II Deloid. An important town in the whole of Burma. The Deya River joins the Irrawaddy River on his west side, the Indian Ocean rushes and gushes, the Mandalay Mountain in the east of the city cares the commanding heights of the whole city, the temples on the mountain stand in a forest, it is a famous Buddhist holy place in Myanmar, the bell of the temple between classes in the morning and evening, the chanting is spread throughout the city, during the long ping pong, the Buddha bathes in the glory of the Buddha.

However, in March of the year of Tsai, instead of Shakyamuni's followers, there were groups of soldiers from foreign countries, and truckloads of Chinese soldiers came in from trains or trucks, and in the initial part they had already driven south, but then more soldiers came in, but they had no intention of leaving.

With the help of local Chinese, they went door-to-door to persuade the city's residents to leave their homes, and then climbed Mandalay Hill to persuade the monks of the temple to leave the temple gate. And then there was a lot of construction on the mountain, outside the city, and inside the city.

On the side of Mandalay Hill, there is an estate. This is the annex of the local tycoon and overseas Chinese leader Mrs. Chen, but since the squadron appeared here, the Chen family has never appeared in this annex, and all the soldiers in and out here are soldiers in military uniforms, and the white-skinned foreigners have gradually increased during this time.

Several jeeps drove out of the courtyard, and the soldiers along the way stopped their movements and saluted the jeeps, and it was clear that the officers in the cars were not trivial.

"General Zhuang, why did you let the troops stop here? Are you not planning to counterattack Yangon? "It's not Simmons who is being questioned now, he's sitting in another car.

"General Stilwell, China's national strength is not as good as that of the United States, but in terms of understanding of the war, we are much deeper than you" Zhuang Jihua's eyebrows showed a little relief, "The two main divisions of the Kou Army, under the leadership of Xia Yanglin and Chen Mingren, have arrived in Mandalay, and the remaining division will arrive in two days; The vanguard of the 58th Army had reached Guomen Xiaocho, and the remaining troops, led by Lu Han, were advancing along Yunnan and Burma; More importantly, the three divisions of the New Eighth Army had already been deployed along the railway, and Dai Anlan reported from Tonggu that the whole division had arrived in Tonggu and had not yet engaged the Japanese army. Zhuang Jihua was relieved by the news, and he had at least a week to prepare.

Stilwell was in Mandalay today, and he was lucky enough to arrive in Rangoon the day before it fell. Then he flew to Behe to meet with Alexander, to discuss the battle in Burma, and only today flew to Mandalay.

Stilwell shrugged, and he said a little stiffly: "General Zhuang, I am serving as chief of staff in the Chinese theater by order of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and it is my mission to save Burma." General Alexander has agreed to my operational plan, and I hope you will support me. Zhuang Jihua heard this, shook his head slightly, Stilwell as soon as they met, he peddled his battle plan, in the battle plan he drew up, the squadron should assemble to Tonggu, and the British army would assemble to Beiyi, and launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army in two ways to recover Yangon.

Zhuang Jihua was speechless about this plan. Not to mention the squadron that is still scattered on the Yunnan-Burma line, let's talk about the British army, Dai Anlan specially introduced the situation of the British army in the telegram, and there are also some British stragglers in Mandalay, and their situation makes Zhuang Jihua convinced. His original judgment of the British army was unreliable. The battle of Myanmar can only rely on the squadron itself.

"General, remember the bet we made?" Zhuang Jihua did not answer directly, but mentioned the bet he made in Xuzhou: "When do you plan to fulfill the gambling contract." ”

Stilwell was stunned, he completely forgot about it, when he was in Xuzhou, Zhuang Jihua thought that the Japanese army would go south, but he didn't. The two made a bet accordingly. But Zhuang Jihua mentioned the gambling contract at this time, which made Stilwell feel a little unhappy, and he understood that Zhuang Jihua was reminding him that he had lost once in strategy and tactics, and he was not better than anyone else.

"It's not a bet now" Shi Qiwei didn't care about any bets, his purpose here was to kill the Japanese, and he couldn't fail before he went into battle: "I appreciate the defense of Nanjing and the counterattack of Zaoyang under your command very much, if you have any plans, we can discuss them together." ”

For Stilwell, this was already very tactful, Zhuang Jihua turned his head and smiled at him to show his appreciation, and then said, "I will tell you how I will teach the little devil, but before that." I hope you will have a fuller understanding of the actual situation in Myanmar. ”

Stilwell was confused, in his opinion, the situation in Burma was already very clear, the Japanese army had invested five divisions, was winning, the Allies were in disarray, the British were retreating step by step, the Chinese did not want to engage the Japanese, and he was losing Burma.

The jeep sped through the city toward the south. The roads are getting empty, and there are fewer cars heading north, more of them being refugees walking north. They came from Bago and Rangoon, and there were also a number of British soldiers, most of them empty-handed, moving towards Mandalay with heavy steps.

In front of the bridge over the Pew River, the jeep stopped. Guarding the bridge was a company under the Honor 10th Division. The company commander saw a convoy coming from a distance. The troops had already been assembled, and as soon as the car stopped, he ran over.

"Commander."

"Dong Yidao." Zhuang Jihua accurately called out his name, don't look at this is just a company commander, but it is a big name, he is a veteran who participated in the defense of Nanjing and the defense of Jinpu Road twice, he has made two second-class merits, one first-class merit, and held the west bank of the canal in the second Jinpu Road defense battle, and he was left alone in the company, with two wounds, he still held his position and fought endlessly until the reinforcements arrived, and he was awarded the National Glory Medal after the war. After recuperating from his injuries in Chongqing, he was entered by Zhuang Jihua.

Dong Yidao smiled innocently: "Commander, you Mingge has come to this point, don't worry, the little devil who has already put a bomb on the bridge will definitely not be able to pass." ”

"Well, don't be careless" Zhuang Jihua walked towards the bridge: The little devil is good at sneak attacks, you forget, when Honghu retreated, the little devils disguised themselves as our people and attacked everywhere. ”

"Hehe, don't worry, it's not that our people are not allowed to approach the fortifications." Dong pointed to the sandbags built on the side of the bridge, and there was a series of shooting bunkers. Then quietly approached Zhuang Jihua: "Commander, what is placed outside is fake, and the real fuse is on the other side, buried in the ground." I also have three firing points hiding over there. ”

"Oh" Zhuang Jihua turned his head to look at his dark and honest face, and couldn't help but be happy: "Hehe." I learned to use my brain, okay, good, a few months of learning have not been in vain, the firepower of one of your companies is not less than that of a squadron of the Japanese army, but the weapon is only one aspect, and more importantly, the person, is the commander. It is the soldier's will to fight, this bridge is the only way to the city, and the Japanese army will definitely take all kinds of methods to seize this bridge. ”

"I understand, Commander, whether he is pretending to be a Burmese or a Burmese monkey, he is not allowed to approach this bridge." Dong Yidao shouted

Zhuang Jihua patted him on the shoulder, then walked to the fire point, stretched out his hand, Wu Ziniu Cube put the telescope in his hand, Zhuang Jihua picked up the telescope and looked at the other side. In the early season, the Pew River is calm and serene, with a large riverbed exposed to the ground. A few wild ducks frolicking in the river, in the fields. The green rice is growing wildly, and on the hills in the distance, a corner of red tiles is exposed in the dense woods, and the chanting of monks can be faintly heard.

"General Shi Qiwei, I remember you once said that Chinese soldiers are the bravest soldiers in the world," Zhuang Jihua turned to Stilwell, who looked at him a little inexplicably, not knowing what he meant.

"But you don't understand how the Chinese command the battle, the command art of the East is very different from the West, don't look at the Japanese holding Western weapons, in fact, their combat methods are still Eastern."

"Zhuang, what do you mean by that?" Shi Qiwei didn't understand, he stared at Zhuang Jihua suspiciously.

Zhuang Jihua shook his head slightly in his heart, but patted him lightly on the shoulder, although Shi Qiwei was much taller than him. Then he walked slowly along the embankment, and Shi Chaiwei had to follow him.

"From the moment we met, you were talking about a counteroffensive to Rangoon and put forward a battle plan, I have not said anything, and now I can tell you. Your plan of profit will not work. Zhuang Jihua's tone was slow. He had been wondering how to talk to Stilwell, and from the time he had been in contact with him, he had been until he was an extremely stubborn guy.

"Heart? Why? Why doesn't it work? Stilwell paused a little, and couldn't help but shout: "You have three corps, and one corps is on the way, and the British army has three divisions, and half a month later, two more divisions will come from India, so that we will have 2440,000 and five divisions of the Japanese army." Among them, there are three standing divisions and two B divisions. In addition, there are only 1230,000 attached troops. We have absolutely superior forces, why can't this battle be fought? ”

Zhuang Jihua said solemnly: "It is true that we have four armies, but there is one army to defend Lashio and the Eastern Front, so we have only three armies to put into the front line, with a total strength of about 140,000, but these troops have not arrived, and it will take at least a week for all to arrive in Mandalay." And for this week, the Japanese army will not stay in Rangoon stupidly. ”

"Secondly, it is the situation of the British army, you say that the British army has five divisions, then I tell you that the combat effectiveness of the British army can only be counted as three divisions, or even less, according to the information I have, the British and Burmese 1st Division, the British and Indian 17th Division, and the British and Australian 7th Divisions have all been defeated. The soldier formation is completely in disarray, according to my experience. Such a troop will take at least two whole months. Only then did they have the courage to go back to the battlefield, and we don't know what the combat effectiveness of the two newly transferred divisions was, in fact, the most important thing was that the British army from top to bottom did not have the determination to defend Burma, and their purpose was to use our army to attract the attention of the Japanese army, and then flee back to India themselves. ”

"General Zhuang, you should have confidence in your British allies." Shi Qiwei shook his head in disappointment and objected: "General Alexander told me that he supported the counterattack on Rangoon, and for this he persuaded Mr. Churchill to send two divisions to Burma, if they only want to return to India, why not leave these two divisions in India?" ”

"It's easy to understand, and the British also want to be embarrassed." Zhuang Jihua said contemptuously: "The intelligence I got shows that the British have no counteroffensive plan at all, only a retreat plan, general, you have been deceived by Alexander." ”

Stilwell looked at Zhuang Jihua suspiciously, and wanted to change it. man, he definitely doubts the opponent's will to fight. But for Zhuang Jihua, he won't, he has seen Zhuang Jihua during the defense of Xuzhou, Zhuang Jihua when Zaoyang counterattacked, and his fighting spirit surpassed anyone he had ever seen.

"Zhuang, you are biased against the British allies." Stilwell was so sorry that he felt a little regretful. When accepting the mission, Marshall should ask for a division of the US ** team, and should not take up the post alone.

"It's not prejudice, as a soldier, you must consider various situations" Zhuang Jihua patiently explained: "You may know that during the Northern Expedition, I once led three thousand brothers to guard the cattle line, and it was this battle that gave me a lifelong lesson that I will never trust and betray you." Often they are. ”

"General Alexander is a Shinshi," said Clip Diwe, who was still trying: "He will never abandon his allies." ”

"I'd love to make a bet with you, but I can't. Because this is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people. Zhuang Jihua seemed to be lamenting that he couldn't win another game against Stilwell.

"General, let me tell you how I played." Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "I have arranged three divisions along the Yangman Railway, and these three divisions will consume the strength of the Japanese army and command the whole army to assemble in Mandalay." More importantly, all the supplies in Mandalay had to be removed, and the best decision General Khudun made in Burma was to destroy the supplies in Yangon, which was the only right decision he made. ”

"The British are now retreating westward, and if they can't hold Ringanqiang, then I'm sorry. I will continue to retreat north until Lashio, where I will build a defensive line to attract the Japanese to attack and deplete their strength, and before I retreat, I will leave some troops behind to use the jungles of Burma to fight guerrilla warfare and attack the Japanese lines of communication in the rear of the Japanese army. ”

"I estimate that the Japanese army has three divisions or so of troops chasing Lashio, at this time. All five of our army. The army is assembled at Lashio, 200,000 men against 60,000 or 70,000 Japanese troops, we can annihilate at least half of them, and then we can launch a counteroffensive. "As soon as we launch a counteroffensive, the Japanese troops pursuing the British will be drawn to the front of our army. On the other hand, the Japanese army may also draw troops from Malaya and Singapore or the Philippines, so that we will most likely have a confrontation with the Japanese army in Burma and China, so that we can ensure the security of northern Burma and northwestern Burma. ”

"General Shi Qiwei, although we lost half of Burma, we also kept half of Burma. In addition, part of the Japanese army was attracted from the South Seas. Reduced pressure on U.S. forces in the Pacific.

Stilwell gasped, no wonder Zhuang Jihua never agreed with his plan, it turned out that the gap between their plans was so big.

After a moment of silence, he said categorically, "General Zhuang." I in no way agree with your plan, I am the Chief of Staff of the Chinese Theater of Operations, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Burma Theater, and you should obey my orders. ”

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