Although Lieutenant General Stilwell’s visit to Northeast China was not authorized by the U.S. government. Even the U.S. military delegation to the Anti-Japanese War did not know about his operation in advance. He teamed up with the British to mess up the war in Burma.
Now, the US Army lieutenant general who is collaborating to bring about a disaster in the Indian war situation will not care about anything in order to alleviate the crisis.
However, it is not impossible for Yang Zhen to guess whether it is simply because of the impact of the war situation that this man rushed to the Northeast in a hurry.
This time my brother came to the Northeast, I am afraid he also received some advice from an expert.
I am afraid that this man may not have wanted to take advantage of China's complicated domestic political situation to create a profit opportunity for himself in order to realize his grand blueprint in some aspects. This man has not even tried to kill China's top leader.
If you can do it, there is nothing you can't do.
Facing this uninvited guy, Yang Zhen was almost as big as a head. In his opinion, this guy with high ambitions and low hands came to the Northeast at this time, just because he was full. The current Anti-League himself
The military strength is somewhat stretched. Where can we find the troops to go to India, thousands of miles away, to reinforce the smoking American and British armies?
During the period from the second half of 1942 to the beginning of 1943, the Kwantung Army replenished its troops at a very fast pace. By the beginning of 1943, the Kwantung Army had basically replenished its battle losses and even expanded by two divisions.
According to the intelligence currently available to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness has basically been restored.
The Anti-League's supplementary troops and equipment are now only two-thirds full. Especially the number of tactical aircraft is seriously insufficient. Facing the Kwantung Army in front of them, the Anti-League themselves feel extremely pressured.
Going to India to stir things up? What's more, that country is still the territory of the British who have ulterior motives and are extremely selfish.
Besides, your American and British troops in India include one British-Indian army, two corps, two armored brigades, several independent tank regiments, as well as two divisions of the British-Burmese army that have withdrawn to India, and two so-called brigade-level US troops.
But the total strength actually reaches division-level combat troops, one task force plus two corps of Chinese Expeditionary Force.
The aviation force alone includes an air force of the US military and hundreds of combat aircraft of the British Royal Indian Air Force. It is also equipped with a large number of tanks and artillery. With such a powerful force, even if there is a large-scale rebellion by the Indian army, this battle can be won.
With this situation, the British may not have played a very good role in the process.
To be honest, Yang Zhen was quite surprised by the rapid collapse of the Indian battlefield. The American and British troops, with more than a thousand aircraft for air support, hundreds of tanks and thousands of large-caliber artillery, could not withstand the Japanese army.
The attack of a division would have shocked everyone.
However, after understanding the actual battle situation of the British army, Yang Zhen couldn't help but sigh. He is not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs. This Lieutenant General Stilwell and the two commanders of the Fourteenth Army of the British Army
, they are just a bunch of pigs that no matter how good a fighter plane is, they can miss it.
Especially Lieutenant General Stilwell, when the Japanese army was fully attacking Imphal and its defense line in northern Burma was already empty. However, at the request of the British, regardless of the British troops stationed on the Imphal line,
The two armies had nearly 140,000 troops.
They actually gave up the favorable opportunity to outflank the Japanese army and took the initiative to transfer the two Chinese armies stationed in India to the front line to replace the unreliable Indian army. As a result, although the Japanese offensive was temporarily contained, the most advantageous fighter opportunities were in vain.
Missed it, and the entire battle turned into a head-to-head situation with the Japanese army.
If he had ignored the request of Lieutenant General Giffard, the commander of the British Fourteenth Army, and instead followed the request of Lieutenant General Slim, the commander of the Fifteenth Army under the Fourteenth Army. Compared with the heavily armed British army, his command
, the Chinese troops stationed in India, which can be considered as lightly-armed troops, penetrated directly into Myitkyina from the north of Kohima.
Not only can it reopen the ground channel for China's external communication, but it can also directly threaten the flanks and rear of the Japanese army entering India. The Burma-Thailand Railway is still under construction, and the total number of Japanese troops in Burma is still limited due to supply reasons. This is
In the first attack on India, there was only one division in northern Myanmar.
If they take advantage of the opportunity and use the lightly-armed Chinese Expeditionary Force to penetrate directly into Myitkyina and outflank and attack the flanks of the Japanese army in India, then the Japanese army will at least withdraw a considerable portion of its troops from the Indian battlefield unless they can accept giving up northern Burma. And these two
Although the corps is not equipped with many artillery pieces with a caliber of over 100 mm, each corps only has twelve.
However, the number of Qiwu mountain guns and mortars of various calibers is quite sufficient. Especially the infantry weapons have all been replaced with all American-made equipment. After more than half a year of training, both tactics and equipment have
Considerable progress. The incomplete equipment refers to the lack of assault forces such as tanks and the slight shortage of large-caliber artillery.
More than 30 US-made 105 howitzers and two 155 howitzer battalions that were originally scheduled to be equipped for the Chinese Expeditionary Force were privately detained by the British army for their own use. They also prepared equipment for the Chinese training troops when they arrived in India later.
Most of them were embezzled by the British army, which does not mean that the equipment of these two armies was too poor.
When these two armies face a Japanese division spread over a vast area from western Yunnan to northern Myanmar, they may not be incapable of fighting. If the Japanese army reinforces northern Myanmar from Thailand, it will take at least two months. Even if it is deployed in
In southern Myanmar, the main force of the Japanese army, which is preparing to prevent the US military from landing on the coast of Myanmar, will not easily move north at this time.
Of course, this line has to cross a series of tropical rainforests in northern Myanmar, and once again cross the Kumen Mountains, known as the Savage Mountains. But the current situation is very different from when the expeditionary force retreated. The U.S. military is in
The hundreds of transport aircraft deployed by India can fully meet the aerial supply of the light troops of the two armies.
If he could coordinate with Chongqing and launch a counterattack in western Yunnan, there would be no hope of even regaining the entire northern Burma. I am afraid that the Battle of Imphal would not have collapsed so quickly, at least the Japanese army in Burma would not have been so unscrupulous in attacking the West.
However, he ignored reality and only focused on the British army's requirements, consuming the mobile units of the two armies bit by bit in the defensive battle on the highlands west of Imphal.
Faced with such pig-like teammates, Yang Zhen was determined not to hand over a single company to him. No matter how many troops he gave to such people, they would only let them waste them in vain. Even now, the one Yang Zhen admires the most is,
He had been ostracized and not trusted before, but he was Lieutenant General Slim who performed best among all the British generals in the entire Burma Campaign.
Now he has officially taken over as the commander of the 14th British Army and the front-line combat command. But even from a purely military point of view, Yang Zhen would not hand over his troops to such a group of pig-like teammates. The man in front of him
, in addition to being very ambitious, his strategic and tactical accomplishments and levels can almost be described as clumsy.
In addition, he has always been too accommodating to the British, and the British have always been selfish, only caring about themselves, regardless of the life and death of their allies. You go to block the spotlight, and I will do it if you rub the oil under your feet. No matter how great the pressure is, Yang Zhen can't do it.
I won't hand over any troops to them. Yang Zhen has only one attitude. You can go after whoever you want, and I will never agree to it.
As for the guy with the same ulterior motives, he vowed that as long as the Anti-Japanese Alliance mobilizes three to five divisions of troops to India, he will be responsible for replacing all heavy weapons with American-made equipment. In Yang Zhen's eyes, it seemed like a random guarantee. Yang Zhen
I don’t believe it at all.
Not to mention that Yang Zhen, who has now accepted that the Soviets seized a large amount of equipment from the Stalingrad battlefield, including nearly a thousand tanks, a large number of half-track armored vehicles, and various artillery pieces, does not have much interest in American-made ground equipment.
I won't wipe my ass for this guy.
Although these equipment are currently in the process of demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall, and the number of large-caliber artillery shells is very few. But with some equipment aided by the United States, after all, the current shortage of heavy equipment has been solved.
Effective compensation. After the maintenance of this batch of heavy equipment, the army's heavy equipment is basically in a state of full strength.
He doesn't want to go into this super muddy water at this time for those American-made equipment that are like castles in the air. Risking the impact of causing a domestic political earthquake to attract attention for the United States and Britain. He doesn't want his troops to be treated as victims.
What a waste. If he can accept sending troops to India now, he might as well have directly agreed to the request of the United States and Britain and sent troops to Southeast Asia to assist defense.
In this battle of Yunnan and Burma, among the three armies dispatched by Chongqing, the other two armies are indeed second-rate troops in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness. However, its main force, the Fifth Army, is the most elite in the Central Military System.
An army, it can even be said to be a bottom-of-the-line army, and it is the only Su Weapon Army equipped with mechanized troops.
The 200 divisions affiliated to this army are the elite of the Central Military System in Chongqing. Whether it is the firepower configuration or the deployment of commanders at all levels, among the hundreds of divisions affiliated to Chongqing, it can be said that they are absolutely the best.
It can be called the first elite unit of the Central Army.
However, this most elite force in Chongqing was even paralyzed by the man in front of him and the British during the Battle of Yunnan and Burma. A complete mechanized army lost all the heavy equipment that was extremely lacking.
Yang Zhen always remembered the lesson that almost all the main force starved to death in the Savage Mountain.
This guy's poor commanding ability, high vision, low hand, and excessive ambition. Coupled with the British people with ulterior motives, Yang Zhen will definitely not go into this muddy water. He is not rich in capital, and he does not have that much capital, so let
He still has the British to squander, even the United States and Britain cannot do it themselves with aid cards.
Faced with this guy's nagging, threats and inducements, Yang Zhen always kept talking and did not give him any answer he wanted. At most, he reluctantly agreed to study and study. As for when he would be able to get a result.
Come, Yang Zhen didn't give him any answer.
As for Yang Zhen's real thoughts, this research will never end before the war. Tai Chi, the Chinese's best, is the best way to deal with this aggressive guy. Of course, Yang Zhen wants to be like last time
Similarly, it is not impossible to make this guy run away. But that is only a last resort, and it is better not to take it as much as possible.
The last time Hopkins was here, it was because of the special needs of the special situation that I had to fight with this guy. As for now, I can't afford to get angry with this guy. The needle is a method, not
If necessary, it is best not to use it.
Obviously, this guy is not satisfied with Yang Zhen's answer. But Yang Zhen is resolute. This matter needs to be considered in the long run and discussed after research. As for nodding now, that is absolutely impossible. Sending troops outside the territory is a major event, and there is no detailed explanation.
Plans and plans won't work. Research, research, became Yang Zhen's best excuse.