Hearing that three or five divisions could solve the problem, the chairman secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and before his breath fell, Bai Chongxi pointed at Chen Chen and scolded, accusing Chen Chen of being irresponsible in order to avoid suspicion, this is a joke about the future of the party-state and the fate of the nation, what can three or five divisions do, it is almost the same as scratching an itch in the boots, the Fifth Army in Xidang in front of him can block at most one division of the Japanese army, and what the expeditionary force lacks is to be able to block the strength of two divisions of the Japanese army.

Therefore, in order to solve the crisis of the expeditionary force, the 41st Army, which has already arrived in India, has 15 divisions and 200,000 soldiers, and must all go to Burma.

Chen Chen was naturally "ashamed" and speechless, but the chairman of the committee was already furious, angrily accusing Bai Chongxi of speaking irresponsibly, and some of the nearly 200,000 student soldiers had just arrived in India, and they had not yet undergone systematic training, and they were thrown into the battlefield, which was undoubtedly a waste of this batch of excellent soldiers. Besides, the Japanese army has taken Burma, the next step will be India, and the most worrying thing is the British, and now India still has ten divisions of the British army, shouldn't they put a few divisions into the Burma battlefield?

Although this may sound reasonable, since the Anti-Japanese War, Chinese soldiers have basically grown up in the line of fire, where has there been any systematic training? As for the British army, although the German army was attacking the Soviet Union with all its might, it still did not give up its coveting of India, and several divisions of the British army in India were all transferred to the western defense line, and they could not be transferred to Burma at all.

Seeing that the chairman of the committee was angry, the people who had some ideas did not dare to speak, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became dull and depressing.

At this time, Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, came in to report that the ambassador of the United States in Chongqing asked to see him, and he had arrived at the door of the headquarters.

At this time, it was already more than 11 o'clock in the evening, and the sudden visit of the ambassador of the United States was also for the 41st Group Army?

In the midst of everyone's suspicions, Ambassador Smith and the military attache strode in.

Jiang Haoran did not follow Zhou Zhirou's suggestion and sent a separate telegram to Chen Chen and General Li, but he sent a secret telegram to Stilwell, Chen Chen and General Li's words were not weighty enough, but if the United States could put pressure on the chairman of the committee on this matter, it would definitely be much better than them.

Sitting down separately, Ambassador Smith first told the chairman that his Pacific Fleet had just fought a big battle with the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Pacific Ocean, and because they were not fully prepared, they suffered heavy losses, two destroyers were blown up and sunk, and more than a dozen other small ships were damaged or sunk, and the largest casualties were carrier-based aircraft, totaling more than 240 planes.

And all this was done by the United States head-on knowing that it was invincible, and its purpose was to contain the Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft for the Chinese expeditionary force, and they did it.

Immediately, as soon as Smith changed his words, he accused the chairman of the committee of keeping the 41st Army of India still standing still despite knowing that there was a crisis in Burma, which harmed not only the interests of the Chinese but also the allies; seeing that the situation in Asia was already showing a situation in which victory was in sight, the United States hoped that no matter what the chairman's considerations, the 41st Army should be immediately sent to Burma in order to achieve a decisive victory on the Burmese battlefield.

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At about one o'clock in the morning that night, the temporary headquarters of the expeditionary force.

Because the Japanese planes did not come to harass them in the afternoon, the expeditionary force crossed the river almost unimpeded, and by now, more than half of the troops crossing the river had already crossed, and it is expected that all five divisions will cross the river early tomorrow morning and officially begin to advance eastward, realizing the strategic concept of connecting with Lashio, and the war has seen the light of day here. Therefore, in the brightly lit headquarters, the atmosphere was relatively relaxed, and there was a burst of chuckles from time to time.

What people didn't expect was that Zhuang Yingying, who was still in Xibao in the first half of the night, had already appeared in the headquarters at this moment, and these laughter were brought by her colorful description of the war.

After the Snow Wolf special combat team sneak attacked the headquarters of the Abe Wing, it immediately took off the Japanese artillery position in less than half an hour, and after losing the command system and supporting firepower, the defense line of the Abe Wing collapsed in an instant, and the Burmese army of a regiment of the Airborne Brigade and a wing of Aung San almost completely annihilated the Abe Wing, and a small number of routs who escaped from the battlefield were also searched and chased by helicopters all the way and killed.

More than 30 heavy artillery pieces of more than 75 mm were captured, countless anti-aircraft weapons, small-caliber artillery, guns and ammunition of various types, and 20 Type 4 and 5 tanks were intact.

In addition to tanks and heavy artillery, other weapons airborne brigades did not pay attention to, whether it was the Japanese army's 38 big cover, MP40 submachine gun, 100 submachine guns, they were not as good as the AK47 in their hands, but Aung San's Burmese army was like a treasure, and these weapons and ammunition were all in their pockets.

Coupled with the capture of the Inoue Wing in the Battle of Lashio, plus a small number of supplementary weapons in the Japanese army's warehouses that have not yet been sealed, the entire Burmese army of more than 10,000 people in Aung San can be replaced with submachine guns and there is still a surplus, and the ammunition can be open for them to squander. Of course, the actual operation remains to be trained by the officers and men of the airborne brigade.

As soon as the Battle of Xibao ended, Su Canwen and Zhuang Yingying immediately flew to Lashio to discuss the next battle plan with Liu Xianwei.

After the meeting, Liu Xianwei informed that a large number of Japanese troops had appeared in the west and north of Lashio, the west was dominated by cavalry, and the north was dominated by infantry, and in the evening they also had a small contact with the Japanese army, but the Japanese army did not mean to attack immediately, perhaps to learn from the experience of the past, and was not ready to fight a night battle with the airborne brigade.

In this regard, Su Canwen thought so, and suggested that Liu Xianwei drive the twenty tanks of Xibao over, and the cavalry used to deal with the Japanese army could receive miraculous results, as for the north, there was no other way, but to strictly defend it, especially the Japanese warehouse in Tiger Wolf Mountain, which must not fall into the hands of the Japanese army again, and a large number of explosives could be placed, and all of them would be blown up if it didn't work.

The troops on the east bank have already begun to cross the river, and as long as the airborne brigade can hold out for three days, the troops behind will definitely be able to catch up with them.

If it was just the situation in front of him, Liu Xianwei would still have confidence, but as soon as he heard that the Japanese army might come from the direction of Mandalay to support, and it might be the Japanese Guards Division, Liu Xianwei could no longer be calm.

He now has only more than 3,000 people left in the airborne brigade, plus the 11,000-strong Burmese army in Aung San, there are more than 14,000 people, and their combat effectiveness naturally has nothing to say, but it is really hard to say how much combat strength Aung San's people have.