My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 560
The accident in the logistics camp of the third regiment was not an isolated case. The Japanese did everything they could to prevent the expeditionary force from advancing southward... Like indiscriminate minefields, suicide attacks, they staged the entire border of southern Burma With all kinds of disgusting means.

The Japanese army also began to shrink its troops in an all-round way. All the troops that the Southern Army could mobilize were sent to the Yangon area, about three divisions and one naval garrison brigade, with a total strength of 7 troops.

This is the last area they can control in Myanmar. The other troops have to stay in Malaysia and the Philippines to guard against the U.S. forces in the Pacific, and even be ready to be transferred to support the Pacific battlefield at any time.

Some time ago, there was a battle with the Japanese army in Siam. The 200th Division and the [-]th Division severely damaged the Japanese Fifth Division and part of the Siamese army. Then they entered Karen State, Myanmar by way of Chiang Mai, and gradually approached Bago, almost cutting off the Japanese troops on their way to Malaysia.

But the little devils don't seem to care at all. Most of them take the sea route from Malaysia to Myanmar, and enter Yangon through the Madaban Bay. They hardly take the Isthmus of Kra that connects the Malay Peninsula, and the only traffic artery there is only a 20 The railways pruned by the British in the [-]s had limited transportation capacity.

In fact, the main purpose of the 200th Division and the [-]th Division was to use the position of Kayin State to contain some Japanese troops, and form east-west attack points through the flanks and Long Wenwen's three divisions, so that the frontal pressure would be less.

In the following days, Long Wenwen's army on the left was indeed advancing very hard. Not only was the Japanese stubbornly resisting, but the most important point was that the US military was no longer so keen on fighting south, and the air force's attendance rate began to increase. Even Liao Mingyu made various tactical requests to Stilwell to no avail.

As for the allied forces, Stilwell believed that the logistics and deployment of soldiers were getting more and more difficult, and the U.S. Pacific Command was also exerting pressure, so he decided not to attack southern Burma for the time being, and hoped to wait until the strength was relieved.

The U.S. military is also approaching the Japanese mainland after a long island-hopping battle on the Pacific battlefield, and plans to use Okinawa, an island only 340 miles away from the Japanese mainland, as an air combat base to implement the strategic plan to attack the Japanese homeland.

Therefore, the US military's center of gravity gradually shifted to other places, preparing for the next series of combat operations such as landing on Okinawa. As for Myanmar...the Japanese are no longer able to launch an offensive against northern Myanmar or even India, let alone threaten southwest China. The strength of the southern army has been greatly consumed, and the core strategic goal has basically been achieved, so there is no need to continue to invest in new combat power.

And the British had no choice but to fight. Their three infantry brigades stayed in Chin State near India without moving for several months. They did nothing but do logistical work to maintain law and order.

However, this is just the idea of ​​a group of high-level allied forces, and it is definitely not a good thing for Liao Mingyu. Once the war in Southeast Asia ceases, their expeditionary force will lose its effect. There is nothing else to do in Burma except to wait for the end of World War II like history. significance.

Liao Mingyu can imagine what happened next. Once the war ceases, the domestic government will definitely send him an order to return to China immediately. At that time... all the supplies from the US military will disappear, and he will also face a dilemma.

If you go back... don't think about it, it will be cool, and if it falls into the hands of Lao Jiang, house arrest is the most merciful manifestation.If you don't go back and stay in Myanmar to rely on the base for development, it will be difficult to develop rapidly based on the existing conditions, unless you continue to fight and plunder new resources.

In the end, it is either to return to the motherland or to be independent, but compared with the huge size of the country, it is at best a Southeast Asian warlord, surviving in the cracks, or the kind that is not officially recognized may have many risks.

The U.S. military feels that it is impossible to rely on the expeditionary force to wipe out all the little devils in Southeast Asia. You must know that the Japanese Southern Army has almost occupied the entire Southeast Asia since 42. Although its strength is not large, it also covers Burma and Siam. , Vietnam, Malay, Philippines... It really needs to be cleaned up a little bit, which is difficult to do with the strength of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Americans have always only focused on maximizing benefits. Now that your role has been achieved, continuing to invest will become a meaningless waste, which is completely unnecessary.What's more, they are still dreaming of successfully landing on the Japanese mainland, and they are full of joy preparing the plan to capture Okinawa. They don't think that the Japanese can stop the advance of the American war machine.

It's a pity that during the Battle of Okinawa Island, the little devil taught these proud American soldiers a good lesson. The first 1:1.2 battle damage exchange ratio shocked the Americans. But they also paid a price of more than 8 casualties, which can be called the largest loss in the major battles in the Pacific.

Of course, there are also a series of factors such as the lack of combat experience of the US Army, rigid tactics, and improper command of the generals. However, the bloody facts are in front of the Americans and they have to admit that the [-] million pieces of jade that the Japanese are clamoring for is not just a slogan. Yelling, these lunatics could really do it, maybe they could get the army to land on the Japanese island in the end, but the price they paid was not what they could afford.

That's why the Yankees were so frightened that they hurriedly dropped two atomic bombs that were still under experimentation in August of the same year, in order to speed up the end of the war.

In fact, Liao Mingyu is also aware of this, but he doesn't need to fight all the Japanese Southern Army. With the materials hoarded from the base now, as long as he takes Malaysia and the Indonesian archipelago before the end of the war, he can develop a more powerful military At that time, the power will have the confidence to speak up no matter what it wants to do, otherwise it will only lead to destruction in the end.

In the final analysis... You need to be hardworking yourself, relying on others alone is unreliable. Although he has been eating military supplies provided by the US military, Liao Mingyu did not just rely on their assistance.

At the end of the year, the system discovered several iron ore and copper mines in the northwest of Mandalay Province, which further increased the internal income of the base. Liao Mingyu immediately started construction without saying anything. The amount of resources made him laugh from ear to ear, and immediately decided to open several more production lines in the arsenal.

From the second half of the year until now, the Heihe Base has been processing and producing day and night, with 24-hour shifts every day without stopping the manpower. If the machine is broken, it will be replaced immediately. If there is not enough manpower, it will be recruited from the residents. Whether it is food, ammunition, guns or tanks, as long as it is The production line has never stopped producing what can be produced.

Except for a small amount of materials produced in the Heihe factory for normal troop consumption and replenishment, most of them are stored inside the base. In the past few months, more than a dozen large warehouses have been hoarded, so that the inside of the military factory cannot be put down. Expand the plant from the outside.

And if all these equipments are taken out...it will not be a problem to equip three or four main forces like the third honor division.Among them is a weapon that can be called an infantry nightmare. It has also been installed in the factory and is being shipped to the front line...

(End of this chapter)