Zhang Wei knew that the situation was grim, and he also knew that the expeditionary operation was dangerous and difficult.
In fact, after the Yunnan-Vietnam line was cut off by the Japanese army, China's main blood transfusion line to the outside world was the Yunnan-Burma Road, and the Soviet aid transportation line in the northwest was not much different from stopping transportation If you want to fight this battle, you can only rely on the Yunnan-Burma Road, which was only completed in 1938, but unfortunately, after the completion of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the transportation of the Yunnan-Burma Highway was constantly troubled by the British, and even was blocked for a time, and was suspended many times, until 1940, that is, in October last year, the British, who found that the situation of the Japanese was not right, resumed the transportation business of the Yunnan-Burma Highway in order to seek help from China to help defend Burma, so that this blood transfusion line played its due role.
If the Yunnan-Burma Road is to ensure that it is usually open to traffic, it is necessary to ensure the safety and smoothness of the Burmese side, and the materials from Burma to China must first be transported by sea to the Yangon port in Myanmar to stop ships and unload the goods, and then the materials will be transferred by land to the material distribution center of the Sino-Burmese border, such as Lap Wu and Wan Town, and then transported from China, Burma belongs to the British colony, is the British Yankee's sphere of influence, and the national army's defense in Burma is bound to cooperate with the British and the British army.
In fact, the psychology of the British authorities in Southeast Asia still holds the illusion of the British Empire, and dreams of the old empire, believing that in the face of the "strong strength" of the British Empire, the Japanese army will not dare to invade easily, and the defense with China is more to make a psychological comfort and intimidate the Japanese.
Since the British authorities took root, they did not want the Chinese army's men and guns to enter Burma and affect their long-term colonial power in Burma, but the Japanese were eyeing each other, which was an ironclad fact, and the British also knew that they could not withstand the attack, so they also cooperated with China on the surface, and engaged in a set of false and ambiguous strategic decisions.
In fact, this Englishman is just pretending to be confused and pouring himself ecstasy, how ridiculous.
Allies who deviate from morality and only care about their own interests can fight this battle It wasn't until the signboard of the British Empire was smashed and smashed by the Japanese army that invaded Southeast Asia, and it was beaten by the yellow-skinned monkeys they had always looked down on, that the British would understand how ridiculous their original views were And all these factors, ills, and ultimately endanger, are still the Chinese army bent on defending the blood transfusion line.
Zhang Wei began to prepare early, in order to supplement the second regiment to buy mountain knives, jungle warfare, insect and mosquito prevention equipment, just to start with his own regiment troops, so as not to let the Burma battle be the same as that time and space, so indescribable.
When it came to the issue of future operations, Commander Du, Luo Youlun, and Zhang Wei were all worried, and they kept discussing in the office.
"Military seat, this expedition group, there are people from the navy, air force and military command department, according to this organizational method, the top is to conduct an all-round investigation, our army is not very familiar with the enemy situation in Burma, this inspection group, may determine the future combat policy of our army into Burma, the current army assembled and deployed to the border in our Fifth Army is the most elite, once the war starts, our Fifth Army will definitely be the pillar, now the other troops have been assembled, only we have not moved, still in place, you will go to inspect the military seat, the commander is not there, The troops are equivalent to the absence of the commander, if you leave and order to assemble on the Yunnan-Burma border, I am afraid it will be very hasty, if you can directly transfer it now. ” Chief of Staff Luo Youlun frowned and said, in his words, he was very attentive to the assembly of troops and the march, which reflected the professional characteristics of the chief of staff.
Commander Du said in a very meaningful tone: "The top has given a little bit of a mouth, once the order is down, the whole army will be assembled in Guiyang and Anshun, first go to Guiyang, and then assemble on the Yunnan-Burma border, this Yunnan Province is not so easy to go, that is Chairman Long's territory, we are the central army, hurriedly move to Yunnan, people feel uncomfortable, western Yunnan is a border area, the situation is complicated, the water is very deep."
As a matter of fact, this time, in order to respond to the defense of the Yunnan-Burma Road, our Central Army troops entered the Yunnan-Burma and Yunnan-Vietnam border, and there were already a lot of local complaints. ” According to my estimate, after the departure of the inspection group, the troops will march to the Anshun area of Guiyang, and after a little training, they will enter Yunnan Province and be on standby on the border of western Yunnan.
"When I am not there, the chief of staff of the military headquarters and the army directly under the army should take more pains, and the commander of the 22nd Division of Liao Xin, the commander of the 200th Division of Dai, and the commander of the remaining 96th Division must also communicate more, and do a good job in the matter of moving defense.
Our Fifth Army is a strong army, and even if the commander is not there, or even if the commander is killed, the whole army must be able to carry out all kinds of combat missions normally. ” Luo Youlun: "Rest assured, the military seat will do your best." ” Zhang Wei listened to the conversation between the two of Du Luo on the side, and said in his heart, this defense of Yunnan and Burma, the situation is really complicated, Yunnan is not the territory of the Central Army, but the sphere of influence of the local boss Chairman Long, in order to assist in the defense of Burma with the British, a large number of Central Army troops are scheduled to be drawn in Yunnan Province, these troops, such as the 54th Army, the 71st Army, and the Fifth Army, are all the main force of the Central Army with yellow letters.
A large number of the central army entered the sphere of influence of the Yunnan system, the contradiction between the local system and the central system, and the invisibly followed, the depth of the water that Commander Du said, Zhang Wei actually deeply agreed, this Yunnan Province, now using the Yunnan currency, economy, military, are completely independent of the central system, although the central army entered Yunnan in order to fight with the Japanese army, but those local bigwigs are not little white rabbits, a large number of elite of the central army entered Yunnan, how can you not be alert to the central army into Yunnan, It's like hanging an invisible knife around the neck of the Yunnan dragon boss.
Assisting in the defense of Burma not only involves China and Britain, but also the intersection between these countries, because of China's special national conditions, which will lead to confrontations and struggles between the central government and local factions Therefore, this expedition is difficult ：。
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