Hu Bin heard the staff officer say that there were more than 7,000 seriously injured people on the devil's side, sat there and thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to ask the staff officer for a report, and looked at it carefully.

Soon, Li Dalong came back, and when he saw Hu Bin sitting there looking at the report, he immediately asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Huh? If you look at this statistical report, you can see a lot of things out of it. Hu Bin said to Li Dalong, and at the same time handed over the telegram.

Li Dalong took the report, looked at it carefully, and after reading it, he didn't see anything, this was a normal report, and it was no different from the report that was counted after ordinary battles.

"It's no different, if anything, that is, we have captured a lot of devils this time, and there are generals of devils." Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin and said.

"That's right, this is a little different, but it's more different, it's still in this telegram, you take a closer look, this time the devil's troops in Mandalay are about 200,000 people, that is to say, we have annihilated about 90,000 people, including the bombing of our air force, which is estimated to have killed a lot.

There are not enough air-raid shelters for devils, and there are devils in Mandalay, most of them are adapted from Shojiro Iida's army, and about half of them are the troops of their army, that is, the 15th Army that we fought in Banmao before, how many people were there at the peak of the 15th Army? 100,000 people, about half of them 50,000, we also took more than 10,000 prisoners, and some of them were killed by the mutiny of local soldiers in the north.

Therefore, more than 20,000 people were really killed by us, and the casualties of our troops were also more than 20,000.

Moreover, this time we have such a big advantage to kill so many devils, if we do not have air force superiority in the future, there is no armor, we will fight with devils, and we may not be able to take advantage! Hu Bin looked at Li Dalong and said.

"Well, that's really the case, if this defense is full of devil soldiers, we will definitely not be able to defeat it in a day, their combat effectiveness is indeed very strong!" Li Dalong heard what Hu Bin said, nodded and said.

"You're wrong! That was not what I meant! Hu Bin shook his head and said.

"Huh?" Li Dalong said.

"Think about it, if you think about it, a Japanese army can expand to 300,000 people, if there is no air superiority, Mandalay, how many days will we fight, and how many soldiers are we going to sacrifice? Also, even if we annihilate the entire 300,000 people, the devil's loss is only one army's troops, and our casualties are definitely more than 100,000 people!

Also, these recruits have no experience in war, if they have experience in war, can we still fight so easily? If you think about it carefully, when Japan is fighting in the Americas, the US troops are losing and retreating one after another, is it really because the combat effectiveness of the US troops is not good? Isn't their equipment good?

No, because the Southeast Asian soldiers in the Americas, when they fight, are as fierce as the devils, this is more difficult to deal with, and now according to what I know, Japan has more than 5 million local troops, even if it is calculated according to three times, it is 15 million.

Now Japan also realizes that a large amount of materials are needed to fight a war, so they have set up a lot of military factories on the islands in Southeast Asia to facilitate their sea transportation, which is terrible! Hu Bin sighed as he spoke.

"You mean that after almost one year, the soldiers in Southeast Asia will be even more difficult to fight after they have combat experience?" Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin and asked.

"Yes, and I dare to say, when the time comes, it will not be 15 million, it may be 30 million, you think about it, India is now occupied by Japan, and their recognition of the country is not as strong as the people of our country, they were occupied by the British before, and now they are occupied by Japan, for the people of India, there is no difference.

As long as the Japanese pass, just continue to give them a way to live, this Japan will definitely be able to do it, and when the time comes, you think about it, a country with a population no less than us Chinese joins the Japanese side, what a terrible thing for us China! Hu Bin said worriedly.

"And their air force is still good, at least, now the fighters of the United States are not the opponent of the Japanese fighters, and now Japan has Australia, there is iron ore, there is rubber in Southeast Asia, and there is oil.

And Germany is also supporting them with oil now, and Japan itself is also looking for oil, if once they get oil, it will be too difficult to defeat Japan! Hu Bin continued.

He didn't expect that Japan would actually use the military resources in those places in Southeast Asia to enrich his troops, at least in his previous life, there was no such situation, and even if there were, it would not be so large-scale, so Hu Bin really doesn't know about the future now!

"Commander, I don't think you have to worry, our current strength is also very strong, otherwise Japan would not think of negotiating with us, I think, they also know that if they fight with our China, how many of his troops will be dragged in.

Therefore, you don't have to be too pessimistic, take your time, we don't know what is going on with the Air Force now, but I believe that our Air Force boys can do it! Li Dalong persuaded Hu Bin and said.

"I also know that they can do it, I am confident in this, but it takes time, I don't know if we have this time, the current situation in the country is not good, we can fight at any time, hey, if we can reunify China, how good it would be, so that we can let go of our hands and feet to fight!" Hu Bin said with a sigh.

"Well, it's okay, but I suggest you write out your worries and submit them to Yan'an and Chongqing, so that they can refer to them, I always feel that what you said is right, not only our side is preparing, our country, as well as the United States, also need to prepare!" Li Dalong reminded Hu Bin.

"I'll write, but not in the past few days, there are a lot of things in the past few days, and when Madeya is finished, I'll look at the situation in Mandalay, and I'll write it when I have time!" Hu Bin heard Li Dalong's suggestion, nodded, and agreed with his statement.

At this time, on the Yan'an side, the commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief held a banquet to entertain Li Zongren, and today he went to the aviation school to see it, and also went to the aircraft factory to see it, today Li Zongren has always been contradictory in his heart, happy with fear, happy is that now China also has its own arsenal, and it is still such a strong research and development production capacity, what is afraid is that he does not know that once the Yan'an side is fully equipped with troops, the Chongqing side is still not Yan'an's opponent.

"Come, Commander Li, try it, this is the vegetables grown by our troops and the pigs, chickens and ducks raised by themselves, as well as the fish, all of which are home-cooked dishes!" The commander greeted Li Zongren with a smile and said.

"Commander Mao is polite, very good, really very good, but, I'm very curious, I've been to Yan'an several times, I see that your side is changing very much day by day, when I first came, you asked me for weapons and equipment, and when I came later, you asked me for money, now, haha, maybe it's time for me to ask you for things!" Li Zongren looked at the commander tentatively and asked.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, come, eat first!" The commander said with a smile.

"Commander Mao, and Commander Zhu, I want to know, how did you Yan'an develop so fast, if you hadn't seen those factories with your own eyes, if anyone told me, I really don't believe that Yan'an has such a powerful military industrial system in such a remote place!" Li Zongren looked at the commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief and asked.

"There's no way, you just said it, we didn't have anything before, everything depends on you, but it's too much, and Commander Jiang is not happy, we can only find our own way, there is no food, we grow it ourselves, we have no weapons and equipment, we develop and produce it ourselves!" The commander said with a smile.

He didn't want to reveal Hu Bin, he was afraid of causing trouble to Hu Bin!

"I know this, but I believe you didn't tell me completely, we in Chongqing also attach great importance to the research and development of weapons, but the equipment that has really been developed is very little, very little, you and I know this, and I don't have to hide it, but why can you Yan'an develop it?

In addition, the research and development of these things, for any country, the cost is huge, and the talent gap is also huge, I don't believe you can solve it by yourself! Li Zongren put down his chopsticks and looked at the commander and commander-in-chief with a smile and said.

"Yes, it did cost a lot of money, and we only had a better time in the second half of this year, do you know how much money we put into the arsenal?" The commander-in-chief also put down his chopsticks and said with a sigh.

"How much?" Li Zongren immediately asked.

"At least $400 million, and in the next three years, it is estimated that another $1 billion will be invested!" The commander also spoke beside him.

"So many, it can't be, right? You don't have that much money, do you? Li Zongren immediately asked.

"If you think about it, do you think we have so much money?" The commander looked at him with a smile and said.

"You, you, you, have you invested almost all the money you have gotten over the years?" Li Zongren thought about it carefully, and immediately thought that the money that Hu Bin got before, as well as the money that Mi and Britain funded Yan'an, added up to the same.

"Yes, not only did we put all the money we got from the devil, but we also got the money from touching the devil's corpse. 3 years, we have lived a hard life for 3 years! The commander nodded and said.

"Admire, really admire, how did you solve the problem of talent?" Li Zongren asked again.

"The problem of talents, one is to hire capable people at a high price, and the other is to cultivate them themselves!" The commander immediately said, but Li Zongren didn't believe it. (To be continued.) )