"Yaga, Iida Shoji is too useless, I reinforced him with the 33rd Division. Not only did they not keep their own defense areas, but they also lost all the main forces of the 15th Army in the hands of the enemy. After the defeat, he didn't come to the front army headquarters to report on his work, and went directly to Siam, which really didn't take me seriously. ”

The headquarters of the Burmese and British Front, General Kimura, heard that Shoji Iida had gone to Siam, and he was furious. Although the 15th Army has always been in his eyes, but before that, the 15th Army had a proud record, and General Kimura could bear it, and now that he has sent away all his main forces, what else does he have to be proud of?

"Your Excellency General, Iida-kun may be ashamed to see people," Lieutenant General Shimoda Saku, chief of staff of the Little Devil Front Army, lifted his gold-rimmed glasses and said slowly.

"Your Excellency, the situation in the Maine Territories has now been eroded, and the 15th Army has almost been wiped out. Now is the time to consider whether we are advancing or retreating.

As far as our front army is concerned, the humble position thinks that it is impossible to do it with the current strength, although the humble position does not want to admit it, but the enemy is too strong, and if we stay here, we are likely to be completely annihilated. ”

After Gao Jianwu annihilated the main force of the 15th Army, the little devil in the south of the Burmese British Territory was left with the 54th Division, the 55th Division, and the 72nd Independent Mixed Brigade of the Burmese British Front Headquarters (Mao Yumian), as well as the 18th Division and the 105th Brigade that are now continuing to struggle in the north.

The 54th and 55th Divisions were not even as good as the 56th Division, let alone the reinforced 33rd Division.

With this amount of troops, it is obviously impossible to compete with Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force group.

The little devil is not a fool, and he has been lining up again and again to give away people's heads. Shoji Iida of the 15th Army has already sent too much, and the remaining little devils know very well that they have no chance.

"Shimoda-kun, do we still have a choice? No, if it's just us here, we can't stay any longer, we can only make a tactical transfer as soon as possible.

It's just that the Southern Army will not rest on its laurels, and Your Excellency Terauchi is already mobilizing troops to reinforce us for a new round of reinforcements, and this time we are going to send the expeditionary force cluster back, just like we did last year.

Therefore, no matter how difficult the situation is, we must persevere like Mao Mianmian and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, which are the front line of our counteroffensive, and we must not lose them. There was a fierce glint in General Kimura's eyes, although he hadn't yet conceded defeat.

And from his position, he can't easily admit defeat.

The Burmese and British possessions had now become very important, not only because of the vast resources that could be exploited by the empire, but also because it was also the frontier of Gongwei throughout Southeast Asia, and it was also the place where he made great achievements.

If this place is completely abandoned, the next expeditionary force will not rest on its laurels, and they will continue to attack Siam and even further east along the mainland coastline.

Now the allies and the little devils are already an undying hatred. It will only stop if one side completely falls, and absolutely no one will be able to resist this trend until then.

"If the Southern Army wants to completely reverse the situation in the Maine Territories, I think it will need at least four integrated divisions to make it possible, otherwise we will have no chance of winning the expeditionary force cluster." Shimoda said Chief of Staff.

"And we need these new reinforcements to rush over together to concentrate the superiority of forces in order to solve the opponent, rather than one division after another to become the opponent's combat exploits."

Obviously, Shimodasaku Chief of Staff has a deep hatred for the tactics of adding oil. In his eyes, only by concentrating absolute superiority in forces can the expeditionary force cluster be completely defeated.

There are more than 150,000 people in the four integrated divisions. In addition, the current troops in Mao Mianmian have an overall strength of more than 200,000, and such a huge military force can not only form an absolute advantage of 5 to 1 for the expeditionary force cluster.

Even if you count the Nationalist Expeditionary Force and other Allied forces in Maine on the entire battlefield, the little devil will not be inferior to the opponent in terms of the strength of the British Territory in Burma this time.

It's just that in this way, almost half of the troops of the Southern Army will be invested here, and what about the rest of the place?

"Shimoda-kun, the Southern Army doesn't have so many troops to invest." Admiral Kimura shook his head and said.

"According to my estimates, it is already the limit that they can draw out at most two integrated divisions and a heavy artillery brigade and an independent mixed brigade. Taking into account the enemy's air superiority, this time the Southern Army may significantly strengthen our Burmese and British front forces in terms of air force. ”

"According to the information I have received, the Southern Army has considered sending a flying team to us."

"But how did the enemy's tank regiment respond? Without a tank wing to fight against, our infantry will be very passive against tanks. According to Hachihara Hirotsu, who had observed the enemy's tanks at close range, the enemy, although he had some inexperience in tank confrontation, was much more skilled than us in the use of infantry and tanks in coordinated attacks. ”

"Although I don't want to admit it, the commander of the enemy is indeed a very good commander. He had an extraordinary talent for the synergy of infantry and tanks, infantry and artillery. According to the report of Hirotsu Hachihara, our troops were always faced with overwhelming enemy artillery fire.

On the battlefield, even if a squadron is gathered, it is possible to immediately face the enemy's artillery fire, and in this case, our troops are always scattered and sub-squad, fighting with them concentrated and superior. ”

Most of the left officers of the 15th Army were killed or captured, but Yahara Hirotong still escaped Mao Yumian, and I have to say that this little devil's ability to escape is really first-class.

Admiral Kimura frowned, obviously in terms of the study of his opponents, he was too different from Shimodasaku. If the enemy's tanks can be synchronized and really coordinated, it will be a headache, and General Kimura has also studied tanks and knows that in the face of infantry on the battlefield, tanks are simply an irreversible weapon of destruction.

That is to say, the consumption of resources by tanks is too great, not only to consume a lot of steel, but also to consume a lot of oil, for the little devils, oil is a valuable resource, almost can be saved, all handed over to the combined fleet to use.

The navy's herd of red deer wasted too many resources. Admiral Kimura sneered for a moment, and turned his thoughts back to reality.

"Shimoda-kun, do you want the 18th Division and the 105th Brigade in the north to retreat to the south?" Admiral Kimura raised another headache.

Although the 18th Division and the 105th Brigade in the north can still hold on, the entire Burmese and British territories have now given the Allies the upper hand, and now the Expeditionary Force cluster has completely eliminated the 56th Division.

As long as they left a part of it, watched their own troops in Mao Mian, and let the rest of the troops go north to support the Allied forces, for the 18th Division and the 105th Brigade, it would be a catastrophe.

Hearing such a question from General Kimura, Shimoda was also very troubled by Chief of Staff.

The northern part of Burma and Britain was also an important place for them to fight, and only by occupying it could they cut off the main communication routes for the Allied forces to the interior.

If they withdraw now, the Yinrawaddy River has now been opened by the enemy, and it will be transported into northern Burma and Britain through the waterway of this great river. The resources of the allies will continue to be imported into the interior, so the pressure on the little devils in the interior will naturally increase.

After all, now that Jinsui has lost most of it, the increasingly powerful Eighth Route there has posed a huge threat to North China.

Not to mention that once the 18th Division withdraws from northern Myanmar, Mao Mian's little devils will be under unprecedented pressure!

"Since we are going to counterattack, it is recommended that the 18th Division be held in its own position. The terrain there is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if we lose it and want to regain it, we will export far more than just one 18th Division. Shimoda said through gritted teeth.

Now, even if the 18th Division is sacrificed, it will be necessary to hold back the pace of the Allied forces, after all, the current situation in Mao Mianmian is bad enough. Even Shimoda Sakura didn't know how long they would be able to hold out if the expeditionary force attacked with all their might!

The 56th Division can be regarded as a powerful division that can attack and defend well, but under the knocking of the expeditionary force cluster, it is not the same as being smashed.

General Kimura nodded in agreement, and Shimoda's opinion was actually considered in his heart. The most powerful thing on the Allied side now is the in-person expeditionary force cluster, which is said to be an expeditionary force from the Eighth Route of the Second War Zone, which is simply a bit outrageously strong.

In contrast, whether it is the Allied forces in the north of Burma and Britain, or the expeditionary force from the national army, there is nothing to be done about the 18th Division, which occupies a favorable position, and it is obvious that the combat effectiveness is still not so strong, at least it has not distanced itself from the 18th Division.

If this expeditionary force cluster in the south does not mix. General Kimura felt that the 18th Division would not have much problem supporting them for another two months.

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At the same time in the Allied Southeast Asia Command.

General Lemon Barton and General Joe began to disagree.

"Joe, the main force of the Second Theater Expeditionary Force should go north, and the Allied Army will completely bury the damned 18th Division in the northern part of Burma and Britain!" Lemon Barton is like a heart model for the long-standing northern land of Burma and Britain.

After all, this is a battlefield where he has demonstrated his achievements, where he has commanded the expeditionary forces of the Allied and Nationalist armies, and has been fighting for months without making much progress.

Instead, Joe. The Southern Expeditionary Force under the command of General Steven had already made a brilliant record, and he looked like a clown in comparison.

"John, I don't think there's any need for this, after all, the little devils in the south have not been completely driven out of the Burmese and British territories. In Mao Yumian, there are also two little devils' divisions and a brigade eyeing each other. I don't think it's a good idea to move the expeditionary force cluster from the south to the north, so that the labor expedition is an expedition. "Joe. Steven was adamantly opposed to Lemon Barton's plan.

"Besides, we already have a firm advantage in the north, and it is only a matter of time before we defeat the 18th Division, and there is no need for us to make a big move. We should now consolidate our dominant position in the South and not allow the little devils to find any opportunities.

You must know that the southern army of the little devils still has a strong strength, and if nothing else, they will still not give up the Burmese and British territories, and will send new reinforcements.

In this case, if the main forces of the Second Theater Expeditionary Force are transferred to the north, it is very likely that the southern territories that we have just won will be lost again. ”

If it weren't for the fact that the British possessions in Burma were the home of the British, in fact, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Southeast Asia Command would not have been able to take Lemon Barton's turn at all.

Judging from his past records, there is simply no one who can do it, except for failure, or failure.

So Joe. General Steven will not budge at all.

Judging from the actual situation, he is also right, the little devil has started a new plan at the moment.

At this time, the command of the Southern Army of the little devil had already reacted, and if it did not invest heavy troops to counterattack, the Burmese and British territories would be irretrievable.

Therefore, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, General Terauchi, began to order the staff department to put forward a campaign counterattack plan, and the little devil division in Siam had already set out to reinforce Mao Mian's little devil for defense.

Now Mao Mian has become a must-defend place for the Southern Army.

In the face of these behind-the-scenes calculations of the high-level leaders of both sides, Gao Jianwu simply ignored it now, he had just gained such a large territory after defeating the 15th Army, and he needed time to digest it, so he was not in a hurry to attack Mao Mian at all.

Mao Mian's own terrain is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, the north is high mountains and dense forests, and he can only attack along the coastline, which is quite beneficial to the defending side, even if he attacks now, he will have to pay a huge price.

But on the other hand, if he takes a defensive position and blocks the narrow strip of seaside adjacent to Mao Mian, it will not be easy for the little devil to come to a few divisions.

At present, Gao Jianwu has taken the four provinces of Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway and Po Valley, as well as most of Chan State, which is almost half of the Burmese British territory.

The copper mine in the area designated by Gao Jianwu has been explored, the scope of the mine has been preliminarily determined, the road construction and the construction of a large smelter have begun to prepare for mining, and large-scale exploration of the mountainous area north of Mandalay has also begun, and if nothing else, it will not be long before new mines are discovered.

According to Gao Jianwu's faint memory, there should be two rich nickel mines over there.

You must know that this is one of the most urgently needed resources for Gao Jianwu, even if these two mines are found, Gao Jianwu may not be able to dominate them, and the British and beautiful countries also need such strategic resources, but as the discoverer and owner, he should occupy a relatively large share in it.

Considering the shortage of electricity here, Gao Jianwu even began to export 500kw of hydroelectric generators to sell to mining companies, using the abundant hydropower resources here to start the construction of large-scale cascade hydropower stations.

In order to transport these hydroelectric generators, Gao Jianwu took the channel of Smith's side to transport 8 sets of hydroelectric generators by air, each set of 150,000 oceans, such a big deal for the Ping An Power Machinery Factory in the Ping An base area to earn back several years of profits, becoming the first foreign trade transaction made after the Jindi was seized.

Of course, the electricity generated by these small hydropower plants is not just for copper smelting, but also for the supply of electricity in Mandalay, Shanmana, Dagon, Ringanqiang and other places, and a newly established Quanwei power company undertook the deal, in which the capital from Nanyang accounted for 60 percent, Gao Jianwu's Nanyang investment was only 35 percent, and the other 5 percent was reserved for the local yamen of Dechen Dengpei, who did not need to pay a penny to share this part of the benefits.

For now, this deal is a win-win result. The inflow of millions of oceanic Nanyang capital into these places has created a large number of local employment opportunities. Before the war was over, there was already a small wave of prosperity.

This gave Dechen Dengpei's organization a higher prestige in the local area, and created better conditions for them to take over the territory laid down by Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force cluster, although the Burmese and British authorities vomited some blood, but now, they have lost their dominance in the territory laid down by Gao Jianwu, and can only watch Dechen Dengpei's organization continue to grow.

In the midst of the continuous collapse of the solid colonial system established by the British in the British territories in Burma, Gao Jianwu did not allow their Anglo-Indian troops to enter Ringanqiang to protect the oil fields, and let the All-China Independent People's Army of Dechen Dengpei be in charge of local security.

In the vast Chan Plateau, Chan and Wa began to learn from Dechen Dengpei and established their own small organizations to also take over local security and people's livelihood, greatly dismantling the Tusi management system and beginning to approach modern society.

In order to develop the local economy and improve the backward appearance of slash-and-burn farming in some parts of the local area, these new forces in Chan and Wa took the initiative to ask the Nanyang merchant group to carry out mineral exploration and development in the Chan region.

In order to solve the problem of stable supply of rubber, Gao Jianwu began to promote rubber plantations in the southern part of the British Territory of Burma.

A large-scale rubber plantation with a planned 100,000-acre plan and 50,000 acres planted in the near future has now entered the enclosure implementation stage, driven by Nanyang investment.

Although Gao Jianwu did not personally come forward to operate these things, in secret, Gao Jianwu handled this as his most important thing at present through the Nanyang Working Group.

On the contrary, like the reorganization and training of the expeditionary force cluster, Gao Jianwu was very relieved to hand over to Ding Wei, Chu Yunfei, Xu Shida and Zhang Dabiao to handle it, and after so many victories, the high-level leaders of these expeditionary force clusters have a relatively deep understanding of Gao Jianwu's view that firepower is king.

Now it is not only training infantry and artillery coordination, infantry and tan coordination, but even air-ground coordination has also been brought in, and now that Ren'anqiang has been taken, there is no shortage of fuel supply, seven tank battalions have opened up training, and the air force also has take-off combat training tasks every day, although there is a lot of loss of equipment.

However, Gao Jianwu himself needs to train a strong tank and fighter logistics support team, and this time he just took advantage of the logistics support system provided by the allied forces to train his own people to ensure that the tanks and fighters lying in the nest every day can be quickly repaired and put into actual combat.

With the logistical support paid for by the allies, after more than a month of training for the entire expeditionary force cluster, the cooperative combat capability began to mature day by day, and they began to rapidly transform from mountain guerrilla fighters into a new army with a modern system of combat capability.

In this process of transformation, Ding Wei and Chu Yunfei's feelings became even stronger. In their view, after the new generation of infantry artillery coordination, infantry tank coordination, and air-ground coordination, the combat effectiveness of the troops has simply improved by leaps and bounds.

Whether it is artillery or tanks and the fighters of the Air Force, they are now beginning to become the protagonists of the battlefield.

According to Ding Wei and Chu Yunfei's wargames, if you take the Little Devil Class A Division as the background now, now with the cooperation of one attack group plus 2 heavy artillery regiments and 2 tank battalions plus 10 fighters, they can easily crush one division of Little Devil!

Whether it is Ding Wei or Chu Yunfei to serve as the commander of the Little Devil Class A Division, it will not change this result, especially the air attack after having air superiority, the lethality is too great, and it is simply not too strong to use the air force to destroy the heavy equipment of the Little Devil Division.

A heavy artillery wing under the blow of 10 fighters may not even have a chance to support a round of strikes. A position of twelve heavy guns, under the bombardment of 500-pound heavy aerial bombs by Mustang fighters, could really not withstand twenty and could be completely scrapped.

And after the loss of artillery support, two heavy artillery regiments, whether 48 150-mm howitzers or 72 105-mm howitzers, were far from comparable to 10,000 light infantry in terms of damage to infantry and general fortifications.

If you add the meat shield advance of the tank, the infantry and the tank are coordinated, it is not too easy for a main battalion and a tank battalion to fight a little devil wing without heavy artillery support!

After many war games, Ding Wei and Chu Yunfei had to admit that a new era had come. In particular, whoever has the air force is the ultimate battlefield master.

This discovery made Chu Yunfei a little lonely at first, in his concept, the inherent idea that the army is the king has been completely broken.

But then Chu Yunfei also felt very lucky, and had the opportunity to follow Gao Jianwu to the side of the Burmese and British territories, so that he could keep up with the development of the times.

According to the current configuration of the expeditionary force cluster, a main battalion and a tank battalion would be enough to beat the 358th regiment, which he was proud of, to the ground. If another battalion of 75-mm howitzers is added, then it is not surprising that the battle damage ratio is 3:1 or even higher.

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If you add 5 Mustang fighters, not to mention, his 358 regiment will not only be reduced to the background board of the opponent's achievements, but I am afraid that it is very likely to cause triple-digit casualties to the opponent.

The modern air force, artillery, and tanks are too lethal for an infantry-based army.

According to Gao Jianwu's words, this is an absolutely advantageous blow with a generation gap.

If it weren't for the on-the-spot experience, Chu Yunfei would not have believed that foreign armies had developed to such a point.

Thinking that the little devil division, which is already very outdated in Chu Yunfei's eyes, can still kill all sides in the country, making the national army frightened. Chu Yunfei was also bitter in his heart.

Now that he has followed Gao Jianwu, he feels that he can't go back.

What Gao Jianwu is doing now in the British Territory of Burma, although Chu Yunfei doesn't understand it too much, he knows that these things will greatly enhance our own strength.

Although the allies provided them with a lot of weapons and ammunition support, Chu Yunfei knew very well that it was just a flash in the pan, once there were some changes in the middle, all of this would not exist, and at that time, maybe the two sides would still be enemies.

Therefore, what is still in his own hands is the real thing, and everything Gao Jianwu is doing now revolves around these.

So even if Chu Yunfei was very anxious to get the little devil away from here, especially if he wanted to go north to open a way for the brothers of the National Army Expeditionary Force over there.

But considering Gao Jianwu's own arrangement, Chu Yunfei still didn't say anything, so he threw himself into his own troop training with all his body and soul to improve his combat effectiveness.

Because the little devil is not idle, in Mao Mian, the Yuan army of the Burmese and British front has been continuously driven over, and a big war is about to break out again.

And this time it will not be a division in the face of little devils, who can simply crush the past and suffer a big loss, this time the main force will inevitably be deployed at one time. Each attack cluster is about to face a real Devil Division.

What follows is no longer a war game that can be reversed, but a real and brutal battle.