"The terrain and climate of Myanmar have many disadvantages for our military units."
At the beginning of the discussion, several military officers of the delegation got together, this military decision, theoretically the head of the delegation and the deputy head of the delegation should also participate, and in practice, the backbone is still Commander Du and several officers of the Central Army, the head of the delegation General Shang Zhen and the deputy head of the regiment Lieutenant General Lin Wei, the two are laughing and chatting, specific tactical decisions, all have to be done by Commander Du and Zhang Wei, and now, Commander Du is worried about the map of Myanmar that he has just gotten.
As the commander of the Fifth Army, when he saw the rugged terrain and mountains in northern Burma and near the central part of Burma, he could not help but have a headache, where was the advantage of the Fifth Army was the chariot corps, automobile regiments and artillery directly under the army, which was the most firepower and best-equipped field unit in the national army.
These things are heavy equipment, suitable for the decisive battle of the large corps, and the terrain in the northern part of Burma is simply not enough for the Fifth Army to exert its full combat effectiveness, where armored clusters and artillery clusters are inferior to light infantry, infantry artillery and mountain artillery.
The entry of the Fifth Army into Burma is already a sure thing, and the future expeditionary force will inevitably be a large-scale corps with the Fifth Army as the core.
"It seems that if we want to fight this battle well, we must advance the front to the south of Burma, where the terrain is flat, and it is close to the Yangon area, which is suitable for large armies to fight, and can strive for strategic depth, and the outlet to the sea is in the south, and our army is bound to advance to southern Myanmar in order to have a chance to win, Rangoon is in Haikou, there are British warships and troops stationed, we are behind the Yangon side, close to Yangon to fortify and block."
Feng Yan, former chief of staff of the 71st Army, said.
"That's true."
Chief Du looked at Zhang Wei.
"Zhang Wei, what do you think?"
Zhang Wei has been silent, in fact, the essence of the battle of Burma, Feng Yan and Commander Du have already said, first of all, China's material import, is to rely on the sea city of Yangon in southern Burma, and it is a very correct decision to advance the front to southern Burma as much as possible, not only to protect the mouth of Yangon, but also to occupy the plains of central Burma, and start a large-scale decisive battle with the Japanese army.
In the past, when the Nationalist Army was engaged with the Japanese army, it was said that it would reduce its firepower advantage as much as possible and avoid its edge, but this time, the Nationalist Army can only achieve its strategic goal by playing the main decisive battle with the Japanese army and setting up troops in places where it can give full play to its firepower, so as to advance the front to the south of Burma and gain a wider strategic defense depth for the Sino-Burmese border.
Historically, the tactical thinking of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is also like this, after the 100,000-strong army entered Burma, it has always sought to launch a large-scale battle with the Japanese army, such as the Battle of Tonggu and the Battle of Pingmanna, both of which were large-scale battles to be organized in the battle plan of the expeditionary force.
Zhang Wei believes that the strategic guiding ideology of a decisive battle is very desirable, and it cannot be fought in the same sticky battle as in that time and space anyway.
"The British don't talk about the defensive deployment, just say that we, the military seat, I agree to push the front to the south, this is very right, not only to be able to protect the line of communication from afar, but also to protect the border, and strive for strategic depth, I think that once our army enters Burma, the front line should at least advance to Tonggu, Mandalay, Pingmanna, Myitkyina and other places should also be deployed heavy troops, and the main force of the army is advancing on the whole line, one division goes up, another division or two divisions, or even an army must keep up, and it cannot cause a lone army to go deep, In that case, it would be impossible to concentrate troops at all, and only by pushing up along the first line could we fight for a decisive battle with the Japanese army. ” Commander Du said: "It is reasonable, at that time, our army will be able to move with the cooperation of the railway line and the British side, and the ability to transport troops should not be bad." ” "Commander, I'm not optimistic about this matter, it's true that Burma's railway line runs through the whole of Burma, but this British, can they wholeheartedly assist our army in the war, they even dare to detain cars and aid materials, during the war, the railway capacity is extremely valuable, they can give us the precious locomotive to pull the troops, I think, we might as well use more heart on the trucks of our own troops, try to win the assistance of the British, and we must also be prepared for unfavorable cooperation, it is the best policy."
Zhang Wei sneered in his heart, all counting on the British to find death, the historical battle of Tonggu, the original plan was that the main force of the Fifth Army was all on top, as a result, the 200 divisions held the battle line in Tonggu, and the follow-up 96th Division of the Fifth Army and the new 22nd Division could not be pulled up at all in the rear because of the problem of railway capacity.
Because the British did not provide enough locomotives, the 96th Division was transporting with extremely slow capacity, and the new 22nd Division attacked desperately, and finally hit it, but it had already lost its fighters, and as a result, it was blocked by the Japanese army, and all the troops were unable to exert their strength, leaving the 200th Division alone to protrude and defend to the death in the bloody battle with Tonggu.
With the lessons of his previous life, of course Zhang Wei would not be stupid to press the treasure on the seemingly developed railway transportation network in Myanmar.
Feng Yan: "Zhang Wei is right, the British detained our cars and supplies, and did such things, so they might not be able to play any tricks on the battlefield." ” Speaking of this, Commander Du frowned and was silent.
Zhang Wei continued: "Let me say something depressing, once the Japanese army attacks, most of the British will lose Rangoon, they just gave themselves a good brag, it is purely their own dreams, as far as the Anglo-Burmese 1st Division, as far as I know, the establishment and training have not been completed, the combat effectiveness is very poor, the soldiers are temporarily recruited Burmese, the company commander and the officers above the company commander are the British and Indian officers transferred from India, this kind of temporary patchwork colonial army, insufficient training, lack of cooperation, how can there be any combat effectiveness" "It is a fool's dream to expect them to hold Rangoon at the level that is not at the level of the British colonial troops, and our army must be prepared to fight a big battle with the Japanese army, through large-scale battles and successive battles, to block the Japanese army in echelons, and at the same time, try to transfer the materials from Yangon back to China in southern Burma, and rush to transport a little bit."
Materials, this is also Zhang Wei's attention, in his time and space, the first time into Burma, through the Yunnan-Burma line to aid the materials, in the way by the Japanese army captured a lot, from southern Burma to the China-Myanmar border material distribution center, there are a large number of materials fell into the hands of the Japanese army to become the Japanese army's trophies, this expeditionary operation, Zhang Wei did not want the Japanese army to get so cheap.
"This battle is actually very fought, the key lies in the determination and action of our army, I think, the operational policy of joining the Burmese army can be summarized in a few sentences, actively push forward, unify action, fight a decisive battle one by one, go all out to cover, and ensure the back road" "Secure the way back," Feng Yan asked Zhang Wei pointed to the Savage Mountain, Wan Town, and Lashio on the map, which are close to the Sino-Burmese border "Yes, under the guidance of the above-mentioned operational guidelines, northern Burma seems to be the rear of our army, but in fact it is the retreat of our army, and the fierce battle with the Japanese army in its prime, our army cannot always fight in southern Burma, most of them still have to concentrate on retreating defense, once our army's rear road is cut off, it will be miserable."
"This Yunnan border seems to be very large, in fact, there are not many ways to go, as long as the Japanese go to Lashio, Wan Town, everything on the front line, our army's back road will be blocked, the Japanese army's tactics are flexible, I don't need to say more, these grandsons can still endure hardships, maybe they can really play the trick of light infantry interspersed over the mountains and mountains, in short, it is necessary to ensure a certain number of troops in the back of our army, as long as a certain number of troops are retained, even if they can't hold under the surprise attack of the Japanese army, but they can hold on for a period of time, prepare for the response and counterattack of the troops in the front, if there is no defense in the back road, did not retain defensive forces, and as soon as it was raided, the back road would be immediately blocked. ” Zhang Wei sighed.
"In that case, if you want to retreat back to China, you can only climb Savage Mountain."
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