The Nationalist Government has won a great victory in Changsha, and Chen Feng is of course very happy. According to reliable intelligence, in just half a month, the Japanese army transferred 4 recruit divisions from the country to supplement the battle sequence of the Kwantung Army, and additionally supplemented 18 infantry brigades to the North China Front, in addition to the puppet Manchukuo for the third time in the "nationwide" large-scale conscription, it is expected that by the end of 41 years, the total strength of the Kwantung Army in the puppet Manchukuo region is likely to reach 1 million, or even more.

It can be said that the victory of the Nationalist government in Central China greatly slowed down the pace of the Japanese army's increase in troops into northern China, which was very beneficial to Chen Feng's next plan.

However, the news of the Japanese army's occupation of Singapore made Chen Feng's very beautiful mood suddenly unbeautiful. To tell the truth, Chen Feng has never paid attention to the British army, and it has been proved that the so-called elite of the British Empire is just a group of rabble, which can barely deal with the indigenous population of the colony, let alone deal with the Japanese army that is armed to the teeth and has an extremely tenacious will to fight, and the two are not comparable at all.

Therefore, the defeat of the British had long been expected by Chen Feng, but Chen Feng never thought that the British would be so cowardly, with nearly 200,000 troops to defend Singapore, but they were completely annihilated by the Japanese army in just ten days, which was simply a complete bag, compared to the 700,000 people of the Nationalist Government who defended Shanghai for 3 months, it was really a miracle.

Chen Feng didn't care about the life or death of the British, but after the loss of Singapore, there were only two ways in front of the Japanese, one was to attack Burma. Then use Burma as a springboard to attack southwest China, or take India. The second is to attack Australia and directly take the Australian mainland.

If it is to attack Burma, then it is okay to say, if the Japanese army chooses to attack Australia, then the problem is serious, because Chen Feng's Nanyang Territory is sandwiched between Singapore and Australia, with the Japanese and his deep hatred, once they decide to attack Australia, they will definitely not let the Nanyang Territory exist alone, and it is likely that they will take the Nanyang Territory before attacking Australia. This had a great impact on Chen Feng's strategic plan to recover the Northeast.

September 16th. Chen Feng personally called the Nanyang Military Region and ordered them to immediately sound the first-level combat alarm, and all military and political officials canceled their vacations and returned to their posts. All units were put into combat mode. Weapons and ammunition are also to be distributed immediately to the troops. The navy and air force were all mobilized to prevent a sneak attack by the Japanese navy, and radar units monitored the waters and airspace around the Nanyang Territory around the clock.

Once you've done that. Chen Feng believed that it was necessary to launch a fatal blow to the Kwantung Army in advance, and this time Chen Feng had already decided to capture the northeast region at all costs, wipe out the largest strategic group of the Japanese army in the world in the northeast, and quickly complete his sacred and glorious mission.

On 18 September, a meeting of the Supreme Commanders of the Eighth Theater Military Region and of all arms was held at the Guisui Theater Headquarters, and all the commanders and deputy commanders of all military regions and all arms were ordered to attend.

At the beginning of the meeting, Chen Feng gave a briefing on the development of the situation in the world in the past two months, and then gave a briefing on the brilliant achievements of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Japanese have won a decisive victory in the Southeast Asian battlefield, there are two directions for their next attack, one is to attack Burma, and the other is to attack our Nanyang Territory, so we must attack the Japanese Kwantung Army before they move!" Chen Feng said loudly.

"Commander, do you mean that we quickly sent troops to the northeast to contain the Japanese army in the northeast, but they can't send troops to reinforce Southeast Asia?" Shi Jian Feidao.

"Yes and no! Attacking the Kwantung Army to recover the Great Northeast is our established operational plan, and no matter how the Japanese army moves, we will carry out this plan, but now that the powerful offensive of the Japanese army has knocked down the British and American troops in Southeast Asia, whether it is for ourselves or for the British and American troops, we must make a little gesture and divert the Japanese target. Chen Feng said.

"Commander, if the Japanese army attacks the Nanyang Territory, it is indeed necessary for us to launch an attack on the Kwantung Army at this time. But if the Japanese army chooses to attack Burma, then there is no need for us to launch an attack in such a hurry, after all, our recruits have not yet completed the training, and rashly handing over all the rear of Jiangda to these recruits is a great risk for the theater, and once the Japanese special combat team infiltrates in, the threat to the theater is not small! ”

Then Li Wensheng said: "In addition, our ammunition storage has not yet reached the predetermined amount, and it can only last less than three months of operations, and even if the amount produced during the war is counted, it will last for a maximum of four months. In other words, if we can't destroy or defeat the Kwantung Army in four months, then we are in danger. According to the assessment made by the General Staff, if we can postpone the time of the offensive by one month, our ammunition reserves will be able to reach half a year, and we can adjust our operational plans at any time at that time, and the risk will be much smaller! ”

Chen Feng looked at all the officers in the conference room, and saw that all the officers had similar meanings, and they all thought that it was safer to postpone the attack.

From their point of view, the problem is indeed like this, yes, the troops are now replaced with new equipment, and although the new equipment is powerful, it has a fatal drawback, that is, the consumption of ammunition is too large. Compared with the previous Mauser rifle, the ammunition consumption of the AK assault rifle is about 5 times that of the former, and with the current logistics and transportation capacity of the troops, it can carry up to 4 days of ammunition at a time.

Transportation is not a problem, there are helicopters and large transport aircraft, ammunition transportation is no problem, but ammunition production cannot keep up with consumption. According to the statistics of the logistics department, all the arsenals in the theater can produce bullets 24 hours a day for one day, so as to meet the consumption of all troops for one day, and it is impossible to achieve 24-hour non-stop production at all, and it is already very good to be able to achieve 14 hours.

If this gun is out of ammunition, it is really not as good as a burning stick, and it is conceivable that if the Japanese army cannot be completely defeated after several months of fighting, then it will be the turn of the Japanese to counterattack, which will put the entire Eighth Theater in danger.

However, Chen Feng knew that even if the Japanese army turned to attack Burma, China would not be able to stay out of it, and China would inevitably participate in the war, and this battle was still a tragedy for China, and he had a reason to fight.

"You have a point, but there are some things we have to do. Even if the Japanese army does not attack the South Seas, even if they aim their guns at Burma, will we be able to stay out of the situation? ”

Chen Feng then continued: "Not long ago, China and Britain signed the Sino-British Agreement on the Mutual Defense of the Yunnan-Burma Road in Chongqing, and the Sino-British military alliance was formed. You have all seen what kind of virtue the British army is, a rabble, it is simply vulnerable, and the British army in Burma is even more so, plus they are shameless invaders in the eyes of the locals, colonists, and they are not welcome at all, once the Japanese attack, I dare to guarantee that these British will flee faster than rabbits. The British ran away, but we couldn't run, because Burma is close to Yunnan, and once the Japanese army enters the southwest hinterland, do you think China still has the capital to fight? ”

Chen Feng's words surprised all the officers in the conference room, they are all generals who command tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of troops, although there are few people who have received formal military education, but the strategic vision of these people is not low, how can they not know the truth of such a frontline, they just didn't think about it before.

After Chen Feng's reminder, everyone was taken aback, and if you think about it, this is indeed the case, if the Japanese army really attacked the Nationalist Government from the southwest and central China at the same time, the pressure on China would not be ordinarily great. A small 11th Army forced the Nationalist Government to almost show its background, and at this time, the morale of the Japanese Southern Army was booming, and the Nationalist Government was in danger of defeating the American and British armies.

"Commander, even if our army launches an offensive in the northeast, it will be difficult to achieve a decisive victory in a short time, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to have too much impact on the Japanese army in the southwest at that time!" Shi Jianfei said with a frown.

Chen Feng said: "Once the Japanese army shows signs of attacking Burma, the British will ask the old man for help, and then the old man will have to send troops into Burma to fight whether he wants to or not." However, I am not optimistic about the prospect of entering Burma to fight, so we must launch an attack on the Kwantung Army before the Japanese army launches an offensive, and at the same time we must win, at least let the Kwantung Army feel the pain from the heart, we just want to force the Japanese army to transfer troops from Southeast Asia back to support the Kwantung Army, that is, to disrupt the Japanese army's operational plan. ”

"Then what if the Japanese army doesn't come back from the Southeast Asian battlefield? Do you want them to invade the southwest? Li Yifeng asked loudly.

"It's okay if you don't come back to help, then we will directly eat the Kwantung Army, and then take the Korean Peninsula as well, and then concentrate more than two million troops of our army to sweep the entire Chinese battlefield, if there is no cooperation of the Japanese army in Central China and South China, even if the Japanese Southern Army captures the entire Yunnan, what can it do." Chen Feng sneered.

In addition, Chen Feng still has some things to say, as a later generation of officers who have worn his soul, although he is very sympathetic to the experience of the expeditionary force, especially the encounter of Dai Anlan and his 200th Division forcing away Savage Mountain, but Chen Feng also knows that the Chinese expeditionary force did not collapse because of the failure of a campaign, after the failure of the first invasion of Burma, there was soon a second invasion of Burma, and finally drove all the Japanese troops out of Burma, and in the three-year war, the Japanese army has never been able to penetrate into the hinterland of southwest China. (To be continued......)