After two months of hard work, the army's training was finally on the right track. Infantry, artillery, tanks, engineers, logistics, medical, and pilots were all there, and they were developing in the direction of becoming stronger and stronger.
However, the situation in Myanmar was rapidly deteriorating. In February 1942, the Japanese army had already approached Yangon, the capital of Myanmar. The British army was defeated by the little devil mask. They did not look like an old imperial power at all.
At this time, the English finally agreed to the expeditionary force entering Myanmar. In fact, as early as two months ago at the end of December 1941, the two sides had signed a joint defense agreement on the Yunnan-Myanmar Road. The expeditionary force had also been formed, but the English were not willing to let the expeditionary force enter Myanmar.
The reason was simple. The British army had been completely defeated by the Japanese. They were afraid that the expeditionary force would enter Myanmar and become another force. They were afraid that they would snatch the colony from them. It was only when the British army was about to lose the entire Myanmar that they agreed to the expeditionary force entering Myanmar. However, they were still fighting for the command of the expeditionary force. They wanted the expeditionary force to be under the command of the British army.
And this was only the beginning. The British, American, and the civilian government continued to argue over the command rights, resulting in the expeditionary force suffering heavy losses in the first battle in Myanmar.
As the situation became more and more tense, the special agent from the democratic party arrived at Chan Da. It was said that he was a person with Boss Dai's background. He was known as Chen Daoguan. Zhou Heng was very familiar with this name. He was the guy who caused the death of the mysterious dragon, Long Wenzhang.
However, he was now a special agent, so Zhou Heng naturally could not show any disgust. Instead, he had to receive him very happily. He had already prepared a guard of honor at the entrance of the camp to welcome the arrival of Officer Chen.
When the jeep arrived at the entrance of the barracks, fireworks exploded into the sky. The guards raised their M1903 rifles and stood in two rows to welcome them. Senior Chen, who was in the car, smiled when he saw this lineup. He was obviously very satisfied with this arrangement.
"Tsk, if our regiment commander was in the government, he would definitely be an expert at bootlicking. A special agent actually caused such a huge commotion.”Meng Fan, who was watching from a distance, said viciously.
"There's no other way. These special agents won't be happy if you don't make a scene. If they make things difficult for you, you'll be in trouble.”Yao Ma couldn't help but speak up for Zhou Heng. The Sichuan army had been made to suffer countless times. When they went out to resist the war in Sichuan, not only were they not paid, but sometimes they didn't even have guns. They had been made to suffer countless times.
Zhou Heng naturally did not like this kind of flattery, but that was how officials in China were like. If you did not make a scene to welcome them, people would think that you looked down on them. Whether it was now or in the future, it was just that the form was different.
With a face full of smiles, Zhou Heng raised his hand and stepped forward." Welcome, welcome. The arrival of Officer Chen has brought light to our humble Third Regiment.”
Suppressing his disgust, Zhou Heng said some flattering words, and the two of them held hands.
Senior Chen was very satisfied with Zhou Heng's arrangement. His face was full of smiles as he said," I wouldn't dare. I've been admiring Commander Zhou for a long time.”
The two of them entered the tent as they chatted. Zhou Heng had already asked Old Snakebutt to prepare a table full of food and wine. Some of them were wild animals that the soldiers had hunted these days. For the sake of disgust, Zhou Heng had even invited the Lost Dragon and Meng Fan to accompany them. The few of them drank and laughed.
It was not until the meal was almost finished that Chen told them the main purpose of his visit. He hoped that Zhou Heng's regiment would be under Du Yuming's command. He could be considered a direct descendant and would have a bright future.
Zhou Heng did not object, but he also began to raise his own request. He hoped to obtain the right to communicate directly with the US military and have the right to command alone. Of course, this required Officer Chen to help with the activities. In return, Zhou Heng was willing to provide Officer Chen with 500,000 silver dollars worth of medicine every month at a price 40% lower than the market price.
After receiving such a great benefit, Official Chen was naturally extremely happy. He immediately promised to help Zhou Heng move around, and then hung the colonel rank of two horizontal and three stars on Zhou Heng's body.
They continued chatting until the afternoon. Official Chen did not even look at the military camp and left directly. This was the end of the inspection.
"Tsk tsk, so this is what a civilian party official is like. He's really dutiful. He's here to inspect and collect money.”Zhou Heng could not help but laugh coldly as he watched Official Chen leave.
He turned to call Meng Fan, Lin Yi, Liu Laosan, and He Jinming over. He opened a map of Myanmar in his command post, marking the Japanese attack, the British retreat, and the expeditionary force's entry into Myanmar.
"It won't be long before we enter Myanmar to fight. What do you think?”Staring at the map, Zhou Heng asked.
There were usually advisors at the regimental level. However, his regiment had been formed in a hurry, and it was difficult to find an advisor, let alone a qualified advisor. Therefore, he could only slowly train his subordinates, and at the same time, train himself. After all, he had not experienced any officer training.
"I don't think Yangon can be defended. It's too close to the sea. The Japanese's aviation is very powerful. All the veterans who experienced the Battle of Shanghai know that if it's close to the sea, they'll use their cannons. If it's far away, it'll be the naval air force.”Meng Fan spoke first.
He hit the nail on the head when he opened his mouth. Meng Fan was impressed by him. As expected of the guy who defeated Yu Xiao Qing with Long Wen Zhang in the war chess game. His judgment was indeed accurate.
"Their aviation is strong, and we're not bad either. Back then in Songhu, we had even better results. If we were to go, we would definitely be able to suppress the Japanese's naval aviation.”Hearing Meng Fan praise the Japanese pilot, He Jin Ming wasn't happy. He was also a proud person.
"Your numbers are too small. Even if you have the P47D, you will be surrounded and killed. You can't fight for the time being. I agree with Annoyed, but I think the expeditionary force and the allied forces can't stand Mandalay to Tonggu. The command is chaotic and the British like to sell their teammates.”
Zhou Heng voiced his judgment. Of course, he was cheating because he was talking about history.
But if he said this, there would naturally be people who disagreed, such as Lin Yi." No way, the expeditionary force is very strong, especially General Du Yuming. He has severely injured the Japanese 5th division, so he will definitely win.”
"Yeah, I've also heard of General Du's name. He will definitely win.”Artillery officer Liu Lao San and Liu Rui also agreed with Lin Yi.
Zhou Heng didn't argue too much and said," Then let's wait and see. If they retreat, we won't be able to enter southern Myanmar. We can only go to northern Myanmar to meet them. We'll have a good fight with the Japanese who are chasing us. We'll train our soldiers and build up some confidence.”
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