Glorious Mission 1937

The old man's question made everyone in the conference room turn their attention to Chen Feng. The group of senior generals in the conference room all admired this deputy who had risen strongly four years ago. Chen Feng's current power and status are very envious, but more people know that it is useless to envy and envy Chen Feng's independently developed power.

Chen Feng looked at the old man, and then said: "It is necessary to go south to Burma to fight, but how to fight and who to fight needs to be carefully considered!"

"Oh, solemnly, if you have any comments, please speak up. This matter is about the life and death of the party-state and the entire Chinese nation. If you have anything to say, please speak up!" Lao Jiang said.

Chen Feng stood up suddenly, looked around, and said loudly: "The fight in Burma going south is not just for the few of us to talk about here, it is to send tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the front line. A few words here will decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so we must speak out some questions openly, maybe some words are not nice!"

"Solemn, you are the vice chairman of the Military Commission, the chairman of Saibei Province, and the commander-in-chief of the Eighth War Zone. With your status, there is nothing that prevents you from speaking freely. It is still the same sentence. If you have any opinions, just say it. It should be for those hundreds of thousands of soldiers!" Lao Jiang said.

Chen Feng said: "When sending troops south to fight in Burma, we must first figure out what we are doing? We went to Burma to fight to protect our external channels, to prevent China from being isolated, not for those British devils. I don't know. Then you will suffer a lot!"

He Yingqin, who advocated going south to fight, got up and said: "Brother solemn, this statement is biased. Anti-Japanese and supporting Britain are carried out together. Anti-Japanese means aiding Britain and should not be discussed separately. Moreover, according to the Sino-British common defense opinion, the Chinese and British armies are in order to ensure For the purpose of Yangon Seaport, the main force should be gathered in Mawlamyine on the Myanmar-Thailand border, the Denglao Mountains and the area south of Jingdong to take a decisive battle defense, and focus on Mawlamyine. Another small part should be deployed in China and Burma The Cheli and Linjiang borders will serve as permanent defense, and a coordinating ship will be on guard in Yangon and the Yangon sea."

The old man also frowned and said: "Yes, solemnly, this time we went south to Burma to fight because we were invited by the British army. Otherwise, we would not be able to leave the country at all. According to the guiding principles of the two sides' combat: the Chinese and British armies are in the car , South of the Linjiang River, east of Jingjing, south of Kayah State, Myanmar-Thailand border to Mawlamyine, and build a deep stronghold-style fortress group position. Attract the enemy in front of our main position, use powerful firepower to destroy the enemy's attack, and lose no time to shift the offensive , Surround and annihilate the enemy in front of our main position. Then attack the invading enemy in one fell swoop."

"The enemy's main force is coming from the center. I use the established positions to consume the enemy to a certain extent. First attack the enemy from Jingdong and Moulmein's two wings, surround them and annihilate them. If the enemy's main force comes from the vicinity of Moulmein, Our army should use the natural dangers of the Salween River and stronghold fortifications to attract the enemy in front of our main position, destroy the enemy's offensive with powerful firepower, cooperate with our left wing troops to defeat a part of the enemy, encircle the main force of the enemy near the coast of Mawlamyine and annihilate them. If the main force of the enemy comes from Jingdong, our army should attract the enemy in the mountainous area, use regular warfare and guerrilla warfare together, try our best to delay the enemy, and attack from the vicinity of Mawlamyine, first defeat part of the enemy, and cut off the enemy's rear , to encircle and annihilate them. All these combat scenarios are formulated based on the joint defense of the two armies, and it is impossible to leave the British alone!"

Chen Feng sneered and said, "We regard the British as our allies, and people who don't see us also regard us as their allies. In the eyes of the British, we are just eye-catching sandbags, a burden that can be discarded at any time!"

Chen Feng was not aimless. Historically, the British had done more than what Chen Feng said. At this time, the British also felt that the appeasement policy in East Asia could not achieve the desired effect.The British saw from the Japanese army's march into Vietnam that Japan's appetite was hard to fill.For Britain, securing India was a matter of great importance, however, the key to keeping India was to "hold Burma as the last bulwark in defense of India.

At this time, Britain's own strength was contained in Europe and North Africa, and there were not many forces that could be mobilized to Asia. Although the Indian army had a large number of troops, its combat effectiveness was very sparse. If it fought against the Japanese army, there was little hope.Confused, Britain saw that China's war of resistance was getting stronger and stronger. In January 1941, the British government hurriedly appointed Major General Dennis as an army attache stationed in Chongqing, and began to discuss Sino-British military issues with China.In order to protect the last international transportation line of the Burma Road, China, and the United Kingdom to protect Myanmar, India's barrier, the two countries signed the Sino-British Joint Defense Agreement on the Burma Road.

When Britain had no time to take into account Japan's challenge, it could only use China's anti-Japanese forces to contain Japan's attack, so as to maintain Britain's balance of power in Asia.This is the purpose of the British, just want to use the Chinese to watch the house for him.Never regarded China as a true friend.Under the leadership of this seemingly incoherent alliance, the Chinese Expeditionary Force's first entry into Burma seemed destined to be a tragedy from the very beginning.

"How is this possible? What good will it do them to calculate us???" Chen Cheng and others couldn't believe it.

"Benefits? If the British are really our allies, they will not betray the interests of the Chinese and make peace with the Japanese. If the British really treat the Chinese as friends, why don't they let us enter Burma in advance to deploy defenses?" , but after the fall of Yangon, they urgently asked us to enter Myanmar to fight. The British did not want the Japanese army to enter Myanmar, but also feared that our Chinese army would enter Myanmar, and worried that our actions would damage their support for Myanmar. Therefore, the Squadron was not allowed to enter Burma for early deployment." Chen Feng said coldly.

They all know what Chen Feng said. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident ignited a full-scale war between China and Japan. After more than a year of war, China's weak national strength was fully exposed. The army suffered more than 100 million casualties, and most of its equipment was destroyed. There is no way to make up for the material loss domestically.In order to maintain the situation of the Anti-Japanese War, in addition to various factors such as politics, economy, and military at that time, importing a large amount of military supplies from the world was of great significance for maintaining the frontal battlefield of China’s Anti-Japanese War from collapse and stabilizing the economy in the rear.It has become the primary strategic goal of the struggle between the enemy and ourselves in the war, but after the Wuhan battle, only the southwest international transportation line in China is still open.

Britain is an old imperialist and colonialist country, and it is very conceited.It has always used two-faced tactics to control the European continent, instigate wars, and profit from them. This is its forte.Shortly after the First World War, in order to compete with France for European hegemony, Britain gradually supported German fascism and tried to persuade Hitler to attack the Soviet Union.

It is exactly that those who play with fire must die. Hitler did not attack the Soviet Union first according to Chamberlain's intentions. On the contrary, after annexing a series of small countries, he killed France first.Then the British and French allied forces retreated in Dunkirk, and London was panicked for a while.

The disastrous defeat of the British Expeditionary Force in France gave Japan an opportunity to blackmail Britain. In order to cut off the international transportation line in southwest China and shake the Chinese people's determination to resist the war, Japan asked the British government to cut off the Burma Road, otherwise it would have a negative impact on the relationship between Britain and Japan. have a serious impact.

Britain did not accept the lesson of pampering Germany. Not only did it not raise its vigilance against the crazy Japanese fascist aggression, and actively deployed defenses in Burma, but it imagined that it would still use two-sided tactics to perfuse Japan, so as to preserve its rear in the Far East colonies and fight with Japan. The agreement to block the Burma Road for three months was formally established.However, the Japanese fascists did not stop their ambition of dominating Asia because of Britain's wooing. On the contrary, they used this agreement to see through Britain's weaknesses.Although Britain rejected Japan's request to extend the closure of the Burma Road.But in any case, the British betrayed the Chinese government in this regard, and their behavior is chilling and shameless.

Chen Feng continued: "Churchill was a selfish pragmatist. He asked us to go south to fight. This is a trick we had to come up with. We must be careful of the British conspiracy. Besides, going to Burma to fight is not just a matter of talking. Where is the transportation? Where are the supplies, where are the Japanese troops, where are the positions, where are the wounded sent, how to deal with the relationship with the locals, and whether there is air support? Have you ever thought about these issues? This is irresponsible to hundreds of thousands of soldiers."

"The British colonialists wanted to protect Burma to maintain their vested interests of colonialism, but they didn't want others to intervene. They were especially afraid that the squadron would enter Burma, which would encourage the development of the Burmese national independence movement, because in history China It has had a great impact on Myanmar. I can conclude that if we rush to organize troops to fight in Myanmar, it will be an unprecedented tragedy!"

Chen Feng's words were so loud that the entire meeting room became very silent. Everyone, including Lao Jiang, lowered their heads and carefully considered what Chen Feng said just now.

Due to repeated delays by the United Kingdom, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has missed the best time to enter Burma for defense. Now that Yangon has fallen, the Chinese Expeditionary Force hastily entered Burma at this time, coupled with the lack of sufficient transportation and necessary supplies, and Burma The natural environment in the territory is very harsh, and the prospect of going south to fight is indeed worrying.

The fact is exactly the same. Due to the selfishness of the British side, the first Chinese expeditionary force entered Burma and ended in failure. One retreated to western Yunnan and the other retreated to India.The Japanese army not only occupied the entire territory of Myanmar and cut off the Burma Road, but also went deep into the banks of the Nu River in western Yunnan, posing a serious threat to Kunming and Chongqing, the rear areas of China's War of Resistance.

If the British colonial authorities had allowed the squadron to garrison Yangon and Mawlamyine earlier and built strong fortifications in advance, Myanmar might not have fallen as a whole, and the squadron might not have tens of thousands of savages who died tragically in northern Myanmar In the mountains, and because of the unimpeded Yunnan-Myanmar Highway, China's domestic war of resistance will not fall into an extremely difficult situation. (To be continued..)