Chapter 573: Full Dispatch
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I'm sorry! I posted it twice in the last chapter - I don't know what went wrong in the previous chapter, saying that there was a forbidden word and it was banned. The rabbit didn't know and sent it twice. The ban was not lifted until very late. The rabbit's three more promises are still there, and the second one is sent.
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On the orders of Lieutenant General Filinhot, the British planes rushed into the air, and the three combat units, which were considered dangerous by the designers of the aircraft, also had to fly. In addition to the transport plane, seven other warplanes streaked over Rangoon and headed north.
The British reacted quickly, but they ignored the speed of the planes, and eventually the Chinese and British planes came into contact five kilometers north of Yangon and engaged in a fierce air battle.
Half an hour later, the Chinese planes took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield because of fuel problems, and the eight fighters still flew intact towards Chinese territory. In contrast, only two British fighters escaped in disarray, and the other fighter and four bombers were shot down by the Wehrmacht. If it weren't for the fact that time did not allow, the Chinese planes would have even struck at the British pilots who parachuted.
This air battle, which Britain wanted to hide as much as possible, was leaked out of the first place. Because at that time, an Italian war correspondent who was about to rush to the Sino-Burmese border to conduct a field trip passed through this area. Witnessed this air battle with his own eyes. Photographs of the victorious return of eight Wehrmacht planes were also transmitted to the West as soon as possible.
The whole Western world exploded because of this set of pictures. The appearance of aircraft for actual combat in Britain did not surprise Western countries, after all, after the First World War, almost all countries had their own main combat aircraft designs, but not as quickly as Britain came out and put into real combat. Be that as it may, the technologies of various countries regarding combat aircraft are treated as state secrets. However, the appearance of very advanced aircraft in such a backward country as China is simply an absurd joke for Western countries that have always regarded themselves very highly.
But soon, the power of the countries in the Far East confirmed this fact, and the Western countries had to accept this fact and thus began to officially become a great power in China.
"The Far East is about to change!" Western countries sighed. However, compared to the attention of other Western countries, Britain is a bit difficult to ride.
The British Parliament is already arguing about it. As for the form of the Far East, Britain was divided into two factions, one of which advocated strengthening its military strength and imposing military sanctions against China. The other faction advocates a peaceful settlement of disputes, and there is no unquenchable hatred between China and Britain.
Regarding the opinions of the two factions, British Prime Minister Lloyd George did not make a clear statement, and the British government's attitude is also very ambiguous. But privately, Britain stepped up its efforts to send troops to the Far East. Twenty new production line planes were dispatched to the Far East.
The British Empire, as the world's largest power and the empire on which the sun never sets, was unexpectedly lost to China, a country that had just achieved independence, in the field of cutting-edge science and technology, and this was a shame for Britain. It is only since the Sino-British conflict that China has shown war potential that has taken the British Prime Minister by surprise. As a member of the British family, Lloyd George could not have made decisions about the country according to his own preferences. In the case of China, Lloyd George has admitted that the British Empire is powerless. Now China is like a tiger breaking through the steel fence, brave and irresistible, the British want to put a cloth rope on the head of this tiger, natural strength is not enough.
Faced with this situation, the British Prime Minister sent people to contact French Prime Minister Clemenceau, hoping that Britain and France could join forces to put pressure on China. Guarantee the interests of Western countries in the Far East.
But what made Lloyd George depressed was that France, which had been basically the same as China had strengthened its forces in the Far East, chose to wait and see at this time. French Prime Minister Clemenceau made it even clearer that France was trying to digest the gains of the war and had no intention of paying attention to the situation in the Far East. ..., Lloyd George received a high-sounding call back from Clemenceau, and scolded angrily. Clemenceau, the old fox who opened his eyes and told nonsense, was so shameless. Originally, under the guise of Sino-British confrontation and France's intention of fishing in troubled waters, now seeing that China is a hard nut to crack, it has withdrawn very decisively, and it is really for the sake of interests, and there is no face.
In the face of France's ill-walled behavior, although the British Prime Minister was angry, he was helpless, and in order to save the situation, Britain finally turned its attention to Japan. Originally, Lloyd George refused to engage China in an all-out war in the hope of creating a situation in the Far East in which the two powers would compete for hegemony, and then the British Empire would maintain its transcendent position. And China is an important part of Lloyd George's political layout against Japan. Britain is more fearful of Japan than China. Although China has great potential for development, it has not yet developed after all, especially in the naval aspect, which Britain attaches great importance to, although China is developing rapidly, it is not at the same level as the British Empire. The reason why Britain went to war with China was simply that the British Empire wanted to tame China, the tiger of the Far East, and then use it against Japan.
It's just that Britain didn't expect China to be so strong, which led to the situation that the British Empire is now riding a tiger.
The Japanese government was naturally overjoyed by the British contact. The pressure on Japan from China's expansion is simply too great. Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's national strength has developed very rapidly, and after the Russo-Japanese War, Japan has become one of the world's leading powers, and it is a well-deserved first power in Asia. But until the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Japan's influence in Asia was not as good as China's, after all, China's feudal era was too glorious, and the surrounding countries were basically China's vassal states, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these Southeast Asian vassal states were occupied by Western countries one after another, but China's influence in the people still existed. At the present stage, Japan only wants to dominate Asia, and the idea of dominating the world is still spreading in a small circle, so there is still a limit to the arrogance of the Japanese. Coupled with the fact that they have fought China several times, they know much more about China's strength than Western countries. Today's China is not something that any country can easily defeat. Not even the world's largest power, like the United Kingdom. China and Japan have become the two great powers of the Far East, and the contradictions are very acute. Now there are still millions of troops between the two sides, and the situation on the border is very tense. Now the British contacts are playing into the hands of the Japanese. If China could be suppressed with the help of the British, it would no longer be a dream for the Japanese Empire to dominate the Far East.
Just when the British ambassador to Japan was ordered to contact the Japanese government, more than 100,000 troops of the Wehrmacht assembled at Biyun Mountain under the command of Cai Yi. Guo Shanhu, commander of the Southwest Military Region, also came to Kunming from Chengdu to coordinate the entire logistical support task.
The supply of more than 100,000 troops requires at least tens of thousands of troops to transport. In order to achieve sufficient logistical supplies as much as possible, Guo Shanhu gathered all the trucks of the Southwest Military Region and mobilized the local people in Kunming to clean up the roads. Ensure the completeness of logistics channels.
With China's air war victorious, China's young air force has succeeded in gaining air supremacy with courage. The entire northern part of Myanmar has almost completely become the dominance of the Chinese Air Force. All the remaining British planes were retreated to the Yangon area. Prevent the Chinese Air Force from coming again.
On October 13, 1919, on the Sino-Burmese border, the reconnaissance unit of the National Defense Forces took the lead, followed by a group of soldiers from Biyun Mountain and entered Burma.
Buzz!
The sound of an airplane shaking its motor sounded in the sky, and several black shadows appeared in the sky, slowly flying over the Chinese Army.
Oh roar......
Wehrmacht soldiers cheered loudly to the sky, and during this time, the plane had become a hero in the hearts of the fighters. They still remember the appearance of the British planes showing off their might in Biyun Mountain, and such arrogant things were knocked away by the Chinese planes in a few moments. Now it is difficult to see British planes in the skies of northern Burma. …,
Thundered......
The Wehrmacht troops split their routes and pounced on the British strongholds in northern Burma, and with the cooperation of the air force, launched a fierce attack on the British positions.
The whole of northern Myanmar is in the midst of war. The command of the British army in Yangon, Lieutenant General Filinhot, constantly sent British troops from southern Burma into the northern theater. At the same time, British fighters also rushed into the air. Although the strength is not as good as China's, it has also made the Chinese Air Force dare not be unscrupulous several times.
At this time, it was clear that the proximity of the mainland to the battlefield was advantageous, and the warplanes sent by Britain to Burma were still dangling on the ocean, and the weapons and ammunition needed by the bombers also needed to be transported domestically, which was far less convenient than that of China. In order to meet the needs of the war, several railway arteries in China opened special lines, and truckloads of military supplies were transported from the north to Kunming, and then transported by truck to the front. For China, food and materials can be raised in the southwest, Chengdu Ping was originally the country of abundance, after the unification of the national defense force, the southwest wind is evenly adjusted, and the materials are abundant. It is precisely because of this confidence that Cai Ye will formulate a plan to take the initiative.
In the face of the attack of the Wehrmacht, the British strongholds in northern Burma were pulled out one by one, and the Wehrmacht rushed towards the hinterland of Burma at a terrifying speed.
Faced with this devastating situation, Lieutenant General Filinhot ordered the British troops stationed in northern Burma to be dispersed and assembled, so as to avoid the dispersion of troops being broken by the squadron. At the same time, Lieutenant General Filinhardt took advantage of the terrain of northern Burma and laid out three lines of defense with heavy troops. He wanted to weaken the Wehrmacht's offensive spirit through these three lines of defense, and finally concentrate on driving China out of Burma.
In order to realize this strategy, Lieutenant General Firinghot appealed to the British mainland and the Indian Viceroyalty for help. British troops stationed in India began a massive movement towards Burma.
At the same time, the British navy, which was hovering around Hong Kong Island, was also in action for the first time. The Chinese Navy stationed in Guangzhou immediately became nervous. But what is surprising is that the British Navy did not attack the Chinese Navy, nor did it approach Chinese mainland, but went directly into the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Immediately afterwards, the Chinese Navy received an order from the Navy Headquarters to immediately move north to defend the Bohai Bay.
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