According to the research of Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun, judging from the supplies and the terrain of the Malayan Peninsula, the Japanese army will use a large number of flanking landing tactics in the battle on the Malayan Peninsula. Latest chapter visit:. But if the number of troops invested reaches ten
tens of thousands. I am afraid that the Japanese simply do not have the ability to meet the logistical supplies needed for such a large number of troops.
Regarding the American and British officers who were expecting Yang Zhen to attack immediately, Yang Zhen did not answer them immediately. Instead, he asked Yuan Zhiruo to pour a glass of water for the two of them before speaking: "Brigadier General Ross, Pearson, you are all soldiers, and
Your military ranks are not low."
"A brigadier general and a colonel are both senior commanders. You should understand that as a commander, the more crisis comes, the more you have to stabilize your emotions. I know you Westerners don't pay attention to the demeanor of a general.
But the worse the situation is, the more calm a commander should be. This is the practice of armies around the world."
"Look at you now, what are you like now? How about the performance that senior officers should have? If you are allowed to go to the front line to command the army, with your current appearance, then the troops below will not be in panic.
Set up and blow up the nest? Now that the war has just broken out, I don’t know what it will be like. As for the two of you, you two are now looking like headless chickens? "
"A brigadier general and a colonel actually went to my headquarters and made a big fuss with my guards. Do you think this is ridiculous? Where did your officer's demeanor go? Your gentleman's demeanor was all gone.
If all the officers in the United States and Britain were as stupid as you, I would be really worried about the battlefield in Southeast Asia."
Yang Zhen didn't show any politeness at all, and gave these two people who were completely confused now a harsh criticism. There was no way, these two people's emotions were unstable, and there was no way to talk about this today.
These two men are currently focused on urging the Anti-Japanese Alliance to send troops, and whatever they say seems hard to hear.
It wasn't until these two people's faces turned red after what Yang Zhen said and their emotions became slightly more stable that Yang Zhen said: "We already know that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and launched an attack on the American and British teams in Southeast Asia. Japanese broadcast
, is obviously much better informed than the two of you. But at this time, I think the most important thing for you two is to stabilize your emotions first."
"Also, you asked us to send troops now. I want to ask you, what should we send troops for? We have just ended a war, and the troops are in urgent need of training and regeneration. Moreover, the huge number of casualties in the battle also needs to be supplemented. Also
We must have sufficient reserves of necessary supplies. We must also familiarize ourselves with the equipment you handed over."
"And all of this has just begun. Just ask me to send troops. How are we going to fight this battle? Are we supposed to have a shortage of one-third of the troops to face the combined forces of the Japanese Kwantung Army and the North China Front?
Hundreds of thousands of troops? Or should we let our untrained recruits go to the battlefield and be massacred by the Japanese?"
"Brigadier General Ross, you were a brigade commander of the British Army. As a professional soldier, you should know the importance of training an army. Our previous casualty figures have not been supplemented yet. Even the new recruits have been supplemented.
, but it also takes time to train. Letting untrained recruits go to the battlefield is not called fighting, it is sending them to the slaughterhouse."
"Also, I want to remind you that the agreement we signed with General Wavell was to launch an offensive within three months after the full-scale war broke out. But now that the war has just started, you let us go to the battlefield.
This is not in compliance with the agreement."
"We will strictly implement the agreement, but now is not the time. Our organization still needs to be adjusted. The troops with serious casualties urgently need to be replenished, and the new recruits need training. There is also new equipment that we still need to be familiar with. Your British
A tank is not a bicycle, and you can learn it in just a few days. These two pieces of equipment that are completely unfamiliar to us will take some time to get familiar with."
"And General Ross, have you British completely fulfilled the agreement? I would like to ask General Ross, what about the tactical aircraft that we stipulated in the agreement that should arrive with these tanks? In addition to the Tiger Moth training aircraft that cannot participate in the battle, the combat aircraft
Why didn’t I see any planes?”
After Yang Zhen finished speaking, Ross and Pearson stopped talking. Looking at the two people who fell silent, Yang Zhen said: "I understand the mood of the two of you. It would be the same no matter who you are. But what I mean is that instead of
We have not completed combat preparations and rushed into the battlefield now. Not only will we not be able to support the Allied forces in combat, but we will also suffer unnecessary losses."
"It is better to wait until we are fully prepared and launch a powerful attack. Even if we cannot attract the Japanese army back from Southeast Asia, we must prevent the Japanese army from continuing to invest troops in Southeast Asia. General Ross, Hong Kong is isolated and helpless and cannot hold on for too long.
Let’s not talk about him first.”
"But the hundreds of thousands of British troops you have in Southeast Asia from Malaya to Burma cannot be defeated in one blow. You must know that although your troops on the battlefield in Southeast Asia are not large, they are not less than the Japanese troops you face.
.Coupled with the complex terrain and climate of the Malayan Peninsula, we should still have the ability to persist for several months."
"And Pearson, I believe in the combat effectiveness of the American team. Even if it is temporarily at a disadvantage, I think there should be no problem in persisting for a while. The Philippines is an archipelago, and facing such a scattered battlefield, the Japanese army cannot be on one battlefield.
Too many troops were invested in it.”
"Coupled with the Dutch East Indies Army and the hundreds of thousands of Allied troops in Southeast Asia, I think it is still possible to withstand the Japanese offensive. As long as you can delay it for a few months, we can complete the pre-war
Be prepared. Of course, if your army in British Southeast Asia cannot withstand even three months, treat these words as if I have never said them."
"But there is one thing I want to remind you. Don't talk about you. The King of Heaven is here. If we can't send troops now, we can't send troops. The preparations for the battle are far from complete. You asked us to send troops hastily. This is not asking us to cooperate, but asking us to cooperate.
I'm going to die."
Yang Zhen's words related to the British troops in Southeast Asia, which was obviously unacceptable to Brigadier General Ross in front of him. However, after the old man stood up angrily, he remembered the current situation of the British troops in Southeast Asia, and then sat down again.
He closed his mouth and said no more words. Because he knew that with the current strength of the British army in Southeast Asia, it was really unlikely that they would be able to hold on for a few months.
He knew very well that the elites of the British army and even the Commonwealth army were on the battlefield in North Africa and defending the British mainland at the moment, preventing the German troops from landing across the Atlantic. The Commonwealth troops in Southeast Asia seemed to be quite numerous, but they were all a group of Easterners.
A patchwork unit with low combat effectiveness and low training.
There are not many elites among them. Except for the British 18th Division, which is being transferred from the battlefield in the Middle East, there is only one Australian 8th Division and two brigades that can barely be considered elite. The rest
They were all British Indian troops and volunteers composed of temporarily mobilized expatriates.
Although there are many large and small artillery pieces, there is not a single tank equipped with artillery. There are only 250 light armored vehicles and Bren gun carriages. Although there are nearly 300 combat aircraft, they are all bulky Buffalo type. And that's it.
Such a large number of troops are also responsible for hundreds of kilometers of defense lines from Kota Bharu, where Malaya and Thailand "handover", to Singapore, as well as the long coastlines on both sides of the Malay Peninsula.
Not only was the equipment obsolete, but coupled with the propaganda and instigation of the Japanese who advocated India, the morale of the defenders, mainly the British Indian Army, was even lower. To say that they could hold on for several months, Brigadier General Ross was really worried.
Not sure. Although the British army is fully mobilizing troops to reinforce Southeast Asia, it is still unknown how many troops can be mobilized and whether they can arrive before Malaya is defeated.
Seeing that Brigadier General Ross was silent, Pearson had to come to the rescue for this rash British colleague: "Yang, what I mean is, at what point can you be considered fully prepared? Well, that means you still need your allies.
, that is, how much supplies the United States of America and the British Empire must provide to be considered ready."
In response to Pearson's obviously absent-minded question that changed the topic, Yang Zhen said directly and without politeness: "We need a lot of fuel. Before the battle is launched, we need at least 30,000 tons of high-quality aviation fuel, 100,000 tons
The above gasoline and diesel. Also, all the tactical ground support aircraft that you have promised must be in place, and the number must be at least one hundred."
"The other thing is that we currently use American-made aircraft parts and have enough military raw materials. Especially the raw materials for making artillery shells and automobile parts. In fact, we lack not only these, but also fighter jets, radars, and chemical raw materials.
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"Pearson, I can say without mercy that what we lack most now is fuel, combat aircraft, and large-caliber artillery. We did introduce a batch of Soviet-made MiG-3 fighter jets at the end of last year to serve as rear air defense.
Main battle aircraft. As American-made fighter jets compete with the Japanese army for air supremacy, they bear the heavy responsibility of protecting the rear."
"However, the quality of the Soviet-made aircraft itself is very poor. After nearly a year of intensive use, coupled with high battle damage caused by performance, most of them have now reached the end of their service life, or have
A considerable number of parts have reached the point of being scrapped. But we are short of parts and have to replace the scrapped parts, and there are no new aircraft to replace them."
"And our existing U.S.-made fighter jets have to devote major efforts to compete with the Japanese army for frontline air supremacy. When necessary, they also have to undertake the task of ground attack. As our combat area becomes larger and larger, the existing U.S.-made fighter jets
Fighters are increasingly unable to meet needs."
"Tactical aircraft and fighter jets are what we urgently need at present. There are also intermediate and advanced trainer aircraft, and our current number is also seriously insufficient. It is difficult to meet the needs just by relying on a dozen Soviet-made R-5 aircraft. But Peel
Brother Xun, except for gasoline and military raw materials, everything else can be temporarily slowed down. Now I ask you when the promised tactical ground support aircraft will be in place."
"This time we are about to face not only the Kwantung Army, but also two armies of the Japanese North China Front, several field divisions and a large number of 'mixed' brigades. In terms of the overall strength comparison, we are even at a disadvantage.
We are short of troops, and we can only make up for it with firepower."
"You made us outnumbered and didn't even give us enough training time to cooperate with you. Out of our obligations to our allies, we can bite the bullet and bear it, but what you promised must be fulfilled. You know
Those agreements are not binding only on us."
"Not a single tactical aircraft promised by the British has been delivered so far. If it continues to be delayed, don't you even want to give us time to change? Pearson, Ross, since this agreement has been signed by both parties, it needs to be implemented seriously.
Just for us, I think it is binding on everyone."--2aahhh29300764-->