Several officers had roughly the same meaning, whether it was Commander Du, Feng Yan, or Zhang Wei, they all agreed with the tactical policy of moving the front forward and fighting the Japanese army in southern Burma, but Zhang Wei emphasized that it was necessary to pay attention to the rear defense of northern Burma, and spent nearly two hours, several discussions, and repeated pondering and studying a map of Burma, and everyone simply drafted a general operational guideline.
Once the troops entered Burma, the main force would advance to the southern plains of Burma, set up defensive positions on the Tonggu line near Yangon, build strong positions and fortress groups, concentrate the main forces, garrison heavy troops, and launch a large-scale battle with the Japanese army, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army, stopping the Japanese army's advance, or severely damaging the Japanese army and delaying the pace of the Japanese army.
The combat attitude and means were to actively seek a decisive battle with the Japanese army, to fight a big battle with the Japanese army in the central and southern parts of Burma, and to give full play to the heavy equipment superiority of the Fifth Army and the British army.
Behind the Tonggu line, a certain number of reserves were reserved to facilitate mobile operations, and at the same time, they were also the new force for the next large-scale battle, and the overall guiding ideology was to delay and consume the Japanese army in echelon battles, and to launch a large-scale battle with the Japanese army on the plains of central and southern Burma, and cooperate with the British army to resist the offensive of the Japanese army attacking Burma.
The general plan was quickly conveyed to the British side by the translator, but the attitude of the British was unexpected.
After learning of the general operational policy of the Chinese side, Major General Hu Dun, commander-in-chief of the British and Burmese forces, immediately stood up and said a lot to the members of the Chinese delegation with a very ugly expression.
"We very much agree with the positive attitude of your army, but our army can fully afford the defense of Yangon and southern Burma, although we now only have one division, but in India, Australia and Africa, our country can send several divisions of troops to reinforce at any time, and I am very grateful to you for your enthusiastic help.
"However, this is the scope of my British Empire's rule, the defense of southern Burma, we can bear it ourselves, I suggest that the limit of your army's advance and the main force concentration zone is just right in central Burma, in the south, there are our British Empire's troops, in India, there are elite troops of the British and Indian army, Commander-in-Chief Weyer will not sit idly by, as long as I send a telegram, the elite Anglo-Indian army will immediately cross the Burma-India border and reinforce Burma, I think your army should move the defensive line back and guard the trenches in the central zone of Burma, the front advanced to the south, there was no need for this. ” Major General Hu Dun, the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Burmese Army, who was very amiable and very kind, looked arrogant and full of confidence and contempt for the Chinese army when he received the delegation and entertained him, and the combat policy proposed by the Chinese side was to advance to the southern Burma plain, and this Hu Dun actually wanted to control the farthest advance of the Chinese army in the center of Burma.
This old man, who is a gentleman on the surface, now exudes a colonialist arrogance all over his body, the head of the Chinese delegation, General Shang Zhenzhong's face has darkened, Lieutenant General Lin Wei, Director Du, Feng Yan, and even diplomat Zheng Kangqi and other cadres are holding a fire in their hearts, this attitude is not only contempt for the Chinese army, but also contempt for China, and the battle plan urgently planned by the Chinese personnel, Hu Dun will give a word of rejection.
"General Hu Dun, this is not appropriate, our army entered Burma to fight is sincere and cooperate with your army, no matter what the future situation is, your army's strength in Burma is only one division, lack of sufficient defense force, our army's entry into southern Burma is after comprehensive consideration, even if there are different opinions, you don't have to be so radical veto, besides, I think it is very necessary for our army to enter southern Burma.
"There is a saying in our country, saying that far water can not quench the thirst of the near, after the war, even if your country can draw reinforcements, you can send troops, and it will take a lot of time to arrange defense, and in the end I am afraid that we will have to rush to the war, if according to our army's battle plan, let our army enter Burma to assist in defense, wouldn't it be more calm to respond to the war?"
Lieutenant General Lin Wei, deputy head of the inspection delegation, said to Hu Dunyi.
To Lin Wei's words, Hu Dun just nodded, and replied confidently.
"Burma is the subordinate area of my British Empire, my country has its own strategic considerations, and the allies cannot fully interfere with our country's strategic deployment, to put it mildly, I think that even the only Anglo-Burmese division in our army now can rely on strong fortifications to withstand the Japanese attack in a defensive state, and I am very grateful for your attitude, but there is no need to advance the front to the south of Burma."
Lin Wei snorted and sat down.
The conference room was silent for a moment, and there was silence for a moment, and an urgently drafted operational policy directly outlined the contradictions between China and Britain, the British personnel looked at each other coldly, and most of the personnel of the Chinese delegation looked cold and angry, and the faces of the soldiers in the inspection group were almost pulled down, and Feng Yan, the former chief of staff of the 71st Army beside Zhang Wei, clenched his fists angrily.
Zhang Wei sneered in his heart, sure enough, this Major General Hu Dun is not a good bird, he is worthy of being the chief of staff of the commander-in-chief of the British and Indian forces, Wei Weier, there is any commander, there is a chief of staff, these two are the masters of the attitude of resistance to the Chinese army, just a simple operational concept has caused such a fierce reaction from them, in the Burma and British authorities to resist the Chinese army, from top to bottom, extremely strong.
Historically, this Hutun was replaced by the British authorities after the war in Burma, and it is estimated that even the British could not stand it Thinking of the tragic situation of the expeditionary force in that time and space, Zhang Wei was furious, and as soon as Lin Wei finished speaking, Zhang Wei stood up and looked at Major General Hu Dun.
"Hello Sir" Out of politeness, Zhang Wei gave Hu Dunxian a military salute.
"Contemptible and talented, I would like to ask Commander-in-Chief Hu Dun, what is it, it gives you absolute confidence that the Anglo-Burmese Division can repel the Japanese army in a defensive state, have you ever had the experience of fighting the Japanese army As far as I know, your army's Anglo-Burmese Division is a new unit that was formed just a few years ago, the soldiers are temporarily recruited Burmese, and the company officer and above are British, such a newly formed and newly cobbled together force, I am skeptical about whether it can resist the Japanese army in a defensive state, and, according to my understanding of the Burmese people, It seems that many Burmese people are not satisfied with the rule of your country, and the soldiers of the 1st Anglo-Burmese Division of your army are all Burmese, and I think there is a question mark over whether they can do their best when fighting at the front. ” Listening to Zhang Wei's words, Major General Hu Dun's face was suddenly embarrassed.
Zhang Wei didn't finish yet.
"Also, sir, I think you still have one more point to make clear, it is true that Burma is the ruling territory of your country, but it is also a neighbor of our country, and it is the location of our country's material import port, so the aid and loan treaty is clearly written in black and white, so the attitude and deployment of our army entering Burma to fight must not be determined by your unnecessary sentence, this is the lifeline of our country's war of resistance, and our army has the right to choose the most favorable combat deployment for our side, and your will cannot be decided, or completely change our combat deployment."
"I'm sorry" Zhang Wei gave Hu Dun another military salute, and then sat down coldly.
The interpreter of the delegation quickly relayed Zhang Wei's words to Major General Hu Dun.
After Zhang Wei's barrage of cannons, Major General Hu Dun's expression was the same as eating, which was very ugly.
Zhang Wei, who saw Hu Dun's displeasure, almost did not show him mercy, and said on the pain point, the problem of the Anglo-Burmese First Division does not need to be said much, poor combat effectiveness is a fact, Hu Dun this guy actually knows in his heart, just now the boast of the Anglo-Burmese First Division is just because of arrogance, do not want to lose face in front of the Chinese, and then, Zhang Wei took advantage of the Anglo-Burmese First Division, which led to the issue of British rule in Burma, Hu Dun this guy emphasized several times that Burma is the subordinate and ruling scope of the British Empire, and this is his own homeland.
Hu Dun's attitude is obvious: This is my family's business, don't bother you too much.
The rest of the delegation may not have been clear, but Chang knew all too well what British rule in Burma was like.
Although Burma has been colonized by the British for a long time, the anti-British forces in the country have actually been very serious, historically, after the Japanese army invaded Burma, a considerable number of Burmese people have chosen to support Japan, and the Burmese soldiers in the British and Burmese army, except for some hardcore elements, most of them have left the team as deserters, or even surrendered to the Japanese.
Not long after the Japanese invaded Burma, a large number of Burmese assisted the Japanese army in attacking the British army, and formed a large number of small raiding teams, which attacked the retreating British army, and also attacked the lone Chinese soldiers, killing overseas Chinese in Burma.
This is the "rule" of the British Empire. ” Hu Dun's face became worse and worse, and he was extremely angry in his heart, but Zhang Wei's words were the actual situation, Hu Dun couldn't organize a verbal refutation for a while, so he could only hold back there, and the Chinese delegation here was also holding back, just holding back a smile.
After a few minutes, in order to alleviate the embarrassment, Lieutenant General Lin Wei, the deputy head of the inspection group, who was happy in his heart, came out to play a round.
"Major General Hu Dun, don't worry, you and I are allies of equal cooperation, everything can be discussed, as far as the battle plan just proposed by our army is concerned, if you have any problems, you can put them forward."
Then, several officers of the British side also took the initiative to stand up and began to put forward their views on the battle plan, covering up the awkward and embarrassing atmosphere and entering the normal discussion procedure A small military meeting, with different thoughts, is incomparably wonderful. : Genius to remember the address of this site in a second:.
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