"Who told you to kill the prisoners? I asked who made you kill the prisoners at will? This is an immoral act of war! The Japanese are beasts. Are we also beasts?" an officer looked at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, looked at the two regimental commanders under his command, and looked up and down with a strange look: "Nonsense! Isn't there any organization and discipline?"

"Division commander! Some of these soldiers have been slaughtered by the Japanese devils, if they don't let them vent at this time, I ...... You don't have to bring this soldier with you in the future. One of the regiment commanders took off his hat and scratched the back of his head with emotion.

"You, you, you! At this time, you still contradict the divisional seat...... A staff officer pointed at the regiment commander with hatred and scolded: "You shut up for me, listen to the division!"

The head of the regiment bowed his head, still not convinced, but he didn't dare to say anything more. The division commander looked at his subordinates and laughed: "International law clearly stipulates that the mistreatment of prisoners is not allowed. We are soldiers of the Allies, and we need to pay attention to our image, to our international influence. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the Japanese soldiers on the other side, who were forced by bayonets and forced to sit on the ground. These Japanese soldiers were full of frustration, and their faces were yellow and thin, and they also looked at the officers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force who had just arrived here. They didn't know what their fate would be, so they could only wait quietly.

That's how it is on the battlefield, as long as you hand over the weapon in your own hand, your fate is in someone else's hands. Chinese soldiers once handed over their weapons, but what they received was torture by the Japanese army. Now the Japanese soldiers have handed over their weapons, so they can only wait for the fall of the Chinese army.

The Chinese army was able to achieve this great victory because of a secret piece of information, where this information came from is unknown, but after reading this information, Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Chongqing, immediately convened an operational meeting to discuss the possibility of intercepting the Japanese 15th Army.

In the conference room, Chiang Kai-shek did not know why he insisted on this counterattack, and was convinced that the Chinese army could easily win in the jungles of Burma, defeating the elite Japanese army that the 100,000 British troops in Singapore could not defeat. After scolding Wei Lihuang, who feared defeat, the meeting adopted Chiang Kai-shek's battle plan, because since Chiang Kai-shek came to power, he had never proposed such a detailed and feasible battle plan.

The whole plan included where to pre-position defensive positions, when to cut off the supply lines of the Japanese 15th Army, and when to close the net for a counterattack. Even the commander of the unit that carried out the counterattack plan recommended it -- the commander of the newly formed 38th Division, Sun Liren.

Only a few people in the world know exactly where this counterattack plan came from, and these people know that the reason why this counterattack plan is so detailed is that it was drawn up by the German Army General Staff, the most powerful operational command center in the world. The 14 German Army generals, including Brauchitsch, took the time to complete the work, using the Romanian 1st Army, which had little difference in combat effectiveness, as a specimen, and tailor-made it for the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

In addition, the front-line commander was Sun Liren, the division commander with the most experience in fighting against Japan in the Kuomintang army, and the details were left to the front-line commander to improve, which made the whole plan perfect.

Moreover, this plan was a feast that deeply refreshed Chiang Kai-shek, and it poked the itch of China at this stage from the inside out, and with the reputation of Sickert in the forefront, the cooperation between China and Germany left a deep impression, which fundamentally moved Chiang Kai-shek.

Rather than easily believing Germany, which was theoretically hostile, the Chinese army abandoned the first phase of the plan to cut off the Japanese army's supply lines, and the rainy weather in Burma helped to complete the first step of the battle. Immediately after the arrival of the rout of the Japanese army that was determined in the battle plan, the Chinese Expeditionary Force made up its mind to fight such a large-scale sniper war.

The Chinese army collected strategic materials that were lost by the Japanese army, including ammunition and weapons, along the way, supplementing the interruption caused by the United States cutting off aid to China. Although these weapons expeditionary force is not eye-catching, it is still a good thing to transport them back to China and arm some second-line troops.

The scolding division commander, General Sun Liren, who was the commander-in-chief of the campaign, finally gave his order: "Mistreatment of prisoners is not permitted by international law, it is a principle that we must uphold...... However, this time, let's not take prisoners, let's let these Japanese soldiers go. ”

He waved his hand generously, glanced at the two regiment commanders under his command who opened their mouths to persuade them, signaled them not to speak, and then went on to say: "The release is out of the humane considerations of international law, but in order to prevent these Japanese soldiers from continuing to be enemies of the people of the world, they have broken their left legs and let them go!"

"Ahem, ahem......" Hearing his general say such shameless words in a serious manner, the regiment commander who was about to open his mouth to persuade just now was choked by his own saliva and coughed violently.

"......" The other regiment commander felt that the matter of killing prisoners he just discussed was too idiotic, this kind of thing is really experienced by scholars who graduated from Tsinghua University, you look at our division commander, so quickly thought of a way not to commit that kind of Rausch international law, that is, to be knowledgeable.

In this case, it would be no different from killing these hungry Japanese soldiers to return to their occupied areas, and it is estimated that not one of the ten people will be left...... Now, if they are broken into bones, it is estimated that this group of people can walk a few miles, and it is already the creation of God.

After this Battle of Imphal, the Japanese offensive in the direction of Burma was completely crushed, the 15th Army no longer had the ability to attack westward, and the situation of the British in India improved for a time. However, compared to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the British side was not the biggest beneficiary of this battle.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force annihilated about 15,000 Japanese soldiers and picked up arms that could arm almost 50,000 men. It alleviated the damage caused by the U.S. military to the Chinese battlefield due to the reduction of material supplies.

Because the Japanese army suffered heavy losses in western Burma and lost important strategic positions one after another, the three second division regiments that the Japanese army originally used to reinforce the Pacific region and the Chinese theater eventually canceled their trips and stayed in the Burma area to participate in the operation of consolidating the defensive line. Japan's strategic plan as a whole was completely disrupted, and the entire Pacific theater was developing in favor of the United States.

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Accardo was having dinner with a middle-aged man about 50 years old, he cut a piece of steak, did not look up at the guest, and said as he cut it: "Mr. Dominis, I sent the document to Mr. Chiang Kai-shek of China through special channels according to the plan of Old Man Augustus, but I still don't quite understand why Old Man Augustus is so anxious to give the Americans an advantage in the Pacific Theater. ”

The middle-aged man named Dominis in front of him was one of the several successors identified by Augustus, and he was Augustus's most proud protégé. From his body, Accardo seems to be able to see a lot of Augustus's shadows, which makes him, as the Führer, quite fond of Dominis.

What makes Accardo feel even more helpless is that this Mr. Dominis is also a complete pro-monarch, that is to say, like Old Man Augustus, he is a "capable man" who constantly encourages Accardo to become emperor and compares himself to the future prime minister. The only drawback is that this Dominis pays more attention to internal affairs, and lacks a bit of the essence of the old man in his analysis of the international situation.

Dominis took a sip of red wine before answering the Führer's question, and as a typical Prussian noubility, it was a very important science to maintain his grace at all times. He spoke slowly, and said to Accardo in a calm tone: "My Führer, I only know a little about this matter. ”

He put down his glass and continued: "The report provided to Prime Minister Augustus by the intelligence services confirms that about 700,000 American troops have been armed and are boarding ships ready to go to major theaters of war in the world. Prime Minister Augustus believes that at this time, it is necessary for the United States to project more troops into the Pacific rather than the Middle East, where we are going to act. ”

"Isn't Old Man Augustus a little worried?" Accardo glanced at Dominis, and then said: "Intelligence shows that about 300,000 American troops are about to be sent to Australia, and it seems that it is too early to stab Japan twice at this time." ”

"My teacher, Prime Minister Augustus, felt that assisting the Chinese army in Burma was not to help the Americans end the war as soon as possible, but rather to start planning now. My ability to do this was limited, and the teacher entrusted the implementation to Ribbentrop in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dominis replied gracefully.

After he finished speaking, he added a few words: "Blocking the Japanese army's attempt to move south and forcing them to continue to return to the road of attacking the Soviet Union in the north is a necessary effort for us to end the war on the Eastern Front...... Of course, it is also very much in Germany's interests to support a pro-German China in the Far East. ”

"You're saying that it's possible that the Japanese idiots will turn their attention back to the north because of the defeat at Imphal in the south?" asked Accardo, his eyes lit up.

"Yes, my Führer. That's what my teacher said to me. Dominis nodded and replied, "For specific matters, you have to ask Ribbentrop in person." He is a talent in diplomacy and a future diplomat expert that his teacher has reserved for the empire. ”