At this moment, everyone in the conference room had their eyes on this young officer, mixed with curiosity, doubt, and even jealousy, but no one expected that he would be the first to stand up and refute Commander Chen.
Although Liao Mingyu is already in his thirties this year, compared with most officers who are already past their forties or even fifty years old, he is indeed considered a younger generation.
"Oh? Are you Liao Mingyu?"
Chen Cheng was not angry because his words were interrupted, but asked curiously.
"Yes, sir!"
"I have been paying attention to the battle reports in Western Yunnan and Myanmar. Even the Yuan Dynasty was full of praise for the heroic performance of you and your men. It is really a blessing to our party and the pride of our nation." Chen Cheng praised.
Liao Mingyu's straight face did not change, and he said humbly: "Sir, Miao Zan, how can such a humble job be worthy of such a title? All victories are the result of the joint efforts of all the seniors here..."
What a good boy, you should take credit without being arrogant, and you should be proud of others. It is really commendable. It is not in vain that I have spoken kind words for you in front of the head of state so many times. Chen Cheng's smile became thicker, and he had great plans to draw Liao Mingyu into his faction.
"You're welcome. Your contribution is obvious to all. But what is the urgent matter you just mentioned?"
Liao Mingyu glanced at Sun Liren, calmed down his thoughts for a moment, and said calmly: "Our troops have been defending the Lashio area in Myanmar. We did detect signs of large Japanese troops moving here in the past two days. In addition, General Sun just According to the information obtained, the Japanese army is likely to launch a counterattack in northern Myanmar."
Chen Cheng touched his chin and fell into deep thought. None of you here are mediocre people and can quickly analyze the probability and consequences of this matter. However, most of them have never been to northern Myanmar and do not understand the specific situation. It is difficult to believe that Japan People can react so quickly.
"The Japs just lost five divisions in Myitkyina. Are they capable of counterattack so soon? Boy, you are being too alarmist." Before Chen Cheng could speak, a questioning voice emerged from beside him.
Liao Mingyu took a closer look and saw that the speaker was none other than Huo Kuizhang, the commander-in-chief of the 20th Group Army.
"First of all, northern Myanmar is very important to us in China, and it is also true for the Japanese."
Liao Mingyu walked to the map with an expressionless face. While introducing the situation in northern Myanmar, he explained the problems to everyone:
"Currently the Burma Highway and the India-Burma branch are being rebuilt, and it is only a matter of time before they are opened to traffic. The Japanese know very well that if this life transportation line cannot be controlled, our Chinese military power will only become stronger as time goes by. This But it was very detrimental to the Japanese army on the domestic battlefield."
"Once we withdraw from Myanmar, they are likely to take this opportunity to come back. At that time, all these efforts will be in vain, and they may even threaten the western Yunnan region again."
In fact, Liao Mingyu was not alarmist. Historically, the expeditionary force's counterattack on Myanmar began more than half a year later than it is now, and the final time from the recovery of Myitkyina to the invasion of Lashio was the end of 1944. The current results are almost earlier than in history. One year.
Because at that time, the Japanese army deployed too many troops to deal with the US military in the Pacific, which led to the gradual reduction of military power in China and Southeast Asia. Moreover, due to the decline of national power and the overall decline in the quality of soldiers, its combat effectiveness also began to decline sharply. By the time the expeditionary force After taking northern Myanmar, they had no ability to launch a counterattack.
Now, the Japanese military power in Southeast Asia has not been completely exhausted by the Pacific battlefield. They still have considerable troops deployed in central Myanmar and the Malay Archipelago. It is not impossible to counterattack.
The Japanese may even increase their military investment in Southeast Asia. Maybe that will ease the Pacific battlefield, but it will definitely make Myanmar evolve into a more chaotic battlefield.
This is also the result of Liao Mingyu's butterfly flapping its wings, sharing the pressure that should belong to the Yankees in the Pacific.
But it's too late now. In order to prevent the overall situation from getting out of control, and for the future retreat of myself and my brothers, I can't be transferred back to China at all.
Who doesn’t know what Chiang Kai-shek’s methods are? As long as you go back, you will never want to stay in the original army. Are there many examples of him taking your salary from the bottom of the cauldron? Liao Mingyu would not commit such stupidity. Gu Wei
"This is all your guess. Maybe the Japanese are just afraid that we will continue to go south and are bluffing to mislead us? I still don't believe it. They have just killed tens of thousands of people. How can those bastards have the ability to launch a counterattack?"
Huo Kuizhang leaned back on his chair carelessly, his tone full of doubt and disdain, and he didn't take the other party's words seriously at all.
"You just underestimate the determination and perseverance of the Japanese." Liao Mingyu responded calmly with an expressionless face. For such a person who is not so clear-headed, he feels that it is a waste to say even half a word.
"Then what you say...not only can we not withdraw our troops, but we will continue to send people to Burma? Huh! That's simply alarmist!" Huo Kuizhang continued to tit for tat, his sarcastic attitude full of hostility.
It's not that he can't understand the stakes involved, it's just that he can't stand it. Who told someone to make him look bad last time?
"Don't Commander Huo usually pay attention to the enemy's dynamics? The Japanese still have at least five to seven divisions in Myanmar, and there are also several divisions in Siam to defend them. I think anyone who is smart should understand the truth. ." Liao Mingyu spread his hands and stabbed back with a hint of meaning.
"A bullshit deputy army officer dares to show off in front of our commander, isn't it embarrassing for you!?" Before Huo Kuizhang could say anything, a major general and division commander next to him jumped out to cheer for their commander.
"Face is not given by others, it is earned by oneself. I'm afraid only useless trash needs face from others." Liao Mingyu sneered and retorted unceremoniously.
He didn't want to cause trouble, but unless some unscrupulous guy came to scold him, he couldn't be blamed.
"Damn you, the mother in the house!"
Huo Kuizhang was so angry that he even spoke out his hometown dialect and was ridiculed by a junior in public. Where did he lose his face?
"Fat Huo, are you afraid you took the wrong medicine? What do you mean when everything is fine?"
Song Xilian, who was sitting not far away, was not happy. After all, Liao Mingyu was nominally his subordinate, so you can scold him at will? Treat me as a decoration?
"You're allowed to scold me, but I'm not allowed to get angry?! Song Xilian, this is not how you protect a calf, right?"
"Haha, it took nearly three months for a group army with more than 80,000 people to defeat Tengchong. What is it if it's not trash?" Song Xilian smiled casually and said casually.
"What the hell..."
"enough!"
Seeing that the smell of gunpowder in the conference room was getting stronger and stronger, Chen Cheng slapped the table and shouted loudly.
His cold eyes struck everyone's face like a blade, and the aura of a superior quickly spread throughout the room.
Seeing that their old officers were angry, Huo Kuizhang and Song Xilian did not dare to make a mistake, so they snorted and turned away.
"Well, Mr. Minister, the crisis we are currently facing has not been resolved. If you Chinese side insist on withdrawing its troops, then you will have to bear the consequences of this wrong decision! Could it be that... this is also what your head of state expects?"
Stilwell suddenly interrupted at this time, which exploded in Chen Cheng's heart like a heavy hammer.
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