readx; After August 1941, Britain issued a proclamation, in the face of the tense situation in Burma, promised to let the Burmese people get reading power in the near future, this declaration is actually true, but the Burmese people do not want to wait, because with the precedent of Vietnam, the national reading power in Southeast Asia is not a matter of one or two years, the reading power movement of various countries has been carried out for more than ten or twenty years, in the thirties, in order to ease the situation in Vietnam, France also promised to give Vietnam autonomy in the near future, However, it did not materialize until France was destroyed by Germany, and the Burmese did not want to continue to wait like this, and there was still the support of China behind them, so the Burmese People's Army not only accepted the British announcement, but instead put forward a demand for the British troops to withdraw from Burma immediately. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On August 16, 1941, Aung San, commander-in-chief of the Burmese People's Army, arrived in Nanjing, was received by many high-level Chinese officials, and even met President Chen Jingyun, during which Chen Jingyun expressed full support and affirmation for the Burmese people's national freedom and declared that the Chinese people would work together with the Burmese people to create a peaceful and prosperous Asia.

The direct effect of Aung San's visit to China is to announce to the world that China supports the cause of the Burmese People's Army, and although Chen Jingyun is unwilling to break out a war with Britain, he will not lack this kind of diplomatic support, and if the Burmese side is not making a big fuss, how can the British bow their heads at the negotiating table.

When Aung San returned to Burma, he brought back an entire division of equipment.

Although the Burmese People's Army obtained from China are old stockpiled weapons, and mainly light weapons, large-caliber artillery and tanks and the like should not be considered, they can't afford to buy and can't use them, the ordnance they obtained is mainly individual weapons, such as 1916 rifles, 1921 light machine guns, artillery is mainly mortars, as for traditional artillery, it is not given too much, mainly because although the Burmese People's Army has set up several regular divisions, but in the final analysis, it is still a guerrilla force, Given to them artillery is not good either.

The Chinese Army has hoarded a large number of weapons and ammunition in the past few decades, and has also sealed a large number of decommissioned weapons, the largest of which is naturally the 1919 rifle, and then there are no longer a few machine guns of all kinds. And how much is the artillery really sealed, because the service life of this thing is relatively long, the 1925 105 mm howitzer of the standard division artillery of the Chinese Army is still an active weapon, and it has not been retired at all, and the retired ones are some 75 mm series of artillery used in the early years, and some of the newer 75 mm series of artillery are still in service with some second-line artillery regiments in China. In particular, those relatively new 75mm mountain guns are also widely used in some second-line infantry units as regimental artillery, and China's large-scale expansion of the army has also made these weapons even old, but they will not be easily retired, so there are really not many second-hand cheap artillery in the hands of the Chinese Army, even if some of them were exported to several military allies, such as North Korea and several countries in Southeast Asia, as well as Iran and Afghanistan, etc., there are really many left in their hands, and there are many new ones, But the Burmese people certainly can't afford it, and Chen Jingyun has always been in the habit of giving things for nothing, of course, the more important thing is that China is in the period of large-scale expansion of the army, and all kinds of new weapons and equipment are not enough for themselves, and there is a surplus to give to others.

Even Thailand, which was relatively strong in strength and financial resources among the six Southeast Asian countries when it signed a mutual defense treaty with China, could not buy too much advanced equipment from China.

Although the Burmese People's Army does not have many heavy weapons, it has a lot of rifles, machine guns, mortars, and even grenades and rocket launchers that are widely equipped in the Chinese army.

Although their weapons are not good, but they can't stand them, after destroying the railway, they attacked Mandalay, the British just couldn't stand it, although the British casualties were not large, but the railway was destroyed every day, and the railway transportation was almost paralyzed, so that the British army in Mandalay received very little supplies, which also increased the plight of the British army.

If it had been placed in the past, the British army would definitely not have fallen into such a predicament, but now the British not only need to face a Burmese civil war, they are still fighting with the Germans in Europe, and they are also fighting with the Axis powers in northern Africa, and the German African Army commanded by Rommel in Germany has continuously defeated the British army in North Africa, forcing Britain to invest more forces in the North African battlefield.

In addition to the mainland and North Africa, the British pressure in Asia was not easy, Britain deployed a lot of troops to defend Singapore and India, but due to the vast area and the British forces in Asia are indeed insufficient, the British army in Asia is quite scattered. As of August 1941, the British army in the Malay area, that is, the Singapore area, only the local Malaysian infantry brigade was formed, in addition to two Indian infantry divisions transferred from India, poor more than 100 aircraft, the naval strength is not bad, but such a force in the face of China's huge military pressure, is simply a drop in the bucket, even the commander-in-chief of the British army in Malaysia, Arthur? Lieutenant General Percival has said more than once that he will not be able to hold Singapore in the war with his current strength alone.

At present, the British army in Burma has the 1st Anglo-Burmese Division, the Anglo-Indian 17th Division, the Australian 63rd Brigade and the 7th Armoured Brigade.

The reason why so many troops were deployed was to prevent China from sending troops, but I didn't expect that China did not send troops, and Myanmar first started civil strife.

And when it comes to the British troops stationed in Burma, most of them are colonial troops, that is, the soldiers of these troops are all ethnic groups in the colonies, Burmese and Indians, but the officers are basically British.

If the composition of such a force is used to resist the attack of Ben or China, it may still be used, but there are some problems with the local Burmese reading force, first of all, this Anglo-Burmese 1st Division, which is full of Burmese people, and now the Burmese want to read the power They are naturally drawn over, and what is more fatal is that the Anglo-Burmese 1st Division is the main force defending Mandalay, and some of the Burmese low-level officers in it secretly united with the Burmese People's Army outside the city and launched a mutiny on a dark and windy night. They stationed the British [***] officers who commanded them, and then launched a march on the nearby Austrian 63rd Brigade.

The Burmese People's Army outside the city also launched a large-scale attack, and to be honest, the combat effectiveness of these Burmese People's Army was far inferior to the Anglo-Burmese 1st Division, but they were superior to their large number of troops, and after paying more than 10,000 casualties, the Burmese People's Army and the mutinous Anglo-Burmese 1st Division successfully inflicted heavy losses on the Austrian 63rd Brigade. and took Mandalay, a strategic place in Myanmar.

If the Burmese People's Army can only be regarded as the first attack on the city defended by the British army after taking Lashio before, then the capture of Mandalay means that the Burmese People's Army is already capable of launching a large-scale offensive against the British army.

The fall of Mandalay made the commander of the British army in Burma, TJ Hutton, panicked, and it was okay if Mandalay failed, but the Anglo-Burmese 1st Division also defected, and by the way, the 63rd Brigade of the Austrian Army was also heavily damaged, which suddenly caused the British troops in Burma to lose more than half of their troops, and it also made the British army completely lose confidence in the local troops, and directly abandoned the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th divisions of the British and Burmese divisions that were still being formed, and directly dismissed the troops.

After accepting the 1st Anglo-Burmese Division, the divisional scale of the Burmese People's Army has reached three divisions, two of which have been secretly trained in Yunnan, China for more than half a year and have obtained batches of Chinese-style equipment, which are also the main combat force of the Burmese People's Army, and now, you have to add a British-Burmese 1st Division, of course, the number of the Anglo-Burmese 1st Division cannot be used, and it was directly changed to the 3rd Division of the Burmese People's Army.

These three divisions were then supplemented by a large number of irregular guerrilla units, and the Burmese People's Army continued its offensive into the rest of Burma, relying on Mandalay and heading straight for Rangoon along the railway line.

Before the attack on Yangon, although the Burmese People's Army had not conquered all the territory of Myanmar, it was already eager to prepare for the establishment of the country, and this move was also greatly supported by Chen Jingyun, so after simple preparations, the Republic of Myanmar was proclaimed, and Aung San was elected as the first president after the establishment of the provisional political axe.

On the second day after the founding of the Republic of Myanmar, China could not wait to announce that it had officially become the legitimate political axe of the Republic of Myanmar for the people of Myanmar, and formally established diplomatic relations with Myanmar and sent diplomats to each other.

And with China taking the lead, a large number of Asian countries also responded quickly, Vietnam and North Korea also announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Myanmar the next day, and then Thailand, the Republic of Russia, Cambodia, and Laos all announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Myanmar one after another.

And this behavior of "Ben" almost shows that "Ben is going to wear the same pants as China", which shows that China and Ben have reached the same agreement on the distribution of interests in Southeast Asia, and this is absolutely not a good thing for Britain.

While condemning Asian countries, especially China, Britain also hurriedly dispatched troops to Burma and India, hoping to hold Rangoon and prevent the war from spreading to India.