Glorious Mission 1937

"Solemn, what should we do in your opinion? Do we really want to watch the Japanese occupy Burma?" The old man asked with a frown.

Chen Feng replied: "I don't want to say that everyone knows the importance of Myanmar, so I never said that I will not rescue Myanmar. Myanmar must be saved, but we only save China's Myanmar, not Britain's Myanmar!"

"China's Myanmar?"

"Yes, it is China's Myanmar. China and Myanmar are connected by mountains and rivers, and cultural exchanges have a long history. According to historical records, the friendly exchanges between China and Myanmar began in the Han Dynasty. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Burmese prince Pyu led musicians to visit the ancient capital of China, Chang'an. The famous reporter Bai Juyi was moved by it and wrote the eternal swan song "Piao Guoyue". For a long time, Myanmar was a vassal state of China. Until 1885, the British sent troops to destroy Myanmar and merged into India under the British Empire. It became a province of British India. In 1886, Britain won the third Anglo-Burmese War again, and China was forced to sign the "Sino-British Burma Treaty" with Britain, which stipulated that China recognized that Britain had dominion over Burma, but Burma still had control over China. As usual, one tribute every ten years. So Burma is not the inherent homeland of Britain, if we want us to send troops to defend Burma, the British must hand over the control of Burma." Chen Feng said loudly.

Lao Jiang and the others looked at Chen Feng with surprise on their faces. They never thought that Chen Feng would have such a crazy idea. As we all know, Britain is the most domineering old colonial country in the world, and there are British colonies all over the world. How could they It may give up Myanmar. You must know that Myanmar is the gateway to India.The British will not let it fall into the hands of other countries anyway.

"Seriously, Myanmar is a colony of the British. How could they let go so easily? Before that, the British did everything possible to prevent us from entering Burma for defense. I'm afraid your idea will not be accepted by them!" Lao Jiang shook his head and said.

Chen Feng chuckled and said, "They will accept it!"

"Oh! What can I do with solemnity?"

"Does the committee know about MacArthur?"

"The MacArthur of the United States stationed in the Philippines?"

"it's him!"

"Has he anything to do with it?"

"Of course, MacArthur and his army are now surrounded by the Japanese in the Bataan area. Only I can save the principal of the American Military Academy at West Point, but the condition is that the United States and Britain declare to give up all interests in China and return all China and Chinese dependent states. Territory. Including Burma!" Chen Feng said in a non-surprised manner.

There is a jolt in the conference room.Unexpectedly, Chen Feng came up with this idea.

"Then the British agreed?" Lao Jiang asked hastily. It would be great if this matter can really be achieved. Without the restraint of the British, Lao Jiang is confident in defending northern Myanmar.At least the Japanese will not be allowed to threaten the safety of the Southwest hinterland.

"They agreed. But on one condition!"

"What conditions?"

"Successfully rescued MacArthur. We must live and not die!" Chen Feng said.

"That..."

"Please rest assured, my troops have already set off, and the rescue operation has already begun compared to now. As long as the information provided by the Americans is accurate, there will be news soon!" Chen Feng said with a smile.

"I hope this rescue operation will be successful, so that the party-state will not be too passive!" Lao Jiang said.

"Please rest assured, there should be no accidents in rescuing the soldier MacArthur. But I still have some concerns about the party-state sending an expeditionary force to fight south!" Chen Feng said.

"If you have any concerns, please tell me. Seriously, you are one of the few strategic experts in the party-state. Every time you ask a question, you are making up for the loopholes of the party-state and saving soldiers on the battlefield!" Lao Jiang said happily.

Chen Feng said: "The most important thing for the expeditionary force to fight in Burma is supplies. Don't count on the British. They are just a bunch of rubbish. They don't care about the life and death of us Chinese. All the supplies still need to be transported from Yunnan, so we Internal unity is very important. But with all due respect, the relationship between Chongqing and Yunnan may add a lot of variables to the expeditionary army's southward operations!"

Everyone was surprised by Chen Feng's unceremonious words, and secretly thought that the young co-seat was too courageous to dare to speak like this. Isn't this a slap in the face of the old man?What about Chongqing, not the old man.What about Yunnan, isn't it the chairman of Yunnan Province, Long Yun!

Everyone here knows that when the old man concentrated his efforts on operating the international route of the Burma Highway, he had conflicts with Long Yun, who ruled Yunnan, and it was very sharp.The old man tried to use the anti-Japanese pretext to deliberately "unify" Yunnan; while Long Yun guarded against the old man's hand at all times and insisted on the situation that the small Long dynasty monopolized the political, economic and military power in Yunnan.Political old men in Yunnan can't get involved; economically, Yunnan still uses its self-issued "Dian coins"; militaryly, the Central Army cannot enter the country.

The old man was very dissatisfied with this situation, and he had many ways to deal with Yunnan. On the one hand, he sent his brother-in-law Da Song Ziwen to dredge and win over Longyun. The Diankang border has been concentrated one after another.

The troops that have been concentrated successively include: the three divisions of the Ganlichu Division of the Sixth Army on the Yunnan-Guizhou border; the three divisions and mechanized units of the Fifth Army Du Yuming's Division near Anshun and Panxian. The two divisions of the Zhong Bin Division of the 71st Army and the Ma Weiji Division of the new 29th Division that will be trained near Luzhou and Xuyong are ready to enter Yunnan at any time.

On the border of Diankang, near Xichang and Huili, there are 70 divisions including the No. 36 First Army.The No. 14 Division, the Division, and the [-]th Division of the Huangwei Department of the Fourth Army assembled on the border of Yunnan and Guangxi.

In Sichuan and Guizhou, there are also the Ninth Division, No.70 Sixth Division, and No.30 Third Division of the Second Army's Wang Lingyun Division; the Sun Liren Division of the Tax Police Headquarters, and the Liu Bolong Division of the New 28th Division.

The above-mentioned troops probably began to concentrate when the Japanese invaded Vietnam in 1940, but due to the conflict between Jiang and Long, they could not enter Yunnan for a long time.Until 1941, when the Sino-British military alliance was brewing, the two sides were preparing to work together to preserve the Burma Road and the Yangon International Traffic Line. After long-term and tortuous discussions, Jiang Long finally reached an agreement that Peng Bisheng, the 49th Division of the Sixth Army, would first open the Burma Road. Protecting the road, the Fifth Army also marched into Yanglin, Zhanyi, Qujing and other places in Yunnan.

Soon the old man set up a staff group of the military committee stationed in Yunnan, with Lin Wei as the head of the group, and established the Kunming Defense Command.Then the 93rd Division of the Sixth Army drove to Cheli and Fohai to deploy their defenses.The new 28th division, the new 29th division, and the new 38th division were organized into the 66th army, with Zhang Zhen as the commander, preparing to participate in the Burma expedition.

Although the two sides reluctantly reached a compromise, the contradictions between Jiang Long did not disappear, and instead tended to intensify as the expeditionary force entered Yunnan on a large scale.

However, although everyone is aware of this kind of problem, no one dares to speak out. Everyone did not expect that Chen Feng would talk about such a thing at such a serious meeting. The most important thing is that these two people are still at the meeting. Does Ma want to do something, sow discord?It didn't look like it, everyone didn't know the purpose of Chen Feng's doing this.

"What does Commander Chen mean by this? Are you saying that I, Long, will delay the War of Resistance, or do you think that I, Long, look like a traitor?" The first to get mad was Long Yun, the chairman of Yunnan Province, just like all the senior generals present. As everyone thought, although the conflict between him and Lao Jiang was very sharp, they were relatively restrained with each other. Both sides were tacit about this, so if Chen Feng brought it up in public, he and the old man would not look good in face.

Chen Feng smiled and said: "Chairman Long, please be safe and don't be impatient. Since Chairman Long took power in Yunnan in the 19th year of the Republic of China, his achievements are obvious to all. Especially after the Anti-Japanese War, although the Yunnan Army's combat effectiveness was average, its performance on the battlefield was not bad. In the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Dian Army swore to Wujiaba. The first batch of No.60 Army, with more than 1000 officers and soldiers, marched for more than 27 kilometers to assemble in Changsha, and then rushed to Taierzhuang, the front line of the Anti-Japanese War. In the 60th year of the Republic of China, the No.[-] Army participated in the Battle of Taierzhuang , the heroic soldiers of the Dian Army fought successively with the Japanese army. No one retreated because of timidity, and no one escaped because of fear of death. There are only [-] left."

"In addition, Chairman Long presided over the construction of the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway. At the moment of national crisis, in order to resist Japan and save the country, the people of Yunnan, regardless of gender, age and age, traveled long distances to the road construction site. There were no fewer than 10 people who worked day and night in shifts. It took less than 9 months to build 974 kilometers of roads, and the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway was fully opened to traffic. You and the people of Yunnan have made great contributions to the country and the nation."

Following Chen Feng's words, Long Yun's expression softened a little, but the old man's face became darker and darker.What does Chen Feng mean by this? Since he pushed aside the conflict between Jiang Long and Jiang Long, but just praised Long Yun blindly, isn't it obvious that the old man is at fault!

But at this moment, Chen Feng changed his voice and said: "I am not saying that there is something wrong with the committee. The reason why there is a problem in the relationship between Chongqing and Yunnan is not because there is any trouble between the committee and Chairman Long. , but the historical issues left over by decades of warlord separatism, and at the same time the differences in governance concepts. At this time of national crisis, especially when the expeditionary force enters Myanmar to fight, I hope that everyone can put aside these differences first, and talk about them later. Don't make conflicts at this time, otherwise we will be the ones who get hurt in the end."

Chen Feng didn't give Long Yun and the old man a chance to talk, and continued: "As an important part of China's national defense force, our Eighth War Zone will certainly not stand idly by. When the expeditionary force enters Burma, I will stand by all The troops were refitted before the battle, and all troops were not inferior to the Japanese army in terms of weapons and equipment. At the same time, our eighth war zone will launch a big battle in the north to contain the Japanese troops in North China and Northeast China."

As soon as Chen Feng finished speaking, the old man took the lead in applauding for Chen Feng.

At this moment, a major staff officer hurried into the conference room and handed a telegram to the old man.

After reading the telegram, the old man said excitedly: "Just received the news that the Suyan Department has sent a message to the world in plain code, and has successfully rescued the American general MacArthur. Our plan to enter China and Burma has begun!"

.....(to be continued..)