Chapter 720 Hu Bin's troubles
Kyrio said to Hu Bin that he hoped the Expeditionary Force could attack Mandalay so that Japan could curb its attack on India. After that, Kyrio kept staring at Hu Bin, hoping that Hu Bin could agree.︾
"I don't count on this matter. I can't let my troops of 150,000 or 60,000 fight. Besides, I have to receive orders to organize such a large-scale battle!" Hu Bin heard it and looked at Cario and said.
"I know this. Now our ambassador has gone to Chongqing. I hope to convince your commander to agree to attack Mandalay. Your troops here also have more than 300,000. If you attack Mandalay together, I believe Japan will definitely return to defense.
Now our troops in India are under great pressure and have great casualties every day. Our UK needs your help now. If you don’t help, India will be occupied by Japan, and then what Japan gets may not be as simple as material resources.
I think India's population will also help Japan a huge amount. At that time, Japan will definitely capture a large number of strong men from India and enrich their troops.
Now Japan has discovered a large number of iron ore in Australia. They want to build a large number of factories there. These factories are military factories. If once the military factories start to be put into production, it will be a disaster for us, you and even the whole world!" Cario looked at Hu Bin and stated, hoping that Hu Bin could agree.
"I know everything you said, but now I have to listen to the orders. Without the order, I can't transfer troops to go, do you think so?" Hu Bin heard it and looked at Cario with a smile and said.
"Yes, I understand!" Cario heard it and nodded.
He knew that now he would get Chongqing's orders first. In other words, he would have to let Chongqing agree, and Hu Bin's side was just Chinese troops. In such a big battle, the combat orders must be issued by Chongqing.
In Chongqing, Commander Jiang, who had just met the British and American ambassadors, but he did not agree. One is that he promised that Japan would not attack Japan for four months. Although there is not much time now, he can deploy in advance, Commander Jiang still doesn't want to fight. He doesn't want to see so many soldiers in his country died abroad.
The second is that the commander wants to solve the domestic affairs first. He hopes to mobilize Hu Bin and Wei Lihuang's troops back to ensure that the expeditionary army has enough troops. Commander Jiang is thinking about letting their troops change defense, but the United States and Britain will not agree to this difficulty.
Both the United States and Britain knew that the Expeditionary Force's troops were elite troops. If they were mobilized back, then Britain and the United States would have to worry about where Japan would attack next. Therefore, Commander Chiang considered these things and did not agree to their proposal.
"The commander-in-chief, the United States and Britain will definitely come. In this world war, the United States and Britain have not yet won a victory. They urgently need a victory. Attacking Mandalay can indeed curb Japan's continued attack on India!" Li Zongren is also in Chongqing and has just met the ambassadors of the United States and Britain with Commander-in-chief. So now after seeing them leave, Li Zongren also expressed his considerations.
"I know what you said, huh, our domestic affairs have not been resolved yet, and we have to fight a big battle abroad. Whether it is win or lose, it is not good for our country. These soldiers are elite soldiers. If we are transferred back and we continue to fight north, we can still recover a lot of land!" Commander Jiang said.
"I guess the United States will not agree. If the Japanese in our country solve the problem, there will be no way to help them hold back the Japanese on their side. I think this is not what they want to see. They still hope that we will fight in Southeast Asia and reduce their pressure there!" Chen Cheng heard it from the side and started speaking.
"You said it's easy to fight, but have you considered Wei Lihuang and Hu Bin?" Jiang Tongshuai looked at them and asked.
When the generals heard this, they all looked at Jiang Tongshu. They didn't know what Jiang Tongshu meant, but why did they suddenly say that they had to consider them.
"Hu Bin still has about 150,000 troops. After supplementing Wei Lihuang, there are about 220,000 troops and 3,700 troops. Facing Mandalay's 400,000 troops, the Japanese have air advantages. In addition, in terms of ground troops, the Japanese have millions of troops in other parts of Southeast Asia. In other words, if they really want to fight, Wei Lihuang and Hu Bin's troops may have to fight to annihilate them, and they may not be able to win.
Once this unit is defeated, you say, how many troops should we mobilize in our country to Southeast Asia before we can defend the defense line. Once we mobilize the troops to go over, what should we do in our country? Should we fight?" Jiang Zhengshuo looked at them and said.
When those people heard this, they lowered their heads and stopped talking!
"Fighting is a bloody battle, and I dare say that Hu Bin and Wei Lihuang's troops are not much left. After the battle, the Japanese still have millions of troops in Southeast Asia and more than 2 million troops in India. If they suddenly come to our country at this time, tell me how to defend it?
There are only 300 fighter jets assisted by the United States in our country and 100 bombers. If they all go to support Hu Bin and the others, it will not be useful! Niang Xipi, it is getting more and more difficult now." When Jiang Tongshuo said this, he cursed.
Now he was a little confused about what to do. Japan's momentum was getting stronger and stronger, and Japan was very cunning. They knew that they would recruit troops from other places to fight. And they did not regard the people in the colonies as humans like before. With Japan's industrialization ability, if they were given another year, it would probably be that the entire Asia might fall into the hands of the Japanese!
"Why send Hu Bin a telegram and ask him what it means?" Li Zongren thought for a moment, looked at Commander Jiang and asked.
"No need, what's the point? This kid will send it on his own initiative. There is no movement from their side now, which means they don't want to fight at all!" Commander Jiang immediately waved his hand and said, indicating that he didn't need to send a telegram to Hu Bin!
On Hu Bin's side, Hu Bin took a pack of cigarettes and sat under a big tree near the command center, lit a cigarette, and analyzed it carefully.
He knew that the world had changed, and he didn't know anything about it at all. Now Hu Bin was very confused, so confused that he didn't know what to do in the future. He had no confidence in whether China could win in the future!
"Mad!" Hu Bin cursed, feeling a little guilty. He was afraid that because he came over and let Japan win, his sin would be great.
Hu Bin was sitting there thinking. At this time, Li Nian came out of the command center and saw Hu Bin still sitting in the distance, so he waved his hand to Zhang Fan.
"Political Commissar?" Zhang Fan came over and said.
"Have you been sitting there all the time?" Li Nian pointed at Hu Bin and asked Zhang Fan.
"Well, I've been sitting for three or four hours." Zhang Fan nodded and said.
"Okay, you can stare at me, I'll go over and take a look!" Li Nian heard it, thought for a while, and walked towards Hu Bin.
"What are you thinking? You have been sitting here for hours!" Li Nian came to Hu Bin and sat down.
"Well~oh! It's nothing, it's boring!" Hu Bin heard Li Nian's voice, turned his head and looked at him!
"Come on!" Li Nian took out a cigarette and handed it to Hu Bin. Hu Bin took it and lit it.
"I don't understand the current situation anymore, but I'm still undecided about whether we want to attack Mandalay?" Li Nian asked at Hu Bin.
"Mandalay must be fighting, but not now, it will probably take another month. However, our reconnaissance force is indeed going to take action!" Hu Bin said.
"You promised Okamura Yasuji that it will take 7 months, and next month will only take more than 4 months. How can I get a fight?" Li Nian said to Hu Bin.
"Nonsense, the contract is clearly written. I cannot attack him on his own initiative, but I did not say that I cannot attack him passively. I am only a deputy commander. Don't you have to look at the above order?" Hu Bin heard it and said with a smile.
"When the time comes, Okamura Niji will pour dirty water on you, so what do you say?" Li Nian asked looking at him.
"I'm just talking nonsense. I'll just announce the contract directly. What else can I say! Mandalay is not easy to fight. If you really want to attack, you have to prepare for several months. Once the Japanese know that we have this intention, they will definitely continue to increase troops near Mandalay. We only have 400,000 troops, and it's not easy to fight!" Hu Bin said as he went to the grass and looked at the leaves on his head.
"Well, it's really hard to fight. We don't have planes. In recent days, the Japanese reconnaissance planes have come to our defense zone to reconnaise every day, and they're so angry!" Li Nian said to Hu Bin.
"By the way, when it comes to the plane, you start to build the airport! It's almost done!" Hu Bin sat up again and said to Li Nian.
"Airport?" Li Nian heard it and looked at Hu Bin in confusion. As far as he knew, there were no established air force troops in Yan'an at all. There were several aircraft, but they were all transport planes, and they were not fighter planes at all.
"Well, airport, we will go back later. Let's choose where to repair it!" Hu Bin nodded.
"Where did the planes come from? They were sold in the United States and the United Kingdom?" Li Nian asked looking at him.
"Their own planes are not enough, so they still sell them? No matter where the planes come from, they will repair them first." Hu Bin said with a smile.
"Okay, but, you can sort out the ground, but our engineers don't know how to do it!" Li Nian looked at Hu Bin and said.
Chapter completed!