After saying this, Sun Liren looked at Liao Mingyu inadvertently, and the latter's eyes narrowed dangerously, because that was where their 88th Army was stationed.
As early as two months ago, the Japanese 54th Division wanted to break through Lashio, which was occupied by the Third Division, and rush to help Myitkyina. At that time, Long Wenwen's first main regiment was almost wiped out. If Ayi had not arrived in time with the engineering regiment, I am afraid that several All the old brothers will hate this.
In order to block this gap and prevent the little Japanese from the north from coming over, Liao Mingyu did not hesitate to send the 200 division and two artillery battalions there. Together with Ayi's combat engineer regiment, Lashio gathered a team of 20,000 people.
The Japanese 54th Division was also eyeing the opposite side. The two sides had fought countless battles over the past two months. It can only be said that each has its own victory or defeat, and no one can do anything about the other.
But the Japanese didn't know that such a result was actually the result of Liao Mingyu specially asking Long Wenwen to do it specifically, because at that time a war on the Mystickyi side was imminent, and other battlefields could only be put aside first, otherwise they could directly concentrate their efforts on a wave of land and air coordination. The dissatisfied Japanese division is really not enough to fill their teeth.
However, the situation today has undergone earth-shaking changes. After the Battle of Myitkyina, the remnants of the Japanese army retreated in full force. The Japs were afraid that the expeditionary force would take advantage of the opportunity to go south and directly push the Burmese town of Mandalay, so they immediately assembled three divisions and headed north. While gathering the remaining soldiers, they re-established a defense line south of Lashio.
If you look at the map, Hsipaw, Mengya and Lashio are basically on a line from west to east, but Lashio is in the middle and further north, and the other two places sandwich it in the middle like a pair of pliers. If When the war breaks out again, Long Wen Zhang's position is still relatively dangerous.
After all, a battle involving more than 100,000 people had just ended. Not to mention the expeditionary force and the troops stationed in India, even Liao Mingyu, a tech guy, had to take a breather, right? Even if the soldiers are not tired, the logistics supplies have to be redeployed, so there is no way they can just fight.
The Japanese army also looked at this reason and wanted to bite the bullet and fight back. At least recapturing Lashio would give the enemy one less bridgehead.
Now the Third Division as a whole adopts the policy of elites and heavy firepower, and its approach is getting closer and closer to American routines. The troops are also becoming more and more logistically demanding. Otherwise, how to form overwhelming firepower and various tactical coordination are all cost-effective.
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"At present, the 112th and 113th regiments of our new 38th Division have rushed to Mengya first, preparing to cooperate with the brothers of the 88th Army to defend the Lashio area. This is basically the situation, General Stilwell?"
Sun Liren put the instructor's stick behind his back, stood in a standard straddle posture, and looked at Stilwell quietly.
"Gentlemen, I propose that we should continue the offensive. The Chinese side will send more troops to join the battlefield, cooperate with the Allied forces to advance to central Myanmar with superior forces, seize Mandalay, counterattack the Ren'an Qiang, and drive the Japanese to the Indian Ocean to feed the fish!"
Stilwell took over the conversation and enthusiastically proposed a counterattack plan. The failure of the first battle into Burma had always been brooding in his heart. The opportunity to wash away his shame finally came, how could he not seize it firmly?
Occupying Burma will not only avenge the past, but also allow the US military to obtain a logistics base in Southeast Asia, which will play an excellent containment role in the Pacific battlefield. The navy and air force can even directly threaten the Japanese mainland, not to mention the British army. This is their colony, and getting it back as soon as possible is better than anything else.
"So, gentlemen? What do you think of the current situation?"
Facing Stilwell's question, everyone started some discussions in whispers, but no one stood up to speak for a long time.
Chinese people have a bad habit, that is, ranking based on seniority, making progress based on succession, and paying too much attention to the order of superiority and inferiority.
Although most of them were commanders at the corps or division level, there were group army commanders and even commander-in-chief sitting next to them. The commanders didn't say anything about how they could steal the limelight first.
So the division commanders present looked at the corps commander, who then looked at the two group army commanders, and finally all eyes were focused on Wei Lihuang.
Wei Lihuang looked away and pretended not to see it. Will my words be effective now? Can't you see there's a military and political minister sitting next to you? If you have anything to do, go to him.
It can be seen that Chen Cheng has been assigned to western Yunnan again. His position as commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force is almost over. Chiang Kai-shek is like this. As long as he is not his direct descendant, he basically maintains the principle of disposable. The tricks used to surrender will never let you occupy military power for a long time.
"General Stilwell, I deeply admire your courage, but regarding the next deployment of troops... our head of state has other arrangements."
Chen Cheng stepped forward and replied with a smile on his face.
"What!? What does he want to do? Is he going to overstep his authority and give blind orders again?"
Stilwell was furious. When the first expeditionary force entered Burma, if it hadn't been for that "Peanut"'s manipulation from the air, 100,000 people would not have been crushed into Savage Mountain by the little Japs.
However, he, the nominal commander-in-chief, was completely ignored, resulting in no regiment being able to command on the battlefield. Faced with the erosive battle situation in the later period, Stilwell gave up and ran back to India in anger, so this was also the moment he heard The reason why Chiang Kai-shek blew up his hair on orders.
If Sun Liren had not followed him to India at that time, but had chosen to obey the order and enter Savage Mountain, perhaps there would not have been the incident of troops stationed in India today.
"First of all, from a strategic point of view, the situation in northern Myanmar has been opened up, and the international aid transportation lines have basically been opened. This huge victory is worthy of recognition, but at the same time, the price paid is also quite high!"
As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the resonance of most people present. Take the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force as an example. Although they drove the Japanese out of China, the casualties of the two armies reached more than 40,000. This is not considered non-combat. The reduction of staff and the consumption of materials are countless.
Chen Cheng smiled without trace. The reaction of the officers now made him feel that he had regained some face, so he continued:
"Furthermore, our army has invested too much manpower and material resources in western Yunnan, completely exceeding initial expectations. Now that the Guangxi front is tight, the head of state still wants to give priority to the domestic side."
Stilwell frowned. Is Chiang Kai-shek planning to "withdraw capital and shares"? He asked in a bad tone: "You Chinese people like to go around and around. Please tell me clearly what you mean!"
Chen Cheng nodded, took out a document from his briefcase, and read calmly: "According to the joint discussion between the Ministry of Military Affairs and the National Government Committee, it was decided to recall all the troops in western Yunnan, including the troops stationed in India, and will set up one in Kunming. The China Theater Army Command is regrouping to face the next battle in the country."
"The Eleventh Army will be transferred to the Fourth Theater to cooperate in operations, the Twentieth Army will be transferred to the Ninth Theater, and the New 1st Army, New 6th Army, and New 88th Army will be moved to Kunming for reorganization, and the 5th Army's mechanized force will be reorganized."
Liao Mingyu's expression changed drastically, Damn! Isn’t this a fool? ?
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