Early in the morning, Lashio, the Anglo-Burmese army was located in a conference room on the outskirts of the town.
All the personnel of the China-India-Burma-Malaysia military inspection team were in the same room with the British and Burmese military personnel, and all the senior officers of the Chinese and British sides were present, and the commander-in-chief of the British-Burmese army, Major General Hu Dun, his staff, staff officers, and the head of the China-India-Burma-Malaysia military inspection team, General Shang Zhen, were all seated here.
This will be a very time-consuming military meeting, because the future operation policy, battle plan and cooperation of the Chinese army into Burma will be decided by this meeting.
Taking into account the language and communication problems between the two sides, the diplomats have already determined the process of the meeting with the British side, which will first introduce the information it can provide and the state of the defense, and then the Chinese military officers will discuss it internally to quickly determine the general strategy, and then consult with the British side to formulate a common defense plan.
On the wall in front of the conference room, a fine map of Burma was hung in the center, and a British officer was facing the map, giving an endless introduction to the deployment of the British and Burmese troops in Burma.
In the conference room, the atmosphere was solemn and peaceful, however, under the solemnity on the surface, China and Britain actually had different thoughts, and the heads of the delegation were very clear, and they were not corrupted by the warm hospitality of the British in the past few days, and the British side's previous attitude towards China's entry into Burma was about to leave, as well as the detention of China-aided materials and China-aid cars, every member of the delegation deeply remembered it in their hearts, and they were quite wary of the British.
The language of the two sides is different, most of the members of the delegation are soldiers, the level of English is not high, Zhang Wei's English level, that is, a later university English level 4 level, can do papers, complex conversations are still counted, he can hardly understand what the British are saying, so the attaché brought by diplomat Zheng Kangqi took on the task of translating English and paraphrased what the British officers said into Chinese on the side.
The level of translation is very high, and the British officer who explains can translate a sentence immediately, and translates the entire sentence of the British Yankee in Chinese.
"Burma, the eastern, northern, and western borders are plateaus and mountains, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, the central zone is a plain terrain, there are three mountain ranges in the territory, one is the Arakan Mountain Range, the second is the Gaoligong Mountain Range, the third is the Nu Mountain Range, and near the three mountain ranges, there are two large rivers, one is the Salween River, the other is the Irrawaddy River, these two rivers originate in Yunnan of your country, and there is a large river, taking the Sitang River, the river direction is the same north-south direction as the Irrawaddy River and the Salween River, Myanmar is divided according to the distribution of cities and topography, Mandalay is north of Upper Burma, south of Lower Burma, the main city in the south is Yangon, the core of Upper Burma is Mandalay, and Upper and Lower Myanmar is also known as the North-South Burma Railway" "The extreme northern region, for the Hukang zone, the Hukang area for the river valley, including the east of the mountain Daluo Basin and the new Pingyang flatland, are primeval forests, do not see the day, also known as the savage mountain, full of miasma, rivers vertical and horizontal, in the rainy season boats are difficult to pass, especially from May to October, there are many miasma, leeches, poisonous insects are rampant, it is a Jedi, in the savage mountain, once someone walks in, it is a dead end, until now there is no large number of people and horses successfully pass through here, so it is impassable, there is no military significance."
The British first focused on the analysis of the basic geographical topography of Burma to the delegation, with the explanation of the British officer, almost all the members of the delegation frowned, because the geographical environment of Myanmar is really not optimistic, the country is in the subtropical and tropical climate, divided into dry season and rainy season, the border is full of primeval jungle, the north is mountainous, the south is by the sea, only the central plain, from a military point of view, only the central and southern parts of Myanmar are conducive to the development of large corps, in the north and near the border area of China, the terrain is too complicated, It is not suitable for large armies to fight.
Commander Du was particularly worried, because his Fifth Army was an out-and-out heavy army, and the words that popped out of the translator's mouth, such as "mountainous", "tropical", and "rugged", were not a good thing for the tanks, trucks, and artillery of the Fifth Army, and Zhang Wei was prepared for a long time, so the British Yankee's explanation did not touch him much, because he had already seen the most tragic situation in history.
The British officer then gave a presentation on the current state of his defense in Burma.
"Our army has a division in Burma, the number is the first division of the British Burmese Army, and it is still being trained, and the whole division is now deploying defense on the front line in Yangon, strengthening training, and has not yet been completed, but I believe that with the military strength of our British Empire, after the completion of the formation, it will be a unit with extremely strong combat effectiveness, in order to deal with the possible attack of the Japanese army, the commander of the Indian Army of our country, Admiral Weyer, after consultation with General Hudun, determined that the strength of the army can be increased at any time, in the plan, We can reinforce one or two brigades from Australia, and in India, our 17th Anglo-Indian Division can also be reinforced, these troops are the elite units of our British Empire, and if we have to face the worst-case scenario, if the Japanese invade Burma, we will definitely be able to drive them into the sea to feed the fish."
After a lecture, in more than half an hour, the British officers finished explaining the geographical situation of Burma and the current deployment situation, and the Chinese officers present also had a basic understanding of the current deployment of the British army, and now the deployment of the British army in Burma is also very simple and clear, to put it bluntly, in the whole of Burma, there is only one division, the first division of the British and Burmese army, and this division has not yet been completed, in fact, there is not even a division of combat effectiveness.
However, the British were full of confidence, and in every word and sentence of the introduction of the deployment situation, they revealed their confidence in their own combat effectiveness, and they also said the words "drive the Japanese into the sea."
Zhang Wei could only sneer in his heart, and the British could say such things, I don't know whether they were stupid or would die to save face and suffer the crime.
In addition, the British estimate of the current situation and situation also made Zhang Wei very contemptuous, and the British side believed that the Japanese invasion of Burma was "the worst case", and it was "just in case" At the end of the day, they are not thoroughly prepared at all, and they are still under illusions.
The interpreter said: "The briefing on the British side has ended, and it is now up to the personnel of both sides to discuss it. ” The quiet conference room immediately turned noisy, and the officers on both sides began their own internal discussions ：。
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