"yes!" Vice Admiral Arnold nodded, "If nothing else, let's just say that the transport ship that was originally scheduled to arrive at Mawlamyine in a few days or ten days can prevent the military aid materials carried on it from falling into the hands of the Japanese, which is a great achievement!" ”

When Roosevelt heard this, he nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, Auger did a good job this time!" What I want to know is that, according to the current situation, Auger judged that the British army could not hold Burma, generals, do you agree? ”

The generals looked at each other, and then Admiral Marshall took the represent, and said, "Yes, sir, the British army has no determination to hold on, and Burma should fall in the next few months, as General Pansen predicted." ”

Roosevelt said with some doubts: "However, now that the expeditionary force sent by the Chinese government has entered northern Burma, and their size has reached 100,000 people, with their help in defense, will the British still be unable to hold northern Burma?" ”

Admiral Leahy smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, I think that if only the Chinese Expeditionary Force fights in northern Burma, it is very likely to hold northern Burma!" However, Burma is a colony of the British...... "He said it in a cryptic way, but the president understood.

Roosevelt thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "If the British fulfill their wish and let their troops withdraw from Burma, and we arm the Chinese expeditionary force again, can we change this result?" ”

The four generals were shocked by the president's bold idea, and after a moment, Admiral Stark spoke first: "Sir, the British will not cede Burma to the Chinese!" ”

Marshall said: "It's not the British who let it, but they can't hold it!" Mr. President, I think you can give it a try! Well, let General Panson try it there, and maybe it will work! ”

Raisi frowned and objected: "But there are too few forces around Pan Sen, and it is too dangerous for him to stay in Myanmar!" ”

Roosevelt knew what he meant, but he thought it was a good idea, and maybe it would work wonders, so he said, "William, no tree grows in a greenhouse, and this is an opportunity for Auger - if he can really change the tide of the Indo-Burma war, I will personally ask for him to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the official rank of lieutenant general!" ”

Hearing that the president attached so much importance to this matter, Leahy was also moved in his heart and nodded in agreement.

Roosevelt made up his mind and said, "George, you will give the order to appoint Pan Sen as the deputy chief of the general staff of the Allied Far East Theater and the deputy commander of the Indo-Burma theater...... Also, inform General Stilwell that if necessary, he can hand over command to Panson! ”

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Li Junhao, who is far away in southern Myanmar, certainly doesn't know about the White House now, and he is complaining about the bad road conditions in Myanmar at this time! The armored convoy traveled unhindered on the dirt roads of southern Burma, but the road conditions were so poor that although he had transformed six armored vehicles into the strongest models of the era, he still felt that he was going to be torn apart along the way.

His dissatisfaction made Xiaohu very incomprehensible: this is already very good compared to most parts of the country! Moreover, sitting in such a good armored command vehicle, even if the road conditions are a little worse, it is comfortable enough to sit up!

Of course, Xiaohu didn't say this, if he did, Li Junhao would definitely despise him: deflated! I haven't seen the deflated earth of the world! Is this road in Myanmar called a highway? It's pretty much the same! If the domestic highways in the future were like this, the transportation department would have gone to the class room a long time ago! But helplessly, this is Southeast Asia in the early forties of the 20th century, and it is useless to say anything!

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In the distance behind them, on the afternoon of March 8, the Japanese 55th Division took Rangoon lightly without encountering resistance, which surprised them themselves, so they had been cautiously entering the city and dividing their troops to occupy important places, but they did not dare to make much movement. By the time the Japanese army figured out the situation, it was already two days later!

What made the Japanese army a little unacceptable was that all the warehouses and freight yards in the city, including the wharf and the station, were all empty, and the news given to them by the intelligence department before was that there were a large number of American military aid materials! The projected large quantities of supplies were missing, which seriously affected the battle plans of the Japanese army.

The furious Japanese army tore off the face of the previous "aid to Burma and resist the British", and started a brutal search and inventory in Yangon City, they did not believe that so many military aid materials and the wealth stored by the British disappeared like this?

In just one day, the Japanese 55th Division shot and killed hundreds of policemen, guarding warehouses and hundreds of Burmese soldiers at the Yangon City Police Station, because they couldn't tell how the supplies in those warehouses disappeared!

The next day, Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, the commander of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army, issued an order to Rangoon, because the Japanese army could not accept the reality that a large amount of military supplies had disappeared.

According to later statistics, during the three days from March 8 to 10, the 55th Division of the Japanese Army arrested tens of thousands of people in Yangon City, interrogated the whereabouts of military supplies, and finally made it out of the barracks alive, that is, nearly 8,000 people died in the Japanese barracks, which is very different from the original history.

As a result of this incident, the reputation of the Japanese army in Burma was greatly discredited. Of course, it will take time for the news to spread, and in a short period of time, people across Myanmar will not know about it.

Because the war materials could not be in place, the 55th Division of the Japanese Army and the 33rd Division that landed later stopped their advance, waiting for the local army to send military supplies, and the pace of the war was slowed down!

The situation of the war was affected by the overall situation, because Li Junhao's behavior greatly delayed the next move of the Japanese army, and the war situation in southern Burma went in an unknown direction.

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On the afternoon of 9 March, Lee and his entourage arrived at Xayawady in Bago province and found it peaceful, with no anxiety from the imminent war among the city's residents, and very few of them left on their own initiative.

Xiaoyu, Xiaohu, Nick, etc. don't understand, aren't the people here afraid of war?

Li Junhao could only explain to them: the vast majority of Burmese people may not like the Japanese coming in, but they don't like the British who have oppressed them for many years as colonizers! For the Burmese, the Japanese fought the British, and they could completely watch and ignore it.

By this time, it was almost evening, and they found a relatively upscale, clean hotel, and reserved most of the rooms in it. Their team of soldiers, who were half white and half Chinese, and were heavily armed, made the hotel manager not even ask a word, repeatedly saying that they would provide the best service and ensure that the armored vehicles parked in the courtyard were safe.

(End of chapter)