What Liao Mingyu didn't know was that because Yangon was in a hurry, the Japanese territory in the Myanmar occupied area was about to be lost, which alarmed the base camp and the high "His Majesty the Emperor" early on.

In addition, Soichi Tetani spared no effort to promote the threat of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which caused many different opinions from the Japanese cabinet, and dark clouds enveloped everyone's hearts.

To put it in a smaller way, it is called a strategic regional failure, and to put it in a larger way, it is an impact on the direction of the entire country.

One is the important resource plundering place on which the country relies on, and the other is the last gateway of the country. Yangon and Ryukyu Islands, both equally severe battlefields, are facing the risk of defeat, making it difficult for the top Japanese troops to make choices in a short period of time.

The Japanese army in Myanmar and even Southeast Asia are unsuccessful plots. After all, the island countries have limited resources, and oil, rubber, minerals, etc. all require large-scale imports. This is an important place for them to plunder war resources.

Therefore, in the initial battle of Yangon, the base camp did not hesitate to mobilize the already insufficient naval fleet to support it.

It’s a pity that the several cruisers and destroyers who came here finally suffered double sinking and triple injuries, so they had no choice but to withdraw from the battle.

The original plan to allow the Yamato to participate in the Battle of Okinawa was also put on hold by the swaying base camp earlier, so that the Yamato did not receive clear instructions after the battle.

Although the Ryukyu Islands were eventually taken down by the US military, the Yangon crisis was not resolved. The most funny thing is that the more ignorant Soichi Tekaku's bitterness was successfully caused the base camp to take off his position as commander-in-chief of the Southern Army and replaced him with an old devil Seishiro Itagaki in advance.

I believe there is no need to introduce this active planner of the "September 18th" incident. In history, he was transferred to the Japanese Southern Army as commander of the 7th Front Army shortly before the end of World War II. He commanded the Japanese army in Malaya and the Dutch East India. In September of the same year, the Japanese emperor announced his unconditional surrender and led his troops to surrender to the British army in Singapore.

However, due to the defeat in the war in Myanmar, the Southern Army performed poorly for a long time. Not only Soichi Deanuchi, but also a large number of senior Southern Army officers, including him, have been replaced, and Seishiro Itagaki was also arranged to this position in advance.

Mr. Liao, the little butterfly, unknowingly, changed many things that should have happened.

The first thing that Seishiro Itagaki did after taking office was to prepare for emergency rescue of tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers trapped in Yangon.

In his opinion, Myanmar has become an enclave and it is not very meaningful to defend it. The most urgent task is to rescue the remaining troops as much as possible and use all the viable forces that can be used to defend the Malaysian region.

Therefore, sending a fleet led by the Yamato to Singapore became the top priority.

Because this mission was not a suicide attack, Japan still equipped the Yamato with some frigates that it should have, including the "Katsuke" medium-sized aircraft carrier, two light cruisers and supporting escort destroyers.

The fleet is not large, but it is also the only trump card that the Japanese Navy headquarters can get. Originally, Wugangli had a "Dragon City" aircraft carrier of the same level, but now there are not so many naval aviation companies at all, and even the fleet crew and oil supply are not enough, so we can only settle for the second best.

Little did they know that the whereabouts of this fleet had been discovered by the US military. In order not to alarm the enemy, the Americans only sent a light cruiser to follow the nearby area, and the reconnaissance planes were exploring the movements of the Japanese fleet at high altitudes.

After route deduction, it was roughly determined that the other party's destination was Malaysia or Singapore, and it should have wanted to reach the Andaman Sea in southern Myanmar through the Malacca waters.

"Zhou Jun, should we obey the arrangements and follow the Americans?"

Seeing Liao Mingyu sitting on the stool as if he was thinking, and after a while there was no movement, Meng Fanzai couldn't help but step forward and asked, "If you want to cooperate with them, what should Yangon do?"

"Haha, what should I do?"

Liao Mingyu silently opened the second telegram, and while looking, he said, "Cooperating with the action is not the focus. The old guy Stilwell probably just wants to see my attitude."

Meng fucked her eyes and, as smart as she was, she understood the mystery for a moment, and then said, "So should we just disobey or just find an excuse..."

"No need to do that. Now there are enough planes in the Heihe base, and our students should go to the battlefield to hone their skills."

"Ah, this?" Meng was a little surprised and asked in confusion: "You can send some raw melon eggs... I'm afraid..."

I'm afraid I'll go but never return.

He didn't finish the last sentence because he was at the Heihe base to manage some military affairs. He knew that there were factories and flight academy there. Not only did he work overtime every day to produce equipment, but the aviation brigade was also training various flight students.

Although World War II aircraft are far worse than modern jets, the selection and training of pilots are still extremely difficult.

From ancient times to the present, experience has been the most rare thing. If you want to become a qualified fighter pilot, in addition to your physical fitness and a certain level of culture, you still need to spend at least 200 hours of flight to the battlefield. Otherwise, you will be a target of artillery fire.

This is also the reason why Germany and Japan had a large number of fighter aircraft groups before their defeat, but they did not participate in the battle. It was purely because the training of pilots was far from keeping up with the consumption speed, and without a man, the plane would become useless scrap iron.

Although Meng Fanle doesn't know much about aircraft knowledge, he is very clear about the difference between a rookie and a veteran. Although Heihe Base has been forming a flight training team for several months, it is still not optimistic to send those novices to the battlefield directly.

But Liao Mingyu smiled indifferently and asked: "Who told you to send them to participate in the hunting attack?"

"What do you mean?" Meng Fan said in confusion.

The air combat force of the Expeditionary Force is now composed of four fighter squadrons and one bomber squadron. Jamie leads the first and second squadrons with Mandalay Airport as the base, mainly responsible for supporting the new army's battle in Irrawaddy Province.

Andrei led the third, fourth squadron and bomber squadrons to operate in Heihe and Taungchi, responsible for air strikes on the Yangon battlefield.

Although each squadron has 18 fighter jets, aside from the planes parked at the airport for daily maintenance and post-war repairs, there are not many people who can go to the battlefield every day, and they also need to support multiple combat targets. In fact, it depends more on the supplements from Stilwell.
Chapter completed!