As for why the Chinese Expeditionary Force was not put into the Pacific theater in history...... The reason was simply that when the Chinese Expeditionary Force had finished the Burma campaign and was ready to send troops to the Pacific, Japan surrendered and the war was over, and there were even new recruits who had just been airlifted to India for training. (Note: The Burma campaign lasted until March 1945, and the Japanese surrendered in August 1945)

But not to mention, Stilwell really had a hard time throwing the expeditionary force into the Pacific.

Needless to say, there is no need to say what difficulties are encountered, and naturally it is an irreconcilable contradiction between Stilwell and Principal Jiang, but it seems that Principal Jiang cannot be blamed for this trouble.

After Kawabe Shozo withdrew to the defense of the Arakan Mountains, he thought that he was unwilling to lose Burma's defeat. But now...... However, the Chinese army continues to grow in Burma, and its strength continues to grow.

The reason for this is that Japanese intelligence officers infiltrated the Chinese army's training camp in Sunbrabang...... This is still very easy for the Japanese army to do, there are many Burmese natives who only recognize money but not people, as long as they are given something, they can enter the Sunbrabang training camp as laborers to collect intelligence.

Judging from the information they gathered, the training camp has expanded to the point where it can train 30,000 people at a time, and its training period is also three months. In other words, the Chinese U.S. military forces in Burma are increasing at an average rate of 10,000 per month, according to this rate...... In less than half a year, the Chinese army will overwhelmingly surpass the Japanese army, and even if the Japanese army is garrisoned in the Arakan Mountains, it is afraid that it will not be able to resist the offensive of the Sino-British coalition forces.

But what can be done now?!

After a moment of silence, Kawabe Shozo said thoughtfully: "The Chinese have a strategy called 'Wai Wei to save Zhao', maybe we can also use this method!" ”

From this sentence, it can be seen that Japanese officers have studied Chinese history and tactics more than Chinese officers.

However, it does not seem surprising that Japan has coveted China for a long time, and in order to defeat its own enemy, you must first understand your own enemy, so Japanese officers and even ordinary soldiers are very fond of learning about Chinese history...... This is evidenced by the fact that modern Japanese people tend to know Chinese history as well, especially the Three Kingdoms.

"Wai Wei to save Zhao?" The staff officer asked with some confusion: "What does Your Excellency General mean ......?"

"Sato-kun!" Kawabe Shozo said to the staff officer, "Do you remember...... What is the purpose of the Chinese army in Burma? ”

"Of course I do!" Staff Officer Sato replied: "They are trying to open up the China-Burma Highway so that China can get aid from the United States and other countries!" ”

"That's right!" Kawabe Shozo nodded and said, "So now...... They are one last step away. That is, the China-Burma Highway where the 56th Division is stationed......"

Saying that, Kawabe Shozo stretched out his hand and knocked on the location of the China-Burma Highway on the map: "Of course, the 56th Division is worthy of our troops of the Great Japanese Empire, and it is still holding on until now, and it is likely to continue to hold on!" Let's put this aside for the time being, for the Chinese army...... There is no longer so much urgency in the direction of India or even the opening of the China-Myanmar highway, understand? ”

Looking at the map and being silent for a while, Staff Officer Sato nodded in agreement: "Your Excellency the General is right, the Chinese army has occupied Yangon, which means that US aid can be transported to Yangon by sea, and then airlifted to China through Yangon Airport. And the 56th Division was besieged and killed in the China-Burma Highway, and its rout was only a matter of time, so the Chinese army really did not need to be in a hurry! ”

Kawabe Shozo let out an uncomfortable strange sound from his throat, crossed his hands and supported his chin, stared at the map fiercely and said: "These hateful Chinese, I will remember the shame of this defeat, and sooner or later I will have to return it to them, but not now." The most important thing now is to find ways to weaken the Chinese military. They were powerless to flank our defenses in the Arakan Mountains with the British troops. ”

"But...... How can we sharpen the strength of the Chinese army? ”

"It's like I just said!" Kawabe Shozo replied: "The Chinese troops staying in Myanmar have mostly completed their mission, in other words, they have lost their strategic purpose, and there is no great need to continue to leave more than 100,000 troops in Myanmar." If...... We can push them a little bit more on the Chinese side......"

"Oh!" Hearing this, Staff Officer Sato understood: "What Your Excellency the General means." Is it to contact Admiral Okamura and ask them to launch a large-scale war in China? ”

"Yes!" Kawabe Shozo nodded: "I know it's unrealistic to take down China, but at least I have to make Chinese anxious, so ...... The Chinese will send back the troops that can fight in Burma! ”

"Can Admiral Okamura agree?" Staff Officer Sato asked, "If you do that." But it will not do him any good, and it will also lead the Chinese American weapons troops that can fight back to China! ”

"He'll agree!" Kawabe Shozo smiled: "He has never believed that the people of China will have such combat effectiveness, and he also knows a little. The Chinese army can get sufficient supplies in Burma, and its combat effectiveness will definitely be stronger, but after returning home, its combat effectiveness will be affected because of supply and command problems. In this way, that guy will take advantage of the so-called Chinese American weapons force, and indirectly defeat us! ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Staff Officer Sato couldn't help but nodded.

In fact, the competition in the Japanese army was fierce, and they had to guard not only against officers of the same rank as themselves, but also against their subordinates......

But then again, there is competition to make progress, so this is not a bad thing for the Japanese army. Not to mention...... In fact, the competition in the army is still a war in the final analysis, as long as you can win the war, then you don't need to do anything to win the competition, but if you lose the war...... Just like the current riverside Zhengsan, you have to live in fear.

The news soon reached Okamura Ninji, who was indeed hoping to see the combat effectiveness of this long-known "Chinese U.S. Weapons Force", as Kawabe Shozo imagined, and it happened that Okamura Ninji was also planning a large-scale attack on Zhejiang and Jiangxi, the purpose of which was to destroy the airfields in these two places, open up the railways in these two provinces, and loot supplies to feed the war. (Note: The history of this battle is called the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi, in which the Chinese invested a total of 300,000 people and paid more than 70,000 casualties).

So Okamura Ninji simply agreed to Kawabe Shozo's suggestion.

(To be continued.) )