Chapter 721: The Mandalay Project
Hu Bin asked Li Nian to start repairing the airport, because the air force in Yan'an is still training, and it is estimated that it will be almost in October, and at this time it is already September, if Hu Bin wants to fight Mandalay by then, he will definitely mobilize the air force to come and help, without the air force, hundreds of thousands of troops will fight with devils like this, and the casualties do not know how big, Okamura Ningji will definitely gather a large number of bombers to bomb his own troops, so now Hu Bin needs to prepare in advance.
"You fix it first, and there will be other sappers coming over when the time comes!" Hu Bin said to Li Nian.
"We bought planes from the United States?" Li Nian looked at Hu Bin and asked.
"You don't have to ask about this, and I won't tell you if you ask. Made, now we are riding a tiger and it is difficult to let the devil fight India, it may be a mistake, but it cannot be said that it is a mistake! Hu Bin said with a wry smile.
"Wrong, didn't you say that you wanted the devil to stretch the front? This way we will be easier to fight! When Li Nian heard Hu Bin say this, he chuckled in his heart, looked at Hu Bin and asked.
"Yes, I hoped that the devils would stretch the front so that we could fight, but I didn't expect that the devils would be able to get so much equipment and technology from Germany, and I didn't expect that the devils would change their consistent rule over the colonies, and they would begin to adopt a policy of softness, which would be fatal.
India has a population of hundreds of millions, plus the population of Southeast Asia, and the problem of Japan's military resources and workers will be solved immediately, if Japan is given another year or two, then we will really not necessarily have fought it, and the top priority now is to first kill the devils in Mandalay, hold Mandalay, and then solve the devils in the country, including the devils in the northeast, and only in this way. Only then can we ensure that China is undefeated.
And we are fighting like this now, neither the United States nor the United Kingdom will agree, they hope that we can solve the devils in Southeast Asia first, and pull the devils in Southeast Asia, and the devils in our country have not solved it, and help them solve it! Hu Bin sat there and scolded helplessly.
"The Kwantung Army has more than 1 million troops. That's the Japanese defense against the Soviet Union, do we have the strength to fight them? Li Nian heard it, sat there and turned his head to look at Hu Bin and asked.
"Yes, if you don't, you have to have it, you must take back the Northeast, which is rich in resources and close to Japan, and now that Japan has landed in the Americas, Australia has been beaten down by Japan. The situation in Japan has improved a lot.
Now they need time, if they are really given so much time, I guess we won't be able to play Japan by then, even if we add the United States, we may not have played, and the whole country of Japan is a war machine! Hu Bin nodded and said.
"Then you mean to say that Mandalay is going to fight. And it's going to be fast? Li Nian looked at Hu Bin and continued to ask.
"Next month!" Hu Bin stood up as he spoke.
"It's decided?" Li Nian asked.
"It's decided, we have to fight. Can't put it off. Hu Bin nodded, and then walked towards the headquarters with Li Nian.
After arriving at the headquarters, Hu Bin immediately sent a telegram to Fang Lei, asking him to reconnoiter the situation within a radius of 300 miles from Mandalay.
Now the devils have put an army group in Mandalay. It was the 15th Group Army, that is, the 15th Army of Shojiro Iida, which was expanded from the original Iida, with more than 300,000 troops, plus the troops that had been mobilized from other places before, adding up. There are 400,000 troops in Mandalay and more than 300,000 recruits in Yangon.
In Bangkok, there are still 500,000 recruits in training, in Phnom Penh, there are also 1 million recruits in training, all of whom have just been recruited, and Japan has recruited another 3 million in the second wave of recruitment in Southeast Asia, and is now also training.
"You see, in order to defend Mandalay, in the area of Malai, the devils deployed 3 divisions, namely the 202nd, 208th and 209th divisions after the expansion, and in Ruibao, there are also 3 divisions, namely the 55th Division, the 211th Division and the 214th Division, in the Meiliao defensive line, there are 204th and 33rd Divisions, there are 218 divisions in Madeya, and around Mandalay, there are 10 divisions! Including the newly transferred 16th Division, as well as the Armored 210th Division.
That is to say, in order to guard against us, the devils have completely laid out the defense line, plus the airfield behind, when the time comes, as long as we go to attack, we will face a comprehensive attack of the devils, although they are many recruits, but first, the devils have air troops, and the second they are on the defense line, and they have dug fortifications.
If we go to attack, we will send them to death, and I do not recommend hitting Mandalay, if we fight Mandalay, we will be looking for death. When Li Dalong heard Hu Bin say that he was going to fight Mandalay, he pulled Hu Bin to the front of the map, pointed to the map and said to Hu Bin.
"I know!" Hu Bin nodded.
"You know how to fight? Okamura Ninji knew that he had to fight a decisive battle with us, they were all new troops, and they didn't dare to fight, but he wasn't afraid that we would fight them, he had enough troops to deal with us, and the current stalemate was that we couldn't fight them, and they couldn't come to fight us.
You see, the devils are around the position, the trees within 50 kilometers have been cut down, what is the purpose, is not to let our troops hide in the past, once they find our troops, they will immediately bomb the air force, and when we reach the front of the position, do you say our troops can still fight? It can't be fought at all.
Xiaobin, we can't fight this battle, if we do, the casualties will be huge, it's better to pull the troops back and finish the domestic devils first! Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin and said.
"I know what you said, now we have to fight, if we don't fight, when the recruits are trained, they will immediately press on our China, and then we China will not be able to stop it at all, beat the devils in Mandalay first, and then our squad will return to the DPRK!" Hu Bin looked at the map and said firmly.
"Xiaobin, it's really not good, such casualties are not something we can bear, how do you say you fight, how do you pull the troops over, fight at night? We are not facing a division now, hundreds of thousands of troops of devils, and you want to end the battle in one night, impossible! Okamura Ninji knew that we were coming, and he would definitely send troops to hold us back, and he would definitely have to drag it out until dawn before he could fight! Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin again and said very anxiously.
When Hu Bin heard it, he didn't speak, just stared at the map.
"Also, we don't know if Wei Lihuang fights or not, I think, Chongqing will not necessarily agree to Wei Lihuang to fight, such casualties are too great, Wei Lihuang's troops are all elite troops on the Chongqing side, if they are buried here, you tell me, will they agree? The best result is that Wei Lihuang's troops are guarding that side, and they will definitely not attack! Li Dalong analyzed Hu Bin.
"I will fight, we must solve the devils here, if we fight well, our troops will directly attack Yangon, so as to cut off the land supply line of the devils, many troops in India, although they will not starve to death, they will get supplies from the sea, but if they want to continue the attack, they will not work, and then we will find a way to kill some of the devils, so that we can return to the country, and it will be safe here!" Hu Bin looked at the map and said.
"Ha, it's impossible, what do you do to beat Yangon, now we have more than 150,000 troops in our hands, and Mandalay can't beat it!" Li Dalong heard it, looked at Hu Bin and said with a smile.
"I only found out when I hit it!" Hu Bin still insisted on fighting, and Hu Bin also wanted to return to China to fight, but if he didn't fight here, it would have a greater impact on the country in the future.
Hu Bin never thought that the devil would use Huairou to fool the people of the entire Southeast Asian countries and let the people of those countries give them their lives, in fact, it is also Japan's luck, most of the countries in Southeast Asia were colonies of European and American countries before, and now when they see the Japanese coming, they are not only not disgusted, but also welcome.
In addition, some of Japan's policies have changed, and the Japanese are well disguised, and the people are even more supportive, which Hu Bin did not expect in advance.
Hu Bin still got the news from the United States, the soldiers in Southeast Asia, when they were on the battlefield, were all going forward one after another, and they were quite hardworking, so at this time, Hu Bin knew that his previous strategy was wrong, and he couldn't continue to let Japan rule the whole of Southeast Asia, otherwise Japan would get so many resources, and no one could imagine what it would be like in the future, so Hu Bin had to start in advance.
"We in Yan'an will not agree to you fighting, this is sending you to death, not fighting!" Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin and said.
"Yes, there are a lot of things, you don't know yet, okay, let's do this first, let our reconnaissance team investigate first!" Hu Bin said.
And in Chongqing, at this time, they received telegrams from the United States and the United Kingdom, and they again asked China to send troops to directly attack Mandalay, kill the defenders of Mandalay, and cut off the supply lines of the devils on land!
After Commander Chiang saw these two telegrams, he went to the staff office and looked at the operational map of Southeast Asia.
"Niang Xipi, the devil has actually developed so many troops over there?" As soon as Commander Chiang saw the Japanese troops marked on the map, he scolded and said.
"I don't recommend fighting, we can't win at all, we have to defend, attack, no!" Li Zongren said.
"We must fight, if we don't fight, when the devil's recruits are trained, they will definitely attack our China again, and Guangxi and Yunnan will not be able to hold it at all!" Chen Cheng said.
"Me!" When Li Zongren heard it, he was stunned and didn't know what to say. Because Guangxi and Yunnan are his troops.
(To be continued.) )