At this time, there were only three staff officers in the headquarters doing their daily work. Song Xilian turned around and said to those officers: "Put everything aside and get out first."
Although several officers were confused, they knew enough not to ask any more questions, and just left the headquarters silently.
After sending them away, Song Xilian continued to say to Liao Mingyu: "The war in the Central Plains is not going well. The head of state has been focusing on the domestic battlefield, but his attitude towards western Yunnan is very vague."
Liao Mingyu said nothing and stood at attention waiting for his next words.
"Because of their own interests, the British and Americans both want China to quickly send troops to counterattack Myanmar, but this war affects the whole body, and the head of state does not want to experience another bloody defeat."
Song Xilian shook his head and was filled with emotion. When he thought about the defeat of the expeditionary force in the first battle into Myanmar, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Furthermore, the troops stationed in India under Stilwell have become somewhat out of domestic control. In addition, the head of state suspects that the Japanese army will make big moves in northern Hunan, so he is unwilling to launch a counterattack now."
In fact, Baldhead himself is also very conflicted. The reason why he is unwilling to fight this battle is very simple. The Japanese Burmese Front Army has ten divisions with 300,000 troops, all of which have to rely on the Chinese Expeditionary Force to counterattack, but all this is to help the British. No matter how much you think about it, you feel like you are at a disadvantage when you regain lost ground.
The most important thing is that I have been tricked once by the British. Those cheap people who eat people without spitting out their bones are really disgusting.
However, the Americans used US aid supplies to seduce and coerce the bald heads. If the Burma Highway is not opened, a large amount of fine art equipment will not be transported in. They can only send a few through the hump route, and it is up to you.
The most important thing is that the Japanese army is eyeing Hunan and has assembled heavy troops near Changde. It is very likely to launch a larger battle. This is one of the reasons why Baldhead hesitates to counterattack western Yunnan.
"But Commander... so much land to the west of Nujiang belongs to China, are we just going to watch and do nothing?"
Liao Mingyu's heart tightened. He somewhat understood what Baldhead meant, but all he wanted to do was to counterattack Burma and then take advantage of the situation to enter Nanyang. With system support, he would be able to fly freely in the vast sea and sky.
And only through war can we get more supplies and the army will continue to grow. Who the hell is happy to work for a bald man for the rest of his life? How many more years can he keep dancing?
"Why don't I think so? But do you know how much of a chain reaction the last battle at Nantianmen caused? Fortunately, we won, otherwise do you think you can still stand here and talk to me now?"
Liao Mingyu remained silent. Indeed...that's how the government is. If you win, it's okay. If you lose, you'll be dismissed or investigated. A group of people will jump out and pull you down. You won't be able to get up again for the rest of your life without support.
"The situation on the front line is complicated. As the commander-in-chief of the group army, I am often unable to control myself. I cannot alone have the final say in a full-scale attack. However, you are different..."
Song Xilian was a little lonely. As the commander-in-chief of the group army, he had to take care of more things. He was directly taking orders from the Ministry of Military Affairs or the Bald Head.
Not only do you have to be responsible for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but if you don't pay attention to a transfer order, your future will be ruined. How can you do whatever you want like Liao Mingyu, and after you are done, someone will come out to wipe your butt.
"What did the commander say?" Liao Mingyu understood the previous words, but he was a little confused about the last sentence.
"Occasionally local wars can still be fought. Did you still say hello to me during the Battle of Nantianmen?"
Song Xilian rolled her eyes at him angrily and said thoughtfully: "But you have to be able to withstand the pressure in this kind of battle. If you win, everything will be fine. If you lose...as long as the establishment is still there, there won't be much of a problem?"
Liao Mingyu's brows jumped. How could he not understand the meaning? Commander Song had already acquiesced to their unauthorized actions and allowed the Sichuan Army to perform freely.
He won't care too much and won't give any support. As long as you have the ability, you can take credit from him if you win. It doesn't matter if you lose. As long as the whole army is not wiped out, he can help fight.
"However, it is difficult for my regiment to play a big role alone. Our Sichuan regiment only has so many people, and we will have to break our muscles and bones in a battle."
Liao Mingyu pretended to be pitiful and sold miserably. If he didn't get some benefits, he would have no chance.
Brat, I knew you would say that. Commander Song curled his lips as if he had expected such an answer, and suddenly changed the subject:
"By the way, the 66th Army was dispersed during the first battle into Myanmar. You should know about this, right?"
"Hmm... I heard something."
Liao Mingyu felt a little baffled by his erroneous answer. Does this have anything to do with him?
Regardless of Liao Mingyu's reaction, Song Xilian was talking to himself, not forgetting to glance at the former as he spoke: "Some time ago, the head of state specially ordered me to restore the establishment and continue to contain the increasingly serious situation in western Yunnan."
"Sigh...it's just that the number of troops is not sufficient. I intend to reorganize a division first to serve as the frame of the 66th Army. However, the commander of this team must be highly capable and have the same mind as me."
If you don't understand this, you are really a fool. Liao Mingyu suppressed the joy in his heart and immediately said forcefully: "I am willing to listen to the commander's instructions and die for the Kuomintang and lose loyalty!"
"good!"
Hearing his statement, Song Xilian smiled with satisfaction. He admired Liao Mingyu's abilities and at the same time saw the shadow of his own youth in this officer.
"This division will use your Sichuan Army Corps as its backbone and will be reorganized on the basis of the remnants of the original 66th Army. The initial establishment of the unit will be relatively large because it may be expanded into a military-level unit later."
What does it mean to provide help in times of need? This is called giving timely help! Liao Mingyu was extremely excited because he was finally about to welcome a team of over 10,000 people.
Commander Song's intention to win over is particularly obvious. In this intrigues and intrigues in the military system, the former is always expanding the strength of his own faction.
For a capable and young officer like Liao Mingyu, Song Xilian was happy to promote him to a higher position and train him as his direct descendant.
Although this is also full of the smell of transactions, who cares about this? Liao Mingyu doesn't care about pretending to be a grandson now, as long as he can quickly grow in strength, it is better than anything else.
He then discussed the arrangement of the troops with Commander Song. According to Commander Song's wishes, the temporary 46th division of the Sichuan Army Corps and the 66th Army was reorganized. The troops were first expanded to the main division of two brigades and six regiments, with a number of about 15,000. About a thousand people.
The temporary 46th Division will arrive on the east bank of the Nu River at the end of the month. After determining the general framework, Song Xilian asked Liao Mingyu to go back and sort out an organization information and submit it to the headquarters. The implication is: I will arrange the details for you. It's up to you.
Commander Song gave him enough power, for which Liao Mingyu was very grateful. He once again said that he would keep this kindness in mind and hurriedly resigned.
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The three supplementary regiments for the Sichuan Army were ready. After coming out of the headquarters, Liao Mingyu went to the barracks to check on their situation.
Fortunately, these supplementary regiments were not young men or child soldiers. Most of them had been defeated and retreated from the front line. Their original troops were crippled and forced to cancel their establishment, and they had to be reduced to supplementary troops for various units.
That's fine. These people are at least better than Shengguadanzi. Liao Mingyu is confident that he can turn them into a strong army in a short time.
"Dong Dao, you stay and arrange for them to return to Chanda. The others will leave with me first."
"clear!"
Just as Liao Mingyu was about to leave, a communications soldier from the headquarters ran over with a telegram...
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