More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and the 6th, 66th, and 71st armies were beaten by devils and could not raise their heads, and the troops suffered extremely heavy casualties, but in the end they still lost Xibu. At present, the combined strength of the three armies is less than 40,000, and the combat attrition is nearly 100,000, so they can only huddle in the Lashio area and defend to the death. However, so far, the 5th Army of the Burmese Army stationed in Myitkyina under Jiang Qiang is still watching the fire from across the shore, and has no intention of coming to the rescue at all!

The above factors made Gan Lichu unswervingly believe that Jiang Qiang was communiquing personal vendetta, this was killing people with a knife, and wanted to use the hands of the Japanese to get rid of the descendants of the national army! Prior to this, Gan Lichu had sent telegrams to the chairman of the committee more than twice or three times to complain about his grievances, complaining with tears of Jiang Qiang's sinister intentions and despicable methods.

But obviously, it doesn't work for eggs! Because although the 4th Army and the 5th Army under Jiang Qiang have been training in the rear and have not participated in the war, you must know that these two armies have only been newly organized for two or three months, and they are basically all recruits? Moreover, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armies under Jiang Qiang played a key role in fighting with the devils for several months in the Salween River defense line, the Xidang River defense line, Tonggucheng, Daxi City and other military important places.

Now on the three fronts, the Burmese Expeditionary Force has stubbornly withstood more than 200,000 main elite troops of the devil, and more than half of the troops of the entire Burma Expeditionary Force are independently shared by the Jiang Qiang Expeditionary Force. So even if Gan Lichu said it to the sky, the chairman couldn't help him speak, and he couldn't even say a word of comfort! Looking at Gan Lichu, who was full of resentment, Li Zongren turned his head and asked with a smile: "Commander Gan, in this way, you already know the content of today's meeting?" ”

"Needless to say, now that the defeat has been decided, even the Yunnan-Burma Highway has completely lost its role, and Myanmar has no point in continuing to hold on. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang must have arranged a retreat plan, but I don't know if he is going to retreat directly to the country, or retreat to India as he said before! After a pause, Gan Lichu said in a mocking tone: "I guess Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang is probably going to India for refuge, and his relationship with the Americans and the British is not ordinarily good!" Where is like us, when the time comes, we can only retreat to our own motherland! ”“……”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhengbi, Li Jinglin and the others looked at Gan Lichu in unison, their eyes were full of hostility, if it wasn't for the wrong time, they would definitely not just glare. "Brother Riru, be cautious!" Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly became extremely stiff, Du Yuming immediately glanced at Gan Lichu and asked him to figure out the situation, not to mention that this is Yang Fan's home field, and now the whole of Myanmar is Yang Fan's territory! "Humph!" Gan Lichu snorted coldly in extreme discomfort, but thinking that Jiang Qiang was a difficult master, and the entire venue was basically Jiang Qiang's faction, so in the end, he could only hold back his anger and stop talking.

"Commander-in-Chief Stilwell has arrived!" Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang has arrived! Everyone waited patiently for more than half an hour, and the guards outside the conference room suddenly shouted. In an uproar, more than a dozen senior generals present all stood up in unison and cast their eyes on the door of the conference room. Knock knock, in a solemn and quiet atmosphere, a steady footstep sounded in the corridor. After a while, Jiang Qiang and Stilwell, dressed in military uniforms, walked into the conference room hand in hand.

Stilwell and Jiang Qiang walked to the main seat directly north of the rectangular table and stood still. His eyes swept over the faces of the participating generals, and Jiang Qiang waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please take a seat!" ”

"Yes!" The senior generals at the meeting responded in unison, and then sat down in unison, everyone stared at Yang Fan with solemn expressions, and wanted to know immediately what he called everyone for the meeting. "General Stilwell, please take a seat!" After Stilwell took his seat, Jiang Qiang sat down. After taking his seat, Jiang Qiang didn't let everyone wait for a long time, so he said straight to the point: "Convening everyone to the commander's headquarters for a meeting today is an extremely important strategic decision to announce to you. ”“……”

Hearing this, everyone opened their eyes wide and stared at Jiang Qiang, and the conference room was instantly terrifyingly quiet! At this time, Jiang Qiang said in a loud voice: "I officially announce that the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Burma Theater will officially launch a comprehensive strategic counteroffensive against the Japanese Burma Dispatch Army at four o'clock in the morning tomorrow, that is, at four o'clock in the morning on June 25, 1941!" "Ah, that's true!" "Great!" "It's finally time for this day!" "Huaxia will win!" "I'm going to die for all the little devils!"

As soon as Jiang Qiang's voice fell, Li Zongren, Sun Zhen, Zhao Zhengbi, Li Jinglin and others were all overjoyed, clenched their fists one after another, and shouted loudly with excitement. It has been four full years since the all-out war of resistance in China after the July 7 Incident, a full four years! If you count from 918, then it will be a full ten years!

During this long and difficult 10 years, especially after the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Huaxia suffered the most serious national survival crisis since the Opium War. Hundreds of millions of Chinese people have fallen into the deep suffering of frequent wars, broken mountains and rivers, and poor livelihoods, and have fallen into the darkest and most painful difficult years in modern history. After a full 10 years, the Chinese army can finally launch a large-scale counteroffensive and teach these arrogant and brutal Japanese invaders a hard lesson.

Now it is finally the turn of the Chinese army to attack, and the Japanese devils to defend, which will undoubtedly be a glorious stroke in the history of China. And I and others will be participants and witnesses of this glorious history! Thinking of this, everyone couldn't suppress the surging and excitement in their hearts, and they couldn't wait to immediately lead their respective troops to attack the Japanese invaders and kill them fiercely!

"What? A full-scale strategic counteroffensive against the devil's Burmese army? Did I hear me right? Du Yuming showed a look of consternation, although he had thought of this possibility, but he quickly vetoed this possibility.

Because what he saw in front of him was that the Chinese Expeditionary Force, including the Asian Liberation Army of Burma, had fallen into the upper hand, and several core battlefields were struggling to support, and it was very intolerable to hold on until now.

The 5th Army, known as the ace of the national army, is also extremely uncomfortable at present, and has been fighting bloody battles with devils on the Xidang River defense line for nearly a month, and tanks, combat vehicles, artillery and other technical equipment have been exhausted.

The total number of troops has also been reduced from more than 50,000 to just over 30,000, and the combat attrition is as high as 40 percent, which is only one step away from more than half of the casualties. "Hehe, what are you kidding? You're not crazy, are you? Gan Lichu watched coldly, shaking his head constantly, if it weren't for Jiang Qiang's fame, he would have slapped the table and scolded his mother a long time ago!" Oh, yes! It's crazy, it's just crazy! ”

Zhang Zhen's face was also full of shock and disbelief, their 66th Army fought the worst, and although the 66th Army was only a temporary patchwork army before entering Burma, the total strength of the whole army was nearly 50,000.

Now, the remnants of the 66th Army are only in their early 5,000s, which can be said to be completely disabled, and now they can only shrink in the Lashio area to survive. Before coming, Zhang Zhen had always been pessimistic that this military meeting must be to "explain the future" and announce the retreat plan, and the battle of Burma was about to be completely defeated. However, at this time, he heard that Jiang Qiang was going to launch a comprehensive strategic counteroffensive, Zhang Zhen couldn't believe his ears at all, and really suspected that Jiang Qiang had lost his mind, or he didn't know what his surname was after drinking a few taels of wine before coming!

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang is really a master of art and bold!" Zhong Bin kept shaking his head, as a central descendant unit that has been stationed in Lashio and guarding the choke point, among the three armies that are sympathetic to the same disease, the 71st Army is now the most powerful and complete army. The 71st Army, which is a subordinate unit of the central government, originally had very good weapons and equipment and the quality of its soldiers, but after entering Burma, it was all replaced with American weapons and equipment, and it stands to reason that its combat effectiveness is only stronger than that of the ace units of the national army in China

But after nearly a month, the 71st Army was defeated and retreated under the continuous onslaught of the 8th Division of the Devils, and it was extremely difficult to support in the Lashio area. If it weren't for the heavy responsibility of guarding the expeditionary force's return home, and if it weren't for the repeated orders of the commander's headquarters and the chairman, the 71st Army would have been unable to support it for a long time, and fled back to China with the 6th and 66th armies that had been disabled. "Everyone, be quiet!"

Jiang Qiang smiled and looked at everyone's different expressions, and after a few sips of tea leisurely, he controlled the field with both hands. When the room was quiet again, Jiang Qiang continued to say in an astonishing voice: "Since our expeditionary force entered Burma to fight, we have been passively defending for half a year!" I believe that everyone is fed up with the wretchedness, and they are all holding back their energy, and they are all looking forward to this day coming soon!

I've always liked to do nothing, so this time we're going to do it all in one battle, do a big deal happily, and completely beat the little devils! Stilwell, who was sitting next to Jiang Qiang, heard that his blood was boiling, and he couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart, and said urgently: "General Jiang is right, at present, the allied forces in various battlefields in the world are in a state of passive defense.

The fascist alliance with Germany, Italy and Japan as the core is ruthlessly trampling on world peace, bringing great suffering to the peace-loving people of the world, and the whole world is in the shadow and threat of fascism. Now that we can finally take the lead in sounding the clarion call for the allied strategic counteroffensive on the battlefield in Burma, this will surely be an earth-shattering international event that will be recorded in the history of mankind forever and forever! ”

"General Stilwell, Commander, you give the order!" "The brothers have been waiting for this moment for a long time!" "Yes, Chief, give the order quickly, we are already in a hurry!" "Yes, it's done! This time he will definitely be turned upside down! Zhao Zhengbi, Li Jinglin, Sun Liren and others raised their arms and shouted one after another, eager to immediately go back to organize a counteroffensive and vent the grievances they had suffered and the anger they had accumulated over the past few months. ……”

Du Yuming, Gan Lichu, Zhang Zhen, and Zhong Bin are you look at me, I look at you, their expressions are extremely strange, I really don't know if these people in front of me are really stupid or fake, I really don't know where they got their courage and confidence!

"Okay, the military heart is available!" When everyone quieted down again, Jiang Qiang patted the table passionately and said, "This time, even if you smash the pot and sell iron, you have to fuck it!" This time, our ultimate goal is not only to regain the lost territory and play the momentum, but to launch a large-scale campaign of annihilation cleanly, and to eat the devil Burmese army in one go! ……”

"Poof!" Du Yuming was hiding his disapproval with the help of drinking tea, but at this time, he heard Jiang Qiang's earth-shattering words and words, and he couldn't help it, and a sip of tea squirted out. “……”

It was embarrassing in an instant, and all the people in the room looked at Du Yuming in unison, and everyone didn't speak, but there were all kinds of eyes. I'm sorry, I'm really embarrassed, choked! Du Yuming hurriedly clenched his fists and apologized, and his old face turned red. After a pause, Du Yuming laughed at Jiang Qiang, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and said: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang, the contemptible person did lose his temper just now, but in the final analysis, he was mainly deeply infected by Vice President Jiang's bold words!" ”

Jiang Qiang naturally understood that Du Yuming had something to say, and these problems were also problems that must be solved at today's meeting, so he immediately asked with a smile: "Commander Du, you must have doubts in your heart, right?" If so, please make it clear that the decisive battle is imminent, and the stability of the military spirit and the unity of all people are the core and key to victory! "Since Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang asked, then I will be blunt!"

Jiang Qiang's words were about the central hurdle, and Du Yuming immediately spoke: "Since the Battle of Burma, our expeditionary force has been struggling to support it for two months, whether it is the National 5th Army. The 6th Army, the 31st Army, the 66th Army, the 71st Army, the 22nd Group Army, and your Asian People's Liberation Army have all suffered extremely serious casualties, and the loss of technology and equipment in the whole army has been extremely serious.

Although the Japanese army that took the initiative to attack also paid a heavy price, the overall living force of the Japanese Burma army was at least 400,000. The Chinese Expeditionary Force is struggling to hold on to the city and fortresses, taking our 5th Army as an example, the heavy equipment is almost exhausted, if you give up the only defensive advantage to attack the Japanese position, I am afraid it will only backfire, right? Du Yuming's worries will never be unreasonable, not to mention that Gan Lichu and the three of them agree, even Li Zongren, Sun Zhen, Wei Yunsong and others have the same concerns.

Everyone wants to fight a beautiful strategic counteroffensive war, and everyone wants to be able to leave a name in history, but how much capital and how many hole cards they have in their hands are clear to themselves. The only thing that makes Li Zongren and others feel confident is that Jiang Qiang has always been the same, and he has never been defeated since he sent troops to resist the war, which can give people enough confidence and courage! "Yes, the Japanese devils now wish we could abandon the defense line and fight them head-on!

At this time, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang wants to order the whole army to switch to a strategic counteroffensive, isn't this a gamble on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers? Someone started up, and Gan Lichu answered angrily: "Engaging in a comprehensive strategic counteroffensive at this time is simply an international joke of a fool's dream!" "Commander Du asked well, this is also the important thing I want to explain to you next!"

In the face of doubts and blank eyes, Jiang Qiang did not panic at all, smiled indifferently at Du Yuming, turned his head to Li Jinglin and said: "Commander Li, you first tell you what is the current situation of our air force in the theater!" ”

"Yes!" Li Jinglin immediately stood up and said with a full sense of anger: "Report to the general seat, the Air Force of the Asian People's Liberation Army of Myanmar currently has 3 air divisions under its jurisdiction, with 840 fighters of various types and 84 bombers!" In addition, the U.S. Air Brigade led by Chennault currently has 82 combat aircraft, and the total number of our combat aircraft in Burma is 1,004.

Our air force units are all ready, as long as the command is given, 1,004 combat planes can take off at any time to attack and attack the devil air force and devil army! In order to adapt to the new war situation, the establishment of Jiangqiangdi's air force units has been reformed, and the "44 establishment" has been implemented. At present, an air division of the Asian PLA Air Force consists of four flying regiments, one flying regiment consists of four flying groups, and one flying group consists of four flying squadrons.

One flight squadron has four combat aircraft. That is to say, a flying regiment of the Asian PLA Air Force has suddenly increased from the original 30 combat planes to 64 combat planes, while a flight division has more than 256 combat fighters. This is roughly the same as the number of 276 combat aircraft in a German air wing at the end of World War II!

After more than a month of relocation and transfer, Jiang Qiang not only transported all the fighters newly produced by the Qixia County Aircraft Factory to Burma, but also transferred a full 100 fighters from the Shandong Air Force to participate in the war. Together with the original combat aircraft, the total number of combat aircraft in Myanmar has reached the equipment of 3 flight divisions in one fell swoop! "What? There are more than 1,000 of our combat aircraft in Myanmar? ”

"Mother, there are so many planes?" "Mom, this is too surprising and unexpected!" "Yes, I thought that our air force had been completely destroyed, and there were only a few dozen left!" "Haha, as long as air supremacy can be guaranteed, the devil army will be just a dish!" As soon as Li Jinglin's voice fell, Li Zongren, Sun Zhen, Wei Yunsong, Zhao Zhengbi and others were all overjoyed, and the big stone in their hearts fell to the ground instantly.

That's right, as long as the Huaxia Air Force can compete with the Japanese Air Force, suppress the devil's heavy artillery unit, and save the army units from the wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of the devil's air force and artillery, they will not be cowardly even if they fight with the devil to the end and shed the last drop of blood! Because for them, death and sacrifice are not terrible, as long as they can die well and die worthwhile, instead of dying aggrieved under the cannon of an airplane without even seeing the shadow of a ghost.

"How is this possible? So many combat aircraft have been consumed in the past few months, how can they fight more and more? "What the hell is going on? Before they dared to love, they were really dying and not saving them! It's so hateful! "This Jiang Qiang is really terrifying, not only is his forbearance extraordinary, but his war potential is even more terrifying!" Du Yuming, Gan Lichu and others heard a different taste, both shock, envy, jealousy and hatred, and full of anger!

However, at this moment, Li Jinglin continued to make up the knife: "In addition, our air force also has 85 helicopters of various types, which can undertake the tasks of transporting ammunition, transporting the wounded, and airdropping troops, and can also provide fire support for front-line troops when necessary!" "Whew!"

"My mother!" "Haha, that's so cool!" "The Asian PLA Air Force is mighty!" "Damn, you're so rich!" "Whew! This is nothing short of a naked show-off! "Can this Jiang Qiang still show face, but such a powerful air force unit has been pretending to be cowardly, and has been watching the fire from the other side of the river!" One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the conference room once again ushered in heated discussions, and everyone couldn't hold back as soon as they opened the chatterbox. "Commander Li, please sit down!"

Jiang Qiang nodded with satisfaction, and after a pause, he said to Chen Zhengnian: "Commander Chen, tell me about how many tank armor and self-propelled rocket artillery there are in our armored forces at present?" ”

"Yes!" Chen Zhengnian immediately stood up and said: "Report to the general seat, at present, our army's armored forces have 247 Sherman tanks, 674 No. 4 medium tanks, 65 amphibious tanks, 124 self-propelled rocket artillery, more than 340 infantry armored vehicles, and a total of 1,468 armored vehicles of various types!" "What types of armored vehicles totaling 1,500 units?" "What? Tanks almost 1000 units? "There are 124 rocket launchers! Obediently, the little devil is not dead this time? ”

"Mother, it's like a bolt from the blue! It's so exciting! "My dear, can you stop being violent?" "So what are you waiting for! Why don't you keep the devil for the New Year? "Boss, give the order!" "Don't be afraid now, right?" “……”

Zhao Zhengbi and the others showed exaggerated expressions one after another, and mocked mercilessly at Gan Lichu and the others. And Du Yuming, Gan Lichu and the other four looked extremely embarrassed, this slap in the face came so quickly that they didn't know what kind of emoji to use.

"Commander Liu, tell me what is the situation of our Asian PLA Navy?" After everyone happily vomited, Jiang Qiang continued to magnify his moves. "What? Do we still have a navy in Burma? "When did the Asian People's Liberation Army have a navy?" "That's too unexpected, isn't it?" "My mother, how many hole cards and surprises do you have?"

"No, how is this possible!" Sure enough, when he heard the word navy, except for Huzi himself, everyone else showed extremely stunned expressions, and it was hard to believe everything they heard for a while. "Yes!"

Under the fiery, curious, and shocked gaze of everyone, Huzi straightened his waist and stood up, how many days and nights he waited, today the naval unit can finally officially participate in the war, and he, the naval commander, no longer has to sell dog meat on the head of a sheep. After a pause, Huzi said loudly with a hint of trill: "Report to the general seat, the Asian People's Liberation Army Expeditionary Navy currently has 12 submarines, 12 speedboats, and 8 frigates, and all units are ready for the war and can participate in the battle at any time!" ”

In order to prepare for this well-planned strategic counteroffensive, Jiang Qiang really smashed the pot and sold iron, not only transferred a large amount of technical equipment from Shandong, but also used all the US dollars to purchase German No. 4 tanks, ships, combat planes, and other technical equipment. "Wow! That's amazing! "Mother!" "Cow!" "Is it really possible to counterattack?" Hearing this, all the senior generals, including Du Yuming and Gan Lichu, were no longer able to vomit, everyone's eyes became extremely hot, and the flame in their hearts was ignited and began to burn.