"General!" Stilwell quickly knocked on the door of Wavell's office, and he almost triumphantly shouted at Wavell, "We can't let you divert supplies to Africa!" ”

Wavell looked at Stilwell with a puzzled look on his face and said, "Joe......"

"Because the Chinese are still holding on to Myitkyina to fight the Japanese army!" Stilwell interrupted Wavell.

"What?" Wavell was full of disbelief: "The Chinese are still in Myitkyina?" No way, even if Myitkyina had Chinese, it would be just a small force that could not be climatized......"

"No, that's the Fifth Army!" Stilwell interrupted Wavell: "There are more than 40,000 men, and they have built a strong defense line in Myitkyina!" ”

Wavell's mouth opened wide, and it took a while before he said, "Joe, you should verify your news!" ”

"You can't go wrong!" Stilwell was very pleased to see Wavell's surprise and surprise, and he nodded with great certainty: "I have even contacted the Chongqing side to confirm this!" ”

Wavell's face changed again and again, at this time he already believed in the reliability of this information, and the British did not know it, just because the British troops had withdrawn from Burma and the British had little contact with China. The United States is now the main source of China's foreign aid, and China will tell the United States the situation as soon as possible.

Wavell wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Stilwell.

"Your Excellency, General!" Stilwell pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose: "You should be clear, the ambitions of the Japanese are by no means only Burma, and I have received reliable information that the Japanese have made contact with the independent forces in India, and it is clear that they are still using the same old ways as the Burmese to use the Indians to overthrow your rule." If the situation develops like that of Burma, it will not be the general or even the London side that wants to see it. But. If the Chinese had been supported to hold on in Myitkyina, then it was very likely that none of this would have happened! What does Your Excellency the General think? ”

After being silent for a long time, Wavell nodded unwillingly in agreement.

Wavell knew that it would be useless even if he objected, because these supplies belonged to the Americans, and Britain needed American assistance now and in the future, so Britain could not change any strategies that were in line with American interests, and even had to cater to these strategies, otherwise it would be countered by the United States in terms of materials.

For the time being, it was in the interest of the United States to support Myitkyina, because it would drag a considerable number of Japanese aircraft, tanks, artillery, and infantry to Burma and not be able to transfer them to the Pacific theater.

It's all to blame on the damned Chinese! Wavell couldn't help but curse in his heart: Why are they holding Myitkyina?!

*******

When it was bright the next day. Sakurai was shocked to find that the Chinese, who had just been chased by the Japanese army, had built an almost impregnable defensive line relying on the favorable terrain in Myitkyina and its vicinity.

Under the telescope, Sakurai saw only a small flat area on the northwest side of Myitkyina for the troops to spread, and the rest of the directions were either surrounded by mountains or rivers, and it was difficult to find a suitable breakthrough with his decades of experience on the battlefield.

Sakurai put down the binoculars silently, his expression very solemn.

After thinking about it, Sakurai said to the staff officer beside him: "Report the situation to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief!" Be as detailed as possible! ”

"Yes!" The staff officer turned around and went to send a message.

When Kawabe Shozo received the telegram, he couldn't help frowning, if the Chinese in Myitkyina only had only one engineer regiment of more than 3,000 people as the previous intelligence said, it would not be enough to be afraid, he could cut off Myitkyina's contact with the outside world and trap them in it as he thought before. But now it's an army. And it is also a very strong Fifth Army...... That would be a headache for the Japanese army.

The first is that Myitkyina has a lot of supplies, and those supplies and ammunition are enough for the Chinese army to fight for several months. On the contrary, the Japanese army fell into the dilemma of material shortage again because the materials for Lashio were burned to the ground...... Of course, there were a lot of materials captured along the way, but it was still not enough for the four divisions of the Japanese army.

Secondly. The British and American sides will never sit idly by and watch the Japanese attack on Myitkyina, even if it is for the sake of their own interests, they will support the Chinese in Myitkyina.

As a result, in the end, the Japanese army may not be able to hold out or find itself in a stalemate with the Chinese army.

In this case, if the Japanese army attacked China or India on the east and west flanks from Burma. The Chinese army in Myitkyina could almost be said to have cut off the supply lines and retreat of the Japanese attacking forces with only one step forward.

Kawabe Shozo paced back and forth in front of his desk for a few steps, and then gave the order: "Take Myitkyina while the Chinese army is not firmly established!" ”

This order immediately enveloped Myitkyina in the atmosphere of war again.

Moreover, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army had already arrived at Myitkyina at this time and formed a confrontation with the new 22nd Division on the other side of the Inovady River. The command of the Japanese forces in the Myitkyina direction was soon transferred to Mutaguchi Yoshiya.

Speaking of Mutaguchi Ryoya, he is a famous general. This name is not only very familiar to the Japanese army, but even the Chinese army and even the Chinese people know this name, because he fired the first shot of the July 7 Incident, and then participated in the attack on Shanghai and Nanjing, which can be said to be one of the culprits of the Nanjing Massacre.

Its subordinate 18th Division is also an ace unit of the Japanese army, and it can even be said to be the most elite unit among the four Japanese divisions in Burma, and its combat effectiveness is higher than that of the 56th Division, which is known as the "king of jungle warfare".

Just a few months ago (December 1941), the 18th Division forced the landing of 100,000 Allied troops with only 30,000 troops on the Singapore battlefield, which was known as the "No. 1 Fortress in the Far East" by the Allied Forces, creating a miracle in military history.

Because Mutaguchi Lian has always admired Genghis Khan...... In fact, many generals in the Japanese army are fans of Genghis Khan, the reason is that Genghis Khan once successfully conquered the entire territory of China from north to south, so many Japanese generals have devoted themselves to studying Genghis Khan's tactics, and it can even be said that the strategy of the Japanese invasion of China is very similar to that of the Mongol invasion of the Central Plains, for example, the direction of attack at the beginning is from north to south (note: this point was changed by Chiang Kai-shek to the east to west with the Battle of Songhu), for example, the Japanese army established a puppet regime to establish a puppet military Chinese Chinese when it invaded China. The Mongols did the same. Another example is the interspersed encirclement tactic, which is simply the signature tactic of the Mongolian cavalry.

Unlike others, Mutaguchi Ryoya's admiration for Genghis Khan can even be described as infatuated, so much so that after returning home from defeat, he opened a restaurant in Tokyo, which was called "Genghis Khan House". (To be continued.) )