Zheng Yiqun attached to the regiment immediately went to the box containing the map, and took out a fine map, which is a military map with a ratio of 1:200,000, covering the entire Burma and Yunnan border, contour lines, rivers, streams, villages and towns, and the altitude are all calibrated.
The British have been operating in Burma for many years, and have made detailed measurements of the terrain, mountains and rivers of Burma, and in the future to fight in Burma, the national army is not familiar with the place, and must have a map, so after mediation, the British gave a set of military maps of one to two hundred thousand, which was used for the national army before entering Burma to formulate a combat plan and understand the current situation.
During the period in Burma, after the inspection group obtained this map, it was immediately sent back to China, and the camp in Kunming organized personnel to sinicize the map, and copied it in large quantities, ready to distribute it to units above the regimental level of the future combat troops in Burma, and the Fifth Army was the number one elite, so it naturally took the lead in obtaining this map.
The British ruled Burma for decades, although the current defense and ruling foundation is very problematic, but the map is very good, from the Yunnan border, to Yangon Haikou, all the cities and towns and key points are marked on it, bridges, mountains, altitude, primeval jungle are also marked, after all, the British army specially measured, very detailed and accurate.
As soon as the map was swinged, the officers listened attentively to Zhang Wei's speech.
"The matter of entering Burma to fight is already a sure thing, and this time we have come to a conclusion that the British in Burma have insufficient defensive forces and weak combat effectiveness, and are not a reliable enough ally, so everyone must be psychologically prepared, do not think that the British can keep pace with us, order and prohibit, and maintain a certain degree of vigilance."
Zhang Wei said.
"Commander, isn't the British army quite capable of fighting, otherwise how can they occupy so much territory, and they will be a great power anyway."
Mu Chao said.
Now, the officers of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment also think that the British army is very strong, just like the officers of the expedition when they did not enter Burma.
Zhang Wei: "Behind every strong country, there must be a strong army, or not a weak army, the combat effectiveness of the genuine British army, will not be too bad, but the British army in Burma is basically a colonial army, and the British are now in a state of anxiety in Europe, their situation is similar to the national army two years ago, heavy losses in personnel and equipment, combat effectiveness is at the lowest point, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is very problematic." ” "The British and Burmese army here is the last in the combat effectiveness of the British army, and in the future war, it is likely that the genuine British army will be reinforced to Burma, but don't expect too much, the troops will fight, and different opponents will have different combat habits, the genuine British army has been fighting with the German army for a long time, and the firepower intensity and mechanization intensity are very high, and the corresponding combat habits will inevitably be formed."
"Even if the British army comes, it may not be able to take advantage of the Japanese to fight, the Japanese army will attack Burma, nine times out of ten it will break through from the Thai-Burmese border, mainly light infantry, the heavy equipment of the Japanese army will not be put into battle soon, with the tactical flexibility and tenacity of the Japanese army, it will definitely give full play to the advantages of the light infantry, the Japanese army's will to fight, tenacity, and the British army has just finished fighting against the German army, the British may not be able to take advantage."
Zhang Wei said that the actual situation, serious British troops, combat effectiveness is not much bad, but it is really not good to fight with the Japanese army, Zhang Wei thought about this problem, in the end, can only think that the British army is affected by combat habits, and the opponent with heavy equipment is used to fighting, came to East Asia, encountered the Japanese army with completely different tactics, did not adapt, can not turn around, so it suffered a big loss.
After the national army enters Burma, it will drive straight into Burma, all the way to the south of Burma, as of the defensive line of the British army in Yangon, it is expected to advance to the Tonggu line at the farthest, and the main force of the troops will concentrate on building defensive positions, so as to stabilize and hold on, and conduct large-scale main battles with the Japanese army in the plains of southern and central Burma one by one, give full play to firepower, block, and severely damage the Japanese army attacking Burma."
Zhang Wei pressed his hand on the Tonggu line on the map.
"Note that the railway line of Burma is through the north and south, and the Yunnan-Burma highway is interconnected, as soon as our army goes abroad, theoretically you can take the train, to the south of Burma, at the beginning of the battle in Burma, will be carried out with regular warfare and the battle of the large corps, in Guangxi, I ordered the reserve of anti-insect and anti-mosquito equipment, as well as the mountain knife, into Burma is not expected to be used in the short term, let the brothers first do the preparation for regular warfare, tug-of-war, infantry, sappers to strengthen the training of earthwork and shooting accuracy."
Dong Erli, commander of the artillery company: "What about our artillery?"
"It's the same with artillery, do large-scale positional warfare training, practice more artillery position transfer, I forgot to tell you just now, the British army in Burma has no air supremacy, the planes are fighting against the Germans in Europe, the British are not enough planes, and the domestic air force can't take care of Burma.
"Well, regiment commander, you're right, but it doesn't seem like you need to practice hard to avoid planes, we are born to be bombed, and our own planes are a rarity, we don't seem to have seen them since we started a war with devils."
Dong Erli quipped.
There was a burst of laughter in the regiment headquarters, and in the midst of the laughter, it was actually the bitterness of not being able to provide air support for a long time.
"Just know what to expect, all directly subordinate units have to strengthen training, communication companies, practice more telephone lines, and strengthen infantry combat training for the soldiers of the baggage company, and the general battle is a machine that eats human flesh and blood, and the baggage soldiers are carrying ammunition one second ago, and they have to pull up to fight the next second, understand?"
"Understood" Zheng Yiqun, attached to the regiment, asked: "Regiment commander, if we fight a firepower battle head-on with the Japanese army, or on the plain, we are afraid that we will suffer." ” "It doesn't matter, the artillery and tanks of our Fifth Army can only be brought into play here, and if you don't fight on the plains, it will be difficult to play in the forests of northern Myanmar."
Qiu Wei interjected: "The regiment commander is right, if you don't fight with the Japanese, the devil's firepower can't be carried forward, and the firepower of our Fifth Army can't be carried forward, so it's better to fight openly, and fight happily, and when I was benefiting, I met the people of the Sixth Army, and the Sixth Army is also equipped with a lot of artillery, and they are all heavy artillery towed by cars. ” "You've come into contact with friendly troops, and there's artillery," Zhang Wei asked, the heavy artillery piquing his interest a little.
"Yes, when I was stationed in Zhanyi, I met the soldiers of the Sixth Army, these troops are all Central Army, but the weapons and equipment are not as good as ours, wearing straw sandals, the rifle is a mixed equipment made in China and Hanyang, and the soldiers are just like that, at first glance, they are mainly recruits, and their physique and quality are very average, but I saw the artillery pulled by the truck, it is a big guy, not a mountain artillery, it is an absolute heavy artillery, the caliber is more than 100 mm, in addition to the Sixth Army, there are other troops are also gathered, and the entire Yunnan-Burma border is full of standby national troops, In the three months that you have been away, commander, the Yunnan border is like a fried pot, there are soldiers everywhere, the Fifth Army, the Sixth Army, plus other troops, adding up to 60,000 or 70,000, should all be troops who want to fight Burma. ” The first thing Zhang Wei could think of was the 150 mm heavy artillery made by Germany, and most of the baby bumps were in the Ninth War Zone.
"It's strange that the heavy artillery has come down to the army, but Qiu Wei, you are right, the Central Army on standby in Yunnan is basically going to enter Burma, but the towed heavy artillery of more than 100 mm is a rarity in the national army, all of which are equipped in various artillery regiments, and are under the unified command and use of the theater level, those soldiers and artillery you see will sooner or later go abroad to fight like us, the Sixth Army has no name in our Central Army, and even they are equipped with heavy artillery pulled by trucks, so it can be seen that Burma is about to enter Burma, and there will be a bloody battle."
Zhang Wei pointed to the direction of northern Burma on the map, and explained the general combat policy to the officers.
He also has to explain the climate and cultural situation in Myanmar.
"The topography of Myanmar, you may not know it yet, the northern part of Myanmar is mainly mountainous" Zhang Wei guessed correctly, the Sixth Army, which was very ordinary, and even the infantry corps with weak combat effectiveness in the Central Army, was indeed equipped with a battalion of heavy artillery, and the Chongqing side did invest heavily in the expeditionary troops.
In the vast Yunnan border, only the corps-level number of the Central Army has already appeared, and there are more local troops in Yunnan serving as garrison tasks, and in Kunming, the provincial capital, in order to cope with the expeditionary operations, in addition to the Kunming camp controlled by local forces, the Kunming Defense Command has been established, and the first road command of the expeditionary force, the command organ of the future expeditionary force, is also being organized.
On the Chongqing side, a large amount of supplies, ammunition, weapons, and military command organs, as well as the recruits of Zhuangding requisitioned by the southwestern provinces, are all being transferred to western Yunnan to replenish them The mountain rain is coming, and on the beautiful scenery of western Yunnan, the clouds of war are gradually approaching ：。
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