Pearson, who was talking enthusiastically at this moment, did not notice that Yang Zhen's face was somewhat livid because of his so-called suggestion, but he continued: "The U.S. government can also convince the U.S. Congress and people to increase aid to you.
Or we can take the share of aid to you from the Soviet Union and truly make it a separate aid object, rather than borrowing the name of the Soviets. This will be more beneficial to your future development."
"Yang, whether as a soldier or as a friend of yours, I don't see what harm it will do to you if you accept the British suggestion. Based on your current strength, send a few divisions south to Southeast Asia, and
It will not affect the Manchurian comparison."
Having said this, Pearson hesitated for a moment, and finally decided: "In this way, if you send troops to Southeast Asia to assist in defense, I guarantee that at the beginning of next year at the latest, the U.S. government will give you another 300 tanks and some fighter jets and bombers.
.In addition, according to your existing establishment, we will equip you with two 155th heavy artillery regiments and some 105th howitzers."
Pearson's answer was obviously partial to the British, which made Yang Zhen very dissatisfied: "Mr. Pearson, the Japanese have only occupied Annan and controlled French Indochina. Although they have brought great changes to the British colonies in Southeast Asia,
There is a certain threat, but it is far from a situation that requires us to assist in defense."
"You know, we are now facing the largest heavily armed group of the Japanese army. And in the next step, we may also face the second largest heavily armed group of the Japanese army. The pressure we face from the Japanese army far exceeds that faced by the British army.
Those second-rate divisions of the Japanese Southern Army. Now the British want us to abandon our powerful Japanese divisions and go to Southeast Asia to work for them. I really don’t know if they are too calculating or too naive."
"Besides, the British have provided us with such a small batch of equipment just so that we can look after their homes and homes when our country is being invaded and our people are being massacred. It is the British who are too much.
Are we capable of calculation, or are we too cheap?"
"As for the equipment they provide, those tanks are after receiving the much better performance tanks provided by the United States. And you should have a certain understanding of the performance of those P-66 fighter jets. After all,
These are fighter jets from your U.S. Army. I think if these fighter jets are really advanced in performance, given the greedy character and overwhelming situation of the British, can they be handed over to us?"
"Those Hurricane fighter jets have good performance, but it's a pity that they are already backward products. If they really have that intention, why don't they give us Spitfire fighters? Even P-40 fighter jets will do. This way we can alleviate some of the stress.
Logistical pressure.”
"Pearson, you and I are old friends. If you tell me the truth today, based on your own true thoughts, you would have been invaded in the United States and your people were being massacred by the enemy.
, will he send his exhausted troops to defend a colony of a so-called ally for the sake of some false promises and second-rate equipment?"
"What's more, our current enemy is the largest among the various Japanese military strategic clusters. Coupled with the Japanese Korean Army and the North China Front Army that can be deployed in Northeast operations when necessary, the enemy forces we are about to or may face will be
It will be several times, or even more than ten times, the strength of the Japanese troops in the Southern Army that have been incorporated or are about to be incorporated into the Japanese army specifically for fighting southward."
"As long as we continue to fight in the Northeast and form an offensive state, this part of the Japanese army cannot be mobilized anywhere. This is much more Japanese troops than we can attract by going south. Even if we do not go to Southeast Asia, maybe the British
We will lose part of the colony."
"For example, Malaya and Singapore are already under threat from the Japanese army. But they will not suffer much losses, at least there will be no problem in defending India. Because the real elite divisions of the Japanese army are all deployed in the Northeast. According to us
As far as we know, the division numbers of the Japanese Southern Army are already organized, and most of the Japanese divisions there are only their second-rate divisions at best."
"Southern Ocean covers a vast area. Except for the Indo-China Peninsula, most of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, including your Philippines, are islands. If the Japanese want oil from the Dutch East Indies, they must
A large number of troops were invested in the Dutch East Indies."
"Of course, no matter how many troops the Japanese army invests, it is not for fighting. The army of the Dutch colonies is only suitable for suppressing the resistance of the indigenous people there. As for fighting the Japanese army, they do not have the ability. No matter how much assistance you Americans give,
They don’t have the determination to die. They have lost their homeland, and the Dutch there can be said to have lost their souls.”
"And there is an archipelago there. Without a strong naval support, no matter how many troops are invested there, it can only be a plate of food sent to others. But the reality is that even if the Japanese occupy the Dutch East Indies, they have to
To protect and develop the mineral resources there, it is necessary to invest a sizable army."
"The Japanese have to defend such a large archipelago, and they also have to divide their forces to defend the Indochina Peninsula, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Hainan Island. In addition to Malaya, they simply cannot devote too much time to the fight for other British colonies in Southeast Asia.
A lot of troops. The captured land needs to be defended. Fools all know this. The starting point of our attack and the supply line need a lot of troops to defend. The Japanese, who have always been very calculating, know this better than you and I."
"Excluding the garrison troops left behind by the compulsory repairs, the Japanese army will not invest too much in the fight for India. You must know that according to the current strength of the Japanese army, even if they reach India, they will be at the end of their war effort. Therefore, the British army is at the end of the war.
Although the troops on the battlefield in Southeast Asia are not even third-rate in my eyes, there is no problem in defending India."
"Perhaps the Japanese army will be arrogant in the early stage. After all, its army, which has been trained on the Chinese battlefield for many years, is not comparable to the third-rate colonial armies of Britain and the Netherlands. However, the weak infrastructure in Southeast Asia has seriously restricted their logistics capabilities.
.You can requisition food locally, but you still need to transport ammunition and weapon parts from the rear."
"The vast tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia will make the Japanese army's already fragile logistics supply lines even more vulnerable. Without ammunition, the Japanese can't bite the British defense lines with their teeth. So I think the British should do the most important thing now.
The most important thing is to shrink our troops and give up Malaya, which is obviously undefendable."
"Blow up all the materials that cannot be carried away, as well as all supplies and infrastructure that the Japanese army can use, extend the Japanese army's supply lines as much as possible, drag down their combat capabilities, and concentrate our forces to defend the India-Burma region instead of artificially demarcating them everywhere.
They work hard."
"As for Burma, it was a barrier to British India, but it was also the National Government's external lifeline. I think the National Government would deploy elite troops to participate in the Burmese war in order to ensure smooth foreign lines of communication. Not only would they deploy elite troops,
And it will be the most elite force."
"In the current Myanmar defense, how many troops are invested is not the fundamental issue, but the determination and sincerity of the British. As long as China and the UK can truly cooperate and understand each other on the battlefield, without being suspicious of each other or trying to undermine each other, according to the rules, China and the UK can invest
With the military strength, coupled with the material and equipment assistance that the United States has always given priority to, holding British Burma will not be a problem."
"Although I am concerned that the equipment provided by you Americans to the British will be able to play their original role and the role you expect on the North African battlefield. Rather than being incompetent and often beaten, they will be disarmed.
The British Army has sent doubts to their current enemy, the German Army, and their future enemy, the Japanese Army. But I am powerless to change your policy of putting Europe before Asia."
"We do lack urgently needed equipment, but we will not change our long-established strategic plans for a pitiful handout. The British lack enough troops to defend their colonies, and we also lack enough troops to meet training standards.
Troops to protect our country and nation."
"Pearson, don't forget that the British are just their colony. They are not the owners there in the first place. And the land we defend is the land given to us by God as the Chinese nation, and it is the land that our nation relies on to survive and thrive.
We have no right or obligation to give up recovering our own land for the sake of the colonies seized by the British."
"The most important thing is that I think the British don't lack troops, but they lack normal thinking. Instead of asking the National Government, which has millions of troops nearby, they go to the Northeast thousands of miles away to beg us.
, isn’t this a case of praying to the Buddha and entering the church, worshiping at the wrong temple door?”
"Although the current war situation of the Nationalist Government is not going smoothly, it can even be said to be a bit tight. But there is still no problem in deploying a few armies to enter Myanmar. Burma is not as big as a province in China. A few armies
, coupled with the British and Burmese troops, it is enough to resist Japanese attacks from any direction."
Concerning Yang Zhen's rejection of the British request to send troops in disguise, Pearson, after being speechless for a while, still did not want to give up and advised: "Yang, as your old friend, I sincerely hope you can consider it. If you
As long as you nod, the benefits you gain from this matter will be far greater than what you lose."
"The Kwantung Army is indeed the largest strategic group of the Japanese army in terms of military strength. I do not deny this. Compared with the Kwantung Army, the Southern Army that the Japanese army is forming is indeed incomparable in strength. Judging from what you have handed over so far,
Judging from the intelligence, among the divisions included in the so-called Southern Army sequence, there are not many veteran divisions."
"But the British troops currently deployed in Southeast Asia are mainly colonial troops with relatively poor combat effectiveness and equipment. Although the number seems to be large, the real combat effectiveness is not as good as expected. The elite British Army,
Currently we are focusing on defending our homeland and North Africa."
"Most of the elites in Southeast Asia are concentrated in British India. The remaining number is still too small for the defense of the entire Southeast Asia. Giving up Malaya and the Dutch East Indies will indeed be able to do all we can.
It is possible to concentrate their forces, but it is tantamount to allowing the Japanese to easily achieve the goals they need."
"Southeast Asia is not only strategically important, but the most important thing is that it contains the oil and aluminum ore that Japan urgently needs. Especially the oil from the Dutch East Indies and British Burma is Japan's most urgently needed resource at the moment, and it is also their main goal in moving south.
.When we give up these places, we are giving away resources that Japan desperately needs."