The news of Zhao Zhi's encirclement and annihilation of the Sixth Division in Xibu was transmitted to Chongqing as soon as possible, and the source of the news was the military intelligence officer lurking among the mercenaries. Zhao Zhi has long known that there are military commanders among the mercenaries, not only military commanders, but even the Central Commanders and the CCP also have people lurking in the mercenary forces, but Zhao Zhi did not find out that these people did anything unfavorable to Thunder for the time being, so he turned a blind eye and pretended not to know. "What do you say? Did Thunder really annihilate the 6th Division of the Japanese Army? Chiang Kai-shek, who got the news, almost took out his favorite blue and white tea cup.

"It's true, it's the news that came back from our intelligence officer next to Boyuan, it's true" Dai Li, who was always dressed in a black tunic, lowered his eyes and carefully answered Chiang Kai-shek's question, but pretended not to know about Chiang Kai-shek's gaffe just now. "Bo Yuan first blocked the Japanese 6th Division from Mandalay to Lashio in sections, and then organized a night attack with the 6th Division to conduct a field battle outside the city of Lashio, which lasted four hours to defeat the 6th Division, and then pursued the 6th Division to Xibu with 20,000 troops. When our intelligence officers delivered the news, the encirclement and annihilation battle in Xibu had ended, and the remaining 24,000 people of the Japanese Sixth Division were surrounded and annihilated in Xibu except for a few routed troops who fled into the mountains and forests."

"Okay, well played, Boyuan is good, I want to commend him" Chiang Kai-shek casually threw aside the blue and white tea cup that was still tightly protected just now, and patted the armrest of the Taishi chair vigorously, and the joy between his eyebrows was obvious. Thunder crossed the river in three days to take back Tengchong, Longling, which were occupied by the Japanese army, and only entered Burma less than half a month before defeating the famous Japanese Sixth Division, as such, the Japanese army mobilized from the Philippine battlefield The divisions are probably not Thunder's opponents, after all, the strongest sixth division was defeated in the hands of Thunder.

Chiang Kai-shek's trust and respect for Zhao Zhi made Dai Li secretly smack his tongue, and said in his heart Anyway, the Nationalist Government is up to you to decide, and it is not uncommon for you to give Zhao Zhi a lieutenant general or a general. "Chairman, the urgency of the delay now is not to give Boyuan any reward, but to send our troops as soon as possible to pick up Tengchong and Longling on the south bank of the Nu River, so as to free up the Jewish troops stationed there and enter Burma as soon as possible to help Boyuan" Zhao Zhi's silver bullet offensive still played a role at a critical time, and Dai Li, who had gained a lot of benefits, still thought about Zhao Zhi in his heart.

"Yes, Yunong, you said a lot, Boyuan only has 50,000 troops to cross the river, so it is time to vacate the troops of Tengchong and Longling and return them to him" Hearing the good news, Chiang Kai-shek, who was excited, stopped drinking the tea, and ordered his attendant to immediately summon people from the military and political departments to come to the villa on the south bank to hold a meeting to discuss the candidates for the troops crossing the river. In the past few months, the US Navy and the Japanese Combined Fleet have fought several battles in succession, and although each time the US Navy has been defeated, the advantages of the United States' strong industrial base have gradually become apparent, and almost every month they have launched new ships, on the other hand, the ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet have been fighting fewer and less.

Before Zhao Zhi went to Burma, he and Chiang Kai-shek had analyzed the industrial strength of the United States, and Japan wanted to unite with the British who had fled to Australia, which was to take a fancy to Britain's industrial base in Australia. However, Australia is comparable to the United States, and once the United States breathes a sigh of relief, Japan's combined fleet can only end in failure. Zhao Zhi chose to send troops to Burma at this time, precisely to relieve the pressure on the Philippine American army, and if he wanted to defeat Zhao Zhi, who had already gained a foothold in Burma, Japan had to draw more troops.

It is impossible for the Japanese army to always draw troops from South Asia, and if that were the case, the Philippine American army would likely turn around and regain control of the Philippines, so if the Japanese troops who landed in Burma continued to be defeated by Zhao Zhi, then the only place they could draw troops was China. Chiang Kai-shek saw this precisely because he was busy and immediately convened a meeting to select the candidate to cross the river to take over the defense area, as long as Zhao Zhi had sufficient troops and as long as Zhao Zhi could continue to defeat the Japanese army against him, the life of the Nationalist Government would naturally be much better.

"This Zhao Zhi is a ruthless man, more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers were burned by him, tsk, some meaning" When Chiang Kai-shek's villa on the south bank was arguing over the candidates for crossing the river, the caves in Yan'an were also full of smoke, and the object of a room of high-level CCP topics was also Zhao Zhi. Like Dai Li, Li Kenong, who was in charge of the situation, also received the news sent back by the CCP intelligence officers about the thunderous encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese Sixth Division, but Li Kenong got more detailed information, and he even knew about Zhao Zhihuo's burning of Xibu.

Peng Dehuai, who returned to Yan'an to participate in the military conference, was always straightforward, and his words did not hide his appreciation for Zhao Zhi at all, and the battle of Thunder to take Taiyuan City by surprise was a classic in itself. Originally, Peng Dehuai thought that Lei Ting gave up the southwest of the mountain because Zhao Zhi was wronged and wanted to be a small warlord in troubled times, but what he didn't expect was that less than a week after Zhao Zhi returned to Yunnan, he gathered heavy troops and suddenly crossed the river to Burma, and now he actually annihilated the Sixth Division with the name of Kumamoto in the Japanese army in one fell swoop.

"Yes, we didn't know enough about Thunder before, I'm afraid this is the real strength of others" Li Kenong was a little embarrassed and helped his glasses. He is in charge of intelligence work, and he is also responsible for the collection of intelligence data for Thunder and Zhao Zhi, and now the news that Thunder has annihilated the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army has suddenly broken out, and this alone has completely subverted the previous CCP's assessment of Thunder's combat strength, so it is obvious that Thunder has concealed its own strength before, at least in terms of combat effectiveness.

"I don't think so" He Long bit his big pipe that never left him, and pointed his finger at the table, "Zhao Zhi brought only 50,000 troops into Burma this time, but the Japanese army has reached 160,000 troops drawn back from the Philippine battlefield, which is a ratio of one to three, if this Zhao Zhi has no support in his heart, will he dare to enter Burma?" I think Thunder's defeat of the Sixth Division is probably just the beginning, and Zhao Zhi's killing move may still be waiting for it."

"I think so too, after all, the intelligence sent back by our intelligence officers did not mention Zhao Zhi's use of planes in battle, don't forget the power of the Thunder fighter force" Thunder's large troops evacuated from Shanxi, but Qinglongping Airport is still in the hands of Thunder, it is with the existence of Qinglongping, the existence of Japanese fighters is almost invisible in the entire Shanxi, which is a great thing for the Eighth Route Army and the National Army troops who are better at ground operations, In particular, the Jin Sui army, which was familiar with the terrain of Shanxi, attacked again and again, and won repeatedly.

Peng Dehuai's reaffirmation of Zhao Zhi made the CCP high-level leaders present nod frequently, Zhao Zhi has never played cards according to common sense in wars, as if there is no trace of imagination, but the troops under his command can really fight, especially the fighter troops in Weizhen Shanxi. In Peng Dehuai's view, the Thunder fighter force is the real killer move, as long as Zhao Zhi has not used the fighter force, it means that Zhao Zhi has already made a plan for the war in Burma.

"But Burma is 108,000 miles away from us, whether Zhao Zhi can beat the Burmese Japanese army or not, what does it have to do with us?" Kang Sheng, who was not interested in Zhao Zhi, wanted to change the topic and turn everyone's attention back to the topic of continuing to open up a base area. "Besides, Zhao Zhi is now a popular man in front of the old Chiang, and Tengchong and Longling, which Thunder recaptured from the Japanese army, are to be handed over to the Kuomintang troops to take over the defense" Kang Sheng tied Chiang Kai-shek and Zhao Zhi together in and out of his words, which was nothing more than a reminder to the high-level CCP leaders at the meeting that Zhao Zhi was Chiang Kai-shek's person, and he was not on the same road as the CCP.

"I think what you said is also right or not," Mao Zedong, who was still holding a cigarette in his hand, spoke, "Zhao Zhi and his old Jiang are close, but it doesn't mean that Zhao Zhi is a member of the Kuomintang, at least our intelligence officer didn't say that Zhao Zhi had joined the Kuomintang, and his old Jiang didn't say anything about accepting Zhao Zhi into the Kuomintang or being a godson." Personally, I think that for Zhao Zhi, we can still make friends, but people have supported us a lot of weapons and materials for free, we are not white-eyed wolves, we still have to talk about friendship"

"From the perspective of the overall strategic situation, it is also good for us for Zhao Zhi to defeat the Japanese army in Burma," Mao Zedong dusted off his cigarette ash and said with a smile, "Where did the Japanese army that is now fighting against Zhao Zhi come from, it was specially drawn from the Philippines to deal with Zhao Zhi, if Zhao Zhi can defeat these Japanese troops one by one, where do you say, where will Japan send troops to deal with Zhao Zhi next time?" It can only be from the Chinese battlefield, as long as Japan sends troops from the Chinese battlefield to Burma, do you think our life will be much better? ”

Mao Zedong's words woke up everyone in the cave, yes, as long as the Thunder can maintain victory, Japan can only increase its troops again if it wants to defeat the Thunder. And the place where they can transfer troops can only be the Chinese battlefield, not to mention that the Japanese army has withdrawn 200,000 troops, that is, 100,000 troops, whether it is the Eighth Route Army or the National Army, it will be a lot easier, it seems that Zhao Zhi's attack on Burma also helped the domestic battlefield.

On the day when Thunder got the news that he had defeated the Japanese Sixth Division in Burma, both the villas on the south bank of Chongqing and the caves in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi, were very lively. Before dark, two telegrams were sent to Zhao Zhi's headquarters across thousands of mountains and rivers, and the Nationalist Government was ready to take over the defense of Tengchong and Longling, but the CCP provided two names, which were the names of the so-called supreme leaders of Myanmar, saying that Thunder could seek help from Myanmar when necessary. Zhao Zhi has nothing to say about the defense of the national army, just to be able to draw out more troops to be transferred into Burma, but Zhao Zhi is disdainful of the CCP's proposal, the Burmese guerrillas in his hands are too many to be used up, so what kind of help can be found in Myanmar.