Lashio, the English place name Lashio, is an important town in northern Myanmar, belongs to Upper Burma, or the northern part of Myanmar, is an important town for land transportation and trade between China and Myanmar, the railway passes through Mandalay, and the highway passenger transport has been through Wan Town, which is an important part of the Yunnan-Burma highway, located on the border of China and Myanmar, the transportation location is convenient and developed, the goods from Yangon are transported by sea through the railway and road transportation in southern Myanmar, all the way to the place, and then from Lap Wu to vehicle transportation, into China, through Wan Town, Mangshi, Longling, Baoshan, Xiaguan has been transported to Kunming, is the hub of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, but also a node, and its strategic position is very important.

Rid of the blessing of geographical location, Lashio's economy is very developed, before the war, it was very developed and lively, in Myanmar, the proportion of overseas Chinese, Chinese businessmen is very large, Chinese in Myanmar also show superb business skills and business vision, there are a large number of Chinese businessmen in Yangon Haikou to do transportation business, foreign goods in Yangon port as soon as landed, Chinese businessmen use cars to pull goods to Lashio, and then carry out secondary transshipment to Yunnan, China, making a lot of profits, even the national government has set up a Southwest Transportation Administration at the border, In charge of the transportation business, to put it mildly, Lashio and even most of Myanmar's economy have risen because of Chinese businessmen.

Thankfully, the planes of the two delegations had a safe journey, did not suffer mechanical problems, did not collide with the occasional Japanese bomber group, and made a non-stop flight from Kunming to Lashio.

In the suburbs, Lashio Airport, two silver-white American-made C46 transport planes flew overhead, slowly reducing altitude, decelerating, landing, tires and running to contact, a puff of green smoke came out, the two planes taken by the China-India-Burma-Malaysia military investigation group arrived on time in Lashio, an important town on the Sino-Burmese border, under the command of several flight pilots, the two transport planes ran to the upper turn, slowed down, taxied, stopped on the tarmac, and opened the cabin door.

On the tarmac, dozens of previously arranged British and Burmese soldiers quickly surrounded the plane, these soldiers were holding Enfield rifles and Thomson submachine guns, and a full set of British individual equipment.

Grabbing the armrest of the cabin door, Zhang Wei breathed the air that entered the door, the sunlight outside was a little dazzling, stepping on the shelf, Zhang Wei stepped off the plane, his feet on the ground, the long riding boots on his feet bumped on the airport ground, the sound was crisp, this foot, stepping on the soil is no longer Chinese, but Burmese.

After getting off the plane, Zhang Wei looked around, the climate in Myanmar at this time was similar to that of western Yunnan, near the airport, Zhang Wei could see vigilant soldiers everywhere, there were bearded, white-skinned British, and Burmese wearing British uniforms, there were scattered transport planes parked on the airport, in the center of the airport, there were several anti-aircraft gun positions scattered everywhere, and several black anti-aircraft guns pointed at the air, Zhang Wei took a closer look, these anti-aircraft guns were the famous guns of World War II - Bofors M34 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, in addition to anti-aircraft guns, There were also several M2 Browning large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns on the airfield, which served as symbolic anti-aircraft fire.

Compared with Wujiaba Airport, although the scale of Lashio Airport is larger, it is much more desolate than Wujiaba Airport, there are even weeds everywhere on the runway, there are only a few anti-aircraft guns in the air defense system, and there are only a few transport planes on the entire airport, which is very desolate, but it is also the actual situation of the British army in Burma at present.

Taking air power as an example, the British air force in Burma is very weak, the total number of fighters is only a few dozen, and they are all old American-made Buffalo fighters, and they do not have the ability to control air supremacy at all; even in the entire Far East, the total number of British fighters is only more than 200, and there is a lack of fighter planes, and there is also a lack of new fighters with good performance, and all the good planes are in Europe and North Africa, and the Far East are all second- and third-rate goods, and there is no way to build an effective air defense network, let alone the ability to compete for air supremacy.

On the other hand, the Japanese army has more than 400 available fighters delivered to the Far East, and all of them are new fighters such as the Zero with superior performance, which have surpassed the British army in the Far East in terms of quantity and quality

Soon, all the personnel of the inspection group gathered together and walked forward, and the British troops who came to pick up the plane also walked in the opposite direction, and the two sides quickly converged.

After meeting and converging, the two sides quickly talked, and the British side came to welcome the current supreme commander of the British army in Burma - Major General Hu Dun, commander-in-chief of the British and Burmese forces, Major General Hu Dun was originally the chief of staff of the British Indian commander-in-chief, General Wei Weier, and the British army in Burma was originally under the command of the British Far East Command, but not long ago the command system was changed and was under the command of the Indian commander Wei Weier, so this Major General Hu Dun also came not long ago and belonged to the new commander.

As soon as they met, Major General Hu Dun shook hands with Shang Zhen, the head of the delegation, and asked questions, greeted him for a while, looked quite enthusiastic, and shook hands with every member of the delegation, including Zhang Wei, Major General Hu Dun's first impression of Zhang Wei was an ordinary British old man, who seemed to be a good person, a little gentlemanly, Zhang Wei smiled and shook hands with Major General Hu Dun, and dragged a few non-standard words of English.

However, Zhang Wei knows that this old man Hu Dun will be transferred and replaced soon after the war in Burma starts, and the post of commander-in-chief of the British and Burmese army will be taken over by Alexander.

According to Zhang Wei's impression of reading the history of the war in his previous life, Hu Dun's old boss, the Indian commander-in-chief of the British Army, Wei Weier, seems to be an officer who is extremely opposed to the Chinese army entering Burma to fight, and has a strong opposition to the Chinese army. What is hidden is likely to be extreme vigilance and opposition to the Chinese military.

After making initial contact at the airport, the delegation was led by the British to the airport and got into a car, drove all the way to the residence prepared by the British side, where the delegation enjoyed an excellent welcome dinner, which was already afternoon after the delegation arrived.

Three days later, the first formal military meeting between the two sides will take place.

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