That's right, because China is the most populous country in the world, so when China began to develop, Europe and the United States were afraid.
They are afraid to deal with them when China rises Even, in the fifties and sixties, the world preached the Yellow Peril China is isolated, and the diplomatic situation is difficult The earth, just so big, resources, just so much, most of the resources, non-renewable, let's say, oil, let's say, coal.
Of course, this is because the regeneration time of such resources is too long.
After Zhao Sheng heard this, he probably understood, "No matter what happens, people need to complete it in the end, so they are afraid" Zhou Weiguo nodded, "That's probably what it means, but it's not yet this time, what Britain and the United States are worried about is their current interests, which are moved by Germany and Japan, they feel that Germany and Japan are simply crazy, oh, and Italy, because what they want to fight against is the whole world." ” Same as ancient After receiving Du Yuming's telegram, Dai Anlan decided to let Zheng Tingjian take the 200th Division and go north to cooperate with the 6th Army to flank the Japanese army, and bring the 80 artillery of the whole army.
"Zhuzhai, according to intelligence, the devil's ambush is the 56th Division and the 18th Division, the two divisions are about 40,000 people, and the 6th Army and follow-up troops are about 60,000 people.
Dai Anlan spoke, "Everything, you need to be careful, the artillery shells should be used, don't be reluctant to keep the 56th Division of the devil at about 20,000 soldiers, in its heyday, it was equipped with army aviation, landing craft, landing attack ships, tank detachments and other powerful weapons, it was the absolute elite of the Japanese army."
The predecessor also participated in many battles, and later in the Battle of the Philippines, it was a truly mechanized army, marching quickly and with great firepower.
In short, care is needed. ” Zheng Tingjian nodded, "I know, if this battle is not successful, it will become a benevolent" "Don't" Dai Anlan hurriedly denied, "Live well and wait for you to come back, we still have to fight the 55th Division, after the fight, we still have to go to Yangon and let the British obediently send the house" Zheng Tingjian smiled, "Okay."
He knew that Dai Anlan was worried about him, this anti-ambush war, in fact, was already a decisive battle in the battle of Burma, as long as the Japanese army could be defeated in this ambush war, then the situation in Burma would become stable, so this battle was very important.
The Pacific Ocean is too big, even if the Japanese army transfers so many troops south, it has to be cautious and cautious, one wrong move, and lose the whole game.
"Alright, go and prepare, and I'll let you know as soon as the telegram from the Sixth Army arrives."
"Hmm."
The Fifth Army, the Sixth Army, and the 66th Army are preparing intensively, and this is a battle that has to be fought, and if it is won, the situation in Burma will be stable, and if it loses, it will only be defeated at home, and the situation in Burma will deteriorate further.
If the situation on the Burmese side deteriorates and the coalition forces have to retreat to India, then it will undoubtedly encourage the aggressors.
To put it bluntly, this is a battle that can only be won and not lost The expeditionary force entered Burma for the first time, consisting of more than 100,000 people from 10 divisions of the 5th, 6th, and 66th armies, and finally returned to China, with less than 40,000 people.
Moreover, the biggest battle was also in Tonggu.
At this moment, the headquarters of the expeditionary force, the information that the Japanese army had an ambush in the north of Tonggu has been known to all the high-level officials, which has triggered a heated discussion.
In the end, the meeting decided that the plan proposed by Du Yuming would remain unchanged, and the previous plan of the British army to defend the west road would also remain unchanged, and it would still go south to meet the Japanese army in three ways.
The western route was still the British army, the middle route was under the responsibility of the 6th Army and its follow-up troops, and the eastern route was the 5th Army of Tonggu.
As for the counter-ambush plan, it was the responsibility of the central and eastern routes, that is, the Fifth and Sixth Armies.
In general, there is no change, but Du Yuming's plan is formalized.
Originally, a few divisions were to be transferred to guard behind the British army's western front, but now there are no extra troops, and this meeting, Zhou Weiguo did not participate.
Even if they participated, there were no more arrangements, as long as the counter-ambush was successful, and the Western Front was defended by the British army, it was defended by the British army.
On March 19, a contingent of tens of thousands of people marched into Naypyidaw, also known as Pingmanna.
"Commander, command telegram" "Read" A middle-aged lieutenant general of the national army said, he has received a lot of telegrams recently, and he also needs to know the situation on the front line.
However, he already knew about the devil's ambush near Tonggu, and he also knew about Du Yuming's order.
"It's an order, the plan of the 6th Army remains unchanged, and it will join forces with the Fifth Army to attack the Japanese army in ambush" Gan Lichu frowned, as the commander of the first army, there should still be political sensitivity, it was originally just Du Yuming's order, but now, it has become an official order of the command, which means that this plan has been approved by the command.
He also knows a little about the situation in the headquarters, after all, there are two or three friends, and the news is not closed, and there will be discord and great contradictions.
The position of the British changed repeatedly, and the delivery of supplies was delayed.
He could only sigh.
Still, he was optimistic about the plan.
The 6th Army, under the jurisdiction of the 49th Division, the 93rd Division and the provisional 55th Division, plus the 66th Army behind, has a number of about 60,000 people.
Moreover, according to intelligence, the devils chose jungle terrain in order to ambush them.
In the jungle land, it will not be able to give full play to the advantages of the mechanized troops of the 56th Division of the devils.
This is also an advantage for them.
However, the Japanese had strong firepower and air support.
There is a military airport called Yongkegang in ancient times, and in order to fight against ambush warfare, half of the fighters in Kunming's Wujiaba Airport arrived at Yongkegang Airport.
This half of the fighters included a flying squadron under Zhu Ziming, as well as Chennault's aviation volunteer team.
The other two aviation squadrons under Zhu Ziming flew to the airfield in Naypyidaw, preparing for a counter-ambush.
On March 20, the 49th Division of the 6th Army moved south as the vanguard and headed for Tonggu.
And at this moment, the Japanese army was stationed north of Tonggu.
"Your Excellency, the division commander, is less than 10 kilometers away from us," a Japanese soldier said to a Japanese lieutenant general.
Lieutenant General of the Japanese Army, that is, the commander of the 56th Division, Masao Watanabe, narrowed his eyes and nodded with satisfaction, in his opinion, the expeditionary force had taken the bait and would soon enter their ambush circle.
Although this is a jungle area, they are also quite accustomed to jungle combat, "Baiwujun, compare them for a while, is it your 18th Division that has won more, or my 56th Division has won more":