mercenary force has fallen behind the Fifth Division and entered Thailand, if everything goes well, a large number of Thunder Jewish troops will arrive in Jingdong in three days, and the strength of Thunder in Jingdong will reach 40,000 by then.
The Japanese airfields in Vietnam have already been bombed countless times by the Thunder's fighter troops, and the Vietnamese Japanese army, which has no air superiority, has lost the opportunity to compete with the Thunder, as long as Thailand is taken, the Vietnam bordering China can only wash its neck and wait for the Thunder to hit the door, so the main task of the Thunder now is to attack Thailand. "Rest the troops, inform Lashio and Taunggyi to organize an airdrop of supplies immediately, and before the large army arrives at Jingdong, all the current troops must complete the rest."
In the first battle of Chanbang, although Thunder said that the 18th Division was completely annihilated and the Fifth Division was severely damaged, but Thunder's own troops also suffered heavy casualties, especially in the final melee with the Fifth Division in the mountains and forests, which made more than half of the 600 mercenaries under Zhao Zhi suffer casualties, and even the 5000 airborne troops who were airborne to Rong in advance also suffered more than 3000 casualties, if it were not for the timely arrival of Yan Wudao with his 3000 airborne troops at the critical moment, I am afraid that even Zhao Zhi himself could be trapped in the enemy formation.
The 5th Division was heavily damaged at Rongtong, the 11th Wing and the 42nd Wing were all wiped out on the way of the 5th Division's retreat, the 21st Wing, which was covering the headquarters of the 5th Division, also suffered more than half of the casualties, and the other auxiliary wings of the 5th Division were left behind. If you really want to keep the Fifth Division in Burma, it will only be a situation where you will lose and lose to the death, and it is not easy for Thunder to fight such a situation, and you can't give up in vain for the sake of a unit of the Fifth Division. In the face of the desperate and bloody battle of the remaining forces of the Fifth Division, Yan Wudao, who took over the command from the seriously wounded Zhao Zhi, had to order to make way for the Fifth Division.
The Japanese army withdrew, the 25th Army ran across the Burma-Thai border and disappeared, the Japanese army in southern Burma also withdrew by sea, and the Japanese search force that rushed to Lashio was finally surrounded and annihilated by the thunderous troops, and the Jingdong battle had just ended, and there was no trace of the Japanese army in the entire Burma. "Sir, Madame is here, the plane is about to land, do you want to go back and lie down first?" Zhao Zhi, whose upper body was covered with bandages, was carried back to the bedroom by his guards, Rowling came in a hurry when she learned that Zhao Zhi was seriously injured, if it weren't for Jingdong's airstrip that could land the plane, maybe Rowling would have followed the Jewish infantry on the mountain road.
When Mr. Zhao Zhi was seriously injured in Shanxi for the first time, Mrs. gave Mr. blood to Mr. Not to mention, but also to personally guard Mr. for several days. Whenever Zhao Zhi personally led the troops into battle, his wife always repeatedly instructed the guards to ensure the safety of his husband. This time, Mr. was seriously injured again, and the bullet that hit the left shoulder socket moved down a little more, and Mr.'s life was explained in Ronglu Mountain, and the four shrapnel on Mr. were all capable of killing people.
"I'll see where it hurts? Let me see. Rowling, who was also haggard, entered the barracks and went straight to Zhao Zhi's bedroom, accompanied by several doctors, both Western and Chinese medicine, looking at the vast crowd. Zhao Zhi is not a person who twists, but in front of so many people naked, Zhao Zhi's skin is not thick to this extent, while trying his best to prevent Rowling from examining his wounds, Zhao Zhi secretly gave Yan Wudao a look and asked him to take those doctors out first.
"It's okay, don't you think I'm good?" Zhao Zhi pretended to sit on the bed and pose for Rowling, as soon as his arm was raised, blood oozed from the wound on his shoulder, and the frightened Rowling's face turned white at that time, and the tears couldn't stop flowing. "Don't cry, don't cry, be careful that they look at you and laugh at you." Seeing that Rowling had a tendency to cry, Zhao Zhi hurriedly persuaded him and wiped the tears on Rowling's face with his own hand.
"If you are disobedient, you will only prevaricate me with good things." After being coaxed by Zhao Zhi for a while, Rowling finally stopped crying, but when changing the gauze for Zhao Zhi, Rowling, who saw the wound, couldn't help crying again. Zhao Zhi was secretly glad that he was only seen by Rowling for the wound on his shoulder, if Rowling saw several other wounds on his body, this woman who didn't want money with tears would definitely be able to cry to death.
"Grandpa has news that the U.S. military is ready to land in the Netherlands and France, with a total strength of more than 1.3 million, and about 300,000 troops preparing to land in South Asia. Rowling fed Zhao Zhi water and whispered to Zhao Zhi about the latest trends in the United States.
"Then fight, and when our follow-up troops arrive, we will launch an attack on Thailand." If you want to profit from the war, timing is the most important, the early stage of the foreshadowing has already been completed, as long as the troops are enough, Zhao Zhi can now wave his army east into Thailand.