"Brother Fang, I will hand over the three divisions of the new army to you, you will be familiar with them in the training camp in the past two days, seize the time to understand the troop configuration and combat methods, and in half a month, the left army will advance to Yinrawaddy Province, and then it will be your performance time!" Liao Mingyu gently put his hand on Fang Jingyao's shoulder, and preached with eyes like a torch.

Fang Jingyao nodded seriously, although they were all recruit troops, the powerful firepower configuration was only high compared to the main force, and the team of nearly 40,000 people in the three divisions was handed over to him, so there was no need to say much about this trust.

As long as this army wins several battles in a row, so that the self-confidence in their hearts is aroused, it will slowly become a strong army will be just around the corner.

Although the United States has withdrawn a large number of air forces to support the Iwo Jima campaign, Stilwell is still nominally the commander-in-chief of the Southeast Asian theater, and from a personal point of view, he is willing to see Liao Mingyu's troops make more achievements in southern Burma, but at present, there are not many resource cards in his hand, and even if he wants to, he has more than enough strength to give.

However, Liao Mingyu didn't plan to let go of this big tree, even if he didn't help directly, he had to fight for other things that he could fight for.

Although the two major combat aviation units in Southeast Asia have been transferred, the Nankan Air Special Service Group, which is subordinate to the 88th Army, is not among them.

After such a long period of development, the two aviation squadrons led by Andrew and Jamie respectively also have good strength.

Now the two air squadrons have a total of 20 F4U pirate fighters, 28 P-40 fighters, and three B17 air fortresses from Stilwina, which is more than enough to maintain regional air superiority in southern Myanmar in terms of strength alone, which is also a big trump card in the next battle.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the 14th and 20th Air Brigades to transfer eastward, Liao Mingyu simply asked for a large number of ground crews and professional equipment from Stilwell, which is called the airport construction needed to help the development of Nankan.

In addition, Liao Mingyu also proposed to Stilwell that he wanted to enlist the support of a group of US Navy landing craft, and that all the 50th and 200th divisions that were about to reach the coastline of Mon State be carried on board and cross the Madaban Bay to Yangon.

As a result of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the Japanese gathered all the naval forces they could in the vicinity of the Ryukyu Islands, and there were two light cruisers and several frigates stationed in the port of Rangoon, but now there was no other defense force except for a few small gunboats.

This also gave Liao Mingyu an opportunity to rush to the Kayin State area of the 50th and 200th Divisions to move closer to Bago Province by land, and then flank the Japanese army in the Yangon area with the main force of the 3rd Division, but as the strategic situation changed, the battle plan also changed.

As long as the 3rd Division continues to put pressure on the Japanese army on the front and allows it to increase its forces and deploy its forces to defend at the junction of Rangoon and Bago, won't the opportunity for the 50th Division come?

On the other hand, let the newly formed three divisions enter Yinrawaddy Province to curb the possibility of the Japanese army using this area as a strategic buffer, and further compress the living space of the Japanese. Most of the terrain there belongs to the impact plain, which is more suitable for the deployment of mechanized troops.

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Over the next few days, the training of the Forces nouvelles continued, with the three divisions made up mostly of prisoners from concentration camps and a few young refugees, while others were selected from veterans from home.

After a series of screenings and more than five months of adjustment and training, they have long since faded away from their initial weak appearance, and now they are also powerful and elite.

The most important point is that Liao Mingyu has added a new position to the grassroots units of the New Army - instructor.

No one in later generations did not know what this position meant, based on the political instructors in the red ranks, the instructors must also be veterans, and they are only arranged in units at the company level of each unit, with the same rank as the company commander.

Its main work is to be responsible for teaching and supervising the training of soldiers, solving the problems of soldiers' daily life in peacetime, guiding them to have a positive attitude, and avoiding war-weariness and cowardice.

He is also the supreme commander of the company except for the chief and deputy company commanders, who takes the lead in the battle and sets an example for the soldiers, and helps and improves the survival rate of the soldiers with his own combat experience.

The difference is that the instructor does not have to consider the political issues of the soldiers, and he must obey the absolute orders of the military commander in the command of the troops, and must not conflict with the military commander.

To put it simply, the instructor is more like a practical teacher for the soldiers, especially in life, which can reflect its unique and powerful role, so that the soldiers in the company have a more cohesive and sense of direction.

Of course, instructors are not something that ordinary people can do.

First of all, you have to be a veteran who can talk about affinity, stuffy donkeys and bitter gourd faces are not good, secondly, you must have a certain cultural literacy, and finally you have to go through the professional training course formulated by Liao Mingyu before you can officially go down to the company.

Under such harsh conditions, the number of instructors is destined not to be too much, but the quality is absolutely leveraged, and each instructor is definitely an all-rounder in the army, not only can fight, but also can teach soldiers to read and learn, listen to the confusion and bitterness in the hearts of soldiers and then enlighten.

In the evening, in the camp of a company of the New Army...

The shirtless Li man carried a wooden basin towel in his hand, and walked out of the bathroom with a big grin, talking and laughing, chatting about the interesting things that happened on the shooting range as they walked.

At this time, many soldiers came here one after another to take a bath, and after a hard day of training, there was nothing more refreshing than taking a comfortable shower.

As soon as he walked to the door of the barracks, a figure suddenly rushed out of it, colliding with Li Da'er who was walking in front.

"Ouch!"

"... What about blindness!? Hurry to be reincarnated? Hey... Bunny, what's the matter with being so impatient? ”

The big man Li covered his chest that was hit painfully, scolded and scolded the other party, and kept scolding and filial, and looked at it when he saw that it was a comrade-in-arms in the class.

"Lee... Brother Li, I... I'm going to send a letter to the battalion headquarters. The little warrior stood up nervously, stammering and stammering in the face of his companion's questioning.

"Send a letter? Don't you kid have no relatives? Who are you going to send it to? ”

Li Da'er said suspiciously, and said that he helped him pick up the knocked glasses from the ground, and the latter quickly took them and patted the ashes to take a closer look, and only then breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they were not broken.

Qiu Lin, a 17-year-old soldier with glasses, started as a refugee in a concentration camp and his parents died in the war. When the base area was recruited, this kid resolutely ran over to join the army.

Looking at his weak little body, the officer in charge of recruiting didn't plan to accept it, but later I heard that this kid's life experience was really miserable, and he himself was literate and hyphenated and could write, so he simply stayed in the team to eat.

Originally, everyone was not optimistic about him, thinking that he would run away if he couldn't stand it in a few days, but I didn't expect this kid to be angry, no matter how hard and tired the training was, he gritted his teeth and persevered, which made people admire.

"No, nothing, there's just a... There seemed to be something unspeakable, and Qiu Lin didn't say why.

"Stinky boy, why are you embarrassed to talk about it?"

Li Da'er rolled his eyes, put the things in his hand away, and grabbed a military coat and draped it on his body: "I'll go with you, so that your kid won't be able to come back for half a day, and the platoon commander will have to trouble me." ”

After speaking, he didn't care about Qiu Lin's agreement, put his arm around his shoulders and walked out.

"Big, you have to hurry, the instructor starts teaching at seven o'clock, don't be late!" The companions around him kindly reminded.

"Don't worry!"