When it was one o'clock in the afternoon in the United States, it was already midnight in Guangzhou. At this time, in a small conference room at the Guangzhou Military Academy Headquarters, Ouyang Yun, Ji Xingwen, Li Tieshu, Jiang Guangnai, Ye Zhao, and He Zheng Jiang, Stern and Guo Kui, Shan Renxiong, Tie Linfei, Chen Ce, and Chang Gen were sitting around a coffee table, discussing topics related to the return of Chen Shichang and the others.
When Ouyang Yun decided to go on an expedition to Southeast Asia, he was opposed by many people. But now, in view of the fact that this expedition has achieved considerable results, especially in dealing with the potential threat of Thailand, he has done a really good job and can be said to be without a fight. As a model of subjugating soldiers, not only the Xuebing Army, but also the Jews, the CGD and the Chongqing government all praised Ouyang Yun. They believed that Ouyang Yun's contribution to this trip was no less than that of Zhuge Liang's seven captures of Meng Huo. , the Japanese army cannot even think about opening a western front against China from Vietnam and Laos,
At the request of the British and the "retention" of the French, Ouyang Yun left a total of four divisions in Thailand and the Indochina Federation. They were Xu Zhi's Second Expeditionary Division, Feng Lanshan's Third Expeditionary Division, Baojun's Second Mountain Division and Bian Jiansheng's Third Mountain Division, in addition, Guo Kui's Jungle Special Operations Brigade and Huang Hua's Special Artillery Brigade each left a regiment. Among them, the Jungle Special Operations Group was commanded by Wang Changlong , the commander of the special artillery regiment is Meng Xiao, a former battalion commander of Huang Hua's special operations section. These troops are all incorporated into Chu Tiange's First Expeditionary Army, among which Xu Zhishi will be responsible for helping the Thais to defend Bangkok, Bao The military division is responsible for helping the French to defend Hanoi. Feng Lanshan Division, Bian Jiansheng Division and about one division of the directly affiliated troops, led by Chu Tiange, are heading to Naypyidaw, Myanmar, where they will help the British build a new line of defense. ,
According to the tacit agreement reached by the three parties when the expeditionary force was established, the Northeast Expeditionary Force should have been responsible for helping the British defend Burma. However, because the Chongqing government withheld all financial aid from the British government, it did not guarantee sufficient military pay for the Northeast Expeditionary Force. and logistical supplies, so Liu Duoquan's 49th Army helped the British fight against the Japs at the Denver Defense Line and then withdrew to eastern Myanmar. Then the entire Northeast Expeditionary Force camped here and never moved there again.
At the end of July, after planning for more than a month, the Japanese Western Expedition Fleet launched a full-scale offensive against the British defense line of Moulmein. At this time, Wavell was using the "Lanluga Prisoner of War Death Squadron" to attack the British in Manipur. The Mawlamyine defense line only deployed one division of British troops, three divisions of Indian troops and one division of Burmese troops. However, the Yatsudai Yuki Corps of the Japanese army had one division of Japanese troops and about ten divisions of troops. There was already a huge gap in the ground strength of the Indonesian National Independence Army. In addition, the Japanese Kisarazu Air Force had an overwhelming advantage in air combat after being equipped with Zero fighters. Therefore, the British army was defeated after only resisting for five days.
As soon as the Mawlamyine defense line was lost, the depth of Myanmar's interior was equivalent to opening the door to the Japanese cavalry. Wavell had no choice but to put pressure on the Chongqing government and ask the Northeast Expeditionary Force to enter the battle as soon as possible. At the same time, he asked the student army for help and asked Ouyang Yun to fulfill his obligations. The consensus reached during the "Bangkok Talks" was to dispatch a certain number of cadet troops to the west as soon as possible to help the British army defend the strategic location of Naypyitaw.
This time, Ouyang Yun did not play any tricks and immediately asked Chu Tiange to lead a total of three divisions to Naypyidaw. In the telegram to Chu Tiange, he wrote this: Of course I do not want our soldiers to Sacrifice for the benefit of other countries, but even more reluctant to see the Japanese army successfully open the western front against China. Comparing the two, the General Headquarters believes that rather than letting the war burn into our country, it is better to help the British army contain the Japanese army in southwest Burma. On the front line... Tiange, no matter what others do, since the original intention of our Xuebing Army was to fight against the Japanese invaders and defend our country, we cannot let go of this opportunity even without the request of the British... One thing to keep in mind is that this The only one you can rely on when heading westward is yourself, so don't fall into the Japanese encirclement...
Why did the Xuebing Army march west when Fujian and Guangdong were still threatened by the Japanese army? Some people may think that Ouyang Yun was overjoyed, but he himself and the senior leaders of the Xuebing Army had a clear understanding of this. Their fundamental starting point was that they did not want to The Japanese army opened a western front against China, thus creating a three-sided encirclement situation against China.
Ouyang Yun knew some secrets about what happened between the Chongqing government and the Northeast Expeditionary Force through the intelligence collected by Hu Tong. However, because some unpleasant things happened while he was "unconscious", Guo Kui made the decision. Unilaterally cutting off the communication between the general headquarters of the two armies, a gap arose between the two armies. Later, when Marshal Zhang decided to shrink his troops to the Sino-Myanmar border, he did not notify the Xuebing Army. It seemed that the two armies were friendly. The relationship seems to have come to an end,
When the Northeast Expeditionary Force assembled at the China-Myanmar border, Ouyang Yun was busy solving the Bangkok problem and was not in the mood or energy to take the initiative. After returning to Guangzhou, he wanted to have a good talk with Marshal Zhang on the relevant issues, but he did not have the opportunity. ,
Since the Japanese army adjusted its strategy towards China at the beginning of this year, there have been two major battles in China. After the Japanese army established the so-called "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Army" with a new concept, the North Korean puppet army and the Chinese puppet army have shared a considerable share of the burden. With proportional combat and garrison tasks, we were able to mobilize heavy troops to fight the Central Army and the anti-Japanese armed forces of other factions in central and northern China, and gained a greater advantage. In the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, under the command of the new commander of the China Expeditionary Forces, Hisao Nishio Next, the Japanese army in Central China assembled an army of 300,000 troops. They first fought a decisive battle with Li Zongren's troops in Wuhan, and then fought a decisive battle with Xue Yue's troops in Changsha. After winning these two battles, their troops were directed towards the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau; in North China, Okamura Ningji led about 50,000 Japanese troops and about 100,000 Korean puppet troops to implement the policy of encroachment on the Japanese base areas. At present, multiple "co-prosperity demonstration zones" have been established. Under his coercion, the North China region was originally as numerous as stars. The number of general anti-Japanese base areas is shrinking significantly. The local anti-Japanese forces and armed forces have suffered unprecedented blows. The anti-Japanese war situation is unprecedentedly bad.
In sharp contrast, although the Xuebing Army was in confrontation with the Japanese army and the Korean puppet army in many directions, because the Japanese army and the Korean puppet army were both on the defensive, the situation seemed relatively calm. The people of Fujian, Guangdong and Qiong It's like being in a foreign country,
The topic about Chen Shichang and the others was initiated by Ouyang Yun first, because several people at the meeting did not know that the Xuebing Army had developed such a large ocean-going fleet in the United States, so when he took over Chen Shichang from Pan Meiren not long ago When the secret message sent back was read out in front of everyone, everyone looked shocked, as if they were listening to a book from heaven.