Invincible from the sword

Chapter 262 This matter is not easy to handle

Another point, Zhang Lei didn't say anything to Stilwell.

That is, if a large number of Japanese troops can be killed in the Filipino Maid Islands, then the Japanese army will not only recruit troops from the island country to replenish its troops, but the greatest possibility is to deploy troops from Thailand to the Filipino Maid Islands.

Now the No.20 Fifth Army of the Japanese Army has almost [-] troops in the Filipino Islands, so the remaining troops, according to Zhang Lei's estimation, should be in Malaya and Burma.

After all, the No.20 Fifth Army of the Japanese Army has a combined strength of more than 15 troops.

Now in the Filipino Islands, there are only [-] troops.

Then according to the scope of operations of the No.20 Fifth Army of the Japanese Army, the remaining troops should be Malaya and Burma.

Moreover, Zhang Lei estimated that the Japanese army in Burma had at least two divisions.

In Malaya, the strength of the Japanese army should also be around two divisions.

The No.20 Fifth Army of the Japanese Army has now occupied the country of Sawadika and established the Sawadika puppet regime there.

Even formed a group of traitor troops.

The purpose of the Japanese army in doing this was to prepare for the entry into Burma.

Now Myanmar is still in the hands of the queen.

In Burma, the Queen's Kingdom has about three or four infantry divisions.

In addition, there should be an armored division and a motorized brigade.

Generally speaking, the Japanese army is still very afraid of its strength.

According to Zhang Lei's guess, the reason why the No. 20 Fifth Army Commander of the Japanese Army, Yamashita Fufumi, has not yet launched an attack on Burma is that the most important thing is that he is waiting for the outcome of the battle in the Filipino Maid Islands.

If the Filipino Maid Islands can be quickly occupied, then Yamashita Fengfu will have no worries.

I know that we can draw troops from here to attack Burma together.

If there is a problem with the attack on the Filipino Maid Islands, then the plan to attack Burma, I am afraid that Yamashita Fufumi will be postponed.

This is exactly what Zhang Lei needs.

Myanmar's geographical location is very important.

Bordering on the East.

If the Japanese army occupied Burma, they would be able to invade Yunnan directly from Burma.

In this way, the Japanese army will be able to carry out a north-south attack on the entire southwest region.

This is extremely detrimental to the entire battle situation.

Now the No. 11 Japanese army is attacking Changsha, and the energy of the national army is focused on Changsha.

If there is another problem in Yunnan, then the mountain city simply does not have enough strength to organize troops to confront the Japanese army.

In the current national army, the elite troops are exhausted, and the combat effectiveness of the remaining troops is not satisfactory.

And the problem of empty pay is serious.

It is said that it is a division, but in many cases it is the strength of a regiment.

On paper, the national army still has more than 200 million troops, but in reality, at least [-]% off.

Although Shancheng is currently stepping up the training of new troops, it will take time after all.

And even after the training is over, there is still a big gap in combat effectiveness compared with the original elite troops.

The previous troops were all fought in wars.

Soldiers have rich combat experience.

Shancheng has no idea about the combat effectiveness of the newly trained troops.

If Myanmar is occupied by the Japanese army, then the Yunnan-Burma Highway will not only fail to play its role, but will also become an important channel for the Japanese army to attack Yunnan.

Therefore, we must find a way to hold back the Japanese army.

Let the Japanese army delay the time to attack Burma as much as possible.

In this case, at least it will give Shancheng time to form an expeditionary force to enter Burma to fight against the Japanese army.

It is impossible to count on the troops of the Queen's Kingdom.

For Zhang Lei, he was very clear about the process of the Japanese invasion of Burma.

The troops of the Queen's Kingdom are like shit, let alone fighting the Japanese army.

They retreated all the way without even seeing the shadow of the Japanese army.

run faster than a rabbit.

But the expeditionary army was miserable.

Counting on the troops of the Queen's Kingdom to fight the Japanese army, Zhang Lei would rather believe that Teacher Aoi is a woman who eats a house.

So Zhang Lei thought, in the Filipino Maid Islands, use the troops of the lighthouse country to fight a good battle with the Japanese army.

As long as the Filipino Maid Islands are in their own hands, the Japanese army will continue to increase their troops here.

At that time, even the entire No.20 Fifth Army of the Japanese Army will be attracted.

At the same time, Zhang Lei sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, informing them of the Japanese army's plan to attack Burma, and asked the Shanxi headquarters to remind the old man in Shancheng to seize the time to form an expeditionary force.

This thing has to be fast.

Moreover, Zhang Lei told the chief that he must be prepared for the Japanese army to attack Burma.

Now that the national army is weak, if the old man in Shancheng wants to form an expeditionary army, it is also possible to draw troops from the Eighth Route Army.

Although I don't know how likely it is, it is definitely right to prepare in advance.

The Shanxi headquarters was shocked by Zhang Lei's telegram.

Sure enough, the Japanese army was going to attack Burma.

The chief frowned.

Zhang Lei's information was exactly the same as his judgment.

It seems that the mountain city will soon form an expeditionary force to enter Myanmar...

The chief is still not sure whether he will draw troops from the Eighth Route Army to join the expeditionary force.

But Zhang Lei was right, to prepare in advance.

His idea is that when the time comes, send the temporary regiment directly.

After all, only the temporary regiment had this experience in fighting the Japanese field troops.

Mountain city on the other side.

Inside the old man's mansion, several people in military uniforms stood in front of the old man, waiting for the old man to speak.

Dai Chunfeng was wearing a Chinese tunic suit and bowed his head respectfully.

The old man frowned, walking up and down the room on crutches.

Look at the map on the wall again.

He sighed deeply: "What do you think of this information?"

In Dai Chunfeng's hand, he held a telegram from Zhang Lei.

Of course, for the sake of confidentiality, Zhang Lei's name was not listed above.

When receiving Zhang Lei's telegram, Dai Chunfeng was so startled that he couldn't speak for a long time.

The Japanese army is really preparing to attack Burma! ?
It was terrible.

Now the eastern coastline has been blocked by the Japanese army.

Myanmar is the only hope for their mountain city.

If Burma is occupied by the Japanese army again, their entire national army will really be trapped to death.

Bullets can be made by themselves, rifles can be made by themselves, and even artillery can be made by themselves.

However, the output is too low!

At present, the output of domestic arsenals cannot be raised at all.

Since the full-scale war with the Japanese army, a large number of arsenals in the country were either destroyed or occupied by the Japanese army.

Even without the destroyed arsenal, a large amount of equipment and technical personnel were lost during the relocation.

Moreover, the number of weapons produced is far from keeping up with the rate of wear and tear.

This has caused a serious shortage of weapons in many troops.

Moreover, the old man also has his own selfishness.

His own direct line troops, that is the priority supply, what they want.

As for other troops, even if there is an old man, they will not give it.

Besides, many materials can't be made just because they want to.

How do you make medicines and food?
Still have to rely on foreign aid.

In the past few years, wars have been raging, and the country's food production has been seriously insufficient, making it very difficult to supply troops.

And medicines.

The country simply does not have the ability to manufacture anti-inflammatory drugs by itself.

Today's anti-inflammatory drugs are more expensive than gold on the black market.

And it's not just a matter of foreign aid, Myanmar borders Yunnan.

If the Japanese army occupied Burma, it would directly threaten the entire southwest region.

At that time, the Japanese army in Burma and the Japanese army in central China will attack from north to south, and the entire southwest will be in danger.

Something went wrong in the southwestern region, and the blow to the entire mountain city was fatal.

Where else can the old man move by then?
You can't move to XJ, can you?

In places like Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hunan, there is no room for loss.

So no matter from which point of view, forming an expeditionary force to fight in Burma is a practical issue that must be considered.

But having said that, forming an expeditionary force is easy to say, but it is not an ordinary difficulty to implement it.

Since you want to enter Burma to fight the Japanese army, you must be an elite force.

After all, the purpose of forming an expeditionary force was to defeat the Japanese army.

Ordinary troops are not opponents of the Japanese army at all.

Only the most elite troops can be drawn from the army.

But in the entire national army, the most elite troops are all his direct troops.

It's his family property.

After fighting so many battles, his family fortune is getting weaker and weaker.

Many elite troops were defeated.

The old man was a little bit reluctant to form an expeditionary force if his direct line troops were to be compensated.

After all, this is not one division or two divisions. If you want to effectively stop the Japanese army, you need at least 10 troops.

One hundred thousand elite troops are not so easy to form.

Moreover, this time he was going abroad to fight, and he was unfamiliar with the place of life.

It is on the territory of the Queen's Kingdom again.

At that time, the Lighthouse Country will definitely intervene.

The old man distrusted the Lighthouse Country and the Queen Country very much.

These two countries have always looked down on me.

Go to fight with them, what should I do if I get tricked?
The old man was very worried.

The generals next to you looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't speak.

They are very clear in their hearts.

This matter is not easy to handle.

The old man thought for a long time, and left a sentence: "Let me think about it."

Just sent a few people away.

The old man's wife brought him a piece of clothing: "Darling, Zhang Lei's information is very useful.

Judging from the current situation, it is very necessary to form an expeditionary force to enter Myanmar to fight.

Once the Japanese army occupies Burma, it will be very unfavorable to the entire situation of the War of Resistance and to us. "

The old man sighed and cursed himself.

Niang Xipi.

He turned his head and said to his daughter-in-law: "The key inside. Of course I know.

It's just that the establishment of an expeditionary force is not just talk!
Funding, personnel, equipment, diplomacy, these all need to be considered.

If we only rely on ourselves, it will not work at all.

If the Lighthouse Kingdom and the Queen Kingdom cooperate with us, it will be possible.

But now the Lighthouse Kingdom and the Queen Kingdom are too busy to take care of themselves.

So I don't know much about the formation of the expeditionary force in my heart. "

After the island nation attacked Pearl Harbor, the old man was so excited that he didn't sleep all night.

I feel that the island country dares to sneak attack on the lighthouse country, it is purely courting death.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

After the island country attacked Pearl Harbor, it quickly launched an attack on Southeast Asia, occupying Malaya and Thailand in a short period of time, and a large number of islands were occupied by the Japanese army.

It even attacked Midway Island in the Lighthouse Country.

And in the Filipino Maid Islands, the rice army was retreating steadily.

In order to restore the decline, it is even necessary to let Zhang Lei join the staff group.

This was unimaginable before.

This is completely different from what the old man expected.

In the old man's view, although the island country is very powerful, whether it is the island country's army or the island country's navy, its strength is first-class in Asia.

But compared with Europe and lighthouse countries, it is a big difference
After all, the old man is also knowledgeable.

Whether it's the troops in Europe or the troops in the lighthouse country, he has inspected them all.

From the perspective of equipment, the Japanese army is not an opponent of the Mi army at all.

The success of the attack on Pearl Harbor does not mean that it can also be successful in other battles.

In the old man's view, the reason why the Japanese army was able to achieve the brilliant record of re-installing the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country was entirely due to the result of the sneak attack.

To put it bluntly, this practice of the Japanese army is very indecent.

Just about to head-to-head with the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country, the navy of the island country is not an opponent of the rice navy at all.

But the reality is that in just one month, the Japanese army swept across Southeast Asia.

The rice troops in various places were either killed or captured.

People seriously doubt the combat effectiveness of the Mi army.

It is understandable that the old man is not sure about forming an expeditionary force to deal with the Japanese army that invaded Burma.

After all, his troops fought against the Japanese army many times, and won very few victories.

If you can't beat the Japanese army at home, you can win it in Myanmar?
There was a big question mark in the old man's heart.

Of course, if the Lighthouse Country can provide him with a large amount of equipment, it is still possible to defeat the Japanese army.

Because if an expeditionary force is to be formed, it must be an elite force in the national army.

The importance of Myanmar is very clear in his heart.

In any case, the matter of forming an expeditionary force must be considered.

If something goes wrong in Myanmar, the domestic situation will be even worse.

The old man decided to seriously discuss the Burmese issue with the Lighthouse Country.

Let's test the tone of the Lighthouse Kingdom first.

If the Lighthouse Kingdom and the Queen Kingdom have decided to send troops to defend Burma, then he will save trouble.

If the Beacon Country and the Queen Country have a pessimistic attitude towards Burma, then he has to consider forming an expeditionary force.

So the old man immediately arranged for someone to go to the Lighthouse Country to find out.

(End of this chapter)