After saying this, Sun Liren's eyes inadvertently looked at Liao Mingyu, and the latter's eyes narrowed to a dangerous level, because it was the place where their 88th Army was stationed.

As early as two months ago, the 54th Division of the Japanese Army wanted to clear out the Lashio occupied by the Third Division to rush to Myitkyina. That time, Long Wen's first main regiment almost completely defeated. If A Yi hadn't arrived in time with the Engineer Regiment, several old brothers would have been detested.

In order to block this hole and prevent the Japanese from coming to the north, Liao Mingyu sent both the 200th Division and the two artillery battalions. In addition to Ayi's combat engineering regiment, Lashio gathered a team of 20,000 people.

The 54th Division of the Japanese army was also eyeing each other. The two sides have fought countless battles in the past two months. It can only be said that each has its own winning or losing, and no one can do anything to each other.

But the Japanese did not know that the result was actually Liao Mingyu who asked Long Wen to do it specifically, because the war in Myitkyina was about to be imminent, and other battlefields could only be released first, otherwise they would directly concentrate their efforts to cooperate with the land and air. The Japanese were dissatisfied with the division that was really not enough to be stuck in the gap.

However, the situation has changed drastically again. After the Battle of Myitkyina, the Japanese remnants retreated in an all-round way. The Japanese were afraid that the expeditionary army would take advantage of the opportunity to go south and directly push Mandalay, a major Myanmar city, so they immediately assembled three divisions to head north. While gathering the remaining troops, they re-established the defense line in the south of Lashio.

If you look at it from the map, Xibu, Mengya and Lashio are basically on the same line from west to east, but Lashio is in the middle and is even more north. The other two places are like pliers to sandwich it in the middle. If the war ends, their location is still relatively dangerous.

After all, a battle of more than 100,000 people has just ended. Not to mention the Expeditionary Force and the Indian Army, even Liao Mingyu, a technician, has to take a breath, right? Even if the soldiers are not tired, they have to relocate their logistics supplies. How can they fight just by saying that?

The Japanese army also wanted to grit their teeth and fight back, and at least regain the Lashio, they could also reduce the enemy's bridgehead.

Now the Third Division is taking the overall policy of elite firepower, and its path is getting closer to American routines, and the troops are increasingly consuming logistics. Otherwise, how to form overwhelming firepower and various tactical cooperation will be all made by money.

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"At present, my new 38th Division 112 and 113th Regiments have rushed to Mengya first and are ready to cooperate with the brothers of the 88th Army to defend the Lashio area. This is basically the case, General Stilwell?"

Sun Liren carried the instructor's stick behind him, stood in a standard straddle posture, and looked quietly at Stilwell.

"Gentlemen, I suggest that the attack should continue. The Chinese side will send more troops to the battlefield, cooperate with the Allied forces to advance to central Myanmar with superior forces, seize Mandalay against Ren'anqiang, and drive the Japanese to the Indian Ocean to feed fish!"

Stilwell took over the conversation and proposed a counterattack plan with great enthusiasm. The failure of the first battle in Myanmar has always been in his heart. The opportunity to wash away the shame has finally come, how could he not grasp it firmly?

Occupy Myanmar can not only avenge the previous shame, but also allow the US military to obtain a logistics base in Southeast Asia, thus playing an excellent role in placing the Pacific battlefield. The navy and air force can even directly threaten the Japanese mainland, not to mention the British army, this is their colony, and it is better to get it back as soon as possible than anything else.

"So, gentlemen? What do you think about the current situation?"

Facing Stilwell's question, everyone whispered and started some discussions, but no one stood up and spoke for a long time.

Chinese people have a bad habit, that is, they are seniority-oriented, progressive, and care too much about the order of superiority and inferiority.

Although most of them are commanders at the army level, there are commanders of the army group, and even the commander-in-chief, who didn't say anything about how he could steal the limelight first.

So the division commanders present looked at the commander, and the commander looked at the two commanders of the army, and finally all their eyes focused on Wei Lihuang.

Wei Lihuang turned his head and pretended not to see it. Can my words work now? I can’t see that there is a military and political minister sitting next to him. If you have something to do, come to him.

It can be seen that Chen Cheng was once again arranged to western Yunnan, and his position as the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force was almost over. This is what Chiang Kai-shek said. As long as his direct lineage is not his, he basically maintains the principle of giving up when he is used up. The routine of rising openly and descending secretly will never allow you to occupy military power for a long time.

"General Stilwell, I deeply admire your courage, but our head of state has other arrangements for the next transfer of the troops."

Chen Cheng walked forward and replied with a smile on his face.

"What!? What does he want to do? Do you want to command blindly oversteal?"

Stilwell was furious. When the first expeditionary force entered Myanmar, if it weren't for the "peanuts" who were busy with all the troubles, 100,000 people would not have been crushed into the Wild Man Mountain by the Japanese.

However, he, the nominal commander-in-chief, was completely undermined, resulting in a regiment being unable to command on the battlefield. Faced with the later decay of the war, Stilwell let go and ran back to India without hesitation, so this is also the reason why he was furious when he heard Chiang Kai-shek's orders.

If Sun Liren had not followed him to India at that time and chose to follow orders to enter the Wild Man Mountain, perhaps there would have been no such thing as the Indian army stationed in India today.

"First of all, from a strategic perspective, the situation in northern Myanmar has been opened and the international aid transportation line has been basically opened. This huge victory is worthy of recognition, but at the same time the price paid is also quite high!"

As soon as this statement was made, it immediately resonated with most people present. Take the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force as an example. Although the Japanese were driven out of China, the two armies suffered more than 40,000 casualties, which was not considered non-combat reductions, and countless materials were consumed.

Chen Cheng smiled without a trace. Now the reactions of the officers made him feel that he had regained some face, so he continued to preach:

"And our army has invested too much manpower and material resources in western Yunnan, completely exceeding the initial expectations. Now the Guangxi front is tight, so the head of state still wants to give priority to the domestic side."

Stilwell frowned. Is Jiang Jiang going to "withdraw investment and withdraw shares"? He asked in a bad tone: "You Chinese people like to go around, and what exactly means is to make it clear!"

Chen Cheng nodded, took out a document from his briefcase, and said calmly: "According to the joint consultation between the Ministry of Military Affairs and the National Government Committee, it is decided to recall all western Yunnan troops, including the army stationed in India, and will set up the China War Zone Army Command in Kunming to reorganize and face the next battle in the country."

"The 11th Army will be transferred to the Fourth War Zone to cooperate with the cooperation, the 20th Army will be transferred to the Ninth War Zone, the New 1st Army, the New 6th Army and the New 88th Army will be moved to Kunming for reorganization and reorganization of the 5th Army's mechanized troops."
Chapter completed!