Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2952 Is It Worth It

Song Ziwen guessed right. When Ouyang Yun saw this telegram, his first reaction was to be really annoyed.Smiling, he said to Song Ziwen's secretary who sent the telegram: "Tell Foreign Minister Song that you don't need to respond at all. However, this telegram can be used. Xiaojun, are you busy now?"

Zheng Xiaojun is also an old man of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so he has met Song Ziwen and Ouyang Yun many times, and the two are considered acquaintances.Zheng Xiaojun shook his head and said, "The foreign minister asked me to send you a telegram. It should be fine."

Ouyang Yun nodded: "Then I will work harder on you. You send the telegram to **** and give it to Director Li Ziwen, and say that I told you to do this."

Zheng Xiaojun responded, picked up the folder containing the telegram and left.After he left, Pan Meiren asked with a worried look: "Will the British be angered if you ignore him completely?"

Ouyang Yun sneered: "I don't know why the British sent such a telegram. Think about it differently. If I were Churchill, since I have already decided to send troops, which means I am ready to fight against us in an all-round way, what do you think? Is it necessary to send such a telegram? The reason why Churchill did this just shows that he has no idea and is relatively empty. In this case, it is the best response for us to ignore it. I dare say that because we simply ignore it, The British would be suspicious instead."

Ouyang Yun's analysis of the British is basically correct.Two weeks later, at the height of the war on the Malay Peninsula, before the British sent troops to Burma, they really had a long discussion because of the non-response attitude of the Chinese government.It is the best time to send troops to Myanmar when China and Japan have reached the point of attack on the Malay Peninsula. On this point, the British military and political leaders have reached a consensus.However, because they are familiar with the strength of the Chinese army and guided the Burmese independence forces to defect to the Chinese government early, the British military and political leaders are still very worried about the possible Chinese military intervention.

According to Churchill's original vision, if the Chinese responded to their telegram, even if it was a verbal reprimand, Britain would hold high the banner of "Burmese public opinion", send troops to southwest Myanmar as quickly as possible, and then immediately establish a local government there. And take this as the basic policy, use the Burmese to beat the Burmese to achieve the goal of regaining control of Burma.But now the Chinese have not reacted at all, and they are not sure whether the banner of "Burmese public opinion" will work.After many tests by the Japanese army, the British already knew the combat power of their own army and the combat power of the retinue army.This is also the main reason why they first established a local government in southwestern Myanmar and implemented the policy of using Myanmar to control Myanmar.After all, although the British have decided to "take advantage of China's disease to kill Myanmar" at all costs, they actually don't have much confidence in their hearts.

According to the government logs later declassified by the British government, the discussion lasted for more than three hours that day, and because most of the participants, including Churchill, did not dare to give a definite statement, no conclusion was reached in the end.However, because of the Battle of Kampang that followed, China and Japan invested a large amount of troops centered on Kampong, which seemed to have left China's Indochina Peninsula empty of troops. Therefore, the British still mustered up their courage and launched the Battle of Bailiwa.

In the Battle of Bailiwa, because the opponents of the British army and its retinue were the unprofessional Burmese guerrillas and the Burmese National Independence Army at the beginning, so in the first two months, the British army attacked like a tide and once occupied a hundred The vast area from Riwa to Monywa to Gambolu.

There is no doubt that the early victories encouraged the determination of the British to win. Therefore, even after the Chinese side won the Kampong victory more than a month later, the British still had no plans to withdraw from Burma or consolidate the defense line on the spot, but went all out Continue eastward in an attempt to completely occupy the entire Burma.

When the British army was advancing violently in the southwestern part of Myanmar, because the Battle of Malan was at its most critical moment, the Battle of Kampang had already developed into a meat grinder. Therefore, even if the Myanmar ambassador to China (only obtained Chinese and Chinese Allies and other diplomatic representatives of Myanmar’s national self-reliant government recognized by some countries go to China’s Supreme Command almost every day to appeal to China for help. Ouyang Yun and Deng Xihou’s attention is still completely attracted by the situation in Kampang.

At this time, the domestic army to supplement the past is already in place, so the scale of the third expeditionary army has reached ten divisions with nearly 20 people, and it also has a fighter division and a medium-range aviation division under its jurisdiction.As for the Japanese army, regardless of other things, the army alone, Toshiichiro Koizumi mobilized three divisions and nine national independence fronts with a total of nearly 60 troops.

On August 1946, 8, Chongqing, when the weather was at its hottest, in a conference room on the third floor of China’s Supreme Command, Pan Meiren was explaining to the senior Chinese military and political leaders sitting below the slideshow scrolling on the screen. The current situation of the battle of Ganbang.

"...the battle on No. 19 Heights, this has been No. 11 days. According to rough statistics, in these 16 days, our army has killed more than 163 people in No. 80.00 Heights. In addition, more than [-] tanks have been lost. ...Before the start of the war, the No.[-] area was still a dense tropical jungle. Now, this place has become a dead area. In the nearly one-month battle, our army has invested a total of five brigades, among which the third expedition The No.[-] Division Yuan [-] Brigade of the Group Army has been ordered to retreat to Thailand for rest because the casualty rate exceeded [-]%. Area No. [-], because this area is related to the overall situation, the competition is extremely fierce. So far, according to the According to statistics reported by General Zhang Lingfu in this area, as of [-]:[-] p.m. yesterday, they had wiped out at least [-] Japanese troops and [-] indigenous armed forces... Now we are discussing whether the two and a long-range aviation division to reinforce the Malay Peninsula..."

After the slide show finished and Pan Meiren stepped back, the meeting room fell into silence for a while.

A few minutes later, when Ouyang Yun frowned and wanted to stand up and say a few words, He Yingqin put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and said, "Everyone, if I didn't make a mistake in my calculation, as of five o'clock yesterday afternoon, we were in the Malan area. More than [-] soldiers have been sacrificed, and nearly [-] new wounded?"

Ouyang Yun looked at the document in front of him, and answered: "Yes."

He Yingqin: "In other words, our casualty rate has exceeded 60.00%?!"

Ouyang Yun: "They killed and injured nearly 20 enemies! In addition, the Xinghua Volunteer Army did not enter the battlefield!"

"Boss, the above figures show that Kampang has become a meat grinder. Is it worth it for a small Singapore?"

"No, not only Singapore, but also the Strait of Malacca, this is the key!" Song Ziwen suddenly answered.

(End of this chapter)