Slim and the British officers and soldiers were also a little embarrassed, and their previous pride was severely struck, and they were forced to put away a lot of arrogance. Some British soldiers looked at the M1 semi-automatic rifle in Nick's hand with envious expressions in their eyes.

Slim was also a little tempted, and couldn't help but think: If the 1st Division is equipped with American-made M1, it should be able to improve its combat effectiveness a lot...... But then it occurred to me that not to mention whether the Americans were willing to support the British army in changing its equipment, but to say that after the change of equipment, the supply of ammunition was controlled by the United States, which was not something that the British military top brass could agree to! So, he could only think about it privately.

Dai Anlan had some thoughts in his heart, but at this time, there were many people, and there were British troops by his side, so it was better to find time to discuss with the American observers in the future! Oh yes! And then there's the walkie-talkie thing.

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Li Junhao was not surprised by the results of the competition, which was also in line with his original intention of agreeing to the rifle competition before-that is, to let the Chinese Expeditionary Force pay more attention to weapons and equipment! Moreover, he also had to find a way to pry the British arrogant and arrogant barriers, so that they would rather throw out the military supplies that they would rather throw to the Japanese than give to the Chinese army, so that he could also find an opportunity to take out the weapons and equipment in his own space reasonably.

Subsequently, he consulted with Slim and Dai Anlan for a few words, and suggested that in order to strengthen his understanding of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, he hoped to know the real situation of the various units of the 200th Division.

Of course, Dai Anlan welcomed this and immediately agreed; In order to improve the relationship with the American observers, Slim also decided to accompany him, and at the same time to better understand the strength of these Allied forces, so he sent that battalion of British troops back, leaving only a few staff officers and guards with him.

Dai Anlan personally took several regiment commanders to accompany Li Junhao and Slim and others to visit various units, the first was of course the 599th Regiment, then the 598th Regiment, the 600th Regiment, the Armored Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, the Automobile Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, and finally the Recruit Training Department.

As mentioned before, the individual equipment of the 599th and 598th regiments are all German-made weapons, and the individual equipment of the 600th regiment is mainly Soviet-made, Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, Jaggamuv DP-28 (47-round cartridge feed, weighing 9 kg) light machine guns, M1910 Maxim (imitation Maxim, weighing 64 kg) heavy machine guns, and the fire company is equipped with Soviet-made 50mm and 82mm mortars.

The whole division, including the armored regiment, has 88 Soviet-made T-26B light tanks, 8 BT series tanks, 16 various BA-3 heavy armored vehicles, BA10 armored vehicles, a small number of Italian CV33 tanks, French AMR33/35 light tanks, British "Vickers" M1936 light combat vehicles, Sophia 3000B tanks, German 221 armored vehicles and 222 armored vehicles, etc., the strength is still relatively strong, but the models are too complicated.

The artillery regiment has 6 German-made 150mm FH18-32/L heavy howitzers (a lightweight version of the sFH18, with a barrel produced by Krupp and a gun mount produced by Rheinmetall, which was part of the 24 guns imported by China in 1934), as well as 24 Soviet-made 76.2mm 1936-style field howitzers and 16 Soviet-made 120mm heavy mortars.

The main equipment of the automobile regiment is more than 140 American-made Ford 4-ton trucks, which can basically meet the mechanized operations of the whole division.

The Engineer Regiment and the Recruit Training Department have no outstanding equipment, and all kinds of weapons are eliminated by the main regiment, and the whole thing is a scene of "made in all countries", and I really don't know how their logistics personnel ensure the supply of military supplies.

On the whole, the equipment of the 200th Division is the best in China, but in the eyes of Li Junhao and Slim, it is simple and terrible, the firepower density of the grassroots squad and platoon is not enough, the proportion of machine guns and artillery at the battalion and company level is seriously insufficient, and even the military uniforms, accessories, and carrying tools on the soldiers are not complete, but fortunately, the main regiment is basically equipped with German-style M35 steel helmets, which is the only advantage (M35 steel helmets are better and more practical than the British army's hat-type steel helmets).

After seeing the equipment of the 200th Division, Slim had doubts about the British army's decision to invite the Chinese expeditionary force to Burma to assist in the defense, and whether an army with this level of equipment could take on the heavy responsibility of fighting the Japanese army?

In his mind, the firepower density of the Japanese army that has already fought is poor enough (it is also for this reason that the 1st Division of the Anglo-Burmese Army withstood the attack of the 55th Division of the Japanese Army in Tonggu for nearly 10 days), and the firepower of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is even worse, and even the standard weapons have not been unified, so it cannot be said to be a strong army!

Li Junhao's perception is completely different! Historically, because the 1st Division of the Anglo-Burmese Army was not angry, was in a hurry to retreat, and was desperately urged, the 200th Division had to abandon its heavy equipment, including tanks and heavy artillery, and rushed to Tonggu on March 7.

Immediately, the 1st Division of the Anglo-Burmese Army threw the Tonggu Defense Division to the 200th Division, but he drove tanks, armored troops, trucks, and even pulled away all the military supplies in the city.

The 200th Division, relying on the light weapons it carried (basically no heavy equipment), held out alone for 12 days in the Battle of Tonggu and the subsequent Battle of Tonggu, despite the strafing and bombing of Japanese fighters in the sky and the attack of the 55th and 56th divisions of the Japanese army on the ground, with more than 2,500 casualties!

In the end, because of the flight of all units of the British army, the flanks of Tonggu were exposed to the Japanese army, and the entire battle plan came to naught! In addition, the Japanese reinforcement force of the 18th Division had also attacked, and the 200th Division had to be forced to retreat.

In this world, because of the appearance of Li Junhao, a lot of things have changed, the fleeing general Alexander was killed, the commander of the Anglo-Burmese army was replaced by Lieutenant General Hutton, and the 1st Division of the Anglo-Burmese Army and the 17th Division of the Anglo-Indian Army under strict orders gave full play to their due combat effectiveness, and withstood the attack of the 55th and 33rd divisions of the Japanese army in Tonggu and Degong respectively, so that the Chinese expeditionary force could rush to the battlefield relatively calmly.

For example, the 200th Division entered Burma 15 days earlier than in history, but entered Tonggu 7 days late, so it was able to fully equip and bring all the heavy equipment, except for the cavalry regiment that defended the supply line behind it, the force reached 15,000, 4,000 more than the original historical 11,000.

The new 22nd Division of the 5th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force has reached Mandalay City, the capital of Mandalay Province in the central Burma region, and the new 96th Division has reached Meimu;

The 36th Division, the 49th Division and the 93rd Division of the 6th Army directly under the Expeditionary Force have arrived at Lashio in Shan State, and the provisional 55th Division has been assembled at Baoshan in Yunnan and can enter Burma at any time.

The 66th Army, as the third echelon of the expeditionary force, has already completed the assembly in Dali and Chuxiong, and can be allocated at any time. I don't know how many times better this situation is than in history!

(End of chapter)