Chapter 659: Discussion
"Tanintharyi Province? Huh..."
Liao Mingyu smiled softly and looked at the Malay Peninsula below the Kra Isthmus on the map.
"What's the point of just staying in Myanmar, since it's all here, why don't you let go of your hands and feet and do a big job? There are still thousands of Chinese people in Malaysia waiting for us to save! ”
Meng was annoyed, his heart trembled, the ambition of the good guy Junzuo is not ordinary.
Not to mention that the devil is still occupying the realm, the people on the Meiying side alone are already eyeing each other, but I didn't expect Junzuo to want to grab food.
"If we want to continue south, we will not only face the threat of the Japanese." Meng was annoyed and said he was worried.
Although Burma was basically taken by the expeditionary force, some people in the rear did not think so and would not learn to be grateful.
Not long ago, the British successively transferred 13 brigades from India to Sagaing and Magway provinces, starting from the northwestern areas where these expeditionary forces were weakly controlled.
With the addition of four divisions in northern Kachin State, Burma already has more than 100,000 British troops, not counting the logistics of Ah San.
The majority of the British army was made up of Indians, these people... I can't say how much combat power I have, as long as I don't let them fight the Japanese with real swords and guns, they still look decent in normal times.
Although the war was not good, it could not stand the three of them, and they did control the four northern provinces and most of the northwest of Myanmar through continuous encroachment.
The actual control of the expeditionary force is probably in the central and southern parts of the country, and the area is less than three-fifths of Burma's, and there are many jungles and wilderness that no one cares about.
It stretches from the Yunnan-Burma Highway to Myitkyina in the north, and runs from north to south along the rail and road network. With the Heihe base in Chan State as the center, it connects the central regions of Bamo, Mandalay, Dangkan, Mitiera and other regions through the transportation network.
The southern provinces of Bago and Ayeyarwady have now been added, but both of these areas have only recently been conquered and have limited control due to manpower constraints.
Although the expeditionary force occupied only a part of Burma, most of it was towns, military forts, or strategically located locations, far more valuable than the vast wastelands in the hands of the British.
The Allied forces, due to the strength of the expeditionary force and the reason for their war with the Japanese, could only turn a blind eye and let it develop.
Stilwell didn't care whether he was on territory or not, he just came to command the army and do the Japanese, and he didn't care about politics, and as for who would control the land, he had no interest or ability to influence.
But the British did not think so, they did not look down on the Chinese army in their hearts, and did not think that these "outsiders" could govern the land in their place.
It is conceivable that if the forces are concentrated at the moment and continue to move south, it will inevitably cause an emptiness in the rear, and those ill-intentioned British will definitely take the opportunity to occupy the territory that the expeditionary force has managed to conquer.
Meng's annoyed worries are not unreasonable, in fact, what the expeditionary force has done in Burma has already touched the bottom line of the Allied forces, especially the British who have always regarded Burma and other Southeast Asian regions as their backyard.
These people have always felt that this land is theirs, even if they were once driven away by the Japanese, and now that the Chinese Expeditionary Force has successfully recovered it, they still do not feel that they have lost Burma, and they shamelessly want to snatch the fruits of victory.
In the final analysis, the British just felt that the Chinese Expeditionary Force was here to help with the work, and they were the masters here, and they never gave up the idea and opportunity to regain control of this place.
"Annoying, do you know how many weapons and equipment we have in the Heihe base area?" Liao Mingyu asked suddenly.
"This... I really don't know, the key is that you don't usually talk about it, that realm is like a fortress, and you can't go in and have a look. ”
Meng was annoyed and teased, the mystery and protection of the Heihe Arsenal are the same as the head bunker, you are allowed to enter but not to leave.
Ordinary people either can't get in, or they haven't seen it out, and no one knows what's going on inside except for a steady stream of supplies sent out.
"8,000 guns of 60 mm caliber or more, and more than 400,000 guns. Ammunition can't be counted by tons, it has to be counted by warehouses, 50 tons in a warehouse, there are hundreds of factories in the canyon, count it yourself ...
1,100 armored vehicles, 600 Sherman tanks, more than 7,000 transport vehicles, 170 F4U fighters, 22 B19 bombers, and ...... transport aircraft"
Liao Mingyu's voice was not loud, but the numbers that popped out of his mouth deeply stimulated Meng Fu's gradually accelerating heart.
"And that's not even counting the weapons that the troops already have installed, and if there are enough men, it will be easy for me to arm another 300,000 troops."
Liao Mingyu confidently preached that not long ago, several copper and iron mines and gold mines were discovered in Chan State, and according to the system, there are still oil resources in Ayeyarwady Province.
If you mine both, the points will grow very quickly.
And the system arsenal is running 24 hours a day, they have professional workers in charge of production, raw materials only need to be constantly mined to convert into the required materials, weapons and equipment will be produced in batches every day, and the war potential is quite huge.
In the past, people waited for guns in western Yunnan, and there were plenty of soldiers but not enough weapons, but now the situation is completely reversed, with tons of equipment piled up in warehouses to eat dust, and there are not enough recruits in the training grounds.
Just two months after Fang Jingyao's new army was formed, the Heihe base area trained nearly 80,000 recruits, and as long as Liao Mingyu gave an order, four or five divisions could be reorganized immediately.
"Uncle's... When did we become so generous? ”
Meng was annoyed, his face was full of shock, he knew that Junzuo's logistics were very rich, but he didn't expect that this was completely rich.
It has only been less than a year to produce so many things, and I can't imagine what it will be like in the future, and I can't imagine that I can really arm hundreds of thousands of troops again, and I can be on an equal footing with that bald head of state.
You must know that these are the world's top sophisticated weapons, but they are not comparable to the domestic rifle and broadsword team.
"Commander Fan has just returned to Baoshan, and he is actively contacting the team over there for us, including many of his old subordinates, and it should be able to bring a lot of people if nothing else."
Liao Mingyu once again sent a bombshell news, recently the domestic government has gathered a lot of troops in western Yunnan, basically all of them have been disabled in various battlefields, and there are also some elite who are fully organized, and it seems that they are ready to complete the reorganization with the help of the Americans.