Two days later, in Bangkok, the headquarters of the Japanese Southern Army.

A staff officer of Osaku strode into the headquarters with a Japanese lieutenant general, and Commander Terauchi Shouichi and Chief of Staff Tsukada Tsukashi in the headquarters took the lead in applauding.

The Japanese lieutenant general stood still in front of the two, stood upright and saluted, and said loudly: "The commander of the 1st Guards Division, Nishimura Takuma, has come to report for duty, and I ask Your Excellency Terauchi and Your Excellency Tsukada to give instructions!" ”

"Hahaha, Nishimura-kun, I finally looked forward to you, so that we have another chance of winning the Burma campaign." Shouichi Terauchi stepped forward with a smile, held Nishimura Takuma's hand tightly, and shook it vigorously.

The Japanese Guards Division is one of the seven veteran divisions, and it is also one of the seventeen permanent divisions, when it was first established, there were only two infantry brigades and one artillery wing, which were mainly used to defend Tokyo, that is, the garrison troops, and the soldiers were drawn from various divisions and regiments, and they were the elite of the A division. It can be said that it is the elite of the elite among the well-deserved elites in the Japanese army, so the number is not too many.

However, since last year, the Japanese army's front has been lengthened and its strength has been tightened, so 50 divisions and regiments have been formed at one time, and the Guards Division has also been expanded, and the first, second, third, and fourth, and four divisions have been formed on the basis of four wings.

But don't think that the combat effectiveness of the expanded team is not good, after all, it is the guard of the emperor of the Japanese army, which represents the face of the emperor, and most of the soldiers are drawn from various divisions and regiments, not retired veterans, and only a small number of them are new recruits who have just come out of school......

Moreover, their establishment is larger than that of the permanent divisions and regiments, although they are also divisions and regiments of the three-three system, but the strength is close to 50,000, and they have an independent tank wing and an independent heavy artillery brigade under their jurisdiction, so their combat effectiveness is only higher than that of the permanent divisions and regiments of the Japanese army, and it is absolutely not to be underestimated.

It is precisely because he is the emperor's guard that Nishimura Takuma has a status over other division commanders, so there is such a grand welcome scene from Terauchi Shouichi.

After some greetings, he sat back at the conference table, and Terauchi Shouyi: "Nishimura-kun, I wonder when your troops will arrive in Yangon?" ”

Nishimura pondered: "The troops have basically completed the assembly on the mainland, and they can be pulled out at any time, but the naval transport ship will not have a ship until a few days later, and it is estimated that it will take half a month to arrive in Yangon at the earliest, how, the temple ≠≥ dǐng≠≥diǎn≠≥ Xiao ≠≥ said, .+.∷os_(); Will you want to attack ahead of schedule? ”

Shouichi Terauchi waved his hand and said: "No, no, only when all the troops are in place, can my hanging heart be put down, as for the attack?" It is still necessary to wait until the end of the rainy season, this hateful rainy day, let alone fighting, the roads are muddy, and the logistics cannot be guaranteed. ”

Nishimura pondered: "The end of the rainy season will be at least until mid-September, and it is only August 20 now, so it must be in time, but Your Excellency, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

"You say!"

"It may not sound good, I hope Your Excellency the General doesn't mind."

"Hehe, the word is contrary to the ear, I know, you say!"

Nishimura Takuma stood up and said: "It is undeniable that Jiang Haoran's tactical level is indeed very high, but the expeditionary force is only three armies with less than 150,000 troops, and the imperial army, excluding the three divisions defending western Yunnan, does not count my first guard division, and there are five divisions in the hands of Your Excellency the General." A Burmese Independence Army, with nearly 200,000 troops, not counting the naval fleet that will enter the Inovady River by then. Air superiority: Although the expeditionary force has the flight group of the 40th Group Army and the 14th flight group, and has the absolute superiority of occupying the Myitkyina airfield, the Fifth and Second Flying Regiments of the Imperial Army, plus the carrier-based aircraft of at least two naval fleets, will be put into the battlefield, and it will be completely possible to achieve absolute superiority in suppressing the expeditionary force and gaining air supremacy. In terms of weapons, the expeditionary force A47 is generally equipped with the army, but the imperial army receives 10,000 Thomson submachine guns from the German army, and the 100-type submachine guns independently developed by the imperial army are also equipped with a large number of troops, and the infantry firepower is no worse than that of the expeditionary force, let alone the support firepower, the expeditionary force has only one heavy artillery brigade and an armored regiment, but the imperial army has two strategic heavy artillery brigades and three tank wings, and the other infantry support firepower is much stronger than them. It can be said that the greatest threat to the Imperial Army of the expeditionary force comes from helicopters, but don't forget, the base camp has been replenished with a large number of rocket launcher equipment troops, and the surface-to-air missiles aided by the German army are all equipped with the Southern Army, which can completely restrain the attack of helicopters. To sum up, the imperial army has an absolute advantage in this battle, and the victory is unstoppable, but on the other hand, His Excellency the General is obviously lacking in confidence and worried. ”

As soon as Nishimura Takuma's words fell, the entire headquarters was silent, and everyone's eyes were looking at Terauchi Shouichi, just waiting to see his thunderous anger, which was also too explicit, obviously saying that Terauchi Shouichi was afraid of Jiang Haoran, and he was afraid of the male soldiers, afraid of wolves and tigers, which grew Jiang Haoran's ambition in disguise, and also caused the fear of the soldiers of the imperial army.

But to everyone's surprise, Terauchi Shouichi thought about it slightly, and praised the knot: "Okay, Nishimura-kun really deserves to be the leader of the Shaozhuang faction, this insight is very unique and spicy, in a large way, the generals of the Southern Army, including me, will over-speculate on Jiang Haoran's tactical tactics, which has indeed caused tactical fear, as Nishimura-kun said, my southern army is strong and strong, and it can completely crush the expeditionary force with overwhelming momentum, let him Jiang Haoran change in a thousand ways, I only attack all the way, and I am not afraid that he will not lose his armor." ”

Terauchi Shouichi's words immediately won the applause of the whole house, and then the slogan of the imperial army's bravery and the victory of the imperial army was shouted.

At this moment, a senior staff officer hurriedly arrived, whispered softly in Terauchi Shouichi's ear, and then took out a telegram and handed it to him.

Tsukada on the side was also uneasy, and said hurriedly: "Terauchi-kun, what happened?" ”

Terauchi Shouichi was silent, and handed the message to Tsukada, who picked up the message and looked at it, and then exclaimed, "What? Jiang Haoran was preparing to build a bridge over the Inovady River, take the initiative to attack the east bank of the imperial army, and also airborne Lashio? This this? That's just too unlikely, right? Where does the news come from, and is it reliable? ”

"Falcon!"

Terauchi Shouichi spit out these two words, and Tsukada was immediately stunned and stopped talking, obviously knowing the weight of these two words.

Soon, a room of staff generals entered the war room with Terauchi Shouichi and Tsukada, and the meeting moved from the table to the combat sand table.