Chapter 281: The Chinese Expeditionary Force

But the British wanted to continue talking, but Song Ziwen and Yang Feng were gone, these two guys flew to Germany to travel, it is said that Yang Feng worked in a factory in Germany, and he ran over to cut the ribbon of his factory.

"You really want to watch the Japanese take over Burma?" Sitting on the plane, Song Ziwen asked Yang Feng.

"If they don't lose Burma, how can the Japanese fight India? Let the two of them have a good fight with Ah San, and as for Myanmar, we will follow behind and recover it at that time, but when the time comes, we can't grab things, the oil fields in Ringanqiang will belong to you, and the place in northern Myanmar will belong to us. Yang Feng said.

"What do you want to do with those barren mountains and mountains?" Song Ziwen asked strangely.

"I'm useful!" Yang Feng said proudly.

After arriving in Berlin, Yang Feng and his wife, greeted by Farben, first went to the newly built DDT production plant to cut the ribbon, then went around their own industry in Germany, and even went to a Luftwaffe base to visit the Skyhawk dive bomber unit that was engaged in military exchanges.

The two of them walked around in Germany for a full ten days, during which they were cordially received by the mustache and discussed the possibility of peace between China and Japan, and Song Ziwen made it very clear that under the condition that the Japanese army did not withdraw from all Chinese territory, there was no possibility of peace between the two sides, but this did not affect the relationship between China and Germany, and China and Germany were the closest friends at any time.

The mustache also fully expressed his understanding of this, but he still hopes that China and Japan can sit down and discuss the differences between the two sides calmly, of course, he is just going through this formality, everyone knows that the war between China and Japan has been held for decades, and this fight is not endless.

By the time the two unscrupulous fellows returned to London in good spirits, three divisions of the Japanese army had already surrounded Mandalay, and the southern front was marching along the coast towards the Indo-Burmese border.

In this way, the next negotiations will be relatively smooth. First of all, Britain agreed to abolish extraterritoriality, and returned the British concessions of Tianjin, Shanghai, Hankow, Jiujiang, and Guangzhou to China, but it was very unhappy on the Hong Kong issue, and Yang Feng originally wanted to dry them again, but Song Ziwen still agreed to this article, but the territory of northern Burma that originally belonged to China was returned to China. Anyway, now the British are not sure whether they can hold Burma, and if they return that barren mountain to China, they will return it to China!

As for military aid to China, it has also been reduced from $200 million to $50 million, which is already a lot, and Britain is not rich now. In return for these concessions, China must assemble an expeditionary force of no less than 200,000 men to fight in Burma. China and Britain established the Burma-India Theater Joint Operations Command.

However, the differences on the issue of command are more serious. Both sides wanted their own people to be commanders, and in the end it was Yang Feng who solved the problem.

"What do you want, commander! The British generals are not familiar with the Chinese army, and the Chinese generals are not familiar with the British army, so there will definitely be problems in commanding, so each commanding his own should send a group of liaison officers to each other so as not to be injured by mistake when the time comes. Yang Feng waved his hand very casually and said.

In this case, Song Ziwen and Aiden will no longer fight. Anyway, even if there is a commander, the army of the other side will definitely not really listen to the command, and it is indeed better to fight separately, and when the time comes, it will be enough to divide the respective theaters of war on both sides.

In this way, the Sino-British alliance treaty was formally signed, although it was also noted in the treaty. The alliance between the two sides is limited to Asia, and China has no obligation in the battlefield outside Asia, otherwise it will be difficult for them to talk to China if they fight with the mustache again and ask China to send troops to help.

After the treaty was signed, Yang Feng and the two were warmly summoned by King George VI of England, but as soon as he finished summoning, the unfortunate news had already arrived, Mandalay had fallen, and only 5,000 of the 20,000 British troops in the encirclement had escaped, 3,000 were killed, and 12,000 had surrendered.

In view of the tense war situation, Yang Feng and the two did not care about staying in Britain, and hurried back to China by plane, in fact, there is no difference between early and late, the fall of Burma is already a foregone conclusion, and even if China sends troops, it may not be able to join the battlefield within a month, and the Japanese army has already reached India at that time.

"You can't blame us, who let them lose so quickly." Boss Yang said very unkindly.

"That's fine, anyway, they've already lost Myanmar themselves, and when we fight, they can play as much as they want." Song Ziwen also smiled happily.

Because Southeast Asia can no longer go, the Hercules plane had to make a detour to the Soviet Union to return to China, and Boss Yang, who likes to go around, paid a courtesy visit to Moscow, and when these two guys returned to Nanjing, the Japanese soldiers had already hit the Indian border and pointed directly at Chittagong.

In Nanjing, Yang Feng and Song Ziwen were welcomed by almost 10,000 empty alleys, and after a century, the Chinese were finally able to sign a high-eyebrow treaty, extraterritoriality, the shameful names of these representatives of the concession, finally began to throw into the garbage heap of history one by one, although only with the British, but with this beginning everything else is very simple, like France, Italy, Belgium and other estimates that China is forcibly taking back they do not dare to fart.

The two of them enjoyed enough of the treatment of heroes, and then they were taken to the bald guy, first they were praised, and then they quickly talked about business, that is, the composition of the expeditionary force, of course, the main thing is how many people Yang Feng is going to produce.

"Chairman, before discussing this issue, I have to ask you what you are going to do in Burma?" Yang Feng said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" The bald guy asked.

"It's none of our business whether the British live or die, anyway, now that Burma is lost, and the Japanese army controls all the ports, unless we go to Yangon, the Burma war has no strategic significance for us, but even if we hit Rangoon under the control of the Japanese army, it is impossible for us to receive supplies from the outside world from here.

Therefore, the strategic goal of the expeditionary force should be only one, the oil field of Ringanqiang, as long as the oil field of Ringanqiang is laid, and then we can guard the northern part of Burma to see the excitement, of course, we can't just watch the excitement, in fact, when the British can't hold it in India, we can also pull them appropriately, but we must not cut off the Japanese army's transportation line and force them to fight with us.

Let them fight in India twice, it is best to fight for three or five years, and turn the whole of India into a blank field, the British cannot lose India in any way, once they lose India, and the Germans will advance eastward, Japan and Germany will have the possibility of meeting Central Asia, then the oil in the Middle East, the lifeblood of the British economy, will not be theirs, so India is the bottom line of the British in the Far East, even if they do their best, they must keep the most brilliant jewel in the crown.

As long as the Japanese army is trapped in the Indian battlefield, then they don't want to launch any offensive in China, we can gradually recover the country, and then completely drive the Japanese army out of China, and then concentrate all our efforts to go south to seize Southeast Asia. Yang Feng said with a cruel smile.

The bald guy nodded with satisfaction, it seems that this guy is in the same idea as Yang Feng.

"But even so, we must mobilize a force with strong enough combat effectiveness, you must know that if we seize the Ren'anqiang oil field, the Japanese will definitely fight for it, and if there is an accident, even Yunnan will be very dangerous." He said with a smile.

"You can rest assured that the first theater can send out an army, and in addition, I will match an infantry brigade belonging to the security division, as for which army I will go back to discuss with them before making a decision, in addition, the Sichuan army can also send an army, and they are more familiar with the combat environment like Burma." Yang Feng said.

"Yes, Zhongyang will transfer two more armies, and the 60th Army of Lu Han's department and Sun Du's 58th Army will be transferred back, and they will be more relieved to fight at their doorstep, so that it will basically be enough for 200,000 people, but who will be the commander needs to think carefully." The bald guy looked at Yang Feng after speaking, the meaning is obvious, who do you think is appropriate?

This question Yang Feng is also quite difficult, first of all, this person's identity is heavy enough, these 200,000 people include four systems, it is absolutely impossible to have a commander with enough identity, and this person's identity must be acceptable to all parties, it is best to be Yungui, who is familiar with tropical terrain, this person seems to be tailor-made for Zhu Peide.

Originally, in history, Lao Zhu asked the Japanese to assassinate him with a poisonous needle, but now he is alive and well, and he is quite quiet and inactive in Beiping, planting flowers and fishing every day with the tablet of the commander of the First War Zone, and from time to time he also takes a special plane to find his old brothers to get together, and his life is very leisurely.

He is a first-class general, his identity is enough, and he is a veteran of the Zhongyang department, the Zhongyang army will not have resistance, he is a veteran of the Yunnan army, he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty with Cai Yi, and fought side by side with Tang Jiyao, the Yunnan army welcomes him, and he has mostly been in Beiping over the years, although he doesn't care about anything, but the northern armies also recognize him, and there is really no one more suitable for this position than him among the first-level generals.

"How is Commander-in-Chief Zhu?" Yang Feng asked tentatively.

The bald guy nodded faintly.

In this way, the composition of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was determined, and the commander-in-chief Zhu Peide, a first-class general, had two group armies under him, Wei Lihuang, commander of the First Group Army, and the Third Army of Tang Huaiyuan's subordinate to the Zhongyang Army.

Wei Lihuang's 14th Army, after he served as the commander of the group army, the army commander was succeeded by Li Mo'an, and the 47th Army of Li Jiayu of the Sichuan Army.

Shang Zhen, commander of the Second Group Army, was subordinate to his own 32nd Army, and the commander of the army was his deputy commander Li Jingrong, plus the 60th Army of the Dian Army under Lu Han and the 58th Army under Sun Du.

In addition, the mountain brigade under Yang Feng was directly under the command of the expeditionary force. (To be continued......)