On the outskirts of Baoshan, the military headquarters of the Fifth Army In the tent of the military headquarters, Zhang Wei, Commander Du, and Luo Youlun, chief of staff of the army, pointed and drew on the map, and discussed the situation fiercely.
In the country road from the military headquarters to the second regiment, from time to time you can see Zhang Wei running on both sides of a sidecar motorcycle, Zhang Wei tossed not lightly, the days passed, the war situation in the direction of Burma is becoming more and more severe, although the Japanese army has not yet started, but in the Thai-Burmese border continue to transfer troops, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, the British army in Myanmar is now under the command of the commander of the British and Indian Army, the wind on the Thai-Burmese border is so loud that Wei Weier, who is extremely opposed to the Chinese army entering Burma, has relented and agreed to the Chinese army to enter Burma.
It is also preparing to send people to Chongqing to sign a joint agreement on the defense of the Sino-British Yunnan-Burma Road.
At the same time, the Nationalist Army, which is on standby in the Yunnan Border, is also constantly strengthening its training and combat readiness and replenishing its ammunition supply, and the supreme command and staff organs of the Nationalist Expeditionary Force have entered the stage of rapid preparation.
War is on the verge of breaking out.
"The British are really anxious this time, according to the report of the diplomats stationed in Burma, the Japanese army came in and deployed troops on the Thai-Burmese border, and they may attack Burma anytime and anywhere.
Commander Du pointed to two cities on the map.
Chief of Staff Luo Youlun: "Yangon, Mawlamyine, these are all cities near the sea, and the presence of Japanese spies here, doesn't it mean that they want to attack here?"
"Of course, Yangon is the largest port city in Myanmar, relying on the sea, all the materials imported into our country are disembarking in Yangon, Mawlamyine is the second largest port city, and the shipping volume is also very large, the Japanese army fought Burma, a large part of the reason is for our country's foreign relations, these two cities, whether he has Japanese spies or not, are all dishes that the Japanese must eat."
Zhang Wei said.
Commander Du straightened up and chuckled: "The British are really in a hurry, they are already preparing to increase their troops, and a telegram from Chongqing said that at the end of this year, the British are ready to transfer a division from India, an additional brigade from Australia, and a brigade from Africa to increase their defense forces in Burma." ” "Temporary cramming, yes."
Luo Youlun said.
Zhang Wei: "It's only now that the troops are increasing, it's a little late, it will take some time to toss from Africa and Australia to Burma, and it hasn't set off yet, and when this batch of reinforcements on paper arrives, the Japanese offensive may start immediately, army commander, how are we preparing now?"
"We here, the cost is not less, my Fifth Army will inevitably enter Burma, Gan Lichu's Sixth Army is deployed on the border of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and it is also included in the scope of the expeditionary force, and there is also an army, the newly formed sixty-sixth army, which is also ready to be thrown into the battle sequence of the expeditionary force, but the combat effectiveness of this army is not very solid, there are three divisions below, one division is adapted from the tax corps, the number is the new 38th Division, the other two divisions, the new 28th Division and the new 29th Division, They are all hurriedly adapted by the special team of Kang Ze, our senior of the third phase of Huangpu, basically all of them are recruits, and the military commander is said to have been given to Senior Kang, but now it has been replaced by Zhang Zhen, a veteran from Baoding. ” Kang Ze is not a famous spy leader, and it seems that he also appeared in the spy war TV series that Zhang Wei watched in his previous life.
Luo Youlun: "The cost of the three armies is large enough, the three armies of our army, plus the British army's original Anglo-Burmese division in Burma, a division transferred from India, and a brigade from Australia and Africa, together are the three armies of the national army, two divisions and two brigades of the British army. ” Du Junchang sighed.
"Attendance, the road ahead is unclear, in the past battles, the national army has more troops than the Japanese army, but it is always unsatisfactory, the strength of the army is not the main reason, the key lies in command and actual combat."
"It's better to enter Myanmar as soon as possible."
Zhang Wei said.
After Zhang Wei finished speaking, Commander Du seemed to remember something.
"I almost forgot a big thing, Zhang Wei, I discussed with the Senate this morning, you add the Second Regiment, and you will become the vanguard of our Fifth Army."
"Pioneer Throne, what does this mean?"
"That's the case, now the command organ of the expeditionary force is in the process of preparation, our military seat is very likely to act as the commander, Chongqing and the military department often consult on operational matters, after consultation decided to send an advance force into Burma before the main force of the national army enters Burma, the time is undecided, it is expected to enter Burma one to two months before the main force enters Burma, of course, it is possible to enter Burma three months in advance, now it is not certain, this advance detachment is to the main force to play the front station, the original plan was to send a regiment of the 49th Division of the Sixth Army into Burma, but later changed, It was decided that our Fifth Army would transfer troops, and the combat divisions below would not transfer regimental-level units to Burma, so they had to choose from the supplementary regiments directly under the army, and your regiment was selected.
Chief of Staff Luo Youlun explained.
"The co-authorship is like this, I didn't say it, I added that the second regiment obeyed the order, as long as there was an order, it would immediately enter Burma."
Hitting the front station, the advance detachment, this job is not easy, entering Burma first means facing the complex environment of Burma first, and even fighting with the Japanese army first, which is very dangerous, and Zhang Wei agreed to be refreshing, with an indifferent attitude, Commander Du and Chief of Staff Luo were very surprised.
Commander Du: "It's refreshing to agree, then I'll give you some rewards." ” Zhang Wei exclaimed: "Reward, money" Luo Youlun on the other side laughed.
"The army is not as rich as you think, casually give an infantry regiment a lot of money other than military salaries, is weapons, Chongqing in order to strengthen firepower, specially to my Fifth Army to add a batch of weapons and equipment, Chongqing's arsenal has produced a batch of new 60 mortars, I heard that it is made with raw materials aided by the United States, it is very easy to use, it is the first batch of new weapons to leave the factory, the model has just been decided, I heard what is called the Trinity 60mm mortar, the number is not much, the military department selected your regiment as the advance team, This batch of 60 guns will simply be given to your regiment. ” "In addition, the weapons and equipment aided by the Americans have just been transported into the country recently, and there is a small batch of American-style hand-held machine guns to be given to our army, and the quantity is not much, so the commander and I thought about it, since the number of these guns is not much, and it is useless to distribute them to other units in the army, then give them to your regiment together with the 60 artillery."
It turned out that the reward was weapons and equipment, 60 guns and portable machine guns, Zhang Wei heard that it happened to be the weapons and equipment needed to supplement the second regiment, which was very good melee firepower, if it was really supplemented, the combat effectiveness of the whole regiment would be improved, Zhang Wei was overjoyed.
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