My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 429
Time moved forward slowly, and in a blink of an eye it was already March, which was also the beginning of the Chinese New Year. Even the oppressive war atmosphere could not affect the joy of the people celebrating the Spring Festival.

The world pattern has also undergone earth-shaking changes. On the European battlefield, the Soviet army turned to attack in Leningrad and Novgorod. Coupled with the victory of the expeditionary force in Southeast Asia, this also represents the beginning of the anti-government camp gradually turning from defense to offense.

In order to save the crisis, Japan replaced the two chiefs of the army and navy. The land minister Hideki Tojo was also the chief of staff, and the marine minister Shimada was also the chief of the military command department. He hoped that the "No. 1 operation" could be implemented quickly.

This so-called "Operation No. 1" refers to the operation to open up the line of communication in the Chinese mainland.After many meetings and several revisions, the Japanese "Chinese Expeditionary Force" finally issued a circular.The purpose of its operations is to defeat the enemy, occupy and secure key points along the southern lines of the Hunan-Guangxi, Guangdong-Han, and Beijing-Han railways, in order to destroy the main base of the enemy's air force, and stop the enemy's attempts to attack the empire's mainland and disrupt sea traffic.

At the same time, Terauchi Shouichi, then the commander-in-chief of southern Japan, was so angry that he almost had a stroke when he got the news of the fiasco of Myitkyina. He was so angry that he dismissed several senior officers in succession. , and was directly sent back to the base camp by him to accept the arbitration of the military court.

The old devils in the temple were also afraid of being held accountable by the base camp, so they hurriedly dispatched troops to try to retake northern Myanmar, and the front line of Lashio was once again ignited by the flames of war.

On the Pacific battlefield, they still pursued the "stick to" tactics, trying to drag the Americans into the quagmire with various islands in the outer seas. On the other hand, they also tried their best to buy time for the troops on the Chinese battlefield.

The cloud of war hangs over Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places here, and the armies from all walks of life dispatch troops and generals to make full preparations for the new battle that will start in the new year.

Just as Lao Jiang hoped, the Huaxia army in Myanmar began to withdraw to the country one by one, split the two major armies of the expeditionary army, and sent support to Hunan, Guangxi and other places.

As for the more than 8 people stationed in India, he regarded them as his trump card and placed them in Kunming for reorganization.Its purpose is to reintegrate the Ministry and increase control over the troops so that they can play a decisive role in the next battle.

The fourth battle of Changsha is about to start, but at this time, Lao Jiang has already made preparations for the defense of Guizhou. Although Xue Yue has repeatedly emphasized that he must live and die with Changsha, he is skeptical about whether he can hold Hunan Ren.

If Changsha really can't hold it, then the killer weapon of the Indian Army will be pushed to the front, and strive to take back Xiangbei with superior equipment and super combat effectiveness in one fell swoop to save the decline.

In order to appease Sun Liren, Lao Jiang privately promised to let him serve as the commander-in-chief of the New First Army and the New Sixth Army, and let him bring the new army into battle when the ninth theater really couldn't bear it anymore.

The reason why they are not allowed to go to the battlefield now is that Lao Jiang also has his own plan. Good steel must be used wisely. Wouldn't it be more effective if the little devils are exhausted by Xue Yue's six army groups?
After all, there are already more than 30 people in the Ninth War Zone, and now Huo Kuizhang's [-]th Army Group has been transferred there. If so many troops can't stop the little devil's iron hooves, whether or not the Indian army is stationed will have little effect on the result. , it may be forced to force the past, but the loss outweighs the gain because the number of troops is too large and the command is disordered.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if the Japanese win Hunan, they will definitely pay a heavy price. At this time, the troops stationed in India will push back with absolute firepower superiority like magic soldiers from heaven, and it may be better What a windfall.

This is what Lao Jiang thinks. The elites of the direct line are all treasures. Don’t waste any of them if they don’t die.

Anyway, Lao Jiang is not in a hurry now, and thanks to Liao Mingyu's blessing, he can dispatch nearly 20 troops from western Yunnan to support the domestic battlefield. Compared with history, the pressure the Japanese will face this time has become unprecedented.

On the other hand, regardless of whether it is the troops stationed in India or Liao Mingyu's troops, they basically follow the American equipment and style of play. , The era gap brought about by American weapons is too tempting.

Therefore, while Lao Jiang started the training of the American Armed Forces, he reached out to the Yankees on the other side of the ocean for guns.

Liao Mingyu also had the same idea as him, but the treatment of the two was completely different.

The former kept making demands on the Indochina Allied Forces, hoping to get more military support, but what he responded to was various evasions and reasons. The monthly transportation volume was only 1.5 tons, and the air line was less than 3 tons, which is not too much compared to the improvement obtained before the recapture of the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

There are many reasons for the slow transportation of materials. On the one hand, it is because of the long distance. International aid first arrives by sea to India, then passes through Myitkyina, travels through Bamo to Nankan, and then takes the Yunnan-Burma Highway to western Yunnan, and finally to the rear of the country. One can imagine the difficulty of transporting thousands of kilometers.

On the other hand, Lao Mei is not a fool, just give you a blood transfusion to hang your life, not too much and not too little, if you really can't hold it, add more, anyway, as long as you can't die, if you are satisfied with everything, you Can you still listen to me?

……

Two days later, a C47 transport plane took off from Tengchong Airport and flew southward slowly across the sky.

It was none other than Liao Mingyu who boarded the plane, and with him was his "old friend", Colonel Smith, the person in charge of international aid supplies.

The military situation on the front line was urgent, and Liao Mingyu ignored the fear of flying and returned to the Nankan headquarters as quickly as possible, while Meng Fanle was arranged to stay in Chanda to continue transferring the troops' materials and personnel, recruiting more civilians along the way labor.

What Liao Mingyu didn't expect was that the old guy Smith had just arrived at Tengchong Airport and hadn't had time to get on the plane, so he chased him non-stop, and he had to go with him.

"My Colonel Smith, what happened to be so anxious? You have to squeeze into the same plane as me." Liao Mingyu said loudly.

The loud noise of the transport plane almost covered up the voice of speech, and the continuous vibration from the machine made Liao Mingyu, who had an extremely keen sense, feel very uncomfortable. This was also one of the reasons why he didn't want to fly.

Smith seemed quite at ease, stretched his waist, half leaned on the seat and said leisurely: "I'm here to say goodbye to you this time..."

(End of this chapter)